Sting performed his new song “50,000” live on the BBC show Later… With Jools Holland.
Sting – “50,000”
Bruce Springsteen Talks with “CBS Sunday Morning”
Bruce Springsteen talked with “CBS Sunday Morning” about his upcoming autobiography. You can watch the segment below.
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Report: Label Let Frank Ocean Out of Contract Early
Mesfin Fekadu, writing for the Associated Press, details how a source claims Frank Ocean was let out of his record contract early:
Even before Frank Ocean released his albums “Endless” and “Blonde” on Apple Music last month, he and his label decided the relationship was over.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Ocean’s label, Def Jam, decided to let the singer out of his contract early because the relationship between the singer and the label was like a “bad marriage.” The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly speak about the topic, did not say how many albums Ocean was contracted for, but added that “it wasn’t going to work out.”
Sponsor: Every Time I Die to Release ‘Low Teens’ This Friday
Every Time I Die have been forging their own musical path for their 18+ years as a band. Keith Buckley (vocals), Andy Williams (guitar), Jordan Buckley (guitar), Daniel Davison (drums), and Steve Micciche (bass) continued this history when they recorded their upcoming album, Low Teens, with producer/engineer Will Putney (Acacia Strain, Body Count, Exhumed). Low Teens is the band’s most poignant and impassioned album in a career full of sardonic illuminations and pit-inciting fervor. Low Teens will be released on September 23rd, 2016. Make sure you’ve got it pre-ordered.
Every Time I Die will be on tour this fall with Beartooth, Fit For a King, and Old Wounds. Tickets are on sale now and all the dates can be found below.
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Halsey: Hey Buzzfeed, ‘Sorry I’m Not Gay Enough for You’
Hilary Hughes, writing at MTV, details Halsey’s tweet storm this weekend over a Buzzfeed article:
The more popular she becomes, the straighter she presents, so BuzzFeed says — and she has a big problem with that. She has since deleted her tweets, but went in before doing so: “tiresome analysis of my 1 year in the public eye and the ignorance of 8+ years of sexual discovery to determine if I’m truly queer. [And it] is part of a mentality so engrained in the erasure of bisexual ‘credibility’ even within the lgbt community.”
Punchline’s ‘Rewind’ EP Coming to Vinyl
TDR records will be pressing Punchline’s Rewind EP on vinyl.
A Day to Remember – “In Florida”
A Day to Remember’s new b-side, “In Florida,” is now up for stream.
MxPx Release New Version of ‘Life in General’
Bradley Walden on Mike Herrera’s Podcast
Bradley Walden of Emarosa was on the latest episode of Mike Herrera’s podcast.
Unwritten Law Announce New Tour Dates
Unwritten Law have announced some new tour dates. You can find those below.
Fall Out Boy Release “Bloom” Short Film Collaboration
Fall Out Boy have teamed up with Bobby Hundreds and We Are Famous to release the short film collaboration Bloom.
Most of us can relate to that that quiet moment right before a personal earthquake hits – where the world shatters at your very core and reality slowly cracks up to the surface like the protruding veins in your wrist. BLOOM explores the truth behind rising above failure and harnessing new life from it. The film stars the ever-amazing Scout Taylor-Compton (The Runaways, Halloween 2, Nashville) as a troubled young motorcyclist whose journey along a winding desert road is violently halted at a crossroads. Through sheer force of will she must choose a new, more positive life path, in order to rise from the ashes.
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Green Day Postpone Three Tour Dates
Green Day have postponed the first three dates of their upcoming tour due to an illness affecting several members of the band and crew. The full press release can be found below.
“Roadies” Gets Canceled
Cameron Crowe’s tour drama “Roadies” has been canceled by showtime.
Despite the mega-talent both on screen and behind the camera, “Roadies” struggled to find an audience and was met with mixed reviews. Variety‘s Maureen Ryan wrote that the show “feels like a Spotify playlist in search of a reason to exist,” in her initial review. The finale brought in just over 500,000 viewers, according to Nielsen’s “Live +3” ratings. The 10-episode run wrapped on Aug. 28.
When a Crackpot Runs for President
Nicholas Kristof, at The New York Times:
There are crackpots who believe that the earth is flat, and they don’t deserve to be quoted without explaining that this is an, er, outlying view, and the same goes for a crackpot who has argued that climate change is a Chinese-made hoax, who has called for barring Muslims and who has said that he will build a border wall and that Mexico will pay for it.
We owe it to our readers to signal when we’re writing about a crackpot. Even if he’s a presidential candidate. No, especially when he’s a presidential candidate.
2016 Emmy Awards Open Thread
The 2016 Emmy Awards are tonight. Coverage begins at 7pm ET on ABC. There’s an open thread in our entertainment forum for anyone interested in talking about the ceremony.