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Illenium Will Perform the First-Ever Concert at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium is home to the NFL’s Raiders and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas football team. The stadium is fully enclosed and climate-controlled with a capacity of up to 65,000. Illenium at Allegiant is being produced by AEG Presents, Life Is Beautiful, Another Planet Entertainment and ASM Global. “If there was ever a venue and a city perfectly matched for this one-night-only performance by this incredible artist, it’s Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas,” said AEG Presents svp Bobby Reynolds. “This will be a performance for the ages.” Garth Brooks was originally slated to play the stadium’s first concert on Aug. 22, 2020, but has been forced to postpone twice due to the pandemic. Brooks is now set to perform on July 10&nbs...
Los Pebles del Rancho del Ariel Camacho & Christian Nodal Team Up Atop Regional Mexican Airplay Chart
The song’s coronation gives Los Plebes their second Regional Mexican Airplay No. 1. They first visited the summit with “Te Metiste,” the two-week champ, which landed atop the tally almost six months after Camacho’s death (August 2015). Nodal’s 12th win arrives less than a month after he last captured a No. 1: “Duele,” his collaborative effort with Alejandro Fernández, reigned for one week on the chart dated April 24. Here’s a look at the updated board of soloist winners on Regional Mexican Airplay: 12, Nodal10, Gerardo Ortiz7, Marco Antonio Solis7, Vicente Fernández4, Alejandro Fernández4, Joan Sebastian Among all acts, Calibre 50 continues to rule with 19 No. 1s. Elsewhere in the radio landscape, “2 Veces” shoots up Latin Airplay with a 17-8 climb. It’s Nodal’s 12th top 10 and seventh con...
House mourns army chief, others
Members of the House of Representatives have expressed sadness over the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and his entourage in an air crash in Kaduna. Attahiru, along with six senior officers and four crew members were onboard Nigerian Air Force Kingair 350 from Abuja to Kaduna, ahead of today’s passing out parade of soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria, when the crash happened amid torrential rainfall, on Friday evening. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued on Saturday described as shocking and sad the death Attahiru and others involved in the plane crash. Gbajabiamila said the death of the Army Chief was unfortunate coming at a time that the Nigerian military was finding solutions to the security challenges in the country...
Blue Checks For All : Twitter Is Now Slowly Rolling Out Its Revamped Verification System
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty After months of speculation and leaks, Twitter’s “revamped” verification system is here. Twitter announced on Thursday (May.20) it has begun to roll out its new verification process slowly plus shared what criteria have to be met to obtain the highly-coveted blue checkmark details on how it will approve applications from now on. The announcement comes after months of speculation and “leaks” hinting at the return of the process. As detailed in a blog post, Twitter says it has been working on the new verification process for the past several months and that the new policy is shaped by public feedback and should bring some much-needed clarity to the process that was put on ice in November 2017 after it was criticized for verifying a white su...
Marvel’s Kevin Feige Says White Washing ‘Doctor Strange’ Role Was A Mistake
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Back when Doctor Strange was about to go into production, fans of the comic book were outraged that the studio was white-washing the character of “The Ancient One” by casting Tilda Swinton in a role that should’ve went to someone of Asian decent. Though the move was to avoid racial stereotypes of its Marvel characters (the reason The Mandarin was played by Ben Kingsley in Iron Man 3), many felt the casting choice was disrespectful and called Marvel out at the time. Now Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige says he regrets going that route with Doctor Strange. In an interview with Men’s Health for Marvel’s upcoming film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Feige admitted that the casting of Swinton as “The Ancien...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says She Will Only Be Doing 1-on-1 Interviews With Journalists of Color
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty If you’re a white journalist and want to speak with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, don’t hold your breath cause it’s not happening. On Wednesday (May 19), the embattled mayor announced that she would only be granting one-on-one interviews with journalists of color to mark the second anniversary of her inauguration, pointing out that she has been taken aback by the “overwhelmingly” white press corps in Chicago. In a tweet thread, Lightfoot announced her decision she wrote, “I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many. That isn’t just in City Hall. It’s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.” ...
