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Nicki Minaj’s 2022 Rolling Loud NYC Headlining Set Was a Moment for the Barbz
Nicki Minaj ruled over a frigid night at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., to close out day one of Rolling Loud NYC on Friday (Sept. 23), and she brought along several guests to shake the festival grounds. With Nicki being the first female rapper to headline Rolling Loud, expectations for a grand show were high, and the hometown girl didn’t disappoint. Fans were scrambling across the festival grounds when the lights at the Fashion Nova stage turned pink, causing them to hurry over and get a good spot to catch the South Jamaica, Queens, native in all her glory. At around 9:15 p.m., she arrived onstage in an all-black outfit with the sounds of screaming fans filling up the Big Apple air. The mother of one got the party started with a fiery performance of “We Go Up” with Fivio Foreign popping on th...
Rexxie ft Skiibii & Naira Marley – Abracadabra
Don’t miss this brand new single from Rexxie titled – Abracadabra. Nigerian award-winning producer, Rexxie, comes through with a brand new single titled Abracadabra, featuring Skiibii and Naira Marley. He dedicates it to his beloved listeners. The new record is a fantastic piece of music for your listening pleasure. It is a follow-up to his previously released track “No Pressure” alongside Candy Bleakz. However, it deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share Rexxie ft Skiibii & Naira Marley – Abracadabra below. [embedded content]
GIVĒON Drops New Track “Time,” Co-written by Drake
R&B crooner and Grammy-nominated superstar GIVĒON has released a new single ahead of the release of the upcoming Amsterdam film. The track, titled “Time” is co-written by Drake and Daniel Pemberton. The track was created for the forthcoming David O. Russell mystery comedy, setting the tone for the vintage setting and the overall orchestral production behind the film. “Time” is set to be the lead track for the film’s original motion picture soundtrack. Pemberton wrote the original score for the film and for this particular song, he turned to Drake, the executive producer, to collaborate on the title track. “Time” combines GIVĒON’s unmistakably rich and classic vocals with a piano track paired with woodwind instruments. In a statement, the artist said he channeled Frank Sinatra to find h...
A$AP Rocky Confirms Rolling Loud New York Is His Last Performance Before New Album Drops
A$AP Rocky knows just how to keep his fans on their toes when it comes to new music. Prior to his set for Rolling Loud New York this past weekend, Rocky took to Instagram to let his fans know that new music is on his way. His most recent album Tested launched in 2018 and since then, a new mixtape from the Flack himself has been highly-anticipated. Just moments before taking to the Rolling Loud stage in Queens, Rakim took to his Instagram stories to reveal that this will be his final live performance until his next album drops. Rocky shared the news in a fictional Rolling Loud magazine cover graphic with an image that featured various subheadings including, “The Death of the Dummy” and other supporting headlines like, “ASAP Rocky, the Grim Interview,” “Psycho-delic: What Does AWGE Mean?” an...
Post Malone Hospitalized: “I’m Having a Very Difficult Time Breathing”
Post Malone has canceled his concert at the TD Garden in Boston tonight, sharing a note on Instagram that says he has been hospitalized and will be unable to perform. “I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move,” he wrote. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Post Malone for comment. Post Malone has been on tour in the U.S. in support of his latest album, Twelve Carat Toothache. At a concert in St. Louis last week, the singer tripped and fell into an opening onstage, briefly halting the show. He returned to the stage after 15 minutes and continued performing; afterwards he said he was given “pain meds” at a hospital and had been cleared to resume the tour. Check out Pitchfork’s 2018 feature “Learning to Love Po...
Pharoah Sanders, Legendary Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 81
Pharoah Sanders, the legendary tenor saxophonist who performed alongside John Coltrane in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 81. Sanders’ passing was announced on Saturday (Sept. 24) by his record label Luaka Bop, which released the influential jazz musician’s 2021 album, Promises, a collaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. A cause of death was not provided. “We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” Luaka Bop wrote on Twitter. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” Born in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1940, Sanders — whose real name was Ferrell Sanders — moved to the Bay Area in the late 1950s before relocat...
