#acoustics and covers coming october 11!!

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Prelude to Ecstasy

The Last Dinner Party

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE And JOE HOTTINGER Announce 'The Living Room Sessions' 2025 Tour

Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Grammy-winning hard rock band HALESTORM have announced an intimate tour featuring the two of them performing acoustic, stripped down versions of HALESTORM favorites and the music that has inspired the band. Dubbed "Halestorm's Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions", the tour consists of 12 dates in January 2025. A full list of dates is below.

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, October 24 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, October 24 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "2025FREAKS" to access tickets before the general public. Check back here on Thursday for ticketing links to individual shows. General on-sale will be Friday, October 25 at 10 a.m. local time.

To give fans a taste of what’s to come at the shows, today Lzzy and Joe posted a sneak preview of a performance of "The Silence".

Lzzy states: "With this tour, we're inviting our fans to experience what it would be like hanging with Joe and me in our living room: picking up instruments, telling stories, chatting about songs that helped shaped us as a band and brought us to where we are today."

Joe adds: "Back when we decided to quit our day jobs and make music our full-time endeavor, Lzzy and I would play music wherever we could, and sometimes that meant playing acoustic covers in any bar or restaurant that would have us. That time really allowed us to develop our playing skills and dig into songwriting, and it really set the groundwork for what HALESTORM is today."

"Halestorm's Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions" 2025 tour dates:

Jan. 08 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop Jan. 10 - Bloomington, IL - Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 11 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Theatre Jan. 13 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre Jan. 14 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall Jan. 16 - Chattanooga, TN - The Signal Jan. 17 - Biloxi, MS - Hard Rock Live Jan. 19 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall Jan. 21 - Savannah, GA - District Live at Plant Riverside District Jan. 22 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall Jan. 24 - Springfield, MA - Aria Ballroom/MGM Springfield Jan. 25 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground

In a September 2024 interview with PK of Louisville, Kentucky's ALT 105.1 radio station, Lzzy spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for HALESTORM's follow-up to 2022's "Back From The Dead" album. Lzzy said: "We've had three separate sessions in the studio with — we're making a record with [producer] Dave Cobb. And he's actually a huge closet metal fan, and so he's really excited. And so we're making this great music, but we're constantly touring. So we've had, like, three different sessions in the studio. We're probably — what? — 70, 80, maybe, percent there. We have a studio in our house and so I'm doing a lot of the finishing touches on vocals and sewing everything up, doing solos and all that. And then we get back in in December to just say, 'Okay, this is good.' And then, yeah. And then there we are. So we're excited about it. We really are."

Cobb has shared in nine Grammy wins, including four for "Best Americana Album" and three for "Best Country Album". He's also been named "Producer Of The Year" by the Country Music Awards, the Americana Music Association (twice) and the Music Row Awards, and has been a Grammy nominee in the category.

HALESTORM and I PREVAIL recently embarked on summer 2024 co-headlining tour. Produced by Live Nation, the trek kicked off on July 9 in Raleigh and ran through August 17 in Las Vegas. HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and FIT FOR A KING served as support. The tour was also the catalyst and the creative spark for HALESTORM and I PREVAIL's collaborative track "Can U See Me In The Dark?", which was released in June.

"Back From The Dead" has tallied over 100 million streams worldwide. Rolling Stone called the title track "a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles," and that song as well as "The Steeple" marked their fifth and sixth number ones at rock radio, respectively. Associated Press said the album "will definitely be in the running for best hard rock/metal album of the year." Their previous album, "Vicious", earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Uncomfortable", the band's fourth #1 at rock radio, and led Loudwire to name HALESTORM "Rock Artist Of The Decade" in 2019.

Fronted by Lzzy with Arejay, Hottinger and bass player Josh Smith, HALESTORM's music has earned multiple platinum and gold certifications from the RIAA, and the band has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world, and sharing the stage with icons including HEAVEN & HELL, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett and JUDAS PRIEST. Additionally, Lzzy was named the first female brand ambassador for Gibson and served as host of AXS TV's "A Year In Music".

[rhapsodynew]

#updating playlists of new items

ERIC CLAPTON "MEANWHILE" (EPC Enterprises/Surfdog) 2024

electric blues/ adult pop

Against the background of news about Clapton's age-related health problems, many (including me, for example) we have already got used to the idea that the living god is preparing to retire. The more surprising is the appearance of a new product, which Eric even decided to release a few months earlier than planned. The content is as predictable as possible, but therefore does not lose its charm: This is old-fashioned companionable blues mixed with vintage covers like "Moon River" (featuring the late Jeff Beck). If it turns out to be a farewell, it will remain a pleasant memory.

COLDPLAY "MOON MUSIC" (Parlophone) 2024

pop rock, lyrical pop

Moon Music": the album demonstrates what this music would be like if it didn't jump out of your pants to get on the radio. Just like that: sincere, soft and even a little vulnerable.

Rufus Du Sol – «Inhale / Exhale»11.10.2024

Inhale/Exhale is the fifth album by the Grammy–winning Australian electronic band Rufus Du Sol. This time they touched on the eternal themes of "romance, heartbreak, euphoria and despair." This is also a new stage in the band's career: now they strive to "just enjoy the process" and "create in the moment." Three singles "Inhale / Exhale" entered the top 40 of the Billboard dance/electronic songs chart: "Music Is Better", "Lately" and "Break My Love".

Sam Abbo - Add To The Noise (2024)

alternative | freak-folk | avant-honky-tonk I singer songwriter | uk

Sam has created several projects on the Brighton experimental scene. some even got to the BBC ;)) Abbo owns a piano, guitars of all stripes, including a Clarophone (Clarophone Banjo), from here it grew-the idea to play his own honky tonk adventure broke through;)) it turned out to be very thoughtful even;))

VanWyck - Dust Chaser (2024)

americana | alt-folk | alternative | acoustic | singer-songwriter | amsterdam

Hello there. let's try to get into a rut... meanwhile, VanVik is already on the air;))

Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo - Tähdet palaavat paikoilleen (2024)

"When the stars return to their places,

The original shadows of delusion will disappear

And they will begin to gain wisdom."

gloomy Sami romantics return the stars to their places, and when they come into contact with the music of this miraculous creative symbiosis, sensitive and sensitive listeners have an irresistible desire to reach the heavenly bodies together;)) turn it on, enjoy, stretch;))

P.s..And the music is beautiful! ... and they take care of the silence)

DAWN RICHARD AND SPENCER ZAHN "QUIET IN A WORLD FULL OF NOISE" (Merge) 2024

ambient pop, pop soul

Soul vocalist Dawn Richard has never been content with pure style. Instead, she uses R&B as a starting point to find some new intonations, techniques, and sound. In 2022, this led her to work with pianist Spencer Zahn. Their first album together, "Pigs", seemed to connect two worlds: chamber jazz and art soul. The sequel goes even further: now it's practically ambient based on frozen R&B, the music of silver snowflakes. Insinuating and very beautiful.

Seventeen – "Spill the Feelings" on October 14th

The return of Seventeen is one of the main k-pop groups of our time. Their previous releases "FML" (2023) and "Seventh Heaven" (2023) set records for millions of pre-orders. There is no doubt that "Spill the Feelings" will be among the top bestsellers of 2024. Seventeen's new album promises to showcase the band's creative evolution and show their individual sides. And also to tell a fascinating story that is close to everyone.

The album "Tension" (2023) became, perhaps, the most successful in the late discography of Kylie Minogue. The hit "Padam Padam" not only returned the 55-year-old singer to the chart, but also took second place in her career"The Grammys." "Tension II" is the sequel to "Tension", its "high-energy, high-octane version". In general, the legend of pop music has prepared another release with dance hits of the highest standard. It featured Sia, Bibi Rexa, Tove Lu, Diplo and The Blessed Madonna.

Pixies – «The Night the Zombies Came»25.10.2024

In 2024, bassist Paz Lenshantin left Pixies and was replaced by Emma Richardson. How well she knows the instrument can be assessed on the band's new album "The Night the Zombies Came". Pixies frontman Black Francis described it as "fragments connected and juxtaposed with other fragments in other songs." According to Francis, the album is a collection of tracks reminiscent of a movie. The producer of the material was Tom Dalgety, who has been working closely with Pixies for several years now

The authors of the hit "Pompeii" Bastille present an unusual project: "&" are not just songs, but stories about interesting people. In "Eve & Paradise Lost" Bastille sings about the biblical Eve, and in "Leonard & Marianne" – about Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen. Maybe the band's new tracks don't sound as hit as their early work, but it's interesting to listen to them and read the lyrics. Frontman Dan Smith certainly has a talent for storytelling.

Underworld – «Strawberry Hotel»

the 25th of October

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‘End of the Beginning’: Album Cover, Tracklist + Release Date Revealed

As announced earlier, End of the Beginning will officially be released by DK Records. The album’s final single Fairytale is set to drop September 23, 2024, and then the album will release a few weeks later on October 11, 2024.

Given my reunion with DK Records I’m proud to announce I’ve Moved On, Better Off Alone, and Don’t Want You (To Be My Guy) will be featured on the tracklist.

Check out the album cover and tracklist below:

Better Off Alone

Me, Myself & I

The One That Got Away

Out Of Time

I’ve Moved On

High

Losing Control

Be My Guy (Don’t Want You To)

Tonight (ft. Kevy K)

Fairytale

Out Of Time (Acoustic Version)

Tonight (Solo Version)

Better Off Alone (Slowed Down Version)

************ (Bonus Track)

As you can see the album features a total of 10 songs, plus an acoustic version of Out Of Time, a solo version of Tonight, the infamous slowed down version of Better Off Alone, plus a secret 14th bonus track that’ll be revealed soon.

I’m also excited to have reunited with Kevy K once again. Kevy K and I collaborated on my 2013 album Fun With A Nun. He was featured on my song Lost My Religion. Reuniting to collaborate just over a decade later was certainly interesting! We actually intended on releasing the track as a single we even had a single cover set, but I ended up making other decisions. I absolutely love the song and it was an epic collaboration.

While I love the collaboration, we also decided to include the solo version as well!

I’m genuinely so excited for this album to release. With excitement also comes other emotions. I do feel sadness I’ll be closing the Beginning of the End & End of the Beginning chapters of my comeback. As you know, one project we’re going to be heavily focusing on next is the Out Of This World sequel album.

For right now, I’m assuming we’ll stick to the title End Of This World. It feels very fitting. I am projecting a late 2025 / early 2026 release date. I’m debating on if I want this to be my farewell album entirely. It sounds like a full circle project. Out Of This World was my 2014 “farewell” album. I left on top, and I’d really like to do that one final time.

End Of This World is a celebration of all the genres I’ve ever done. My High (Out Of This World Remix) is just a taste of the direction this album will go in. It will also feature some synth-wave undertones, maybe some hip hop, definitely EDM, dubstep, a ballad or two. We’re going to have it all. And the album will tell a story. Similar to how my comeback albums featured songs that were so personal to me.

