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Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut In The Ocean’ Honored For Streaming Milestone
Masked Wolf has joined an elite new pack: APRA AMCOS’ one billion-streams club. The Australian hip-hop artist (real name Harry Michael) and producer/songwriter Tyron Hapi are inducted into the PRO’s The 1,000,000,000 List for “Astronaut In The Ocean,” which has blasted past one billion streams across streaming services. Released in 2019 via Teamwrk Records, the...
Texas and Florida Venues Have Found a Loophole in Vaccine Requirement Bans
Requiring proof of vaccination at concerts is becoming the new normal as the touring industry returns amid another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but in 20 states across the country there are bans on such mandates, complicating measures to safely keep live music going. At risk of losing out on major tours in 2021 as...
H.E.R. Reveals Lights On Festival 2021 Lineup Including Erykah Badu, Ari Lennox, Bryson Tiller & More
On Wednesday (Sept. 1), four-time Grammy-winner H.E.R. — in partnership with Live Nation Urban — announced the star-studded roster of performers set to hit the stage at the highly anticipated Lights On Festival, which will occur in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 18 and 19. H.E.R. will headline the two-day festival, while Erykah Badu, Bryson Tiller, Ari Lennox, Ty Dolla...
Lil Nas X Accepts Kid Cudi’s Offer to Collab After Fan Mentions No Black Male Artists Are on ‘Montero’
Is a Lil Nas X and Kid Cudi collab really on the way? On Wednesday (Sept. 1), the 22-year-old rapper revealed the star-studded track list for his highly anticipated debut album Montero, which will feature collaborations with Megan Thee Stallion, Elton John, Jack Harlow, Doja Cat and Miley Cyrus. When one Twitter user called out the lack of Black male guest artists, LNX responded...
Bonnaroo Cancellation Tests New Festival Pandemic-Era Payment Terms
Tuesday’s news that Bonnaroo was canceling due to rain and flooding was a bitter pill to swallow for the artists, vendors and thousands of fans preparing to descend on the Manchester, Tenn., festival grounds where the annual festival was set to return after missing 2020 due to COVID-19. Now, rather than marking a major symbolic...
Justin Bieber Launches Fundraiser For Haiti to Provide Support After Earthquake
Justin Bieber launched a fundraiser on Wednesday (Sept. 1) to provide assistance to the people of Haiti after the country suffered a devastating earthquake this month. In partnership with Proplr and Project Medishare, a non-profit organization providing human, technical and medical resources on the ground in Haiti, the 27-year-old artist is offering a trip for two to...
How Musicians Can Help Prevent the California Gubernatorial Recall: Guest Commentary
It is not hyperbole to say that we are living in incredibly bizarre times. Waking up to the news everyday feels a bit like living in a post-apocalyptic, science fiction movie. Every day it feels as if a new pressing issue presents itself to us, and not only do we need to figure out how...
Iggy Azalea Talks Creating an Early 2000s ‘Universe’ With New BH Cosmetics Collection
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. “I’ve never let the early 2000s go! I think everyone knows that about me,” Iggy Azalea tells Billboard of the Y2K-inspired craze in fashion lately. “I’ve got Clueless-inspired music videos and everything. It’s my time to...
Lost Ark Western Launch Delayed To Early 2022
Korean MMORPG Lost Ark won’t be launching stateside later this year, as announced during E3 2021. Smilegate and Amazon Games are pushing the release into early 2022 to allow ample time to address gameplay and performance feedback from the technical alpha held in June. Doing so gives the teams breathing room to get the game where it...
Barbra Streisand, St. Vincent, P!nk Urge Action in Wake of Historically Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
After Texas passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law — and the Supreme Court refused to step in to block the measure on Wednesday (Sept. 1) — the reaction from outspoken artists such as P!nk, Barbra Streisand and Lauren Jauregui was swift and unequivocal. “Have we gone backwards in time?” asked Streisand about the law...
No Man’s Sky Frontiers Update – version 3.61
Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting. We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 3.61, which will be live on...
PS5 & PS4: here are the free games for September 2021, a bleak start to the school year
It’s (already) back to school and Sony Interactive Entertainment has just revealed the list of “free” games for the month of September that fall into the “PlayStation Plus” program. As usual, it is the PS4 and PS5 players who are concerned with three games to download on their machine to be able to enjoy them...
Kanye West Shares Fiery Music Video For ‘Come to Life’: Watch
Kanye West’s Donda is finally out, after several delays, a trilogy of listening events and the early signs of a beef with the rapper’s record label. The action doesn’t stop there. Early Thursday (Aug. 2), ‘Ye shared the official music video for album track “Come to Life,” a cut from his final listening session at...
