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Elvis Costello Shares New Song ‘No Flag’
Elvis Costello has shared a new song. Titled “No Flag,” it is Costello’s first new song since 2019. That year, he released Purse, a four-song EP recorded with the Imposters. According to a release, Costello went to Finland in February and worked for three days at Suomenlinnan Studio, a recording facility a 20-minute ferry ride from downtown Helsinki. “I wanted to go somewhere nobody knew me. So, this is ‘The Helsinki Sound,’” Costello said in a statement Earlier in the quarantine, Costello performed an acoustic set from his home in Vancouver in order to raise funds for UK healthcare support network Artists4NHS. Following the death of singer/songwriter John Prine, Costello penned an essay in tribute to Prine. “These were songs that no one else was writing, fil...
Steve Priest, The Sweet Bassist, Dies at 72
Steve Priest, the bassist of British glam rock band the sweet, has died. He was 72. The band confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Thursday. “Then there was one! I am in pieces right now. Steve Priest has passed away,” Andy Scott, the band’s other original member, said in a statement. “His wife Maureen and I have kept in contact and though his health was failing I never envisaged this moment. Never. My thoughts are with his family x.” Priest joined the band in 1968 and performed with them until their 1982 split. The band’s biggest hit is “The Ballroom Blitz,” which has been covered many times over the years. His name was called out to kick off the song. Prior to his death, he’d been performing with Steve Priest’s Sweet. He is survived by his wife, Maureen, three daughters, Lisa, Da...
Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly Cover Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’
Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly have shared a video where they cover Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name.” In the clip, the duo is seen performing the song in a studio with scenes from the recent protests in Los Angeles that are spliced in. Barker and Kelly attended the protests in Hollywood this week. A number of musicians have attended the protests or have spoken strongly in support of them and Black Lives Matter. “they wrote this song in 1992. Its been 28 years since and every word still applies,” the video on YouTube is captioned. According to Kelly’s tweets, the duo recorded the cover last night (June 3). fuck it im cutting a Rage Against the Machine cover tonight.ay @travisbarker ima need you for this 🙏🏼😤✊🏿✊🏾ɰ...
Saint Jhn Scraps ‘Roses’ Video Shoot With Future, Donates Budget to Bail Out Protesters, Black Businesses
Tuesday was designated as #TheShowMustBePaused by the music industry in order to give people a chance to “disconnect from work and reconnect with our community.” Guyanese-American singer SAINt JHN broke that Black Out Tuesday protest, but for a very good reason. “I don’t got no speeches, I ain’t a speech n*gga,” he wrote. “People are hurt and I feel them, period.” In a call for “better leadership” in the midst of a nationwide outbreak of protests over the police-related killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in Minneapolis — and nights of unrest around the country — the singer revealed on Tuesday that he was planning to shoot a video in the next few days for the remix to his hit “Roses” that he just reco...
Gary Clark Jr. Is ‘Tired of Being Angry’ and Worrying He ‘Could Die Today’ for Walking Out of His House
Gary Clark Jr. shared his thoughts on the ongoing racial tensions in America with a powerful video message on Sunday (May 31). Simply captioned “Thoughts,” the nearly 10-minute black-and-white clip finds the Grammy winner addressing the death of George Floyd and the history of racism in this country. He also pointedly called on his white colleagues in the music industry to do better as allies to the black community. “I’ve been quiet a few days cause I don’t know what to say … but I’m tired. I don’t have any more words,” he began. “I said everything I needed to say on a record, I think. Expressed myself, did all kinds of press and ended up being that guy in the little box on whatever news program talking about this s–t. ...
Keke Palmer Addresses National Guard Soldiers at L.A. Protest: ‘March Beside Us’
The actress led a passionate exchange between protesters and National Guard soldiers during one of the many protests on Tuesday afternoon. Keke Palmer appeared to engage in a meaningful conversation with National Guard soldiers on Tuesday in Los Angeles, speaking out against President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and requesting that the armed officers march with the protesters. In a clip that has now gone viral — posted by NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz on Tuesday afternoon — Palmer can first be heard addressing a May 29 tweet posted by President Donald Trump in which he wrote “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” “You have a president talking about the Second Amendment as a use for people to come out here and use firearms against the people protesting. This is the m...
