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Foo Fighters Announce First-Ever Alaska Tour Dates
In took 26 years, but Foo Fighters are finally heading to Alaska. As part of their upcoming North America tour, Dave Grohl have announced a trio of shows in the 49th state. Specifically, they’ll play two shows at Anchorage’s Dena’ina Center on August 17th and 19th and a gig at Carlson Center in Fairbanks on August 21st. The dates make Foo Fighters’ first-ever ones in Alaska. The Alaska concerts are part of an increasingly lengthy tour schedule that gets going at the end of July. Alongside a bevy of festival appearances, Foo Fighters will play a number of headlining gigs celebrating the band’s 26th anniversary. Check out the complete itinerary below. Advertisement Related Video Tickets to all of Foo Fighters’ upcoming shows can be purchased here. Meanwhile, this weekend Foo Fighters will re...
Skrrrrrrrr: Westside Gunn Plans To Drop 2 Albums This Year
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty One of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars is coming back from rapper retirement as promised. Westside Gunn says he is releasing two new projects in 2021 and we are here for it. The Buffalo native and Griselda mastermind is returning to his duties as a solo artist. On Sunday, July 11 he announced on Twitter that he will be hitting his fans with not one but two albums by the end of the year. “Idk who reading this but I’m dropping 2X this year 8/20 & 10/31 #FLYGOD #GXFR #CULTURE #ICON” he wrote. While he hasn’t released an official project since Who Made The Sunshine in October 2020, he has stayed busy with the recent opening of his store / gallery Buffalo Kids at the Walden Galleria mall in Buffalo. Additionally he released two s...
Ariana Grande Tells Britney Spears She’s ‘Loved & Supported’ After Court Hearing
It’s unclear whether Grande and Spears have ever met or interacted, though Grande did pay tribute to the pop legend by impersonating her signature vocals on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon back in 2015 and singing a snippet of Spears’ “Womanizer” on Snapchat that same year. In Spears’ Instagram caption Wednesday, Spears thanked her dedicated fans, writing, “You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!!” Also in the comments section was Latin star Paulina Rubio (“I love you #freebritney”) and Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari: “Internet is about to explode #FreeBritney.” See Spears’ new post below: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Date...
The Grammys Have Never Won a Top Program Emmy: Could This Be the Year?
1977The 19th annual Grammy Awards was nominated for outstanding achievement in coverage of special events. The nod went to the show’s producer, Marty Pasetta. This was the first nomination (in any category) for a Grammy telecast. About the show: This was the seventh and final show hosted by Andy Williams, whose TV star power in the early ’70s helped get the Grammys on the air in 1971. Stevie Wonder won album of the year for Songs in the Key of Life and performed via satellite from Africa. (The satellite transmission was glitchy, to say the least.) George Benson took record of the year for “This Masquerade.” Barry Manilow’s signature hit “I Write the Songs” won song of the year for songwriter Bruce Johnston. Starland Vocal Band won best new artist on the back of their wimpy smash “Afternoon...
BTS’ Perform Slick ‘Butter’ Routine on ‘Fallon’: Watch
Looking relaxed in their own sofa chairs, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook cut loose and show us their best, coordinated moves on a brightly-lit bridge. “Butter” is streaking right now. It’s now led the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven weeks, and counting. On Tuesday night’s episode of Fallon, the pop phenom performed the new single “Permission to Dance,” and zoomed in for a chat with the show’s host. Watch the late-night TV performance of “Butter” below. 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, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet...
Caroline Polachek Returns with New Song “Bunny Is a Rider”: Stream
Caroline Polachek is back with “Bunny Is a Rider,” her first new material since 2019. Stream the track below. The former Chairlift singer co-produced “Bunny Is a Rider” with her frequent collaborator Danny L Harle, who played the slinky bassline. The breezy summer jam is about being unavailable, with lyrics like “Bunny is a rider/ Satellite can’t find her/ No sympathy, mm/ Ain’t nothing for free.” In a statement, Polachek described the concept of the song. “Bunny is slippery, impossible to get ahold of,” she explained. “Maybe it’s a fantasy, maybe it’s a bad attitude. But anyone can be bunny, at least for three minutes and seventeen seconds.” Advertisement Related Video After releasing her debut solo album, Pang, in October 2019, Polachek shared a handful of remixes including an extended v...
