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02 May 2024

Linda Perry and Stella Rose, Kneecap and Actress to Headline 2024 Tribeca Festival Music Lounge

The Music Lounge series at this year’s Tribeca Festival will present a typically eclectic group of performers taking the stage at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right next month. The series will kick off on June 6 with a show by British electronic act Actress (Darren Cunningham) playing selections from his recent LXXXVIII album, along with a set from New York native ,multi-instrumentalist/Onyx Collective founder Isaiah Barr performing his audiovisual project The Red Zone.

Night two (June 7) will spotlight a collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Linda Perry and Stella Rose (daughter of Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan), tied to the world premiere of the documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here; Rose and the Dead Language were the winners of the Tribeca Music Lounge’s Battle of the Bands in 2022.

“This year’s music films showcase a wide variety of artists and genres, and we sought to bring diversity to our Music Lounge through unique events,” Vincent Cassous, Tribeca Curator of Music Programming, said in a statement. “There is something for every music fan on our lineup, from pop to experimental.”

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The line-up for the third night (June 8) will feature a tribute to late Psychic TV frontperson Genesis P-Orridge in conjunction with the world premiere of S/He Is Still Her/e – The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc. Among the acts slated to perform in honor of the pioneering electronic artists are: CHRISTEENE, Bauhaus’ David J and members of Psychic TV (Alice Genese, Jeff Berner, Douglas Rushkoff and Randy Schrager), plus special guests and a PTV-acid house DJ set from Paul McCartney DJ Chris Holmes.

The series will wind up on June 9 with an intimate performance from Irish language hip-hop duo Kneecap in conjunction with the New York premiere of their self-titled musical film, described as a look at a “post-Troubles Belfast when the rap trio erupted as a defiant champion of the Irish language and potent symbol of Ireland’s disenfranchised youth.”

This year’s festival will also feature docs about Avicii, Liza Minnelli, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Carl Craig, Harry Belafonte, “Little” Steven Van Zandt and Ani DiFranco, among others.

In addition, the Storytellers series will feature R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe and Jon Batiste in conversation discussing Nat King Cole and a 40th anniversary celebration of landmark hip-hop film Beat Street with an introduction by Nas. This year’s festival, which runs from June 5-16, will also present the first-ever North American screening of the remastered 4K edition of the animated musical inspired by Daft Punk’s Discovery album, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.

01 May 2024

Slightly Stoopid Announce Lineup for 2024 Closer to the Sun Event

Slightly Stoopid and Cloud 9 Adventures announce details for the 10th edition of Closer to the Sun, their fan-favorite winter concert vacation.

The annual event returns to Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, an all-inclusive resort on the coast of Mexico, for four days and nights from Dec 11-15, 2024. Closer to the Sun is known for its close-knit community of loyal returning guests, its welcoming of first-time attendees, its participating artists and its tendency to quickly sold out.

The schedule features multiple shows by Slightly Stoopid with a stacked lineup including additional performances by Stick Figure, Sublime, Cypress Hill, Iration, Fortunate Youth, The Elovaters, Z-Trip, G. Love & Donavon Frankenreiter, Eli-Mac, Tropidelic and Boostive to round out the trip.

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Closer to the Sun takes place at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya located between Playa del Carmen and Tulum where the event has a full takeover and hosts shows and event activities, just steps away from guest rooms. Recent upgrades include a new pool and multiple new restaurants with new offerings for returning guests. This year, Closer to Sun has been extended to an exclusive section of rooms at Barcelo Maya Beach, a second all-inclusive resort just a 10 minute ride away.

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All-inclusive packages for returning Closer to the Sun guests can be reserved during the pre-sale on May 6. If rooms remain, the public onsale will begin on May 7, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET on the Closer to the Sun website. Pricing starts at $1999 per person for four night room packages with various upgraded options available including suites overlooking the main stage.

01 May 2024

Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning ‘Rebel-Rouser’ Guitarist, Dies at 86

Duane Eddy has died at age 86. The Grammy-winning guitarist was known for his influential style as well as hits such as “Rebel-‘Rouser” and “Peter Gunn.”

Eddy died Tuesday (April 30) of cancer in Franklin, Tenn., according to his wife, Deed Abbate. He is survived by his four children and wife.

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“Duane inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his unmistakeable signature ‘Twang’ sound,” a rep for Eddy told Variety. “He was the first rock and roll guitar god, a truly humble and incredible human being. He will be sorely missed.”

