Alex Darus

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Red Hot Chili Peppers perform The Cars tribute in honor of late Ric Ocasek

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have honored the late co-founder of The Cars, Ric Ocasek, by covering the band’s track “Just What I Needed”.  The Chili Peppers join the Killers and blink-182 artist Mark Hoppus with tributes to Ocasek.  Read more: Pale Waves debut pop-punk track “Tomorrow” at Glasgow gig On Sunday, the lead singer […]

Pale Waves debut pop-punk track “Tomorrow” at Glasgow gig

Pale Waves recently performed a new song “Tomorrow” live at a gig in Glasgow, UK.  Yesterday, the band were unveiled as opening support for the upcoming Halsey tour to promote her next album Manic.  Read more: Spotify updates For Artists app to include more real-time listening stats As for Pale Waves, they’ve been on the […]

Spotify updates For Artists app to include more real-time listening stats

Spotify has redesigned and relaunched their artists app to expand the statistics for plays and information about a band’s core audience.  The Spotify for Artists app has rolled out on iOS and Android and includes expanded real-time statistics for current listeners.  Read more: ‘Joker’ screenings skip site of 2012 Aurora ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting The […]

‘Joker’ screenings skip site of 2012 Aurora ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting

Family members of people who were killed in the 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises have written a letter to Warner Bros. about their concerns regarding Joker.  On July 20, 2012, a gunman shot and killed 12 people and injured 70. It took place at the […]

Matty Healy wants to produce Springsteen-like Taylor Swift acoustic album

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has expressed interest in producing a Taylor Swift album.  Healy shared the information on the Neil Griffiths podcast The Green Room on Monday.  Read more: ‘Joker’ star Joaquin Phoenix exits interview over query on film’s violence The conversation began when Healy talked about his position in pop music. He said […]

YUNGBLUD drops gripping “hope for the underrated youth” video, EP info

YUNGBLUD just unveiled the highly-anticipated video for his track “Hope For The Underrated Youth” and dropped details about his upcoming EP.  He’s been teasing fans that the video was dropping on Tuesday via social media.  Read more: Tom DeLonge says he’s “all good” with blink-182, denies internet gossip On Twitter, he also teased that he’d […]

Tom DeLonge says he’s “all good” with blink-182, denies internet gossip

Tom DeLonge has made a statement about his time with blink-182 and squashed rumors that there is any bad blood between him and his former bandmates.  To backtrack, Mark Hoppus recently spoke about blink-182 before Matt Skiba replaced DeLonge following his departure in 2015. Read more: Greta Thunberg condemns leaders about climate change: “How dare […]

Gerard Way got “chills” from Alex Lahey’s My Chemical Romance cover

Gerard Way has praised Australian pop-punker Alex Lahey’s cover of the My Chemical Romance track “Welcome To The Black Parade.”  Lahey and her band recorded a cover of the iconic track for the Australian radio station Triple J’s recurring Like A Version segment. Read more: blink-182 gift Lil Wayne weed onstage for his 37th birthday […]

Greta Thunberg condemns leaders about climate change: “How dare you"

Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teen climate change activist that was featured in a self-titled The 1975 song, just condemned the United Nations for their lack of action to protect the environment.  The 16-year-old gave her powerful speech during the opening session the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The summit is a meeting of the UN […]
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