COVID-19
BTS Members RM and Jin Test Positive for COVID-19
Two more members of BTS have tested positive for COVID-19. Following yesterday’s news of Suga’s diagnosis, the group’s management company, Big Hit Music, has now revealed that RM and Jin have also received positive test results. Similar to Suga, RM is asymptomatic at the moment. However, Jin is experiencing flu-like symptoms, including a fever. Related Video All three members of BTS received their second COVID vaccination in August, and are currently self-quarantining in their respective homes, according to Big Hit. Advertisement “Our company will continue to provide support for the rapid recovery” of the group’s members, Big Hit added, “placing our highest priority on the health and safety of our artists. We will continue to cooperate fully with the requests and guidelines of healthcare a...
Easy Lift: Pro-Vaccine Donald Trump Managed To Make Candace Owens Look Like An Edgeless Bozo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Daily Wire / The Daily Wire Donald Trump attempted to make himself look better at the expense of a hapless Black person—sound familiar? This time the tap dancing clown was Candace Owens, who while interviewing the losing President was taken aback when he suddenly turned into a pro-vaxxer. It turns out Trump now wants to take credit for the vaccines, despite his ineptitude when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Related Stories “I came up with a vaccine, with three vaccines,” Trump told Owens on her The Daily Wire show Candace on Tuesday. “All are very, very good. Came up with three of them in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” Actually, it wasn’t, but buddy can’t help himself. Als...
Easy Lift: Pro-Vaccine Donald Trump Managed To Make Candace Owens Look Like An Edgeless Bozo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Daily Wire / The Daily Wire Donald Trump attempted to make himself look better at the expense of a hapless Black person—sound familiar? This time the tap dancing clown was Candace Owens, who while interviewing the losing President was taken aback when he suddenly turned into a pro-vaxxer. It turns out Trump now wants to take credit for the vaccines, despite his ineptitude when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Related Stories “I came up with a vaccine, with three vaccines,” Trump told Owens on her The Daily Wire show Candace on Tuesday. “All are very, very good. Came up with three of them in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” Actually, it wasn’t, but buddy can’t help himself. Als...
Suga of BTS Tests Positive for COVID-19
Suga of BTS has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a statement from the group’s management company, Big Hit Music, the 28-year-old musician had tested negative prior to leaving the US for South Korea following the group’s recent run of concerts at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. However, while self-quarantining upon his return to South Korea, Suga received a positive result after taking a PCR test. Big Hit Music said Suga received his second COVID-19 vaccination in August, and is currently experiencing no symptoms. The company also stressed that he has had no contact with the other members of BTS — RM, Jin, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. Related Video Earlier this week, Suga became the first Asian pop musician to debut at No. 1 on Billboard Digital Song Sales chart after his posthumous...
COVID-19 Is Playing at My House: How LCD Soundsystem and Their Fans Gambled and Lost
LCD Soundsystem have made a career out of iconic lines, from, “Daft Punk is playing at my house,” to “I’m losing my edge,” but nothing they’ve written has been quite as prescient as, “[U]s playing the show is no way an indicator that it’s safe to attend.” The band posted those words in a December 17th statement explaining why they wouldn’t be cancelling their residency at Brooklyn Steel, despite private misgivings and a COVID-19 surge in New York City. Two days later, they finally pulled the plug, bowing to outside pressure as well as a growing unease within the band. Before that happened, scores of concert-goers may have been infected with the novel coronavirus. Consequence has spoken to over a dozen people who attended the residency, all of whom say they have had at least the first ...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Says He’s Not Shutting Down Season Despite The Omarion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty It was announced earlier this week that the NHL would be suspending their season due to the spike in COVID-19 infections in the U.S., but don’t expect the NBA to follow suit even though a slew of games have already been postponed due to players catching the Rona. According to Deadline, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made it clear that the season will continue to push forward even as the Omicron virus runs rampant across the world and has been shown to infect even the fully vaccinated. “No plans right now to pause the season,” Silver told host Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today. “We’ve, of course, looked at all the options, but frankly we’re having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now.” Though the ...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Says He’s Not Shutting Down Season Despite The Omarion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Goodlett / Getty It was announced earlier this week that the NHL would be suspending their season due to the spike in COVID-19 infections in the U.S., but don’t expect the NBA to follow suit even though a slew of games have already been postponed due to players catching the Rona. According to Deadline, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made it clear that the season will continue to push forward even as the Omicron virus runs rampant across the world and has been shown to infect even the fully vaccinated. “No plans right now to pause the season,” Silver told host Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today. “We’ve, of course, looked at all the options, but frankly we’re having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now.” Though the ...
