When the coronavirus shut down the world down last year, two things gave Bruce Dickinson some peace of mind: Iron Maiden had finished recording their upcoming 17th album, Senjutsu, in 2019, and he could quarantine with “somebody I actually like,” his girlfriend. It all went pretty well for a little …
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Virtual-concert startup Wave is entering a partnership with major gaming developer Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends and Valorant, to create a virtual concert for Pentakill, a fictional heavy metal band Riot created, the two companies announced Wednesday morning. Riot Games dreamed up the idea of Pentakill in …
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Tony McCarroll, former drummer and co-founding member of Oasis, was hospitalized following a heart attack last week. McCarroll, who played drums on Oasis’ 1994 debut Definitely Maybe, shared the news on social media last evening, paying homage to England’s National Health Service. “Wanted to let you know I was admitted …
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Near the end of Guided by Voices‘ beer-drenched, 60-song-plus set at Columbus, Ohio’s Athenaeum Theatre Saturday night, frontman Robert Pollard mused to the audience: “I was born on the stage. I was squirted out on the stage…” The crowd — a motley crew of locals and super-fans who had crossed …
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Belly struts through the burning, trash-strewn streets of a bombed-out city in the video for “Die for It,” a new collaboration with the Weeknd and Nas. The track appears on See You Next Wednesday, Belly’s new album, out today, August 27th. “Die for It” revolves around an ominous, slow-rolling beat. …
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Of all the Beatles’ classic albums, Let It Be is the one with the most daunting reputation. We’re all used to hearing it as their break-up album. The one where the Fabs fall apart. The one they began as a back-to-basics rebirth, until it became their tombstone. The messy film …
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It didn’t take that much convincing to get actor Garrett Hedlund to star in Stephen King‘s very first podcast adaptation: “Strawberry Spring,” a short story from 1978’s creepy collection Night Shift. Jared Gutstadt, of podcast network Audio Up, first approached the Mudbound actor about the concept. “He said, ‘I want …
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Sony Pictures has released a trailer for Parallel Mothers, the latest film from acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The film, Almodóvar’s 22nd movie, stars Penélope Cruz as a middle-aged woman who accidentally gets pregnant from a man who doesn’t want to become a father. Milena Smit co-stars. The synopsis notes, …
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During their co-headlining tour on Saturday night, Sleater-Kinney joined Wilco onstage for an electric performance of “A Shot In The Arm.” The bands performed the evocative song from Wilco’s third studio album Summerteeth together following some weather-related delays at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Wilco and Sleater-Kinney’s latest concert is part …
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When you’re executed in Oklahoma, the process begins 35 days before your death, according to inmate Richard Glossip. First, they take your belongings, then they transfer you to a block of four cells called Death Watch. If you’re the only one on the block, they put you in the first …
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