Month: March 2021

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Bruno Mars And Anderson .Paak to release new music as “Silk Sonic”

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have officially announced they are joining forces as “Silk Sonic,” with new music scheduled to drop on March 5th. Mars posted the album cover on Instagram along with the caption: “We locked in and made an album. The band’s called Silk Sonic. First song drops next Friday 3/5.” 

Mars released his last solo album, 24K Magic in 2016, one year before going on tour with .Paak in 2017.  24K Magic was certified three-times platinum in the United States, selling over three million units. It also won seven Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. Anderson .Paak released his last album, Ventura, in 2019, debuting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart. Ventura also won Best R&B Album at the 2020 Grammys.

Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Bootsy Collins Team Up For Collaborative LP As Silk Sonic

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have teamed up to form Silk Sonic. The project’s debut album will…
 

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Finneas and Ashe team up for ‘Till Forever Falls Apart’

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Finneas and friend/collaborator Ashe have teamed up for the new single “Till Forever Falls Apart,” co-written by Ashe, Finneas, and Big Taste, and produced by Finneas and Big Taste. “Till Forever Falls Apart” marks the second time Finneas has collaborated with Ashe. In 2020, he served as executive producer of Ashe’s double EP, Moral of the Story, as well as co-writer of the EP’s title track. 

Said Finneas: “Ashe to me, is a timeless artist. Her music will be as relevant and important 30 years from now as it is today. Making music with her has always been an extension of our friendship and I could not love this song more.” Ashe added, “`Till Forever Falls Apart’ is one of my favorite songs with one of my favorite people…Finneas is one of the most talented people I know and it’s fitting to release this song with someone I love so much. I’m lucky to know him, and I hope to never know a life without him in it.”

Take a look at the video for “Till Forever Falls Apart’ – here.

Ashe and Finneas Team Up for Epic Duet ‘Till Forever Falls Apart’

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Pair previously collaborated on Ashe’s two 2019 Moral of the Story EPs
 

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Biden administration to allow migrant families separated at border to reunite in the U.S.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday that the Biden administration plans to allow migrant families separated under the Trump administration to reunite in the United States. Speaking during a news conference, Mayorkas called the separation of children from their parents at the Mexican border “the most powerful and heartbreaking example of the cruelty that preceded this administration.” Mayorkas said families will be given the option of reuniting in their country of origin or in the United States.

The administration is working with lawyers representing the separated families along with nongovernmental organizations, the nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, and the private sector. So far, about 105 families have been reunited.

Biden to allow migrant families separated under Trump to reunite in the U.S.

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The Biden administration’s task force to reunite families separated at the border under…
 

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Senate panel approves nomination of Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general

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On Monday, the Senate judiciary committee approved President Biden’s nomination of appellate court judge Merrick Garland to be the United States’ attorney general. The committee voted 15-7 early Monday afternoon to advance Garland’s candidacy. The nomination now advances to the full Senate for final confirmation. Most likely the Senate will hold a floor vote later this week, and is expected to approve the nomination. 

If confirmed, Garland will be sworn in immediately. Garland, 68, was nominated to the post of U.S. attorney general almost two months ago and appeared before the committee for a confirmation hearing last week, saying his top early priority would be overseeing the prosecution of rioters involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.  He told the panel: “I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 — a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government. We will pursue these leads, wherever they take us.”

Garland first rose to prominence as a potential Supreme Court nominee in 2009 and 2010 for vacancies that ultimately went to Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, respectively. In 2016 he was officially nominated by former President Barack Obama to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia, however senate Republicans denied Garland a vote and argued then that whoever won that November’s presidential election should choose Scalia’s replacement.

Senate Judiciary Committee advances nomination of Merrick Garland for attorney general

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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approved the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for…
 

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Taylor Swift officially cancels tour dates for “Lover Fest”

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Taylor Swift has officially canceled her previously postponed “Lover Fest” tour dates. In a note on Twitter, Swift admits that “no one knows what the touring landscape is going to look like in the future.” An additional note on her website adds that refunds will be processed automatically. Check out the full statement on her Twitter – here.

Swift first announced European and U.S. tour dates in support of her then-new album Lover in September 2019. After the dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she released two new studio albums, folklore and evermore.

Taylor Swift Officially Cancels ‘Lover Fest’ Tour

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REPUBLIC RECORDS’ TAYLOR SWIFT has officially cancelled her “Lover Fest” tour, originally…
 

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Justin Bieber announces upcoming new album ‘Justice’

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Justin Bieber has announced his new album Justice is due out March 19. Justice is the follow-up to last year’s Changes and will include the songs “Holy” (featuring Chance the Rapper), “Lonely” (featuring benny blanco), and “Anyone.” 