‘I Feel Fine’: R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills Urges Georgians to Get Vaccinated
As COVID-19 cases climb, it might seem like the end of the world as we know it. It’s not, and members of R.E.M. are doing their part to turn it around. Michael Stipe and Mike Mills have contributed to public health campaigns in their native Athens, Georgia, urging locals to roll up a sleeve. In...
KOF XV: Ash Crimson speaks a little French in his gameplay trailer
Last night, SNK unveiled the new trailer for The King of Fighters XV, which caused a stir at gamescom 2021, and it’s Ash Crimson who is entitled to his personal trailer. We knew that the former KOF hero was going to make his comeback, since he was presented at the launch party of the German...
Britney Spears Cleared of Misdemeanor Allegation
Britney Spears will not be charged with any crimes related to an incident that occurred at her residence involving her housekeeper, the Ventura County District Attorney announced Wednesday (Aug. 1). The singer had been named a suspect in a battery investigation after allegedly striking a housekeeper during a dispute while in her home in Thousand...
Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut In The Ocean’ Honored For Streaming Milestone
Masked Wolf has joined an elite new pack: APRA AMCOS’ one billion-streams club. The Australian hip-hop artist (real name Harry Michael) and producer/songwriter Tyron Hapi are inducted into the PRO’s The 1,000,000,000 List for “Astronaut In The Ocean,” which has blasted past one billion streams across streaming services. Released in 2019 via Teamwrk Records, the...
Texas and Florida Venues Have Found a Loophole in Vaccine Requirement Bans
Requiring proof of vaccination at concerts is becoming the new normal as the touring industry returns amid another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but in 20 states across the country there are bans on such mandates, complicating measures to safely keep live music going. At risk of losing out on major tours in 2021 as...
H.E.R. Reveals Lights On Festival 2021 Lineup Including Erykah Badu, Ari Lennox, Bryson Tiller & More
On Wednesday (Sept. 1), four-time Grammy-winner H.E.R. — in partnership with Live Nation Urban — announced the star-studded roster of performers set to hit the stage at the highly anticipated Lights On Festival, which will occur in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 18 and 19. H.E.R. will headline the two-day festival, while Erykah Badu, Bryson Tiller, Ari Lennox, Ty Dolla...
Lil Nas X Accepts Kid Cudi’s Offer to Collab After Fan Mentions No Black Male Artists Are on ‘Montero’
Is a Lil Nas X and Kid Cudi collab really on the way? On Wednesday (Sept. 1), the 22-year-old rapper revealed the star-studded track list for his highly anticipated debut album Montero, which will feature collaborations with Megan Thee Stallion, Elton John, Jack Harlow, Doja Cat and Miley Cyrus. When one Twitter user called out the lack of Black male guest artists, LNX responded...
Bonnaroo Cancellation Tests New Festival Pandemic-Era Payment Terms
Tuesday’s news that Bonnaroo was canceling due to rain and flooding was a bitter pill to swallow for the artists, vendors and thousands of fans preparing to descend on the Manchester, Tenn., festival grounds where the annual festival was set to return after missing 2020 due to COVID-19. Now, rather than marking a major symbolic...
Justin Bieber Launches Fundraiser For Haiti to Provide Support After Earthquake
Justin Bieber launched a fundraiser on Wednesday (Sept. 1) to provide assistance to the people of Haiti after the country suffered a devastating earthquake this month. In partnership with Proplr and Project Medishare, a non-profit organization providing human, technical and medical resources on the ground in Haiti, the 27-year-old artist is offering a trip for two to...
How Musicians Can Help Prevent the California Gubernatorial Recall: Guest Commentary
It is not hyperbole to say that we are living in incredibly bizarre times. Waking up to the news everyday feels a bit like living in a post-apocalyptic, science fiction movie. Every day it feels as if a new pressing issue presents itself to us, and not only do we need to figure out how...
Iggy Azalea Talks Creating an Early 2000s ‘Universe’ With New BH Cosmetics Collection
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. “I’ve never let the early 2000s go! I think everyone knows that about me,” Iggy Azalea tells Billboard of the Y2K-inspired craze in fashion lately. “I’ve got Clueless-inspired music videos and everything. It’s my time to...
Lost Ark Western Launch Delayed To Early 2022
Korean MMORPG Lost Ark won’t be launching stateside later this year, as announced during E3 2021. Smilegate and Amazon Games are pushing the release into early 2022 to allow ample time to address gameplay and performance feedback from the technical alpha held in June. Doing so gives the teams breathing room to get the game where it...







