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Chris Brown Accused Of Smacking Woman’s Weave Off
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Chris Brown has been accused of smacking a woman’s weave off. The R&B crooner and slander magnet allegedly hit a woman in the back of the head, but he’s claiming it’s all a lie. TMZ reports that Brown has been accused of battery, and police responded to the singer’s San Fernando Valley crib this past weekend where the incident supposedly happened. The cops took a report where the victim claimed Brown’s slapped her hard enough to make part of her weave come out. However, she didn’t have any visible injuries beyond the off-kilter weave. Brown was not arrested, but he had reportedly was not present by the time the police arrived. According to The Wrap, the incident will be referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.If the case is see...
(Wealthy) Californians Can Buy 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Manuals After All
Rich people in California, rejoice! It turns out that you will be able to purchase a brand spanking new 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 with a six-speed manual transmission in the Golden State after all. In case you missed it, due to an antiquated California noise regulation, it looked like Porsche would be unable to sell either flavor of its newest high performance GT3 (the winged original or the wingless, trendy Touring model) in the car’s biggest market. Moreover, you couldn’t simply buy a three-pedal GT3 in say Nevada and then register the car in California. For nearly a week, it looked as if there would be no 2022 model year GT3s for either the Hollywood or Silicon Valley set. Here’s Porsche’s initial explanation for why the GT3 ran afoul of California’s r...
WME Artists Urge Boris Johnson to Fix Travel Between UK and EU
In the letter below, agents and music artists ask that the government act without any further delay and engage with its EU counterparts to ensure visa-free touring for artists. RT Hon Boris Johnson MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondon, SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister: The UK music industry, which sustains over 197,000 full-time jobs, is amongst the most affected by COVID-19’s devastating impacts, and thousands of musicians whose livelihoods depend on touring are keen to get back to work. However, due to the changes brought about by Brexit, we are facing a crisis that may prevent that from happening, and we need your help. Over the past several decades, the UK has experienced a consistent upward trajectory in live touring, bringing with it a significant and positive economic impact. Much of...
‘In the Heights’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Soundtracks Chart
The soundtrack album to the movie musical In the Heights jumps 16-1 on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart (dated June 26), following the set’s first full tracking week of activity. It’s the first live-action musical soundtrack to top the chart since The Greatest Showman spent its 34th and (so far) final week at No. 1 on the Sept. 12, 2020-dated list. In the Heights bumps the Moana animated film soundtrack from No. 1, as it falls to No. 2 after 47 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. All of the songs on the In the Heights album were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Miranda also wrote many of the tunes on the Moana album, including the Grammy Award-winning song “How Far I’ll Go.” Billboard’s Soundtracks chart ranks the most popular soundtracks of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consum...
Carly Pearce Is Stunned When Dolly Parton Invites Her to Join Grand Ole Opry: Watch
“What are you doing, get in here!” Parton told the gobsmacked Pearce. “I just want to tell you how proud I am of you,” the country icon said while grabbing Pearce’s hand. “Did you know she started singing at Dollywood when she was 16 years old? You do remember don’t you? And I know that they told me that you have been on the Grand Ole Opry 80 times you’ve performed? How’d you do that? Like 80 times?” “Oh my goodness, I’m just trying to follow in your footsteps,” the flustered Pearce said. “You should be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, what’s wrong with them?” Parton wondered, as Pearce seconded that emotion. “Well, I came here today to tell you you are now an official member of the Grand Ole Opry!” Pearce, as you might imagine, was overwhelmed...
Tame Impala Announce Rescheduled 2021 North American Tour Dates
Kevin Parker is putting on his lab coat and going on tour. The Tame Impala mastermind has rescheduled “Phase I Rushium® Trials” — aka, the band’s North American tour that is finally going down in 2021. The “trials,” as indicated by the press release, will begin this September at Bonnaroo. The news was teased by a clip Tame Impala shared yesterday, showing Parker touring a medical lab. After releasing their last album, The Slow Rush, in February 2020, Parker and company were forced to cancel the tour behind it due to the coronavirus. They were supposed to hit North America this summer, but those dates got postponed, too. Now, a year and a half after The Slow Rush’s release, we’ll finally have the chance to hear it in person — er, we mean, participate in Phase I trials of Rushium®. Tickets f...