I couldn’t be more excited! I promise there’s some other exciting things aside from EOTW being planned.

[midnightsslut]

Taylor Swift Tours Masterpost

Hey everyone! For absolutely no reason at all, I’ve decided to compile a masterpost of all the regular setlists, surprise songs, covers, and guests on Taylor’s tours with links to YouTube videos when available (I’m only including videos that weren’t featured in official tour movies). I’ve noticed that, although there are posts like this for specific tours, like Red or reputation, some of this information is pretty hard to find, and it might be useful to some to have it all in one place. Also, I’m something of a Taylor Swift live performance ~connoisseur (💀), so I thought I might share. :) Here we go

Note: This is only part one. I don’t know when the posts for Red, 1989, and reputation will be up.

Part One: Fearless & Speak Now

Fearless Tour (April 23, 2009-July 10, 2010)

This tour did not feature a ‘surprise song slot,’ but she did sometimes change the setlist up a bit. She also brought out a couple of surprise guests (most notably John Mayer and Katy Perry), but not nearly as many as she did on her later tours.

Regular setlist: Fearless Tour

1. ‘You Belong with Me’

2. ‘Our Song’

3. ‘Tell Me Why’

4. ‘Teardrops on My Guitar’

5. ‘Fearless’

6. ‘Forever & Always’

7. ‘Hey Stephen’

8. ‘Fifteen’

9. ‘Tim McGraw’

10. ‘White Horse’ (x)

11. ‘Love Story’

12. ‘The Way I Loved You’ (x)

13. ‘You’re Not Sorry’ / ‘What Goes Around… Comes Around’ (x)

14. ‘Picture to Burn’

15. ‘Change’ (x)

16. ‘I’m Only Me When I’m with You’ (2009) (x) OR ‘Today Was a Fairytale’ (2010)

17. ‘Should’ve Said No’ (extended version)

Footnotes:

*Starting from the show in Uncasville, Connecticut on August 28, 2009, ‘Change’ was removed from the setlist. It was added back in Greensville, South Carolina on September 4, 2009. Starting from the show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 1, 2009, it was removed again.

*European shows on the 2009 leg often removed ‘I’m Only Me When I’m with You’ as well as ‘Change.’

*Starting from the show in Brisbane, Australia on February 4, 2010, ‘Today Was a Fairytale’ replaced ‘I’m Only Me When I’m with You’ in the encore.

Surprise songs:

1. ‘The Best Day’ - Evansville, Indiana (April 23, 2009) Note: This was actually the first show of the tour. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a video of this performance.

2. ‘Two Is Better Than One’ - Brisbane, Australia (February 4, 2010) (x)

3. ‘The Best Day’ - Moline, Illinois (May 8, 2010) (x)

4. ‘Jump Then Fall’ - Foxborough, Massachusetts (June 5, 2010) (x)

Surprise guest performances:

1. ‘Your Body is a Wonderland’ and ‘White Horse’ (already part of the regular acoustic set but performed as a duet here) with John Mayer - Los Angeles, CA (May 22, 2009) (x)

2. ‘The Way You Love Me’ with Faith Hill - Nashville, TN (September 12, 2009) (x)

3. ‘Hot N Cold’ with Katy Perry - Los Angeles, CA (April 15, 2010)

Speak Now World Tour (February 9, 2011-March 18, 2012)

Regular setlists:

Eurasia (February 9, 2011-March 30, 2011)

Note: All of the performances linked below are from the Eurasian leg. Therefore, their quality is questionable. I’m only including these because this leg had a slightly different wardrobe than the North American leg which was recorded for the tour movie. I’m not including videos from performances where the costume is the same.

1. ‘Sparks Fly’

2. ‘Mine’

3. ‘The Story of Us’

4. ‘Back to December’ / ‘Apologize’ / ‘You’re Not Sorry’ (x)

5. ‘Better Than Revenge’ (x)

6. ‘Speak Now’

7. ‘Fearless’ / ‘I’m Yours’ / ‘Hey, Soul Sister’

8. ‘Fifteen’ (x)

9. ‘You Belong with Me’

10. ‘Dear John’ (x) - I’m only including this video because she wore her hair loose lol

11. ‘Enchanted’ (x)

12. ‘Long Live’ (x)

13. ‘Love Story’ (x)

North America & Oceania (May 21, 2011-March 18, 2012)

This is based solely on the first North American show

1. ‘Sparks Fly’

2. ‘Mine’

3. ‘The Story of Us’

4. ‘Our Song’

5. ‘Mean’

6. ‘Back to December’ / ‘Apologize’ / ‘You’re Not Sorry’

7. ‘Better Than Revenge’

8. ‘Speak Now’

9. ‘Fearless’ / ‘I’m Yours’ / ‘Hey, Soul Sister’

10. ‘Last Kiss’

11. ‘You Belong with Me’

12. ‘Dear John’

13. ‘Enchanted’

14. ‘Haunted’

15. ‘Long Live’

16. ‘Fifteen’

17. ‘Love Story’

Notes:

Starting from the show in Toronto, Canada on July 15, 2011, Taylor started playing acoustic covers right after her performance of ‘Last Kiss.’

Starting from the show in Denver, CO, on September 27, 2011, ‘Ours’ was added to the encore, right before the performance of ‘Fifteen’. This marked the live debut of the song. If Taylor had a surprise guest, this was the song she would usually cut from the setlist.

Starting from the show in Perth, Australia on March 2, 2012, ‘Safe & Sound’ (x) was added to the encore. ‘Ours’ (x) was shifted to the acoustic set and was played right before ‘Last Kiss.’ It was only skipped at the show in Auckland on March 17. I’m including a video because, although the performance from the encore was featured in the tour movie, this version takes place on the B-stage and has a different costume (the purple Susan Hilferty dress she wore for half the show lol).

At the shows in Melbourne, Australia on March 12, 2012 and Auckland, New Zealand on March 16, 2012, ‘Fearless’ was skipped.

Surprise covers:

1. ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ by Bon Jovi - Newark, NJ (July 19, 2011) (x)

2. ‘Dancing in the Dark’ by Bruce Springsteen / ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ by Bon Jovi - Newark, NJ (July 20 & 24, 2011) (x), (x)

3. ‘Cowboy Take Me Away’ by the Dixie Chicks - Newark, NJ (July 23, 2011) (x)

4. ‘Lose Yourself’ by Eminem and ‘Smile’ by Uncle Kracker’ - Grand Rapids, MI (July 28, 2011) (x)

5. ‘Jack & Diane’ by John Mallencamp and ‘I Want You Back’ by the Jackson 5 - Indianapolis, IN (July 29, 2011) (x), (x)

Note: ‘I Want You Back’ was featured on the Speak Now World Tour Live CD. The second link will direct you to the audio.

6. ‘I Try’ by Macy Gray and ‘My Wish’ by the Rascal Flatts - Cleveland, OH (July 30, 2011) (x)

7. ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ by Gladys Knight & the Pips and ‘Ghetto Superstar’ by Mya - Washington, DC (August 2, 2011) (x)

8. ‘Stay (I Missed You)’ by Lisa Loeb and ‘A Sorta Fairytale’ by Tori Amos - Washington, DC (August 3, 2011) (x)

9. ‘Who Knew’ by P!nk and ‘Unpretty’ by TLC - Philadelphia, PA (August 6, 2011) (x)

10. ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’ by Fall Out Boy - Rosemont, IL (August 9-10, 2011) (x)

11. ‘Just a Dream’ by Nelly - St Louis, MO (August 13-14, 2011) (x)

12. ‘God Only Knows’ by The Beach Boys and ‘Sweet Escape’ by Gwen Stefani - Los Angeles, CA (August 23-24, 2011) (x), (x)

Note: ‘Sweet Escape’ was featured as a bonus track on the Target deluxe version of the Speak Now World Tour Live CD. The second link will direct you to the audio.

13. ‘This Love’ by Maroon 5 and Bette Davis Eyes’ by Jackie DeShannon - Los Angeles, CA (August 27, 2011) (x), (x)

Note: ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ was featured on the Speak Now World Tour Live CD. The second link will direct you to the audio.

14. ‘Realize’ by Colbie Caillat’ - Los Angeles, CA (August 28, 2011) (x)

15. ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train - San Jose, CA (September 1, 2011) (x)

Note: ‘Drops of Jupiter’ was included in the Speak Now World Tour concert movie. An audio was also featured on the standard CD.

16. ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’ by Green Day - San Jose, CA (September 2, 2011) (x)

17. ‘Untouchable’ by Luna Halo - Sacramento, CA (September 3, 2011) (x)

18. ‘Closer to Love’ by Matt Kearney - Portland, OR (September 6, 2011) (x)

19. ‘You & Me’ by Dave Matthews Band - Tacoma, WA (September 7, 2011) (x)

20. ‘Nashville’ by David Mead - Nashville, TN (September 16-17, 2011) (x), (x)

Note: ‘Nashville’ was featured as a bonus track on the Target deluxe version of the Speak Now World Tour Live CD. The second link will direct you to the audio. PS: This is one of my favorite covers she’s ever done.

21. ‘Lucky’ by Britney Spears - Bossier City, LA (September 20, 2011) (x)

22. ‘Swing, Swing’ by The All-American Rejects - Tulsa, OK (September 21, 2011) (x)

23. ‘How to Save a Life’ by The Fray - Denver, CO (September 27, 2011) (x)

24. ‘Animal’ by The Neon Trees - Salt Lake City, UT (September 28, 2011) (x)

25. ‘Baby Girl’ by Sugarland - Atlanta, GA (October 1-2, 2011) (x)

26. ‘Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You’ by Brooks & Dunn - North Little Rock, AR (October 4, 2011) (x)

27. ‘Breathless’ by Better Than Ezra - New Orleans, LA (October 5, 2011) (x)

28. ‘Boys of Summer’ by Don Henley - Dallas, TX (October 8, 2011) (x)

29. ‘The Back of Your Hand’ by Dwight Yoakam - Louisville, KY (October 11, 2011) (x)

30. ‘Wide Open Spaces’ by The Dixie Chicks - Lubbock, TX (October 14, 2011) (x)

31. ‘What Hurts the Most’ by Jeffrey Steele - Oklahoma City, OK (October 15, 2011) (x)

32. ‘Dare You to Move’ by Switchfoot - San Diego, CA (October 20, 2011) (x)

33. ‘No Parade’ by Jordin Sparks - Glendale, AZ (October 21, 2011) (x)

34. ‘You Learn’ by Alanis Morissette, ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber, and ‘She’s So High by Tal Bachman (all played in succession along with ‘You Belong with Me’) - Toronto, Canada (July 15, 2011) (x)

35. ‘Complicated’ by Avril Lavigne, ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber, and ‘I’m Like a Bird’ by Nelly Furtado - Toronto, Canada (July 16, 2011) (x), (x), (x)

Note: She only played excerpts from each song. A full video isn’t available.

