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Lollapalooza 2021 Day One Recap: Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Eat World, and More
Lollapalooza has returned, a delight to fans and a test for public health officials. The beloved Chicago music festival is requiring proof of negative COVID-19 status for entry, and attendees certainly enjoyed the freedom this implied. Day one carried some of the manic energy of a party for the end of the world, as bewildered parents chased packs of feral youths, over-indulgers stumbled about like broken toys, and even veterans of the festival circuit found themselves swept up in the optimism. Live music is back. For the 30th anniversary edition of the festival — founded by Perry Farrell in 1991 — the exuberance could be witnessed both offstage and on. Rising artists like Flo Milli and Paris Texas made their triumphant Lollapalooza debuts, beloved veterans Jimmy Eat World celebrated ...
Sarkodie – Fireworks ft Wale
Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo better known by his stage name Sarkodie drops this banging song titled “Fireworks” featuring Wale. Here is a beautiful song from Sarkodie titled “Fireworks“, the track is a fan favourite from his latest album “No Pressure“. He teamed up with American rapper Wale on this record. Sark and Wale come together to make a memorable tune that you will like from the first listening. The two artists really did bring their A-game to beat here. Don’t stop on this one, listen to other tracks on the “No Pressure” album. Listen, enjoy Sarkodie – “Fireworks” ft Wale below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful peop...
Sarkodie – Married To The Game ft Cassper Nyovest
Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo better known by his stage name Sarkodie drops this banging song titled “Married To The Game” featuring Cassper Nyovest. Here is a beautiful song from Sarkodie titled “Married To The Game”, the track is a fan favourite from his latest album “No Pressure“. He teamed up with South African rapper Cassper Nyovest on this record. Sark and Cassper Nyovest come together to make a memorable tune that you will like from the first listening. The two artists really did bring their A-game to beat here. Don’t stop on this one, listen to other tracks on the “No Pressure” album. Listen, enjoy Sarkodie – “Married To The Game” ft Cassper Nyovest below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dat...
Sarkodie – I Wanna Love You ft Harmonize
Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo better known by his stage name Sarkodie drops this banging song titled “I Wanna Love You” featuring Harmonize. Here is a beautiful song from Sarkodie titled “I Wanna Love You“, the track is a fan favourite from his latest album “No Pressure“. He teamed up with Nigerian singer Harmonize on this record. Sark and Harmonize come together to make a memorable tune that you will like from the first listening. The two artists really did bring their A-game to beat here. Don’t stop on this one, listen to other tracks on the “No Pressure” album. Listen, enjoy Sarkodie – “I Wanna Love You” ft Harmonize below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving y...
Sarkodie – Round 2 ft Giggs
Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo better known by his stage name Sarkodie drops this banging song titled “Round 2” featuring Giggs. Here is a beautiful song from Sarkodie titled “Round 2“, the track is a fan favourite from his latest album “No Pressure“. He teamed up with Nigerian singer Giggs on this record. Sark and Giggs come together to make a memorable tune that you will like from the first listening. The two artists really did bring their A-game to beat here. Don’t stop on this one, listen to other tracks on the “No Pressure” album. Listen, enjoy Sarkodie – “Round 2” ft Giggs below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people...
Sepultura Announce Spring 2022 North American Tour
Sepultura will make the trip back to North America in spring of 2022. The Brazilian heavy metal band has announced an extensive tour in support of their latest album, 2020’s Quadra, which they’ve been unable to support with live shows yet due to the global pandemic. The outing will kick off March 4th in Sacramento, California, and keep the veteran metal act on the road for a little over a month before wrapping up April 8th in Berkeley, California. Sacred Reich, Crowbar and Art of Shock will serve as support on the tour, which features both rescheduled and newly added dates. “We are extremely excited to reconnect with everyone in North America for this upcoming tour,” vocalist Derrick Green said in a statement. “We look forward to seeing all the people who have been anxious to see shows for...
Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell Announces New Solo Album, Brighten, Unveils “Atone”: Stream
Alice in Chains singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell has announced his first solo album in 19 years. The legendary rocker will release Brighten on October 29th, and he’s shared shared the first single, “Atone,” as a preview Cantrell premiered the heavy new track via Rolling Stone, describing the song as follows: “As a fan of Ennio Morricone scores and Sergio Leone movies, it’s got a bit of that outlaw vibe, with a cool psycho hillbilly stomp. It’s been kicking around in my head for like 20-plus years, haunting me. Sometimes it takes a while for a good idea to find its best form. Such was the case with ‘Atone.’” The new album features an impressive cast of backing musicians, including Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Gil Sharone (Team Sleep), Abe Laboriel J...
Dua Lipa Brings That ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’ Energy In Pop Smoke’s ‘Demeanor’ Video
Dua Lipa is the new female alpha in the palace in the new music video of “Demeanor,” a collaboration with the late hip-hop rapper Pop Smoke which premiered Thursday (July 29). The video begins with Lady Dua at the dressing table, applying makeup as her lady-in-waiting whispers to her. The footage then shows a large castle overlooking a red sunset and pans toward the window of the great hall, displaying a lavish feast. The song enters with Smoke’s vocals as guests donned in extravagant Rococo and Baroque outfits and wigs are having a good, old time. The video pays tribute to the late rapper in a ghostly cloud seated at the head table and in a wall-motion portrait immortalizing him as a Roman emperor. “I’m feelin’ on your baba treesha / Shorty said she like my demeanor / And she ...
The What Podcasts on the Reality of Lollapalooza and Festivals Returning
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Radio Public | RSS It’s finally music festival season and The What Podcast has lots of twists and turns to discuss. Are we all ready for this? Are they ready for this? Lollapalooza begins now, and Brad and Barry are just as curious about how everything is going to work as you are. Pooling their years of experience plus insider information, they discuss the reality of returning to music festivals in a world that is still not entirely recovered from 2020. Advertisement Related Video The What Podcast originally launched in 2018 as a way for two Bonnaroo veterans to talk about the thing they love in life the most: Bonnaroo. Over time, the podcast has evolved to cover the rest of the North American...
Mining Metal: Dungeon Serpent, Hellish Form, Lantlos, Mesa, Midwife, Mordred, Night Crowned, Sallow Moth
As I write this introduction, I’ve just found out about the passing of Mike Howe, vocalist of the criminally underrated band Metal Church. He was 55 years old — too young. The last time I memorialized a musician in this column, it was Entombed vocalist L.G. Petrov. Howe’s story differs from Petrov’s in two critical ways. First, because Petrov’s passing was unfortunate but expected, whereas Howe’s was surprising. Second, while Petrov and Entombed had gone their separate ways, the band had achieved notoriety commensurate with their artistic output. In contrast, Howe had been an active member of Metal Church at the time of his death. Despite 40 years of existence, the band isn’t as well known as they deserve to be. Metal Church was one of the Seattle-area ’80s heavy metal bands that, alongsid...
On the Ground at Lollapalooza: How Are the Festival’s COVID-19 Protocols Holding Up?
When Lollapalooza announced its return to Chicago back in May, it felt like one more positive sign of a return to some kind of post-pandemic normal. Flash forward to this week, and the sentiment around Chicago has become far more ambivalent; stalling COVID-19 vaccination rates and the emergence of the dangerous Delta variant led prominent local music critics to label the festival a potential superspreader event. Jim DeRogatis of Sound Opinions went as far as to call for Lollapalooza’s cancellation. “They can’t control their own gates,” DeRogatis told Chicago’s WTTW. “Why are we supposed to believe that they are going to be diligent about checking for vaccination?” Lollapalooza’s COVID-19 mitigation plan is comprehensive on paper. The festival website’s Health and Safety section sets out a ...
The Princess Diaries Soundtrack Captured Teen Pop’s Golden Age
By Yasmine Shemesh A couple years ago, after a cozy movie night at home, the former teen pop singer Myra’s daughter grabbed her mother’s hands. They had just finished watching The Princess Diaries, which ends with Myra’s glittering 2001 single, “Miracles Happen (When You Believe),” playing in a ballroom as protagonist Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi spins around in joy after formally accepting her role as princess of Genovia. “Mom,” Myra’s daughter said, the singer recalled to MTV News. “Are you really going to go on the rest of your life not doing what you love?” The song’s themes of hope and perseverance had moved her to tell Myra, who had stepped away from performing years earlier to raise her child and go to college, to pursue her singing career again. That’s the power of the fil...
