“Born Again” Single OUT NOW Born Again – Album Out Tomorrow
Celebrated producer and musician DangerMouse and talented New York rapper Jemini (aka Jemini The Gifted One) have released shimmering single, “Born Again” – listen here.
“Born Again” is a bouncy-yet-bittersweet hip-hop track inspired by redemption and overcoming adversity; the single follows the swaggering “Brooklyn Bazquiat” and is the title track of the duo’s second album.
Danger Mouse & Jemini’s Born Again album was recorded back in 2004, yet has remained unreleased for nearly two decades now. This previously unheard and long-delayed record will finally be made available tomorrow (25th August) via Lex Records. The release coincides with the twentieth anniversary of Danger Mouse & Jemini’s 2003 debut LP – and Danger Mouse’s first official release on a record label – hip-hop cult classic, Ghetto Pop Life.
“Born Again is everything you could hope for and more with Danger Mouse laying down a varying display of his talents while Jemini’s verses are delivered with pure passion.”– GLIDE MAGAZINE
“The track opens the door to a hip-hop era long gone.” – CONSEQUENCE (on “Brooklyn Bazquiat”)
“It’s a bold, confident, boom bap song with a fun flute loop and the hook plays off the same Slick Rick interpolation as Biggie’s ‘Hypnotize.’” – BROOKLYN VEGAN (on “Brooklyn Bazquiat”)
Danger Mouse & Jemini Born Again tracklist:
01. All I 02. Locked Up 03. Me 04. Knuckle Sandwich II 05. Born Again 06. Brooklyn Bazquiat 07. Walk the Walk 08. Where You From 09. Dear Poppa 10. World Music
GHOST DEVOTIONAL POP-UP Confess Your Sins at the GRAMMY Museum August 21 through September 17
As Ghost’s September 11-12 headline stand at the Kia Forum looms ever closer, the GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles has unveiled the Ghost Devotional Pop-Up. As the faithful await the return of Papa Emeritus IV and co. to the City of Angels, they are invited to enter the hand crafted, custom built confession booth and bare their souls about why they think Ghost are the best rock band in the world! Make amends and leave atoned, with a souvenir photo of the experience.
The Ghost Devotional Pop-Up was designed and fabricated by Justin Ware of Creativeware (Beastie Boys Exhibit at Orange County Museum of Art) and built by carpenter/welder Greg S. Gilday (The Mandalorian, Tenet, Westworld). The custom created structure will be accompanied by a museum installation displaying Papa Emeritus III’s outfit worn at the 2015 GRAMMYs® —the year Ghost took the Best Metal Performance award for “Cirice” from the band’s third album, Meliora.
The Ghost Devotional Pop Up will be open to GRAMMY Museum visitors through September 17. Ghost’s RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023 continues through September 12–remaining dates as follows:
08/23/23 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake 08/24/23 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live 08/25/23 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 08/27/23 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 08/29/23 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park 08/30/23 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place 08/31/23 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 09/02/23 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman 09/03/23 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater 09/05/23 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 09/07/23 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater 09/08/23 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 09/11/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 09/12/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
ABOUT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM
The GRAMMY Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and exploring music from yesterday and today to inspire the music of tomorrow through exhibits, education, grants, preservation initiatives, and public programming. Paying tribute to our collective musical heritage, the Museum values and celebrates the dynamic connection in people’s diverse backgrounds and music’s many genres, telling stories that inspire us, and creative expression that leads change in our industry.For more information, visit www.grammymuseum.org, “like” the GRAMMY Museum on Facebook, and follow @GRAMMYMuseum on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
ABOUT GHOST:
