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Eminem’s Daughter Alaina Scott Got Engaged To Boyfriend Matt Moeller
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @alainamariescott / Instagram Looks like Eminem is about to become someone’s father-in-law as his daughter, Alania Scott has just gotten engaged to long-time boyfriend, Matt Moeller. Taking to her Instagram page to reveal the good news, Em’s adopted daughter shared some pics of Moeller popping the big question and captioned it with a heartfelt message letting everyone know she said accepted writing “this moment. this life❤️ yes a hundred times over. I LOVE YOU.” Related Stories Such a cute couple. You gotta wonder if Matt asked Em’s permission for Alaina’s hand in marriage and how that conversation went. Had it been early 00’s Slim Shady in 2021 we feel like it would’ve turned into a brawl somehow. In a later post the happy couple posed with...
Martin Garrix, Tiësto, Nina Kraviz, More to Headline Ultra Europe 2022
Just weeks after announcing the lineup of its flagship music festival in Miami, Ultra is looking to dominate 2022 after sharing a massive first phase of artists for its European edition. The organizers of the iconic dance music festival brand have announced a slew of major DJs to perform at Ultra Europe, which is scheduled for July 8-10 at Park Mladeži in Split, Croatia. Headliners include Martin Garrix, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Adam Beyer, Alesso, Afrojack, Nina Kraviz, Oliver Heldens, Richie Hawtin, and more. Ultra Europe 2022 will also feature the brand’s underground RESISTANCE concept, which showcases house and techno music. Recommended Articles Along with virtually every music festival in the world, the 2020 iteration of Ultra Europe...
Watch SEBASTIAN BACH Perform SKID ROW’s ‘Slave To The Grind’ Album In Los Angeles
Fan-filmed video footage of Sebastian Bach‘s December 16 performance at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, California can be seen below. The former SKID ROW singer recently returned to the stage for a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s double-platinum, acclaimed album “Slave To The Grind”. The trek kicked off on September 25 in Waterloo, New York and will wrap in San Diego, California on December 17. In October, Sebastian was asked in an interview with Rockin’ Metal Revival if he ever regrets writing such high vocal parts that he now has to reproduce live on stage three decades later. He responded: “All I can tell you is that I’ve been singing so much in the last four or months. I can’t tell you exactly what I was doing yet, b...
MICHAEL POULSEN Says BLACK SABBATH Influence On New VOLBEAT Album Is ‘Obvious’
During a recent appearance on “Whiplash”, the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, VOLBEAT frontman Michael Poulsen spoke about the musical inspiration for the band’s eighth studio album, “Servant Of The Mind”, which came out on December 3 via Republic Records. “If you look at the more heavy side of the material, it’s obvious that’s a lot of old BLACK SABBATH inspiration — more from the [Ronnie James] Dio past and from the Tony Martin [era] of BLACK SABBATH,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I do love the Ozzy [Osbourne] material, but you can definitely hear the inspiration from the BLACK SABBATH Dio and Tony Martin era. And there’s also some pretty old-school death metal influences, like DEATH and BOLT...
Watch LARS ULRICH’s Sons Play TAIPEI HOUSTON Concert At METALLICA’s ‘San Francisco Takeover’
TAIPEI HOUSTON, the new band featuring Myles and Layne Ulrich, sons of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, performed last night (Thursday, December 16) at the August Hall in San Francisco, California. Fan-filmed video of the concert, which was part of a series of METALLICA‘s “San Francisco Takeover” events to help mark the group’s 40th anniversary, can be seen below. TAIPEI HOUSTON played its first show in September at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, California. Since joining Instagram in August, TAIPEI HOUSTON has already amassed 12,600 followers. Back in April 2020, Lars posted a video of Myles and Layne‘s blistering take on THE BEATLES classic “Eleanor Rigby”. At the time, he described their rendition to Rolling Stone as “this insane, three-min...