36. ‘Complicated’ by Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Edmonton, Canada (August 18, 2011) (x)

37. ‘Summer of 69’ by Bryan Adams - Vancouver, Canada (September 10, 2011) (x)

38. ‘Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)’ by Alan Jackson - Vancouver, Canada (September 11, 2011) (x)

39. ‘All You Wanted’ by Michelle Branch - Glendale AZ, (October 22, 2011) & San Antonio, TX (October 25, 2011) (x)

40. ‘Run’ by George Strait - San Antonio, TX (October 26, 2011) (x)

41. ‘Hold On’ by Jack Ingram - Memphis, TN (October 30, 2011) (x) (skip to 21:46; this video includes all the Speak Now Tour covers)

42. ‘Cry Me a River’ by Justin Timberlake - New York, NY (November 21, 2011) (x)

Surprise guests:

1. ‘Baby’ with Justin Bieber - Los Angeles, CA (August 23, 2011) (x)

2. ‘I’m Yours’ with Jason Mraz - Los Angeles, CA (August 24, 2011) (x)

3. ‘Tonight, Tonight’ with Hot Chelle Rae - Los Angeles, CA (August 27, 2011), (x)

4. ‘Super Bass’ with Nicki Minaj - Los Angeles, CA (August 28, 2011) (x)

5. ‘That’s What You Get’ with Hayley Williams - Nashville, TN (September 16, 2011) (x)

6. ‘Bleed Red’ with Ronnie Dunn - Nashville, TN (September 16, 2011) (x)

7. ‘Big Star’ with Kenny Chesney - Nashville, TN (September 17, 2011) (x)

8. ‘Keep Your Head Up’ with Andy Grammer - Nashville, TN (September 17, 2011) (x)

9. ‘Just to See You Smile’ with Tim McGraw - Nashville, TN (September 17, 2011) (x)

10. ‘Yeah!’ with Usher - Atlanta, GA (October 1, 2011) (x)

11. ‘Live Your Life’ with T.I. - Atlanta, GA (October 2, 2011) (x)

12. ‘Meant to Live’ with Jon Foreman - Glendale, AZ (October 21, 2011) (x)

13. ‘She’s So High’ with Tal Bachman - Vancouver, Canada (September 10, 2011) (x)

14. ‘The Middle’ with Jim Adkins - Glendale, AZ (October 22, 2011) (x)

15. ‘Just a Dream’ with Nelly - Houston, TX (November 5, 2011) (x)

16. ‘Right Round’ with Flo Rida - Miami, FL (November 13, 2011) (x)

17. ‘Alright’ with Darius Rucker - Columbia, SC (November 18, 2011) (x)

18. ‘Who Says’ with Selena Gomez - New York, NY (November 22, 2011) (x)

19. ‘Fire and Rain’ and ‘Fifteen’ (part of the regular setlist but performed as a duet here) with James Taylor - New York, NY (November 22, 2011) (x)

Surprise songs.

1. ‘Superman’ - Kansas City, MO (September 24, 2011) (x)

Note: This is the only live performance of ‘Superman’ to date. The video begins with an excerpt of her ‘Last Kiss’ performance, so you’ll have to skip to circa 1:30, but unlike other recordings, it’s complete. This is six minutes of pure joy.

2. ‘Never Grow Up’ - Lexington, KY (October 29, 2011), Houston, TX (November 5, 2011), Raleigh, NC (November 17, 2011) (x)

3. ‘Eyes Open’ - Auckland, New Zealand (March 17, 2012) (x)

Note: This marked the live debut of the song, as it had not even been released at the time of the performance.

[putschki1969]

Announcement: H-el-ical// to participate at 「Miyako Premium Live 2021」

It has just been revealed that H-el-ical// will appear as one of the participating artists at "Miyako Premium Live 2021" to be held at ROHM Theatre Kyoto Main Hall.

■ Miyako Premium Live 2021

■ Date and time ・ December 10th (Sat) Open 17:15 Start 18:00 ・ December 11th (Sat) ① Open 11:45 Start 12:30 ②Open 17:15 Start 18:00 ・ December 12th (Sun) ③ Open 11:45 Start 12:30 ④ Open 17:15 Start 18:00

■ Line-up "Miyako Premium Live 2021 -Premium Acoustic Night-" December 10 Megumi Nakajima, Nagi Yanagi

"Miyako Premium Live 2021" December 11 ① ASCA, Akane Kumada, Yuri Komagata, Konomi Suzuki, halca ② i ☆ Ris, Miku Ito, Anna Suzuki, Machico, Haruka Yamazaki

December 12 ③ Yuka Aisaka, Ayasa Ito, Aina Suzuki, Mia REGINA, Run Girls, Run! ④ Riko Azuna, EXiNA, Yuka Iguchi, TRUE, H-el-ical//

<MC> Ayasa Ito

■ Venue ROHM Theatre Kyoto Main Hall (https://rohmtheatrekyoto.jp/)

■ Ticket price All seats reserved ・ ¥ 6,800 (tax included: 7,480) / performance

■ Advanced ticket lottery October 6 18:00 - October 17 23:59 https://eplus.jp/miyakop/

■ Sponsor Kyodo Asia Co., Ltd. ■ Planning HK ’s WORKS ■ Production cooperation Hifumi Co., Ltd., Hands-on Entertainment Co., Ltd.

■ Kyoto Premium Live Official Site: http://miyako-premiumlive.jp/

H-el-ical// LIVE 2021 「生 -SAY-」 Musicians

【Musicians】 https://h-el-ical.com/news/211003/

Gt. SUNAO @sunao_g0428 Gt. Gushimiyagi Hideyuki @gussy_ Kb. Sakurada Hirotaka @sakuramongaino Ba. Sunaga Kazuhiro @KazuhiroSunaga Dr. MASUKE @MASUKE_Drummer

『Songful days SEASON2 with "H-el-ical//"』 Altern-ate- acoustic ver. rehearsal snippet

Here’s something to whet your appetite for Hikaru’s upcoming event 『Songful days SEASON2 with "H-el-ical//"』. A short recording from the Songful days rehearsal featuring a lovely acoustic version of the H-el-ical// debut single “Altern-ate”. Cannot wait for the event, I am sure it’s gonna be nice. However, I am wondering what she will be singing. Right now she only has two officially released anisongs.  If we add “JUST DO IT” and “The Sacred Torch”, it’s a total of four but still not anything close to the amount of songs that ReoNa sang during her performance. I feel like she might be singing some Kalafina? Or I guess she could cover all sorts of anisongs. Either way, she will have to come up with a few more pieces, otherwise it’s gonna be a very short live. Hopefully that Wataru Hatano person won’t waste too much time doing some random narration.

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I barely know anyone on this line-up but it looks pretty decent. Hopefully this will provide some exposure for Hikaru. *fingers crossed*. There is no mention of a live stream option so I am afraid we will have to sit this one out T_T

[sagehaleyofficial]

HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (5.5-5.11.21):

NEW MUSIC:

Black Veil Brides revealed that their new album The Phantom Tomorrow is being delayed due to COVID-19. Instead of its original release date of June 4, the album will be now coming out on October 29 via Sumerian Records.

Rise Against shared another track titled “The Numbers” from their upcoming album Nowhere Generation. The band also worked alongside Indecline, an American activist collective, to produce a visual for the song.

You Me at Six shared a new visual for their track “WYDRN,” off of their latest album Suckapunch. The music video is composed of clips submitted by their fanbase, lovingly called “Sixers.”

Bowling for Soup dropped a new track titled “Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It).” The song is accompanied by a music video featuring puppets and follows on from their song “Alexa Bliss” released last year.

Sincere Engineer announced the details of their new album Bless My Psyche. The album is set for release on September 10 via Hopeless Records, their first release since signing with the label.

Ice Nine Kills performed their own parodied version of Fountains of Wayne's hit song “Stacy's Mom,” titled “Jason’s Mom.” The band also recently covered Elvis Presley's classic track “Can't Help Falling in Love.”

Hometruths dropped a new track titled “So Over You,” following on from their previous singles “Shimmers” and “Soundtrack” released last year. The band was recently added to Spotify’s “New Punk Tracks” playlist.

Set It Off announced a deluxe album titled Midnight (The Final Chapter). The new release features three acoustic versions of their songs “Killer in the Mirror,” “Lonely Dance” and “Happy All the Time,” and will be released on June 4.

KennyHoopla and Blink-182’s Travis Barker announced they have joined forces for an upcoming mixtape titled Survivors Guilt. The new EP will be dropping on June 11 and features their new song “Hollywood Sucks.

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Salem, the new project from Creeper's Will Gould, announced the details of their debut UK headline tour. They also revealed they will be bringing James and the Cold Gun along for the run of shows.

Dropkick Murphys announced they are heading back over to the UK and Ireland next year, bringing The Interrupters on the road with them. The short tour will kick off in Manchester, England, on February 15 and end in London on February 26.

After a 10-year hiatus, the Bamboozle Festival revealed it is making a return in 2023. They will be celebrating 20 years since its inception with a new event taking place on May 5-7 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Friends of the late Steve Dillon, a well-known tour manager in the scene, put together a livestream event in his memory, with performances by members of Deaf Havana, Yearbook and Fearless Vampire Killers. The event took place last Friday.

Mod Sun and Avril Lavigne announced that they will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 12, serving as the former artist’s national TV debut. The singer recently released a deluxe version of his latest album Internet Killed the Rockstar.

Waterparks announced the details of a short run of shows in the United Kingdom, shortly before revealing the track listing of their upcoming album. The shows will kick off in Glasgow on August 30 and end in Birmingham, England, on September 3.

Motionless in White announced the details of a second “Deadstream” event, following the success of the first installment. The band will be performing at the Pennhurst Asylum in their home state of Pennsylvania on June 9.

I Prevail's previously scheduled tour of the UK and Europe was rescheduled until 2022. The band will now be joined by Wage War and Dream State, kicking off in Leipzig, Germany, on February 27 and ending in London on March 23.

OTHER NEWS:

Twenty One Pilots’ hit track “Stressed Out” is now certified Diamond according to the RIAA. The last certification the song received was back in 2019 when it was certified 8x Platinum.

All Time Low’s most recent single “Once in a Lifetime” broke into the Top 10 on Alternative Radio in the United States. It's the band's second song to appear in the Top 10, with “Monsters” still going strong at No. 7.

The Offspring’s track “Let the Bad Times Roll” hit the No. 1 spot on Active Rock Radio in the United States. In addition, the song’s music video is about to hit 3 million views on YouTube.

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Check in next Tuesday for more “Posi Talk with Sage Haley,” only at @sagehaleyofficial!

[prettyoddfever]

P!ATD – December 2006 after the NRWC tour

The band seemed exhausted by the time the Nothing Rhymes With Circus tour ended on December 9th in San Diego, but their appearances kept coming...

