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Members of Soundgarden are set to take to the stage next week as part of a benefit concert in their Seattle hometown.
The performance, which takes place at Seattle’s Showbox on December 14th, will see guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron, and bassist Ben Shepherd adopting the name Nudedragons for the affair. That moniker – an anagram of the band’s more famous name – is the same used by Soundgarden in 2010 when they performed at the same venue for their first live date since 1997.
Shaina Shepherd will take on vocal duties with the band in what is being described as a “brief encore performance”.
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The upcoming live show takes place as part of SMooCH, an annual campaign to raise funds for the Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Uncompensated Care Fund. Previous SMooCH events have featured acts such as Modest Mouse, The Afghan Whigs, Jason, Isbell, Angel Olsen, and more.
Alongside Nudedragons, this year’s SMooCH lineup will also include Sebadoh, Doug Martsch of Built To Spill, and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses.
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Originally forming in 1984, Soundgarden intially remained active until 1997, becoming icons of the Seattle grunge scene in the process thanks to albums such as Superunknown, which topped the Billboard 200 upon its release in 1994.
Following various side projects for its members during the interim, Soundgarden reconvened in 2010, and remained active until the passing of frontman Chris Cornell in 2017. The following year, Thayil noted an uncertainty of what Soundgarden’s future could look like, before announcing the retirement of the band name.
Since then, members of the group have reunited for a handful of performances, including a 2019 tribute performance for Cornell dubbed I Am The Highway, which featured guest vocalists such as The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen and the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins.
Upon Hawkins’ passing in 2022, Thayil and Cameron were joined by Momsen and members of Nirvana the Foo Fighters for another tribute performance.
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It seems like just a few years ago Freddie Gibbs was beefing with many of his Hip-Hop peers but as of late the man has been focusing on his music instead of the drama and has been dropping off new work to keep his customers heads nodding and necks breaking.
In his latest visuals to “Cosmo Freestyle,” Gibbs heads to Sin City and politics in Las Vegas and takes in the atmosphere and bright lights from the comfort of his hotel balcony like a boss overlooking his own city. Using old school footage of Vegas was a nice touch.
Boosie Badazz meanwhile uses some old footage of his own and in his clip to “One Of Them Ones,” Boosie uses some stock footage of him and his crew in the club in ’92 to show he’s been balling for more than two decades and he isn’t slowing down one damn bit in 2024.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Tems, Kenny Muney featuring Key Glock, and more.
FREDDIE GIBBS – “COSMO FREESTYLE”
BOOSIE BADAZZ – “ONE OF THEM ONES”
TEMS – “GET IT RIGHT”
KENNY MUNEY FT. KEY GLOCK – “PAPER ROUTE”
C. JAMISON FT. JIM JONES – “LIVING”
EBK YOUNG JOC – “NOW I’M MAD”
CAPELLA GREY – “I’M WEAK”
YUNG MAL – “CANCER”
As 2024 winds down, Bad Bunny aims to leave his mark on the year’s final stretch with his latest single “EL CLúB,” released Thursday (Dec. 5). The track artfully merges pulse-quickening house beats with a nostalgic undercurrent, with the help of his longtime producers MAG and La Paciencia, as well as Saox. Then, ethereal-like guitar […]
Peso Pluma isn’t wrapping up the year just yet. The Mexican music star unleashed the introspective yet provocative “Gervonta,” a corrido that finds Peso reflecting on his own journey to stardom. The nearly three-minute song kicks off with a slow and somber beat and then quickly transitions into a more uptempo, multi-instrumental sound that has […]
Ye enters the the top five of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 along with Stepz and Silento makes a comeback in the top 10. Keep watching to see who’s No. 1! Tetris Kelly: A rapper has grabbed his first TikTok chart topper. Stepz’s “Rock” lifts a spot to No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top […]
Stephen A. Smith has a message for Drake. During his YouTube series The Stephen A. Smith Show, the sports media personality revealed that the Toronto rapper may be upset with him about previous comments he made about his battle with Kendrick Lamar and that Drake should answer “Not Like Us” with a song instead of […]
Well, that was fast. Wicked has been making box-office history since it opened on Nov. 22. The long-awaited film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical has already grossed $372.9 million worldwide, a total topped by only three other films that were based on Broadway musicals.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in the film, which was directed by Jon M. Chu, whose hit-studded résumé includes a previous film adaptation of a Broadway musical, the 2021 movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s breakout hit In the Heights.
