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Astro, Founding Member Of Reggae & Pop Band UB40, Has Passed Away
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gie Knaeps / Getty For over four decades, the British reggae and pop band UB40 has delighted music fans all over the world and even notched a pair of number one hits in the process. One of the band’s founding members, Astro, has passed away due to a short illness. Via fellow founding band member Ali Campbell’s Twitter page, the passing of Astro, born Terence Wilson, was shared with some brief details. From Twitter: We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness. The world will never be the same without him. We ask you to please respect his family’s privacy at this incredibly difficult time. Campbell and Astro split from the original group, forming UB40 fea...
Fans Choose Mariah Carey’s ‘Fall in Love at Christmas’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
“Fall in Love at Christmas” was released on Nov. 5, just days after Carey festively smashed a pumpkin to declare Halloween officially over as a playful welcome to the Christmas season, when her classic former Hot 100 No. 1 “All I Want for Christmas Is You” typically takes over. Now, fans can enjoy Carey’s 2021 addition to their holiday soundtrack with poll-topper “Fall in Love at Christmas,” which is set to be performed next month by Carey, Franklin and Khalid for the Apple+ holiday special Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues. See the final results of this week’s poll below. 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 mee...
JORDY Drops Debut Album Mind Games: Stream
JORDY has unveiled his debut album Mind Games via 300 Entertainment. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. Containing singles “Till It Hurts” and “If He’s in Your Bed,” the 12-track collection confirms the 25-year-old’s role as one of the most promising new voices in pop. JORDY’s lyrics are filled with disarming observations on everything from finding faraway connection on dating apps (breakout TikTok hit “Long Distance”) and overcoming body dysmorphia amid the vanity of the L.A. gay scene (the powerful “Dressed Up in a T-Shirt”) to the desire to sometimes leave it all behind for a different kind of life (lovely, guitar-strewn closer “South Dakota”). Advertisement Related Video To celebrate the release, JORDY’s cooked up a yummy surprise for fans in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles...
Astro, Former Member of UB40, Dies at 64
Further details about Astro’s death were not provided at press time. UB40 remembered the singer in a tweet on Saturday. “We have heard tonight, the sad news that ex-member of UB40, Terence Wilson, better know as Astro, has passed away after a short illness,” the group wrote. “Our sincere condolences to his family.” This story is developing… 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 rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Ed Sheeran Returns to ‘SNL’ With Upbeat ‘=’ Performances After COVID-19 Quarantine: Watch
Despite rumors that his recent positive COVID-19 diagnosis would prevent him from performing on Saturday Night Live, Ed Sheeran returned to Studio 8H on Nov. 6 with upbeat performances from his new album, =. Fresh out of self-isolation, the English singer-songwriter appeared vibrant and in good health while delivering rousing performances of “Shivers” and “Overpass Graffiti.” Sheeran, who tested positive for coronavirus in late October, recently spoke with Howard Stern about his diagnosis and recovery. “Everyone was saying they were scrambling to find a replacement,” the Grammy winner said of rumors about his SNL appearance being impacted, but “I was always playing that. I tested for COVID and I announced it a couple days afterwards because I had to cancel [some] stuff.” ...
Post-Quarantine, Ed Sheeran Says His Daughter Had Also Tested Positive for COVID-19
Sheeran had shared his diagnosis just days before the release of his latest album, =, and earlier this week clarified that he out of quarantine and “excited to hit the ground running with work again, and SNL is still on.” “It’s quite an odd thing getting that and then having to announce it to the world, and then suddenly like, I’m now out of it, and I’m still sort of being treated [like he has COVID]. It’s kind of an uncomfortable,” Sheeran admitted to Stern. The Howard Stern Show radio host asked Sheeran, “Did you have heavy symptoms at all? I assume you were vaccinated,” to which the singer replied, “I was, yeah, but I was super ill and rundown before.” “As soon as I got a cold, I just started testing every single day...
