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Saturday Night Live to Air New “At-Home” Episode for Season 45 Finale
Much like everything else, Saturday Night Live’s 45th season was thrown for a loop when COVID-19 effectively shut down the entire world. The cast and crew have twice filled the Saturday night airwaves normally reserved for SNL with “At-Home” episodes, and they’ll do so again this weekend in what marks the season’s finale episode. The two previous “At-Home” episodes have featured celebrity cameos from Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler, and Larry David, as well as musical performances from Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Miley Cyrus. You can probably anticipate a similarly celebrity-filled episode this weekend, but SNL is of course keeping things close to the vest for now. This weekend’s episode could also mark the final turn for several veteran cast members: in particular, Colin Jos...
Country Music Is Enjoying a Streaming Boom During the Pandemic: New Data
“It’s the soundtrack of our lives whether our lives are going great or going terribly,” explains Pandora head of country Beville Dunkerley. As Americans continue to shelter in place, they are turning to country music to keep them company in record numbers. Over the last two weeks, country music has enjoyed a streaming bonanza, with on-demand audio streams growing 10.7% to a record high 1.26 billion for the week ending April 23. The next week ending April 30, a new record was set as streams grew 14.3% to 1.3 billion. This is versus the baseline weekly audio average of 1.138 billion for the eight-week period Jan. 17 through March 12, according to MRC Data/Nielsen Music. A number of factors contribute to the rise. Among them are the release of new albums from Kelsea Ballerin...
Patton Oswalt Promises to Host Virtual Webby Awards While ‘Sitting Around in Pajamas’
This will be Oswalt’s fourth time hosting the show, which extends his record as the Webbys’ most frequent host. Patton Oswalt will host the 24th Annual Webby Awards on May 19. The show, typically held in New York City, will instead be an Internet celebration with a focus on those using the Internet to respond to the impact of COVID-19. This year’s show has been dubbed WFH: Webbys From Home. In a statement, Oswalt joked: “It’s going to be the same as every other night lately — sitting around in my pajamas, marveling at amazing stuff on the Internet — except I won’t even have to find it myself.” “No one on this planet gets the Internet and can make it funny quite like Patton Oswalt,” said Claire Graves, executive director of t...
DMX Wants to Go Head-to-Head With Jay-Z in a ‘Verzuz’ Battle
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz series might serve as the battleground for a potential heavyweight bout between Jay-Z and DMX. During an interview with Drink Champs on Wednesday (May 7), the question of who DMX would be interested in competing against in Verzuz came up. With no hesitation, The Darkman replied “Jay.” Bemused by his answer, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN promptly sought clarity, and when asked again, X doubled down and said, “Yeah! Who you think, n—a?” In the late ’90s, Jay-Z and DMX were Def Jam’s most successful stars. The friendly rivalry includes several rap battles between the legendary MCs, including their Backstage Freestyle match in 2000. In 1999, they also created the infamous supergroup Murder Inc, which starred both rappers ...
Travis Scott & Kid Cudi’s ‘The Scotts’ Blasts in at No. 1 on Streaming Songs Chart
It’s Scott’s fourth No. 1 and Kid Cudi’s first. Travis Scott earns his fourth No. 1 – and Kid Cudi his first – on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with “The Scotts,” which debuts atop the list dated May 9. “The Scotts,” credited to The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, bows at No. 1 with 42.2 million U.S. streams in its first week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It’s Scott’s fourth leader and third as a lead artist. He first reigned in October 2018 as a featured artist, alongside Offset, on Kodak Black’s “Zeze,” for three weeks, followed by a one-week reign with “Sicko Mode” (January 2019) and the three-week leader “Highest in the Room” (October 2019). Three of those songs – “Zeze,” “Highest in the Room” and now “The Scotts” – debuted at No. 1, making Scott just the second artist t...
Kevin Gates “Still Hold Up,” MC Eiht “Once Upon A Time” & More | Daily Visuals 5.6.20
While some music artists are giving concerts from home and getting back into the groove of home living during the COVID-19 lockdown, Kevin Gates seems to have gone a different route and turned his house into a money making machine. At least one room of his home anyway. Keeping with the shelter-at-home orders that we depend on to save lives, Kevin Gates decided to have himself a casino night in his crib for his clip to “Still Hold Up” where the stakes are high one person at a time. That’s responsible hustling. Back on the West Coast, triple OG MC Eiht brings back the lowriders with the hydraulics that us older heads appreciate for his visuals to “Once Upon A Time.” Fitting title. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Quando Rondo, Kenny Muney, and more. KEVIN GATES – “STIL...