Seven film adaptations of Broadway musicals appear on Box Office Mojo’s list of the top 1,000 films in terms of lifetime worldwide grosses. That counts Mamma Mia!, a film adaptation of the 2001 stage musical built around ABBA music, but not its Cher-featuring sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, on the grounds that the latter was really just a sequel to a hit movie, not a Broadway musical. (The sequel did astonishingly well, with a worldwide gross of $395.6 million.) Of course, not all sequels are guaranteed to become box-office successes. Grease is here, but its 1982 sequel, Grease 2, which grossed just $15 million worldwide, didn’t come close. (Michelle Pfeiffer, the star of Grease 2, is represented on this list with Hairspray.)
Wicked Part Two is due for release on Nov. 21, 2025. Will it follow its predecessor to box-office glory? If it does, Chu will join Rob Marshall as the only director with two films on this list; Marshall directed both Chicago and Into the Woods.
One disclaimer about this list right at the top: You can’t really compare box-office grosses of films from different eras. The biggest blockbusters of earlier eras simply can’t match the grosses of today’s hits. (It’s not just your imagination that ticket prices are much higher than they used to be.) The Sound of Music has grossed $159.5 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo – not enough to make their list of 1,000 top-grossing films. But that 1965 adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical is one of the biggest hits in film history.
Other film adaptations of Broadway musicals that have grossed more than $50 million worldwide, but not enough to make the list, include Dreamgirls ($155.5 million), the 2021 version of West Side Story ($76 million), My Fair Lady ($72.7 million) and Funny Girl ($52.2 million).
Here are the seven top-grossing film adaptations of Broadway musicals. All appear Box Office Mojo’s list of the top 1,000 films in terms of lifetime worldwide grosses.
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Karol G sets a new record on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 as “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” rules for a 12th consecutive week (chart Dec. 7-dated ranking), the longest-leading No. 1 song in 2024. The song breaks from a tie with Valentino Merlo and The La Planta’s “Hoy” which dominated for 11 consecutive weeks, starting the July 6-dated tally.
Further, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” which added a 20th week atop Billboard‘s overall Latin Airplay chart on the current ranking, also enters a tie with Maluma and The Weeknd’s “Hawai” and Pedo Capo and Farruko’s “Calma (Alicia Remix),” for the fifth-most weeks atop the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 since its inception in 2018. Here is the recap of the songs with the most weeks at No. 1:
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Weeks at No. 1, Song, Artists, Peak Date25, “Tusa,” Karol G & Nicki Minaj, Jan. 11, 202016, “Entre Nosotros,” Tiago PZK, Lit Killah, Nicki Nicole & Maria Becerra, July 31, 202115, “La Bachata,” Manuel Turizo, Sept. 10, 202213, “Otro Trago,” Sech, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Anuel AA, May 25, 201912, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” Karol G, Sept. 21, 202412, “Hawai,” Maluma & The Weeknd, Aug. 29, 202012, “Calma (Alicia Remix),” Pedro Capo & Farruko, Jan. 12, 2019
Rauw Alejandro adds a second song on the current chart as “Khé?,” with Romeo Santos, arrives as the Hot Shot Debut of the week, at No.55. The Puerto Rican also takes the Greatest Gainer honors with “Qué Pasaría…,” with Bad Bunny, which rallies 28 spots, from No. 56 to No. 28 for a new peak.
Five other songs debut below the top 50, starting with the bilingual “¿Cómo Pasó?” by Ela Taubert and Joe Jonas, at No. 76. It’s the first chart appearance for both the best new artist Latin Grammy winner and the American singer-songwriter.
Maluma adds his 38th entry as “Cosas Pendientes” starts at No. 84. Meanwhile, Argentinians La T y La M secure their 14 career visit with “Un Montón De Estrellas (Gran Rex)” at No. 84.
Lastly, Nicki Nicole breaks from a tie with Emilia for the third-most entries among women with 38 career performances thanks to two new debuts, “Forty” and “Sheite” which open at Nos. 88 and 97, respectively.
Cam’ron has a new interview series entitled Talk With Flee and his first guest was his old foe 50 Cent and, of course, the conversation was entertaining. One of the topics they broached was that of an old friend of theirs in Jay-Z. Both have had hot and cold relationships with the Brooklyn rapper and […]
Davido announced on Thursday (Dec. 5) that he’ll release his fifth studio album, aptly titled 5ive, in 2025. “This one is straight from the heart – my story, my truth, my growth,” he wrote on Instagram. And the Nigerian-American superstar’s album rollout is well underway since he will be releasing the first single, “Funds” with […]