Monday, February 22, 2016

Quick News

Glastonbury said they will honor David Bowie at this year's festival in Worthy Farm with a screening of his 2000 performance. It was 16 years ago The Thin White Duke played the iconic British festival.

Speaking to NPR, Lady Gaga dished on what it was like performing a tribute for the late Bowie at the Grammys last week. She said: "How do I feel now that it's over? I mean, I feel like my whole career is a tribute to David Bowie. It's still going. I've been watching his videos all day long, and also listening to Blackstar, his last album, which is a truly incredible piece of music. It's one of the single greatest things an artist has ever done: making a masterpiece album that is their own eulogy. Can you imagine? To go into the studio every day and put your heart in that place, where you are saying goodbye to life? I mean, his art made him strong."

During an Reddit AMA session, The Weeknd explained how he dropped the 'E' from his stage name. The artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, said it happened because there was a band called The Weekend and in order to not get sued he dropped the letter.

Burial will reissue his first albums, his self-titled and Untrue on vinyl via Hyperdub. In a statement from the label, they said: "THE TWO CLASSIC BURIAL ALBUMS ARE BEING RE-PRESSED ON 180G DOUBLE VINYL AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE BEATLESS ATMOSPHERIC TRACKS THAT UP UNTIL NOW HAVE ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE ON THE CD VERSIONS. THESE NEW PRESSINGS ALSO COME WITH UNIQUE CODES FOR FREE DOWNLOAD. PLEASE NOTE - THESE ARE NOT RE-ISSUES, THERE’S NO NEW MUSIC, NOTHING REMASTERED - JUST REVISED, IMPROVED AND BACK IN PRINT. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG."