What movie do you always watch when it’s on TV, no matter what part of it you land on? I’ve seen The Blues Brothers movie a few dozen times, and it’s still one of my faves. Although it earned just under $5 million in its opening weekend, but went on to gross over $115 million in theaters worldwide. So it’s no surprise the creatives behind the scenes would want to keep that success going. I didn’t realize until now Dan Aykroyd shopped around a Blues Brothers Animated Series, featuring the adventures of Elwood, Jake and the band. It never got to air, and here’s the animated series promo.
Debbie Harry Performing Hits with The Muppets In 1981
Here’s an segment from 1981’s The Muppet Show, when Robin’s Frog Scout troop visits the show, getting in everyone’s way backstage. They ask Debbie Harry for help earning their punk merit badges, and she teaches them how to do the pogo. When Gonzo cancels his act, the Frog Scouts get their chance to do a performance of close-order drills.
Because, Blondie and The Muppets.
35mm footage of the VERY Hip London’s King’s Road in the late 1960s
The golden age of 20th-century fashion, so cool, filmed in old-school HD.
A Glorious Throwback Of Eminem Chilling At Warped Tour Back In 1999
Eminem was still an up-and-coming artist down to play a set at the traveling pop-punk rock festival.
Kendrick Lamar Meets Rick Rubin and They Have an Epic Conversation
GQ introduced K.Dot to Double-R at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, conversational fireworks flew. Hit play, and come away inspired.
The Wrap’s Inaugural “Power Women Summit” to Broadcast Exclusively on SiriusXM
SiriusXM announced today that it will exclusively broadcast The Wrap’s first-ever Power Women Summit, which aims to raise awareness and have frank conversations about gender equity in entertainment and media. The week-long special series will premiere on November 12 at 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET on Stars channel 109.
The “Power Women Summit on Stars” will kick-off on Monday with highlights from the summit, including “The Boxer Podcast” with former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, her daughter Nicole, and actress and activist Alyssa Milano, as they discuss the state of our democracy and how women can take power back and make the world a better place. The week-long broadcasts also include “Activism and Empowering the Next Generation” with Dolores Huerta, Katie Hill, and Zoe Saldana; “On the Basis of Sex,” with Felicity Jones; and “Leading by Example: A Conversation,” with Jill Soloway and Rebecca Sugar. The trailblazing lineup of speakers that will be featured throughout the week also includes attorney Anita Hill, actresses Mira Sorvino and Olivia Wilde, #MeToo Movement Founder Tarana Burke, and more. Founded in 2009 by Sharon Waxman, The Wrap is a leading digital-first news organization covering the business of entertainment and media.
The Wrap’s 2018 Power Women Summit took place in Los Angeles on November 1 and 2 before a gathering of more than 1,500 women from across the media and entertainment industry. More information can be found at http://wrapwomen.thewrap.com.
SiriusXM offers people without a subscription the chance to sample SiriusXM’s content on the SiriusXM app and the streaming web player at SiriusXM.com, seamlessly and without any registration requirements through November 26. Go to https://siriusxm.us/2AVma2a to tune in.
SiriusXM subscribers can hear highlights from the 2018 Power Women Summit beginning on Stars channel 109, and those with streaming access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.
Zac Brown Band Announces Spring 2019 Tour Dates, Releases New Song ‘Someone I Used To Know’
Today, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, Zac Brown Band announced dates extending their highly successful summer 2018, “Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour” to include Spring 2019 dates.
The “Down The Rabbit Hole Live Tour,” spring 2019 tour will follow this past summer’s epic, 31-stop tour that brought the band to some of the nation’s most iconic Major League Baseball stadiums, including Boston’s Fenway Park where they played two consecutive sold out shows, extending their record to nine consecutive sold out shows, the most consecutive sold out shows of any other act at the famed venue. In whole, the 2018 summer leg of Zac Brown Band’s “Down The Rabbit Hole Live Tour” played to over half a million fans. “Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour” flawlessly showcases the 8-piece band’s dynamic chemistry and ability to execute an extensive and genre-bending set-list.
