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Bassnectar Hosts #EmpathyArt Fundraiser Gallery for COVID-19 Relief
Bassnectar‘s nonprofit charity initiative, Be Interactive, has been known to stand behind some important causes in recent years, including bringing clean water to Flint, Michigan, promoting good mental health, and much more. Now, the charity is hosting a unique art gallery to benefit those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Be Interactive has partnered with Colorado-based nonprofit Conscious Alliance in order to benefit visual artists, as well as COVID-19 relief efforts. Visual artists will be selling their work and displaying it online with the hashtag #EmpathyArt. Profits generated will go to both the artists themselves as well as Be Interactive’s COVID-19 micro-grants, or Conscious Alliance’s hunger relief efforts, which have distributed over 500,000 meals to ...
Beloved Barcelona Music Festival Sónar Officially Postponed
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the music community and entertainment industry at large, it just claimed another victim in Sónar Festival. The 2020 edition of Sónar Festival was set to feature a number of major artists from the world electronic music, like Eric Prydz, The Chemical Brothers, Charlotte de Witte, and Carl Cox, among others. The beloved Barcelona-based music and arts festival took to Twitter today to announce the heartbreaking news that it was forced to postpone its 2020 iteration due to COVID-19 cocerns. In addition to the announcement of the new festival dates, June 17th to 19th, the official statement from Sónar’s organizers also informed fans that they will be receiving an email on May 19th, 2020 with information on tickets and benefits. Sónar&...
Real Recognize Rio ft. 21 Savage “Pressure,” G Herbo “Drip” & More | Daily Visuals 5.8.20
Ever since the Trump administration tried to deport him back to the UK, 21 Savage’s been keeping a low profile for the most part, but the ATLien has come out the shadows to hand an assist to another up and coming artist. Linking up with Real Recognize Rio for his visuals to “Pressure,” 21 Savage politics with Rio in a secluded room where bagged up bodies hang from the ceiling and a red hue covers the room. Redrum, style. From the South to the Midwest, G Herbo keeps Chiraq on the map and with his latest clip to “Drip,” Herbo puffs on some herb while handling a flaming basketball to demonstrate, well, we’re not sure, but it looked cool. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Apollo Hill, Melvoni, and more. REAL RECOGNIZE RIO FT. 21 SAVAGE – “PRESSURE” [embedded content] G HE...
Diplo Jumped Into a River In His Boxers On a Dare from Megan Thee Stallion
A fan trying to keep up with Diplo‘s antics is like a dog trying to keep up with a stallion in The Kentucky Derby. No matter how fast and how often you scroll, it seems as if every time you look up, there’s a new farfetched story about him. Whether he’s campaigning to portray Joe Exotic, trolling Terry Crews as a DJ at a virtual prom, or being propositioned for “no-strings sex” by Sia, you can always count on dance music’s most infamous Renaissance man to keep you entertained. Speaking of stallions, here’s a video of Diplo plunging into a filthy river on a dare from chart-topping “Savage” rapper Megan Thee Stallion. You have to respect the hustle of Diplo, who declares, “You gotta do a verse for me now,” at the end...
Maxine Waters Reveals Her Sister Has Passed Away Due To COVID-19
Source: Bill Pugliano / Getty Rep. Maxine Waters’ sister has lost her battle with COVID-19. The California congresswoman revealed that her sister recently passed away during an exclusive interview with The Grio on Thursday (May.7). She described her passing “one of the most painful things” she has ever experienced but also is glad she is no longer suffering. “It is one of the most painful things that I’ve ever had to experience in my life. She had suffered. And so we are going through a very difficult time. It was not easy, but in many ways, I’m so glad she’s out of pain.” Homegoing services will be held for Waters’ sister in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Auntie Maxine first revealed that her sister was battling COVID-19 during a passionate speech during a debate over the stimulus r...
Porter Robinson Reveals Set Times for Virtual Festival Secret Sky Tomorrow
Porter Robinson took to Twitter today to share the official set times for his forthcoming virtual festival Secret Sky. As if fans weren’t already pumped up, Porter made them want to run through a wall in anticipation by writing, “IM SO DAMNNN HYPEDD.” After announcing Secret Sky earlier this week, Porter Robinson dropped a flamethrower of a lineup only one day later, sending EDM Twitter into a frenzy. Appearing at the digital fest will be Madeon, San Holo, Jai Wolf, and G Jones, among other fan favorites in the bass and future subgenres. The anticipation is now at a fever pitch less than 24 hours from the start of the livestream event, which marks the “Sad Machine” producer’s first foray into today’s robust virtual music livestreaming lan...