Netflix to Begin Offering Video Games Within the Next Year
As new television and film streaming services pop up left and right, long-running platforms like Netflix are seeking new ways to grow their offerings in an increasingly-saturated market. Soon enough, video games can be added to your “Netflix and chill” lineup: The streaming giant announced this week that they’ve hired Mike Verdu as its new vice president of game development as part of a new venture to offer video games on its platform. Verdu has previously held executive positions at both Facebook and Electronic Arts. No word yet on exactly what video games Netflix customers will receive, but Bloomberg reports that they are set to debut “within the next year.” They’ll appear alongside your current film and TV options as a genre, the way you can swipe through comedy films or documentaries o...
R.I.P. Jeff LaBar, Guitarist of Cinderella Dead at 58
Jeff LaBar, longtime guitarist of the glam metal band Cinderella, has died at age of 58. LaBar’s son, Sebastian, shared the news of his father’s passing in a social media post on Wednesday (via Blabbermouth). “So i just got the call… Jeff LaBar, my father, my hero, my idol, passed away today,” Sebastian wrote, “I’m currently at a loss for words. I love you pop.” A cause of death was not disclosed. LaBar joined Cinderella in 1985 right as the band hit the studio to record their debut album, Night Songs. Thanks to its breakout single, “Nobody’s Fool,” as well as a slot opening on tour for Bon Jovi, Night Songs became one of 1986’s biggest albums, achieving triple platinum status and peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Cinderella’s follow-up, 1988’s Long Cold Winter, was equally massive. W...
Britney Spears Uses #FreeBritney Hashtag in Instagram Post Celebrating Court Ruling
The #FreeBritney movement has been pop culture canon for quite a while now, and it’s been cemented even further now that its namesake has finally utilized the hashtag on her own social media. Celebrating Wednesday’s court ruling that she can at last hire her own lawyer, Britney Spears shared a gleeful Instagram post expressing her gratitude with clips of herself horseback riding and doing cartwheels. Tacked on at the end of the caption was a cheeky “#FreeBritney.” “Coming along, folks … coming along,” Spears wrote, with a middle-finger emoji for good measure. “New with real representation today … I feel GRATITUDE and BLESSED !!!! Thank you to my fans who are supporting me … You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!! Pssss this is me ...
Kawhi Leonard Has Successful Surgery On Partially Torn Right ACL
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers got deeper into the NBA Playoffs than they ever have and showed amazing promise as a team to watch out of the Western Conference. However, Leonard suffered an injury that may have derailed their shot at glory but the team says that the All-Star forward had a successful surgery and is now recovering. According to a brief press release from the Los Angeles Clippers, Leonard had work done on his partially torn right ACL, an injury he suffering in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz. From NBA.com: Kawhi Leonard underwent successful surgery today to repair a partial tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament. There is no timetable for his return. There were a numbe...
She Stay Winning: Megan Thee Stallion Reportedly Will Grace The Cover of ‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Megan Thee Stallion will reportedly be making history this month. Word on the streets is Megan Thee Stallion, and her amazing body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s iconic Swimsuit Issue. If this is the case, she will become the first rapper to be featured in the magazine, let alone the cover. If and when this news is confirmed, Thee Stallion will be following in fellow Houston native and “Savage Remix” collaborator Beyoncé’s footsteps who was the first non-athlete and non-model to grace the annual magazine’s cover that men have been thirsting over for years. According to Hypebeast, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue is set to hit stands nationwide on July 19, and many of the model...
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Vanilla Ice Updates “Baby Got Back” For Hot Dog Jingle, Says 90’s Was Best Era [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jim Steinfeldt / Getty Even though his promising career turned into the proverbial punchline in Rap, Vanilla Ice is still getting to the bag. He has shot a commercial updating Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back”. As spotted on TMZ the Dallas, Texas native is selling nostalgia via a new gig. The man born Robert Matthew Van Winkle was spotted filming a jingle for a hot dog brand. Ice is definitely aware of his lyrical shortcomings thus he has chosen to borrow some sauce from his old school Rap peer Mix-a-Lot. While on set the celebrity gossip site caught up with the “Ice Ice Baby” performer and he made it clear that he feels that his era was way more special and could never be duplicated. When asked “why is everyone so infatuated with the 90’s?”by the repor...
