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Man Dies After Falling off Balcony at Dead and Company Concert
A man died Friday after falling off a balcony at New York’s Citi Field during a Dead and Company concert. A police source told the New York Daily News that the man “attempted a body flip, fell, and landed on the balcony below.” He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man, who was in his 40s and from Brooklyn, was possibly under the influence of alcohol at the time of the fall, police say. Advertisement Related Video Share this: 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.
Song of the Week: Eddie Vedder Delivers a Faithful Cover of R.E.M.’s “Drive”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder takes on R.E.M. for the new drama Flag Day. A flag is more than cloth and dye. A flag is a symbol — a vessel of fear or hope — weighed down and lifted up by the actions of everything done in its name. Some of that fickle glory has rubbed off on Sean Penn’s character in his new film Flag Day, a solemn drama getting mixed reviews. But in judging the cultural impact, we won’t just look at the script, or the acting, or the sometimes bizarre statements the leading man has made when he’s os...
Jeff Ament’s Art Helped Define Pearl Jam
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS While Season 16 of the Consequence Podcast Network and Sony’s The Opus focuses on the unparalleled musical legacy Ten, it’s important to note of Pearl Jam has been defined as much by their visuals as their sound. On Episode 2, we explore how bassist Jeff Ament not only contributed to Pearl Jam’s sonics, but their imagery as well. Advertisement Related Video In fact, Ament may be the owner of the most recognizable handwriting in rock. Starting with the album art for Temple of the Dog, his designs and penmanship became a part of the optical brand for not just Pearl Jam, but for other Seattle music-based projects like the 1992 Cameron ...
Foo Fighters to Receive 2021 MTV VMAs Global Icon Award
The band is up for three awards this year for their single “Shame Shame,” which is nominated for best rock, best choreography, and best cinematography. Adapted from MTV’s European Music Video Awards (EMAs), the award is given to artists who have “left an indelible mark on the musical landscape and continues to influence, inspire and evolve,” according to an MTV statement. Past winners from the show’s European counterpart include Queen, Eminem, and the late Whitney Houston. Foo Fighters’ award comes just six weeks before the band is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a ceremony on Oct. 30. The band has received 11 Grammys, while frontman Dave Grohl has five wins of ...
9 Memorable Covers of Billie Eilish Songs
In August 2019, the 15-time Grammy champ offered her stripped-down take on Eilish’s debut song. In a video shared on Instagram, Keys sings emotionally while playing the piano, giving “Ocean Eyes” a soulful feel. A few months later, she covered the tune once more, this time recording it for Spotify’s Single Series. Vitamin String Quartet, “Bad Guy” There have been several notable covers of this Billboard Hot 100 hit, which spent 49 weeks on the chart. But one of the most memorable is VSQ’s take, which soundtracked a scene in the third episode of Bridgerton‘s steamy debut season. The quartet may have made the song suitable for a ballroom scene in a period romance series, but it also added to the fun with its bouncy strings, even sans vocals. Le...
Win a Pearl Jam Ten Prize Pack with Vinyl, Funko Pop Set, and Fender Player Stratocaster Guitar
It’s a big year for Pearl Jam fans, as the band’s early albums Ten and No Code both are celebrating anniversaries — 30 and 25 years, respectively. We’re in heavy celebration mode here on Consequence, not only making Ten the focus of our latest season of The Opus podcast on the Consequence Podcast Network, but putting together a rocking prize pack featuring both LPs. In addition to one (1) copy each of Ten and No Code on vinyl, this exclusive giveaway also features the new Pearl Jam Funko Pop! set so you can play with small bodied, big headed versions of your favorite alt icons. What’s more, we’re gonna make it possible to play your favorite Pearl Jam songs as well, because we’re also including one (1) Fender Player Stratocaster el...
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Announce New Album The Future, Share Single “Survivor”: Stream
A new album from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats is on the horizon: The Future, the soul-rock outfit’s first record since 2018’s Tearing at the Seams, is out November 5th via Stax Records. To share the news, Rateliff and company have offered a preview with the lead single “Survivor.” The Future was recorded at Rateliff’s studio just outside his home base of Denver, Colorado. “I look at the album overall as a big question,” the musician explained in a statement. “When I was writing the record we were in the middle of a pandemic and our future looked pretty bleak. I just continue to try to write from a place of hope. Then my own neurosis, and maybe being a Libra gets in the way, and I can’t make up my mind. There is this constant back and forth battle in me personally and I am sure...
