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Mick Jagger, Ziggy Marley and More Pay Tribute to Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert
After news of Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert’s death broke on Friday night, musicians took to social media to pay respect and share memories of the iconic Toots and the Maytals singer. “So sad to hear of Toots Hibbert’s passing,” Mick Jagger wrote on Twitter. “When I first heard Pressure Drop that was a big moment – he had such a powerful voice and on stage he always gave the audience his total energy. A sad loss to the music world.” Ziggy Marley called the ska and reggae legend a “father figure” in an emotional post. “The Legendary Toots Hibbert has passed i spoke w/him a few wks ago told him how much i loved him we laughed & shared our mutual respect,” he tweeted. “He was a father figure to me his spirit is w/us his music fills us w/his energy i will never forget him R...
Method Man Talks New Roles, Acting Influences & More With GQ
Source: Bravo / Getty Method Man has earned the respect of his peers and a number of accolades for his career as a rapper, and now he’s comfortably shifting into the next phase of life as an actor with the same focus. In a new interview, the Wu-Tang Clan star discusses his acting influence, his new roles, and more. Sitting with GQ, M-E-T-H-O-D Man spoke at length from his New York home with the publication about his resurgence as an actor, some of the growing pains that went along with this path, and how his role as Davis Maclean on Power Book II: Ghost, a high-profile defense attorney representing the St. Patrick family and has some challenges ahead with Tariq St. Patrick, who is following in his father’s drug-dealing footsteps. From GQ: What actors do you most admire, living or dead? So ...
Republican Party Senator Lightly Smacks Hand Of President Trump Over COVID-19 Response
Source: Portland Press Herald / Getty President Donald Trump and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic has surfaced in the news of late, especially as journalist Bob Woodward preps a potentially damaging book release. While many in the Republican Party have yet to lambaste Trump over COVID-19 concerns, one senator in the party broke with her side to do just that. albeit gently. The Hill reports that Sen. Susan Collins of Maine made one of the more pointed statements regarding Trump and the pandemic, which as of Saturday (Sept. 12) has taken the lives of 193,000 Americans. In Woodward’s upcoming book Rage, Trump played down the coronavirus in a bid to not stoke the fears of residents but perhaps to the detriment of all. Collins, who was in Maine for a Senate debate Friday, said, “I belie...
Phoebe Bridgers Performs Punisher Songs on CBS This Morning in Her Signature Skeleton Suit
Phoebe Bridgers, dressed in her signature skeleton suit, performed three songs off her latest album Punisher on Saturday for CBS This Morning. Joined by a backing band, the singer-songwriter performed “Garden Song,” “Kyoto,” and album closer “I Know the End” from the studio. Watch the performances below. [embedded content] [embedded content] Though Bridgers wasn’t able to tour in support of her sophomore album, which came out in June, she’s come up with creative ways to promote Punisher during the last few months. Earlier this week, she seemingly performed from the Oval Office during NPR’s Tiny Desk At-Home series and teamed up with Arlo Parks for a cover of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees” that was filmed inside a church. She also performed the album in ...
The GRAMMY Museum is Launching Its Own Streaming Service
The GRAMMY Museum is set to launch its own dedicated streaming service featuring artist interviews, performances, and livestreams. Titled COLLECTION:live, the service will host an estimated 1,000 programs upon launch with a mix of both new and notable archival content. The organization has foreseen a pivot to streaming in their future for quite some time in order to connect with a younger digital audience. According to the museum’s President Michael Sticka, those plans rose to top priority status in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Since March, the organization has accelerated its pace to record new virtual content including interviews with Billie Eilish and FINNEAS and a conversation with Hans Zimmer on the making of “No Time to Die,” which will be avai...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (September 12)
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week: Selena Gomez to Be Honored at the Hispanic Heritage Awards The Hispanic Heritage Foundation announced that Selena Gomez will receive the ARTS Award during the October 6 PBS broadcast of the 33rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. Selena Gomez will join Bad Bunny (Vision Award), Jessica Alba (Business Award), and America’s essential farmworkers (Heroes Award) on the telecast, with additional honorees and performers set to be announced over the upcoming weeks. “The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is thrilled to recognize Selena Gomez with the Arts Award for her ...