GHOST continues to elevate and reaffirm its status as one of the world’s most celebrated creative forces. Accumulating well over a billion streams, the GRAMMY-winning Swedish theatrical rock band continues to bring the “euphoric spectacle” (ROLLING STONE) of its live shows to ever-growing and increasingly impassioned crowds, headlining arena tours including sold out shows from the Forum in Los Angeles and Barclays Center in New York to London’s O2 Arena and Stockholm’s Avicii Arena. In March 2022, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES reported in a Calendar cover story that Ghost had “conquered metal and the charts” when its fifth album IMPERA debuted at #1 in a sweep of the U.S. album charts, entering the BILLBOARD 200 at #2 and bowing at #1 in the band’s native Sweden as well as Germany and Finland, while cracking the top 5 in the UK (#2), Netherlands (#2), Belgium (#2), Canada (#3), Australia (#3), France (#5), Ireland (#5), and more. Produced by Klas Åhlund and mixed by Andy Wallace — and featuring “Spillways”—hailed as a “sweetly constructed rock tune” by THE NEW YORK TIMES and recently reimagined with Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, the #7 YouTube trending GRAMMY-nominated “Call Me Little Sunshine,” and Active Rock #1 radio single “Hunter’s Moon” — IMPERA finds Ghost transported centuries forward from the Black Plague era of its previous album, 2018 Best Rock Album GRAMMY nominee Prequelle—or as ROLLING STONE put it, “Ghost predicted the pandemic, Now the metal band is foretelling the fall of empires.” The result is the most ambitious and lyrically incisive entry in the Ghost canon: Over the course of IMPERA’s 12-song cycle, empires rise and fall, would-be messiahs ply their hype (financial and spiritual alike), prophecies are foretold as the skies fill with celestial bodies divine and man-made… All in all, the most current and topical Ghost subject matter to date is set against a hypnotic and darkly colorful melodic backdrop making IMPERA a listen like no other — yet unmistakably, quintessentially Ghost. Ghost closed out 2022 by cracking the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, with the RIAA gold-certified “Mary on a Cross.” Earlier this year, in the wake of IMPERA winning Favorite Rock Album at the American Music Awards and Best Rock Album of the Year at the iHeart Radio Music Awards, Ghost unveiled PHANTOMIME, a five-song covers EP intended from the start to follow IMPERA. A diverse and spellbinding sampling of Ghost’s musical DNA, PHANTOMIME is comprised of covers of classics and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner. PHANTOMIME pays tribute in equal measure to every one of these unique influences while stamping them all with Ghost’s undeniable sonic signature. Currently, Ghost is in the midst of a triumphant return to North America, in the form of its RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023, making stops in more than two dozen cities before its two-night finale the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on September 11th and 12th.
The End Is Nero North American Tour Kicks Off Tonight in Detroit
Inaugural Queens Colosseum Pre-Show Bacchanal to Descend Upon Toronto
Queens of the Stone continue to prove themselves “a band reaching the peak of their powers” (NME). Following a triumphant reign over some of the UK and Europe’s most hallowed festival grounds including “officially one of the most-watched Glasto sets ever – Josh Homme and co. pulled a huge crowd and unleashed pure chaotic joy” (Kerrang), Queens of the Stone Age are back with the latest audiovisual odyssey from their international chart-topping opus In Times New Roman… a brand new video for “Negative Space.” As with previous videos from this campaign, “Negative Space” was created by, starring and directed by Liam Lynch, who states:
“Acceptance is lonely, messy, and tough, especially when it’s all that is left. This video takes place between the end and a beginning. It’s the desperate and lost, message-in-a-bottle emotions that are tossed out and let float away. No action required.”
Prepare to dodge some cosmic debris and take a trip to “Negative Space” here.
In the wake of In Times New Roman… achieving global domination — including #1s in four countries, top 3 positions in six more and a sweep of US #1s across the Vinyl, Independent, Alternative, Digital, Rock and Hard Music Album Sales charts — Queens of the Stone Age kick off the extensive North American leg of their The End Is Nero tour tonight at Detroit’s Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill with special guests The Armed and Phantogram. With several shows already sold out, Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore will continue to span the globe through the end of 2023. To get your tickets now go to https://qotsa.com/tour/
Queens of the Stone Agealso extend a formal invite to their inaugural Queens Colosseum pre-show party experience, taking place August 4th in Toronto at Budweiser Stage — ahead of the band’s headlining show. Fans are encouraged to “Dance Like No One is Surviving,” as they immerse themselves in a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience a Queens of the Stone Age curated extravaganza including an exclusive merchandise line, burlesque dancers, local vendors featuring everything from books to records to oddities and art, live silk-screen printing, vintage clothing and more. The Queens Colosseum event starts at 4PM and runs through the start of the show, with access available to ticket purchasers only.
More information — and future Queens Colosseum events — can be found at https://qotsa.com/news/
… and don’t forget your toga!
