Bad Bunny is going on tour! Of course, it won’t be until next year, as most venues are still more or less shut down right now. But this is certainly a good sign that things are trending in the right direction and the light at the end of the tunnel is not only visible but also approaching at an encouraging clip.
The tour centers around his recently released El Último Tour del Mundo. In the meantime, we can still catch Bad Bunny at sporting events like Wrestlemania, where he actually acquitted himself well, helping tag-team partner Damian Priest beat The Miz and John Morrison.
Check out the tour dates below.
2/9 — Denver, CO @Ball Arena
2/11 — El Paso, TX @ UTEP Don Haskins Center
2/13 — Hidalgo, TX @ Payne Arena
2/16 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
2/18 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
2/23 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena
2/24 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
2/25 — Inglewood, CA @ Forum
2/28 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
3/1 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
3/3 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
3/5 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
3/6 — Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Suns Arena
3/10 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
3/14 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
3/16 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
3/18 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
3/19 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
3/22 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
3/23 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
3/25 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
3/26 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
3/27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
3/29 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
4/1 — Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
Even in the early days of the pandemic, “what about COVID 1-18?” was a worn-out joke. But it’s no joke to Ted Nugent. The far-right, pro-gun rocker, who had a smattering of slimy hits 40 years ago, is genuinely curious why the world went into lockdown for COVID-19, but not COVID-1, or COVID-2, or… you get the idea (unlike Ted).
In a recent Facebook Live video (of course), Nugent posed a long-debunked question about the pandemic while ranting about his tour being canceled. What a disappointment for the 12 people who had tickets. “You know, I guess I would ask you, because I’m addicted to truth, logic, and common sense, and my common-sense meter would demand the answer to why weren’t we shut down for COVID one through 18?” he said. “COVID-1 — and there was a COVID 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 — COVID one through 18 didn’t shut anything down but woah, COVID-19!”
The respiratory disease COVID-19 was named in February 2020 for the coronavirus that causes it — SARS-CoV-2 — and the year in which the first disease case was reported — 2019. Following that logic, Nugent’s proclamation of a “COVID one through 18” would suggest that there had been 18 years of coronavirus infection rates at a global scale, which is unfounded.
Over 17,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Nugent’s home state of Michigan with another 48,000-plus deaths in Texas, where he currently lives. I expected better from the “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” singer who visited the White House with Sarah Palin and Kid Rock and was once investigated by the Secret Service for saying that he would “either be dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama was elected for a second term.
While the death of DMX last week sparked a wave of heartfelt posts from admirers and peers on social media, some of the most touching posts came from those who were closest to the late rapper. DMX’s daughter Sasha was among them, paying a touching tribute to him with a poignant post on Twitter.
“Nothing will ever explain how i feel, how this all feels,” she wrote. ” “My twin, i love you. there’s always been so many misconceptions about who the f*ck you were but that didn’t matter because i knew who the f*ck you were. eternally greatful to have had you. i love you forever dad.”
nothing will ever explain how i feel, how this all feels. my twin, i love you. there’s always been so many misconceptions about who the fuck you were but that didn’t matter because i knew who the fuck you were. eternally greatful to have had you. i love you forever dad. pic.twitter.com/P1TUMePvJB
However, not all the tributes to X were accepted as they were intended by the artist’s fans. Def Jam, X’s label home throughout his dominant run at the end of the 90s and beginning of the aughts, received a backlash after releasing a pair of compilations on streaming before the rapper’s death was officially announced.
He was reportedly working on a new album for Def Jam at the time of his death, so we’ll see how fans react if and when it’s completed and released. Until then, you can read Uproxx’s reflection on X’s career and legacy here.
With less than a month to go until its premiere, Mythic Quest Season 2 has dropped a full trailer that shows Rob McElhenney and his team as they struggle to produce a new expansion and navigate changes at the office from more than simply the pandemic. Snoop Dogg also stops by for a cameo.
Here’s the official synopsis:
With the quarantine finally over, the new season of “Mythic Quest” finds everyone back in the office (well, almost everyone), attempting to build upon the success of Raven’s Banquet by launching an epic new expansion, but Ian (Rob McElhenney) and the newly promoted co-creative director, Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao), struggle with the game’s direction. Meanwhile, C.W. (F. Murray Abraham) reconciles some unresolved issues from his past, the testers (Ashly Burch and Imani Hakim) test the bounds of an office romance, and David (David Hornsby) loses yet another woman in his life as Jo (Jessie Ennis) leaves him to assist Brad (Danny Pudi).
The show is riding high off the success of its well-received Quarantine Episode, which required McElhenney and the crew to painstakingly orchestrate several remote shoots using only iPhones that were delivered to each of the cast, who were then responsible for filming their own scenes.
“We thought, well, if we can get everybody working and paid and focused on something for two to three weeks, that’s a win. That was really the inception of the entire thing,” McElhenney explained to Uproxx shortly after delivering the epic episode to fans.
Mythic Quest Season 2 starts streaming May 7 on Apple TV+.
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.
