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Eddie Vedder Says Ten ‘Getting Too Big’ Almost ‘Crushed’ Pearl Jam
In lieu of the coming 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut full-length, Ten, which was released on Aug. 27, 1991, Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McCready recall the album’s titanic success, and it’s titanic weight on the band following its intractable success in a recent feature from the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine. Upon its release, it didn’t do that well. That is, until it gained traction after MTV put “Jeremy” in heavy rotation. The band wasn’t expecting such a sudden jump into the limelight and was overwhelmed. Vedder thought that, with the mass popularity of the album on their backs, fame would do them in. “It’s getting too big too quickly,” he remembered. “We were going to be crushed, our heads were going to pop like grapes.” Even after releasing their sophomore fol...
Rihanna & A$AP Rocky’s PDA-Filled Date Night In New York City
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Samir Hussein / Getty Rihanna and her beau A$AP Rocky were spotted having themselves a sizzling date night out in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood on Wednesday (June 23rd). With everyone buzzing over A$AP Rocky’s declaration in a recent interview about Rihanna being “the love of his life”, there were many wondering about when they’d see the couple in public. They got their wish as the two visited the Barcade restaurant, blissfully ignoring the paparazzi, as reported by TMZ. Rihanna showed out in a Barbie-pink sleeveless dress with a high leg slit and a fuzzy pink hat to match, toting a vintage Fendi bag. A$AP Rocky wore a maroon tank top with a leather jacket and pants for the date. Onlookers in the dining establishment observed the two being highly affe...
Peep The New Trailer To Jordan Peele & Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Universal Pictures / Universal Pictures Last year’s unforeseen pandemic didn’t just shut down businesses across the globe, but also pushed back many highly-anticipated films including Marvel’s Black Widow, A Quiet Place 2, and Jordan Peele’s Candyman. Now that A Quiet Place 2 has been released and Black Widow is set to drop next month, Candyman has finally gotten a new release date and a trailer to get the buzz going once again (as if it needed it). The latest trailer to Jordan Peele’s reboot of the classic franchise puts a new spin on the origins of the dreaded hooked spirit of vengeance as it paints the picture of an innocent Black man killed by overzealous police with itchy trigger fingers (sound familiar?). After Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) ...
Travis Scott Helped Design Dior’s Spring 2022 Menswear Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Travis Scott has just added another major accomplishment to his already decorated mantle. He has co-designed a forthcoming Dior menswear collection. As spotted on High Snobiety the Houston, Texas native is further setting himself apart from most of his peers with this new announcement. According to an exclusive report by Women’s Wear Daily he not only help curate the pieces but will also star in the campaign for it. “This unprecedented event represents the first full Dior collection ever created with a musician for the house,” a representative from the luxury brand said to the fashion trade publication. Today (Thursday, June 24) he shared his excitement via an Instagram post. “One day until the show @dior @cactus...
Miles Morales ‘Spider-Man’ Gets A New Track Suit Costume
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel It’s already been 10 years since Marvel introduced the world to fan-favorite Spider-Man, Miles Morales. To celebrate the Afro-Latino character’s “birthday,” the OG comic book company has given Miles a revamped look and new costume. Ditching the tight “bred” spandex suit in place for baggy threads that look more like a tracksuit than anything, the new Spidey outfit will at least give fans a better chance at dressing like their favorite superhero at the next Comic Con and being comfortable while doing so. Newsarama broke the story of the new look Spidey whose new redesigned duds were done courtesy of Spider-Man maven Chase Conley. “Happy 10th anniversary, Miles Morales! This is it, 10 years as Spider-Man and his future has never looked brigh...
Winston Marshall Leaves Mumford and Sons After Endorsing Andy Ngo’s Book
Back in March, Mumford & Sons banjoist Winston Marshall tweeted his support for right-wing provocateur Andy Ngo following the release of his book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan To Destroy Democracy and was criticized widely for calling him a “brave man.” A few days later, Marshall stepped away from the band temporarily and now, he’s out of the band permanently. In a post on Medium, Marshall outlined his decision to leave the band. “I believed this tweet to be as innocuous as the others. How wrong I turned out to be,” he wrote. Continuing, Marshall said that anyone calling him a “fascist was ludicrous beyond belief” and that 13 members of his family were murdered during the Holocaust and that his grandmother survived it. Following the initial blowback, Marshall said de...