12/10 – KROQ ALMOST ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS: The very next day P!ATD appeared on the second night of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in Universal City (here’s my tag). This was my least favorite performance the band ever did. I thought the modern-style stage didn’t work with the concept of the NRWC costumes & performers, the cameras were being creepy about zooming in on the dancers, the guys really needed a break, and it was nothing like the NRWC tour so poor Brendon was stuck in the weird spot of whether or not he should interact with the crowd or fully go for his creepy character (which didn’t even make sense in that setting). Fans could watch the webstream and a lot of us were like ehhhh this isn’t the best. But P!ATD got to meet Tom DeLonge so that was neat. MTV said that P!ATD also used this time in LA to meet with some potential producers for their new album.

THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTOSHOOT: I heard that this maybe happened during the day on December 10th, so I’m putting it here as a possibility... the band did look like they were wearing that photoshoot’s makeup during the KROQ performance (and by that I mean Bden’s eyebrows were really intense lol). 

12/11 – JAY LENO: Here are some pictures – they link to the performance of Lying Is The Most Fun. Once again, the camera decided to ignore Jon Walker. But some cool things happened too, like how P!ATD met Jimmy Carter that night. Ed Norton from Fight Club was also there and Brendon was clearly trying to not freak out haha.

12/12 – THE MEXICO SHOW: Mexico City was the final concert in the Fever-era tour schedule. This show was a pretty fascinating hybrid of what P!ATD had done over the past 3 months. It looked SO much like the October international tour (to the extent that I can almost guarantee a few shots of Brendon in Mexico will accidentally end up in my October tag). The band was back to a plain stage & basic outfits, which looked so confusing when they did their NRWC covers of Eleanor Rigby & Killer Queen. Except they also opened with Time to Dance like they did in October. The Mexico show messes with me so much and I love it. Here’s a playlist and an interview.

OTHER RANDOM STUFF FROM DECEMBER

Ryan’s holiday greeting

the band’s holiday greeting

their Rolling Stone photoshoot & interview were done in December 2006, so I’m still listing it here even though the content wasn’t released until January 2007 (and the rest of the photoshoot wasn’t shared until 2008).

Jon said had been with the band for most of 2006 (he first joined a tour they were on in late January). He told MTV that "I might get a tattoo that just says '2006,' cause it was such a big year. Really, just the whole year in general has been amazing to us."

Brendon had to make a YFly profile, but he didn’t do much with it. He mainly just filled out his interests... I don’t think anyone was surprised to see that he loved Halloween, pop tarts, Journey, Queen, capri sun, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He put Where The Wild Things Are as one of his favorite books too. That social media site's whole angle was the fact that celebrities were actually verified.

Some bands were still hating on P!ATD for not paying their dues. And at this point it was like omg they’ve been touring for 1.5 years now, get over it. Las Vegas Weekly did an interview with Brendon in December and said “Where there's some grudging respect for The Killers on the local scene, veteran Vegas bands don't seem to like Panic! much. How does that make you feel?” Brendon answered: 

“Honestly, when I hear that kind of thing, I don't get mad. I kind of feel that if I was in their position I would probably say the same things that they say about our band. If I was in their position, I would be upset. If I was in a band that had been playing live shows in Vegas for five years and built up all this credibility, I would probably say the same things right off the bat, without even listening to our band. But that just springs off of jealousy, I think, and ignorance. So I don't think about it too hard, just kind of write it off. It doesn't really bother me too much.”

this auction happened for Virgin Mobile’s charity Virgin Unite (but idk why the band signed the butt of a reindeer for that lol).

There were SO many fake screen names being passed around for the guys. A couple fake Brendons took things too far and kind of hurt his image... like they were saying ridiculous & horrible things and people honestly believed it was him. I heard that one of the accounts wasn’t too harmful but also didn’t seem to have much creativity – they were just recycling the slightly creepy comments that Ryan had said to girls on livejournal in 2004 lol (like “you look like you want sex bad”). Another girl pretended to be on tour with the band and actually got pretty far with that story. She even ran a fake Brendon account (brenny123bear) so “Brendon” could talk about how much he liked her and things got weird from what I heard. 

The fans who were around in 2005 still had Brendon, Ryan, and Spencer’s actual AIM info but most of us didn’t bother to step in & correct anything in the lengthy debates over which screen names were real... I mean, obviously the guys weren’t going to spend their scarce free time chatting with hundreds of middle school girls. Ryan was too busy to do the book club back when P!ATD was only opening for TAI and now the band was getting ready to play Times Square after a massive arena tour. So many people were reporting that the band looked physically & emotionally exhausted. Ryan Ross was not busy writing secret poems for 12-year-olds.

Speaking of things Ryan Ross did not write... lol there were a lot of fake lyrics for the second album being passed around. I thought this was super entertaining because it wasn’t really hurting anyone’s image. Most fake lyrics were dismissed pretty quickly, but I have to share this part of one song that was believed so much that it was posted to a few of Ryan’s fan pages:

Matrimony is Paving the Way for Preplanned Alchemy As the rain falls, my umbrella doesn't always work drip drop drip drop splish splashing in my brain It's a flood honey, a real mach five Oh dear, I fear a dreadful drizzle my dear It's time to fly south with the mice Dripping dripping dripping in my Sunday morning tea One lump or two? How do you do? It's the monopoly guy These mice aren't blind, baby, but I guess they don't see the light But you know, maybe it's just dark or something baby, I don't know It could be the wool pulled over their eyes by father time or a gardening bird

a decent amount of fans swooned over those lyrics and said that Ryan was such an amazing writer. I was almost tempted to start writing the most cringey stuff “from Ryan” just to see if people would automatically love it.

P!ATD and some of their songs were on a lot of “Best of 2006″ lists around the world. IWSNT was the predictable choice for Best Song, but several lists also chose The Only Difference (although it was way further down the ranking... like Rolling Stone had it as #84 on their list of the 100 best songs of the year). Other highlights from some lists: IWSNT was #20 on Billboard’s top singles of the year, #31 on NME’s Top 50 Tracks of the Year, AOL put IWSNT as #19 and The Only Difference as #29 on their Top 100 songs of 2006, the IWSNT video came in at #1 on Fuse’s year end countdown. AFYCSO was #13 on NME’s list of the top 50 albums of 2006 and #32 on Billboard’s year end charts. Kerrang also put AFYCSO as #15 in their list of the top 20 albums of the year (it didn’t come out in the UK until 2006).

NME put Ryan Ross as #17 in their list of the 50 coolest people in rock & roll. The band was also 3rd in Rolling Stone’s “best dressed” category of their reader’s poll. P!ATD was simultaneously the best & worst band in a lot of other polls... here’s one example.  

IWSNT was nominated for “Best Single” at the Virgin.net Music Awards (fans could vote).

Brendon was single again, so the tween magazines were finally accurate. There were rumors that he was dating a girl named Holly, one named Jadie, and also Kelly Clarkson.

Ryan told Rock Sound in 2008 that the first time he got drunk was at a hotel in LA in December: “Our manager bought me a shot and it was the first time I’d ever drank – I got drunk from one shot – belligerently drunk! I didn’t get sick, it was just laughing, hanging out and sitting in my room.” Rock sound asked if that led Ryan onto the slippery slope of boozing and Ryan said “yeah! I guess it did and unfortunately our manager is to blame.”

Ryan told MTV that the upcoming video for Build God would have "dry humping, excessive drug use, pretty much anything vulgar.”

these posters showed up by Times Square.

Stylus Magazine put IWSNT as #33 in a list of the top 50 singles of 2006 and said:

“As emo ascends into mainstream culture (in its noun form, it's now a cafeteria tribe like skaters and jocks), it's been fascinating to see which aspects of the genre are embraced by the MySpace generation: pretentiously verbose lyrics are apparently still in, but the lo-fi howls and jigsaw time signatures of late '90s Jade Tree bands have been replaced by garish theatricality and a thick rhythmic crunch. Part of what makes Panic! At the Disco stand out even further among this new crop is that on "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" the makeup-caked band weds the startled cries of male sexual angst to the delicate baroque touches of xylophone and pizzicato strings. It's all pretty ridiculous, to be sure, but the commitment is admirable, and I certainly can't deny the awesome rush I feel every time I belt out that serpentine chorus in the car.”

Brendon supposedly made one last lj entry on December 22nd that was friends-only:

just let me run where i want to run home. bored. i found my old scrapbook. millions of baby pictures... how did i get so ugly? i guess that's just what happens when you get older. or at least it did as i got older. i never thought having friends was this critical to survival. it almost feels worse waking up with no agenda, no comrades, and no comprehension of what "normal" means. it's always been the case: music never let me down. cheesy, i know. but so true. "i live in the numbness now, in the background."

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Here’s more about the NYE performance in Times Square. That was Bartram’s last performance with the band, so he was only around for part of 2006.

Here’s a quick video greeting (Jon’s comment was also in this article but idk how it’s a resolution):

P!ATD also had a NYE Celebrity Playlist on their MTV page:

THE MAIN POST

[kpophours]

a very necessary guide to SF9

so. let’s talk about these underrated kings. be prepared for rambling. I just love them too much. my favorite boys, 10/10 would recommend stanning them.

some basic information

9 members (5 vocals, 4 rappers, 9 dancers and 9 visuals just stating the facts)

SF9 stands for Sensational Feeling 9

debuted on October 5, 2016 with Fanfare (still a BOP)

currently under FNC Entertainment and actually their first male dance group

their official fandom name is Fantasy (such a good name, honestly) and the official color is Fantasia Hologram (aka the  p r e t t i e s t).

debuted after winning a survival show called Dance or Band (they participated as the dance team; the band team debuted as Honeyst in 2017)

7 mini albums so far with RPM being their latest comeback 

... now onto the members (buckle up)!

Youngbin

Kim Youngbin, born on November 23, 1993

LeaderBin aka the Dad™

very charismatic, be prepared for some really intense eye contact (two words: stage presence)

rapper (highest rapping voice out of the four of them)

D A N C E R (a former 1MILLION dance studio trainee), so he‘s obviously 1/3 of sf9′s extremely talented dance line

also 1/3 of hyung line

cutest eye-smile (so soft) + cutest giggle™

rocked his red hair and looks amazing with slightly curled hair (do not fight me on this)

is tattooed (very  p r e t t y)

threatens everyone’s bias at least once

gives amazing (and unnecessary long) pep talks together with Jaeyoon (just let the other boys sleep, please)

gazes so, so fondly at all his members in pretty much every video (no, I will NOT cry)

Jaeyoon is his roommate and secret wife.

Inseong

Kim Inseong, born on July 12, 1993

the oldest (not mentally) aka the Grandpa™

main vocal (those HIGH NOTES, damn). extremely steady voice.

unique beauty. looks a bit like a desert fox (according to himself and everyone with a pair of functioning eyes).

