André 3000 on his influence on music: “Every artist is a catalyst artist”

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André 3000 has been confirmed to play Øya Festival 2024.The rapper and flautist recently dropped his surprise record ‘New Blue Sun‘, his first new album in 17 years, comprised primarily of experimental flute music. Now, the former OutKast musician will join the Øya Festival lineup to play through ‘New Blue Sun’ with a full live band on August 8.Other acts confirmed so far include Queens Of The Stone Age, The Smile, The National RAYE, Arca, Astrid S and Holly Humberstone.

André 3000's acting career has been all over the map, ranging from voicing an animated kids shows (Class of 3000) to slapstick comedies (Semi Pro) and, more recently, acclaimed arthouse fare (High Life, Showing Up). There's a universe out there where 3000 is also the star of a long-running action franchise — back in 2003, 3000 said during a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, he auditioned to play the role of Tej Parker in 2003's 2 Fast 2 Furious, now played by Ludacris.

André 3000 has revealed that he auditioned for 2 Fast 2 Furious, but said he lost out on the role to Ludacris.The OutKast rapper and soloist spoke about his attempt to join the Fast & Furious franchise during a recent appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. As part of the ‘Colbert Questionert’ segment, 3000 was asked to share his favourite action movie.Colbert then pressed the musician – real name André Benjamin – on why he hadn’t been in one of the Fast & Furious films, to which he replied: “I would have but I think Ludacris took the role.”Benjamin was referring to Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges’ character Tej Parker, who was introduced to the series in 2003’s 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Amanda Hanson, who led the digital desk team at Action News 5 in Memphis, has died at age 38 following complications from a medical emergency.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Britney Spears‘ fans don’t seem to be letting their issues with Justin Timberlake stay at rest. Following the release of Timberlake’s new single “Selfish,” the Britney Army took it upon themselves to troll the pop star by running Spears’ 2011 song of the same name up the charts.

Paul Mescal opened up about his career and his new movie All of Us Strangers during an interview with British Vogue.

The trailer for Zac Efron and John Cena‘s new movie has been released!

With just one day left to go until The Traitors reaches its nail-biting conclusion, all eyes have been on Traitor Harry as he continues to outwit the Faithfuls since day one of the competition. Over the course of the past four weeks, the Faithfuls have managed to unmask a total of four Traitors so far, with Ash, Miles, Paul and Ross all uncloaked by their fellow contestants. However, the last surviving original Traitor has continued to avoid being rumbled by his co-stars, even despite suspicions surrounding him having begun to swirl towards the end of the competition.

As expected, Justin Timberlake dropped his new single and video “Selfish” today, just ahead of tonight’s appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and two days before his appearance as musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Philadelphia and Memphis top the list of metropolitan areas with the highest incidence of STDs in the United States, according to an annual analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The seventh annual study, by Innerbody Research, the largest online medical and wellness testing guide, drew its data from the CDC’s latest STD Surveillance data, ranking the top 100 metropolitan areas based on the number of cases, per 100,000 population, of HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. The latter three diseases are among the most commonly reported new sexually transmitted infections.According to the analysis, the top 10 cities with the highest STD rates were:The data — marking the first from the post-COVID-lockdown period — shows that Philadelphia jumped from having the fifth-highest STD infection rate in last year’s study to the highest rate in this year’s study.

André 3000 has performed his 10-minute-long track ‘That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther…” while appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.The musician made his appearance on the famed talk show yesterday (January 23) and performed the lengthy flute track ‘That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control … Shit Was Wild’, from his debut solo LP ‘New Blue Sun‘ which was released in November.His solo LP came 17 years after OutKast’s sixth and final studio effort, 2006’s ‘Idlewild’. Since then, André had distanced himself from making music.

André 3000 was a guest on Stephen Colbert's Late Show on Tuesday night, chatting to the host and also performing a track from his 2023 album New Blue Sun. You can see his performance above.

André 3000 has announced a first series of tour dates behind his recent experimental flute album ‘New Blue Sun’.Last year, the Outkast rapper returned with a surprise new 87-minute long project which saw him collaborate with stars of the jazz scene and make a serene, experimental opus.Beginning next week, he will head out on the road for a series of tour dates across the US. At the shows, he will be accompanied by a number of his ‘New Blue Sun’ collaborators including Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina and Deantoni Parks.André 3000:01-29 Brooklyn, NY – Crown Hill Theatre 01-31 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m.) 01-31 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m.) 02-01 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m.) 02-01 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m.) 02-02 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m.) 02-02 New York, NY – Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m.) 02-05 Brooklyn, NY – St.

Jody Foster and schmoozing with Michael Caine. Celebrity paintings by Townley – besidesFoster and Caine, he’s captured the likes of Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Lady Gaga, Matt Damon and others – sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

André 3000 has announced his first tour behind his 2023 flute album New Blue Sun. Like the record, the shows are scheduled for just a few days after their announcement, kicking off at Brooklyn, New York’s Crown Hill Theatre on Monday, January 29.

Ja Rule has shared his thoughts on André 3000 not wanting to rap anymore, and called for older stars to continue to create “classic” songs.Last year, André 3000′ released ‘New Blue Sun’ – his debut solo album made up of instrumental tracks that showcased the artist as a flautist. Ahead of the album, the 48-year-old warned fans that there were “no bars” on the album.

Justin Timberlake is to return to Saturday Night Live as a music guest, it’s been confirmed this weekend (January 19).Timberlake will appear on the January 27 episode of the show, which will be hosted by Dakota Johnson. It will be the second episode of the show this season following on from this week’s episode which saw Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi host and Reneé Rapp appear as the musical guest.Timberlake has not appeared on SNL since December 2013.

The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75.The news was confirmed to Rolling Stone yesterday (January 19) by Miriam Linna of Norton Records, who released Weiss’ only solo album ‘Dangerous Game’ in 2007. “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation and all generations,” Linna said.The Shangri-Las were known for a string of artful, cinematic singles in the ‘60s which often depicted highly melodramatic teen tragedies, including ‘Leader of the Pack’ (a US Number One single), ‘I Can Never Go Home Anymore’ and ‘Give Him a Great Big Kiss’.Weiss was born in 1948 and grew up in Queens, New York.

Justin Timberlake has teased his new album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’, dropping an album trailer and previewing its lead single ‘Selfish’.Timberlake premiered his new music at the free Memphis concert he announced a week ago. The ‘Sexy Back’ singer played the Orpheum Theatre yesterday (January 19), where he played ‘Selfish’ live for lucky fans.Uploading a snippet of ‘Selfish’ to Instagram, listeners can make out the lyrics of the chorus: “If I get jealous, I can’t help it / I want every bit of you, guess I’m selfish.” After playing his hometown show, Timberlake also uploaded a portion of his album trailer on Instagram.