Also today, Zac Brown Band launched their first new single in nearly two years titled “Someone I Used To Know,” co-written by Shawn Mendes. The band will perform “Someone I Used To Know” for the first time this evening on a special Veteran’s Day episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Tickets will go on sale to general public on Friday, Nov. 16 at 10:00 am local. The Zamily Fan Club pre-sale will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 10:00 am local. Fans who received refunds when the band was forced to cancel their 2018 shows due to Hurricane Florence will have pre-sale access to tour stops in Charlotte, Raleigh and Virginia Beach starting on Wednesday, November 14 at 4:00pm ET.
Tickets for the March 15, 2019 show in Phoenix will go on sale Monday, Nov. 19 at 10am local time. Tickets for the April 26, 2019 St. Louis and April 27, 2019 Peoria shows will be available on Friday, Nov. 30 at 10am local time.
Zac Brown Band is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, southern rock group lead by front man, Zac Brown. Throughout their decade-long career, Zac Brown Band has had five consecutive albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and four consecutive albums debut at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. To date, the group has won three Grammy Awards including Best New Artist in 2010, sold more than 30 million singles, 9 million albums, has achieved 15 #1 radio singles and are the second act to top both the Country and Active Rock formats. Zac Brown Band has headlined 8 North American Tours and currently holds the record for most consecutive sold-out shows at the iconic Fenway Park. Since their debut, Zac Brown Band has developed a reputation with critics and fans alike as one of the most dynamic live performers, marked by strong musicianship that defies genre boundaries.
The full list of Zac Brown Band’s Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour 2019 appearances:
March 1 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
March 9 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
March 10 — Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater at the Wharf
March 15 — Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
March 16 — Laughlin, NV @ Laughlin Events Center
March 28 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
March 29 — Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater
March 30 — Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
April 11 — Evans, GA @ Evans Towne Center Park
April 12 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
April 13 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
April 14 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
April 25 — Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
April 26 — Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
April 27 — Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
My Next Read: Tina Turner’s My Love Story
Tina Turner — the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend — sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in My Love Story. the eye-opening and compelling memoir.
From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments and everything in between.
My Love Story is an explosive and inspiring story of a woman who dared to break any barriers put in her way. Emphatically showcasing Tina’s signature blend of strength, energy, heart, and soul, this is a gorgeously wrought memoir as enthralling and moving as any of her greatest hits.
Tina Turner, born Anna Mae Bullock, is a singer and actress whose career has spanned more than sixty years. She has won numerous awards, including eight Grammys. Tina began her music career with her husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including “River Deep, Mountain High” and “Proud Mary.” She divorced Ike in 1978 and, after virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years, rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits including her 1984 solo album Private Dancer. In 1986, she published a bestselling memoir I Tina which was turned into the Academy Award-nominated film What’s Love Got to Do with It in 1993. One of the world’s most popular entertainers, Tina has sold more concert tickets than any other solo music performer in history.
You can get My Love Story here.
First Ever Bud Light Music Festival Brings Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Aerosmith, Ludacris, Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby To Super Bowl Eve
The National Football League and Bud Light today announced the launch of the first-ever Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest. The three-night festival will give football fans and the entire city of Atlanta an opportunity to enjoy the artists they love from Thursday, January 31st through Saturday, February 2nd at Atlanta’s fully transformed, premium, sports and live entertainment venue State Farm Arena. On Saturday Night, the Bud Light Super Bowl Eve concert will feature one of the world’s biggest pop artists Bruno Mars and one of the top female rappers in the game Cardi B. Friday’s lineup includes Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Aerosmith and soon-to-be-announced special guest.