In Times New Roman… Villains come … Like Clockwork
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE The End Is Nero
08/03/23 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill** 08/04/23 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage** 08/05/23 Pittsburgh, PA – Stake AE Outdoors** 08/07/23 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater** 08/08/23 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann** 08/09/23 Washington, DC – The Anthem** – SOLD OUT 08/11/23 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena** 08/12/23 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium ** 08/14/23 Washington, DC – The Anthem** 08/15/23 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater** 08/16/23 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit**- SOLD OUT 08/18/23 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre**- SOLD OUT 08/19/23 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater**
09/09/23 Sao Paolo, BR – The Town* 09/16/23 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest* 09/17/23 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory*** 09/19/23 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse*** 09/20/23 Kansas City, MO – Startlight Theatre*** 09/22/23 Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park*** 09/23/23 St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park*** 09/24/23 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life* 09/26/23 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP*** 09/27/23 Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion*** 09/29/23 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*** 09/30/23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair***
10/02/23 Portland, OR – Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum*** 10/03/23 Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum*** 10/04/23 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena*** 10/06/23 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*** 10/08/23 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock* 10/14/23 Guadalajara, MX – Coordenada*
11/04/23 Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome**** – SOLD OUT 11/05/23 Luxembourg – Rockhal**** 11/07/23 Paris – Accor Arena**** 11/08/23 Frankfurt – Jahrhunderthalle**** – SOLD OUT 11/09/23 Berlin – Max-Schmeling-Halle**** – SOLD OUT 11/11/23 Dusseldorf – Mitsubishi Electric Halle**** – SOLD OUT 11/12/23 Antwerp – Sportpaleis**** 11/14/23 Manchester – AO Arena**** 11/15/23 London – The O2**** 11/18/23 Glasgow – OVO Hydro**** 11/19/23 Birmingham – Resorts World Arena**** 11/20/23 Stockton – Globe Theatre**** – SOLD OUT 11/22/23 Dublin – 3Arena****
*Festival ** Support from Phantogram and The Armed *** Support from Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth **** Support from The Chats and deep tan
Danger Mouse & Jemini Announce Release of Born Again First Single “Brooklyn Basquiat” Available Now
Danger Mouse & Jemini by Maya Hayuk
Celebrated producer and musician Danger Mouse and talented New York rapper Jemini Have announced the long-delayed release of their Born Again album — recorded in 2004 but previously unheard until now — available to the public after 20 years in the vault on 25th August via Lex Records. Remarkably, the release comes nearly two decades after the album’s creation and coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the duo’s debut LP, hip-hop cult classic, Ghetto Pop Life.
In tandem with the news, Danger Mouse and Jemini have shared lead single, “Brooklyn Basquiat.” The bouncing, vibrant track is available here.
Back in 2003, Danger Mouse and Jemini dropped their debut album, and Danger Mouse’s first official release on a record label, Ghetto Pop Life; a rap spectacular which quickly became widely-celebrated. As well as being one of the finest rap offerings of the era, Ghetto Pop Life foreshadowed Danger Mouse’s later triumphs including The Grey Album, his production work for Gorillaz and A$AP Rocky, and collaborations with CeeLo as Gnarls Barkley, MF DOOM for DANGERDOOM plus his most recent hip-hop offering, 2022’s Cheat Codes alongside Black Thought.
Soon after finishing Ghetto Pop Life, Danger Mouse and Jemini began to write and record their second album, Born Again. Having been indefinitely shelved, Born Again will now finally be released worldwide this August. The previously unheard record retains many of the elements of Danger Mouse and Jemini’s debut – most notably the fun-loving, sh*t-talking innocence – but also adopts a markedly more introspective and confessional tone. This time, in addition to lighthearted topics such as being an incredible artist, living large and being a magnet for attention, Jemini also delivers highly-personal and occasionally devastating lyrics about missed opportunities and redemption, his time in prison and complicated relationship with his father.
Danger Mouse & Jemini Born Again tracklist:
01. All I 02. Locked Up 03. Me 04. Knuckle Sandwich II 05. Born Again 06. Brooklyn Basquiat 07. Walk the Walk 08. Where You From 09. Dear Poppa 10. World Music
METALLICA, PANTHEON MEDIA & POPCULT Present THE METALLICA REPORT Weekly Podcast Featuring News, Updates, Exclusive Features and Surprises from Metallica HQ and Beyond
Today marks the debut episode of The Metallica Report, a new podcast offering weekly insider updates on all things Metallica. Broadcasting directly from the band’s Northern California headquarters, The Metallica Report will be hosted by two of the closest members of the Metallica family: Steffan Chirazi, whose history with Metallica spans from covering the band as journalist in the ‘80s to his current role as editor of the band’s online mag, So What!, and Renée Richardson, Director of Philanthropy for the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, and well-known Bay Area radio personality.
Each episode of The Metallica Report will feature Steffan and Renée keeping listeners informed with the latest news and updates from Metallica HQ, as well as dispatches from the road as the M72 Tour continues to make its way around the world. The Report’s mini-features will offer exclusive behind the scenes news and interviews with the likes of the touring crew, poster and T-shirt artists, fans, and even James, Lars, Kirk and Robert themselves.
In addition to the most inside and up to date Metallica news, The Metallica Report will be taking requests: Listeners are encouraged to submit questions, and Steffan and Renée will do their best to offer answers every Wednesday.
The Metallica Report is produced and distributed by Pantheon Media and reunites the Metallica team with co-producers PopCult, with whom they worked on 2021’s The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1.
