It’s a “Whole New World” on “American Idol”.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter an NFT fundraiser for independent venues raised more than $200,000 last week, Goldflyer and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) have announced the second round.Top NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway has joined the effort and announced a follow-up drop this Friday (April 16) at 1:30 p.m.
ET, featuring many of the artists who have supported the cause so far: Tove Lo, Dillon Francis, Pabllo Vittar and Tycho will all donate their likenesses for an NFT
.It’s a “Whole New World” on “American Idol”.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorColdplay will return with their first new music since 2019 next Friday with “Higher Power,” a new single produced by Max Martin — the most successful songwriter-producer of the last 25 years.It would not be unreasonable to expect that an album will be following sometime in the coming months as well.The group posted on social media: “Higher Power is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and a bathroom sink at the start of 2020.
here.To claim a pair of free tickets, film fans need to present a National Lottery ticket, scratchcard or Instant Win game to be eligible.“National Lottery Cinema Weekend is a big ‘thank you’ to our players and a celebration of what they have made possible via BFI who invest over £50 million of National Lottery funding a year to develop and support original U.K.
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Naman Ramachandran Punters across the U.K. can claim 200,000 free tickets to watch any film screening at 500 sites on the weekend of June 19 and 20, as part of the National Lottery Cinema Weekend.The weekend is part of several celebrations in June, designed to acknowledge the vital contribution of the National Lottery towards funding the arts in the U.K.The Lottery was set up in 1994.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a pair of initiatives announced Wednesday, Jagermeister and a group of artists working with Brompton bikes — including Radiohead, Phoebe Bridgers, Foo Fighters, Dinosaur Jr.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWe’ve been reluctant to jinx it, but after a disastrous non-launch earlier this month, the website for the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Relief Grant (SVOG) was up and running at noon E.T.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify has been hinting at price hikes for some time, and in advance of their next earnings call on Wednesday — which it has said is likely to see a dip in new paid subscriptions — the company raised the price of several subscriptions in the U.K.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith livestreamed concerts, their “Big Bang Con” virtual festival and lots more, BTS has kept busy during the pandemic — and clearly they’ve been at work on new music, as the septet will release a new single called “Butter” on May 21.Information about the song is scarce, as usual for the group: “21st century Pop Icons BTS will release their new single “Butter” at 0 AM EDT on May 21,” the announcement says simply. “‘Butter’ is a dance pop track brimming with the
In lieu of its traditional awards luncheon this year, which was canceled because of the pandemic, the Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, have raised more than $60,000 to support the guild’s Hardship Fund, in donations from publicists, studios and awards sponsors.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDiego Maradona, hailed as one the best soccer players ever, will be the subject of a new docuseries from Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment and Dhana Media.Maradona, who died of a heart attack in November, has been the subject of numerous docs and scripted projects — though this series touts an exclusive archive, and testimony from the celebrated and controversial athlete’s family.“One thing is what the press and people say, and quite another is what we
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs teased earlier this week, the Weeknd has dropped a remix and video of “Save Your Tears,” one of the standout tracks from his blockbuster “After Hours” album, featuring Ariana Grande.Watch the official animated video, featuring renderings of both artists, was directed by Jack Brown and produced by Blinkink.The collaboration marks at least the third time the Weeknd and Grande have worked together, previously on his 2014 song “Love Me Harder” — which also marked his
Getting the heck out of there. Sofia Richie ran into Amelia Hamlin, Scott Disick’s girlfriend, at a workout class, and needless to say, it was “very awkward.”
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndependent music venues and theaters in the U.S. have been mostly shuttered for 13 months now — and although the #SaveOurStages act was signed into law on Dec.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndependent music venues and theaters in the U.S. have been mostly shuttered for 13 months now — and although the #SaveOurStages act was signed into law on Dec.
Iron Maiden have hit back at a lawsuit filed by US-based e-commerce platform Viral Style that accuses one of the metal band’s companies of grabbing $200,000 from its PayPal account without permission in an act that was, it alleged, “akin to a high-tech and sophisticated bank robbery”.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndependent music venues and theaters in the U.S. have been mostly shuttered for 13 months now — and although the #SaveOurStages act was signed into law on Dec.
Business Insider, Crocker explained that selling the video was their way of reclaiming the clip after years of relentless mockery and abuse.“I felt like a lot of people might misconstrue why I wanted to sell it,” Crocker said.“But the real reason is because I felt like I took a lot of hits — you know, literal hits,” explaining they had been “physically assaulted at gay clubs” and received death threats.Crocker added that the money made from the sale would go primarily towards helping their