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Reveals Plans for ‘A Major Farmer Mobilization in Washington’ in March 2023
In advance of the annual Farm Aid benefit concert for family farmers in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday (Sept. 24), the organization revealed plans for “a major farmer mobilization in Washington” in March 2023 to advocate for federal support of climate resilient agriculture. The march set for the week of March 6 would be “a mobilization the likes of which we have not seen since the 1970s, tentatively called Farmers for Climate, a rally for resilience,” announced Farm Aid cultural impact director Michael Stewart Foley during a live-streamed press conference that preceded the concert at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. Farm Aid co-founder and board member John Mellencamp, participating in the press conference, recalled when “[Willie Nelson] and I made the effort” to testify be...
Miranda Lambert Delivers Electric Career-Spanning Set at Las Vegas Residency Opening
Those who have followed her country music career for more than two decades know there isn’t anything that Miranda Lambert can’t and won’t conquer. From winning more Academy of Country Music Awards than any other artist in history to three Grammy statues and eight studio albums, the queen of modern country reigns supreme. When her Velvet Rodeo residency rolled into Las Vegas’ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday (Sept. 23) for the first of 24 dates, Lambert ticked another major career box — packing a Sin City venue with a career-spanning repertoire of hits, many of which came from recent albums Palomino and The Marfa Tapes. The girls-weekend crowd came ready to party and the audience — primarily composed of women a lot like Lambert — packed in with rhinestone cow...
Post Malone Cancels Boston Show Last Minute Due to Pain: ‘We’re in the Hospital’
Post Malone called off Saturday night’s concert in Boston due to pain that brought him to the hospital. “Boston, I love y’all so f—ing much,” he wrote to fans on his social media accounts on Sept. 24, just before a scheduled performance at the city’s TD Garden. “On tour, I usually wake up around 4 o’clock PM, and today I woke up to a cracking sound on the right side of my body. I felt so good last night, but today it felt so different than it has before. I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move.” “We’re in the hospital now, but with this pain, I can’t do the show tonight,” Malone said. “I’m so f—ing sorry. Everyone’s tickets for tonight’s show will be valid for the reschedule that we’re planning right now. Once again, I’m so f—...
Post Malone in Hospital After Experiencing “Stabbing Pain” on Side of Body
Post Malone is in the hospital after experiencing a “stabbing pain” on the right side of his body. The injury appears related to the fall he took on stage during a concert in St. Louis last week. “I’m having a difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I move or breathe,” Post Malone explained in an Instagram post. “We’re in the hospital now.” As a result, Post Malone has postponed his concert scheduled to take place in Boston on Saturday night. Advertisement Related Video Post Malone initially injured himself after he tripped into an uncovered hole that had been used to lower equipment below the stage. He landed on his ribcage and laid on the stage for several minutes as medics attended to him. The rapper was eventually able to stand up and walk off the stage with...
Gorillaz Bring Out Beck, Tame Impala, De La Soul, and More at Star-Studded Los Angeles Concert
Given that Gorillaz have worked with hundreds of collaborators over the last two decades, there’s always a good chance that a surprise guest or two will pop up during one of the band’s concerts. However, fans who attended Gorillaz’s show at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on Friday were treated to an especially star-studded affair, as everyone from Beck to Tame Impala to Thundercat made cameos. Beck joined Gorillaz to perform “The Valley of the Pagans,” from 2020’s Song Machine: Season One, as well as the world premiere of “Possession Island,” from Gorillaz’s upcoming album, Cracker Island. Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and Thundercat also helped Gorillaz’s preview their next project, as they sat in for “New Gold” and “Cracker Island,” respectively. Other guests included ScHoolboy Q (“Pac Man,” anothe...
Smashing Pumpkins Perform “Beguiled” on Fallon: Watch
Smashing Pumpkins are set to release their new triple album, ATUM. In anticipation, the band appeared on The Tonight Show on Friday to perform lead single “Beguiled.” Watch the replay below. Billed as the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God, ATUM (pronounced “autumn”) will be unveiled over the course of three acts released 11 weeks apart. Act 1 will arrive on November 15th, with Act 2 following on January 31st and Act 3 coming on April 21st. A box set containing all three acts plus 10 additional bonus tracks will also be released on April 21st. Beginning in October, Smashing Pumpkins will hit the road with Jane’s Addiction for the “Spirits on Fire Tour,” a 32-date co-headlining outing that runs into the middle of November. Tickets are a...