The Black Madonna Joins Lineup for Homoelectric’s Forthcoming 12-Hour Virtual Party
The fan favorite Manchester club brand Homoelectric is throwing an epic, 12-hour virtual “STAY HOMO” party as part of the United We Stream Greater Manchester Project on Sunday, May 10th. The self-proclaimed “late-night disenfranchised” party brigade will be hosting an impressive lineup featuring DJs, artists, and performers, who will all be donating their time for free in honor of a great cause. Joining in on the festivities will be The Black Madonna, Róisín Murphy, Erol Alkan, and Horse Meat Disco. The new additions will be joining the likes of Krystal Klear, Jaye Ward, Luke Unabomber (Homoelectric’s founder), and resident DJs Jamie Bull, Will Tramp, Gina Breeze, Lukas, and more. There will also be a special performance by Drag SOS star Cheddar Gorg...
Turns Out Grimes and Elon Musk Can’t Legally Name Their Baby “X Æ A-12” in California
Grimes and Elon Musk broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the name of their newborn. On May 5th, they welcomed little X Æ A-12 to the internet, and a universal “huh?” was heard worldwide. In not so surprising news, it turns out that California law prohibits the registration of a legal name consisting of symbols and numbers. Family law attorney David Glass informed People that while the couple’s choice of name doesn’t technically break any laws, it wouldn’t be accepted as valid by the state. “In California, you can only use the ’26 characters’ of the English language in your baby name,” Glass said. “Thus, you can’t have numbers, Roman numerals, accents, umlauts, or other symbols or emojis. Although an apostrophe...
How I’m Doing: Cher, Chance the Rapper, Rita Wilson, T-Pain & More Talk Life in Quarantine This Week
Playing eight hours of video games. Recording songs about your boyfriend who’s sitting in the room next door. Fixing wigs. This is what your favorite artists have been up to during quarantine. During Billboard video interviews and feature stories, artists from Chance the Rapper to Rita Wilson, who recently recovered from coronavirus after she and her husband Tom Hanks‘ diagnoses went public in early March, let us know what’s going on in their homes and how they’ve been feeling if they were previously under the weather. Read up on their routines and conditions below. Cher “It’s incredibly easy and I don’t feel like I’m suffering in any kind of way. My friends come over and look in the window so I can see them. One...
Ariana Grande, BTS & More: Who Should Do a Concert Special Next? Vote!
Following news that ABC will be airing a Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert special this month, we got to thinking of what other artists we’d like to see on screen while stuck at home. Ariana Grande teased back in October that a Sweetener tour film is in the works, so Arianators are surely itching to relive Grande’s biggest tour yet, plus have a chance to see some behind-the-scenes footage. While Shawn Mendes (and Alessia Cara) had been uploading mini-documentaries to his YouTube channel throughout his 2019 world tour, it could be great quarantine entertainment to mash them all together into one big special. Similar to Taylor Swift, BTS, Camila Cabello, Justin Bieber, Madonna and Celine Dion were among the countless artists who had to reschedule concert dat...
He’s Back: 5 Best Moments From 6ix9ine’s Return to Instagram Live
He’s back! Nearly 18 months since his 2018 arrest, Tekashi 6ix9ine finally returned to the public eye on Friday (May 8) with a highly-anticipated Instagram Live session, which shattered the IG Live record by topping more than two-million viewers at its peak. The usually-rowdy Brooklyn native has been radio silent, laying low for the most part since his April 2 release from prison, which came four months prior to the original date he’d be set free. Tekashi’s legal team secured him the right to serve the rest of his sentence on house arrest since he suffers from asthma and the coronavirus outbreak continues to run rampant through the prison system. Tekashi is wasting no time in resuming his rap career, as he debuted his pugnacious “GOOBA” single on Friday (May 8...
Foo Fighters Share Skin and Bones Concert Film
As part of their #StayHome series, the Foo Fighters have shared another lengthy live concert film. This time it’s Skin and Bones from their 2006 acoustic performance at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theater in Hollywood. The band is using the reshowing to raise money for the MusiCares COVID-19 relief. The movie was directed by famed photographer/musician Danny Clinch. He also popped on-stage during “Another Round” to play the harmonica. Dave Grohl and company have dug deep into their archives in recent weeks. Yesterday, they shared their legendary set from Lollapalooza 2011 (which has since mysteriously been taken down) and a show from London’s Hyde Park from 2006 that saw Lemmy from Motorhead and Queen’s Brian May (who has had his own problems during quarantine) show up on stage with th...