1/3 of extra line (see and hear three loud idiots in all their videos? yep, that’s him ft. Jaeyoon and Dawon)

also 2/3 of hyung line

v e r y intelligent and educated (holds a degree in Journalism and Communication) but also stupid

owner of an extremely cute smile 

t h i g h s  i am not weak or biased at all

SF9’s designated English speaker (used to live in London for a year)

amazing winking-ability, 10/10 will leave you weak-kneed

King of Lies. he’ll probably never pass a lie detector test. but it’s okay we still love him.

is left-handed and really good at drawing

married to Jaeyoon (it‘s complicated).

Jaeyoon

Lee Jaeyoon, born on August 9, 1994

3/3 of hyung line

honey voice (aka OST King)

d i m p l e s.

blindingly white teeth. the most beautiful smile (canines!).

very proud of his hips and butt (as he should be).

his actual name is Ethan

likes to work out and is  f i t (he ended all Fantasies during rpm promotions, so thanks for that)

King of girl group dances and in charge of sexy (Zumba) dances

a  fuc ki ng  tease (again, rip all Fantasies during the UNIXERSE rpm stage)

2/3 of extra line (shares one brain cell with Inseong and Dawon. they don’t use it very often.)

had a pink undercut during the Mamma Mia era and probably made people cry with his outstanding beauty. again, i’m not biased at all

seems a bit shy and quiet at first. don’t be fooled. he is loud and will come for you.

married to both Inseong and Youngbin.

Dawon

Lee Sanghyuk, born on July 24, 1995

oh boy... such a bundle of utter chaos.

e x t r a (3/3 of extra line and probably their President™)

hear something loud and annoying in the background? it’s probably (most definitely) Dawon (helped by the other 2/3 of extra line)

a unique and beautiful voice (he needs more lines or else I’ll throw hands) - rapping, singing, screaming, he can do it all.

a fucking tease 2.0 (seriously, he and Jaeyoon need to be stopped)

Bruce Lee impressions on point

has tattoos

such a meme-face but also so handsome, like H O W

looks amazing and so soft with curly hair must protect

had so many different hair styles during their Mamma Mia promotions, rip his hair (and rip to all new Fantasies trying to keep track lol)

actually very soft. cried when Inseong surprised them during their UNIXERSE concert (which our Grandpa couldn’t participate in due to an injury)

likes to bully Taeyang.

Zuho

Baek Juho, born on July 4, 1996

Mr. Deep Ass Voice™

“my nose is my swag“

such a good dancer, definitely underappreciated. 

looks intimidating at first, but is actually the softest (d u a l i t y)

the best cat dad (Huru has yet to accept his undying love for him though)

composes/produces own songs (@FNC: please, I’m b e g g i n g you to finally put Champagne on an album) and writes lyrics for a lot of sf9′s songs

didn‘t participate in most of their Enough promotions due to his (still ongoing) back problems (#FNCletZuhoRestChallenge2019)

a dork and meme and honestly just so, so cute and lovable

social butterfly (seriously, he‘s friends with literally e v e r y idol out there)

composed a (love) letter to Fantasy while driving a car with Hwiyoung, Taeyang and Dawon sleeping in the passenger and backseat yes I cried

a scaredy cat (ran away and left his members behind when he got scared by a staff member during their Trip with Fantasy)

Rowoon

Kim Seokwoo, born on August 7, 1996

yes he‘s a Tree™. is made up of 90% unnecessary long legs.

main vocal 2.0

1/2 of actor line

very handsome, I know (but he‘s so much more than just his good looks)

a devoted mom of 8

loves all Chanis and not-Chanis equally

almost had a mental breakdown because he managed to hit Chani’s face with a football which resulted in his precious maknae getting a nosebleed

always hugging and kissing and generally just smothering all members with his endless love and affection (especially Chani)

(t) h o t  and knows it (very shy with fanboys though)

has literally only one selfie angle he uses rigorously  

his One True Talent™ is staring sexily into the camera and doing nothing else because yes, he’s just that handsome

tries to be funny and fails most of the time, but he‘s cute so it’s okay.

Taeyang

Yoo Taeyang, born on February 28, 1997

undercover main vocal (has almost as many lines as Inseong and Rowoon)

best dancer, period. his entire body is probably made out of water. such. fluid. moves. - 2/3 of dance line, often in charge of choreographies.

also 1/3 of maknae line

speaks in ᵀᴵᴺʸ ᶠᴼᴺᵀ 

the literal Sun™, his smile has healing properties.

has great hair and pushes it back a lot during his dance moves

a flower boy (literally. wanted to become a florist before debuting as an idol)

looks a bit like Lee Dongwook aka The Reaper from Goblin

you think he‘s soft? uh, sure, yeah. but is also s a v a g e (the personification of that then perish meme)

has a... unique way of drying his hair (ask Dawon, he‘ll show you. even if you don’t want him to, Dawon will show you)

gets bullied by Dawon. bullies him back. very spot-on impressions of Mr. Extraness (as seen on their Weekly Idol episode)

soulmates and married to Hwiyoung, I don’t make the rules.

Hwiyoung

Kim Youngkyun, born May 11, 1999

rapper and Mr. Charismatic™

yes he is that guy from their Now or Never mv 

looks bad-ass but is a certified baby boy (2/3 of maknae line)

cute without trying and is actually a cat

has literally the best gummy smile which he used to hide behind his hands (but his hyungs encouraged him so much and now he smiles openly, I am not crying, you are)

grew up so suddenly and had long hair out of nowhere and left everyone sh o ok (should definitely be in a shampoo commercial)

composes songs. put one on SoundCloud just very recently. writes lyrics for a lot of sf9′s songs.

cried during their survival show when he got scolded for continuing to mess up the choreography and had to be hugged by Youngbin (who really is the best dad™)

King of the Cleopatra game thanks to his dolphin screams should probably be part of vocal line

pretended to not recognize his soulmate and roommate aka Taeyang when he had to guess his members from their hands while wearing a blindfold. Taeyang will probably never recover from this betrayal and is most definitely still whining about it.

Chani

Kang Chanhee, born on January 17, 2000

deep ass voice 2.0

d a n c e r (his little solo dance in Now or Never will forever be superior), 3/3 of dance line

Evil Maknae™ (3/3 of maknae line)

2/2 of actor line (yes he‘s that boy from Sky Castle)

speaks fluent duck

Taemin‘s Nº fanboy (literally knows his blood type, like... wow okay)

can‘t remember any of the members birthdays (he actually thought Youngbin was born in August when his birthday is literally in the middle of Winter. Leaderbin was hurt).

always looks like a smol bean, but everyone else is just ridiculously tall

had bright orange hair once only for about one second though lol

constantly smothered with love and hugs from Rowoon and pretends to hates it

has all his hyungs wrapped around his finger and knows it (they‘re all whipped for him, especially when he’s doing aegyo)

has a lot of hair aka (my favorite) coconut head (#freehisforehead2019)

looks expressionless and tired 24/7 (a whole mood and true gen z)

some videos to watch

all of their mv’s of course

literally every comeback stage

the suit versions of Now or Never and RPM

the ghost prank/horror version of Now or Never (I cried laughing) 

this really cute Dingo Music version of Enough 

basically all their dance practices, but especially K.O. (we all know they should have gone viral with that choreography)

their adorable pajama version of Different

them performing RPM on a treadmill (Chani is a mood™ and Inseong’s grandpa waddle is so cute)

these stunning acoustic versions of their songs brought to you by 2/3 of extra line + The Tree™

their kcon New York 2019 performance (+ their cover of Love Shot)

their reality show Trip with Fantasy 

them dancing to O Sole Mio ft. Ostriches

their episodes on Weekly Idol and Idol Room

their girl group cover dance battle on Weekly Idol (ft. Cross Gene)

Rowoon and Inseong on Masked Singer

Dawon on Weekly Idol as part of the Masked Idol segment

the Now or Never choreography ft. dance line and the 1MILLION dance crew

them covering BTS’ Boy in Luv + EXO’s Call Me Baby

the Idol Dance Cover Challenge of Love Shot (ft. Astro, The Boyz and CIX)

this interview (I mean, that title alone... lol)

those are just a few of my favorite videos - there’s so much more content out there, so you’ll definitely never starve, lol.

I could literally ramble on about these nine incredible men for hours on end. 

But this will be the end of my guide (it’s long enough already, lol).

Stan SF9 for (clear skin and good grades) nine hard-working and so, so talented individuals with amazing voices, incredible dance moves, outstanding visuals, chaotic energies and a lot of meme-worthiness.

You won’t regret it, I promise.

(Don’t worry, Rowoon(’s face) is okay).

[masterlist] | [requests] 

[dustinreidmusic]

Compilation and words by mr tambourine.

This compilation needs a little explanation. For those who don't know, this is Bob on electric guitar, not acoustic. Bob has retired the acoustic guitar temporarily in 2003, even though he has played it on a few occasions after 2003, the latest known being in 2010 at the White House. When it comes to the electric guitar, Bob once limited his usage of it also in 2003 probably, when he first started playing the keyboards and later, in 2006, also added the organ (not the mouth organ though, the actual organ). There were times when he would grab the guitar, some nights he even played a bunch of songs with it, depends on his mood probably. 

But in 2012, Bob started with the grand piano. This has limited his usage of electric guitar to zero in the next four years. It wasn't until 2016, on October 13, in Las Vegas, that he would grab the guitar mid-song during Simple Twist Of Fate. The same day it was announced that he won the Nobel Prize, becoming the first singer or musician or songwriter to do so. 12 days later, he played it again, in Shreveport, during High Water. He then did it three times in 2017 and two times in 2018. In 2019, he started playing guitar every single night on the Fall Tour, so I covered at least one performance of each of the 4 songs that featured Bob on guitar during that time. 

Some of these have great historical significance, at least currently. I'll explain that bellow after the tracklist. These should be all occasions where Bob played guitar from 2016 to 2018. 

01. Simple Twist Of Fate (Las Vegas, October 13 2016, first time on guitar since 2012 overall) 

02. High Water (Shreveport, October 25 2016) 

03. To Ramona (Port Chester, June 14 2017) 

04. Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Port Chester, June 15 2017) 

05. It Ain't Me Babe (Wallingford, June 18 2017) 

06. Stu's intro (without Bob) / All Along The Watchtower (Seoul, July 27 2018) 

07. Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Seoul, July 27 2018) Brief Ghost Of 'Lectricity (2019 Bonus Edition) 

08. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Palo Alto, October 14 2019) 

09. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (St. Louis, October 22 2019) 

10. Things Have Changed (Denver, October 17 2019) 

11. Ballad Of A Thin Man (State College, November 15 2019) 

To Ramona, included here, is currently the last performance of the song to date. It Ain't Me Babe, included here, is a one-off version, and the first performance since 2013. All Along The Watchtower, included here, is the first performance of the song since 2015, and the first time played as an opener of the show in a decade.

[xocookiest]

SUPERGIRL PLAYLIST: SEASON 5 (PART II)

Summary: This is a compilation of songs that can possibly summarize Kara and Lena’s thoughts and feelings throughout Season 5 of Supergirl. All of these songs were compiled using the application Spotify Song Radio and the song “Keep You Safe” by Lindsey Ray in Episode 7 of Season 5 of Supergirl as its base.

