The flick captures the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers performing at Mexico City’s Arena Ciudad de Mexico on October 27, 2016, during their Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Tour.
The show features a rendition of Aerosmith’s chart-topping 1998 power ballad “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” as well as such classics as “Walk This Way,” “Dream On,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Love in an Elevator,” “Cryin'” and “Rag Doll.” The band also played some select covers, including The Beatles‘ “Come Together” and Rufus Thomas‘ “Walking the Dog.”
As previously reported, the five-part series has been offering a new archival “official bootleg” concert film featuring never-before-seen footage debuting weekly on the band’s YouTube channel. Each flick captures Aerosmith during a different decade.
Meanwhile, Aerosmith is set to begin its 50th anniversary tour next month. The band’s schedule kicks off with a September 4 concert in Bangor, Maine, followed by a September 8 show at Boston’s Fenway Park and two eight-date Las Vegas residencies at the Dolby Live at Park MGM venue. The Vegas engagements run from September 14 to October 5 and November 19 to December 11.
A few weeks back, Aerosmith launched a contest at Tunespeak.com offering fans who watch the 50 Years Live! concert films each week a chance to win two tickets to the band’s Fenway Park show. Those who enter will also have the opportunity to win an Aerosmith T-shirt.
Shakman on the set of “WandaVision”/Marvel Studios
While Marvel Studios is characteristically mum so far,The Hollywood Reporter says a 2024 Fantastic Four reboot could have found its director in Matt Shakman, who called the shots on the Emmy-nominated Marvel series WandaVision for Disney+.
Shakman is a veteran of both comedy and epic storytelling, with credits that range from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to Game of Thrones.
The project is key for the studio, as Fantastic Four — the stretchy genius Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic; The Invisible Woman/Sue Storm; the self-immolating Human Torch/Bobby Storm; and the Hulk-strong and made of stone The Thing/Ben Grimm — are referred to as “Marvel’s First Family” by comic die-hards.
That said, the team that debuted in 1961 has had trouble finding a footing on the big screen: There were a pair of films in the early 2000s, but they weren’t well received by fans — with the exception, by and large, of the performance of eventual Captain America Chris Evans, who played Johnny.
In 2015, then-rights-holder 20th Century Fox tried to reboot the superhero quartet, but the project was beset with problems and was a total failure at the box office.
Disney’s acquisition of Fox brought Fantastic Four under the Marvel Studios umbrella, and studio head Kevin Feige announced in 2020 that a Marvel Cinematic Universe film was on its way with Spider-Man series director Jon Watts at the helm, but he left the project earlier this year.
Fans only recent MCU glimpse of F4 was over the summer, with John Krasinski playing Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — but that was understood to be one version of the hero and not necessarily the one we’ll see going forward.
The late “Dimebag” Darrell‘s longtime guitar tech, Grady Champion, will be taking part in Pantera‘s upcoming reunion shows.
In an Instagram post, Champion shares that while he won’t be the tech for Zakk Wylde, who’s playing guitar in the reformed metal outfit in place of Dime, he will “run effects and help bring Dime’s tone to the party.”
“The details of the rig and stuff are still to be worked out yet,” Champion says.
Champion also plans to bring some of Dime’s personal gear for Wylde to use, courtesy of Rita Haney, Dime’s longtime partner and trustee of his estate.
Elsewhere in the post, Champion shares his thoughts on Pantera’s reunion, which will feature surviving members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown, as well as Wylde and Anthrax‘s Charlie Benante in place of drummer Vinnie Paul, Dime’s older brother. Some have criticized Anselmo and Brown for reforming the band and continuing to use the Pantera name without Dime and Vinnie, both of whom have passed away since the group broke up in 2003.
“Anyone that brings up ‘money grab’ has no concept of reality,” Champion says. “How much it takes from people to do this. More dedication that you’ll ever see, tears, all of it. If you want to hate, don’t go, I don’t want to hear it.”
“If you want a Pantera experience, this is it,” he adds. “We’re giving it hell, and going to give it all there is to give. Philip, Rex Brown, Zakk and Char Benante are going to bring it.”
The first Pantera reunion shows are scheduled for this December at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven festival and Slipknot‘s South American Knotfests.
(JACKSON, N.J.) — At least five people were injured on a ride at a Six Flags Great Adventure theme park on Thursday, officials from the park said.
According to a statement from the park, several of the passengers on the El Toro ride at the Jackson, New Jersey, park reported back pain. Five of those passengers were taken to a local medical facility for evaluation, according to a spokesperson from Six Flags Great Adventure.
Park officials said the ride is currently closed for inspection, as of Thursday night.
The Department of Community Affairs said Six Flags alerted them of the incident Thursday evening through their amusement ride incident hotline number, according to ABC Philadelphia affiliate, WVPI.
Six Flags reported witnesses hearing a loud bang and seeing jolting from the El Toro roller coaster as it was in operation, the DCA told WVPI. Multiple injuries were reported.
