Oh, Fyre Festival. The gift that keeps on giving. When a gaggle of vapid influencers pay a notorious scam artist thousands of dollars to fight for mattresses on a decrepit beach with less infrastructure than post-1986 Chernobyl, the Internet did what it did best—roast them. From that cheese sandwich to the legendary Andy King, the …
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Billy Vena – Space Hippie (Denis First Remix)
Russian DJ/producer Denis First remixes Billy Vena’s debut single “Space Hippie,” for a sexy dancefloor banger with his remix, out now via UK/US label Let Me Hear It. Denis takes the buzzing underground pop bop and turns it into an electrifying slap house heater, that will be stuck in your head for months to come. …
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Billy Da Kid Throws Down on New Remix of IceBeatChillz’s “AREA” featuring Beenie Man
Nigerian producer IceBeatChillz made his 2020 debut with the single “AREA” featuring Jamaican dancehall legend Beenie Man. It released to rave reviews and is now getting a 2021 rework from Billy Da Kid. For the new remix, he takes the production and gives it a thumping bassline that makes it nearly impossible to resist dancing to. …
Billy Bragg calls Glastonbury cancellation “a bit of a shock”
Billy Bragg has responded to the cancellation of Glastonbury 2021, calling it “a bit of a shock”. The Somerset festival was cancelled for the second year in a row last week (January 21) because of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on BBC Breakfast today (January 25), Bragg – a Glastonbury veteran and organiser of the Left …
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Robert Fripp and singer Toyah Wilcox share kitchen cover of Billy Idol’s ‘Rebel Yell’
King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and singer Toyah Willcox have shared another cover from their kitchen as part of an ongoing series. The couple, who are married, launched their Sunday Lunch video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. Last week (January 10), the pair revealed …
Watch Yungblud, Billy Corgan and more pay tribute to David Bowie during livestream event
Yungblud, Billy Corgan and a number of other musicians paid tribute to David Bowie this weekend during a virtual event ahead of the fifth anniversary of the rock legend’s death. READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ – five years on from his death Last night (January 9), pianist Mike Garson held a livestream …
Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland launches new podcast from prison, ‘Dumpster Fyre’
by: David Klemow Oct 21, 2020 Remarkably, the Fyre Festival saga somehow continues. It has been three-and-a-half years since the Greatest Festival that Never Was and yet we still find ourselves asking, “what the hell actually happened there?” The tumultuous Fyre Festival fiasco that ultimately landed the luxury event’s founder, Billy McFarland, in federal prison …
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Billy McFarland Has Launched a Tell-All Podcast Called “Dumpster Fyre” from Prison
The infamous face of Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is ready to tell his side of the story about how “the greatest party that never happened” all went down. You may be surprised to hear that McFarland seems to have had a coming to terms with the role of his involvement in the disastrous event. “When I …