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Lorde to Appear as Musical Guest on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Lorde is set to perform her new single “Solar Power” live for the first time during an appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert next Thursday, July 15th. The New Zealand singer appeared remotely on the Late Show last month to discuss her upcoming album and supporting tour. Earlier this week, she was spotted in New York City with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, prompting rumors of an in-person televised performance. Lorde’s new album Solar Power is due out on August 20th, and will be supported by a lengthy world tour kicking off in early 2022. Tickets for the entire tour are sold out, but can still be purchased through the secondary market here. Related Video Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dati...
Laura Jane Grace Announces Live Concert at Four Seasons Total Landscaping With Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms
While Laura Jane Grace has undoubtedly played some legendary venues during both her solo career and with Against Me!, none have been quite like where she plays her next show. As her only date ahead of September’s Punk Rock Bowling festival, the iconic punk rocker will be headlining at arguably the most famous landscaping shop in American history: Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Along with the Lawrence Arms’ Brendan Kelly, Grace will be the biggest name to appear at the Philadelphia-based landscaping business this year, and it’s likely to be a very different (and more intentional) experience compared to when disgraced former attorney Rudy Giuliani put the venue on the map last November. “This will be the first and last time Brendan and I will play in front of a landscaping company and we pr...
Thurston Moore to Release Memoir Sonic Life
Thurston Moore announced that he is will be releasing a memoir that is due out in 2023 via Doubleday. Titled Sonic Life, the book will explore the “wild music and endless wonder” of the rockers’ career and personal life according to The Bookseller. It has been rumored that he will cover detailed matters such as the affair that ended his marriage with his Sonic Youth co-founder and wife, Kim Gordon, subsequently ending the band. The book’s synopsis reads as follows: “From his infatuation and engagement with the 1970s punk and ‘no wave’ scenes in New York City, to the 1981 formation of his legendary rock group, to 30 years of relentless recording, touring, and musical experimentation, birthing the Nirvana-era of alternative rock, and beyond, it is all told via the personal prism of the autho...
Foo Fighters Release Short Film on Madison Square Garden Concert, The Day The Music Came Back
Foo Fighters and Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. teamed up to release The Day The Music Came Back, a short documentary film made of footage from the band’s June 20 post-pandemic return to the stage at the legendary NYC venue. The 10-minute movie captures behind-the-scenes conversations amongst workers and fans on how Madison Square Garden was able to be filled at full capacity again during the fully vaccinated show. Watch The Day The Music Came Back below. [embedded content] The film shows Dave Grohl opening the show with “Times Like These” for the 15,000 fans in attendance. “I’ll tell you something, for the last year I had this reoccurring dream that I would walk on stage and we would look at each other for the first time,” Grohl says in the film. “We’d just look at each other l...
Outkast to Release 25th Anniversary Expanded Version of ATLiens
Outkast’s ATLiens turns 25 this year and Andre 3000 and Big Boi have big plans to honor its silver anniversary. The album will receive an expanded digital and vinyl editions, HD digital singles, limited edition anniversary merch and more. The deluxe edition will feature the original album in its entirety, along with a full-length collection of 14 previously unreleased instrumental tracks. The newly-expanded edition of ATLiens will also be mixed in Hi-Res 24bit sound. ATLiens’ single bundles include the album’s singles– “Elevators (Me & You),” “ATLiens” and “Jazzy Belle.” The Atlanta duo made strides into mainstream success with this project. Themes ranging from happenings in urban communities to extraterrestrial life are found throughout, placed between production by Organized Noize an...
R. Kelly’s New Defense Attorney Requests To Delay Racketeering Trial Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E. JASON WAMBSGANS / Getty R&Pee singer R. Kelly finally has new legal representation after his old team dumped him last month. As the racketeering trial date fast approaches, they’re requesting a delay fearing there won’t be enough time to prepare for their day in court. According to Law & Crime, the delay request cites that attorney Deveraux L. Cannick has limited access to Kelly due to the current conditions of his incarceration paired with pandemic restrictions. The obstacles make it difficult to fully dive into his “massive discovery” before the trial date next month. “We write to request a delay in the commencement of Robert Kelly’s trial,” Cannick wrote in a motion to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. “While he i...
