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Hey, Dave Grohl, another rocker needs to use your throne.

On Wednesday, Wolfgang Van Halen revealed that he’d sprained his ankle after he “ate s*** walking off the bus” while on tour with his Mammoth WVH solo band. He also shared a photo of the boot he was to wear for the next month or so, adding that he was going to be “Dave Grohl-ing” it for Mammoth’s show Hunstville, Alabama, last night.

Grohl, of course, broke his leg after falling off the stage during a 2015 concert. For the Foo Fighters tour later that year, he sat on a giant, guitar-adorned throne while his leg healed.

Following the Huntsville concert, Wolf posted photos of him playing the show while sitting on a much more humble stool.

“Welp…Never done that before, but we pulled it off!” Wolf wrote in the caption. “Thanks to Huntsville for making it such a special show!”

Mammoth’s tour continues Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee. They’ll also be playing this weekend’s Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta along with Foo Fighters, so maybe Grohl can bring the throne then.

Grohl previously lent the throne to Axl Rose to use after he broke his foot in 2016. Just last month, Grohl sent it to Darin Wall, the bassist for the Seattle-based metal band Greyhawk, who was recovering from being shot in the leg while defending others from a gunman outside an Idaho music venue.

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Tom Morello and grandson have premiered the video for their collaborative song “Hold the Line.”

The black-and-white clip finds the Rage Against the Machine guitarist rocking out with the “Blood//Water” artist in the corner of a small room. The claustrophobic, punk-rock vibe reflects the political message of the song, which, as grandson explains, takes its title from the “union rally cry for anyone experiencing backlash for standing their ground.”

You can watch the “Hold the Line” video streaming now on YouTube.

“Hold the Line” appears on Morello’s new solo album The Atlas Underground Fire, which dropped last week. The record also includes guest spots from artists including Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Bring Me the Horizon and Phantogram.

Grandson, meanwhile, can also be heard in the new The Suicide Squad movie, which features his single “Rain” with Jessie Reyez.

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The soundtrack to the new psychological thriller film Last Night in Soho features a variety of memorable 1960s tunes by British artists, including The Who, The Kinks and Dusty Springfield.

The album will be released on Friday, while the film is scheduled to open in theaters on October 29.

Last Night in Soho focuses a character named Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer who can travel back in time to 1960s London, where she meets a wannabe pop singer named Sandie, portrayed by The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor Joy.

The movie was written and directed by Edgar Wright, whose previous films include Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Baby Driver. Wright curated the soundtrack and says the songs he assembled for the film actually inspired the script and story.

The soundtrack includes The Who’s cover of the Motown classic “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” and The Kinks’ “Starstruck,” as well as songs by Dusty Springfield, Peter & Gordon, The Searchers, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw and The Walker Brothers. The movie’s title is taken from a song of the same name by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, which also is featured on the soundtrack.

In addition, Taylor Joy recorded multiple versions of Petula Clark‘s classic pop hit “Downtown” for the soundtrack and the film’s original score, and she’s featured performing the tune in the movie.

You can check out a video of Taylor Joy performing the “Downtempo” version of “Downtown” on YouTube now.  The track’s also been released as an advance digital single from the Last Night in Soho — Original Score album.

You can pre-order the soundtrack and score now.

Here’s the full track list of the Last Night in Soho soundtrack:

“A World Without Love” — Peter & Gordon
“Wishin’ and Hopin'” — Dusty Springfield
“Don’t Throw Your Love Away” — The Searchers
“Beat Girl” (1993 Remaster) — The John Barry Orchestra
“Starstruck” — The Kinks
“You’re My World” — Cilla Black
“Wade in the Water” (Live at Klooks Kleek) — The Graham Bond Organisation
“I’ve Got My Mind Set on You” — James Ray
“(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” — The Who
“Puppet on a String” — Sandie Shaw
“Land of 1000 Dances” — The Walker Brothers
“There’s a Ghost in My House” — R. Dean Taylor
“Happy House” — Siouxsie & the Banshees
“(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” — Sandie Shaw
“Eloise” — Barry Ryan
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” — Cilla Black
“Last Night in Soho” — Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
“Neon” (Soundtrack Edit) — Steven Price
“Downtown” (A Capella) — Anya Taylor-Joy
“Downtown” (Uptempo) — Anya Taylor-Joy

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Yaya Mayweather is reportedly facing serious time behind bars for allegedly stabbing Youngboy Never Broke Again’s former girlfriend, Lapattra Jacobs.

The daughter of boxer Floyd Mayweather could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, according to The Neighborhood Talk. Yaya was arrested in April of 2020 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is accused of stabbing Jacobs multiple times, which resulted in serious injuries. A pretrial hearing has been set for February 2022.

Yaya has had an on-and-off relationship with the 22-year-old rapper, and she gave birth to his baby boy, Kentrell Gaulden Jr., in January.

Youngboy is currently incarcerated for federal weapon charges stemming from his arrest in March in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has requested to be granted house arrest while he awaits trial.

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Snoop Dogg celebrated his 50th birthday Wednesday night with a star-studded players ball at his home in Inglewood, California.

Jamie Foxx, Usher, T.I., Nelly, Mike Epps, Fabolous and Terence J were among the 300 guests in da house for the big bash, according to TMZ. The Doggfather’s TV partner, Martha Stewart, co-host of Snoop and Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween special, which debuts Thursday on Peacock, was not able to attend, but she sent birthday greetings via Instagram.

In his own Instagram video, Snoop looked back at his first five decades.