“PopCult is excited to be working again with Metallica to expand their podcast footprint and to launch our first partnership with Pantheon,” says PopCult partner Lars Murray. “Metallica and their global community are inexhaustible sources of interesting news and stories. The Metallica Report will be a ‘must-listen’ for longtime fans, as well as folks who might be diving in for the first time.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Metallica to produce a weekly news podcast that will give fans an inside look at the band’s world,” says Christian Swain, CEO of Pantheon Media. “The Metallica Report represents an exciting new chapter for Pantheon, as we continue to push the boundaries of audio entertainment with our partner PopCult. Metallica’s standing as one of the most influential bands in music history, along with their commitment to their global community of fans, makes them the perfect partner for us.”
About Pantheon Media Pantheon’s podcasts deepen the connection between fans and the music they love with authentic, powerful storytelling. Starting with one original podcast in 2015 Rock and Roll Archaeology, Pantheon has become the world’s largest music and culture podcast network. In 2022 Pantheon created and produced the award-winning Basic!podcast for SiriusXM, and now has over 100 shows that inform and delight music fans around the world. www.pantheonpodcasts.com
About PopCult PopCult is an audio-first production company that develops and produces music-driven podcasts and screen properties. PopCult partners with music rightsholders to create narrative, news, and franchise shows around their music, making additional connections with fans and bringing new listeners to the podcast medium. Among PopCult’s best- known podcasts are The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1; The Disney Hits Podcast; A Shaw Thing: Tommy Shaw; and The Rhino Records Podcast.
About Steffan Chirazi The editor of Metallica’s So What! Magazine, Steffan Chirazi has been writing about—and working with—the band since 1984. He has also written for many publications worldwide, including Kerrang! and the San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed literally hundreds of stars from David Bowie to Kurt Cobain, and provides a continual chronicle of Lars, James, Kirk, Rob and Metallica since the days of Ride The Lightning. Chirazi has also worked with Sirius XM on their Mandatory Metallica channel as a producer and host, and does the same with a weekly podcast on his beloved English soccer team Tottenham Hotspur titled The Game Is About Glory.
About Renée Richardson Renée Richardson is the Director of Philanthropy for Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands. While this is her most significant professional achievement to date, Renée also has a long history on the airwaves in San Francisco. Renée’s radio career began in the late 90s as Renée Rotten on KITS/LIVE 105, and a few years later, she rebranded as Renée Richardson and joined the KFOG Morning Show. Her 17 years as a “Foghead” were spent as an on-air announcer, music programmer, and she cultivated the Bay Area’s music scene as assistant producer of the KFOG Local Scene series. After an unexpected showing of the door by Cumulus Media in 2016, Renée prioritized philanthropy. She spent three incredible years as Director of Development for Blue Bear School of Music, a 501(c)(3) music school in San Francisco, while also working with “Irish” Greg McQuaid to create Renée & Irish Greg’s Pop-Up Show, an immersive live and in-person podcast featuring music, conversation, and a fundraising element for various NPOs. When the call came, she was positioned perfectly to take on her new role with Metallica’s foundation. Renée is a Missouri School of Auction trained auctioneer and a voice actor best known for her role as a Chevron talking car. She lives with her husband, Mike, and a toothless chihuahua named Rocco.
THE POSTAL SERVICE / DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE CO-HEADLINE TOUR ADDS INTIMATE DATE AT CHICAGO’S SALT SHED SEPTEMBER 23
Transatlanticism Certified Platinum
Band-Exclusive Version of Transatlanticism Available Now
Additional Support Acts Lauren Mayberry & Pedro the Lion Added
A month shy of kicking off their historic co-headline run, The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie announce the tour’s last date to be added, to take place at Chicago’s Salt Shed on September 23. The largely sold out tour will witness both bands playing many of North America’s most prestigious stages, including two nights at Madison Square Garden and three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. For complete details and ticket information, please visit https://giveuptransatlanticismtour.com/.
Presented by Jam & Riot Fest, the Salt Shed stop is a special encore performance to follow both bands’ highly anticipated Riot Fest sets. Special guests Lauren Mayberry and Pedro the Lion will be joining the tour for the East Coast leg and Santa Barbara date respectively. Request your tickets now through Monday, 7/31 at 12pm ET. On Wednesday, 8/2, ticket sales will be processed, and fans will be notified. Submit your ticket requests + learn more at https://thepostalservicedeathcabforcutie.shop.ticketstoday.com/
The tour commemorates the 20th anniversaries of The Postal Service’s RIAA Platinum-certified Give Up (Sub Pop) and Death Cab for Cutie’s recently RIAA Platinum-certified LP Transatlanticism (Barsuk). Speaking of Death Cab for Cutie’s classic fourth album, fans can order the new band-exclusive variant of Transatlanticism here: https://store.deathcabforcutie.com/.
