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Marilyn Manson’s UK Concert Canceled After Protest Campaign

Marilyn Manson
Jason Tate

Consequence:

Marilyn Manson‘s October 29th show in Brighton, England, which was set to kick off his fall UK tour, has been canceled after pleas from a local politician and other protestors. Parliament member Sian Berry penned a letter that was co-signed by various victim support groups and the University of Sussex student union. In the letter, Berry wrote, “Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community.”

New Scott Sellers Interview

Rufio
Jason Tate

Scott Sellers talked with PunkRockTheory about his new album:

 I never talked much about mental health with Rufio. I feel like those songs were surface level. Material things. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized the importance of talking about the shit that’s going on in my brain. To friends. To family. To anyone who is listening. Talking freely about anxiety, or depression, or just mental health in general is a VERY hard thing to do- especially to someone who hasn’t experienced the same issues. A lot of people think that anxiety and/or depression equals suicide. Or self harm. Or substance abuse. Sure, those things do happen with some people, but I’m convinced that the majority of these people (me included) want to LIVE. And live a clean, and happy, and healthy life. Talking about about it in song is a lot easier for me. Talking about it via an email interview is cool too. 

Denis Villeneuve to Direct Next James Bond Film

James Bond
Jason Tate

Denis Villeneuve has been tapped to direct the next James Bond movie.

“Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I’m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory. I intend to honor the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come,” said Villeneuve. “This is a massive responsibility, but also, incredibly exciting for me and a huge honor.”

The Oral History of Simple Plan

Simple Plan
Jason Tate

Alternative Press have shared a new oral history of Simple Plan

Key to their success was Atlantic Records’ A&R manager Andy Karp. “One of the things I quickly learned about them is that they’re unbelievably hungry,” he recalls. “To this day, I’ve never worked with an artist that had a stronger work ethic than Simple Plan. They always did everything asked of them and more. They signed every autograph., They flew halfway around the world and back in 36 hours to take advantage of a promotional opportunity. They’re extremely nice, intelligent people. There was a mutual respect that remains to this day — that’s why I was able to maintain such a good relationship with them, even now.” .

Spotify CEO Invests in AI Defense Company

Jason Tate

TechCrunch:

The billionaire, who primarily lives in Stockholm, just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a 4-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, as first reported by the Financial Times and confirmed separately by TechCrunch. The deal makes it one of Europe’s most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe’s scramble to build its own military muscle as the world grows messier and the U.S. turns inward. […] But what started as an AI software company has grown much more ambitious. Helsing is now building its own strike drones and aircraft and said it’s working on a fleet of unmanned mini submarines in order to improve naval surveillance.

mewithoutYou’s ‘Pale Horses’ Turns 10

mewithoutYou
Jason Tate

Stereogum with a nice write-up on (the still criminally underrated) mewithoutYou:

I am writing this on the 10th anniversary of their sixth album, Pale Horses, because I believe that this band, and this album in particular, is still perplexingly overlooked and under-discussed. Part of the reason for this is that it’s hard to explain the band’s appeal. They’re hard to contextualize. Most people just don’t know what their deal is. mewithoutYou appears only sporadically in this fine publication, despite a 20+ year career opening for bands like Cursive and the Dismemberment Plan. One of their songs is namechecked in a 2014 list of 30 songs from the golden era of emo, and there’s a few honorable mentions of their new music in the postscripts of articles about other Songs/Albums of the Week. The only real dedicated coverage came in 2022 in write-ups of the band’s farewell tour.

Turnstile & My Chemical Romance Billboard Charts

Jason Tate

Turnstile debuted at #9 on the Billboard charts and My Chemical Romance returned to #6 with their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge re-release.

My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, released in 2004, reaches the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time, as the set reenters at No. 6 following a deluxe reissue. It previously peaked at No. 28 in 2005. In total, Three Cheers marks the fourth top 10-charting effort for the band, and its second-highest-charting set — second only to the No. 2-peaking The Black Parade in 2006. Three Cheers also marks the band’s first top 10 since April 2014, when the compilation May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001-2013 reached No. 9.

In the tracking week ending June 12, Three Cheers earned nearly 44,000 equivalent album units (up 809%), with album sales comprising 37,000 (up 2,987% — it reenters at a new peak of No. 2 on Top Album Sales; it’s the group’s best sales week since Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys debuted with 112,000 in 2010), SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 8.88 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s 44,000 units earned mark the band’s best week by that metric  since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by units in December 2014.