1.       Keep You Safe - Lindsey Ray

2.       Everybody - Ingrid Michaelson

3.       Make Us Stronger - Emily Hearn

4.       Dreamer - Elizavetta

5.       Who We Are - Tristan Prettyman

6.       Courage Is... - The Strange Familiar

7.       When We Were Young - Lucy Schwartz

8.       Thank God You’re Holding Me - Emily Hearn

9.       Drink You Gone - Ingrid Michaelson

10.     Rabbit Hole (Radio Edit) - Mindy Gledhill

11.     I Was Gonna Marry You - Tristan Prettyman

12.     Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Jenny & Tyler, Kris Allen

13.     This Is Survival - Lindsey Ray

14.     Like Ships Need the Sea - Emily Hearn

15.     Christmas Lights - Ingrid Michaelson

16.     Chai Tea Latte - Angel Taylor

17.     Someone to Love - Kate Earl

18.     No Rain - Meiko

19.     Dark Runs Out - Amy Stroup

20.     The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson

21.     Volcano - Emily Hearn

22.     Give up the Ghost (feat. Johnny McDaid) - Rosi Golan & Johnny McDaid

23.     SOS - Elizaveta

24.     Wish You Well - Katie Herzig

25.     Over You (feat. A Great Big World) - Ingrid Michaelson & A Great Big World

26.     Paris, or Wherever We Are - Emily Hearn

27.     Boo Hoo! - Mindy Gledhill

28.     Feeling of Being - Lucy Schwartz

29.     Me Without You - Katie Herzig

30.     Turn to Stone - Ingrid Michaelson

31.     My Oh My - Tristan Prettyman

32.     As Long as Our Hearts Are Beating - Jenny & Tyler

33.     Lost and Found - Katie Herzig

34.     Worth Fighting For - Emily Hearn

35.     How Am I Doing? - Anna Waronker

36.     Can’t Go Back - Rosi Golan

37.     Wyatt and Lucy - Robert Duncan

38.     Anchor - Mindy Gledhill

39.     Parachute (Acoustic) - Ingrid Michaelson

40.     Walk With You - Jenny & Tyler

41.     All That I Wanted - Shelly Fraley

42.     You Are - Kathrn Ostenberg

43.     Feel Alive - Katie Herzig

44.     Mother - Ingrid Michaelson

45.     Heart of a Hero - Cathy Heller

46.     October: Written in the Stars - Tim Myers

47.     Love Song - Paula Valestein

48.     Here We Go - Emily Hearn

49.     Unchained Melody - Priscilla Ahn, Inga Roberts, Wendy Wang

50.     Glow - Brooke Annibelle

51.     My Love Will Never Fail You - Marie Hines

52.     Fix You – Jenny & Tyler, The Gray Havens

53.     March: Hills to Climb - Marie Hines

54.     Pony (It’s OK) - Erin McCarley

55.     Annie - Emily Hearn

56.     Running Wild – Jules Larson

57.     Still the One - Ingrid Michaelson

58.     Make a Noise - Katie Herzig

59.     I Love You Will Still Sound The Same - Oh Honey

60.     Re-Arrange Again - Erin McCarley

61.     Whole Lot of Heart - Ingrid Michaelson

62.     Cutting Ties - Emily Hearn

63.     Save It All - Marie Hines

64.     The Lotto - Ingrid Michaelson

65.     Anything Is Possible - Mozella

66.     Sweeter - Jess Penner

67.     Together - Andrew Allen

68.     Best Day of Your Life - Katie Herzig

69.     DieDieDie - Erin McCarley

70.     Keep Me – Lucy Schwartz

71.     Underneath - Rosi Golan

72.     Miss America - Ingrid Michaelson

73.     I’ll Be By Your Side - Cathy Heller

74.     All About Your Heart - Mindy Gledhill

75.     Hate You - Ingrid Michaelson

76.     I Want the Sky - Lucy Schwartz

77.     Not Even Human - Angel Taylor

78.     Versailles - Amy Stroup

79.     Hell No - Ingrid Michaelson

80.     Of This I’m Sure - Jenny & Tyler

81.     Hold onto Hope Love - Amy Stroup

82.     Take Me Home - Ingrid Michaelson

83.     I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Fay Wolf

84.     Be The One – Emily Hearn

85.     Been A Long Day - Rosi Golan

86.     Don’t Come Over - Jess Penner

87.     Life In Letters - Lucy Schwartz

88.     Always Been You - Marie Hines

89.     By Your Side - Brooke Annibale

90.     Take All The Time You Need - Oh Honey

91.     Remind Me - Brooke Annibale

92.     I Do Adore – Mindy Gledhill

93.     Weight Lifting - Katie Herzig

94.     I Remember Her - Ingrid Michaelson

95.     Viva La Vida - Katie Herzig

96.     December Days - Tim Hanauer

97.     Just Like Us - Olly Anna

98.     Underneath the Covers - Priscilla Anna

99.     My Darling - Lucy Schwartz

100.  Light Me Up - Ingrid Michaelson

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Richard Dale "Richie" Kotzen, Jr. (born February 3, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Kotzen has a prolific solo career, with a back catalogue of more than twenty album releases, was a member of the glam-hard rock band Poison from 1991-1993, Mr. Big from 1999-2002, and since 2012 has been the frontman of the band The Winery Dogs. Kotzen was signed to California-based Shrapnel Records from 1988 until 1991. Biography Richie Kotzen began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven, he was inspired to learn the electric guitar by the band Kiss. He started his career in a band named Arthur's Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19, the first of two instrumental records, simply entitled Richie Kotzen. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping. One year later, a second solo album called Fever Dream was released, which was the first one to also feature his lead vocals. Since then, Kotzen has released a long series of more than twenty albums with musical influences ranging from Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Blues, Blue-eyed-soul, R&B and Funk to Jazz Fusion. In 1991, at age 21, Kotzen joined glam-hard rock band Poison, co-writing and performing on the album Native Tongue. This album produced two top-twenty singles which Kotzen co-wrote, "Stand" and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)". Kotzen then focused on his solo career, regularly releasing song oriented, r&b/soul & funk influenced melodic rock albums such as Mother Head's Family Reunion, Wave Of Emotion, Something To Say, Break It All Down and What Is. He also made guest appearances on several albums by artists like Glenn Hughes, Stevie Salas, T.M. Stevens and others. In 1995 and 1997 he collaborated with Greg Howe on two Jazz Rock Fusion albums. In 1999, Kotzen replaced Paul Gilbert as guitarist in the mainstream hard rock band Mr. Big, performing on their album Get Over It. He also contributed guitars to their subsequent release Actual Size. The record included the Kotzen song Shine, which debuted at number one on Japanese radio charts. In 2001, while still in Mr. Big, Kotzen recorded and release another solo album called Slow, which contains a mix of some crunchy funky and bluesy rock tunes and softer R&B/Pop songs like "I Don't Wanna Lie", for which a music video was filmed. On some of the songs on Slow Kotzen experimented with the use of a drum computer, while on others he played drums. After Mr. Big disbanded, Kotzen continued his solo career. He released his next solo album Change, in 2003. The title track, a soft ballad, and the song Get a Life, a rock song in the style of Mr.Big, were featured in TV commercials throughout Japan. In 2002, Kotzen bought a commercial building in Los Angeles and established a recording studio and production company. He has since produced his own acclaimed solo albums and collaborated with various figures in rock (e.g. Gene Simmons), jazz and fusion, including jazz legend Stanley Clarke, with whom he realized the project Vertú. The 2004 follow-up-album to Change, Get Up featured a more edgy, aggressive rock sound. It was more hard rock oriented than any of his previous solo outputs since Fever Dream and contains the ballad "Remember", which became a minor hit. In 2005, Kotzen teamed up with three Japanese punk rockers to form the short-lived Forty Deuce-Project, which only lasted long enough to record and release one album. Later in the same year, Kotzen collaborated with Funk Rock Fusion guitarist Steve Saluto on his album Rough Beat, where he contributed 50% of the vocals and co-wrote some of the songs. The album was first released on December 31, 2005, and got re-issued in 2009 under the name Resurrection, coming with five additional tracks. In 2006, Kotzen was the opening act for The Rolling Stones in Japan on their Bigger Bang tour. During the year 2006, Kotzen produced and released two solo studio albums, first Ai Senshi Z×R, an album on which he played several English sung rock covers of theme songs from the Japanese Gundam anime franchise, and only nine months later Into The Black, containing ten self-penned rock songs. The latter starts with the angry song "You Can't Save Me", in which he uses the F-word extensively, what eventually turned it into a fan favorite. In 2007 Go Faster was released, which alternatively was named Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion in Europe and Japan. On the album, Kotzen showcases a firework of edgy, driving, yet melodic funk influenced blues rock songs with strong hooks and passionate guitar playing. It includes the eight-minute-song "Fooled Again", which became a live favorite on the following tours, and the soft pop ballad "Chase It" with its significant mandolin riff, for which a music video clip was filmed in Venice. In 2008, Kotzen's first live album, simply entitled Live in São Paulo was released, followed by the acclaimed Peace Sign album in 2009, for which Kotzen played and recorded all instruments himself. In 2009, Kotzen also teamed up with songwriter/producer Richie Zito for a short-lived project they called Wilson Hawk. Wilson Hawk produced one album called The Road, on which they celebrate some R&B & soul influenced pop music in the style of the late 60s and 70s and many soulful pop ballads. After the "Peace Sign" world tour, Kotzen released one single in 2010 (the Rod Stewart reminiscent Angry Boy). In 2011, Kotzen released a full-length Solo album titled 24 Hours, which features ten catchy, fresh 70s funk & r&b influenced melodic rock songs with strong hooks and vibes, garnished with a lot of fiddling around. The release was followed by another tour. In 2012, he joined forces with Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan to form the rock supergroup The Winery Dogs who released their self-titled debut album on May 15, 2013 in Japan, with a worldwide release on July 23 of the same year. A world tour followed. After that, Kotzen went on an acoustic solo tour and started working on his 20th solo effort, which became the Cannibals album, that was released on January, 5th, 2015. Cannibals features a more relaxed, and often r&b influenced rock/pop sound. Kotzen's girlfriend, bassist/vocalist Julia Lage, added some background vocals and also appears in the music video for the song "In An Instant". On the song "I'm All In" Kotzen shares the vocals with Doug Pinnick of King's X and Kotzen's daughter August Eve is featured on the ballad "You", playing the piano. For "You" also a music video was recorded. Only nine months later, on October 2, 2015, The Winery Dogs released their second album Hot Streak, followed by another world tour. By the end of 2016, The Winery Dogs went on hiatus and Kotzen focused on his next solo record Salting Earth, which came out on April 14, 2017. From August until late September Kotzen completed a European tour. On January 25, 2018, Kotzen released a video for his new single called The Damned via youtube, which was filmed at Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California by director Vicente Cordero. On June, 5, 2018, a second video single called Riot was released via YouTube, which was again directed by Vicente Cordero. On December, 11, 2018, Kotzen announces a Winery Dogs Tour through the US for May, 2019, via his official Facebook page. Guitar playing style Kotzen has described his style as a mix of rock, blues, heavy metal, jazz, fusion, and soul music. Kotzen utilizes a heavy amount of legato and sweeping in his playing. As his main influences, he lists Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Jason Becker (who produced his first album), Allan Holdsworth, and many other jazz and fusion players. Kotzen, since around 2007, has opted to stop using guitar picks and been playing exclusively with his fingers ever since.