Transatlanticism also received a special 20th Anniversary Edition release via Vinyl Me Please (in partnership with Barsuk). Released as June’s VMP Essentials Record of the Month, the pressing instantly sold out. The Postal Service recently announced the physical release of the live album documenting their unforgettable 2013 tour, Everything Will Change, which will be available on 2xLP + CD on September 8th, 2023, through Sub Pop.
THE POSTAL SERVICE // DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
SEPTEMBER 2023
5 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ! – SOLD OUT 6 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ! – SOLD OUT 8 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena ! – SOLD OUT 9 – Kingston, RI – The Ryan Center ! – SOLD OUT 10 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl ! – SOLD OUT 12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall ! – SOLD OUT 13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall ! – SOLD OUT 14 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion ! – SOLD OUT 16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest 17 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheater # – SOLD OUT 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden # – SOLD OUT 20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden # – SOLD OUT 21 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center # – SOLD OUT 23 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory # – SOLD OUT 26 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 28 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 30 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater & – SOLD OUT
OCTOBER 2023
1 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre Grand Prairie & – SOLD OUT 3 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre & – SOLD OUT 4 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels & – SOLD OUT 6 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena & – SOLD OUT 7 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena & – SOLD OUT 9 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 10 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 11 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl & – SOLD OUT 14 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^ – SOLD OUT 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl % – SOLD OUT 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @
! w/ Special Guest Lauren Mayberry # w/ Special Guest Warpaint & w/ Special Guest The Beths % w/ Special Guest Built to Spill @ w/ Special Guest Iron & Wine ^ w/ Special Guest Pedro the Lion
METALLICA’S FOUNDATION, ALL WITHIN MY HANDS, LAUNCHES YEAR FIVE OF THE METALLICA SCHOLARS INITIATIVE WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.85M TO EXPAND PROGRAMS
“The Metallica Scholars Initiative is so important to us because we are seeing results. Five years in, with the help of community colleges across the country, we are helping people fill these essential jobs which require skills and training. We are so proud and grateful that we can facilitate this program.” – Lars Ulrich
The major workforce education initiative that Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) foundation launched in 2019 in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), is marking its fifth year with the addition of 11 new colleges to its existing 31-college roster, and an ambitious expansion into new programs. Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) now directly supports 42 community colleges across 33 states in the US to enhance their career and technical education programs. To date, Metallica and their foundation have invested over $6MM in the American workforce.
Reaffirming a commitment to career and technical education at the local level, each new school brings incredible opportunities to a thriving and growing community, says All Within My Hands Executive Director Peter Delgrosso.
“With the launch of the fifth year of the program, we will now have supported well over 5,000 Metallica Scholars across workforce education. The Metallica Scholars Initiative is a strong and cooperative community of the nation’s best community colleges creating a supportive climate for participants to communicate directly and share best practices. As a result, our Metallica Scholars leave the program well-trained and confident. Ultimately the impact is felt in their local communities, and on the national scale, as Metallica Scholars enter the workforce and fill, or create, much needed workforce and technical positions.”
The new schools will each receive $100,000 to enhance the student experience as they receive career training for economic development. The 11 schools joining MSI this year are:
The newly added schools are joining the veteran 31 schools invited to continue. Each year the returning colleges play an integral part in helping guide the success of the new schools.
What began with ten colleges and mostly manufacturing programs in its first round in 2019 has developed into a diverse list of workforce opportunities for students who are interested in gaining the skills and training necessary to find meaningful and well-paying careers in fields and positions including:
Agriculture Automation and Robotics Automotive Technology Aviation, Computer-Aided Drafting & Design Carpentry Computerized Manufacturing (CNC) Construction Technology Criminal Justice Culinary Arts Cybersecurity Diesel Technology Dental Hygiene Electrical Engineering EMT Fire Technology Healthcare Heating & Ventilation (HVAC) Heavy Equipment Operator Hospitality Industrial Maintenance Technology Lineworker Manufacturing & Machining Mechanical Design Mechatronics Engineering Process Technology Trucking (CDL) Welding Wind Energy
ABOUT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (AACC)
As the voice of the nation’s community colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges delivers educational and economic opportunities for 12 million diverse students searching for the American Dream. Uniquely dedicated to access and success for all students, AACC’s nearly 1,100 member colleges provide an on-ramp to degree attainment, skilled careers, and family-supporting wages. Located in Washington, DC, AACC advocates for these not-for-profit, public-serving institutions to ensure they have the resources and support to increase economic mobility for all.