Watch Eurovision Champs Maneskin Rock Billie Eilish’s ‘Bury a Friend’
Eurovision 2021 winners Måneskin know what it takes to rock a crowd. The Italian band proved their metal mettle recently when they performed their thrashy take on Billie Eilish’s 2019 song “Bury a Friend” at Belgium’s Ronquière Festival on Saturday (Aug. 14). The original tune — which they also played along with covers of songs by The Four Season, Harry Styles, The Killers and The Stooges the night before at the Rock For People festival in the Czech Republic — is a series of low key beats, squeaks and Eilish’s whispery vocals. In the hands of the Mån from Rome, it is transformed into a grungier, edgier rock tune with a ripping guitar solo. “What do you want from me?/ Why don’t you run from me?/ What are you wondering?/ Wh...
Longtime The Cure Bassist Simon Gallup Reportedly Quits Band: ‘Just Got Fed Up of Betrayal’
Gallup didn’t elaborate on what, if any, incident, precipitated his split, and at press time, it did not appear that frontman Smith had reacted. But as Variety pointed out, in 2019 Smith told the Irish Times that if the second longest-serving member of the group took leave, “it wouldn’t be called The Cure.” That same year, he also told the NME that their relationship was the key to the band’s success. “For me, the heart of the live band has always been Simon, and he’s always been my best friend,” Smith said. “It’s weird that over the years and the decades he’s often been overlooked. He doesn’t do interviews, he isn’t really out there and he doesn’t play the role of a foil to me in public, and yet he’s absolutely vital to what we do. We’ve had some difficu...
Travis Barker Flies on Airplane for First Time Since 2008 Crash
Travis Barker flew on a plane for the first time since the deadly 2008 plane crash which killed four people and left the Blink-182 drummer with third and fourth degree burns on more than half of his body. TMZ reports that on Saturday, Barker flew to Cabo with his girlfriend, Kourtney Kardashian. The crash on September 19th, 2008 occurred just after takeoff as the plane overran the runaway and crashed into a fence. The plane’s two pilots and two of its four passengers were killed instantly; the two lone survivors, Barker and DJ AM, suffered critical injuries. Advertisement Related Video Barker spent more than 11 weeks in a hospital, undergoing 26 surgeries and multiple skin grafts. He eventually recovered from his physical injuries and returned to playing music, but the mental trauma persis...
Billy Joel Performs “Iris” with Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik at Buffalo Concert: Stream
Billy Joel had a surprise for the crowd present at his show in Buffalo on Saturday night: an appearance by none other than the Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik. “Welcome to my hometown,” the frontman told Joel after being brought onstage at Orchard Park, NY’s Highmark Stadium to cheers from the assembled concertgoers. From there, he launched into his band’s biggest hit — 1998’s “Iris” — with some help from the legendary piano man on keys. “And all I can taste is this moment/ And all I can breathe is your life/ And sooner or later, it’s over/ I just don’t wanna miss you tonight/ And I don’t want the world to see me/ ‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand/ When everything’s made to be broken/ I just want you to know who I am,” he wailed on the second verse and subsequent chorus as the crowd ...
George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ Album Returns to Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart After 50th Anniversary Reissue
All together, the set earned 32,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the tracking week ending Aug. 12 — up 1,401% (from about 2,000 in the week previous), according to MRC Data. Of its 32,000 units earned, album sales comprise 28,000, SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 3.96 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The album, Harrison’s third solo studio effort and first No. 1 album, topped the Billboard 200 chart for seven consecutive weeks in 1971 (Jan. 2-Feb. 13, 1971-dated charts). It debuted at No. 5 on the Dec. 19, 1970 chart, and was last in the top 10 on the March 27, 1971-dated list, where it ranked at No. 9. The album launched a pair of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: Harrison’s first No. 1, the double-si...
