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KISS Return to Stage to Play Five-Song Set at NYC’s Tribeca Film Festival: Watch
KISS helped bring live music back to New York City with a fiery five-song set at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival in Battery Park. The legendary band performed after a screening of their upcoming A&E documentary Biography: KISStory on Friday night (June 11th). The band brought out the pyro as they entertained the film festival crowd with an outdoor concert that opened with “Detroit Rock City” and also included “Shout It Out Loud”, “War Machine”, and “Heaven’s on Fire”, before closing out with the classic “Rock and Roll All Nite”. “We don’t have a permit to make a long show,” said singer-guitarist Paul Stanley before the last song. “So this is a little short. It’s like a sampling before you get your big meal in August.” Related Video With that line, Stanley confirmed that KISS will...
2021 Volkswagen Arteon Big Sur Concept: With Some Vinyl and New Rims, You Can Recreate It
See all 8 photos This green vinyl-wrapped Arteon concept received inspiration from Big Sur, the breathtaking stretch of California coastline along Highway 1. It took just under a month to complete the transformation, and the Arteon is the latest model to join Volkswagen’s 2021 Enthusiast Fleet. The design team began with a 2021 Arteon SEL Premium R-Line in Urano Gray and installed the custom bright green vinyl wrap by taking apart the sedan, including the hatch, doors, and hood. An all-green Golf R that Rotiform presented at the 2019 SEMA Show inspired the choice of color, and from a distance, the perfectly installed vinyl wrap looks like a paint job. Boasting a sleek body and elegant design in its original form, the Arteon’s additional modifications that transform it into the ...
Production-Limited 2022 Chevy Corvette Special Edition Celebrates IMSA Racing Success
Let’s just say the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R race cars did pretty well in the 2020 IMSA series, taking home the Manufacturer’s, Drivers’, and Team titles. To commemorate this, Chevy whipped up a special edition package for the 2022 Corvette Stingray: the 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition, which debuted at Belle Isle in Detroit. It’s not quite the so-called “Stingray R” we thought the pace car at Road Atlanta hinted at, but it has a similar vibe and may be the final version of that idea. And certainly there are broad similarities. See all 11 photos What the 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition’s name gives up in length, it makes up for in relative rarity. Just 1,000 of these specially-equipped C8s will be built, an...
Billboard Buys: Bose’s Athlete-Approved Wireless Headphones Are $100 Off
The Bose QuietComfort 35 features bass-boosting audio and Bose’s signature clear, crisp sound. Whether you’re listening to rock or rap, music sounds well-balanced and detailed — download the Bose Connect app to personalize the headphones even more to how you like to hear your tunes. What makes these Bose headphones stand out is their three levels of active noise cancellation, which help you tune out outside noise (I.e. traffic or conversations) so you can focus on the music. A built-in mic makes this great for taking calls on the go too, while Alexa capabilities let you control your settings, volume and more using just your voice. A single charge gets you up to 20 hours of playtime. The headphones are rated IPX4 for water-resistance too, meaning it can hold up to accident...
Ariana Grande Asks Diane Keaton What It’s Like ‘To Be So F—ing Iconic’
But when it came to Grande’s second question — “How does it feel to be so f—ing iconic?” — the 75-year-old icon, who’s starred in almost as many TV shows and movies as her age, was left scratching her head. “I don’t exactly understand what that means but it’s very kind of you to say. Can you explain to me how I’m iconic?” she replied. “What is that? I understand certain aspects of it, but it’s hard for me to deal with that. I don’t really see it that way. I live with myself and I’m hardly iconic. I get up in the morning and it’s me again. I’m just another person saying, ‘Gee, I’d better feed the dog.'” Read Keaton’s responses to more questions from Hawn, Midler, Al Pacino, Viola Davis and many more here. You...
Pharrell Williams Teams With Chanel on Mentorship Program for Black & Latinx Entrepreneurs
Chanel is teaming with Pharrell & his Black Ambition nonprofit on the two-part initiative. Chanel is teaming with Pharrell Williams and his nonprofit Black Ambition on a two-part initiative focused on Black and Latinx entrepreneurs aimed at providing “access to knowledge, insights and opportunities from industry-leading experts.” For part one, Chanel assembled the panel “Women Who Lead” that featured Tracee Ellis Ross, Medley co-founder Edith Cooper, Good American CEO and co-founder Emma Grede, Imaginary Ventures co-founder and partner Natalie Massenet. Moderated by Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief, the chat covered topics like resilience and determination, mentorship, building culture and community, and the importance of clarity of vision. It was live-streamed on Friday exclusively for...
