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Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Co-Conspirators announce 2024 world tour
Slash and Myles Kennedy and The Co-Conspirators have announced a 2024 world tour set to take place in January. READ MORE: Slash talks Glastonbury, Guns N’ Roses and gory new horror movie ‘The Breach’ The 32-date run titled ‘The River Is Rising – Rest of the World Tour ’24’ will see the rock icon travel across 21 countries. Kicking off on January 23 at the Pepsi Center WTC in Mexico City, they will then head to Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. In March, they will head over to Japan before making their way to Ireland and the UK. April...
Tupac could have been “one of the greatest actors of our time” says ‘Dear Mama’ director
Dear Mama, a new five-part docuseries on the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, is unlike any other deep dive on the legendary artist, says director Allen Hughes. The Disney+ series, which focuses on Tupac and his late mother, Afeni Shakur, tells his story through the lens of her activism and struggles, providing a more rounded exploration of Tupac as opposed to a one-sided portrait of the artist. “I wanted people to know when they saw the title, oh yeah, this ain’t gonna be no typical hip-hop shit,” Hughes told NME over a Zoom call. “If you’re gonna name...
FIFTY FIFTY’s Keena drops lawsuit against Attrakt, returns to label
FIFTY FIFTY member Keena – real name Song Ja-kyung – has dropped her lawsuit against K-pop agency Attrakt and has returned to the label. Keena and her fellow FIFTY FIFTY members had filed to suspend their exclusive contracts with Attrakt in June 2023. That injunction was denied by South Korean courts in August 2023, which the girl group later appealed. However, Keena reportedly withdrew her appeal against Attrakt on Monday (October 16), according to a report by Korea JoongAng Daily. The news outlet also reported by the three remaining FIFTY FIFTY members – Saena, Aran and Sio – have...
Leonardo DiCaprio asked Martin Scorsese to overhaul ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ script two years into writing process
Martin Scorsese was two years into writing the script for Killers Of The Flower Moon when Leonardo DiCaprio requested an overhaul, the filmmaker has revealed. Speaking to The Irish Times, Scorsese revealed that he had been working on the upcoming true crime film’s script for two years when Leonardo DiCaprio read it and asked for it to be reworked. Killers Of The Flower Moon is based on a series of murders in the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone and Brendan Fraser. Advertisement While the film is now being...
EXO’s Baekhyun joins new ‘League of Legends’ boyband, Heartsteel
Riot Games has announced its new League of Legends virtual boyband Heartsteel, featuring K-pop idol Baekhyun of EXO. Today (October 17), Riot Games revealed Heartsteel on the official League of Legends Twitter account. The boyband will be made up of six members, featuring the characters of Ezreal, Kayn, Aphelios, Yone K’ Sante and Sett. Baekhyun of K-pop boyband EXO will voice the character of Ezreal. He will be joined by Taiwanese-American rapper ØZI (as Sett), Nigerian singer Tobi Lou (K’Sante) and American musician Cal Scruby (Kayn). The other two members of Heartsteel, Aphelios and Yone, have been designated as the...
Sam Neill says he’s “not afraid of dying” amid cancer update
Sam Neill has given a cancer update following his diagnosis of stage three blood cancer – something he first spoke about earlier this year. The Jurassic Park actor told the BBC that he was diagnosed with “a ferocious type of aggressive” non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The New Zealander said that he first noticed he had lumpy glands in his neck during a publicity tour for Jurassic World Dominion last year. Following chemotherapy treatment, the actor said he’d been in a year-long remission from the rare blood cancer angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. While his first chemotherapy didn’t work, he started on a new chemotherapy drug and was then told...
DJ and singer-songwriter Aérea Negrot dies, aged 43
Former Hercules And Love Affair singer Aérea Negrot has died, aged 43. The Venezuelan DJ and singer-songwriter joined the band in 2008 and contributed vocals on four tracks on their 2011 album ‘Blue Songs’. Her label, BPitch Control, who she signed and released her debut album ‘Arabxilla’ through in 2011 as well as multiple EPs, confirmed her passing on Instagram. “We’re beyond heartbroken over the passing of our treasured and brilliant Danielle,” the label wrote. “Her light, music and beautiful uplifting voice, her one-of-a-kind artistic approach and performance have touched every soul they have ever encountered. “We are forever...
6ix9ine arrested in Dominican Republic for allegedly assaulting producer
6ix9ine has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after allegedly assaulting two people, including his music producer. According to a report by Daily Mail, the arrest took place last week (October 13), and was related to the assault of two men allegedly carried out by the musician and others. Tekashi 6ix9ine – real name Daniel Hernandez – was arrested while trying to leave the country on a private plane after the alleged assault, according to Felix Portes – a criminal lawyer in the Dominican Republic (via Complex). Advertisement On Friday, the lawyer took to Instagram to reveal that 6ix9ine...
It’s a Celebration! How to prep for Madonna’s big comeback tour
A paid for ad feature for viagogo. Madonna’s long-awaited ‘Celebration’ tour kicked off last weekend, with four shows at London’s O2 Arena before heading out across Europe and North America. Announced back in January, the initial run of shows had to be rescheduled after Madonna came down with a bacterial infection, but the show finally debuted on Saturday, October 14. “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said of the upcoming trek in a statement. According to reports ahead of the show,...Recent Posts
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