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Thundercat, black midi, Fuzz, Japanese Breakfast, The Hives Highlight Levitation Festival Lineup
Another day, another festival announcement with the reveal of who’s heading down to Austin for Levitation 2021. Get your costume ready because the event takes place on Halloween weekend beginning on Thursday, Oct. 28 to Oct. 31. There will also be a kick-off preshow on Wednesday Oct. 27 with Red Fang, Nothing, and Starcrawler headlining. The Thursday lineup consists of headliners Chicano Batman, Crumb, and Fuzz. Other performers include Post Animal, Boy Harsher, No Joy, The Vacant Lots, and Drab Majesty. The Friday lineup is headlined by The Black Angels, Tinariwen, and black midi with Connan Mockasin, L.A. Witch, Ringo Deathstarr, and Blushing. On Saturday, Thundercat, Andy Shauf, and Yves Tumor with appearances by Cloud Nothings, Shabazz Palaces, Acid Dad, Glove, and Shannon & The Cl...
2022 Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro First Look: Beyond Le Mans
Regulations, rules, and red tape govern cars both street legal and for competition. For the well-heeled, these aren’t fetters, but instead challenges. And the 2022 Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro revels in its lack of restraint. This is a hypercar with Le Mans prototype-level performance (and pedigree), but without being held back by racing rules or power restraints—or anything required of street-legal cars. Because it isn’t legal for either road or competition. It’s the ultimate hypercar-lover’s hypercar: only suited for a limited purpose, and magnificently specialized at its awe-inspiring role—to thrill on track. See all 17 photos The Valkyrie AMR Pro is what it is partly because its race version, which was intended to campaign at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Le M...
Adam Lambert Addresses Lil Nas X’s Same-Sex Kiss at the 2021 BET Awards
The 39-year-old singer knows what it means to be a young star making waves through talked-about performances. Back in 2009, just after ending his run on American Idol, Lambert gave a performance of his song “For Your Entertainment” at the American Music Awards that shocked some viewers. Much like Lil Nas X at the BET Awards, Lambert’s performance culminated in a same-sex kiss (in Lambert’s case, with his keyboard player) while the cameras were rolling. The reactions to the two performances differ significantly. For Lil Nas X, while his stoked some controversy (though not nearly as much as his music video for the song did back in April), the vast majority of the public response has been positive — stars like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kevin Abstract, Tegan ...
Cardi B, Beyonce & The Evolution of Pop-Music Pregnancy Reveals
When Cardi B revealed that she’s pregnant with baby No. 2, she did it in perfectly over-the-top fashion onstage at Sunday’s BET Awards, where she performed with husband Offset and his Migos bandmates wearing a bedazzled black catsuit with a strategic mesh cutout around her belly. While pop music fans are used to this sort of very public pregnancy reveal now, thanks to Beyoncé announcing that she was pregnant with Blue Ivy almost a decade ago at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, it hasn’t always been this way. In fact, after Bey performed while five months pregnant with twins Rumi and Sir at the 2017 Grammys, Vanessa Williams tweeted about her own, very different experience performing at the 1993 Grammys while pregnant. “They never showed my pregnant belly ...
Ariana Grande Is Giving Away $1M in Free Therapy: ‘You are Worth the Effort and Time’
Demi Lovato, Alessia Cara, Taraji P. Henson and more applauded the artist’s incredible gift to others, after she celebrated her 28th birthday. For Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Grande encouraged asking for help in a set of IG slides that also provided information to mental health and substance abuse resources, ranging from postpartum support to the Veterans Crisis Line to Black Mental Health Alliance, The Trevor Project and more. “I so hope that this will be a helpful starting point and that you’ll be able to build space for this in your lives and continue!” she continued in the caption of her most recent post. “Healing is not linear or easy but you are worth the effort and time, i promise! thank you so much to @betterhelp and i can’t wait to ...
UK Police Use Drone Technology to Disperse 2,000-Person Rave
UK Police successfully used tactical drones in order to identify and ultimately disperse an illegal rave taking place in the fields of Steyning, Sussex. As the UK remains under COVID-19 restrictions, law enforcement has remained tasked with breaking up mass gatherings of over 30 people. While the nation was originally set to loosen its regulations and reopen nightlife venues, the threat of a spreading Delta variant has prolonged the restrictive measures. It appears law enforcement has begun to evolve their tactics, as their most recent bust of a 2,000-person rave was assisted with drone technology. The aircraft honed in on the gathering from afar due to all the nearby cars crowding the narrow street. The remote footage allowed officers to effectively seal off exits before making a mo...
