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Summerfest Reveals 2021 Lineup with Miley Cyrus, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, Pixies & More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T15:26:01+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 11:26am ET Summerfest will return to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in September with a massive nine-day event taking place over three consecutive weekends (Sept. 2nd-4th, 9th-11th, and 16th-18th). The newly revealed lineup is led by an eclectic group of headliners that include Miley Cyrus, Dave Matthews Band, Jonas Brothers, Chance the Rapper, Chris Stapleton with Sheryl Crow, and Zac Brown Band. Other confirmed acts include Run the Jewels, Wilco, Pixies, Liz Phair, Rise Against, Black Pumas, ZZ Top, Diplo, G-Eazy, 311, Ludacris, Nelly, Future Islands, Claud, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bleachers, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Goo Goo Dolls, Sheila E., T-Pain,...
Little Simz Reunites with Cleo Sol for Uplifting New Song “Woman”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T16:00:24+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 12:00pm ET Little Simz has released a new single from her upcoming album, Sometime I Might Be Introvert. It’s called “Woman” and it features guest vocals by Cleo Sol. Accompanying the track is Simz’s first self-directed music video, in which she brings the song’s empowering lyrics to life. Stream it below. “Woman” is a low-key retro hip-hop number that sees Simz rapping about the women around the world who inspire her to carry on. “Woman to woman, I just want to see you glow,” she sings sweetly with an audible grin on her face. In a press release, Simz explained why she felt compelled to write the track in the first place. “I love it when I see wo...
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Savages’ Jehnny Beth Unite on “Chase It Down”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T16:16:41+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 12:16pm ET Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jehnny Beth of Savages have shared “Chase It Down”, a bombastic new song from their upcoming joint album, Utopian Ashes. Watch the accompanying music video below. The latest installment in the LP’s fictional story of a disintegrating marriage features soaring strings and an emphatic guitar solo by Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes. Fellow Primal Scream bandmates Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums) join Beth’s musical partner Johnny Hostile (bass) to fill out the instrumentation. This lineup is featured throughout the album. Gillespie opens the song by singing,...
Andrew W. K. Announces New Album God Is Partying, Shares 2021 Tour Dates
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T16:26:32+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 12:26pm ET Having successfully started the party with mere mortals, Andrew W. K has set his sights on the Lord of Hosts. Today the veteran rocker has announced his fifth album God Is Partying, out September 10th, and shared the lead single “I’m in Heaven”. For those of us who haven’t yet booked our celestial ticket, Mr. Wilkes-Krier has also unveiled a string of 2021 tour dates that thankfully take place on Earth. God Is Partying is W.K.’s fifth album overall, and the follow-up to 2018’s You’re Not Alone. He shared the first preview in February with “Babalon”, a hard-charging banger built around searing guitars. With ...
Disney+’s MCU Series ‘Loki’ Gets Release Date Moved Up
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Marvel Studios / Disney With the success of both WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, fans can’t wait to continue to delve into Disney+’s continuation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Loki is next up to bat. Looking to appease the hardcore MCU fans subscribing to their streaming network, Disney+ has decided to move up the release date for the highly-anticipated series albeit it’s only a few days. In a new short video Loki star Tom Holland makes the case for the antihero to be considered a good guy as he’s “heroic” and “charming,” before declaring that “Wednesday’s are the new Fridays.” That’s when we see the release date change from June 11th to June 9th. Well, something’s something, right? The new Loki series will get into ...
Sydney Chase Says Tristan Kardashian Recently Smashed, Claims She Has Receipts
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN.com / WENN The Tristan Thompson cheating saga continues, allegedly. Online personality and professional hot girl Sydney Chase says she hooked up with the baller after he reunited with Khloe Kardashian. As spotted on The Cut, the model recently conducted an interview with Adam22 on the No Jumper podcast. While she discussed a lot of different topics relating to her “career”, one portion of the discussion has made big waves throughout pop culture. Midway through the Q&A she revealed that she had recently dated Tristan Thomas and they were romantically involved saying he had ““a peek-a-boo d***, but, baby, it was good.” When asked if she was aware he had reconnected with his child’s mother Khloe she responded “he told me he was not in a re...
