System Of A Down have reached a huge landmark with their ‘Chop Suey!‘ music video reaching one billion views. Read more: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justice ‘Chop Suey!’ was the breakthrough lead single from the band’s best-selling second album, ‘Toxicity’ (2001). Despite being released nearly 20 years ago, the music video wasn’t uploaded to YouTube until 2009. The Marcos Siega-directed music video is memorable for its use of the Snorricam technique and perspective effect editing to make it appear like the bandmembers, who are playing to a crowd in an LA...
Regular collaborators Drake and Lil Wayne have teamed up for a new track called ‘BB King Freestyle’. Read more: Drake: every single album and mixtape ranked and rated The track is taken from Wayne’s new DJ Khaled-hosted mixtape ‘No Ceilings 3’, which landed last night (November 27). The 20-track tape, available exclusively through Datpiff, also features guest spots from Young Thug, Cory Gunz, and Gudda Gudda. On ‘BB King Freestyle’, Drake reflects on his career and talks about the way people treat him now that he’s a superstar – something he struggles to deal with. Advertisement He raps: “I...
Culture Club‘s show at The SSE Arena Wembley will now take place with a limited capacity audience on December 19. Read more: Culture Club’s Boy George: the original gender-fluid pop icon versus the modern world The band’s upcoming Christmas gig in London will have to comply with the government’s incoming localised COVID-19 restrictions. Because the capital will be in tier two from December 3, the indoor concert will need to be limited to the maximum 1,000 people. Boy George and Culture Club’s ‘Rainbow In The Dark’ festive show will place audience members in seats – socially distanced within their bubbles....
Young Thug has shared his thoughts on OutKast‘s Andre 3000, stating that he’s “never paid attention to him”. Read more: A beginner’s guide to… Young Thug Appearing as a guest on T.I.‘s ExpediTIously podcast alongside Benny The Butcher, Thug was asked about his decision to wear a dress on the cover of his 2016 mixtape ‘Jeffery’. Denying that he wore it for attention, Thug maintained that the dress just so happened to match a pair of Maison Margiela shoes he’d bought. “That shit was just that simple,” he explained. “That motherfucker matched. It was not for attention. That’s on the...
Alanis Morissette has covered John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ – listen below. Read more: Alanis Morissette – ‘Such Pretty Forks In The Road’ review: a cutting return after eight years away The Canadian singer-songwriter has recreated the iconic visuals from the 1971 track as well as stayed true to the original in sound. In the music video for her cover, Morissette and her family are seen tucked into a big, white bed surrounded by flowers, stuffed animals, a guitar, and Lennon and Oko’s famous ‘Bed Peace’ poster. Advertisement “It is an honour to cover this heartwarming...
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has said the band is “thinking about” releasing the follow-up to 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind‘ next year. Read more: Slipknot – ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ review Taylor made the comments during a new interview in which he revealed the group only have one album left to make in order to fulfil their current record contract. “The plan right now with Slipknot is to try and a) finish up the touring next year, and b) we’re thinking about kind of putting another album out maybe next year,” Taylor told Scott Bowling’s Good Company....
Nile Rogers, Liam Gallagher, FKA Twigs, Florence + The Machine, Nick Cave and more have donated items to raise funds for industry employees hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. Read more: Here are the 30 UK music venues still in real danger of closing forever – and what you can do to help Two auctions launched yesterday (November 27): the#ILoveLive prize draw, the proceeds of which go to the Stagehand charity that provides hardship funding for live events industry workers; and a one-off auction for the Music Venue Trust. The latter sale sees the prog rock scene’s current gatekeeper,...
The Weeknd has teamed up with Sabrina Claudio for a festive new song called ‘Christmas Blues’ – listen below. Read more: Christmas songs: 60 amazing indie tunes for the Yuletide season ‘Christmas Blues’ is the title track from Claudio’s new project, which also includes a feature by Alicia Keys on the song ‘Wintertime’. “@nasriatweh, @kavehrastegar, & i created this Christmas album in the beginning of this summer with the intention of bringing a sense of peace, nostalgia, and/or happiness even if the feeling only lasted for the length of a song,” the R&B singer wrote on Instagram. “We really...
Lil Wayne has released the third instalment of his ‘No Ceilings’ mixtape series, completing the trilogy with ‘No Ceilings 3’. READ MORE: Lil Wayne – ‘No Ceilings 2’ review The DJ Khaled-hosted mixtape arrived via DatPiff.com yesterday (November 27), and features a new verse from Drake on ‘BB King Freestyle’. Listen to the full mixtape here and check out the track with Drake below: Advertisement The new tape is a sequel to 2015’s ‘No Ceilings 2’, and was teased by Khaled on Instagram, who shared two clips from the record. One clip previews the Drake verse, while another hears...
Bad Bunny appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week to perform ‘Yo Visto Así’ from his new album. He performed the single from home for Thursday night’s episode (November 26), a day before releasing his fifth studio record ‘El Ultimo Tour del Mundo’. Bad Bunny appeared as a one-man band in the footage, taking on the role of drummer, guitarist and rapper. Advertisement Check out his at-home rendition of ‘Yo Visto Así’ below: It’s been a busy year for the rapper, who has released three surprise albums in 2020. He started with ‘YHLQMDLG’ in February, which...
