Month: September 2022

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Grammy Award-Winning rapper Coolio dies at age 59

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Coolio’s longtime manager, Jarez Posey, has confirmed to TMZ and Rolling Stone that the rapper has died at age 59. The Grammy Award winner (born Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) was visiting a friend on Wednesday, September 28, when he suddenly passed away.

Posey revealed to TMZ that Coolio’s friend grew concerned when the rapper was indisposed for an extended period of time and didn’t respond to his name being called, when he eventually went and found Coolio unresponsive. An ambulance was called and EMTs pronounced the rapper dead on the scene. Posey said the paramedics suspect Coolio went into cardiac arrest, though an official cause of death has yet to be determined.

Coolio, perhaps best known for his 1995 Grammy-Award winning single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” released eight solo studio albums between 1994 and 2009, and also appeared on the big screen in 1997’s Batman & Robin opposite George Clooney, Get Over It with Kirsten Dunst in 2001, and Ben Affleck‘s 2003 Daredevil movie. He also made memorable appearances on television shows including Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Nanny, Charmed and Teachers.

Coolio was married to Josefa Salinas from 1996 to 2000. They shared four kids, daughters Artisha, Brandi, Jackie and son Artis, who co-starred with him on the 2008 reality series Coolio’s Rules.

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Rock Daypop

Tesla announces first-ever Las Vegas residency

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Tesla announced its first-ever Las Vegas residency in March 2023, celebrating 36 years together. The five shows run March 17, 18, 22, 24 and 25th inside House of Blues Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Guitarist Frank Hannon said: “We are very excited to be able to perform consecutive nights residing at the same venue because we plan to dig into our catalog and change up our set lists for each show. This will make it interesting for our loyal fans who will attend in the spectacular city of Las Vegas!”

Bassist Brian Wheat added: “We, in Tesla, are very excited to be doing our very first ever residency in Las Vegas, of all places, where Elvis did his residency. We look forward to bringing the legacy of Tesla’s music to you all!”

Tickets for Tesla: The Las Vegas Residency at House of Blues Las Vegas go on sale for the public Saturday, October 1st t 10 am PT via Ticketmaster. Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase pre-sale tickets until Friday, September 30th at 10 pm PT through Citi Entertainment. House of Blues, Live Nation and Ticketmaster pre-sales begin Thursday, September 29th at 10 am PT.

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Paramore shares the video for the title track off their upcoming album “This Is Why”

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Paramore have released their new song “This Is Why,” the title track from their new album due out February 10th. “This Is Why” was recorded in Los Angeles with Carlos de la Garza, who worked with Paramore on their self-titled album, and 2017’s After Laughter.   

Of the new song, Paramore’s Hayley Williams said in a statement: “’This Is Why’ was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but [guitarist] Taylor [York] convinced [drummer] Zac [Farro] and I both that we should work on this last idea. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album. It summarizes the plethora of ridiculous emotions, the rollercoaster of being alive in 2022, having survived even just the last three or four years. You’d think after a global pandemic of fucking biblical proportions and the impending doom of a dying planet, that humans would have found it deep within themselves to be kinder or more empathetic or something.”

Check out the video for the new song, directed by Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and filmed in Malibu, at the link – here.

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Pop Daypop

Check out the video for Khalid’s new song ‘Satellite’

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Khalid has shared his new single and accompanying video for “Satellite”.  The video, directed by Levi Turner, sees Khalid in a futuristic world, singing amid the planets and stars. Khalid said in a statement: “‘Satellite’ is a visual portrait of my growth as a human being and the self-love journey I have experienced in my life.”

The new song follows Khalid and Marshmello’s latest offering, “Numb,” which is their second collaboration together, after 2017’s “Silence.” In April, Khalid shared the new song “Skyline,” and back in December he dropped the project Scenic Drive, featuring appearances from Alicia Keys, Ari Lennox, and J.I.D, and more.

Watch the “Satellite” video – here.

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Post Malone is back on tour after being hospitalized due to injury from fall on stage

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Post Malone took the stage in Cleveland on Tuesday after being hospitalized with a broken rib following a nasty fall at a previous show, and he also performed at his tour stop in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28.

The news comes after 27-year-old was forced to cancel his show in Boston on Sept. 24 after waking up to “cracking sounds” on the right side of his body. He wrote on Twitter at the time: “I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move. We’re in the hospital now, but with this pain, I can’t do the show tonight. I’m so f–king sorry.”

On Sept. 18, Post was performing in St. Louis when he took a tumble after stepping on an uncovered hole on stage. Video capturing the scary moment shows the singer slamming into the ground and writhing in pain while security guards rushed to make sure he was okay. After being helped off stage, he came back out saying he was sorry, and finished the concert. Doctors found a small fracture in his rib cage after he got a CAT scan and X-Rays done.

Post Malone returns to stage following hospitalization

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House Jan. 6 panel postpones hearing planned for Wednesday due to Hurricane Ian

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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday due to Hurricane Ian, which is forecast to hit Florida as a potential Category 4 storm. The hearing was supposed to be the committee’s ninth and final hearing, and reveal some of the information the committee said they learned this summer.

The committee said in a statement: “In light of Hurricane Ian bearing down on parts of Florida, we have decided to postpone tomorrow’s proceedings. We’re praying for the safety of all those in the storm’s path  The Select Committee’s investigation goes forward and we will soon announce a date for the postponed proceedings.”