Born in April 26, 1938, in Corning, N.Y., Eddy began playing guitar as a young child. He went on to become one of few artists in the past century to find national fame purely as an instrumentalist, notching 27 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 such as “Rebel-‘Rouser,” which debuted at No. 6 in 1958; “Forty Miles of Bad Road,” which peaked at No. 9 in 1959; and “Because They’re Young,” which bowed at No. 4 in 1960. He also had two albums chart on the Billboard 200: Twangin’ Up a Storm!, which reached No. 93 in 1963, and Lonely Guitar, which made it to No. 144 in 1964.

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He was the last surviving artist to chart in the top 10 of the inaugural Hot 100, which was published on Aug. 4, 1958.

Eddy was also a Grammy-decorated musician, winning his first-ever nomination in 1987 for “Peter Gunn” in the best rock instrumental performance category. In 1996, he earned a second Recording Academy nod for “Thunder Road/Sugarfoot Rag” for best country instrumental performance. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

01 May 2024

John Mulaney Netflix Special To Feature Flea, Beck, Weezer, Jon Stewart, Warren G & Many More

The title of stand-up comedian John Mulaney’s upcoming six-part Netflix series says it all: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. The series that debuts on Friday (May 3) is part of the annual Netflix Is a Joke Festival, which will take place in Los Angeles from May 2-May 12 and the streamer describes the series as a “comically unconventional show” mixing special guests and field pieces in which Mulaney “explores the city of Los Angeles during a week when every funny person is in it.”

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While the festival will feature sets from some of the biggest and best stand-ups around, Mulaney has pulled together his own eclectic group of special guests for his live series that ranges from rock and hip-hip legends to scientists, journalists and movie directors. Among the musicians on tap for the series are: Beck, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Ray J, Joyce Manor, Los Lobos, Warren G, and St. Vincent.

In addition, he’ll welcome fellow comedians David Letterman, Nate Bargatze, Jerry Seinfeld, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Mae Martin, Earthquake, Jon Stewart, Patton Oswalt, Stavros Halkias, Sarah Silverman, Ronny Chieng, Tom Segura, Bill Hader, Luenell, Hannah Gadsby and Cedric the Entertainer.

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Other guests include seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, Citizens for L.A. Wildlife representative Tony Tucci, hypnotherapist Kerry Gaynor, lawyer Marcia Clark, director John Carpenter, journalist Zoey Tur, actress Cassandra Peterson and Dr. Emily Lindsey, the assistant curator and excavation site director of the La Brea Tarpits and Museum, plus others. The series will air live beginning on May 3 at 10 p.m. ET and from May 6-May 10 at the same time.

Check out the poster and teaser video for the Everybody’s in L.A. below.

30 Apr 2024

Linkin Park Considering 2025 Reunion Tour With New Vocalist

Three members of Linkin Park are mulling a possible 2025 reunion tour and are considering hiring a female vocalist to succeed late lead singer Chester Bennington, several sources close to the band tell Billboard.

Booking agency WME is taking offers for a potential Linkin Park tour along with headlining festival dates featuring Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Dave Farrell, the sources say. The band has not indicated who will sing on behalf of Bennington, who was often praised as one of the most gifted and durable vocalists of the 2000s with a dynamic range tailor-made for the group’s genre-bending style.

One source tells Billboard the band is hoping to find a female vocalist to front the reunited band, matching rumors that have been making the rounds in recent weeks. On March 30, during an appearance on Wired in the Empire on KCAL 96.7, Orgy’s Jay Gordon said he had heard rumors about a Linkin Park reunion.

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“Very, very cool guys and obviously a great band,” he said. “They’ve been around a long time and they’re still going for it,” he said. “It’s going to be tough without Chester, but we’ll see. I hear they got a girl singer now. That’s what I heard.”

Gordon later issued a statement saying his comments had been taken out of context, writing, “With regards to this linkin park singer thing. I know nothing about any of that.”

Earlier this month, Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee shot down rumors that she might be a candidate for the lead vocal gig. On April 23, the singer told iHeartRadio Canada that, while some Linkin Park fans had been voicing hopes for her to join the band, the group had not contacted her for the gig.

“But that’s awesome,” she said. “They should ask me about that. I don’t have a ton of free time, but I might do it part-time.”

Shinoda was asked about a possible reunion around the April 14 release of Papercuts (Singles Collection: 2000-2023), telling Revolver magazine, “Rumors always go around. People always ask what’s next for the band, and the best answer I can ever give anybody is when there’s something to tell you, we will tell you. When there’s an announcement to be made, it will be on LinkinPark.com. If you’re hearing it from somebody else, you can trust that information as much as you want to trust it.”