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Toxic Fandom, Public Heartbreak, And The Feedback Loop

Travis Riddle – October 29, 2019

Fandom by Waterparks is one of my favorite albums of the year, regardless of the fact that…I am friends with the band. There was not a single track that immediately stood out as my favorite like Take Her to the Moon and Peach on previous albums--but I think that's because everything on this one is so good, it's impossible to choose one. I Miss Sex/War Crimes/I Felt Younger would probably comprise my top 3, but every song is fantastic. And the album is on the shorter side but you truly don't feel that length, these songs all go through so many different movements--lyrically and musically--that every song is just dense as hell and it feels a lot longer than it is, while still not feeling overwhelming or messy at all. It flows great and hits some really interesting themes.

This write-up was initially sent to Awsten on the album’s release date, and I’ve edited it a little below for clarity/brevity, because I would not shut up about it.

1. Cherry Red - Starting the album off with that bark/yell is so tight. A year and a half ago in that parking lot going to get crawfish together I didn't really "get" this song, but after hearing the album several times it really clicked for me. I love how it acts as kind of a setup to the whole thing, getting the listener into your mindset and introducing one of the main themes of the album. I also like how it continues your color motifs; "blue and yellow let’s get together and be green" has now gone bad and turned to sour green, and it seems like cherry red is replacing yellow (red + yellow = orange hmmmmm). I also love how "You know I died for you" ties into the closing track, "I said I loved you to death so I must be dead."

2. WWHN - A really great choice for the first full song of the album to set the tone for the Fandom theme in contrast with Cherry Red setting up the emotional side of the lyrics. It's also a goddamn jam so it's great at hyping up right at the start hahah. I've probably told you everything about this already but I like what you're saying in this, and how it's something probably every single artist goes through in their career, but no one seems to say in a critical way (that I’m aware of). I'm sure this and other songs will make some fans upset because they're being called out but I like that, and it's some stuff that needs to be said.

3. Dream Boy - Lots of good stuff about fan expectations in this, dressed up in metaphors and really catchy pop to catch people off-guard. Love the phrase "Build-A-Boy, pick your pieces" and "Do you believe in love and is it because of me?" With people's weird way of crafting their whole lives and beliefs and desires on these celebrities that they don't know personally at all yet are so invested in.

4. Easy to Hate - I feel like this is the most straightforward and "simple" song thematically, but man it is so catchy. The sound effect that I'm sure is your voice in the opening before the verse is so damn cool. I like this first real hint of the colors turning to red. This is thematically pretty similar to other demos like ********* and Play and stuff so with how catchy and big this chorus is, it's easy to see why you chose this one to cover that topic. I'm also a sucker for someone doing the chorus in a song but stripped down like you do here. Those harmonies in the final chorus are also soooo good..........

5. High Definition - You're on some Imogen Heap-ass shit here and it's dope. I like this as a single choice since I feel like the emotional side of the album really hinges on this track--it's not a breakup album in the typical sense (aside from like Easy to Hate and Worst), but rather it's about the aftermath of the breakup and the emotional state surrounding that, the doubts and insecurities and vulnerabilities of losing trust in everybody due to one person’s actions, and this song is such a direct and succinct and sad encapsulation of that. Hate how this whole song makes me feel for my friend but it's also really pretty and good.

6. Telephone - This is some real Hellogoodbye-ass shit here with the ending of the chorus hahah. The juxtaposition between this and High Definition is interesting, basically both songs coming to the same conclusion--not committing to a relationship--but in totally opposite ways. With this one basically being "I won't tell you how I'm feeling, I'll just go write lyrics/sing voice memos/tweet." Is this about the damn pretty Target girl you tweeted about once? "Now I'm living on a target" and "all these aisles feel like miles" hmmmmMMM. This wasn't my favorite when I first heard it but it realllllly grew on me and now I love it. The chorus is so good and I love what you're doing with the music/harmonies in the background of it. Also the dumb shit after "I'll follow" always makes me laugh. Then the dichotomy between this/HD is emphasized in the closing Wedding Singer sample which I feel like represents the fandom; you’re going through this huge emotional turmoil, but we’re reaping the benefits by getting great songs out of it.

7. Group Chat - It works as a goofy little interlude but I also like what it says thematically (if I'm not just pulling this out of my ass anyway). On one hand it seems to me like a commentary on the inanity of some fan group chats, how in some of them they all act like they're best friends but really it's just a surface-level friendship. "My name's [whatever] and we're all friends! :D" and then also with the effect on your voice, seems to imply to me how mentally draining everyone in the fandom can sometimes be on you more so than Geoff and Otto.

8. Turbulent - I know some people just gotta have their metaphors and shit in their lyrics but I love how direct this song is. Just plainly stating things makes them feel so much more raw and real. I can't see how you could more powerfully convey the anger and hurt than with "I'd unfuck you if I could." Also the "sOoOoO" in the second chorus is still best part (also the barks). Also the pitched-down backup vocals are tight in this song, really gets you into the frantic, pissed off headspace.

9. NBA - I like the potential double meaning of the chorus in this one; everyone in LA looks like you cause I'm missing you and seeing you everywhere, but also it’s kind of insulting, like "everyone in LA looks like you, you're not special." But aside from that, another very pretty albeit sad song. The chorus with full instrumentation and harmonies really hits hard. I also like the 11:11 connection with tying breath in knots; you're always really great at bringing back recurring images and lines in your writing, it makes your discography feel really connected and like you're actually writing these things, it's not some producer in a studio writing lyrics for you. These songs all lead into each other; the songs on Fandom could not exist without what came before in DD and Entertainment. That evolution is always really interesting to see, how these different motifs recur and change their meaning over time. I assume the main metaphor of this might also be a callback to Crybaby with “chasing through dreams in bloom.”

10. IMHSBALIDWDA - Definitely one of my favorites, it's just so damn fun. And once again some cool vocal effect you have going on in the background, which I always love. The lyrics here are fun but also biting; I've been thinking of this as a commentary on how fans don't really care about an artist's well-being or life even if they try to act like they do, they just want new songs and good performances and new merch etc. etc. no matter what it means the artist is going through or how they feel when they sing these emotionally devastating songs. So the chorus to me is kinda like a self-care anthem in a way, setting aside all the negative stuff and admitting to yourself hey, at least I feel kind of better now; maybe not entirely better, but I'm getting there.

11. War Crimes - Another song with sad lyrics but musically it goes so damn hard, another favorite. "I'm forgetting how to hate myself" is one of my favorite lyrics on the album, as is "My death will be the fandom." I don't even totally know what to say about this song cause sooo much is going on and it's just crazy. "Let's go!" is also a favorite moment. And the "I saved my own life" calling back to Not Warriors is tight.

12. [Reboot] - Hey is "I need to sleep alone" a reference to Sleep Alone!!!!!?!???? I've already talked to you about this song a lot too so I don't have much new to say. The vocal effect on the bridge is dope. The breaths before verse 2 are maybe my favorite part, as well as what you do on "all on you" including holding out "you" into the chorus. And whatever's going on in the background at the end of that second chorus, I can't tell if it's vocals or instruments or what, but it sounds really cinematic and cool.

13. Worst - This new version is so cool, it has so much texture that the demo didn't. Vocals are also really pretty. The added bass and electronics really add a lot of rhythm and an interesting vibe to this; the bass is almost jazzy in a way? But then the electronics/percussion are almost like a dance beat but really stripped down? I dunno, it's such an odd combination, especially with the guitar just being acoustic. One of the most interesting songs on the album sonically despite being comparatively "simple" at first listen.

14. Zone Out - My least fave just because it's such a simple interlude, but what I like that it does is like...basically comments on the preceding songs I guess? It's like a question to the listener. At the beginning you've got Dream Boy setting up their expectations, then this comes at the very end and essentially asks them, "After hearing all of these angry heartbroken songs, am I still your dream boy? Do you still think love exists because of me even though I've gone through all this and don’t believe in it myself?" I like that it makes the listener confront their previous feelings and expectations before we dive into the finale.

15. IFYWWM - First off I absolutely love the effect you put on the vocals at the start of this, especially with how that effect abruptly cuts off; it's so weird and interesting and I never get tired of hearing it. The difference between the demo and this final version is amazing, I love this song. And "I said I loved you to death so I must be dead" is such a great one-two punch; it hits hard as a "fuck you!" line with being a way to say you don't love her anymore, but then you realize how sad it is that the effect has been this emotional death that pervades the entire album and eventually leads right back into Cherry Red. Which is also a depressing ending; it's so abrupt without any closure about anything talked about on the album, and the way that it circles back into the opener kind of implies to me that maybe there's a sense of circularity to everything, it's unending, the songs will always be fueled by heartbreak and the emotional trauma will never go away and dealing with it in the public eye of the fandom will always be overbearing.

http://www.travismriddle.com/blog/2019/10/29/toxic-fandom-public-heartbreak-and-the-feedback-loop

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Wakana Live News

Wakana Anime Classic 2021 Live Stream

We just got our official announcement. The two Tokyo performances of 『Wakana Anime Classic 2021』 on September 4 will in fact be live streamed. Online tickets are NOW AVAILABLE.

"Wakana Anime Classic 2021" @ Kioi Hall September 4 https://www.bsfuji.tv/wakana/ <Daytime> Open 14:45 / Start 15:00 <Evening> Open 18:15 / Start 18:30 Archive period: ~ September 11 Ticket price: ¥3,500 Purchase period:2021/8/15 16:00～2021/9/11 22:00 e+「Streaming＋」：https://eplus.jp/wakana/st/ Please note that a verified registration is required to buy tickets on e+. In addition, you will only be able to pay with a Japanese credit card or in Japanese convenient stores.