ABOUT ALL WITHIN MY HANDS (AWMH)
All Within My Hands was established in 2017 by Metallica to invest in the people and places that have supported the band. It also allows Metallica’s fans to engage in philanthropy and volunteerism. The Foundation is dedicated to creating sustainable communities through workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. All expenses of the Foundation are covered by the band, the board, and a few special friends so that 100% of donations go to the organizations it supports. AWMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
BECK & PHOENIX “ODYSSEY” INSTRUMENTAL VERSION AVAILABLE NOW VIA DSPs LIMITED EDITION COLOR VINYL 7” OUT AUGUST 1st
Beck and Phoenix will mark the kick-off of their hotly anticipated Summer Odyssey tour with the physical release of their collaborative sun-splashed banger, “Odyssey.” On August 1st, the same day they co-headline Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, the Beck and Phoenix collaborative single hailed by UPROXX as “an empowered, shimmering anthem” and by FLOOD as “a joyful slice of hedonistic disco-pop” will be released as a limited edition yellow vinyl 7-inch single featuring the newly digitally released “Odyssey (Instrumental)” on its B-side.
The “Odyssey”/“Odyssey (Instrumental)” 7” will be available from the Beck, Phoenix and Capitol Records online stores, select retailers, and of course at venues throughout the Summer Odyssey tour. “Odyssey (Instrumental)” is available today across digital platforms.
Three minutes and 47 seconds of sheer audio bliss, “Odyssey” is written, produced and performed by Beck and Phoenix, and mixed by Serban Ghenea. Beck and Thomas Mars nimbly trade lead vocals on the song’s verses, with the full cast joining to create the irresistible earworms of its choruses and each “Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah” singalong refrain. The result is two unmistakable sonic signatures combining to create something beyond the sum of its parts.
“Odyssey” is the spontaneous and perfect theme song for Beck and Phoenix’s eagerly anticipated co-headline Summer Odyssey tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 19-city run kicks off on Tuesday, August 1st in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena, with stops including the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and both artists’ headlining return to New York’s Madison Square Garden, before wrapping up September 10th in Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The tour will feature an array of support artists described by Beck and Mars as a “class of ’23” lineup, featuring Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Lewis, and Weyes Blood on select dates with Sir Chloe.
BECK & PHOENIX SUMMER ODYSSEY 2023 TOUR
Tue Aug 01 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^# Thu Aug 03 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater ^# Sat Aug 05 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion ^# Mon Aug 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum ^# Tue Aug 08 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena +# Wed Aug 09 – Orange County, CA – OC Fair* Fri Aug 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center +# Sat Aug 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena +# Tue Aug 15 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre +# Wed Aug 16 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre +# Fri Aug 18 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP ~# Sun Aug 20 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ~# Mon Aug 21 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion ~# Tue Aug 22 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ~# Thu Aug 31 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion # Sat Sep 02 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre ~# Sun Sep 03 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage ~# Tue Sep 05 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway ~# Wed Sep 06 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ~# Fri Sep 08 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann ~# Sat Sep 09 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden ~ Sun Sep 10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ~#
Support Key ^ Jenny Lewis + Japanese Breakfast ~ Weyes Blood # Sir Chloe * Fair Date
EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL PERFORMANCE OF NEW ALBUM ‘blur present The Ballad of Darren’ July 25th, 2023 – 9pm BST Livestream Tickets Available Here
Less than 6 months since Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree first came back together at Damon’s studio in West London to discuss the possibility of recording a new blur album, the band’s highly-anticipated new studio album The Ballad of Darren is released today on Parlophone/Warner. Listen here.
The Ballad of Darren is blur’s ninth studio album – their first in 8 years and produced by James Ford – comprising 10 new tracks recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon in spring this year. The May 18th album announcement came as a huge surprise to fans, coinciding with a tiny yet epic show at Colchester Arts Centre and the release of a brand new track ‘The Narcissist’, as well as the reveal of an already iconic album cover featuring an image by celebrated British photographer Martin Parr CBE which has put Scotland’s Gourock Outdoor Pool well and truly on the map.
The release of The Ballad of Darren follows a triumphant weekend of music and joy at Wembley Stadium on July 8th and 9th, two extraordinary and hugely emotional shows which captured “…a sense of momentousness [Financial Times ★★★★★]” and “…fizzed with the vibrant energy of a band in their prime [Evening Standard ★★★★★].
Next week sees the band back on stage in London for something completely different: a very special global performance of the new album, live streamed via Driift from London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on Tuesday July 25th 2023 at 9pm BST. Titled ‘blur present The Ballad of Darren’, the performance will be the first and only time the band will play the complete album live from start to finish, allowing fans around the world to experience the new record together as part of an intimate one-off music event. Tickets and information here.
The band is on the road for the rest of the year with a tour which will take blur from Europe to Japan and back to South America.
