10 YEARS OF HOUSE OF BALLOONS
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The Weeknd dominates at Billboard Music Awards, best artist The Weeknd takes his revenge on the Grammys: after being snubbed at the last edition of what are considered the Oscars of music, the Canadian artist has racked up awards at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), 10 out of 16 nominations, including 'Best Artist', 'Best Male Artist' and 'Top Hot 100 Song' with the song 'Blinding Lights'. The Weeknd has won a total of 19 BBMAs in his career, making him one of the five most awarded artists of all time after Drake, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Garth Brooks.
PUFF DADDY AND FAITH EVANS' UNFORGETTABLE FAREWELL TO NOTORIOUS B.I.G. On June 28, 1997, the song "I'll be missing you" performed by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans reached number one in the British charts, in the United States - the song had been released in the second half of the previous May, as the second single from the album by the man who answers to the name of Sean Combs, "No Way Out" - had reached number one a couple of weeks earlier, on June 14.
Puff Daddy [feat. Faith Evans & 112] - I'll Be Missing You
The song is a heartfelt tribute to rapper Notorious B. I.G., great friend of Daddy and husband of Faith Evans, who was shot dead on March 9, 1997 at the age of 24. The tragedy happened in Los Angeles, after a party organized by a record company and Vibe magazine, the SUV in which B.I.G. was traveling was pulled over by another vehicle, from which a man exploded a series of shots, four of which fatally struck the New York musician. The cowardly ambush remained without a culprit, in fact the police did not make any arrest attributable to that murder. At the party, among those present, besides Faith Evans also Puff Daddy, his record label mate. The enormity of what had happened made him want to record a song, as Daddy himself declared: "When I recorded the record, I finally got to talk to him. That's all, it was just a conversation." In "I'll Be Missing You," Sean Combs sampled one of his favorite songs, The Police's "Every Breath You Take." Sting, who wrote it, appears in the song's credits and was very appreciative that Daddy used one of his own songs to honor his late friend. The former Police frontman accompanied him on stage to perform "I'll be missing you" at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
In fact, the lyrics of the song, as was later revealed, was not written by Puff Daddy, but by another rapper, Sauce Money, who was inspired by the pain caused by the disappearance of his mother. In the United States, in 1997, "I'll be missing you" sold over 3 million copies and was the second best selling single of the year, behind the unmatched "Candle In The Wind '97" by Elton John, another tribute song, in honor of Princess Diana, died in August of that year, which sold over 11 million copies.
CONCERTS, ELTON JOHN: JUNE 4, 2022 HIS LAST CONCERT IN ITALY
The British musician will perform at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan. Elton John announces the return of his 'Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road The Final Tour' which includes a concert in Italy, the last of his career, at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan on June 4th, 2022. The June 4th concert will be Elton John's first concert in the Milan stadium, it will also be the fifteenth concert of his career in Milan, the eighteenth performance if we include private events and TV/radio appearances. Elton's first concert in Milan is dated April 17, 1973 at the Vigorelli Velodrome. The farewell tour will unravel along thirty live in Europe and North America starting from May 27 in Frankfurt, Germany. The last shows will be held at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 19 and 20, 2022 commemorating his performance in the same stadium in October 1975. Presale will be on RadioMonteCarlo.net beginning at 10 a.m. June 28 until midnight June 30. The general sale will be on D'Alessandro & Galli's website starting at 10 a.m. on July 1. Announcing the final dates of his tour on social media, Elton John stated, "Hello to all my wonderful fans out there. I'm with you today with an announcement that I've been working for, well, my entire life. The shows I am announcing today will be my last ever shows in North America and Europe. I will be saying goodbye in the greatest way possible, performing at my best, with the