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The musician, born Seth Binzer, co-founded the rap rock band in the Nineties, with their Number One single “Butterfly” arriving the following year Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock has died at the age of 49. The musician, born Seth Binzer, was discovered at his home on Monday, according to ABC7, which cites the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. No additional details regarding the circumstances of his death have been revealed. Binzer co-founded Crazy Town with Bret Mazur in 1999 after making music together under different monikers for a few years. The rap-rock group received success relatively quickly, releasing their debut…
Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, his lawyer has said. The rapper was sentenced in April on the capital offence of “corruption on earth” after making statements in support of anti-government protests in 2022. He was also found guilty of “assistance in sedition, assembly and collusion, propaganda against the state and calling for riots”. “Salehi’s death sentence was overturned,” Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raisian, shared in a statement on X, in which he confirmed that the Supreme Court had ordered a retrial. The rapper was arrested in October 2022 after backing demonstrations that broke out…
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Crashes begins with Kehlani Parrish tumbling through watery depths. “I'm kind of crazy,” they sing as a backing chorus trills lightly in a reflection of asphyxia. When they hit the ocean's floor, the beat switches on “GrooveTheory” into a slow, sinuous cut, the kind that will be familiar to fans of the non-binary singer's vibrant, iconoclastic past work, which has exerted a major influence on the queering of contemporary Black pop. “Come talk with me/Wanna get you open,” they sing. What unfolds on Crashes tries to be anything but formulaic. “After Hours,” which has made some noise on the pop…
Glastonbury organisers have announced that this year’s edition of the festival will open with a massive drone show. Taking to the official Glastonbury X/Twitter page, organisers shared a tweet that read: “A drone show will open Glastonbury 2024 at 10.30pm on Wednesday June 26th, ahead of the traditional fireworks. Best views from the Pyramid field – get there early!” The drone show is a new addition to the festival as it usually opens with a traditional fireworks display which occurs roughly around 11pm on the Wednesday for early arrivals. Fans usually gather around on the legendary hill by the park…
James Chance, the bandleader and singer-saxophonist of influential punk-funk groups including the Contortions and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, died yesterday in New York after a long period of illness. His brother David Siegfried, organizer of a GoFundMe for the late artist, did not disclose a cause of death but wrote that the family joined him in his final days to share “memories of his time in music, childhood and family.” James Chance was 70 years old.Chance was born James Siegfried in Milwaukee, where he studied piano at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, confounding teachers by developing a style in…
From the title of one of his greatest hits, “Like a arrow in the bottom of the heart”, comes Ron's summer tour, which starting from June 23rd will take him around all of Italy. Thus continues Ron's live journey that began with the theater tour “At the exact center of music”. After the winter tour, the singer-songwriter from Pavia will bring his music live in an electric version – in quartet or sextet, depending on the dates and characteristics of the venue – for a less intimate and more rhythmic show. In the summer setlist, in fact, Ron will propose…
Jimin is feeling inspired. On Monday, the BTS member announced plans to release his second solo studio albumMuses. Out July 19, the record is described in a statement from Hybe and BigHit Music as a documentation of the musician's “journey to find the source of his inspiration by him.” Muses marks the first full-length solo release from Jimin since he unveiled his debut album Face in March 2023. The album featured the lead singles “Set Me Free Pt. 2” and “Like Crazy,” which featured songwriting credits from his bandmate RM. Jimin is currently completing his mandatory military service duties in…
The Killers shuffled their setlist and covered The Kinks at the second show of their ‘Rebel Diamonds’ UK and Ireland tour last night (June 14) – see footage and the full setlist below. It was the band’s second show at Dublin’s 3Arena in three nights at the start of a run of greatest hits shows that the band are playing across the UK and Ireland throughout the summer. Their 21-song set included a number of changes from the previous show, including tour debuts for eight songs, including four from 2006’s ‘Sam’s Town’ in the form of ‘Enterlude’, ‘For Reasons Unknown’, ‘Bones’ and…
After the success of The Big Swing tourthe 3-date sold-out swing tour, in which he also presented the songs from the new swing album “The Mood I'm In”, TONY HADLEYone of the most renowned male voices in the world, returns to rock concerts with his for the summer Fabulous TH Band. The tours it will be an opportunity to celebrate once again an artist on the crest of a wave for over 4 decades. Since his beginnings with the New Romantic movement, he has interpreted songs that have become cult such as the epic “Through the Barricades“, the international hit…