Complete list of tour dates here:
07/22/23 – Lucca Summer Festival, ITALY 07/25/23 – Global Livestream from London, UK 08/08/23 – Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, BELGIUM 08/10/23 – Øyafestivalen, Oslo, NORWAY 08/11/23 – Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg, SWEDEN 08/13/23 – Flow Festival, Helsinki, FINLAND 08/19/23 – Summer Sonic 2023, Tokyo, JAPAN 08/20/23 – Summer Sonic 2023, Osaka, JAPAN 08/31/23 – Kalorama Festival, Lisbon, PORTUGAL 11/18/23 – Capital Corona Festival, Mexico City, MEXICO 11/21/23 – Movistar Arena, Bogotá, COLOMBIA 11/24-25/23 – Fauna Primavera Fest, Santiago, CHILE 11/26/23 – Primavera Sound, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
“The Britpop legends are back with an enjoyable, heartfelt, and contemplative record” — CONSEQUENCE
“Blur have knocked it out of the park… a must have for Blur fans… an album that can stand alongside their best work” – GOLDMINE ★★★★★
“The prettiest and tightest of their nine albums, elegantly arranged with lush harmonies, baroque flourishes…” — PITCHFORK
“A reclamation of a core Blur ethos mostly unheard for decades… An intimate sense of celebration” – STEREOGUM
“A brilliant, brave, and perhaps most importantly, truly creative album just when it was least expected… exceptional” – UNDER THE RADAR
“This is Blur’s simplest and most direct full-length release–it’s light on sonic flourishes as it nails the basics… ace songwriting and impressive economy.” – WALL STREET JOURNAL Download album artwork and band press photos here.
About The Ballad of Darren
The Ballad of Darren is blur’s first album in 8 years comprising 10 new tracks was released on 21st July 2023 on Parlophone/Warner. Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band’s ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr CBE.
The Ballad of Darren track listing is: The Ballad, St Charles Square, Barbaric, Russian Strings, The Everglades (For Leonard), The Narcissist, Goodbye Albert, Far Away Island, Avalon and The Heights
The Ballad of Darren is available as a Digital Download & Stream (10 tracks as above); Standard CD (10 tracks) and Deluxe CD (12 tracks, w. expanded packaging), Standard Vinyl LP – 12” heavyweight black vinyl; and – exclusive to blur.co.uk – Deluxe Vinyl pressed on 12″ clear vinyl with black swirls, in a gatefold sleeve, with poster, bonus 7” vinyl, album CD (12 tracks) and integrated booklet, including exclusive handwritten notes, sketches and lyrics; and Cassette (10 tracks).
‘blur present The Ballad of Darren’ – Live Stream Broadcast Times:
Live: Tuesday 25 July 9.00pm BST
Rebroadcast #1: Tuesday 25 July 8.00pm EDT
Rebroadcast #2: Tuesday 25 July 8.00pm PDT
Rebroadcast #3: Wednesday 26 July 8.00pm AEST
On Demand: Wednesday 26 July at 1.00pm BST – Friday 28 July at 1.00pm BST
All tickets subject to booking fee. Tickets grant access to the livestream, all rebroadcasts, and to the 2-day On-Demand viewing period.
About blur
Since announcing their arrival with debut album Leisure in 1991, blur went on to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with six successive UK #1 albums Parklife (1994), The Great Escape (1995), Blur (1997), 13 (1999), Think Tank (2003) and The Magic Whip (2015) and a string of Top 10 singles, including two No 1s with “Country House” and “Beetlebum”, helping to propel the band to mass popularity at home and abroad. One of the biggest British bands of the last three decades, blur have released eight studio albums and collected ten NME Awards, six Q Awards, five BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, and played live to thousands of devoted fans across the globe. The band’s new studio album titled The Ballad of Darren will be released on July 21st 2023.
* Colchester is the hometown of blur bandmembers Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree, with Damon and Graham first meeting as teenagers at Stanway School. Graham later introduced Dave to both Damon and bassist Alex James. The band’s debut album Leisure was released in 1991.
PAUL McCARTNEY & PAUL MULDOON ANNOUNCE NEW PODCAST
McCARTNEY: A LIFE IN LYRICS FROM PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES AND IHEARTPODCASTS
The podcast, which follows the #1 bestseller The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, debuts September 20, with each episode focusing on one song in McCartney’s iconic catalog – from early Beatles to his solo work.
Paul McCartney is teaming up once again with poet Paul Muldoon, his collaborator on the #1 bestseller The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present. This time, McCartney will invite listeners into his creative process with a new podcast co-produced by Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts, out September 20, 2023.
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics is a combination master class, memoir, and improvised journey with one of the most beloved figures in popular music, where each episode focuses on one song from McCartney’s iconic catalog – spanning early Beatles through his solo work.
