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AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s M. SHADOWS Mourns Death Of Longtime Vocal Coach RON ANDERSON
AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows is mourning the passing of his longtime vocal coach Ron Anderson who died earlier today at the age of 75. No cause of death has been revealed. M. Shadows shared the news of Anderson‘s passing in a social media post on Sunday. He wrote: “This morning my dear friend and vocal coach, Ron Anderson, passed away. “In 2004, after ‘Waking The Fallen’ I was having trouble with my vocal folds. I had a surgery to remove blood vessels that were bleeding into the folds and causing stiffness. I heard about Ron‘s students (Axl [Rose], [Chris] Cornell, Janet Jackson) and decided to go meet with him about helping me get through the recovery. What ended up happening was a beautiful friendship with a man I deeply admired. He would do any...
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy To Reportedly Receive a Street Named After Him in Queensbridge, New York
Mobb Deep‘s Prodigy will supposedly have a street named after him in Queensbridge, New York in 2022. According to reports, the corner of 12th Street and 41st Road will be co-named “Prodigy Way” and has just received final approval from the City Council. Prodigy’s family, fellow Mobb Deep member Havoc, Big Twins and Kenny Carter’s Fathers Alive in the Hood organization greatly helped in the co-naming of the block, with its proposal “graciously approved.” Prodigy died in June 2017 while hospitalized for complications in relation to his sickle-cell anemia. Havoc shared in 2018 that he’s working on a new Mobb Deep album “in conjunction with [Prodigy’s] family” and that it will release “pretty soon, before the end of the year,” but any updates surrounding the followup to The Infamous Mobb Deep ...
Louis C.K. Aired Commercial for New Special During SNL
Live from New York, it’s…a Louis C.K. commercial? On Saturday night, the disgraced comedian ran an ad for his latest comedy special during Saturday Night Live, sending social media into a flurry. “So Louis CK has a new special out, ‘Sorry,’ that he is selling online. An ad ran during SNL,” one person tweeted. “For those who forgot, Louis CK sexually assaulted a series of women comedians, then went right back to work and no one blinked.” Another wrote during the show: “By far the most memorable part of this SNL will be the insanity of seeing a national Louis CK commercial in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One,” while writer Andy Herrera pointed out the irony in the ad running prior to a re-airing of SNL‘s classic Dick in a Box digital short. “Honestly of course Louis CK whips out ...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Makes History with Third-Biggest Box Office Opening of All Time
Spider-Man: No Way Home spun its web to the top of the box office this weekend, bringing in $253 million dollars in the US alone. That makes Tom Holland’s latest Spidey adventure the No. 3 domestic box office opening of all time, just behind Avengers: Endgame ($357 million) and Avengers: Infinity War ($257.6 million), per The Hollywood Reporter. The superhero three-quel, which saw Peter Parker accidentally open the multiverse and usher in Spider-Man villains from past franchises with some help from Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Strange, also broke records internationally, where it also became the No. 3 leader at the global box office. Even without the lucrative Chinese market, the film brought in a global haul of $587.2 million. Advertisement Related Video “This weekend’s historic results, fr...
Watch Kanye West’s Latest Sunday Service in Los Angeles
Kanye West is back with another edition of Sunday Service, with this week’s service taking place in Los Angeles once again. The one-hour event was livestreamed and uploaded as an unlisted video on Ye’s YouTube account. The Sunday Service Choir appeared in all-black hoodies and sang renditions of Frank Ocean’s “Lost” and Jeremih’s “Paradise,” holiday-appropriate favorites like “O Come All Ye Faithful” and West’s own songs including “24.” Meanwhile, children also dressed in black hoodies can be seen running around and having fun during the service. The last iteration of Sunday Service took place in late November and was dedicated to the late Virgil Abloh. The Sunday Service Choir melody performed a somber medley that included a take of Adele‘s “Easy On Me,” followed by a message th...