most spectacular set design I've ever had, playing in venues that have meant so much to me throughout the course of my career. Whether it's next summer in Frankfurt or at the legendary Dodger Stadium for the grand finale in the US, I can't wait to see you all on the road for the last time. This tour has been incredible so far, full of exciting moments and I look forward to building more wonderful memories with you at these last few concerts. To all my friends in Oceania, we will be visiting you as well. Thank you and I look forward to seeing you in your city." Before the stadium tour, the British musician will return to the stage next fall in Europe on September 1 at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, then later in North America on January 19 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. These are all the tour dates in North America and Europe: Friday, May 27, 2022 - Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Leipzig, Red Bull Arena Saturday, June 4, 2022 - Milan, San Siro Stadium Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - Horsens, CASA Arena Thursday, June 9, 2022 - Arnhem, GelreDome Saturday, June 11, 2022 - Paris, La Defense Arena Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - Norwich, Carrow Road Friday, June 17, 2022 - Liverpool, Anfield Stadium Sunday, June 19, 2022 - Sunderland, Stadium of Light Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - Bristol, Ashton Gate Stadium Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Swansea, Liberty Stadium 15 July 2022 - Philadelphia, PA, Citizens Bank Park July 18, 2022 - Detroit, MI, Comerica Park July 23, 2022 - East Rutherford, NJ, MetLife Stadium July 28, 2022 - Foxboro MA, Gillette Stadium July 30, 2022 - Cleveland, OH, Progressive Field 5 August 2022 - Chicago, IL, Soldier Field September 7, 2022 - Toronto, ON, Rogers Centre September 10, 2022 - Syracuse, NY, Carrier Dome September 16, 2022 - Pittsburgh, OH, PNC Park September 18, 2022 - Charlotte, NC, Bank of America Stadium September 22, 2022 - Atlanta, GA, Mercedes-Benz Stadium September 24, 2022 - Washington, DC, Nationals Park September 30, 2022 - Arlington, TX, Globe Life Field October 2, 2022 - Nashville, TN, Nissan Stadium October 21, 2022 - Vancouver, BC, BC Place October 29, 2022 - San Antonio, TX, Alamodome
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SHE’S RECENTLY RELEASED HER ‘ESPÍRITO EP’ AND IS BOSS OF THE EXCELLENT NAIVE LABEL, COPROMOTER OF THE MINA PARTIES, AND AN ALL-ROUND UNDERGROUND HERO. THIS MONTH’S FEATURE INTERVIEW WE’RE VERY HAPPY TO
Inês ‘Violet’ Coutinho is a walking talking embodiment of the ethos of underground dance music culture. She runs her naive and naivety labels, putting out quality authentic underground music, often from lesser-known names. She’s a very handy DJ, a committed community activist, she co-runs celebrated online radio station Radio Quântica and also promotes mina, a queer / trans-focused party. With naive, mina and Quântica, Violet has created an infrastructure in her native Lisbon that can provide a platform for women, PoC and queer people, whilst celebrating the very best elements of dance music and DJ culture.
Growing up in Lisbon has had a definite effect on Violet’s sound and approach, and she cites Portuguese hip hop as a big influence alongside UK and US dance music, and “a big punk rock/hardcore/ska phase” in her teens. Portugal only ceased being a dictatorship in 1974 which she says “stalled the whole maturating of what culture and music could be for 50 years… we were just out of a dictatorship when house music and hip hop were being invented elsewhere so I feel that for a while we had a delay and we’re still catching up. But we also came up with our own thing too… and I credit Lisbon for showing me stuff that wasn’t from here but that the DJs were really good at representing like dubstep, drum & bass, UK garage, I got in touch with that music via Violet also points towards the demographic make-up of her home city as another factor that’s Portuguese DJs.” been “vital in the Lisbon scene, the whole community of PoC, people from Asia and Africa that live here and influence the sound a lot, labels like Principe that repurposed the [AfroPortuguese sound of] Kuduro for dance floors, and other genres, I think that’s a big part of our like of broken rhythms and which definitely informed my influences.” Over Zoom we chatted with Violet about naive’s ethos and how this is reflected – or not – in the wider ‘scene’.
JULY/AUGUST 2021