GZA, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah Announce “3 Chambers Tour”
Wu-Tang Clan members GZA, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah are uniting for the “3 Chambers Tour”, a “tri-headlining” outing which will see each rapper perform material from his respective classic solo album. GZA will perform tracks from Liquid Swords; Raekwon will run through Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and Ghostface Killah will revisit Ironman. The “3 Chambers Tour” officially kicks off in Minneapolis on October 1st and visits 25 US cities through mid-December. Check out the full list of dates below. Related Video Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 23rd at 12 pm local time. “3 Chambers Tour” Dates:10/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre10/02 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s10/03 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s10/16 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore10/20 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall10/22 – Chicago, IL @ Co...
Elton John Announces Final Farewell Tour Dates
Sir Elton John has detailed the final leg of his long-running “Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour”. The culmination of a journey that began nearly five years ago, John will play 30 stadium shows across Europe, the UK, and North America beginning in May 2022. The tour will conclude with a pair of gigs at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California on November 19th and 20th. “Hello, all you wonderful fans out there. I’m coming to you today with an announcement I’ve been working towards for, well, all my life: the shows that I announce today will be my final tour dates ever in North America and Europe,” John said in a statement. “I’m going to go out in the biggest possible way, performing at my very best, with the most spectacular production I’ve ever had, playing in places that have m...
West Side Story Star Rachel Zegler Cast as Snow White in Live-Action Remake
Disney has found their newest princess. Rachel Zegler, the star of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story film, has been cast as Snow White in the studio’s new live-action remake of the animated classic. Released in 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was Disney’s first animated feature film. It also introduced their debut princess, thus setting the stage for dozens of others in the coming decades. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming live-action musical will be “a new take on the classic.” Fingers crossed it’s slightly less terrifying than the original movie, in which a princess is fed a poisoned apple by her stepmother, the queen, and enters a coma that can only be revived by a kiss from a prince. This Snow White remake has been in the works for five years already, b...
Limp Bizkit Announce Summer 2021 US Tour with Spiritbox
Get ready, y’all! Limp Bizkit are taking their show on the road this summer for a month’s worth of headlining US gigs with support from rising metal band Spiritbox. The jaunt, dubbed “The Limited Post Pandemic Popup Party”, will feature Fred Durst and company playing a number of intimate venues. The tour kicks off July 29th at the Metro in Chicago, and runs through an August 24th gig at the Palladium in Los Angeles. An August 13th show at the recently renovated Irving Plaza in New York City takes place in the middle of the trek. It’s been 10 years since Limp Bizkit released a new studio album (2011’s Gold Cobra), but the band has continued to tour sporadically as fans await the long-reported follow-up, which at one point was slated to be titled Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Related Vide...
Tyler, the Creator Is Smitten on New Song “WUSYANAME”: Stream
In case you missed the memo, Tyler, the Creator season is officially in full swing, culminating in the release of his new album Call Me If You Get Lost this Friday. The rapper has shared another preview of the record today with the lovesick track “WUSYANAME”. The song arrives with a dreamy, summery music video directed by Tyler under his Wolf Haley pseudonym. “WUSYANAME” is short and sweet, backed by a ‘90s R&B groove as Tyler tries to woo the apple of his eye. “Let’s go to Cannes and watch a couple indie movies that you’ve never heard of,” goes one of the track’s standout lyrics. “If you got a man, you should cut him off/ Get your passport, ’cause we runnin’ off.” The music video sees Tyler arrive at an outdoor European-style cafe, making futile attempts to pick up a pretty woman who ...
Chris Brown Accused of Hitting Woman
Chris Brown has been accused of hitting a woman in Los Angeles, TMZ reports and NBC News confirms. According to a spokesperson for the LAPD, officers responded to reports of an argument at a residence in the San Fernando Valley. The altercation is being investigated as a battery, though it’s not clear at this time if Brown will face charges. Via TMZ’s anonymous police sources — who are often, though certainly not always, accurate — the alleged victim received a smack across her head that caused part of her weave to come out. Reportedly, she sustained no injuries, and Brown has not been arrested. If true, the troubled singer would likely face misdemeanor charges — if he were charged at all. No other relevant information can be confirmed at this time, but the story will be updated as news co...
