Big Brother season 25 airs tomorrow night (August 2) and the contestants were revealed this week.
12.07.2023 - 20:51 / thefader.com
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist.
It's always exciting to hear a DJ play a track out and learn that it's a product of New York City's relentless underground dance music scene. When QRTR played Celebrity Bitcrush's bootleg of Chelley's 2009 "Took The Night" during a set, I knew it would be on repeat all summer.
Inspired by Chicago footwork and Detroit ghettotech, the Brooklyn producer flips the vintage club hit on its head. "Walk In The Club" boasts unpredictable feverish drum patterns and insistent vocal samples, turning the girl power anthem into a gritty warehouse party track.
"I wanted to make a fast and high-energy track that straddled the line between club tune and rave tune," Celebrity Bitcrush tells The FADER. "I thought the addition of the vocal sample juxtaposed with the high tempo and pounding bass gave the impression of posh socialite going to a dirty warehouse."
.Big Brother season 25 airs tomorrow night (August 2) and the contestants were revealed this week.
Paul Reubens is being remembered by many in Hollywood, including some of his nearest and dearest, following his death on Sunday from cancer at the age of 70.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett first met at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City where she had performed a version of Nat King Cole’s “Orange Colored Sky.” Bennett asked Gaga to sing a duet with him on his next album 2011’s Duets II, which was timed to his 85th birthday. Their performance of “The Lady Is a Tramp” would be the first collaboration between the two and the beginning of an enduring friendship that lasted throughout Bennett’s final years.
Ben Folds may have just completed his final rock album.In a recent interview with Forbes, the 55-year-old singer-songwriter shared that his 2023 record “What Matters Most” may be his last offering before he pivots to writing musicals and other types of songs.Thankfully, you can still catch the man who brought the world “Brick,” “Rockin’ The Suburbs,” “B—-es Ain’t S—,” “The Luckiest” and “You Don’t Know Me” live this year.Folds is taking his ‘What Matters Most Tour’ with special guest Tall Heights all over the U.S. up until Oct.
Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top are co-headlining the ‘Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour’ with special guest Uncle Kracker from July through September.While cranking out the hits, the band will head north for a few New York and New Jersey concerts.First, they’ll bring “Free Bird” and “Legs” to Canandaigua, NY’s Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center on Aug. 24 and Saratoga Springs, NY’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sept.
Drake halted one of his gigs to call out a fan after a vape was thrown at him mid-performance.The incident took place on Thursday night (July 20), during the rapper’s concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Midway through his set, Drake began to address a concert-goer who decided to hurl a vape at him, telling them they have “some real life evaluating to do”.“Did you throw a vape up here? Come on,” Drake said to the crowd at the show, looking at the item by his feet.
Harry Styles closed out his ‘Love On Tour’ shows in Italy last night (July 22), closing the set with a new instrumental piano song.The singer has been on an extensive world tour behind his album ‘Harry’s House’ and the run of gigs came to an end on Saturday in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy.To close out the performance at the RCF Arena Campovolo, Styles performed a new song alone at the piano, so far without lyrics.See footage of the 10-minute performance below.At a recent show as part of ‘Love On Tour’, Harry Styles invited Wet Leg onstage for a rendition of their track ‘Wet Dream’.“It has been the most wonderful, wonderful tour, getting to watch them play every night,” he said to the audience, introducing the band. “They’re one of my favourite bands.
Robin Williams' children honored the late actor on what would have been his 72nd birthday. On Friday, the "Mrs. Doubtfire" star's son Zak, 40, and daughter Zelda, 33, shared touching tributes to their father on social media. "Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you'd give," Zak captioned a photo of Williams from his 1987 war comedy "Good Morning America." He continued, "That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.
. Or lounging on your couch.
Latto has big energy, but little patience for throwing objects at performers.