Committee Chair Bennie Thompson said earlier this month that the committee plans to put together an interim report in mid-October, and will finalize the report before the end of the year, which would take them past the November midterm elections. The committee’s two Republicans, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, are both leaving Congress in January.

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Hurricane Ian forecast to hit Florida’s west coast late Wednesday evening as possible Category 4 storm

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Hurricane Ian was predicted to strengthen to a Category 4 storm as it targets Florida.  According to the National Hurricane Center, the hurricane made landfall in Cuba about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday just southwest of La Coloma in the western province of Pinar del Río with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.

Forecasters expect the storm to continue to intensify as it makes it way north toward the west coast of Florida. Tampa and St. Petersburg had appeared to be among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century, but path projection now show Ian expected to hit further south along the coast. Mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders are in place in eight Florida counties: Charlotte, Hillsborough, Levy, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota.  Ian is expected to bring 6 to 12 inches of rain to central-west Florida, 4 to 8 inches to the rest of the peninsula and 4 to 6 inches to the Keys through Thursday.  Winds of at least 130 mph are probable.

With hurricane-force winds extending 40 miles out from its center Tuesday evening, it is anticipated that more areas of Florida will be exposed to dangerous storm impacts once the storm moves onshore in about 24 hours. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Tuesday evening news conference: “You’re going to see impacts all the way to the east coast of Florida. This thing is the real deal. It is a major, major storm.  This is going to be a lot of impacts that will be felt far and wide throughout the state of Florida. As the storm moves in, you’re going to potentially have (evacuation) directives issued from folks in the interior of our state or even the east coast of the state for low-lying areas that absolutely could end up flooding …Heed those instructions.”

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Hurricane Ian causes rescheduling of college and professional sports games taking place in Florida

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Several college football games were relocated and/or scheduled due to the impending impact of Hurricane Ian throughout Florida. The storm also will affect this week’s NFL and NHL schedules.

Florida was scheduled to host Eastern Washington at noon EDT Saturday in Gainesville, Fla, but that game was moved to noon Sunday on the Gators’ campus.

South Florida was scheduled to face East Carolina on Saturday in Tampa; however, that game will now be played at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Florida Atlantic University Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. South Florida vice president of athletics Michael Kelly said Tuesday: “With Hurricane Ian building into a powerful and potentially very impactful storm on the Bay area, the people and resources in our community, we felt it was in everyone’s best interest to move our game out of the Tampa Bay area.”

South Carolina announced Tuesday that its game against South Carolina State, scheduled for Saturday, was moved to 7 p.m. Thursday in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner said: “Due to the potential impact of the hurricane on Columbia and the surrounding area, it is in the best interest of safety to play the game on Thursday rather than Saturday afternoon.” 

As of press time, Central Florida is still planning to host SMU on Saturday in Orlando, Fla; and Florida State is still scheduled to host Wake Forest on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. Clemson also is still on track to host N.C. State on Saturday in Clemson, S.C., which is located about 1:30 miles west of Columbia.

The NFL and NHL schedule also was impacted due to the weather in Florida. The Tampa Bay Lightning postponed two preseason games, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators, respectively. They did not announce make-up dates for those games. In the NFL, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday that they relocated football operations from Tampa, Fla., to Miami due to the path of the hurricane. The Buccaneers are still scheduled to host the Kansas City Chiefs at 8:20 p.m. Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

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NY Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard suffers torn ACL

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New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll announced that veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard’s left knee injury is in fact a torn ACL.  Shepard suffered the injury on the Giants’ final offensive play during Monday Night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

Shepard was just three games into a comeback from a season-ending torn Achilles from last year, when jogging along the turf he suddenly reached down and grabbed his left knee, falling to the turf and then was quickly carted off the field. After the game, Daboll sounded grim about Shepard’s prognosis but did not make any announcements until Shepard underwent tests on Tuesday morning.

The Giants will now need to turn to players currently on the roster and practice squad to take Shepard’s place. Daboll said of players including David Sills V, Richie James, Darius Slayton, and practice squad players like Kalil Pimpleton and Marcus Johnson: “(General manager) Joe (Schoen) is always looking, but those guys right now who we have, we’re gonna expect them to come out here, keep improving, work hard. They’ve been picking up our stuff. We’ll see as we go.”

Shepard’s injury also raised questions about the suitability of the MetLife Stadium turf, which has caused its share of injuries over the years.  Daboll said: “I’m sure that throughout the season and the off-season, we’ll sit down and discuss those types of things.”

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Country Daypop

Morgan Wade announces first-ever headlining ‘No Signs of Slowing Down’ tour

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Morgan Wade has announced her first-ever headlining run, dubbed the No Signs of Slowing Down tour. After spending the year supporting major acts like Brooks & Dunn, Chris Stapleton, and Luke Combs, Wade is ready to embark on her own trek, kicking-off at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky on February 24th and making stops at iconic venues including the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The Troubadour in Los Angeles, Calif. and The Fillmore in San Francisco before wrapping up April 16 at  The National in Richmond, VA.

Tickets will go on-sale Friday, September 30th at 10:00 a.m. local time, while members of Morgan’s fan club will have the opportunity to purchase via a pre-sale on Wednesday, September 28th at 10:00 a.m. local time. For more info, head to morganwademusic.com.

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