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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Gorillaz Team Up With Thundercat For New Song 'Cracker Island'

Animated U.K. band Gorillaz have teamed up with Thundercat for a new song "Cracker Island."

"Cracker Island" marks the animated outfit's first new music of 2022. The band had debuted the track live in April when they kicked off their world tour in Uruguay. The single is produced by Greg Kurstin, Gorillaz, and Remi Kabaka Jr.

"It's nice to be back, I'm well into our new tune, it brings back weird and scary memories of stuff that hasn't happened yet," said 2-D, the animated band's "lead singer."

Gorillaz are currently on tour in Europe and will kick off their North American leg on September 11 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver and conclude on October 23 at the FTX Arena in Miami.

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ONE Musicfest To Feature Lil Baby, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan & More

The lineup for ONE Musicfest 2022 has been announced and includes Lil Baby, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan, Ashanti & Ja Rule, Beenie Man, City Girls, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Rick Ross, and Tems.

ONE Musicfest, the Southeast's premier urban progressive music and arts festival, will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 8 and 9.

J. Carter, Founder of ONE Musicfest, said the number of stages will be expanded from three to four this year by taking over the Old 4th Ward Area in addition to Central Park, Renaissance Park, and the Civic Center.

BET will be a partner with ONE Musicfest this year to turn the festival grounds into a Black Joy Playground.

In addition, this year's festival will host over forty food trucks and more than fifty vendors to patronize.

Fans can listen to music from the artists performing at this year's festival on ONE Musicfest Radio on Pandora.

ONE Musicfest tickets, ranging from general admission entry at $169 to Titanium packages at $5,500, are available at https://onemusicfest.com/tickets/

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Billie Eilish Reveals Use Of Body Double At Coachella

Grammy-winning superstar Billie Eilish has revealed that she used one of her dancers as a body double at Coachella this year.

"At Coachella, I actually did it, because the beginning of Coachella, I had a body double - one of my dancers that was one of my dancers for the show," Eilish said during an appearance on Apple Music 1's "The Matt Wilkinson Show." "I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before. We got a black wig and we put buns in it and we gave her a mask and sunglasses and she wore my shoes and my socks."

Eilish continued, "I put her up at the back of the stage and she stood there while the lights went on and everybody thought it was me. And nobody ever knew it wasn't me, literally nobody knew. And while she's up there, I put on a big black coat and a traffic vest and a hood and just glasses."

Meanwhile, the "Bad Guy" singer is set to headline the Glastonbury festival this week, along with Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney.

"It's a serious once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be asked to go to and to do," Eilish said about the festival. "And I'm constantly feeling like I'm undeserving of everything, and I think that's a good thing. I would say that that's a good thing for the most part."

(Photo: Kelia Anne MacCluskey)

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