With just 24 hours to go until Kanye West and Drake unite for their ‘Free Larry Hoover’ concert, Amazon has announced it will stream the show live on its Prime Video and Twitch platforms. The benefit concert is set to go down tomorrow night (December 9) at the Los Angeles Coliseum, kicking off at 8pm.
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After a long 2020 almost entirely devoid of live music, 2021 brought with it the return of concerts. There were plenty of rules and restrictions in place as artists and venues alike tried to push forward amid the ongoing COVID pandemic. Still, proof of vaccination and crowd-size restrictions were small prices to pay in the
Footage has emerged that appears to show Wiley going on another antisemitic tirade. The clip was first posted by Campaign Against Antisemitism, who claim the London rapper (real name Richard Kylea Cowie Jr) recorded the message in the days prior to his attack against the charity earlier this month. Presumably making reference to the Holocaust,
Lindsey Buckingham claimed his former bandmate, Stevie Nicks, was responsible for Fleetwood Mac’s lack of new material in recent years. In a conversation with Classic Rock magazine, the guitarist revealed that work on a new Fleetwood Mac album began in 2012. “I had a bunch of songs, and Mick [Fleetwood] and John [McVie] and I
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a full album of remixed tracks from their latest record, ‘Butterfly 3000’. Set to arrive on January 21, ‘Butterfly 3001’ features contributions by the Flaming Lips, DJ Shadow, Peaches and more, along with the likes of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and fellow Australian act Confidence Man on the
Steve Jordan, the drummer who filled in for the late Charlie Watts on the Rolling Stones‘ most recent tour, says everyone was convinced he’d be back soon. “You have to understand, the week before Charlie passed, I had gotten information that he was doing better,” Jordan told Rolling Stone. “That week, the rehearsals took on
Haim have announced a 2022 North American tour in support of their latest album ‘Women In Music Pt. III‘. The ‘One More HAIM Tour’ begins on April 24 in Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan Hotel before hitting major cities across North America including Chicago, Houston, Miami, Washington DC, Seattle, Toronto, Philadelphia and more. See the full list of
The University of Florida approved a motion to give Tom Petty an honorary doctorate in music, noting his significant influence in his hometown. While he never attended the institute in Gainesville, he was once employed as a groundskeeper there before finding global success with the Heartbreakers, formed as Mudcrutch in the area in the early
Billie Eilish has teased details around her forthcoming music video for ‘Male Fantasy’, which she has directed and edited herself. Taking to social media, Eilish shared a clip of the video which sees her sitting in a dark room while the ‘Happier Than Ever’ track’s opening notes play. Set for release at 9am PT time
Prince William of the British Royal Family revealed he likes to start his work week by listening to the AC/DC classic “Thunderstruck.” In a new episode of the Apple Fitness+ podcast Time to Walk premiering tomorrow (Dec. 6) (and as reported by Blabbermouth), the Duke of Cambridge said the 1990 track helps him find the right attitude to commence
In late 1985, Echo & The Bunnymen released a singles compilation, Songs To Learn & Sing. The album provided a glorious summary of the band’s fertile early years: anthemic choruses, haunting vocals, big hair. But Songs To Learn & Sing also included one new song, “Bring On The Dancing Horses”, whose shimmering but static synthesiser
Kim Petras has shared a suggestive new single titled ‘Coconuts’, comprised largely of inventive euphemisms for her breasts. Prior to its release on Friday (December 3), Petras previewed the jaunty new song at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards. The track was debuted in a raunchy performance that Petras said was partly in protest of
Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin marked the seventh night of Hanukkah with a piano, harmonica and drums rendition of the Clash‘s “Train in Vain.” “Michael Geoffrey Jones, born to Russian Jewish mother Renee Zagansky, would come to be known as punk rock legend Mick Jones, co-founder of the Clash,” the duo explain in the
In 2020, with their flow of inspiration from new experiences staunched, some singer-songwriters and musicians found themselves turning to their own archives, finding not only purpose in the reassessment process but potential for new projects, too. Azniv Korkejian was one of them. The former sound editor for film and TV had already released two albums
BTS continue to break records as their recent ‘Permission To Dance On Stage’ Los Angeles residency has achieved the biggest single venue concert engagement by any act in almost a decade. According to Billboard, the four-night stand at Los Angeles’ So-Fi Stadium – which took place November 27-28 and December 1-2 – sold 214,000 tickets and grossed $33.3million
When Wolfgang Van Halen was invited to guest with Guns N’ Roses on tour in October, he spent as much time as he could rehearsing on his tour bus – and wound up returning a lost element to “Paradise City.” He’d been asked to take part in the closing song at two shows as Axl
All too often a star-crossed collaboration can end up diminishing both parties, but when Robert Plant and Alison Krauss came together for 2007’s multi-award-winning Raising Sand, it had the opposite effect. The record’s rich and subtle readings of deep blues and country cuts allowed Plant to finally slip the rock god shackles, paving the way
Just shy of nine months after releasing her third album, ‘Glow’, Alice Phoebe Lou has shared a surprise follow-up titled ‘Child’s Play’. Lou minted the record in ten days with drummer/keyboardist Ziv Yamin and bassist Dekel Adin. It also saw her link back up with producer David Parry, who’d also worked closely with Lou on
Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin are keeping up the holiday festivities with another entry in their Hanukkah Sessions covers series, this time of Billy Joel‘s “Big Shot.” “While he claims a secular Long Island upbringing (and has songs full of Catholic and Italian imagery), Billy Joel remains one of the great Jews of musical scripture
There’s a risk with any collaboration between players who each have a strong profile that it will be nothing more than the sum of those parts. Not so Springtime, which sees guitarist Gareth Liddiard, former helm of The Drones, now Tropical Fuck Storm, teaming up with pianist Chris Abrahams, best known for his work with