Sparks Asks ‘So May We Start?’ in a Disney Hall Gig That Shows How Far They Are From Finished: Concert Review

LCD Soundsystem played Guardian Angels in a skit in the latest episode of Saturday Night Live (February 26).The band were the musical guests on the show, performing ‘Thrills’ and ‘Yr City’s A Sucker’ from their 2005 debut album. They were joined by John Mulaney as host.During the show, they took part in a skit titled “Subway Churro”, in which a man (Andrew Dismukes) surprises everyone by buying a churro in a random subway station.The SNL cast take on spoofs of Broadway hits to express the peculiarities of New York, including why churros are taboo subway snacks, mole people, subway stabbings and strange liquid on the floor.LCD Soundsystem arrive at the end of the sketch, dressed in Guardian Angels’ gear, proclaiming “We’re the Guardian Angels and if you’re looking for a fight, you’ve gotta go through us!”. The Guardian Angels were a volunteer organisation founded in 1979 to combat violence and crime on the New York City Subway system.They’re met by a Jesus lookalike in a beer helmet, who they then serenade along with the rest of the SNL cast, singing a parody of ‘Superstar’ from Jesus Christ Superstar.

With the second batch of episodes dropping on Friday, Feb. 25, the comedy competition is heating up in Prime Video’s “LOL: Last One Laughing Canada”, in which 10 of Canada’s top comedians attempt to crack up the others while sequestered together for six hours, with the final comic remaining winning a big donation for the charity of their choice.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe transition from bedroom pop to one of New York’s biggest stages is not an easy one — the intimate sound and emotions of the loosely defined style are almost the polar opposite of the big gestures and loud volume it takes to fill a major venue. Yet two of the genre’s most popular (and youngest) artists, Clairo and Arlo Parks, did it with ease Thursday night before an impressively full crowd at New York’s historic, 6,000-capacity Radio City Music Hall.Parks, 21 — who is nominated for two 2022 Grammys — is already a major star in her native England and is the more animated performer of the two, although Thursday’s show represented a big step up from her last area performance (at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in September).

to nab every vote but one when she faced off against her ally, Todrick Hall, in the finals.«I was very surprised. I thought it was gonna be four and four. I was just trying to predict how I thought everybody was gonna vote,» Tate told ET.

Spoiler alert! Former UFC champ Miesha Tate became the winner of Celebrity Big Brother season 3 and took home the $250,000 prize during the live Wednesday, February 23, finale.

Afghan Whigs have returned today (February 22) with their first new music since 2017 – listen to ‘I’ll Make You See God’ below.The track features in the upcoming PlayStation game Gran Turismo 7, released March 4, and the single is also being released via Royal Cream/BMG.Speaking about the new single, frontman Greg Dulli said: “That’s one of the hardest rock songs we’ve ever done.“It was written and performed on sheer adrenalin.”You can listen to the new song here:The band – comprising frontman/guitarist Greg Dulli, bassist John Curley, multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson, drummer Patrick Keeler and new guitarist Christopher Thorn  have also announced a brief U.S. tour dates beginning May 11.You can see the full list of dates below and buy tickets here:MAY 202211- Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room12 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum13 – Orlando, FL – The Social14 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle17 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East18 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall20 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall21 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom22 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue24 – Pittsburgh,  PA – Mr Smalls Theatre25 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of WilliamsburgBack in 2017, the guitarist of the Afghan Whigs, Dave Rosser, died aged 50 following a battle with colon cancer.The band announced over Facebook: “It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our friend, brother and inspiration,” they continued.

must be submitted via a London Music Hub here (each London Music Hub may submit up to three acts for consideration). All entrants must be in years 10-13 of the academic year 2021/2022.A shortlist of acts will be invited to a live audition in the Hall’s Elgar Room this July.Lucy Noble, Artistic Director of the Royal Albert Hall, said: “We couldn’t be more excited to launch this opportunity for aspiring young musicians, and would like to encourage as many people as possible to apply.

Ed Sheeran and The Who are on the lineup for the returning Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, which has been on hiatus for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The music and comedy event will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London between 21-27 March. Liam Gallagher, Yungblud, Madness and Don Broco are among the other musical guests booked to perform.

British rapper KSI has cancelled his sold out Manchester concert just hours before due to 'feeling sick'.

Get ready to bust a gut while 10 of Canada’s funniest comedians try not to.

Hundreds of people rallied in the rain at Sydney’s Town Hall against the Religious Discrimination Bill on Saturday afternoon.Organised by the Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR), speakers included NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, Sydney Girls High year 10 student Sumaya, and CARR’s co-convenor April Holcombe.Sumaya, who identified as a queer Muslim, rallied the crowd with a passionate call to action, saying, “the Bill means that queer people across all areas of public life must live in fear. At the very best, we hide who we are. At the very worst, we lose everything.”Holcombe spoke of the continuing threat of the Bill, which was indefinitely shelved by the government on Thursday. “It might have been shelved this week, but it is not dead.

NEW YORK -- Afrofuturism is getting a spotlight at Carnegie Hall as the bastion of New York City music and culture takes another step toward normalcy.Grammy Award winner Flying Lotus, also known as FlyLo, makes his Carnegie debut Saturday night to open a two-month Afrofuturism festival, which includes more than 80 events at the hall and partnering institutions."It is something which is kind of hard to explain in a certain way,” said Adriaan Fuchs, Carnegie’s director of festivals and special projects. “But at the same time, it is something which one senses and knows as soon as you see it.”Carnegie was shuttered from March 13, 2020, until last Oct.

Scotty McCreery visits a familiar location in his new music video.

Focus Features, Peacock and Jordan Peele’s MonkeyPaw Productions have acquired worldwide rights to the megachurch satire starring Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall.

previously snagged the rights to the next film by Nikyata Jusu, the director of “Nanny” whose film won the Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance. “Honk for Jesus” is a comedy and satire filmed partially as a faux-documentary, and it follows Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Brown) and his wife, First Lady Trinitie Childs (Hall), as the heads of a Southern Baptist mega church as they try and bounce back from a scandal that’s forced them to shut their doors and led their congregation to leave in a mass exodus. The film picks up in the aftermath as the Childs, still insanely wealthy, try and host an Easter service and drum up attention for the community with a feeble attempt telling passers by on the highway to “Honk for Jesus.” The movie satirizes the culture of for-profit religion and the corruption, back biting and ego that goes on behind the scenes.

Daniel Ek said exclusive deals like one with Joe Rogan are critical to the company’s business, that he sometimes finds the podcast offensive, but that he doesn’t consider Spotify a “publisher” in terms of bearing responsibility for content it carries.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify’s staff was up in arms about the company and co-founder/CEO Daniel Ek’s defense of Joe Rogan in a town hall meeting Wednesday that followed its middling quarterly report and subsequent stock drop, according to a report in the Verge that cites a leaked audio recording of the meeting.In Ek’s 15-minute speech, he positioned the company as both a platform and publisher, saying that “There are many things that Joe Rogan says that I strongly disagree with and find very offensive,” he said, but defended the company’s relationship with the controversial podcaster by stating, “If we want even a shot at achieving our bold ambitions, it will mean having content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with. Not anything goes, but there will be opinions, ideas, and beliefs that we disagree with strongly and even makes us angry or sad.” Reps for Spotify did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment.

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Dionne Warwick, Judas Priest, Beck and Duran Duran are among this year’s nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Clevaland-based Hall announced today.