Electronic Arts Inc.’s EA SPORTS BOWL will once again serve as the unofficial kickoff to the biggest weekend in the NFL season Thursday night with a Welcome to Atlanta Showcase that features Atlanta hip-hop legend Ludacris and friends, as well as a special Quality Control Music showcase featuring rap supergroup Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby and more.
In addition to top-level talent spanning a multitude of genres, the festival will feature celebrity and athlete appearances. Additional presenting partners for the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest are StubHub and Ticketmaster. An array of premium seating offerings, including suites and club packages, will be available also featuring options for premium hospitality. For updates, visit https://www.superbowlmusicfest.com.
BUD LIGHT SUPER BOWL MUSIC FEST SCHEDULE
- Thursday, January 31 – Ludacris & Friends, Quality Control Presents: Migos, Lil Yachty, & Lil Baby. Plus Metro Boomin + Special Guests, a DJ set by Lil Jon, & more
- Friday February 1 – Aerosmith and Special Guest
- Saturday, February 2 – Bruno Mars and Cardi B
Electric Blues Icon Howlin’ Wolf’s Legendary 1959 Debut LP ‘Moanin’ In The Moonlight’ Reissued On Vinyl Ahead Of 60th Anniversary
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known to blues fans as Howlin’ Wolf, remains one of the essential exponents of the electric blues. With a raw, booming voice and explosive guitar and harmonica styles to match, the Mississippi-bred Wolf made music that was unmatched in its primal ferocity. In the process, he helped to put Chess Records on the map as America’s preeminent blues label.
Now, just in time for the 60th anniversary of Moanin’ In The Moonlight’s original release, Geffen/UMe has released a special vinyl edition of the original mono album. Remastered from the original flat master tape, this new edition features a high quality 150-gram black vinyl pressing housed in a printed sleeve with scans of the analog tape box and comes in a distinctive tip-on jacket reproducing the album’s distinctive original cover art. A perfect tribute to Howlin’ Wolf’s originality and influence, this anniversary edition of Moanin’ In The Moonlight is available now.
Howlin’ Wolf performed throughout the South in the 1930s and 1940s, having reportedly learned to play guitar and harmonica from legendary bluesman Charlie Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson, respectively. He was discovered in the early 1950s by future Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, who recorded Wolf’s early sides, some of which he licensed to Chess. Wolf eventually relocated to Chicago and began recording for Chess directly.
Like many LPs of the period, Moanin’ In The Moonlight includes tracks stretching back several years, including a trio of numbers—”Moanin’ at Midnight,” “How Many More Years” and “All Night Boogie”—recorded in Memphis in the early ’50s with Sam Phillips. The album’s nine remaining songs were recorded after Wolf’s move to Chicago and produced either by label owners Leonard and Phil Chess, or by staff musician/songwriter Willie Dixon. Moanin’ In The Moonlight features four songs that had been hits on Billboard’s national R&B charts: “Moanin’ at Midnight”, “How Many More Years,” “Smokestack Lightning” and “I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline).”
In the years since his passing in 1976, Howlin’ Wolf has been widely recognized for his musical achievements. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked him number 54 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” Meanwhile, the Howlin’ Wolf Foundation continues to preserve and extend the artist’s legacy.
Moanin’ In The Moonlight continues to be singled out for individual praise. In 1987, the album received a prestigious W.C. Handy Award under the category of “Vintage/Reissue Album (US).” Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album as #153 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. And seminal rock critic Robert Palmer cited “How Many More Years” as the first record to feature a distorted power chord.
Although Howlin’ Wolf would continue to release new albums for the next decade and a half, it’s widely agreed that Moanin’ In The Moonlight is the definitive document of his remarkable talent. Now it can be heard once again, in all of its original vinyl glory.
MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Moanin’ At Midnight
2. How Many More Years
3. Smokestack Lightnin’
4. Baby, How Long
5. No Place To Go
6. All Night Boogie
SIDE B
1. Evil
2. I’m Leavin’ You
3. Moanin’ For My Baby
4. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
5. Forty-Four
6. Somebody In My Home