Baker Boy, Australian Hip-Hop Star, Shares Powerful Statement on ‘Rampant’ Racism Down Under
Baker Boy, the award-winning indigenous Australian rapper, has shared a powerful statement on the insidious nature of racism around the globe and in his homeland. Taking to Instagram, the hip-hop artist explains that he’s been called out for “not publicly sharing my rage about what is happening right now.” Baker (real name Danzal Baker) says he chooses a “path of positivity and light” with his musical persona, and typically leaves politics out of his dialogue on social media. There’s no doubt about it, he’s feeling pain like so many others. “Every damn day,” he writes. “I am a Yolngu Man from North East Arnhem Land,” he writes. “I am angry. I am scared. I feel every negative emotion that there is to feel about what happened to George Floyd.” He continues, “I feel these emotions EVERY DAMN ...
Independent Autopsy Reveals George Floyd Was Murdered By Asphyxia
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN The murder of George Floyd has now been seen by millions and now, new details surrounding the Houston native’s senseless death have come forth. According to an independent autopsy, the 46-year-old Floyd died as a result of asphyxia, standing opposite of what the Hennepin County Medical Examiner reported. As reported by The Washington Post, the family of Floyd retained the services of former New York City medical examiner Michael Baden and the University of Michigan’s Allecia Wilson, the Assistant Professor of Forensic Pathology and Pediatric Pathology at the institution, and also the Director of Autopsy and Forensic Services. Hennepin County released in their Monday account that Floyd died as a result of “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdua...
L.A. Police Encourage White Woman To Spray Paint “BLM” & “George Floyd”?
Source: Pacific Press / Getty It’s not secret that police officers treat white people a whole helluva lot different than Black and Brown Americans but encouraging vandalism in the name of George Floyd?! That a whole new level of “WTF?!” Yesterday TMZ posted a video of LAPD officers not only encouraging a white woman to continue spray panting “BLM” on a smashed store front, but even instructed her to include George Floyd’s name in her bombing. The video was shot in what appears to be downtown Los Angeles, where an LAPD squad car is parked up next to a curb alongside a lady who’s going to town with spray paint, tagging “BLM” messaging on the side of a building’s windows … taking up at least 3 panes. While the person who recorded this was filming from across the street, you can still make out...
Floyd Mayweather Will Pay For George Floyd’s Funeral
Source: Photo: Derrick Salters/WENN.com Even though we are not able to bring our brothers and sisters back the community continues to rally behind their legacies. One of the greatest living athletes is stepping as he should. As reported by The Grio last week Floyd Mayweather offered to pay for the funeral expenses of George Floyd. According to Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, the Floyd family has accepted his offer. “He’ll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral,” he told ESPN on Monday, June 1. “Floyd has done these kind of things over the last 20 years,” he added. The gesture came about through an unexpected six degrees of separation. Anzel Jennings, CEO of The Money Team Record Label, apparently grew up with Ge...
Rosalia ft. Travis Scott “TNK,” Paul Wall & Statik Selektah “What It Do” & More | Daily Visuals 6.2.20
Source: Float Fest 2015 in Martindale Featuring: Paul Wall Where: Martindale, Texas, United States When: 29 Aug 2015 Credit: Jessica Alexander/Future Image/WENN.com With the George Floyd protests taking place across the streets of America, the combining of Black and Latino culture couldn’t have come at a better time and we have Rosalia and Travis Scott to thank for that. For their visuals to “TNK” the Latina singer and Houston rapper bring together children of all colors to turn up with them at what seems to be a group home while Travis kicks some Spanish rhymes alongside Rosalia. Back in Brooklyn Statik Selektah welcomes Houston’s own Paul Wall to the borough that birthed the Boot Camp Clik and in their visuals to “What It Do” pay homage to the late great Sean Price a.k.a. Ruck from...
Zedd Featured in Star-Studded Alien Ant Farm Music Video
In the most unexpected crossover of the year, Zedd was featured in the newest music video from 90s nu-metal band Alien Ant Farm. On the band’s latest track, they covered Wham!‘s 1984 classic “Everything She Wants.” While they’re certainly no stranger to providing rock spins to pop songs, they decided to take their music video in a different direction and feature tons of special guests. Although many of the featured cameos were fans or bands from the same era as Alien Ant Farm, EDM lovers’ ears perked up when they saw one of the biggest names in the genre appear. For those having trouble finding the electronic music easter egg, the brief shot of him smiling and playing air drums happens just after the 1:50 mark. Surprising to some, Zedd su...