Linkin Park is one of the most successful rock groups from the 2000s, having sold more than 29.4 million albums in the United States, according to Luminate. The band has charted 24 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including three top 10 hits: “In the End” in 2003, “What I’ve Done” in 2007 and “New Divide” in 2009.

The band has also racked up 37.2 million U.S. song downloads and a combined 11.6 billion official on-demand U.S. streams. It has additionally charted six No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, including One More Light, which debuted on May 17, 2017, two months before Bennington took his own life at his home in Southern California.

Billboard reached out to a representative for Linkin Park but did not receive a response.

30 Apr 2024

Jelly Roll Accepts Bunnie XO’s Hilarious Dare While Performing Onstage With Nickelback

Jelly Roll is quickly becoming country‘s biggest “Rockstar,” but he’s not above making his wife Bunnie XO laugh while performing the 2005 Nickelback hit with the band.

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In a TikTok shared by the Dumb Blonde podcast host, the “Need a Favor” singer is seen onstage with Nickelback performing “Rockstar,” and during the second verse after the line, “Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me,” Jelly turns to Bunnie and muses the song’s hilarious adlib into the microphone: “I’ll have the quesadilla.”

The camera then pans to an amused Bunnie, who is laughing alongside MGK and tells the camera, “He did the quesadilla part!”

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“When you dared your husband to do the ‘I wanna quesadilla’ part while onstage with Nickelback and he does it looking right at you,” Bunnie wrote on the clip, jokingly adding in the caption, “It was the only part he knew [laughing emoji] I lost it hahaha.”

The video is just one of a fun string of Bunnie TikToks recently, including one earlier this week in which she met Motionless in White’s frontman, Chris Motionless, whom she playfully called her “hall pass.” She captioned the slow motion montage of shaking the rocker’s hand with Celine Dion’s enduring love song, “Power of Love.”

“You could say we’re in love now,” she joked in the caption. 

30 Apr 2024

Slipknot Announces 2024 North American Summer Tour

Slipknot is heading back out on the road! The heavy metal legends announced the dates for the North American leg of their Here Comes the Pain Tour on Tuesday (April 30), which arrives amid the 25th anniversary of their debut self-titled album.

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“We loved what we did with the first record but we didn’t even know if there was gonna be anything after that,” recalls guitarist Jim Root of 1999’s Slipknot in a press statement. “We just wanted people to hear it. Selling out of records and shows, having successful tours– those are goals for any band. But the dream scenario in some ways, came true for us.”

The North American Here Comes the Pain Tour will kick off on August 6 in Noblesville, Ind., before hitting iconic venues like Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and Moody Center in Austin, Texas before wrapping up with Knotfest Iowa at Waterworks Park on September 21. Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture and Vended will be joining the gig as special guests on select dates.

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See the full list of tour dates below.

Aug 06: Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center *
Aug 07: Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake *
Aug 09: Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena *
Aug 10: Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion *
Aug 12: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
Aug 14: Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion *
Aug 15: Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center *
Aug 17: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *
Sep 07: Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre #
Sep 08: Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Styles Resorts Amphitheater #
Sep 11: Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater #
Sep 13: Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome #
Sep 15: Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre #
Sep 17: Austin, TX – Moody Center #
Sep 18: Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion #
Sep 21: Des Moines, IA – Knotfest Iowa at Waterworks Park #

* w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Orbit Culture
# w/ Special Guests Knocked Loose and Vended

30 Apr 2024

Willow Reflects on ‘Whip My Hair’ Legacy: ‘My Message Hasn’t Really Changed’

When “Meet Me At Our Spot” went viral a few years ago and eventually peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, Willow collected hordes of new fans. While audience expansion is always welcome, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter first made her Hot 100 debut nearly 15 years ago with “Whip My Hair,” and now, she’s reminiscing on that time with Billboard News ahead of her forthcoming Empathogen album.

“There were a lot of fun things about it,” she muses. “When I was a teenager, I was very like, ‘Uh, no, trauma … there were things that hurt me and things I don’t understand!’ And now, I’m like … obviously, there were things that hurt you and things that you don’t understand, but, overall, my message hasn’t really changed!”

The kid-geared, self-empowerment anthem marked the musical debut of Willow, who was just 10 years old at the time. Co-written by Ronald Jackson and Janae Ratliff and co-produced by Tim Carter and Jukebox & Obanga, “Whip My Hair” played on 2010s party rap, with Willow employing a rap-sung cadence over a mixture of heavy synths and drums. The song reached No. 11 on the Hot 100, becoming the highest charting hit of Willow’s career yet on Billboard’s marquee singles chart. “Whip My Hair” also landed on the Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ranking for two consecutive years: 2010 (No. 84) and 2011 (No. 76).