According to the DCA, Six Flags said 14 people were treated at the scene. Five of those treated required transport to the hospital, WVPI reported.
According to WVPI, one passenger suffered a neck injury, two reported back injuries and two others were treated for mouth and tongue injuries.
El Toro is one of the tallest wooden roller coasters in the world with a maximum speed of 70 mph, according to the park.
State officials fined the amusement park last summer when the El Toro partially derailed, according to WVPI.
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(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Friday made public the redacted affidavit that supported the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
After reviewing the DOJ’s proposed redactions Thursday, a magistrate judge had ordered the redacted affidavit filed in the public docket by noon Friday.
A coalition of news organizations, including ABC News, had argued that the release was in the public interest.
The FBI special agent tasked with writing the affidavit supporting the search of Mar-a-Lago writes that as a result of their ongoing criminal investigation they had “probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified [National Defense Information] or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at [Mar a Lago].”
“There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at [Mar a Lago],” the affidavit continues.
The redacted affidavit is a total of 32 pages with an attachment, including a May 25 letter signed by former President Trump’s lawyer Evan Corcoran outlining what is described as Trump’s authorities regarding presidential records.
The unredacted portions of the affidavit put on display the timeline of the Justice Department’s investigation leading up to their unprecedented move to search the residence of a former president.
It was kicked off, according to the affidavit, after a special agent for the National Archives’ inspector general sent a criminal referral to DOJ revealing that the 15 boxes handed over by Trump’s team in January revealed “highly classified records” intermingled with otherwise innocuous documents.
The affidavit goes on to outline further interactions between NARA and Trump’s team to secure the return of records that were improperly taken from the White House.
Between May 16-18, the affidavit says, an FBI review revealed that in those 15 boxes handed over in January 2021 there were 184 total documents bearing the following classifications:
67 documents marked as CONFIDENTIAL92 documents marked as SECRET25 documents marked as TOP SECRET
“Further,” the affidavit continues, “the FBI agents observed markings reflecting the following compartments/dissemination controls: HCS, FISA, ORCON, NOFORN, and SI. Based on my training and experience, I know that documents classified at these levels typically contain [National Defense Information]. Several of the documents also contained what appears to be FPOTUS ‘s handwritten notes.”
The affidavit then details communications between DOJ and one of Trump’s top lawyers, Evan Corcoran, in May 2021, in which Corcoran claimed Trump had the “absolute authority to declassify documents” and that the letter be provided to any grand jury investigating the matter.
The filing then further references a public Breitbart article from May 5 featuring an interview with former top Trump aide Kash Patel, who sought to rebut claims Trump took classified materials to Mar-a-Lago because he claimed Trump had declassified the docs en masse. There’s no evidence this happened, however, and Trump’s team has produced no such documentation proving as much.
Later in the affidavit, DOJ details a letter from one off its lawyers to Corcoran that “reiterated” Mar-a-Lago was not authorized to store classified information and requested the room docs were stored in to be further secured and the docs “be preserved in that room in their current condition until further notice.” There is no mention in this section of DOJ instructing the president’s team to simply add a lock to the room, though that is what Trump’s legal team has claimed repeatedly — this is a direct request from DOJ that the documents not be moved from the room.
An unredacted header later reads, “There is Probable Cause to Believe That Documents Containing Classified NDI and Presidential Records Remain at the Premises.”
And following several pages of redacted lines, the affidavit agent concludes that, “Based upon this investigation, I believe that the STORAGE ROOM, FPOTUS’s residential suite, Pine Hall, the “45 Office,” and other spaces within the PREMISES are not currently authorized locations for the storage of classified information or NDI. Similarly, based upon this investigation, I do not believe that any spaces within the PREMISES have been authorized for the storage of classified information at least since the end of FPOTUS ‘s Presidential Administration on January 20, 2021.”
“As described above, evidence of the SUBJECT OFFENSES has been stored in multiple locations at the PREMISES,” the affidavit says.
In their original request for sealing the affidavit, the agent states that keeping it sealed was necessary because the FBI had still “not yet identified all potential criminal confederates nor located all evidence related to its investigation.”
“Premature disclosure of the contents of this affidavit and related documents may have a significant and negative impact on the continuing investigation and may severely jeopardize its effectiveness by allowing criminal parties an opportunity to flee, destroy evidence (stored electronically and otherwise), change patterns of behavior, and notify criminal confederates,” the affidavit states.
The affidavit also outlines the procedures agents would use in executing the search, that a Privilege Review Team separate from the ‘Case Team’ would search Trump’s personal office and “be available to assist in the event that a procedure involving potentially attorney-client privileged information is required.”
“If the Privilege Review Team determines the documents or data are not potentially attorney-client privileged, they will be provided to the law-enforcement personnel assigned to the investigation,” the affidavit says. “If at any point the law-enforcement personnel assigned to the investigation subsequently identify any data or documents that they consider may be potentially attorney-client privileged, they will cease the review of such identified data or documents and refer the materials to the Privilege Review Team for further review by the Privilege Review Team.”
