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Bikini Kill Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T19:43:06+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 3:43pm ET Bikini Kill will return to the road in 2022 to resume their reunion tour. Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Kathi Wilcox (bass guitar), and Tobi Vail (drums), along with guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle, first reunited in 2019 for a series of concerts in the US and UK. They had planned to embark on a more extensive outing in 2020, but those dates were ultimately postponed due to the pandemic. The rescheduled tour spans 45 dates in total, including 13 newly announced shows. The band’s North American run is divided up into three separate legs, the first of which launches April 29th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Following a run of shows in E...
Garbage Unveil New Song “No Gods No Masters”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T19:53:14+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 3:53pm ET Garbage have shared a new song, “No Gods No Masters”, the title track from their upcoming album. It’s the latest taste from No Gods No Masters, the alternative rock band’s seventh studio album, and first in five years. Featuring New Wave synths, the track finds Shirley Manson taking control of her own destiny. “The future is mine just the same,” she sings. “No master or gods to obey/ I’ll make the same mistakes/ Over and over again.” In a statement, Manson said the single was inspired by a visit to recent protests in Santiago, Chile. “We were driving down the street, and the whole city was covered in graffiti, like all the old museums...
Toyota Set to Acquire Lyft’s Self-Driving Division as Part of $550 Million Deal
Toyota Motor Corporation is acquiring Lyft’s self-driving vehicle division in a $550 million deal through its subsidiary Woven Planet, a company dedicated to developing autonomous driving and advanced mobility technologies. The acquisition of Lyft’s Level 5 automation will also include multiyear non-exclusive commercial agreements between the ride-hail company and Woven Planet. In addition to enhancing safety, this partnership will help expedite the development of self-driving technology and the commercialization of automated vehicles. According to the press release, Lyft spent nine years building a transportation network that is uniquely capable of scaling AVs. The Level 5 team at Lyft will join Woven Planet to form a world-class team of engineers and scientists all working to...
Lil’ Kim to Release ‘The Queen Bee’ Memoir This Fall
“I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time,” the rapper told People, who first shared the news. “Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil’ Kim, but they have no idea.” The Queen Bee, written by Lil’ Kim and author Kathy Iandoli, will detail the Grammy-winning star’s life and 30-year career, from her teenage days in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, her relationship with the Notorious B.I.G., her time in M.A.F.I.A and subsequent solo takeoff. Pre-Order the memoir in Kindle and hardcover here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewar...
Eric Prydz’s Move to CAA Will Help ‘Bring His Artistic Vision’ to Wider U.S. Audience
Electronic titan Eric Prydz has signed with CAA and will be represented by music agent Alex Becket, whose roster also includes Rüfüs Du Sol, Lee Burridge, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, Bedouin, Monolink and more. Prydz was previously repped by Paul Morris at Paradigm, although Morris left the agency in March to work exclusively with Tiësto. Prydz will continue to be managed by Michael “Mick” Sershall of London’s Sershall Management. CAA’s Darryl Eaton, Hunter Williams and Mac Clark were also key in securing the signing and will work alongside Becket on Prydz projects. Prydz’s team also includes global press by Infamous PR. “It did happen very quickly, but also at the same time very organically,” Becket says of Prydz joining the CAA roster, “from o...
Selena Gomez Is ‘Back to Work’ in Smoldering Blonde Selfie
A blonde Selena Gomez is “back to work,” as she put it, in a brand new glam selfie. On Tuesday (April 27), the 28-year-old star posted a smoldering shot by her makeup artist Hung Vanngo with her platinum blonde strands framing her face. Her makeup brand, Rare Beauty, posted the first look of her lighter locks April 23 by sharing their fierce leader’s mirror selfie while promoting its new lip and blush shades. “Girrrrllllll,” the official makeup brand’s Instagram commented on Gomez’s first blonde selfie on her own channels. “You fine fine.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and m...
