EXCLUSIVE: Amazon‘s original series Harlem has added 7 new cast members to its Season 2 roster.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Drake, arguably the biggest rapper in the world, will play a special concert at the legenday Apollo Theater in New York’s Harlem neighborhood that will be broadcast on SiriusXM, he and the network announced on Tuesday. Details on the show were slim — “Drake will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in New York. The exclusive SiriusXM concert marks the first time that Drake will perform at the iconic theater,” the announcement reads — but the concert will be the latest in a long series of special, intimate gigs the network has staged at the 1,500-capacity venue. Fans should head here to score tickets, but act fast.
However, this concert will mark one of the first times the network has presented such a concert from a rapper: Past shows include U2, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Pitbull, and earlier this year, Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Artists often play special, custom sets, knowing that the set will be broadcast to die-hard fans. U2’s set was completely different from the one they played on their stadium tour — they opened with three songs from their 1980 debut album — and Lady Gaga played a condensed, hit-filled version of her Las Vegas setlist that eliminated nearly all of the slow songs and was a nearly overpowering dance set. The move is long overdue, as the Apollo is a legendary incubator of Black musical talent and over its nearly 90-year run has hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, H.E.R., D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill and many others. Since it introduced the first “Amateur Night” contests in 1934, the Apollo has served as an unforgiving testing ground for new artists working
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon‘s original series Harlem has added 7 new cast members to its Season 2 roster.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been forced to pull out of filming for a Britain's Got Talent special after becoming 'unwell'. The hosting duo were expected to present a new spin-off of the hit ITV talent show, Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician.
The organizers of Lollapalooza have announced the headliners for the festival's 2023 lineup in South America. Drake, Billie Eilish and the newly reunited Blink-182 will all perform in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil in March of next year.
Kate Garraway has spoken candidly about her experience of caring for husband Derek Draper.MORE: Inside Kate Garraway and husband Derek's treasured wedding amid 'changed' marriageDerek's health has been in decline since he contracted coronavirus in 2020 with Kate stepping to care for him, as well as raise their two children, and continue with her career. WATCH: Kate Garraway reveals the sweet words husband Derek told her ahead of return to workTaking to Instagram this week to mark World Mental Health Day, the Good Morning Britain star shared a rare video with fans in which she touched upon her own struggles.READ: Kate Garraway returns to work following 'mourning' with sweet messageMORE: Kate Garraway's major home renovations for husband Derek revealedKate, 55, revealed on camera that she has, at times, felt "frustrated, emotional and depressed" while caring for her beloved husband.A post shared by Kate Garraway (@kategarraway)Kate spoke about caring for Derek in a new Instagram postReferring to her acclaimed documentary, Finding Derek, she said: "In the documentary, you saw me frustrated, depressed, emotional.
Julia Roberts's daughter Hazel Moder contemplated wearing her iconic Oscars dress to a high school dance. The actress famously donned a vintage Valentino gown to the Academy Awards in 2001, where she was presented with the Best Actress prize for her performance in Erin Brockovich.
Musical artists Lyle Lovett and Darius Rucker have been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode of ABC’s Big Sky.
Drake has announced announced a small theatre show in New York for next month.The Canadian artist, who released his seventh album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ in June, will take to the stage at the 1,500-capacity Apollo Theater in Harlem on November 11 as part of SiriusXM’s Small Stages series.As Spin notes, Drake has only played four live shows so far this year.Tickets for the star’s intimate NYC gig are available for free to SiriusXM subscribers. Alternatively, non-subscribers can download the station’s app, subscribe and then can be entered to the prize draw.Fans have until 11pm ET on October 26 to enter – you can find more information here, and see Drake’s announcement below.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)SiriusXM’s Small Stages series has recently hosted special shows from the likes of Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Apollo Theater.Last month, Drake posted screenshots showing hateful Instagram messages he’d sent to Needle Drop music critic Anthony Fantano.
When Drake hits the stage at his upcoming New York show, he’ll be performing at one of the Big Apple’s most legendary venues: Harlem’s Apollo Theater.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Back in the day (“the day” being the 1990s), Pavement became so typecast as a cliché-lambasting, anti-rock band that they never really got credit for what a great rock band they were — and, as their ongoing 30th-ish anniversary tour shows, still are. The stereotypical scrawny, bookish, indie vibe and image of the group’s early records had become so cemented that few seemed to notice how tight and accomplished they became after drummer Steve West joined the group in 1993. Although they always downplayed their ability to “rock out” and still do, when the band locks in on hypnotic grooves while singer-guitarist Stephen Malkmus plays solos with a Lou Reed-ish combination of soaring melodies and brittle squall (usually finishing with some self-mocking gesture), they can hold their own with virtually any rock band. On their later albums, that seasoning carried over to their songwriting, as Malkmus’ almost run-on melodies were delivered in a cleaner, sharper manner, as if he were no longer quite so embarrassed by how pretty or catchy they can be.
Ethan Shanfeld Very few modern bands have a “Mr. Brightside.” Even fewer are able to whip it out in the first five minutes of a show and continue to entertain an arena for another 90 minutes. And even fewer are those who can hold their own in a three-song duet with Bruce Springsteen as he beams with excitement announcing their name to the crowd: “THE KILLERS!” “Everybody knows God made Saturday nights for rock ‘n’ roll,” frontman Brandon Flowers declared toward the beginning of the band’s set, the second of two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden. And the Killers delivered on that, taking New York City on a tour of its greatest songs from “Hot Fuss” to “Pressure Machine.”
Phil Collins and Genesis have sold a large chunk of their back catalogue for a whopping $300million (£268m). Concord Music Group has landed the publishing rights and master recordings for most of prog rock legends Genesis’ catalogue, as well as a portion of the group’s recorded music income streams and masters. The sale also includes Collins’ solo hits In the Air Tonight, You’ll Be In My Heart, and Against All Odds.
It's been announced that Phil Collins and his fellow members of the rock band Genesis have sold a portion of the group's songs - including their publishing rights and master recordings - in a deal valued at more than $300 million.
Phil Collins and his Genesis bandmates have sold a portion of their songs’ assets to Concord Music Group, including the publishing rights and master recordings for much of Genesis’ music.According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was valued at more than $300million and will also include master recordings of songs from throughout Collins’ solo career, such as ‘In the Air Tonight’, ‘You’ll Be In My Heart’ and ‘Against All Odds’, and his popular covers of Diane & Annita’s ‘A Groovy Kind Of Love’ and ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by the Supremes.Genesis recordings within the package will likely include hits such as ‘Invisible Touch’, ‘That’s All’, ‘Land Of Confusion’ and ‘Follow You, Follow Me’. The deal also includes material that Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford released with his group, Mike & the Mechanics.Speaking to WSJ, Concord president Bob Valentine said they were aiming to bring Collins and Genesis’ back catalogue to a younger generation of listeners.