Jalen Rose Talks VERZUZ, Wines & More With E-40
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gabe Ginsberg / Getty Jalen Rose was one of the best college and professional basketball players to emerge from Detroit, and he continued that same professionalism as an NBA analyst and broadcaster. Rose, who is the host of the Renaissance Man podcast, invited the prolific and entertaining E-40 to the show where the pair talked about music, 40 Water’s many business ventures, VERZUZ, and much more. Rose’s Renaissance Man podcast, presented by the New York Post, also has a column component where Rose expands on the topic and subject at hand. The episode itself showcased Rose’s deep knowledge of Hip-Hop and voiced his appreciation for this “player potnah” in the rapper born Earl Stevens. The Vallejo, Calif. star is comfortably in his early 50s but has shown ...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Teams Up With Cxmmunity To Deliver 50 Xbox Kits To Over 50 HBCUs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Cxmmunity Xbox continues to do great things when it comes to shining light on gamers of color and pushing for diversity in the gaming community. Thursday (Jul.8), Xbox revealed that it partnered with Cxmmunity, a nonprofit that works tirelessly to shine a light on Black and Brown gamers and increase diversity within the gaming industry, Warner Bros and Space Jam: A New Legacy for a very dope cause, and that is to provide Xbox Kits to more than 50+ HBCUs to build new gaming labs. Source: Xbox / Cxmmunity Xbox also revealed that it held an HBCU esports showdown in Atlanta on July 1. One student from prestigious HBCUs like Johnson C. Smith, Fort Valley State University, Hampton University, Florida A&M University, Oakwood University, North Carolina...
NLE Choppa Says He’s Quitting Music To Focus On Herbal Medicine
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty NLE Choppa looked to be a rapper destined to live at the top of the charts with a number of crowd-pleasing hit singles under his belt and a pair of gold-selling projects. Now, the 18-year-old Memphis star is aiming his efforts at leaving the Hip-Hop game behind and focus on a career in herbal medicine. In a series of tweets, the rapper born Bryson Potts revealed that he wants to buy out his current contract with Warner Records and focus his career towards building upon his NLE Health and Wellness brand. “Finna buy out my contract and become full time herbalist. Forget the music stuff about to help my people,” NLE Chppa wrote on Twitter this past Tuesday (July 6). Prior to that tweet, NLE seemed to be gearing up for the big announce...
City That Never Sleeps: New York May Establish 24-Hour Nightlife Districts
New York City’s Office of Nightlife have shared a comprehensive report that includes plans to establish 24-hour “entertainment districts.” This would mean certain regions in the city would be permitted to sell alcohol and host events at any time. Oftentimes, strict curfews lead to the rise of unlicensed, possibly dangerous gatherings that bleed into residential areas. The pilot program notes: “Uniform closing hours can lead to increased tensions when groups of people simultaneously exit venues into public streets and sidewalks.” According to the new proposal, allowing 24-hour nightlife zones in specified districts “can help people to move at their own pace and reduce conflicts” if implemented properly. The Office of Nightlife is in the process ...
ADE Launches New Arts & Culture Program
With plans to return in full force this fall, the organizers of the iconic Amsterdam Dance Event have launched a new Arts & Culture program for the five-day summit. Scheduled for October 13-17, the conference will now feature a series of exhibitions, special performances, art installations, documentaries, and more to explore the nexus between clubs and culture. According to a press release issued to announce the program, the first confirmed Arts & Culture collabs include an artist residency showcase by Nxt Museum and ADE on the summit’s opening night, a series of “spiritual healing experiences for ravers” by award-winning director and designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, and an intimate performance by pianist Helena Basilova. Other events to take pl...
Alesso Reveals He Worked on Music With Avicii, Opens Up About Mental Health
Global superstar DJ and producer Alesso has become a household name in the EDM community, having dominated dance-floors and airwaves for over a decade with hits like “Calling (Lose My Mind)” and his seminal album Forever. In a new interview, he opened up about his experiences with mental health issues and his friendship with the late Avicii. “A couple of years ago I went through a difficult time mentally,” Alesso told Haute Living. “I got everything I wanted—a career and to travel around the world—but then I noticed that if I didn’t take care of my health, all these things I wanted just became stressful to me. They were supposed to give me happiness, but they started not to because I didn’t take care of myself mentally or physically. That was s...