Bikini Kill Announce Rescheduled 2022 Tour With New Stops in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta
Just like everyone else, Bikini Kill had their touring plans squashed due to the pandemic and initially planned to push it to this year. Alas, that isn’t happening. However, Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox and Erica Dawn Lyle will be hitting the road almost exactly one year from today. On Wednesday, Bikini Kill unveiled their 2022 tour dates, which include a bunch of new stops, including Los Angeles, Tucson, El Paso, Austin, St. Augustine, New York City and many more. The group also announced a limited-edition blue vinyl of Reject All American coinciding with the album’s 25th anniversary. It will be released on the next Bandcamp Friday (May 7), and there are only 500, so you better move quickly. Last year, we named Bikini Kill as one of our most influential artists of the past...
Rep. Val Demings Defends Officer In Ma’Khia Bryant Death: He “Responded As He Was Trained”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty During a visit to CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday (April 15), Florida Rep. Val Demings gave insight on the video footage that captured an Ohio police officer fatally shooting a Black teenage girl last week. Bodycam footage showed an officer, later identified as officer Nicholas Reardon, responding to a call about a fight outside involving 15-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in front of her home. During the altercation, the officer fired four shots after Bryant, appearing to hold a knife, attempted to lunge at another girl. According to Business Insider, Demings stated the officer “responded as he was trained to do with the main thought of preventing a tragedy and a loss of life of the person who was about to be assaulted.” Year...
Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Book Pro 360 & Galaxy Book Pro Are Geared For Mobile First Users
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Samsung / Galaxy Book Pro 360 & Galaxy Book Pro Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptop lineup is taking its cues from Galaxy smartphones. This year, Samsung has been very busy. The company recently launched its new affordable Galaxy A Series smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (the best smartphone on the market), the excellent Galaxy Bud Pro earbuds. Now, the Korean tech giant is rolling out a pair of new laptops. Wednesday (Apr.28), Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Book Pro 360 ($1199) and Galaxy Book Pro ($999) laptops. The new laptops are a combination of powerful performance and the mobile DNA of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. These new computing devices feature AMOLED displays that Samsung promises will take your “entertainment to the next leve...
Researchers Find That Hip-Hop Music Leads To Better Surgical Procedures
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FatCamera / Getty Hip-Hop music is known to move souls as well as body parts whenever played at high volumes, but did y’all know it can also affect how surgeons perform surgical procedures? Not in a negative way either. According to Daily Mail, researchers found that when Hip-Hop music is played at operating theaters while medical students were performing their operating procedures, it led to more efficient outcomes than one would expect. As part of the experiment, researchers from Germany looked at the effect that music would have on THE surgeons’ performances and used four genres of music as part of their tests: Classical, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Radio music. For their study, the German team monitored 82 medical students as they performed laparoscopic exerci...
The U.S. Government Is Suing Ja Rule For $3 Million in Unpaid Taxes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cassidy Sparrow / Getty Looks like Ja Rule is once again about to take on the United States government as the IRS is zeroing in on the former face of Murder Inc. Radar is reporting that the Queens rapper allegedly owes Uncle Sam over $3 million in federal taxes. Really?! When he’d start making millions like that again?! (no shots). According to the lawsuit filed by lawyers representing the United States of America, the artist born Jeff Atkins owes $3,139,237.76 for royalties made in 2005-2010 and 2012-2017. The breakdown is $357,421.23 (2005), $518,700.88 (2006), $348,087.49 (2007) $267,193 (2008), $198,817.99 (2009), $47,901.53 (2010), $128,926.37 (2012), $116,720.65 (2013), $229,577.62 (2014), $212,270.42 (2015), $526,431.46 (2016) and $187,188.52 (2017...
Florence Welch Is Writing Lyrics and Music for The Great Gatsby: A New Musical
Florence + the Machine’s Florence Welch will pen the lyrics and co-write music for a musical stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Welch will work with Oscar- and Grammy-nominee Thomas Bartlett on the music for the show. Producer/singer Bartlett, also known as Doveman, worked with Florence + The Machine on the song “Jenny of Oldstones,” which was used in HBO’s Game of Thrones. “This book has haunted me for a large part of my life,” Welch stated in a statement. “It contains some of my favourite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. It is an honour to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.” Published in 1925, Fitzgerald’s iconic novel...