Autopsy Report Indicates Naya Rivera Called for Help as She Drowned
An autopsy report released Friday (Sept. 11) says Glee actor Naya Rivera raised her arm and called for help as she accidentally drowned while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake. Once his mother had helped him back on to the boat, the boy “noticed the decedent put her arm up in the air and yelled ‘help,'” the report from the Ventura County Medical Examiner says. “The decedent then disappeared in to the water.” Authorities had previously said that Rivera had drowned accidentally after putting the boy, Josey Hollis Dorsey, back on the boat at Lake Piru northwest of Los Angeles on July 8, but had not mentioned her shouting for help. Rivera “knew how to swim well,” the report said. The man who rented her the pontoon boat said she decli...
Ziggy Marley, Mick Jagger, The Who & More Pay Tribute to Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert
Tributes are pouring in after the passing of Jamaican reggae legend Frederick “Toots” Hibbert. Music stars like Ziggy Marley, Mick Jagger, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Massive Attack and many others took to social media to pay tribute to the Toots & the Maytals frontman, who died Friday (Sept. 11) at the age of 77. “So sad to hear of Toots Hibbert’s passing. When I first heard Pressure Drop that was a big moment – he had such a powerful voice and on stage he always gave the audience his total energy. A sad loss to the music world,” Jagger tweeted. Hibbert’s death was announced on his eponymous band’s social media accounts, saying that the singer/songwriter “passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by by friends and family at the University H...
John Fogerty Speaks Out After Trump Plays ‘Fortunate Son’ at Rally: ‘I Find it Confusing’
John Fogerty says he’s confused over why President Donald Trump would want to use Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s classic song “Fortunate Son” during his campaign rallies. In a video posted to Facebook on Friday (Sept. 11), the 75-year-old musician explained that he wrote “Fortunate Son” in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War to express his frustration about wealthy people using their power and influence to avoid being drafted. “It’s a song I could’ve written now, so I find it confusing, I would say, that the president has chosen to use my song for his political rallies, when in fact it seems like he is probably the ‘Fortunate Son,'” said Fogerty, who was drafted and served in the military. The singer/songwriter’s vid...
Iron Age Guitarist Wade Allison Dies
Wade Allison, guitarist for Texas hardcore band Iron Age, has passed away. 20 Buck Spin, the label that reissued the band’s 2009 album The Sleeping Eye last year, confirmed the news via Instagram. “RIP Wade. So very grateful to you for giving me an opportunity to be a small part of the @realironage lore,” they wrote. “Condolences to all his friends and family. Iron Age’s impact is huge and will reverberate in hardcore and metal for a long time to come.” A cause of death has yet to be revealed. Aside from The Sleeping Eye, Iron Age’s debut album 2006’s Constant Struggle was also influential in the world of hardcore. In 2017, Riley Gale of fellow Texas thrash band Power Trip, praised Allison’s guitar work in an interview with The Guardian. “Power Trip definitely woul...
The Flaming Lips Perform ‘God and the Policeman’ From Their Trademark Space Bubbles For Fallon
The Flaming Lips stepped back inside their trademark space bubbles Friday night for another socially distanced performance, this time for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The band performed their latest single “God and the Policeman” off their brand new album American Head. While Kacey Musgraves lends her vocals to the studio version, she unfortunately was not bubbled up with the band. “God and the Policeman” follows previously released songs “My Religion is You,” “Will You Return/When You Come Down,” “Dinosaurs on the Mountain” and “You N’ Me Sellin Weed.” Watch the performance below. [embedded content] We recently chatted with singer Wayne Coyne about the new album and the future of live music. Unsurprisingly, the Lips are actively trying to figu...
Toots Hibbert, Toots and the Maytals Singer, Dies at 77
Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert, the ska and reggae legend who led Toots and the Maytals, has died at the age of 77. A statement from Hibbert’s family that was posted on his social media confirmed his death. “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family announced through the band’s official social media channels Friday night. It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica… pic.twitter.com/zOb6yRpJ7n — Toots & The Maytals (@tootsmayta...