Previously Unreleased Slash Song “Crazy” Featuring the Late Chester Bennington Has Been Unearthed: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T16:53:56+00:00“>May 21, 2021 | 12:53pm ET A one-minute snippet of a previously unreleased Slash song featuring the late Chester Bennington of Linkin Park has been uploaded online. The track, titled “Crazy”, was intended for release on Slash’s 2010 debut solo album. However, Linkin Park’s camp prevented the song’s release at the time. Instead, Slash enlisted legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister for the vocals, and the track ended up being called “Doctor Alibi”. The snippet originates from producer Big Chris Flores, who recorded the aforementioned solo LP. In 2019, Flores went back into the studio to add drum programming and bass to the song. A final, full-length version...
Wilco Announce Return of Sky Blue Sky Destination Festival with Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Thundercat
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T17:07:46+00:00“>May 21, 2021 | 1:07pm ET Wilco are bringing back their Sky Blue Sky destination festival to the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The all-inclusive experience takes place January 17th-21st and features three headlining sets from the Americana veterans. The lineup also boasts performances from Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Thundercat, Waxahatchee, and Stephen Malkmus. Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will also take the stage for a solo set. Other artists include Tank and the Bangas, Mountain Man, Nubya Garcia, The Autumn Defense, Nels Cline & Julian Lage, and Neal Francis. Britt Daniel will play a DJ set. Tickets will be capped at 2,500 guests, with...
Billie Eilish Announces 2022 Arena Tour Dates
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T17:20:43+00:00“>May 21, 2021 | 1:20pm ET Billie Eilish has announced a massive arena tour in support of her highly-anticipated new album, Happier Than Ever. The “Happier Than Ever, The World Tour” consists of 50 shows in total, including a 32-date run in North America. Between February and April, she’ll play shows at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, Boston’s TD Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, Chicago’s United Center, and San Francisco’s Chase Center. She’ll also spend take the stage across multiple nights at New York’s landmark Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ iconic Forum. The current ...
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Look: The Electric Pickup Has a Shockingly Low Price, Mega Specs
The F-150 has been the best-selling truck for 44 years running, and Ford has tampered with it big time to produce the new electric Lightning. (Ford used the name previously on its SVT-branded performance pickup discontinued after the 2004 model year.) The F-150’s combustion engine is replaced with batteries and electric motors, normally an insignificant, regulation-satisfying pivot in today’s car market, but on a high-volume vehicle such as the F-150, it potentially represents a seismic shift—not just for Ford but also for the industry and its overall adoption of EVs. And with the base work truck carrying a starting price of $41,669 (the MSRP minus the required destination charges is just under $40,000, and it qualifies for Federal and state EV tax incentives), Ford sends a str...
Dave Grohl to Co-Host ‘The Tonight Show’ Next Week
The Foo Fighters released their 10th studio album, Medicine at Midnight, in February, which topped all three of Billboard‘s rock albums charts: Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums. The Foos plan to deliver that medicine straight to their fans during headlining gigs at Lollapalooza in July and BottleRock Napa Valley in September. Grohl captures the thrill of being on the road in the touring documentary he directed What Drives Us, which serves as his “love letter to every musician that has ever jumped in an old van with their friends and left it all behind for the simple reward of playing music.” The 52-year-old musician and his mother, Virginia, have also launched the six-part Paramount+ series Fro...
Here Are the Sweetest Reactions to Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Album
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And when Olivia Rodrigo gives fans Sour, they offer up sweet reviews of her debut album that dropped Friday (May 21). Another famous Olivia, Olivia O’Brien, said she felt like she was 21 going on 16 while listening to the 11 heartbreak anthems. “Olivia Rodrigo’s album makes me wanna teleport back to high school because every word is EXACTLY how I felt as a teenager,” O’Brien tweeted. “I’m just gonna listen and pretend I am 16 and a boy just broke my heart.” Best Coast shared a similar sentiment, tweeting, “Laying in the dark listening to the Olivia Rodrigo album like the teenager I am.” (Don’t worry, Bethany, we won’t tell anyone you’re in your 30s.) You Deserve to Make Mon...