“Word is, when you get to 50, you’re in the second half of your life. Think I did a pretty good first half. Put up a lot of points. Made a lot of people happy,” he commented. “‘Look forward to a whole lot more, ’cause we’ve only just begun.”

Snoop’s gifts included a fully restored, copper colored 1955 Chevy Impala. As previously reported, the “Gin & Juice” rapper also received a customized Mercury Cougar emblazoned with the colors of his favorite team, the purple and gold of the Los Angeles Lakers. “Snoop Dogg” is written on the headrests, and a custom painting of the Lakers, featuring Snoop, LeBron James and the late Kobe Bryant, is displayed on the trunk.

This week, the birthday boy also debuted the song “Big Subwoofer” by his new supergroup, Mount Westmore, featuring himself, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too Short.

 

 

 

 

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The best part of dating a world-famous musician — other than,  y’know, the fact that you’re dating a world-famous musician — seems to be having unlimited access to all the tour merchandise you want.

Director and actress Olivia Wilde was photographed in Los Angeles Thursday wearing a black hoodie from her boyfriend Harry Styles‘ merchandise line, Page Six reports.  The hoodie features the words “Treat People with Kindness” — a song from Harry’s album, Fine Line — and is available for $55 from Harry’s online store.

In recent weeks, Olivia’s also been seen carrying a Love on Tour tote bag from Harry’s line of merch. You can buy that for $25 bucks, though we doubt Olivia had to buy either of these items.

Olivia has also been seen at several stops on Harry’s in-progress tour.

The two started dated in late 2020 after meeting on the set of Wilde’s film Don’t Worry Darling, in which Harry stars with Florence Pugh. They went public with their romance in January, when they were seen attending Harry’s manager’s wedding together. They’ve since been photographed packing on the PDA both in the U.S. and on vacation.

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Kash Doll is living up to her name, as she revealed that a few years ago, she earned $26,000 in one night as a stripper in Detroit.

She’s now enjoying life as a recording artist and an actress in 50 Cent‘s new Starz series, BMF; however, before her entertainment career began, her odd jobs were not paying the bills. The “Single & Happy” singer had her car stolen, her home caught on fire, and she had to move in with her mother. So in 2012, she decided to become an adult entertainer.

Kash, born Arkeisha Knight, told former NBA star Jalen Rose on his Renaissance Man podcast that her first night as a stripper, she made $700. “This is what I make in two weeks at Best Buy,” she recalled.

Knight danced at the Motor City club The Sting, and revealed that her first year, she made $250,000, without ever taking off her bra.

“I just got so popular to the point that I was on flyers every week and I didn’t dance on the floor like the regular dancers,” the rapper/actress said. “They knew when I walked onstage…it just became a thing. I was like the highest-paid dancer in Michigan.”

Now, Kash is featured in BMF portraying Monique, a paralegal who is one of the lovers of drug lord Big Meech. One of the highlights of shooting the series for her was when 50 Cent hosted her birthday party on the set in Atlanta in March.

“We couldn’t leave due to COVID. We had to be on set,” Kash recalled. “He’d been around and he [knew] how important it is for women and their birthday.”

You can see Kash Doll in BMF, airing Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET on Starz.

 

 

 

 

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In 2015, Train released their holiday album Christmas in Tahoe, which included the band’s hit covers of Donny Hathaway‘s “This Christmas” and Slade‘s “Merry Christmas Everybody.”  Now the album has inspired a Hallmark Christmas movie of the same name.

Christmas in Tahoe the movie, which will premiere during Hallmark’s annual “Countdown to Christmas,” stars Laura Osnes as a talent booker who reaches out to her rock star ex-boyfriend, played by Kyle Selig, to help her find replacement musicians for a Christmas Eve show at her family’s hotel and casino in Lake Tahoe.  Train singer Pat Monahan also appears as the talent booker’s best friend.

In the movie, Monahan and Selig perform the Train holiday hit “Shake Up Christmas,” as well as the band’s new Christmas song, “Mittens.”  Other songs from the album are featured in the film as well.

“Ever since having made our Christmas album, Christmas in Tahoe, it’s been a dream of mine to bring it to life on the screen,” says Monahan in a statement. “Hallmark has now made that dream a reality. I loved being able to not only act but also perform…in the movie. I know that everyone is going to feel the love and warmth of the holiday season when they see this heartfelt film.”

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The video for The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s number-one smash “Stay” involves a lot of cool special effects, but LAROI says those effects are the reason why shooting the clip wasn’t a pleasant experience.

“The levitating scene was painful,” LAROI says on the latest episode of VEVO’s Footnotes, which takes you behind the scenes of your favorite music videos.  That scene is the first one in the clip, and it shows the Australian rapper suspended in the air above his bed.

“It was definitely the most painful one, and actually was probably the worst part of shooting the video because I had, like, this harness on me. It was f***in’, like, chokin’ my n**s and s**t. I had to, like, hang, and it was terrible. I hated it. But it turned out really, really cool!”

Despite the pain, LAROI says he chose that particular concept for the video out of several he was offered, specifically because it had him “like, floating and s**t.”  “I love, like, floating stuff,” he says. “I dunno, I just love that s**t.” He also liked that the story line was easy to follow.

While hanging in a genital-crushing harness was the worst part of the video, LAROI says his favorite part of the 12-hour shoot was when he and Justin filmed their scenes together. 

“I love vibing off of other people’s energies and stuff, and he has a lot of energy that he shows off in music videos,” LAROI explains. “He always brings a really good, high level of energy, so it was dope bouncing off of him.”

LAROI is VEVO’s final LIFT artist of 2021; he’ll also do three exclusive live performances for the video platform.

(Video contains copious uncensored profanity.)

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