Yesterday marked the fourth night ofSummerfest‘s 49th Anniversary celebration. Unlike many other premiere music festivals, Milwaukee’s lakeside festival, Summerfest, brings an especially diverse list of performers to Wisconsin every year. Tonight the World’s Largest Music Festival had some huge names including Nelly, Rachel Platten, Moon Taxi, Billy Idol, Hippo Campus, Blue Oyster Cult and many more.
Check out our Summerfest Day 4 photos below and peep our Day 3 Summerfest photos here!
Frank Ocean fans everywhere can rejoice because the channel ORANGE singer has announced, via his website boysdontcry.co, that his highly anticipated and frequently delayed sophomore album, Boys Don’t Cry, will release next month (July 2016). Poking fun at the patience his fans have shown, Frank shared this news via a “Date Due” receipt with stamps of various and previous release dates for the LP, ending with a July 2016 date.
Let’s just hope that this last release date, is truly the last release date, because ever since the Odd Future singer emerged with his Nostalgia Ultra mixtape, fans have been hooked. His debut LP is easily one of the best debut projects from an R&B singer, and since he is taking his time for the next one, expectations for Boys Don’t Cry are at an all-time high.
Tonight marked the third night ofSummerfest‘s 49th Anniversary celebration. Unlike many other premiere music festivals, Milwaukee’s lakeside festival, Summerfest, brings an especially diverse list of performers to Wisconsin every year. Tonight the World’s Largest Music Festival had some huge names including Timeflies, O.A.R., the Commodores and more.
Check out our Summerfest Day 3 photos below and peep our Day 2 Summerfest photos here!
SAVEMONEY‘s Towkio has announced his newest project and it’s just around the corner. Releasing next month, on July 7th, Towkio will drop his EP, Community Service 2, a follow up to his 2013 Community Service EP. The EP will feature his Savemoney brothers, including Vic Mensa and Joey Purp, and will be laced with production from Peter Cottontale, Smoko Ono, Mr. Carmack and more. The project was recorded at Rick Rubin’s Malibu residence “Shangri-La”, and is Towkio’s first new project his .Wav Theory mixtape.
Tonight marked night 2 ofSummerfest‘s 49th Anniversary celebration. Unlike many other premiere music festivals, Milwaukee’s lakeside festival, Summerfest, brings an especially diverse list of performers to Wisconsin every year. Tonight the World’s Largest Music Festival had some huge names and a lot of rain, with Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull, headlining the Marcus Amphitheatre with Farruko, Passion Pit, legendary rockers Styx, GGOOLLDD and more.
Check out our Summerfest Day 2 photos below and peep our Day 1 Summerfest photos here!
A few hours ago, the first headlining performances came to a close for the opening night ofSummerfest‘s big 49th Anniversary. Unlike many other premiere music festivals, Milwaukee’s Summerfest brings an especially diverse list of performers to Milwaukee’s lakefront every year. Tonight the World’s Largest Music Festival had some huge names, with pop superstar Selena Gomez headlining the Marcus Amphitheatre Stage, joined by the Joe Jonas-led DNCE, while the ground stages saw performances from EDM’s Martin Garrix, Willie Nelson, Kiings, Finish Ticket and more.
Of the Adult Swim Singles Program, Chicago’s Joey Purp and SaveMoney producer Thelonious Martin have released their new record, ‘Bomaye’. The track features a unique blend of deep bass and a classic sound that go more than well with Purp’s flow, making for a great SaveMoney collaboration. If you like what you hear, definitely catch Purp on tour with Vic Mensa this summer and stay tuned as Thelonious Martin is releasing his project Late Night Programming later this year.
Everyone and their mother has an opinion about Kanye West and his new music video for his The Life of Pablo record, ‘Famous’. The video, which debuted last Friday night to a sold-out crowd at The Forum, depicts a number of nude celebrities that have played some sort of huge role in West’s life. Whether it’s Taylor Swift to his right, Kim Kardashian-West to his left, or even George Bush, a number of life-like wax figures were created for Kanye’s newest piece of art. While there is a lot of speculation whether some of these celebrities will sue Kanye, Mr. West is gladly inviting everyone to try him with a lawsuit, however he may be safe due to an unlikely source.
Decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court made a unanimous decision in the case of Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell. The 1988 case was a result of a parody advertisement that Hustler placed in its November 1983 issue, that depicted the famous minister and political leader (Falwell) as a drunk who had a sexual relationship with his mother in an outhouse. As a result, Falwell sued for libel, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and at the lower court level, he won $150,000 in damages for the offensive advertisement.
Lucky for Hustler and a future Kanye West however, the magazine’s attorneys decided to appeal and the Supreme Court took on the question of whether the First Amendment (freedom of speech) protects offensive statements about public figures, especially when it results in the suffering of emotional distress. And in an unanimous decision, the Supreme Court answered yes. Since Falwell was a public figure, he was not able to recover for intentional infliction of emotional distress because a person would not reasonably believe that the offensive speech in this case was an actual fact. Therefore, because no one would actually think that this ad in Hustler was real and accurate, their speech was protected by the First Amendment.
This decision was huge for free speech in relation to public figures and celebrities, and fast forward over two decades later, this very case applies to the protection of Kanye West’s newest music video. While we still live in America, and people can sue for almost any reason, that does not mean they will be successful. And because of the decision in Hustler v. Falwell, anyone that takes on Kanye West in court over his ‘Famous’ video will have a tough time. Not only is the video arguable not offensive or defamatory, since nudity is artistic and beautiful (one could easily argue) and not by itself offensive, but no reasonable person, especially given all the press this video has received, would actually think that the video showcased the actual nude body of Taylor Swift, George Bush and more. While the wax figures were remarkably life-like, they were obviously not the real celebrities that the figures portrayed.