ABC News’ Will Steakin and Luke Barr contributed to this report.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Motionless in White has released a new version of the single “Masterpiece” as part of the band’s Motion Picture Collection series.
As with previous tracks in the project, the Motion Picture Collection edition of “Masterpiece” gives it a more cinematic makeover with dramatic piano and sweeping orchestral arrangements. You can listen to it now via digital outlets.
The original “Masterpiece” appears on Motionless in White’s new album, Scoring the End of the World, which dropped in June. It’s the first MiW single to reach the top 10 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Motionless in White will hit the road in continued support of Scoring the End of the World on the second leg of their Trinity of Terror tour alongside Black Veil Brides and Ice Nine Kills, kicking off September 3 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Members of Coldplay are reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the band’s 2002 sophomore album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.
Speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music Hits, drummer Will Champion remembers being unsure whether the song “Clocks” should be included on the album.
“I said, ‘Yeah, this is not a song,'” Champion recalls. “And then someone else, our manager at the time, was saying, ‘If that’s a hit, I’ll eat my hat,’ that kind of thing.”
Of course, “Clocks” became one of Coldplay’s biggest hits and most beloved songs, and even won a Grammy for Record of the Year.
While there was some disagreement about “Clocks,” everyone was immediately onboard with a different Rush single, “The Scientist.”
“Chris [Martin] says, ‘I’ve got this song to play to you,'” bassist Guy Berryman shares. “Just on the little upright piano, he just played and sang the whole song from beginning to end, and it was kind of finished. We were like, ‘Oh wow. OK. That’s really great.'”
“I can see everything about that moment, clear as day in my head, when I heard it for the first time,” Champion adds. “Just, like, ‘OK, that’s going to be one we’re going to play forever, for sure.'”
Meanwhile, Coldplay’s longtime creative director and “fifth member” Phil Harvey has posted a statement on the band’s Twitter marking Rush‘s milestone.
“Happy 20th birthday to A Rush of Blood to the Head, the album that almost broke us but ended up making us,” Harvey writes. “I’m so grateful that we’re still the same gang of five brothers.”
The anniversary celebration continues with a 4K upgrade of “The Scientist” video, streaming now on YouTube.
Nicki Minaj’s greatest hits have been compiled into an album that is now available on streaming services.
Released as a surprise drop, Queen Radio: Volume 1 features 28 songs from throughout her career, including “Beez In the Trap,” “Truffle Butter,” “Anaconda,” “Super Bass,” “Starships,” “Roman’s Revenge,” “Moment 4 Life” (feat. Drake), “Your Love,” “Save Me” and “Fly” with Rihanna.
Queen Radio: Volume 1 arrives after Nicki earned her first solo #1 with “Super Freaky Girl.” She’s receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 VMAs Sunday, where she’ll perform for the first time in four years.
When Elton John decided he wanted to follow up his global hit “Cold Heart,” featuring Dua Lipa, with something similar, he tapped his friend, producer Andrew Watt — who produced Elton’s 2021 album The Lockdown Sessions — to create it. The result, “Hold Me Closer,” is “a celebration,” Watt tells Variety.
Watt tells Variety that he and Elton decided to do a dance remix of “Tiny Dancer,” so Watt was provided with the original audio material from the 1972 classic. He called in his fellow producer Cirkut to work on the track, which Elton loved. But then, Watt says, Elton came up with the idea to throw another one of his songs in there.
According to Watt, he and Elton were in Toronto when Elton’s husband and manager, David Furnish, started showing Elton some new merchandise based on the imagery of his 1992 album The One.
Watt says, “We’re staring at this hoodie while sitting on the couch, and it hits Elton: What about ‘The One'” — the album’s top 10 title track — “for the verses? He starts singing it, but he’s singing it a little different … We took the vocal from that and tweaked it. ‘Tiny Dancer’ and ‘The One’ are 20-something years apart, but they worked together unbelievably.”
Then Elton decided he wanted another artist on the track and thought Britney would be perfect.
“The fact that it came together and she wanted to do it and how she sounded on the record — you couldn’t have made it up,” raves Watt. “It’s amazing. It’s a moment in time.”
Noting that “everyone is on edge these days,” Watt says, “This song is just a celebration. It hopefully keeps the summer going for another couple of months … you can just leave everything off to the side and enjoy.”
This Sunday night’s MTV VMAs will have just as many stars presenting Moon Person statues as it has stars performing.
Announced as presenters for this year’s telecast are Avril Lavigne, Chlöe Bailey, Dove Cameron, Bebe Rexha, Latto, Dixie D’Amelio, DJ Khaled, Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, Offset, Billy G, Ashley Graham, Billy Eichner and legendary comedy duo Cheech & Chong, aka Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
Plus, the Extended Play Stage Presented by Doritos® lineup for the show includes Lauren Spencer Smith, Conan Gray, Flo Milli and JID.
The 2022 MTV VMAs air Sunday, August 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