Johnny Cash’s Previously Unreleased Live Album From 1968 to Be Unearthed
The Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG announced Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968 a never-heard Johnny Cash live album of a concert in San Francisco just days before the release of Cash’s venerated At Folsom Prison album. The collection of live recordings from Cash is slated for release on Sept. 24 on CD and double-LP and will be available on all digital formats via Legacy Recordings soon. Included with both mediums are essays by Johnny and June Carter’s son John Carter Cash and The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, the original concert poster, and other art. Backed by his band The Tennessee Three, Cash’s setlist has a pair of Bob Dylan covers (“Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” and “One Too Many Mornings”) on top of his own more obscure songs like “The Ballad of Ira...
Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio Announce Rescheduled 2021 US Tour
Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio will finally get the chance to embark on their co-headlining tour after postponing the outing due to the pandemic. The originally scheduled trek was supposed to kick off in March 2020, the same month the concert industry shut down, but will now launch this October. The newly rescheduled 30-date tour kicks off October 15th in Riverside, California, then makes its way east before returning to the West Coast for a final gig on November 26th in Los Angeles. War on Women will serve as support for the entire run. “This tour is special,” said Bad Religion singer Greg Graffin in a press release. “Not only are we celebrating the return of live music, but we get to do it with Alkaline Trio, who are such a great band, really excited about this!” Related Video Alkaline T...
Winston Marshall Leaves Mumford and Sons So That He Can “Speak Freely” About “Evils of Political Extremism”
Following a leave of absence, Winston Marshall, lead guitarist and banjoist for Mumford & Sons, is exiting the band. The news come after a March controversy in which Marshall tweeted support for a dishonest book by right-wing provocateur Andy Ngo. Marshall made the announcement in the Medium post “Why I’m Leaving Mumford & Sons”. In the article, he reiterated his support for Ngo, whom he previously called a “brave man.” He also said he should never have apologized for backing Ngo and denied that he himself supports far-right causes. The beleaguered instrumentalist began by reminiscing on all the fun he’s had on tour. “Who in their right mind would willingly walk away from this?” he asked. “It turns out I would. And as you might imagine it’s been no easy decision.” Re...
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2021: Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, Dead & Company Lead Lineup
New Orleans Jazz Fest will return this fall for a multi-weekend event featuring Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, Dead & Company, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, and Jimmy Buffett. Due to the pandemic, Jazz Fest scraped its 2020 staging altogether and postponed its 2021 event until the fall. Now, organizers have announced the preliminary lineup for the first-ever fall Jazz Fest, which will go down October 8th-17th at the Fairground Race Course. Other notable names set to play include The Beach Boys, Wu-Tang Clan featuring The Soul Rebels, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Randy Newman, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Brittany Howard, The Black Crowes, The Isley Brothers, H.E.R., Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Tedeschi Trucks Band Ludacris, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Jon Batiste, Tank and The Bangas,...
Jonathan Majors Hunts Idris Elba in New Trailer for The Harder They Fall: Watch
It’s a duel of the gorgeous gunslingers when Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country) hunts down Idris Elba (The Wire) in the trailer for the new Western The Harder They Fall. Directed by Jeymes Samuel and produced by Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter, The Harder They Fall follows Rufus Buck (Elba) after a daring jailbreak. Unfortunately, he finds his newfound freedom threatened by his old foe Nat Love (Majors). As Buck says of his nemesis in the trailer, “I know who you are: an angel who hunts down those who trespass against him with no mercy.” Samuel co-wrote the script with Boaz Yakin. The cast is rounded out by Regina King, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., and Deon Cole. The Harder They Fall will ge...
Sleater-Kinney Perform Songs From Path of Wellness on New Live EP
A few weeks ago, Sleater-Kinney released their latest album, Path of Wellness. On Thursday, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker unveiled Live At The Hallowed Halls, a four-track Amazon Original EP of songs recorded live at the album’s namesake recording studio in Portland. All of the songs come from Path of Wellness. Live At The Hallowed Halls is available to stream and buy only on Amazon Music; live videos of each song can be accessed in the Amazon Music App. The EP features live versions of “High In The Grass,” “Worry With You,” “Method,” and the title track of Path of Wellness. Listen below. The recordings were first debuted and performed live on Path of Wellness with Charles Hewett, which streamed on Amazon Music’s Twitch Channel on June 10. Interspersed throughout the live performance ...