The podcast offers listeners an unrivaled opportunity to sit in on conversations between McCartney and Muldoon where they dissect the people, experiences, and art that inspired McCartney’s songwriting. The stories are richly interwoven with contemporary music and soundscapes, providing a revelatory and entertaining window into a true creative genius.
“When we listened back to the tapes, we realized there was something very special happening in these conversations,” Muldoon explains in the prologue episode, out now. “It was McCartney unfiltered.”
Season 1 features 12 episodes that include timeless favorites like “Eleanor Rigby,” “Back in the USSR,” “Let It Be,” “When Winter Comes,” “Penny Lane,” “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” “Here Today,” “Live and Let Die,” “Magical Mystery Tour,” “Jenny Wren,” “Too Many People,” and “Helter Skelter.” Superfans can binge all of the first season immediately at release with a Pushkin+ subscription. Season 2 will follow with an additional 12 episodes in February of 2024.
McCartney and Muldoon have previously collaborated with great success in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, which provided the genesis of more than 50 hours of recorded conversations. The Lyrics will be released in paperback on November 7, 2023 with additional new chapters.
“Paul McCartney is one of the most groundbreaking, gifted artists of all time, and his songs have elevated and given meaning to so many moments in so many of our lives – so the chance to launch a podcast that tells the stories behind those songs … it’s a once-in-a-lifetime project,” said Conal Byrne, CEO of iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group. “‘McCartney: A Life in Lyrics’ will be a first-hand, first-of-its-kind account of his creative process – that has shaped and inspired multiple generations across the globe. We simply could not be more excited to partner with Sir McCartney, Paul Muldoon, executive producer Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin Industries to bring these stories to listeners everywhere.”
New episodes of McCartney: A Life in Lyrics will be released weekly starting September 20, 2023 on iHeartRadio, Apple, Spotify, and wherever podcasts are available. Pushkin+ subscribers will be able to binge the entire season on the very first day. McCartney: A Life in Lyrics will be distributed by iHeartPodcasts.
ABOUT PAUL McCARTNEY Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at 14, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He now lives in England.
Paul’s output has been impossibly prolific and singularly influential crossing many different genres. Paul changed the world forever with The Beatles before going on to continue to push boundaries and make music history with his group Wings and as a solo artist. His most recent solo (and 18th) studio album McCartney III secured the UK Album Chart’s festive Number 1 spot in 2020, furthering his lead as the UK’s most successful album act of all time.
In November 2021 Paul released his book, THE LYRICS: 1956 to the Present, recounting his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career – from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. The LYRICS hit Number One on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was named the 2021 Book Of The Year by Barnes & Noble.
An 18-time Grammy winner and recipient of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards, McCartney’s list of international accolades reads like no other as well as being recognised for decades of philanthropic activities.
Equally renowned for his live performances as he is for his song-writing Paul set the world record for largest paying concert attendance – 184,000 people – in Rio De Janerio in 1990. A freeman of The City Of Liverpool and Lead Patron of The Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts, Paul McCartney was appointed Fellow of The Royal College of Music in 1995 by The Prince Of Wales. In 1996 Paul McCartney was knighted by H.M. The Queen for his services to music, and in 2017 he was made a Companion Of Honor in the Queen’s Birthday Honors list.
ABOUT PAUL MULDOON Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet and professor of poetry, as well as an editor, critic, playwright, lyricist and translator. He has also published smaller collections, works of criticism, opera libretti, books for children, song lyrics and radio and television drama. Muldoon served as Professor of Poetry at Oxford University from 1999 to 2004 and as poetry editor of The New Yorker from 2007 to 2017. He has taught at Princeton University since 1987 and currently occupies the Howard G.B. Clark ’21 chair in the Humanities.
ABOUT PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES Pushkin Industries is an audio production company co-founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg in 2018. Pushkin has produced numerous shows that have broken into the top 10 on Apple Podcasts, including Gladwell’s hugely successful Revisionist History, Against the Rules, The Happiness Lab, Broken Record, Cautionary Tales, The Last Archive, Deep Cover and Lost Hills. Our podcast hosts include Michael Lewis, Jill Lepore, Rick Rubin, Maya Shankar, Tim Harford, Laurie Santos, Ibram X. Kendi and many more. Pushkin’s original audiobooks include the New York Times audio bestsellers Fauci by Michael Specter and The Bomber Mafia and Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Pushkin is dedicated to producing audio in any format that challenges listeners, encourages their curiosity, and inspires joy. Visit pushkin.fm, where you can purchase our audiobooks and then listen on your podcast player of choice.
ABOUT IHEARTMEDIA iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, reaching over 90% of Americans every month, and has a portfolio of unmatched consumer brands and industry-leading events. iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have more consumer reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the reach of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled reach of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined; has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand; and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