Adele’s ‘30’ Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Adele’s 30 holds firm at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth consecutive, and total, week. It’s the first album with four weeks in a row at No. 1 since March. 30 earned 183,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 16 (down 6%) according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The last album with four straight weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which spent all 10 of its weeks at No. 1 from its debut frame, between the charts dated Jan. 23 and March 27. The last album by a woman with four weeks in a row at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s Folklore, which spent its first six weeks atop the list (of its total of eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1) beginning in August 2020. 30 is the ...
Charli XCX Joins Paul Rudd for Pre-Recorded ‘SNL’ Musical Sketch ‘The Christmas Socks’
Charli XCX‘s SNL performance was called off Saturday night (Dec. 18) due to a limited crew amid the surge of COVID-19 cases linked to the omicron variant in New York City, but she did make a cameo in a pre-recorded musical sketch for the show. “The Christmas Socks,” possibly a parody of the 2000 song “The Christmas Shoes,” was led by SNL host Paul Rudd and featured Charli as a very special guest: a singing bird named T.J. Rocks. Explore Explore Charli XCX See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Christmas is a time of charity and giving, and that was the inspiration for this next music video, which I shot yesterday morning with Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson, Alex Moffat and what should have been tonight’s musical guest, Charli XCX,” Rudd said in his...
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...
Festival Where Drakeo the Ruler Was Killed Signed JV With Live Nation This Year
The organizers of a Los Angeles festival that was the scene of a high-profile homicide Saturday night (Dec. 18), when rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed, had recently made a major management change, ending its relationship with the organizers of Coachella in July to ink a new joint venture with global concert promoter Live Nation. Last month, Live Nation came under heavy fire for its alleged role in the deadly Astroworld festival headlined by Travis Scott that killed 10 people and left scores more injured. Authorities say that Drakeo was murdered in a stabbing attack Saturday during the Once Upon a Time in LA festival at Exposition Park and Banc of California Stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Headlined by Snoop Dogg, the festival was a joint venture between Live Nation and veteran ...
LCD Soundsystem Cancel Remaining Brooklyn Residency Dates Due to COVID-19
LCD Soundsystem have canceled the final three shows of their 2021 Brooklyn Steel residency. The band announced the news in a statement on Instagram earlier today (December 19). “You all have spoken. The last three shows are cancelled,” they wrote. “You good people who want to return your tickets and try again another time have spoken, but so has the new info, the hospital capacity, and those of us in the band, crew, and venue. We certainly had enough cancellations to make the vote count, but we also, now with all the new info, want to stop for our own sakes.” Find their full statement below. The last three dates of LCD Soundsystem’s residency were scheduled for December 19, 20, and 21. On December 17, the band issued a statement saying that they would not be cancelling the final three show...
Big Freedia Settles Lawsuit With Former Choreographer
Big Freedia has settled a lawsuit she filed against her former choreographer Wilberto Dejarnetti in 2018, Pitchfork can confirm. According to court documents viewed by Pitchfork, “negotiations were successful and a settlement was reached.” The case was dismissed without costs and prejudice. In a statement shared with Pitchfork via a representative, Big Freedia wrote: “Wilberto has been a great friend and collaborator to me over the years. He is a unique talent and I’m glad that we were able to move past this dispute. We’re both looking towards the future and all the opportunity it holds for each of us.” Freedia sued Dejarnetti, who regularly appeared on her Fuse reality TV show “Queen of Bounce,” in November 2018. Freedia filed the complaint for monetary damages and ownership of the choreo...
Lil Durk & India Royale Got Engaged, Goals Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Lil Durk is officially off the market. Last night (Dec. 18), the Chicago rapper proposed to his llongtime girlfriend India Royale, and she said yes. Per 2021 Hip-Hop protocol, the proposal was public and soon enough became a trending topic because it’s the holiday season and why not? The proposal went down at 107.5 WGCI Big Jam 2021 concert in Chicago. You know it was real because Durk got down on one knee, while rocking white jean no less. “You know I love you to death,” said Durk, as seen anf heard in footage that made it onto the Internets. “You’ve been holding me down when I was going through a lot. You’re the realest and I just love you to death. Would you want to be my wife?” You already know the answer. Sure, there t...
