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aespa ring in the holiday season with a remake of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’
K-pop girl group aespa have released their own version of Bobby Helms’ classic holiday song, ‘Jingle Bell Rock’. Today (November 24), the quartet unveiled a lyric video for their remake of the iconic 1957 Christmas song. aespa’s version of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ features a hip-hop-inspired beat, as well as a brand-new rap verse. “Ring ring ring, jingle bell rock / Play like a spell I won’t tell, jingle bell talk / So giddy up, giddy up / Turn it up fast till we burn up / We ain’t ever gonna stop, jingle bell rock,” Giselle and Winter rap on...
‘The Witcher’ author says Netflix “never listened” to his ideas
Andrzej Sapkowski, creator of The Witcher franchise and the author of the original novels, has shared that Netflix “never listened” to his ideas for the hit fantasy series. READ MORE: Henry Cavill on The Witcher season two: “My career could have been over” Speaking to gaming YouTuber CerealKillerz at Comic Con, Sapkowski shared that he had visited the set of the Netflix TV show during production and that he had shared some creative input but that Netflix “never listened” to his ideas. The Polish author joked about being brushed off by Netflix: “The set was tremendous. Tremendous… I gave them some ideas but...
Kelsey Grammer couldn’t convince David Hyde Pierce to do Frasier reboot: “I did my best”
Kelsey Grammer has said that he “did his best” to convince David Hyde Pierce to return in his role of Niles Crane for the recent Frasier reboot. In a new interview with Variety, Grammer revealed that he made every effort to talk his former co-star into coming back, but that it fell on deaf ears. “I really wanted David Hyde Pierce to join us,” he said. “And I did my best to have him come along for the ride. And at one point, he finally just said, ‘I don’t really want to play the character anymore’. And that was...
Reading & Leeds 2024: Six headliners revealed as first wave of line-up announced
The six headliners for Reading & Leeds 2024 have been revealed: with Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen set to top the bill. READ MORE: Reading Festival 2023: the best moments from the Bank Holiday bash Returning to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds for Bank Holiday Weekend over August 21-25, the legendary twin-site festival has announced its first raft of huge names. Lana Del Rey and Gerry Cinnamon will not only be making their R+L headline debuts, but also performing UK exclusive shows at the weekend....
Sharon Osbourne says it’s “heartbreaking” to see Ozzy “not self-sufficient”
Sharon Osbourne has expressed her feelings about the state of her husband Ozzy’s health in a recent interview. Speaking about her relationship with her four decade-long relationship with the heavy metal stalwart to the Daily Mail, the reality television star shared that she has spent the last five years focused on caring for Ozzy. “He’s had seven operations in five years,” she expressed. “He was on huge amounts of blood thinners so you have to be careful, because if you fall again you could bleed out. It’s like he’s a piece of china and you’ve got to put cotton...
Lauryn Hill postpones tour with Fugees due to “serious vocal strain”
Lauryn Hill has postponed the remaining dates of her tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’, citing a “serious vocal strain for the past month”. The announcement was made in an Instagram post made by Hill on November 22, which depicted a performance of ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ standout cut ‘Ex-Factor’, presumably from the ongoing tour, her voice audibly strained and hoarse. Advertisement The lengthy caption detailed that she had been “battling serious vocal strain for the past month”, performing recent shows while on prescribed medication. “I made it through each show by taking...
Drake surpasses Kendrick Lamar for highest-grossing rap tour ever
Drake has surpassed Kendrick Lamar with his recent ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour becoming the highest-grossing rap tour ever. Last year, Lamar toured the world in support of his Grammy Award-winning fifth album ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’. The ‘Big Steppers tour’ ended in September 2022 and earned $110.9million (£89,248,704.66) from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows – making it the highest-grossing rap tour at the time. This summer, Drake team up with fellow rapper 21 Savage to tour North America in support of their Grammy Award-nominated collaborative album ‘Her Loss’. According to Touring Data, the ‘It’s All...
Diddy didn’t return publishing rights to all Bad Boy artists, say B5
B5 have said they didn’t receive any publishing royalties despite Diddy saying he returned all rights to Bad Boy Records In September, it was reported that the New York rap mogul was in talks with his former signees to return their publishing rights to them. This included the catalogues of Notorious B.I.G, Faith Evans, Ma$e and more. Sitting down with The ShadeRoom, the 2000s R&B boyband B5 were asked if they “benefitted” from Diddy’s decision to return the rights to artists. Dustin Breeding said “that’s a discussion” that he and his brothers need to have with him. Carnell Breeding added:...
Post Malone covers The Proclaimers and Sublime with New Zealand bar band
Post Malone has covered songs from The Proclaimers and Sublime with a local bar house band while performing in New Zealand. This past Sunday (November 19), the rapper – who currently touring Australia and New Zealand – made a special appearance at Doolan’s Irish Pub in Auckland, where he surprised patrons with covers The Proclaimers and Sublime. For his special performance, Post Malone covered The Proclaimers’ ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ and Sublime’s ‘What I Got’ with the house band at Doolan’s Irish Pub. See fan-filled footage of the covers below. @sydneyeady I met posty last night in my...Recent Posts
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