“JUSTICE the album March 19th. In a time when there’s so much wrong with this broken planet, we all crave healing—and justice—for humanity,” Bieber said on Instagram. “In creating this album, my goal is to make music that will provide comfort; to make songs that people can relate to, and connect to, so they feel less alone.”

Justice can be pre-ordered at the link – here.

Justin Bieber Announces ‘Justice’ Album

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Justin Bieber announced the release of his sixth studio album, Justice, on Friday (Feb. 26). The…
 

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Single-dose J&J COVID-19 vaccine to begin immediate roll-out after CDC approval

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel voted unanimously Sunday to recommend the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 single-shot vaccine for people 18 and older. During an emergency session, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices strongly endorsed the vaccine’s effectiveness in completely protecting against hospitalization and death. The federal government will be able to begin shipping doses, making a third COVID-19 vaccine available in the United States as early as this week. The new vaccine has a lower efficacy rate — 66% overall and 72% in the United States in preventing moderate to severe cases of COVID-19 — than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines already in use.

Johnson & Johnson has said only a few million doses will be shipped to states in the days immediately after authorization, but production is expected to ramp up in the coming weeks, with 20 million doses due to be delivered by the end of March and 100 million total in the first half of the year. Johnson & Johnson also confirmed it will begin expanded trials for the vaccine on infants, newborns, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems.

Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine can be kept at normal refrigerator temperatures. Pfizer’s vaccine had been stored and shipped at between minus 112 Fahrenheit to minus 76 though the FDA now says it can be held for two weeks at normal freezer temperatures. Moderna’s is kept in a home freezer.

J&J Covid-19 vaccine distribution to begin immediately

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The first shots could be administered as early as Tuesday.
 

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Former President Trump hints at another presidential run as he delivers final speech at CPAC 2021

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Former President Donald Trump hinted at another run for president in 2024 during his first speech since leaving office to close out the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday from Orlando, Fla.

Trump continued to falsely claim that he defeated President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and suggested that he “may even decide to beat them for a third time” while stopping short of officially declaring plans to run, saying in part, “I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together four years ago is far from over. We are gathered this afternoon to talk about the future — the future of our movement, the future of our party, and the future of our beloved country.”

Trump took aim at many members of the Republican party who sought to distance themselves from the former president especially in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Trump’s public statements has been limited since he was banned from most major social media platforms in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. However despite a divide amongst Republicans, Trump dismissed speculation that he would break away and form his own party, saying, “I am not starting a new party. That was fake news. Fake news, no. Wouldn’t that be brilliant? Let’s start a new party and let’s divide our vote so that you can never win. No, we’re not interested in that. The Republican Party is united. The only division is between a handful of Washington D.C., establishment political hacks and everybody else all over the country.”

Trump CPAC speech revives ‘rigged’ election lie, declares political journey ‘far from over’

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The former president stopped short of formally announcing his 2024 intentions.
 

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Jack Harlow to perform as musical guest on “Saturday Night Live”

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Jack Harlow is set to perform on Saturday Night Live has this month. The long-running show announced that Harlow will be featured as the musical guest for the series’ upcoming episode on March 27th. 

Harlow expressed his excitement on Twitter, following the news, saying that he grew up watching the series: “I grew up watching SNL with my family every weekend,” Harlow wrote. “I vividly remember seeing Kanye perform Love Lockdown and Heartless in 2008. Thank you for making this happen. Another dream come true.”

Harlow’s major-label debut, That’s What They All Say, was released in 2020. The March 27th episode of SNL will be hosted by former SNL cast member Maya Rudolph.

                

Jack Harlow Calls Upcoming ‘SNL’ Musical Guest Debut ‘Another Dream Come True’

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Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” sets chart record with 7th week at No. 1 on Billboard 200

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Despite backlash from the music industry following his use of a racial slur, Morgan Wallen’s sophomore project, Dangerous: The Double Album, made history this week as it spends its seventh consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Dangerous became the only country album to spend its first seven weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 in the 64-year history of the chart. 

According to Billboard, the only other country album to tally its first six weeks at No.1 was Garth Brooks’ The Chase in 1992. The Chase later returned to No.1 for a total of seven non-consecutive weeks. Dangerous and The Chase are two of only eight country albums that have spent at least seven weeks in total at No.1. The last album, regardless of genre, to spend seven consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 was Drake’s Views in 2016. 

Wallen has faced severe backlash following his use of the racial slur; his label, Big Loud, revealed that his recording contract had been suspended indefinitely, and his music was pulled from hundreds of radio stations across the country, as well as being removed from major playlists across various DSPs, including Spotify and Apple Music. The Academy of Country Music revealed that he was ineligible for the upcoming ACM Awards and will not be invited to participate in the show. His content and appearances were also removed from CMT and the Country Music Association.

Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Becomes Only Country Album to Spend First Seven Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200

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The Double Album’ makes chart history as the only country album to spend its first seven weeks…
 

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