Month: December 2020

Dream Theater are hoping to help their road crew who have had to go without work throughout 2020. The band have recorded a medley of holiday songs, dubbed “The Holiday Spirit Carries On,” with all of the proceeds will benefit the crew members.

Dream Theater shared a short video message to fans, stressing just how essential the band’s road crew is and how much those people mean to them. Said guitarist John Petrucci, “Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck earlier this year, all live concert performances and touring stopped, leaving tens of thousands of crews and technicians out of work for most of 2020.” Keyboardist Jordan Rudess added, “Our crew is like an extended family to us and they do amazing things for us — they help us put on a great show all around the world. So we decided to give back and create a Christmas medley to help support the guys and give ’em a great holiday.”

The medley is available through a purchased digital download. Head to the Dream Theater Bandcamp for more details.

DREAM THEATER Records Medley Of Holiday Classics, ‘The Holiday Spirit Carries On’

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Dave Matthews, Haim, Brandon Boyd of Incubus and 37 other artists will pay tribute to Yusuf/Cat Stevens with live performances at the CatSong Festival, which will honor the 50th anniversary of Stevens’ 1970 albums Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon.

Yusuf said in a statement: “It’s great to see and hear these covers of my songs given new life. There’s no better honor for a songwriter than to have his songs performed by talented musicians with such love and sincerity. Thank you.”

Other performers at the CatSong Festival include Jack Johnson, Feist, Passenger, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sad13, Imelda May and more. The virtual festival will broadcast live on YouTube on Dec. 5 at 12pm PS/3pm EST/8pm GMT, which you can watch here.

Virtual Cat Stevens tribute festival featuring Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson & more taking place Saturday

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YUNGBLUD, alongside Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly, are dropping a new collaboration. The song, titled ‘Acting Like That,’ officially arrived on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 9 P.M. PT.

“SURPRISE !!! me kells n travis just said **** it and are dropping a song tomorrow,” YUNGBLUD said on social media. He made the announcement by sharing a snippet of a FaceTime call he had with MGK, which ends with them both screaming.

This marks the second collaboration between the three artists, after they teamed up for ‘I Think I’m Okay’ last year.

         

MGK, YUNGBLUD and Travis Barker have another new collab on the way

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11/30/2020 4:46 PM

 

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A Heart biopic is in the works, according to vocalist Ann Wilson who shared the news during a recent interview.  Wilson revealed that Sleater-Kinney/Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein is set to write and direct.

The film will document Ann and her sister Nancy Wilson’s childhood and rise to fame up to the ’90s. No casting decisions have been made, and Ann said, “I just don’t have any idea. I’m too close to it. I’m just as excited about finding out as you are.” When asked if the actors cast in the film will be required to sing the Heart catalog, Ann admitted things are still up in the air. “That’s still in development right now,” she said. “Because of COVID, it slowed everything down. But it’s definitely coming along.”

Singer Ann Wilson Confirms Heart Biopic In Development At Amazon

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11/28/2020 2:50 PM

 

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System Of A Down’s most popular song and video has reached a new record on YouTube. “Chop Suey” now sits at over one billion views, making it the first of the band’s hits to surpass that milestone. System Of A Down are among a few bands from the early 2000’s rock-era that have a video in the one billion view count range; with Linkin Park the only other band of the same era to have more than one video surpassing one billion views on YouTube.

The YouTube achievement comes just after the band dropped new music for the first time in 15 years, and the individual members of System Of Down have been quite active on social media throughout 2020 – particularly members Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan, who made headlines early on in the year for their vastly differing political views. System Of A Down’s latest singles were to raise money for the Armenia Fund, and aid those being affected by the war and humanitarian crisis in Artsakh. Since the release of the tracks “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” the band has raised over $600,000 for the Amenia Fund. 

SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s “Chop Suey!” Is The First Metal Music Video To Hit 1 Billion Plays on YouTube

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11/28/2020 12:31 PM

 

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