DJ Clark Kent Talks About Coppin’ Kicks on eBay
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jesse Grant / Getty For those who don’t know, legendary Hip-Hop DJ/producer, DJ Clark Kent has been collecting sneakers longer than you’ve been entering raffles to resell them joints. Recently the OG Hip-Hop legend linked up with Highsnobiety and Ebay to talk talk about his love of sneakers and give viewers some tips on how to go about your sneaker collecting business. Reminiscing about how his first pair of Pro-Keds were the talk of his disenfranchised neighborhood, Clark’s love of flashy footwear kicked off and since then he’s gone on to accumulate quite the collection. That includes even working with Nike on quite a few exclusives that go for a grip these days including some LeBron 8’s, Air Max 1’s and of course the classic silhouette, Air Force 1’s. N...
Billboard & Twitter Unite For New “Hot Trending” Music Chart
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty Well, this was unexpected, but it makes total sense in today’s age of social media. Billboard and Twitter have united to form a first-of-its-kind chart called Billboard Hot Trending. In a statement from Billboard, the publication dedicated to all things music, said the chart would shine a spotlight on “the most talked-about songs” on Twitter by monitoring tweets and trends in real-time. The criteria that will help determine what makes this particular list include “music nostalgia threads,” new music releases, awards shows, plus music and festival highlights. The chart will refresh every 24 hours, an industry first, to keep up with the latest trends across the platform. Speaking about the chart, Billboard said, “The chart is also u...
Over 130 Belgian Venues Reopen Illegally in Protest of Government Restrictions
On April 30th more than 130 venues in the Belgian cities of Brussels and Wallonia opened their doors, breaking government protocols instated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The venues are hosting events for the general public for nine consecutive days in protest of the restrictions, IQ Magazine reports. Campaign group Still Standing For Culture is the body behind the protest events which span entire cities and will conclude on May 8th, when government restrictions are eased to allow open-air events with a maximum capacity of 50 individuals. “We will do this without underestimating the dangerousness of the virus, but we recall that experiments and studies show that the opening of cultural places has only a minimal impact on the contamination curves in the face of the effects ...
Watch Tom Petty’s Nostalgic ‘Drivin’ Down to Georgia’ Video
Tom Petty’s 1992 “life on the road” tune “Drivin’ Down to Georgia” is now accompanied by a nostalgic new music video. The video takes viewers through a grand time on tour with the Heartbreakers. Directed by Alison Tavel, the archival video footage was shot by band bassist Ron Blair and Martin Atkins, director of the 1999 Heartbreakers concert film High Grade Dogs, Live from The Fillmore. In the clips, we see Petty in his element on various stages. As the band travels from venue to venue, road signs flash by and the band watches the sun set over mountains and canyons, always on the way to another gig. Watch the music video for “Drivin’ Down to Georgia” below. [embedded content] This cut was released last year on the box set Wildflowers & All the Rest, an exhaustive nine-LP, 70-trac...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Guest Perry Farrell
SPIN is partnering with Scott Lipps to bring to you SPIN Presents Lipps Service. The acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron and many, many more. This week’s episode features none other than Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza co-founder Perry Farrell. In the episode, Farrell spoke with Lipps while dealing with the everyday riff-raff of family life. The duo discuss Jane’s Addiction’s origins in the ’80s, how he managed to receive previously unheard and unreleased Jim Morrison tracks from folks in Israel that landed on his new career-spanning box set, and what it was like to be a male escort in Los Angeles. A...
Ferrari 812 Competizione First Look: The A Team
The Ferrari 812 Superfast just got a little less super with the arrival of the 812 Competizione and Competizione A (apparently the names Superfaster and Superfaster A never stood a chance). The two models are the latest evolution of Ferrari’s front-engined V-12 supercar, with the Competizione maintaining a traditional coupe body style and the Competizione A going the open-topped Targa route. See all 6 photos Under the Competizione twins’ hoods rest the same 6.5-liter V-12 engine that pumps out 818 hp and screams toward a 9,500 rpm redline. Ferrari used some high-tech tricks to increase performance from the big engine, including replacing the usual steel connecting rods with lighter titanium units, adding diamond-like carbon to the piston rings to reduce internal friction, rebal...
