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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai isn’t thinking about a sequel Smash Bros. game, but he’s also not ruling one out…for now. Sakurai only just revealed Ultimate’s final fighter, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, last month and after over three years of DLC development, it was presumed that Sakurai would take a well-earned rest. It...

The band’s live set on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC Radio 6 Music show, recorded at BBC’s historic Maida Vale Studios, is getting a double album release Sunn O))), photo by Ronald K. Dick In 2019, Sunn O))) recorded a session for Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC Radio 6 Music show, following their tour behind Life Metal...

Since going solo in 2018 after Fifth Harmony’s hiatus, Normani has charted several pop hits including “Love Lies” and “Dancing with a Stranger,” her respective duets with Khalid and Sam Smith and “Motivation.” But with her latest single, “Wild Side” featuring Cardi B, Normani is establishing her foothold in a new arena with her first major R&B/hip-hop success as...

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has solidified its 2021/22 board of directors and elected three to the executive committee, the organization tells Billboard. On the executive committee — all three of whom were elected by the A2IM board — Partisan Records global managing director Zena White will serve as chairperson, Hopeless Records president...

Irvin Mayfield, the jazz trumpet player who became a symbol of New Orleans resilience after Hurricane Katrina, was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court Wednesday (Nov. 3) for steering charity money meant for public libraries to his personal use. Mayfield and his musical and business partner, pianist Ronald Markham, each pleaded guilty in November...

Two men died when one of them jumped or fell from the 7th floor of a culture center in Sweden and landed on the other, police said. The 80-year-old man who crashed into the lobby of the Uppsala Konsert and Kongress venue Tuesday night (Nov. 2) died at the scene north of Stockholm, and the...

Platinum Games’ vertical shoot ‘em up, Sol Cresta, which is a resurrection of a series over 30 years old, has been delayed. This news comes by way of Platinum Games’ “Sol Cresta: Hideki Kamiya’s Very Sorry Stream,” which aired today, as reported by Eurogamer. The stream featured new gameplay of Sol Cresta, but Platinum’s chief game...

PlatinumGames’ vertical shoot ‘em up, Sol Cresta, which is a resurrection of a series over 30 years old, has been delayed. This news comes by way of PlatinumGames’ “Sol Cresta: Hideki Kamiya’s Very Sorry Stream,” which aired today, as reported by Eurogamer. The stream featured new gameplay of Sol Cresta, but PlatinumGames’ chief game designer,...

Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Mama” along with galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and late mother are among the features in a massive touring museum exhibit. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday that the “ Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free ” will open Jan. 21 in...

“Young then” also features unseen archival material from Sampha, Jamie xx, Koreless, and others The xx at The Armory (dir. Jamie-James Medina) The independent label Young has launched a new online archive platform called “Young then” with a collection of new and unreleased material from artists in the label’s roster including the xx, Sampha, Jamie...

That sound you’re hearing is the distant patter of perfectly lacquered reindeer hooves. Which means that we’re just days away from Christmas Queen Mariah Carey dropping her new holiday classic ballad, “Fall in Love at Christmas.” The swooning track featuring Khalid and gospel icon Kirk Franklin got a surprise preview early Wednesday morning (Nov. 3)...

Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys Benefit Concert returns to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Dec. 18. This will mark the holiday event’s 23rd anniversary. “In a most challenged time throughout the world is when we show up to show our deepest love and commitment to helping those to still enjoy this holiday...

The period is in the financial statements and each publisher goes there with its results. On the side of Blizzard Entertainment, it is the right time to discuss certain unfortunate subjects such as the postponement of two headlines in its catalog, namely Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 which are postponed to a later date, without...

Adele will give her new album 30 a serious send-off party with a primetime U.K. concert special. An Audience With Adele will beam out Sunday, Nov. 21 on the free-to-air ITV channel and its on-demand ITV Hub platform. The one-off concert is captured at the prestigious London Palladium, in the heart of the capital’s West End. According...