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David Byrne and Miley Cyrus Cover David Bowie at New Year’s Celebration: Watch
Miley Cyrus hosted the NBC holiday special Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party last night (December 31), which found her performing alongside a cast of famous friends. During the event, she brought out Dolly Parton to perform a series of songs as duets, and she also was joined by David Byrne. Cyrus joined the Talking Heads frontman to sing “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” the lead single from his 2018 album American Utopia. She also covered the David Bowie classic “Let’s Dance” with Byrne. Both performances featured a backing band with a brass section, keyboardists, guitarists, backing vocalists, and more. Watch the performance below. Plastic Hearts, Cyrus’ seventh studio album, was released in 2020. Earlier this year, she followed the release with Attention: Miley Live, a 26-track collection of...
The Pointer Sisters’ Anita Pointer Dies at 74
Anita Pointer, the singer and longtime member of the Pointer Sisters, has died, TMZ and Rolling Stone report. A representative for the group published a statement on the Pointer Sisters’ website confirming her death. She died in Beverly Hills, California, and “was surrounded by family at the time of her death,” according to her publicist, Roger Neal. She was 74 years old. Anita Pointer was born in Oakland, California, in 1948. She was the fourth of six children and sang in the church growing up alongside her three sisters: Ruth, Bonnie, and June. Anita joined the group in 1973 after her sisters June and Bonnie found success with their early singles. Their 1973 song “Yes We Can Can” landed them on the Billboard charts for the first time, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12...
Moby Releases New Album Ambient 23: Listen
Moby is starting off 2023 with the release a new album. Earlier this month, he took to social media to announce that he was finishing up a new album called Ambient 23 with a release date of January 1, and true to his word, the producer has unveiled the new album. Check it out below. According to his social media post, ambient 23 was recorded using “weird old drum machines and old synths” and is “inspired by…early ambient heros” including Martyn Ware, Brian Eno, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Will Sergeant. In a separate update posted on the day of the release, he added: “Made to help anxiety (my own, and hopefully yours, too). For 2023, may we all be less anxious (and may we all stop looking for validation from a culture we don’t respect…).” Ambient 23 follows Reprise, an album of early Moby songs...
23 No. 23 Billboard Hot 100 Hits for ’23: Bruce Springsteen, No Doubt, Taylor Swift & More
In case you partied too much last night, here’s a nice, easy scroll to usher in 2023: 23 memorable songs that peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Among them: Bruce Springsteen’s first Hot 100 hit and a signature song; likewise, Pat Benatar’s breakthrough classic; No Doubt’s wry ode to girl power; Shakira’s anthem, featuring Alejandro Sanz, that ruled the Hot Latin Songs chart for 25 weeks; and one of Taylor Swift’s most observant, and sympathetic, songs. Plus, enduring anthems by Tom Petty, Dr. Dre, Britney Spears and more. Happy new year! [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”...
Anita Pointer, Singer of The Pointer Sisters, Dies at 74
Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday (Dec. 31) at the age of 74, her publicist announced. The Grammy winner passed away while she was with family members, publicist Roger Neal said in a statement. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. “While we are deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we are comforted in knowing she is now with her daughter Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long,” her sister Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer said in the statement. Anita Pointer’s only daughter, Jada Pointer, died in 2003. Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June Pointer, born the daughters of a minister, gr...
Jeremiah Green, Founding Member & Drummer of Modest Mouse, Dies at 45
Jeremiah Green, founding member and drummer for rock band Modest Mouse, has died following his battle with cancer. He was 45. The musician’s passing was announced by Modest Mouse in an emotional social media post on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31). “I don’t know a way to ease into this: Today we lost our dear friend Jeremiah. He laid down to rest and simply faded out,” the band wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of Green. “I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time. These will come later, and from many people. Please appreciate all the love you give, get, have given, and will get. Above all, Jeremiah was about love. We love you.” Green’s mother, Carol Namatame, initially broke the news of her son’s cancer in a Facebook post on Christmas Day (Dec. 25). In her n...
Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton Perform “Wrecking Ball” and “I Will Always Love You” Mashup: Watch
With CNN prohibiting Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen from getting sloshed on air, Miley Cyrus was left to shoulder the weight of delivering entertaining New Year’s Eve programming. Fortunately, Cyrus delivered in a big way with her second annual NBC special, Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party. We already highlighted Cyrus’ surprise duet with David Byrne as the two teamed up to perform David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” and Byrne’s own “Everybody’s Coming to My House.” Another noteworthy moment came moments before the clock struck midnight as Cyrus teamed up with her godmother Dolly Parton for an incredible live mashup of “Wrecking Ball” and “I Will Always Love You.” Elsewhere during the program, the pair performed a mashup of Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight” and Parton’s “Jolene.” Parton, newly in...
GUC – Precious Holy Ghost
Revered Nigerian gospel singer GUC drops a brand new tune titled “Precious Holy Ghost”. EeZee Conceptz top gospel singer GUC comes through on this first day of January 2023 with a new worship song “Precious Holy Ghost“. The new track is taken from his live album “To Yahweh’s Delight”. The song features the EeZee Conceptz band as usual as GUC leads the worship. It’s a great song to begin your year as you worship God for his goodness and mercies towards you. We’re pretty sure this would also be a new gospel hit in this new year 2023 like his other songs in past. Listen to GUC – “Precious Holy Ghost” below & be blessed. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Minister-GUC-Precious-Holy-Ghost.mp3 Download GUC – “Precious Holy Ghost”
Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse Drummer, Dead at 45
Modest Mouse co-founding member and drummer Jeremiah Green has died at the age of 45 following a brief battle with cancer. The band’s frontman Isaac Brock announced Green’s passing in a Facebook message posted shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve. “I don’t know a way to ease into this: Today we lost our dear friend Jeremiah. He laid down to rest and simply faded out. I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time. These will come later, and from many people. Please appreciate all the love you give, get, have given, and will get. Above all, Jeremiah was about love.” Just five days ago, Green’s mother, Carol Namatame, went public with her son’s battle with stage four cancer and asked fans to send “healing vibes.” In a subsequent statement, Brock said Green...
Anita Pointer, The Pointer Sisters Founding Member, Dead at 74
Anita Pointer, co-founding member of The Pointer Sisters, has died at the age of 74. “She fought a very heroic battle with cancer,” Pointer’s representative told The Hollywood Reporter. “She was surrounded by family at the time of her death.” The Pointer Sisters’ origins date back to 1969 when Bonnie and June Pointer began performing in night clubs under the name Pointers, a Pair. They soon rebranded themselves as The Pointer Sisters and expanded from a duo to a quartet with the addition of their other sisters Anita and Ruth. Following a short stint with Atlantic Records, the group found their stride after signing to Blue Thumb Records in 1972. The Pointer Sisters’ self-titled debut album was released the following year, and featured their first top 20 hit single in “Yes We Can Can”, which...
David Byrne and Miley Cyrus Perform “Let’s Dance”: Watch
David Byrne rang in the New Year by teaming up with Miley Cyrus for a two-song collaborative performance featuring renditions of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” and his own “Everybody’s Coming to My House.” Additionally, Byrne backed Sia for her performance of “Unstoppable.” Watch the replay below. The duet came as part of Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve TV special which she co-hosted with her godmother, Dolly Parton. Over the course of the two-hour telecast, Cyrus also performed with Sia, Paris Hilton, Fletcher, and Swae Lee. She also announced the impending release of a new single called “Flowers,” due out on January 13th. Last month, Byrne unwrapped a previously unreleased holiday song called “Fat Man’s Comin.’” Meanwhile, his contribution to the film Everything Everywhere All at Once is on the...
What Is Kaleidoscope? Creator Eric Garcia Explains Netflix’s New Heist Series With a Twist
Netflix’s newest heist drama has a fun, technologically-assisted twist to it — one that leads to over 5,000 different possible experiences for the viewer watching. Kaleidoscope, starring Giancarlo Esposito, Rufus Sewell, Jai Courtney, Paz Vega, Tati Gabrielle, and more, tells the story of daring thieves attempting to steal billions from one of the world’s most advanced safes. But the story is not told chronologically — instead, the show’s eight episodes are designed to be watched in any order, capturing specific time periods in relation to the heist, from 24 years beforehand to six months afterward. It’s a complicated concept, but creator Eric Garcia tells Consequence that “I think there’s a lot of fun in mixing it up,” especially when married to a well-loved genre. “People love heist stuf...
