Tyler, the Creator is no stranger to controversy. After he was denied a visa to enter Australia earlier this month, the California based artist has been vocal about his displeasure with the ban he’s received. Now, according to Tyler’s manager Christian Clancy, he’s been banned from entering the UK “for somewhere between three to five years per a letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the United Kingdom”. The ban has hit Tyler and his fans in an even harsher way, as he’s had to cancel a stringof shows across the country. The cause of the ban is controversial in itself, being that it was due to his lyrics from up to six years ago on his debut project Bastard and his 2011 album Goblin.
Though he hasn’t returned to the violent subject material of those albums in about four years, he’s still being punished for them. As Clancy has stated, this situation highlights an issue of free speech being restricted for unfounded reasons.
Tyler won’t be back in the UK for a while, but you can catch him on tour in the US with A$AP Rocky, Danny Brown and Vince Staples. Tickets are available at rockyandtyler.com.
Will Lampley just turned 18. Follow him @willcDPR.
From his recent Fuk Wat They Talkin Bout mixtape, Tyga released his new music video for ‘Glitter’ today. Making references to his relationship with Kylie Jenner (we will assume he wrote this rap after she turned 18) in the new record, you can get the mixtape now on iTunes, while Tyga drives through Los Angeles in his new music video. Watch the official music video for ‘Glitter’ below.
‘White Iverson’ rapper Post Malone made a recent stop at Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club and tackled an often unspoken topic in the music industry, “industry plants”. For those who don’t know, an industry plant (as described by Complex) is “is a pithy derogative that we (haters) wield to imply that a rapper or singer is an upstart fraud, a record label puppet, a focus group-tested vessel of creativity so-called.” When Charlamagne Tha God warned Post that he would get questions about white privilege, Post joked about accusations that he is an industry plant. “I’m a industry plant,” said Post. When asked what that means, Post said “I don’t know, that’s what they call me.” Not sure if Post (or really anyone) is a plant, but it’s good to see he has a sense of humor about it.
Watch Post Malone’s full interview with The Breakfast Club below.
The Weeknd’s new studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, releases in just a few days (Aug. 28), and despite the LP leaking a week early, Abel is keeping the momentum going with the release of a new music video, for the album’s third and Kanye West-produced track, titled ‘Tell Your Friends’. Like the videos before (‘Can’t Feel My Face’, ‘The Hills’) the ‘Tell Your Friends’ video is another masterpiece and definitely will get you hyped for the new album.
Watch the official music video for ‘Tell Your Friends’ below and pre-order Beauty Behind the Madness now on iTunes.
OVO Sound‘s Majid Jordan gave a guest mix today on the fourth episode OVOSOUND Radio. on Beats 1. During their guest mix, the Canadian producer duo (composed of Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman) premiered an exclusive new record, titled ‘Learn From Each Other’. The smooth record is definitely worth a listen and yet another example of how OVOSOUND Radio will continue to be a source of some of music’s hottest premieres.
Stream ‘Learn From Each Other’ below while it’s still available!
Earlier today Lana Del Rey shared the tracklist for her forthcoming LP, Honeymoon, the highly anticipated followup to her critically acclaimed album, Ultraviolence. And with pre-orders now available on iTunes, you can now also download the album’s third track, ‘Terrence Loves You’, Lana favorite record off Honeymoon. This new one is classic Lana, so if you’re a fan of her work to date (especially her more mellow tracks), then you will definitely fall in love with this one.
Following the release of his forthcoming and highly anticipated album, titled Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd will be hitting the road (with Travis Scott, Haley & Banks) for a big North American tour. Kicking off “The Madness” back home in Toronto, The Weeknd will be hitting a number of stops in November and December, including a date at the United Center in Chicago on Friday, November 6th. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 28th (the day you can buy his new LP) at Live Nation. Catching his amazing headlining performances at Coachella and Lollapalooza this year, this is definitely not a tour to miss!
Check out the tour dates for The Madness Fall Tour below!
In support of their debut album, A Lesson Unlearnt, British trio Until The Ribbon Breaks is embarking on a new headlining tour next month. Kicking off September 4th at the Larimer Lounge in Denver, UTRB is hitting a number of stops throughout the country, including a couple Chicago performances for the North Coast Music Festival. And if you’re in Chicago, you have just a few hours to enter our North Coast ticket giveaway so you can see the guys (one of our most anticipated acts of North Coast this year) and many more, at Union Park for Labor Day Weekend.
Check out the official tour dates below, and you can also check out Until The Ribbon Breaks’ new track ‘King’, a re-imagination of the Years & Years’ record of the same name. Tickets and more information can be found at UntilTheRibbonBreaks.com.
Travis Scott got us all counting down the days, when he released his best project to date, with Day Before Rodeo, a prequel of sorts for his debut album, simply titled Rodeo. While we didn’t know just how many days we would have to wait, they are finally winding down as the LP is scheduled to drop in just about a couple weeks (September 4th). And now, to increase that hype, Scott has shared the albums official cover art. Displaying possibly the dopest action figure ever created, La Flame’s Rodeo cover is lit (pun intended of course)!
Lana Del Rey surprised her fans today as she took to Instagram this morning to reveal the tracklist for her forthcoming album, Honeymoon. The highly anticipated follow-up to Ultraviolence will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow, August 21st, and you can look out for the album when it hit shelves next month on September 18th. Lana put out one of the year’s best albums with Ultraviolence, so we are excited to see how she follows such a critically acclaimed project.
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