Latto has big energy, but little patience for throwing objects at performers. The 24-year-old rapper made that crystal clear onstage during a performance, reportedly at Rolling Loud Germany in Munich in early July. In a clip on Twitter, fans can see Latto threaten the culprit while on beat to her song, «Put It on da Floor.»«You want your a** beat? Throw it again! Throw it again!» she said into the microphone.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Valee’s career started with a sonic boom.
Shania Twain was havin’ fun Tuesday night with the “Today” host as the duo sang a surprise duet to a packed Madison Square Garden.Kotb attended the “Queen of Me” New York City tour stop to support her longtime friend, and to present her with a newly-certified double diamond platinum record plaque for her 1997 album “Come On Over.” The album will be re-issued on Aug. 25.
On her 2022 single "Back To The Sea," Marem Ladson sang of burning fires and tear-soaked dancefloor encounters in a deceptively lowkey style, her sound floating somewhere between folky confessional and feather-lite R&B. The hurt in the lyrics to that song was palpable, with Ladson detailing the physical effects in bombastic style while harnessing an admirable restraint at the same time. Ladson uses that same cool detachment on "Idontcare," the lead single from her upcoming EP Baby Light.
Thania Garcia Madonna’s “Celebration” tour has been delayed again after being postponed after the singer developed a serious bacterial infection. The tour was originally scheduled to begin July 15 in Vancouver though the 64-year-old was rushed to the hospital on June 24 due to the infection, according to an Instagram post from her manager Guy Oseary. For the first time since her hospitalization, Madonna addressed the tour and her health writing that she was “on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life.” She additionally added that she was going to reschedule the North American leg of the tour and bein in October in Europe.
Love The Weekender? Share it with a friend and spread the word!Sign Up For The WeekenderJeff GoldblumA friend of mine (my age) saw this show with her 20-year daughter who’s obsessed with Jeff Goldblum. He’s the perpetually suave actor from “Jurassic Park,” “Independence Day,” “The Fly” and one of my favorites: “The Big Chill.” Apart from being intensely likable, he’s campy and fun and goofy and plays classic jazz with his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. He performs regularly the in Los Angeles area, while taking questions from the audience and telling entertaining stories.During the show my friend went to, he welcomed guest singers who sang classics “Moon River,” and “Don’t Fence Me In” and then joined Goldblum and the band for a cover of Steve Lawrence’s “Bewitched.” Even if you’re not a major jazz fan, seeing him in person perform is worth it for the banter alone.When: Friday July 21st at 8pmWhere: Sagerstrom Center for the Arts | 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626Parking: Click here for details!Buy tickets.Fetch Clay, Make ManThis play – a drama by Will Power – opened in New York in 2013 and according to the New York Times “is about the meeting between two men who achieved renown during different eras in the thorny history of race in America – Muhammad Ali and the actor Stepin Fetchit.” The play takes place in the days leading up to one of Muhammad Ali’s most anticipated fights, when he forms an unlikely friendship with the controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit (born Lincoln Perry).Directed by Debbie Allen, the play explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different and influential cultural icons.
Babyface Ray is back with another ice-cold oddball banger. The Detroit rapper has been pumping out a steady stream of strong singles since the release of his most recent, MOB, in December.
Manchester United are now just days away from kicking off pre-season, and in just two weeks' time they will be in the United States.
On a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Harrison Ford roasted Conan O’Brien after learning that he had “Han Solo” scribbled down in his interview notes.
Thania Garcia Drake and 21 Savage delivered a jam-packed setlist for the opening night of the “It’s All A Blur” tour that launched at Chicago’s United Center on July 5. The show marked Drake’s first concert stretch across North America since the “Aubrey & the Three Migos” tour hit over 40 arenas in 2018. Drake opened the concert sitting on a couch where he recited “Look What You’ve Done,” a cut from his 2011 album “Take Care,” while reading the lines off of a composition notebook. A younger version of Drake (there’s online debate regarding whether or not the boy is a hologram or if he’s real… it appears to be an actor whose face they’ve digitally altered on the venue’s jumbo screens) regularly appeared beside him for songs released earlier in his discography.