Swedish House Mafia Performance In Las Vegas Cancelled After iHeartMedia Abandons CES Event: Report
The smaller, scaled back version of the the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is now in danger of being cancelled after major media companies like Twitter, Pinterest, and Meta (Facebook’s parent company) have reportedly pulled out. This includes a scheduled appearance by Swedish House Mafia at the AREA15 concert venue. The legendary electronic music trio were reportedly planning to perform at an offshoot CES event organized by iHeartMedia at AREA15, but the company called it off due to uncertainty surrounding the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “We were looking forward to seeing you at our iHeartRadio Live at CES party at Area 15 on Thursday, January 6, 2022 to share a special performance by Swedish House Mafia,” reads a st...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cinderella’ Cancels All West End Shows Until February Over Omicron
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Cinderella has been forced to temporarily shutter in London’s West End due to the growing omicron surge, one of the numerous shows that have been severely impacted by the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The production — which canceled several shows last week at the Gillian Lyne Theater — announced late on Tuesday (Dec. 21) that it was suspended all performances until Feb. 9 in order to “avoid more disruption and to protect the quality of the show we give our audiences.” On Twitter, Lloyd Webber said that he was “absolutely devastated” by the decision, but said it was the “right thing to do” for both the audience and the safety of the cast, musicians and backstage crew. “Once again, ...
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill Musical Closed on Broadway, Citing Omicron Variant
Jagged Little Pill, the musical based on Alanis Morissette’s transcendent album of the same name, has closed on Broadway. The show had been put on pause starting Saturday (December 18th) due to “a limited number of positive COVID test results,” and there are currently no plans to re-raise the curtain. In a statement shared on social media, producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, and Eva Price revealed Jagged Little Pill would not be reopening, citing the surging Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus: “The drastic turn of events this week with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant has, once again, changed everything. We are dismayed by what appears to be another substantial public health crisis, and, due to the detection of multiple positive Covid-19 cases within the compan...
Kate Bush Backs NHS Worker Pay Raises in Christmas Message
Reclusive art-pop singer Kate Bush emerged today to share a Christmas message posted to her official website, in which she touched on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated for UK National Health Service (NHS) workers to receive pay raises for their heroic efforts. “It’s been a terrible time of loss for so many. I want to say a big thank you to all the people on the front line and in the NHS,” she wrote. “I have such huge respect for all the nurses and doctors who’ve already been working flat out for nearly two years. These caring people are showing such extraordinary acts of kindness to others. Let’s hope they get the pay rises they rightly deserve.” Back in March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under fire for offering a puny 1% increase in wages to doctors and nurses....
Jingle Ball Concert Called Off Due to Omicron Variant Concerns
Jingle Ball’s stop in Florida, which was scheduled for Sunday (Dec. 19) in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market, has been canceled. The event at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, was called off due to COVID-19 concerns, amid the surge of the omicron variant. In a statement posted on Twitter on Sunday, iHeartRadio wrote, “Due to the increased transmission of the new Covid-19 variant and to further minimize any potential risks, as a precautionary measure and for the safety of our staff, talent and guests, we have made the decision to cancel tonight’s iHeartRadio Y100 Jingle Ball. Thank you for your understanding. Ticket holders will receive a refund within 48 hours and if they have any issues, they should reach out to their point of purchase.” The message was followed with a tweet reg...