Hayley Williams Calls Out CCM Industry

Hayley Williams
Jason Tate

Variety:

“The amount of things I have to say and the amount of people i know who were likely changed forever by this man and by the industry that empowered/enabled him… and no one but the TikToker who broke this story has said a word about Michael Tait needing gay-affirming support,” Williams says at the beginning of her message.

New The Ataris Interview

The Ataris
Jason Tate

Mike Davenport of The Ataris talks with Punktastic:

It’s both. It’s both. It’s the resurgence. I can’t say enough about how punk rock, pop punk is back. It’s a beautiful thing. There was a time when what people call emo or screamo, that kind of thing, kind of took over from I would say maybe 2008 to 2015. And things were a lot tougher for pop punk bands, especially in America. So I do believe that there is a resurgence, especially in America and here in Europe as well. Because of bands like Green Day and The Offspring and Blink 182, everybody has come back. All of us, other bands that are the next level below, like Alkaline Trio and The Ataris and bands like that… Less Than Jake… we’ve all seen a resurgence as well. So it’s timing, right? I try to equate it to when we came up in the late 90s. It’s the same timing is happening then as now. I have a 14 year old and my 14 year old is hardcore into punk rock, and I get to see his perspective of me. He loves Green Day. He loves Pierce the Veil. That’s his jam: Sleeping with Sirens, that kind of thing. And his dad just happens to be in The Ataris. So it works out well. He does like those bands more than The Ataris, I’ll tell you that. But he can appreciate us as well.

Coca-Cola Launches Record Label

Cheers
Jason Tate

Coca-Cola have teamed up with Universal Music Group to form a new label.

The new label will take a genre-agnostic approach to signing artists, rather aiming to find authentic voices from around the world. The label aims to be a launchpad for the next generation of music talent, already having signed new artists.

Ingrid Andress, After the Anthem

Ingrid Andress
Jason Tate

Ingrid Andress talks with Glamour about the viral National Anthem performance:

In 2024, country star Ingrid Andress made a mistake: She sang the national anthem at a televised baseball game, and did it drunk. The internet was ruthless in that very particular way that seems to be reserved for successful young women in the public eye. Now, the 33-year-old—happy, peaceful, and working on new music—reflects on the lead-up, the fallout, and the future.

GoFundMe for Longineu Parsons III

gofundme
Jason Tate

A GoFundMe has been started for medical bills for Longineu Parsons III, the former drummer of Yellowcard.

LP3 is facing a life-threatening dental emergency that has sadly prevented him from working and performing. He’s dealing with a rapidly spreading infection and is in urgent need of emergency dental surgery. His medical bills are mounting, and he truly needs our help. LP3 is a vital part of several projects, and any support you can offer would mean the world.

Former Newsboys Frontman Accused of Sexual Assault

Newsboys
Jason Tate

Former Newsboys frontman, Michael Tait, has been accused of grooming and sexual assault:

It’s been called Nashville’s worst-kept secret. For decades, allegations have circulated that Newsboys frontman Michael Tait, formerly of DC Talk, had groomed and sexually assaulted numerous victims.

And after a two-and-a-half-year investigation by The Roys Report (TRR), which included interviewing more than 50 sources, TRR has documented Tait’s alleged predatory pattern with stories dating back more than two decades.

Gibson Launches Search for ‘Back to the Future’ Guitar

Jason Tate

The Hollywood Reporter:

Gibson — the guitar brand behind the iconic cherry red ES-345 Michael J. Fox wielded in the movie — announced that it’s on the hunt for the guitar, with the company sharing a callout Tuesday asking for anyone who may have details on its location to reach out with tips. “Have You Seen This Guitar?” Gibson’s poster reads, accompanied by a still from the movie of Fox playing the instrument. The search — and if all goes the way Gibson would like, the re-discovery — will be featured in an upcoming documentary the company is producing called Lost to the Future. 

Taylor Swift OG Streams Spike

Taylor Swift
Jason Tate

The Hollywood Reporter:

According to figures Spotify shared with The Hollywood Reporter, streams on all of the original versions of her older albums at least doubled on Friday, May 30, compared to the albums’ average daily streams from April 1 through May 29. (Spotify didn’t disclose specific streaming numbers themselves, only percentage changes.)