Watch MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN And JARED MACEACHERN Perform METALLICA Covers In Honor Of 40th Anniversary
MACHINE HEAD‘s Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern held the latest “Electric Happy Hour” earlier today (Friday, December 17) during which they performed a “handful” of METALLICA covers — including “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, “Damage, Inc.” and “No Remorse” — in honor of the legendary band’s 40th anniversary. You can now watch the session below. Back in 2011, Flynn spoke to Revolver magazine about how MACHINE HEAD got to open for METALLICA on the “Death Magnetic” tour. “To me, one of the raddest things in the world was touring with METALLICA and watching ‘Master of Puppets’ — not ‘Enter Sandman’,” he said. “I get why ‘Enter Sandman’ is so frickin’ huge, ...
What Is Eldridge Industries? A Primer on Sony’s Springsteen Partner
Bruce Springsteen’s blockbuster catalog sale to Sony Music Group this week also established a new player in rights acquisitions. Investment firm Eldridge Industries, which partnered with Sony to finance the purchase of Springsteen’s publishing, now holds a stake one of the industry’s most coveted catalogs — around which it can build an attractive portfolio. Eldridge Industries is a private investment firm with holdings in tech, media, retail, entertainment and other sectors. Co-founded in 2015 by Todd Boehly, a former president at Guggenheim Partners, Eldridge investments include the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, sports gambling company DraftKings, private jet provider Flexjet and personal finance app Truebill, among others. Eldridge owns a stake in P-MRC, a joint venture of MRC and P...
UnitedMasters Names David Reich President
David Reich has been named president at UnitedMasters, the company announced Friday (Dec. 17). He succeeds Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood, who departed the role in May to join SoundCloud as chief content and marketing officer. Reich arrives at UnitedMasters following five years at Uber, where he led product and growth in 60 countries before founding and leading Uber Transit as general manager and head of product. Prior to that, he was a founder and CEO at Assured Labor, a digital recruitment platform in Latin America. “David has played a key role in building some of the most impactful digital marketplaces in the world,” said UnitedMasters founder and CEO Steve Stoute in a statement. “We are excited that he has joined the UnitedMasters team at such an important inflection point in the music industr...
Carrie Underwood & More Bring Holiday Cheer to Top 10 on Album Sales Chart
Four out of the top 10-selling albums of the week were holiday efforts, as the march to Christmas nears ever closer. On Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart dated Dec. 18 (reflecting the sales week ending Dec. 9), Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas TV soundtrack climbs 7-6, Carrie Underwood’s My Gift rises 12-7, Kelly Clarkson’s When Christmas Comes Around… flies 25-9 and Michael Bublé’s chart-topping Christmas holds steady at No. 10. Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by t...
25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2021: Critics’ Picks
K-pop expanded its perimeters and scope this year while simultaneously infusing itself into today’s trends and sounds in creative ways. While many acts raised their international profiles with releases that found bigger audiences than ever, the songs that truly soared pushed the limits to represent more than just the stars singing them. While it’d be impossible to capture the brilliance of the K-pop industry in one year-end list, these songs give a snapshot of some of the best that the scene had to offer in a year that was challenging for many but offered inspiration in other ways—including from these 25 songs.
Killer Mike and Method Man Join Lord of the Rings Cast for 20th Anniversary Rap on Colbert: Watch
Next week marks the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (a movie that was recently added to the National Film Registry). To celebrate the film’s milestone early, Stephen Colbert put together a nerdy rap tribute that inexplicably features Jon Batiste, Method Man, and Killer Mike, alongside movie stars Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and Hugo Weaving. Colbert, of course, raps, too. It’s called “#1 Trilly” and you can check it out below. Revisit Pitchfork’s interview “Run the Jewels’ Universal Theory of Not Giving a Fuck.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Turnstile Make Their TV Debut on Seth Meyers: Watch
Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile made their TV debut last night (December 15) as the musical guests on Late Night With Seth Meyers. They delivered a performance of “Mystery” and “T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection)” from their album Glow On and made good on their tongue-in-cheek lyric “You really gotta see it live to get it” in the process. Check it out below. Turnstile recently announced a lengthy North American tour in support of their new record. After performing in Europe at the start of 2022, the band will play two shows in California and then perform across the states on through the summer. Revisit Pitchfork’s interview “How Riley Gale, Go-Go Music, and Jet Li Inspired Turnstile’s Glow On.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