“‘Whip My Hair’ is like, ‘be yourself, live out loud, don’t care what anybody thinks, express yourself!’” Willow explains to Billboard News. “That hasn’t really changed. I really feel like ‘Whip My Hair’ is just a foundation for everything that has come later … It was a lot of fun. I am so grateful — I would never take it back.”

Since “Whip My Hair” lit up the charts, Willow has released five solo studio albums and a collaborative LP with Tyler Cole titled The Anxiety. 2021’s Lately I Feel Everything is her only solo album to hit the Billboard 200 (No. 46), buoyed, in large part, by the success of its Travis Barker-assisted lead single, “Transparent Soul.” Later that year, The Anxiety became the second Billboard 200 entry of Willow’s career, climbing all the way to No. 103 and spending 11 weeks on the chart, her longest running title yet.

With a catalog that ranges from ambient alternative music to hair-raising punk-pop and soulful rock n’ roll, it’s no surprise that Willow continued down the musical path she forged with “Whip My Hair” nearly 15 years ago.

“I’ve tried to run away from it. I’ve tried to be like, ‘No! I’m not a musician, I’m gonna do something else,’ and then, guess what? It just keeps coming back!” she says. “That’s how you know something is really important to you. If it causes you pain and discomfort and you’re still wanting to do it? I trust that inner drive. Even through the discomfort, you’re like, ‘I gotta stick with this.’”

As part of one of the last generations of child stars to rise to fame without TikTok, Willow jokes that “it would probably be lit” if she were 10 years old and releasing “Whip My Hair” today. “I can’t even really imagine it … thinking about it actually kind of interesting!”

Empathogen, the sixth studio album from Willow, hits DSPs on Friday, May 3.

29 Apr 2024

Drew Carey Said Phish’s Sphere Show Made Him Want to Puree His Junk, So, Naturally, They Sent Him a Special Gift

As you’ve likely heard by now, Drew Carey had a really, really great time seeing Phish for the first time at their Las Vegas residency at Sphere earlier this month. Like, such a good time the The Price Is Right host wrote in a frenzied post afterward that he would “stick my d–k in a blender” in exchange for more time with the jam band juggernaut.

On Friday, Carey showed off a special gift he got from the band in honor of his phreak out: a Vitamix blender accompanied by a hand-written note from the Burlington, VT superstars. “Hi Drew! So thrilled that you could be at the Sphere with us!,” it read. “Hope you enjoy this gift and lets do it again. Sending mountains of love.” Singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio also personalized the mixer, scrawling, “Thank you Drew! See you next time, happy blending!” in silver marker on the side.

The gag gift from the band who’ve busted out vacuum cleaner solos and mini trampolines on stage in the past seemed appropriate for the garage rock-loving comedian who tweeted out his mind-bent reaction to his first Phishsperience. “I swear I just talked to God,” Carey tweeted on April 22 after checking out of the band’s four shows at Vegas’ hottest new venue. “I would give you all my money, stick my d–k in a blender and swear off p–sy for the rest of my life in exchange for this. Bro I met God tonight for real. I feel like I just got saved by Jesus no lie.”

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Check out Phish’s special gift for Carey below.

28 Apr 2024

Pearl Jam’s ‘Dark Matter’ Debuts in Top Five on Billboard 200 Chart

Pearl Jam debuts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated May 4) with its latest studio album, Dark Matter, marking the 13th top 10-charting effort for the band. The set launches with a little over 59,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 25, according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, as earlier reported, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department makes a milestone debut atop the list, with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in its first week.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 4, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 30. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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Of Dark Matter’s first-week sum of 59,000 units, album sales comprise 52,000, SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 11 songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Notably, of its 52,000 sales sum, vinyl sales comprise a little over 24,000, enhanced by its availability across 12 different color vinyl variants.

The new album was led by the set’s title track, which hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in March (the group’s fourth No. 1 and first since 1998) and has reached the top 10 on Alternative Airplay (the act’s 20th top 10 hit).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Future and Metro Boomin’s former leader We Don’t Trust You rises one spot with 69,000 equivalent album units earned (down 17%). Beyoncé’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter slips 2-3 with 66,000 (down 33%), and Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 4 with 64,000 (down 11%).

Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You falls 1-6 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (down 57%), Noah Kahan’s Stick Season slips 5-7 with 45,000 units (down 11%) and Benson Boone’s Fireworks & Rollerblades glides 7-8 with 40,000 units (down 8%). Rounding out the top 10 is a pair of former No. 1s: SZA’s SOS dips 8-9 with 39,000 units (down 2%) and Swift’s Lover climbs 11-10 with 37,000 (down 6%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.