Assuming no ill-timed spontaneous deaths mess up the schedule, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is set to arrive in theaters on September 12. The sequel to the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap will reunite stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, along with director Rob Reiner. After studio Bleecker Street shared a teaser for Spinal Tap II earlier this year, they shared a clip of it during a screening of the newly-remastered original film on Saturday.
Doechii’s a rapper, but she’s worked in some rock elements to some her live performances before — particularly on “Catfish,” which she amped up for her awesome Tiny Desk and Grammys appearances. Since then, she’s gone viral for her March single “Anxiety,” which prominently samples Gotye’s 2011 hit “Somebody That I Used To Know.” For her show at Poland’s Open’er Festival on Saturday, Doechii also plugged in the amps for “Anxiety,” its backing track complete with some electric guitars. Check it out below.
Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” just turned 25 years old a couple of weeks ago. The 2000 pop-rock hit has been covered many, many times in that timespan, including by Ed Sheeran, who says he used to perform the song with his old band when he was 12 years old. But surprisingly, pop-star Sheeran had never performed the song in concert until Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, where he got Wheatus’ own Brendan B. Brown to sing it with him. “One of my fav moments ever on stage,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram.
Black Sabbath weren’t the only iconic group bidding farewell tonight.
Exactly six months ago, we learned that Black Sabbath’s original lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — were getting back together for one last show. It would be their first performance in over eight years and first with Ward in nearly 20. The Black Sabbath finale would double as a farewell concert for Osbourne, who retired from touring three years ago while dealing with serious health problems including Parkinson’s disease, and it would really be more like a day-long festival featuring some of the biggest names in heavy music leading up to the main event. Today at Villa Park in the group’s hometown of Birmingham, UK, the big event finally happened.
Black Sabbath are playing their final show today at the Back To The Beginning festival, and all the bands are paying tribute to them during their sets. In addition to Tool covering “Hand Of Doom,” Slayer did a Sabbath song, Metallica performed two, and Guns N’ Roses tackled four.
It’s screamo summer. Last year Febuary (Editor’s note: It is spelled Febuary, not February, which I just realized after posting this. Emo bands always have to do this shit, but I love them for it) kicked ass with their eponymous debut album, whose amazing track “No Way…” was an instant emo classic. The Las Vegas four-piece is back today to intensify your Fourth of July hangover anxiety with some fresh, merciless rippers.
Black Sabbath’s farewell concert is happening now at the Birmingham festival Back To The Beginning. The four original members are doing one last performance together, and bands are paying homage to the metal veterans with covers. It’ll also be Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance. Judas Priest tackled “War Pigs” ahead of the show, and today Tool played “Hand Of Doom” at the festival.
Well, they made it to at least one show. Oasis took the stage together tonight for the first time in nearly 16 years, performing at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, making this July 4 arguably an even bigger national holiday in the UK than in the US.
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