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2021/08/15 Instagram post by Wakana

Today, we were able to finish the fisrt performance of "Wakana Anime Classic 2021"in Osaka safely! ️🥺🥺✨ Thank you to everyone who came and who supported me from afar 😆💕 I was very happy to be able to sing in Osaka for the first time in a long time and to meet everyone ��� \ (^-^) / The photo shows our rehearsal, Izumi Hall, Sumitomo Life is such a beautiful venue where you can feel the warmth of wood. The chandeliers and the high ceiling were also very impressive. The acoustics were astounding and it seemed like my voice and the sound of the instruments resonated into the sky.🌿

I made two announcements at the end of today’s live. The first is that there will be a live streaming for both performances at Kioi Hall in Tokyo on September 4th ❗ I hope that those who cannot come can enjoy the live stream 😆✨ And the second announcement is that I will be holding two Billboard Lives❗ The Billboard Live Osaka will be held on October 23 and the Billboard Live Yokohama on November 13th 🎤 There will be two performances on each day 😀

I confidently declared during today’s MC that the Billboard Live in Osaka would take place on October 24. I am so SORRY everyone😂😂 It's October 23 ❗ 😂😂 It seems like the staff members were getting super nervous behind the scenes. I'm sorry 😭😭

Anyways, I'm glad to have the opportunity to meet you all again 😆 Let's meet again at the upcoming lives! ️ (Source)

At today’s live Wakana sang pretty much all songs from her cover album including the ones she only covered on YouTube (in no particular order):

時には昔の話を (Toki ni wa Mukasho no Hanashi wo), やさしさにつつまれたなら (Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara), Rain, いのちの名前  (Inochi no Namae), やつらの足音のバラード (Yatsura No Ashioto No Ballade),  Get Wild, 風のとおり道  (Kaze No Toori Michi), 愛にできることはまだあるかい (Ai Ni Dekiru Koto Wa Mada Aru Kai), 夢のゆくえ (Yume no Yukue), 歌うたいのバラッド (Utautai no Ballad ), もののけ姫  (Mononoke Hime), and two other songs:

Bokura no Natsu no Yume by Yamashita Tatsurou (Summer Wars) Kimi wa Taiyou by Spitz (Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror)

Wakana Billboard Lives

In other news, it has just been announced that Wakana will be holding two Billboard Lives this autumn. They will be held at Billboard Live Osaka on October 23, 2021 and at Billboard Live Yokohama on November 13th. Together with Satoshi Takebe as the music director and other talented musicians (who have yet to be announced) Wakana will deliver special music at the renowned billboard venues!

～～ Performance details ～～

[Billboard Live Osaka] 10/23 (Sat) 1st stage Open 14:30 Start 15:30 2nd stage Open 17:30 Start 18:30

[Billboard Live Yokohama] 11/13 (Sat) 1st stage Open 14:30 Start 15:30 2nd stage Open 17:30 Start 18:30

[Participating artists] Wakana (vocals) Satoshi Takebe (Music Director / keyboards), tba.

[Fan club advanced ticket lottery period] 8/18 to 8/24 [Result confirmation] 8/27 to 8/28  [Payment period] 8/27 to 8/29 

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All the numbers in the music ask!

Really???? Thank Gods its only 30   1)   a song you can listen to on repeat: Always- Blink 182  2)   a song from one of your favorite albums : My Girlfriends Girlfriend- Type o Negative 3)   a song you loved when you were a teenager or kid: Panama - Van Halen  4)   a song that makes you feel strong: St James - A7X  5)   a song that makes you sad- Only One -Yellowcard  6)   a song that cheers you up: The Adventure - Angels and Airwaves  7)   a song that reminds you of your friend(s): Surrender - Angels and Airwaves  8)   a song that reminds you of an ex partner or crush: Lips of an Angel -Hinder  9)   a song that reminds you of yourself : Either I mean it or No limit both by G- Eazy  10)  a song that brings back bad memories: Hate me- Blue October  11)  a song that brings back good memories: Dr. Feelgood- Motley Crue  12)  a song that grew on you: Twinkle Twinkle Little Scars- Raven Black  13)  a song from a musical: The Entire Heathers Soundtrack THOUGH  14)  a song with a great music video: Always- BLiNK 182 I CANNOT EXPRESS THIS ENOUGH  15)  a song that’s better as a cover: OH HA got one for ya, The Song 1985 by Bowlinf For soup is actually a cover! Sr-71 did it first  16)  a song that’s better acoustic: When  Xanthochroid  did a cover of Wintersun’s Land of Snow and Sorrow  17)  a song with great lyrics: Anesthesia - Type O Negative  18)  a song for summer : Custer- Slipknot ( Probably from memories tbh) 19)  a song for heartache: Alone - Daughter  20)  a song for car rides: Living on a Prayer- Bon Jovi  21)  a song for the rain: Dreams of William: Daughter  22)  a song for dancing: No limit - G- Eazy   23)  a song for making out: Love you to Death - Type O

 24)  a song for a lover- I miss You - Blink 182  25)  a song from before you were born: Dammit - Blink 182  26)  a song from a band that’s no longer together - Everything Dies - Type O  27)  a song you’ve seen live- Redneck- Lamb of God  28)  a song you want to see live: FUCK this one....hmmmm OH Hangar 18. I wanna tharash the shit outta that pit  29)  a song by a band you don’t usually like : come as you are (Dont @ me )   30)  a song you recommend : any from this list

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WRAPPED UP

Guest Artist: Travie McCoy

Writers: Olly Murs, Claude Kelly, Steve Robson, Travie McCoy

Producers: Steve Robson

Album: Never Been Better

Release Date: 16/11/2014

B-Side: ‘Wrapped Up (Cahill Radio Mix)’ (Credits as above)

Chart Positions: #3 (UK), #1 (Japan), #2 (Scotland), #3 (Belgium), #7 (Ireland), #9 (Czech Republic), #11 (Germany), #15 (Australia), #15 (Poland), #16 (Finland), #16 (Slovakia), #17 (Netherlands), #18 (Switzerland), #18 (Spain), #21 (Austria), #21 (Sweden), #40 (USA)

Sales: 600k (UK, Platinum), 35k (Australia, Gold), 40k (Sweden, Platinum)

A lot can happen inside a year, particularly in a world so fickle and trend dominated as pop music. Hence having been everywhere and anywhere for much of the previous year, 2014 was, by comparison, a very quiet time indeed for Olly. In fact, the only signs of him still being present in the public eye came in the form of a couple of one-off charity appearances, and also that June, at his now bi-annual venturing out onto the pitch at Old Trafford for Soccer Aid, a celebs and pros football match raising money for UNICEF (Olly has played five times in total for the England team now, and captained them to a win at the 2018 match).

For the first time since the start of his career, he was able to go take time out purely to focus on music (and in his words 'grow a beard and get fat'), hence the first nine months of 2014 were spent cooped up in the studio, writing and recording the songs that would go onto make his fourth album. Things certainly changed in a big way, for during the time Olly was away, there seemed to be a sudden explosion of solo male competition in the charts.

Ed Sheeran was now the biggest popstar on the planet, having just released his multi-platinum second album 'X' and huge hits like ‘Sing’ and ‘Thinking Out Loud’, and Sam Smith and George Ezra both released their debut efforts this year. It was clear that whatever Olly decided to come back with, it would have to make as big an impact as possible to remind people he was still at the top of his game despite being away for the best part of a year.

So already there was a lot riding on 'Wrapped Up' even before he unveiled it with a world exclusive first play on national radio at the beginning of that October. Coming off the back of the biggest selling album of his career to date, it made business sense on paper to repeat the formula of that album's trajectory again - launching the album with a killer floor filling pop stormer that just so happens to have an international guest star on it, even if some critics suggested it was a lazy move.

Owing sonic motifs to disco classics by Evelyn 'Champagne' King and - in a spooky forbearing of his future work, though he didn't know it then - Nile Rodgers and Chic, 'Wrapped Up' was a guitar driven dance pop funk workout with a stormer of a chorus and a cheekily placed double entendre involving locks and keys that screamed chart topper from the first play. The appearance of a guest rap from Travie McCoy, the lead rapper and founder of Gym Class Heroes, who had also scored big success with Bruno Mars on his worldwide hit 'Billionaire' in 2010, enhanced its credentials further.

One thing that Olly had also quietly achieved in the UK - without anyone realising it at the time - was the unique distinction of being the only British male solo artist to notch up a number one single with each lead release from a brand-new album. It surely stood to reason then, that 'Wrapped Up' would be joining that list and making it four in a row. However, several changes of circumstance meant this didn't go according to plan.

International promo was the focus from quite early on in the campaign, with the single being released and promoted in Australia first before we got it here in the UK. It meant that no thanks to an administrative error at Sony Music - who'd been slowly releasing select tracks off the new album as 'Instant Grat' teasers - that 'Wrapped Up' was mistakenly available for a couple of days to download off the UK store of iTunes two whole weeks before its official UK release date. One can only speculate what might have happened had they corrected the error sooner - but then this was compounded by another turn of events.

With just over a week to go until release, Olly then recieved a call from music legend Sir Bob Geldof, the man who'd put together the historic Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' and subsequent Live Aid concerts to raise money for those living in developing countries. Olly was asked if he wanted to appear on the 30th anniversary recording alongside the likes of Bono, Chris Martin, One Direction, Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran, and he duly obliged.

As he returned to The X Factor live shows to launch 'Wrapped Up' proper with a homecoming performance on its release date of 16th November 2014, Sir Bob was there too to give the first play on terrestrial TV of the video for the Band Aid 30 recording of 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. He jokingly apologised to Olly on air after his interview with Dermot O’Leary, who now knew full well that 'Wrapped Up' was set to miss out on the top spot.

Seven days later, and this is exactly what happened. Even outsold by 'Real Love', the then new single from contemporary dance pop outfit Clean Bandit, who'd had a phenomenal year with their hit 'Rather Be' with Jess Glynne (and whose then violinist, Neil Amin Smith, was incredibly vicious about Olly on social media at the time, stating he was only fit for a low rent musical theatre career. He left the band over a year later and hasn’t been heard from since. Go figure), 'Wrapped Up' had to be content with a #3 debut and peak - still a great chart position, but by no means what was needed at this point.

It meant that Olly was on the UK's number one single that week, but just not the one he intended, with Band Aid 30 selling over a quarter of a million copies to top the chart, despite a heft of negative reviews and feedback from music critics, social commentators and soapbox preachers alike for the new version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas' on Twitter. Along with ‘Wrapped Up’, it was absent from the top 10 by the time Christmas came.

Despite the chart topping success of the parent album, and being a top 20 hit in thirteen other countries (including Japan, where it gave him his first chart topper), it was clear from the performance of ‘Wrapped Up’ that things had slipped a bit compared to the mammoth fanfare that had greeted ‘Troublemaker’ two years previously, and it wasn’t unfair to say that Olly suddenly had something to prove five years into his career. Fortunately, another huge single was waiting in the wings to quell those doubts...

OTHER THOUGHTS

A remix from top dance DJ and producer Cahill was the main B-side on both the digital bundle and the Europe only CD single. UK fans were also treated to the non-rap version of ‘Wrapped Up’ and a special acoustic rendition of the track recorded for the website of Fabulous, the free glossy magazine that comes inside the Sunday edition of British national newspaper The Sun. Olly has appeared on its cover more times than any other male star to date – since 2011 he’s made a total of seven appearances.