This week saw Taylor Swift refresh her archives and Doja Cat and SZA team up for a hit. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Taylor Swift — Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift kicked off the journey of re-recording her old albums last week with the release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version), which features faithful recreations of classic tracks. She also shared a touching note with her fans that reads in part, “This was the musical era in which so many inside jokes were created between us, so many hugs exchanged and hands touched, so many unbreakable bonds formed. So before I say anything else, let me just say that it was a real honor to get to be a teenager alongside you.”
Doja Cat and SZA — “Kiss Me More”
Here in the middle of April, summer is quickly approaching. Now the soundtrack for the season is starting to come together as Doja Cat and SZA linked up for “Kiss Me More,” a soulful and subtly funky new tune that’s not too far removed from “Say So” on the Doja Cat family tree.
Brockhampton — Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
This may be the beginning of the end for Brockhampton, as Kevin Abstract recently declared that after releasing Roadrunner, there will be one more this year before the group calls it quits. They’re not going out alone, as Roadrunner features guest spots from folks like Danny Brown, Jpegmafia, and ASAP Rocky.
Miguel — Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4
Miguel released a new installment of his beloved Art Dealer Chic EP series last week, which is bound to please longtime followers. If that wasn’t enough, in a video for “So I Lie,” it seems like Miguel low-key shared some pretty major life news.
Polo G — “Rapstar”
Polo G has quickly earned the favor of hip-hop heads, and subsequently, he’s become a breakout star over the past couple years. He celebrates this status on “Rapstar,” an appropriately titled tune on which the young rapper flexes so hard his shirt is in danger of tearing.
CJ — Loyalty Over Royalty (Deluxe)
People can’t get enough of CJ right now thanks to his breakout hit “Whoopty,” and now he has given the people what they want by expanding his Loyalty Over Royalty EP into essentially a full-length album with a new deluxe edition. The release adds four fresh songs to the front of the tracklist, including “Whoopty NYC” which adds French Montana and Rowdy Rebel to the track.
Majid Jordan — “Waves Of Blue”
Of all the artists signed to Drake’s OVO Sound, Majid Jordan has been among the most quiet of the past few years. They last dropped a full-length album four years ago, but they returned last week with “Waves Of Blue,” a synth-pop emotional outpouring of affection.
Lil Tjay — Destined 2 Win
In his review, Uproxx’s Aaron Williams writes of Lil Tjay’s new album, “Although Destined 2 Win doesn’t offer many surprises or tremendous strides in character development for the burgeoning star, it does its job as a showcase for his burnished songwriting well enough to justify its existence. […] His swagger is enough to coast on for now, with his charm as an artist and gift for imitation giving him a smooth surface to glide on while he figures himself out. Hopefully, no one scratches that surface before he does.”
Darkside — “The Limit”
Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington revealed months ago that they have a new Darkside album on the way, and they made it official last week with a formal announcement for Spiral. Last week’s news was accompanied by “The Limit,” a hypnotic, groove-driven new track.
Japanese Breakfast — “Posing In Bondage”
Michelle Zauner continued the rollout for her Japanese Breakfast album last week with a creepy video for “Posing In Bondage.” She explained the song and visual, “‘Posing In Bondage’ is a ballad about loneliness and longing, a song about two people who want so badly to connect but are never quite able to do so. No place felt lonelier than an empty grocery at 1 a.m..”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
A few days ago, the guitar that Phoebe Bridgers famously smashed on Saturday Night Livewent up for auction to benefit GLAAD. When Uproxx reported the story on April 9, the leading bid was up to $6,000. In the days since, that number climbed drastically, and now the auction has ended with an astonishing winning bid of $101,500.
Anthony Ramos — the supervising producer of the GLAAD Media Awards, to which the auction was connected — told Variety of the auction:
“I know she has a loyal fan base. Saturday night when I went to bed, it was around $18,000, and I was like, ‘That’s a great number!’ I was kind of hoping we would get to 25. Then I woke up and it was 40, then 50, then 80, and finally over 100. Obviously we were very pleasantly surprised. I’m so thankful someone wanted to support our work and wanted that guitar so badly. […] Obviously [the buyer is] someone who’s either a huge Phoebe Bridgers fan or someone who is really into broken guitars or someone who really wants to help us accelerate our work for the LGBTQ community, and hopefully it’s someone who checks all three of those boxes. The other side of it is that we’re so grateful to Phoebe for donating the guitar but also for being someone who’s a visible and out part of the community in rock music. She made a great album, and we love all she’s doing and love working with her.”
Bridgers also seemed pretty blown away by the money her guitar raised, as she shared a link to the auction yesterday and added simply, “uh.”
I’m ready for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier to be over. That has nothing to do with the show itself, which is a fun time and I’m forever thankful for dancing Zemo — I’m just excited for Loki. Tom Hiddleston, who plays the God of Mischief, is excited, too, and in a new interview with Empire, the actor gave a hint about what to expect from the series.
“I want to preserve the freshness of the show for when it emerges, but something to think about is the [show’s] logo, which seems to refresh and restore,” he said. “The font of how Loki is spelled out seems to keep changing shape.” Hiddleston, who last appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Endgame, called Loki “the quintessential shapeshifter. His mercurial nature is that you don’t know whether, across the MCU, he’s a hero or a villain or an anti-hero. You don’t know whether you can trust him. He literally and physically changes shape into an Asgardian guard, or into Captain America repeatedly. Thor talks about how he could change into a snake.”