Nation of Language on Finding Their Momentum Over the Pandemic: “It Feels Like Winning the Lottery”
Several years ago, Ian Devaney found his NYC musical project at a standstill. “At one point, it was like half the band suddenly and separately moved to Los Angeles,” he says. “I was like, ‘Oh, I guess this has run its course, because everyone’s gone.’” Luckily, Devaney found, well, a way forward (pun intended). In addition to his longtime collaborator and bassist Michael Sue-Poi, Devaney’s wife Aiden Noell joined the band on synths, and Nation of Language was born. It was not without hardship — after releasing their debut album Introduction, Presence in early 2020, the pandemic set in and left the band without any shows to play: “We always felt like the live show was the thing that would really kind of capture people’s attention and imagination… how would anyone ever find this r...
Natalie Imbruglia on Her New Album Firebird and Being an “Uber Fan” of The Strokes
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Natalie Imbruglia sits down with Kyle Meredith to discuss Firebird, her first album of new material in over a decade. Advertisement Related Video The Australian-British singer-songwriter tells us about the writer’s block that had her sidelined for the better part of the last decade, having a strong theme of independence on the record, and working with Albert Hammond Jr. A self-professed “uber fan” of The Strokes, Imbruglia also tells us she looked to Bonnie Tyler and the ’80s on “Maybe It’s Great,” and took inspiration from author Echkart Tolle. Listen to Natalie Imbruglia discuss Firebirdon this new episode of Kyle Meredith W...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Wicked’ Dreams Come True: See the Reaction
Grande’s affection for Wicked goes deep, and includes her appearance in “The Wizard and I” on NBC’s A Very Wicked Halloween back in 2018. Grande will play Glinda, Erivo will portray Elphaba for Jon M. Chu’s cinematic adaptation. Like magic, the Twittersphere lit up on the announcement as fans shared their thoughts with messages and memes. Check out some of the top tweets below. 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 rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
ABBA Shares First Album In 40 Years, ‘Voyage’: Stream It Now
When Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad went their separate ways in the early ‘80s, only the most determined of fans held out hope for new music. That moment would come to pass in September, when ABBA dropped the two-pack of “Don’t Shut Me Down,” and “I Still Have Faith In You,” the first of which cracked the U.K. Top 10 (debuting at No. 9). Last month, the foursome released a third fresh tune, “Just A Notion,” a classic ABBA track that was penned during their heyday in the late ‘70s. All three of those numbers appear on Voyage, the followup to The Visitors, from November 1981. ABBA will support their new works with a virtual residency in 2022. ABBA Voyage will feature the Super Swedes as digital versions of their younger selves, performing ...
ABBA Release Voyage, First New Album in 40 Years: Stream
ABBA have officially returned with Voyage, their first new album in 40 years. Listen now via Apple Music or Spotify. Marking the disco pop icons’ first studio set since The Visitors in 1981, the release of Voyage coincides with a digital concert event taking place in London next spring. Work on the 10-track album began back in 2018, with recording taking place at Benny Anderson’s Riksmixningsverket studio in Stockholm. One of the album’s tracks, “Just a Notion,” was previously released in demo form on 1994’s Thank You for the Music box set. Taking place at a custom-built, 3,000-capacity arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the digital concert will feature holograms of the fabulous foursome backed onstage by a live, 10-piece band. Entitled Abba Voyage, it’s a production of G...
Charli XCX Announces New Album & Tour, Drops ‘New Shapes’ With Caroline Polachek & Christine and the Queens
Charli took to social media to tell fans that her upcoming album, Crash, will be released March 18 of next year. Ahead of the album announcement, Charli revealed that Rina Sawayama, Oneohtrix Point Never, A. G. Cook, The 1975’s George Daniel and Ariel Rechtshaid, as well as “New Shapes” producers Deaton Chris Anthony and Linus Wiklund, will appear on the album as collaborators. The 29-year-old will also embark on a multi-date tour in North America and Europe, starting March 26 at the Fox Theatre in Oakland and ending at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival on June 9. Charli revealed that fans can gain early access to tickets when presaving the album on Spotify or preordering the album through her official webstore. Listen to “New Shapes” and see...