I can easily understand why a celebrity would be upset, but they can blame the attorneys from Hustler. If the Supreme Court unanimously decided to protect a porn magazine from suggesting that someone is a drunk who has sex with their mother, then the majority of courts could certainly decide to protect an artist (inspired by well-known painting) from simply using nude wax figures of famous celebrities in his piece.
Kanye may not have to wait too long before someone calls his bluff and sues him, but I have a feeling he will be just fine.
Calvin Harris – Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Hours ago, pop superstar Ariana Grande stepped off stage at Chicago’s Allstate Arena for another great year of the B96 Pepsi Summer Bash. With some awesome performances from the biggest names in music, the packed crowd in Rosement, IL also saw sets from Meghan Trainor, EDM superstar Calvin Harris, Mike Posner, Charlie Puth, Daya and Bebe Rexha. Whether it was it was one of earlier sets from an emerging name in pop, or one of the night’s headlining sets, everyone from top to bottom delivered for the Windy City.
Kicking things off for the night in her Chicago Cubs jersey was 17-year-old singer, Daya. Although she is new to the game, she already has three big singles in constant rotation. Whether it’s her debut single ‘Hide Away’, her empowering anthem ‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’, or her Chainsmokers collaboration, ‘Don’t Let Me Down’, Daya is killing it, even before her high school graduation. Following Daya’s opening performance was the talented Bebe Rexha. Although she is still making a name for herself as a performer, you know more about the New York native than you think. She has written for a number of big artists in the past, including Eminem and Rihanna’s hit single ‘Monster’, but now if you ask her, the G-Eazy collaborator would tell you she’s focused on “me, myself and I.” Rexha isn’t far removed from her last performance at the Allstate, where she opened for singer Ellie Goulding, and as always she put on a memorable performance.
Next up was Mike Posner, who has been getting spins on B96 years ago, ever since his breakout single, ‘Cooler Than Me’. Now, many years removed from his debut album and college days, the Duke graduate is currently promoting his new album, At Night, Alone. Opening with a couple records off his new sophomore LP, Mike Posner brought some folk-influenced pop to the Chicago crowd. Although Mike kept it intimate with his album version of his newest hit single, ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’, he still found time to get the crowd hype when he took it back for ‘Cooler Than Me’. Fans left wanting more will be able to catch Posner back in the Windy City this August, as he supports Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato on their forthcoming tour.
Following Mike and his guitar was Charlie and his piano, Charlie of course, being singer/songwriter Charlie Puth. Opening with his Meghan Trainor collaboration, ‘Marvin Gaye’, Charlie killed it on the keys. And while his skills on the piano are more than impressive, the night was not about boasting, as Puth had the crowd light up the arena as he dedicated his performance of his #1 record, ‘See You Again’, to all the lives lost in Orlando. Moments later, after Puth said his goodbyes to the Chicago crowd, it was time to rage as Calvin Harris performed his only radio show of 2016. Getting the crowd moving to hit after hit, the highlight of Harris’ performance came as his new Rihanna collaboration, ‘This Is What You Came For’, was blasted throughout the Allstate.
After Calvin Harris and Charlie Puth’s performances, the other half of Puth’s ‘Marvin Gaye’ collaboration, that being Meghan Trainor, stepped on stage. Trainor opened with her most recent single, ‘Me Too’ and closed with her big 2016 record, ‘No’, but the crowd began to erupt as Meghan teased fans by performing a “brand new song that (she) wrote for Chicago”, which was really her smash hit, ‘All About That Bass’.
Soon after Trainor stepped off stage, it was time for the birthday girl, singer Ariana Grande, to bless fans with her headlining performance. Grande, who turned 23 today, gave an extra special performance for Chicago tonight, and it is hard to imagine a better way for her to celebrate her big day. The entire crowd sang Happy Birthday for the ‘Dangerous Woman’ singer as she emerged, and in return she sang a collection of her biggest hits to date, giving the B96 Pepsi Summer Bash an ending to remember.
Check out our photos from the B96 Pepsi Summer Bash below.
Ever since fans heard Desiigner’s ‘Panda’ on Kanye West’s latest album, The Life of Pablo, the young rapper and New York native instantly became one of the most successful artists in rap music. With his debut record, Desiigner broke records that other huge names in rap haven’t achieved throughout their entire career. The only problem, was fans wanted more. But with Desiigner’s overnight success, “more” would have to wait.
Lucky for fans, more is finally here as the GOOD Music artist has released his debut project with his new mixtape, New English. With features from his label president, rapper Pusha T, and King Savage, the emerging artist has given us 13 records to tide us over until ‘Panda’ and New English is followed by a full length album. The mixtape debuted on Tidal, but fans can check it out now on Audiomack.
The sixth track of the Adult Swim Singles Program comes from Chicago based SaveMoney collective producer Thelonious Martin featuring rising rapper Joey Purp, also from the SaveMoney crew. As premiered by Complex here, “Bomaye” boasts a classic sound, rich bass and an unexpected musical transition providing the backdrop to Purp’s deep lyrics that depict the harsh realities of the Chicago streets. Thelonious Martin also has a project dropping later this year called Late Night Programming. Check Joey Purp on tour this summer with Vic Mensa (dates below). “Bomaye” is now available for free download via AdultSwim.com/singles. Give this one a listen and share.
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