DJ D-Nice To Go Live On Instagram With Budweiser To Ask “WHASSUP!”
Source: BUDWEISER / Budweiser A month and change ago when the US went into quarantine mode and we ain’t know what to do with ourselves, DJ D-Nice gave an impromptu Instagram Live session that had social media vibin’ and the culture clubbing at home like it was the 90’s all over. Now that the world finally recognizes the talent this man possesses in his finger tips, Budweiser has recruited the OG DJ to join their rejuvenated “Whassup” campaign and get dialed up by some of his celebrity pals. Joined by Dwayne Wade, Gabrielle Union, Candance Parker and Chris Bosh, D-Nice partakes in some good ol social distancing loving from his friends while they belt out the first question on everyone’s mind when calling a friend: How you doing? Nah, y’all know whasssuuup! Check out the new spot below and d...
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Benzino Has Had Enough Relationship Advice In Teaser For Season Finale of ‘Love Goals’ [Video]
Source: OWN / OWN From his sex tape in the 00’s to his days on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Benzino‘s love life has been all kinds of struggle hot tea that viewers just can’t get enough of. With that being the case, the Made Man took his relationship troubles to OWN’s Love Goals where he and his pimp-handed babymama Althea have been working on their years long relationship. In the season finale to the relationship show, Benzino and Althea will find themselves the focus of the episode as they try to repair the foundation of their love which has gone through some damage over the years. In this exclusive teaser to Saturday night’s season finale, Althea and Benzino confront their issues (namely Zino’s temper). But after Althea promises to learn to be a “friend to Benzino. To care about his fee...
Neil Young Plays More Rarities in Fireside Sessions 4 Livestream
After nearly a month, Neil Young has shared his latest Fireside Sessions livestream. Like its previous three editions, the fourth one was shot and directed by Young’s wife Daryl Hannah and it took place at the couple’s home in Colorado. Starting at sunset and standing in front of a campfire, Young kicked off the set with a version of “One of These Days” from Harvest Moon before going indoors (in front of a fireplace), grabbing his harmonica and busting out “Good to See You” from 2000’s Silver & Gold. After the song, Young told Hannah that he “could never get it right” and “it seemed like a simple little song.” Young also performed the Zuma rarity “Through My Sails,” which according to Setlist.fm, is the first time he’s played the song. It was also the first version of fellow ...
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Was (Not Was) Singer, Dies at 74
Sweet Pea Atkinson, a singer in Was (Not Was), died after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles, where he lived. He was 74. Born Hillard Atkinson in Oberlin, Ohio, he released two solo records 1982’s Don’t Walk Away and Get What You Deserve in 2017. However, he gained more recognition as a member of the funk-rock group Was (Not Was). “He wanted to make a comic book where Sweet Pea was the main character,” Don Was said to Billboard, “because he was a larger than life guy — which is how I still think of him. I don’t think of him as a regular human.” Atkinson was also a member of the Boneshakers and went on the road for a decade with Lyle Lovett. He recorded with Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, Iggy Pop, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson Geroge Jones, Bob ...
Billie Joe Armstrong Shares Throwback Clip of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ Performance
Billie Joe Armstrong has been a regular fixture on the livestream circuit right now with his series of covers and virtual late-night show performances. But he upped his contribution to “fun things to view while in quarantine” by sharing a throwback video of him playing “Johnny B. Goode” on his signature “Blue” guitar. And even though we don’t know how old he was when this was filmed, the clip clearly shows that his guitar-playing skills have been honed from a young age. “Dear blue. You’ve always been trueThat’s my brother Dave playin drums. My family everywhere else.. song- “johnny b Goode,” he captioned the family home video. As previously mentioned, Armstrong has done a number of covers including Tommy James & The Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Manic Monday” with Bangles sing...
Bingo Players, Laidback Luke, Sophie Francis, and More to Perform at 1001Tracklists Virtual Festival
1001Tracklists today announced its forthcoming 1001Tracklists Virtual Festival, which will kick off this Friday, May 8th, and conclude on Sunday, May 10th. Along with the announcement came the unveiling of the fest’s massive lineup, which features electro house kingpin Bingo Players, iconic producer and Mixmash boss Laidback Luke, Hexagon wunderkind RetroVision, Dutch young gun Sophie Francis, and Norwegian trance heavyweight Ørjan Nilsen, among many others. Each day of 1001Tracklists Virtual Festival will also curate its own dedicated sound, starting with “Mainstage” on Friday, followed by “House Party” on Saturday and “Trance & Progressive” on Sunday. You can tune into the livestream event via 1001Trac...