Hiddleton also said that the logo “might give you an idea that Loki, the show, is about identity, and about integrating the disparate fragments of the many selves that he can be, and perhaps the many selves that we are.” Here’s the logo:
Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm and blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they really love in its true form, we’ll be offering a digest of the hottest R&B jams that fans of the genre should hear every Friday.
Doja Cat — “Kiss Me More” Feat. SZA
Doja Cat and SZA finally released their single “Kiss Me More” after previously teasing fans with it and it came with a music video. Set in a video game ran by women, Doja and SZA play along in soft pink, flowy setting that takes place somewhere not named Earth. “Kiss Me More” is a cheery vibe that is sure to be heard all summer.
Elhae — Aura 3
Elhae‘s Aura 3 is here. The 10-song project features guest appearances from Rick Ross and Xavier Omar. It also includes his single “My City” with Masego and the previously released cut “Fun Fact.” After one listen, Elhae proves why this is one train you should hop.
Sonder & Jorja Smith — “Nobody But You”
Sonder and Jorja Smith on “Nobody But You” is the R&B link up we all deserve. Sonder, consisting of Brent Faiyaz as well as producers Atu and Dpat, and Jorja crafted a hollow acoustic number filled with an emotional tale. Brent Faiyaz has been creating a lot of noise lately and “Nobody But You” is just one of many singles the singer has released as of late.
Miguel — Art Dealer Chic 4
This week, Miguel placed the entire Art Dealer Chic series on digital service providers and on top of that, he released it’s fourth installment: Art Dealer Chic 4. “I’ve been doing a lot of work to consider and refine my beliefs in the last few years,” he said in a statement. “Inevitably, this brought me back to Art Dealer Chic as ADC is more or less a moniker for active mindset curation; choosing the thoughts, emotions, and actions that reflect my truest self instead of letting what I’ve experienced or what is expected of me dictate my choices.”
Otis Kane — “Sweet Sensation”
As Otis Kane gears up to release his forthcoming debut album, he drops off his new single titled “Sweet Sensation.” “In this song, I’m describing that feeling you get when you meet someone so special that you just have to be around them,” he said in a statement. “We’ve all experienced that. When someone is just so bright and vibrant—being in their presence makes you feel good. That’s the ‘Sweet Sensation.’”
Majid Jordan — “Waves Of Blue”
It’s been a minute since we last heard from R&B duo Majid Jordan. This week the OVO Sound singers released their new track “Waves Of Blue” and it’s a serene vibe that takes you away. “Waves of Blue is like staring at the ocean,” they said in a statement. “You’re not in the water, but you’re still getting carried away by its currents. It’s the story of someone’s desire to love and be lost in that love. Waves of Blue was made at the very beginning of this album, and it only makes sense that we begin our next chapter with this song.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are the newest big names to announce they’ll be taking their business out of Georgia following the passing of the highly controversial Election Integrity Act of 2021, which has drawn the ire of voting rights groups that are accusing lawmakers of voter suppression. What’s notable about Smith and Fuqua’s protest is that Emancipation, their upcoming film for Apple TV about a runaway slave, was scheduled to begin shooting in June. Rearranging a production’s location mere months before it begins will cost the team time and money, but in a joint statement, they make it clear that filming in Georgia is no longer an option. Via Variety:
“At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” Fuqua and Smith said in a joint statement. “We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.”
Smith and Fuqua are not alone. Major League Baseball recently pulled the All Star Game out of Atlanta in protest of the voting laws, which has rankled Republicans like Mitch McConnell, who thinks corporations should “stay out of politics.” Except, of course, when it comes to political donations. Mitch has gladly accepted those.
Getting a tattoo could be considered an important life decision, as the ink injected into your skin stays there for the rest of your life. This decision is especially important when the tattoo covers your whole back, so Grimes just made a major move: She took to Instagram last night to share a photo of a gigantic new back tattoo she just got.
The ink looks something like a warped, wire frame version of the bones in a human torso. It was done in white ink, but since the tattoo was still fresh at the time of the photo, the lines look more red than white at the moment. Grimes captioned her post, “Full back in white ink by [Trayer Tryon of Hundred Waters] w sum help from the alien computer brain of [Nusi Quero]. Don’t have a good pic cuz it hurts too much and I need to sleep haha, and it’ll be red for a few wks , but gna be beautiful alien scars. Hope everyone’s having a good day.”
Tryon and Quero also shared some images of Grimes’ tattoo. Quero explained how they collaborated on the design with Tryon, writing, “[Tryon] drew the base shapes on an iPad and then emailed me the image file. I turned it into 3D geometry, selected vertices on the shape, and guided and grew the embellishments along and around the shapes that he laid down first with a series of procedural operators (math rules) in a way that I felt spoke to his shapes, and [Grimes]. I then sent it back to him as a png overlay and etc etc and they went in on it immediately full on 1 take 1 session!”
Check out the posts about Grimes’ new ink above and below.
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