Justice Are Working On a New Album
It looks like fans of Justice may soon hear a new album from the iconic French house duo. Speaking to the Spanish magazine Binaural, Justice member Gaspard Augé said that they’re currently “in the process” of producing a new album, which would be the duo’s first in almost five years. He also waxes poetic about his new solo album Escapades, a record that he said was produced in a state of “total artistic freedom.” “I will release a second solo album at some point, and I already announce to you that we are also in the process of making a new album for Justice,” Augé said, translated from Spanish. “We hope to be able to give some news soon.” The album will be the legendary electronic music duo’s fourth overa...
Tenacious D, Rob Halford, Sammy Hagar, Lzzy Hale Join Ronnie James Dio Virtual Birthday Fundraiser
Tenacious D, Rob Halford, Sammy Hagar, and Lzzy Hale are among the new guests added to the Ronnie James Dio virtual birthday fundraiser. The stream goes live at 2 p.m. PT on July 10th. Metal luminaries, friends of the Dio family, and fans will partake in the global livestream celebration to raise funds and awareness for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. This will include one-of-a-kind performances, birthday messages, and artist interviews celebrating the late singer’s life of heavy metal and philanthropy. Previously announced guests included Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, members of Guns N’ Roses, and many more. In addition to the previously named guests, a plethora of others have also been added to the roster: Sebastian Bach, John Bush (Armored Saint); Mikkey Dee (Scorpio...
Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner’s Big Red Machine Announce New Album Featuring Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes, Sharon Van Etten
On first glance, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? may look like the hottest indie rock festival of 2010, but it’s actually the stacked new album from Big Red Machine. The supergroup from Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner (The National) will drop their newest studio set on August 27th. It features Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes, Sharon Van Etten, and more, and as a preview the band is offering the new song “Latter Days” with Anaïs Mitchell. This will be Big Red Machine’s second album following their eponymous debut in 2018. That project leaned heavily on the voice of Vernon, but this time around they’re mixing things up. Dessner handles lead vocals on three tracks, and as new single “Latter Days” demonstrates, they’re also making space for guest vocalists. Mitchell is th...
Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens Renewed by Amazon for Season 2
Neil Gaiman was the bearer of good news on Tuesday morning, revealing Amazon has given a second season order to his apocalyptic comedy series, Good Omens. David Tennant (Dr. Who, Broadchurch) and Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) are returning as the demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale, respectively. Per Amazon, the “unlikely duo” will once again be “teaming up to save the world from the apocalypse” while living in London’s Soho. “The return of Good Omens is great news for me, personally,” said Tennant in a press statement about the second season renewal. “I get to work with Michael again, and I get to say Neil’s wonderful words once more. It’s probably less good for the universe as it almost certainly means there will be some fresh existential threat to its existence to deal with, but, y...
Cardi B Goes Topless For New Maternity Pics With Offset
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @iamcardib / Instagram Cardi B shocked the Hip-Hop world when she took to the BET Awards with a brand spanking new bun in the oven, and now the Bronx rapper is posing up a storm with her unborn baby. Now that she and Offset are expecting a second child, the Grammy Award winning artist and her hubby are getting in on the whole maternity photography thing and truth be told, they came out pretty damn dope. Posing topless with an loving Offset standing behind her, a glammed up Cardi stands topless using only her hands to cover her breasts. Praising her partner in the caption, Cardi threw cold water on any thoughts that these two would be separating anytime soon even amidst all the cheating rumors that Offset continuously provokes with his night life. “We list...
2024 Honda Prologue: The Brand’s Electric SUV for North America Has a Name
The slow drip of information about the new electric SUVs coming from the Honda and Acura brands continues with this latest droplet from the information faucet: the higher-volume Honda model will bear the name Prologue. The 2024 Honda Prologue is due to arrive in 2024, and its name signifies its role as the forerunner of a series of new, high-volume, battery electric vehicles from the Japanese brand. This includes a luxury, performance SUV for Acura, which is also slated to go on sale in 2024. No name for the Acura has been revealed yet. Call the GM The point of all this sharing is to create scale, which brings down the costs of various EV components, including batteries, for both GM and Honda. Co-development also means shared costs, and the Honda and Acura SUVs will be built in a GM plant ...
