Month: May 2024

Twenty One Pilots have partnered with independent record stores and various venues to host global listening parties for their forthcoming album, Clancy.

The events will see over 200 stores globally hosting fans to listen to Clancy in its entirety before its release date on May 24. Fans in attendance at each listening event will receive a limited edition Twenty One Pilots wristband and poster on a first come first served basis, with participating stores launching a special pre-order for a CD version featuring alternate artwork and an extended 20-page booklet, as well as a pre-order for the Clancy vinyl where fans will receive an exclusive LP sleeve upon the album’s release. For more info, visit ClancyAlbumEvent.TwentyOnePilots.com.

Twenty One Pilots also recently shared “Backslide,” the third new song to be released from Clancy, which arrived with an official music video directed by the band’s own Josh Dun. Take a look at the video: HERE.

Twenty One Pilots will also launch The Clancy World Tour, their biggest headline tour ever, kicking off with a two-night stand on August 15th and 16th at Denver’s Ball Arena. The tour will traverse North America through the fall followed by dates in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and the UK. Info can be found – HERE.

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Eminem shared that he will drop a new album titled The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace), releasing a trailer to share the news. Eminem, 51, first introduced the world to his alter-ego, Slim Shady, on an EP in 1997, and further explored the personality on The Slim Shady LP in 1999.

In the short trailer reveal, a reporter says: “Through his complex and oft-criticized, tongue-twisting rhymes, the anti-hero known as Slim Shady has had no shortage of enemies. The same rude lyrics and controversial antics may have ultimately led to his demise. Join me as we recreate the events that led to the murder of Slim Shady.” Em’s longtime friend and collaborator 50 Cent also makes an appearance in the clip, stating: “He’s not a friend, he’s a psychopath.”

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) is due out this summer, and will serve as the follow-up to 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By.  

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On Sunday, Sean “Diddy” Combs issued an apology after the release of a 2016 video that shows him shoving and kicking his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.

CNN obtained and released the security footage in question on Friday, May 17, in which Diddy could be seen pushing over and kicking Cassie in front of an elevator at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. As Cassie walks toward the elevator wearing a hoodie and carrying a bag, Diddy is shown running out of a hotel room after her, wearing a towel around his waist. They meet at the elevator, where Diddy yanks her to the ground before kicking her, picking up her bags and attempting to drag her back to the room. Cassie proceeds to get up and make a call on a hotel phone located near the elevator, and Diddy later returns to the elevator, shoves Cassie into a corner and throws an object in her direction.

The 54-year-old Combs responded via a video on Instagram, captioned: “I’m truly sorry.” He proceeds to state: “It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life Sometimes you gotta do that. I was f—– up. I mean I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable … I take full responsibility for my actions in that video .. Disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it, I’m disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help, going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I’m so sorry, but I’m committed to be a better man. Each and every day.”  He concludes the video by stating that he is “not asking for forgiveness,” and is “truly sorry.”

Prior to the video showing Combs assault on Ventura, the rapper vehemently denied he allegations of abuse and rape, calling them “offensive and outrageous.” Just days after Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit against Combs, the pair settled for an undisclosed amount, which the rapper claimed was in “no way an admission of wrongdoing” at the time.

In response to Combs’ video apology, Cassie‘s legal team issued a statement. Meredith Firetog, a partner at Wigdor LLP, shared the following with Us Weekly: “Combs’ most recent statement is more about himself than the many people he has hurt. When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday. That he was only compelled to ‘apologize’ once his repeated denials were proven false shows his pathetic desperation, and no one will be swayed by his disingenuous words.”

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Foo Fighters and Noah Kahan are the headliners for Connecticut’s Soundside Music Festival, previously known in its first two incarnations as ‘Sound on Sound’. The 2024 Soundside Music Festival will take place Sept. 28-29 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Ct., next to the Long Island Sound.

Noah Kahan will headline the first day of the festival on 9/28, which will also feature artists including Goo Goo Dolls, Fleet Foxes, Boyz II Men, Grace Potter, R&B/soul act Thee Sacred Souls, blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Lisa Loeb and her band Nine Stories, singer/songwriter Madi Diaz and singer/guitarist Rijah.

On Sunday 9/29, Foo Fighters will serve as headliners alongside Queens of the Stone Age, Norah Jones, singer/songwriter Teddy Swims, South African-born performer Gregory Alan Isakov, The Kills, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, country duo The War & Treaty, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and Darren Kiely.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim shared in a statement: “In past years, this festival has drawn in over 50,000 visitors. I am sure this year it will again draw tens of thousands who will get to experience all that Bridgeport has to offer. This is another example of how Bridgeport is ‘on the move’ as we strengthen our legacy of being the music and entertainment capital of Connecticut.”

The first two Sound on Sound festivals drew tens of thousands of concertgoers to Seaside Park, with the inaugural 2022 event headlined by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, the Lumineers and Stevie Nicks, and the 2023 edition led by John Mayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Alanis Morissette.

For tickets and additional information on the Soundside Music Festival, head to their official website.

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NBC confirmed that Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé will join Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani for Season 26 of the singing competition series The Voice this fall.

Snoop previously appeared as a mega mentor in The Voice Season 20, while Bublé served as an adviser to Blake Shelton’s team in Season 3; however both artists will be making their debut as coaches. Stefani first appeared as a coach on The Voice in Season 7, and McEntire joined the show in Season 24.

Season 25 of The Voice premiered in February and features McEntire, John Legend, Dan + Shay and Chance the Rapper as coaches. The two-part live finale is set to air on May 20-21.

NBC has yet to announce a premiere date for Season 26, but said it will start airing sometime this fall.

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Fall Out Boy has announced a special concert streaming event taking place June 7 via the platform VEEPS, where fans can stream the band’s Madison Square Garden show that took place this past March in NYC.

The MSG show was part of Fall Out Boy’s 2024 U.S. tour in support of their 2023 album, So Much (for) Stardust, with Jimmy Eat World serving as support. Viewers will see the band’s expansive 29-song set, including a cameo from William Beckett of The Academy Is… on the Magic 8 Ball track, “Slow Down”.

The Fall Out Boy: Live from Madison Square Garden streaming event will be available for free for Veeps All Access subscribers in the US, and fans globally can buy an individual show ticket for $11.99. The show will air on Veeps on June 7th at approximately 5 pm PT. Fans are able to rewatch the show on Veeps for a year after the original air date.

For more info, visit Veeps.com/falloutboy.

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