H.E.R. Announces Back Of My Mind, Shares “We Made It”: Stream
H.E.R. has announced the release date for her long-awaited debut album Back Of My Mind. The LP follows the R&B star’s two compilation albums — 2017’s H.E.R. and 2019’s I Used to Know Her — and is set to drop June 18th via MBK Entertainment/RCA Records. Ahead of the release, H.E.R. has also unveiled the project’s latest single, “We Made It”, which follows previously-released tracks “Damage” and the Chris Brown-assisted “Come Through”. Related Video “For all those nights hopin’ that we’d find it/ Lookin’ at the sky, like thank God that you’re with me/ You’re with me/ Run red lights and following the signs/ It’s been a long ride and I just can’t believe/ Can’t believe we made it,” she croons on the song’s lovestruck chorus. Check out the album’s moody cover art and stream “We Made It...
Angel Du$t Surprise Release Bigger House EP, Share Video for “Love Is the Greatest”: Stream
Angel Du$t have surprise released their new EP, Bigger House, the follow up to last year’s Lil House EP. They also unveiled the music video to the track “Love Is the Greatest Thing” and fall tour dates with Mannequin Pussy. The song’s title suggests a ballad, and sure enough, it’s Angel Du$t unplugged, for the most part, with lush acoustic guitars and singer Justice Tripp’s clean vocal delivery. It’s surprisingly tender from the band known for mosh-ready melodic hardcore, but also displays their versatility as musicians. The track features subtle turntablism from LA producer Shlohmo. The Bigger House EP was produced by Rob Schnapf, known for his work with Elliott Smith and Kurt Vile. Perhaps the producer unleashed Angel Du$t’s inner singer-songwriter, as the lead single implies. Related Vi...
Japanese Breakfast Sings “Be Sweet” in Simlish for The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Stream
Michelle Zauner, aka Japanese Breakfast, has blessed fans with a new version of “Be Sweet” sung entirely in Simlish. The track was recorded for the new Sims 4 expansion pack titled Cottage Living, out July 22. The buoyant and summery “Be Sweet” is a perfect pairing for the gibberish language, even when the chorus is translated to “Ba shug da vlee nooboo/ Ya wana baleesh da voo ya wana baleesh” from the original “Be sweet to me, baby/ I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe.” “Be Sweet” appears on Japanese Breakfast’s recently released album, Jubilee, which arrived last Friday. As The Verge points out, The Sims 4 Cottage Living isn’t Zauner’s first foray into video games. She also composed the soundtrack for Sable, an upcoming Xbox and PC open-world game. Related Video In a recent...
Declaime and Madlib Announce Album In the Beginning (Vol. 1), Share “All Over the World”: Stream
Some old hip-hop gems are about to be unearthed. Madlib and Declaime have just announced a new album that’s comprised of previously unreleased songs they recorded together back in the mid-90s. It’s called In the Beginning (Vol. 1) and they’re previewing it with the lead single “All Over the World”, which you can stream below. Looking at the tracklist for In the Beginning (Vol. 1), which spans 13 songs in total, the collection will boast a wide range of vintage material by the two that used to be lost to time on various mixtapes and B-sides. According to a press release, the record serves as a time capsule of sorts — back then, the legendary producer and the underground rapper were neighbors-turned-friends in California — and includes contributions from the Loot Pack and CDP crew members li...
A Closer Look at the 2021 BET Awards Nominees for Best New Artist
Here’s a closer look at the nominees. They’re listed in alphabetical order. Coi Leray: The rapper, 24, has two nominations. She’s also up for best female hip hop artist. Leray has placed two singles on the Billboard Hot 100: “No More Parties” (featuring Lil Durk, No. 26) and “Big Purr (Prrdd)” (featuring fellow nominee Poo Shiesty, No. 69). Coi is featured on YSL’s “I Like,” a track from Slime Language 2, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in May. Leray was Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop rookie of the month for April. As Neena Rouhani noted in a Q&A that announced that designation, “Despite the infancy of her career, the multi-faceted performer has already collaborated with a plethora of fellow charting rappers, including Gunna, DDG and Yung Bleu.” In addition, Leray has released ...
Bill Murray Welcomes Cubs Fans Back to Full Ballpark With ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’
“This is what it feels like to be 100%!” he yells at Wrigley Stadium before leading the seventh-inning-stretch musical number. Chicago native Bill Murray welcomed a full-capacity crowd back to Wrigley Stadium on Friday (June 11) by leading Cubs fans in a rousing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” “This is what it feels like to be 100%!” Murray hollered to the shoulder-to-shoulder baseball fans during the seventh-inning stretch of Friday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. “And we are going to be louder from right now until the last out in the top of the ninth inning, understood? Let’s scare the hell out of these Cardinals!” The Hawaiian-shirt-clad actor and comedian then launched into a charmingly off-key (and fittingly offbeat) ...
