If you haven’t watched Jack Parow’s new music video ‘Afrikaans Is Dood,’ check it out here. And then, when you’re done, keep reading this for the lyrics. They’re pretty gnarly..
2oceansvibe has just learnt that a little slip up on Computicket revealed that English folk rock band, Mumford & Sons, will be touring South Africa. Click for more..
Jack Parow has just dropped this insane music video for his song, Afrikaans is Dood (Afrikaans is dead). The plot involves Parow defending himself against a group of thieving lowlifes. What do they want to steal? His lyrics, of course!
And by delicately poised, we mean might not go ahead. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has yet to grant permission for the Chili Peppers to play at FNB Stadium in February. This is sure to piss a lot of people off.
A Big Concerts representative let slip yesterday that Justin Bieber would perform two shows in South Africa next year. Then a radio station gave away the first tickets this morning leaving little to the imagination.
By now you will be all too familiar with one Dirk Van Der Westhuizen’s controversial music videos which went viral after we featured them last week. Rolling Stone magazine interviewed him about the public outcry. Click to read it (includes links to the videos):
Die Antwoord’s Fatty Boom Boom has been one of the most talked-about music videos of the year so far. But it has been for mostly the wrong reasons. Their stab at Lady Gaga, followed by a Twitter fight, sadly overshadowed the fact that the video itself is a visual masterpiece.
Tweetpic by @karenjeynes Well here’s something to spice up your Friday. OH MY FUCK! The crazy anti-Gaga Christians are staging a protest outside my office block! (Big Concerts is based here too) — Mvelase (@MvelaseP) November 16, 2012 A gaggle of Gaga protesters have gathered outside the offices of Big Concerts on Cape Town’s Park […]
We cannot fully express the quality of what you are about to see. We guarantee you, it will melt your face off. Thank you, Afrikaans pop culture. We love you.
Supermodel Heidi Klum hosted the MTV EMA’s on Sunday night. During the evening, she wore four different Versace dresses, however, the outfit that received the most applause was a blue tuxedo jacket and a pair of black trousers.
Anne Hathaway hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time over the weekend. One of the highlights saw her bring back her spot-on impression of actress Katie Holmes. In the latest sketch, “Holmes” appears on the Ellen Degeneres show – talking about the media and threatening to violently kill anyone that comes close to Suri.
New footage has emerged of Elvis Presley performing at Madison Square Garden in 1972 as part of a four-concert tour. This was the only time ever that Elvis performed in New York City.
Lucozade, one of the official sponsors of the Linkin Park tour to South Africa, has announced it is no longer actively promoting the tour, which has one concert left in Jozi.
There were plenty of tears for Florentina Heaven-Popa, 33, when it was officially confirmed that she was the tragic victim to have lost her life after scaffolding came down during gale force winds on Wednesday at Cape Town Stadium.
Lance Witten, a sports presenter for both e.tv and eNCA, has apologised for an insensitive tweet following the death of a Linkin Park fan in Cape Town last night. Twenty other concertgoers were also injured when a massive advertising tower was blown over at Cape Town stadium.
Cape Town was visited by some distant cousin of hurricane Sandy yesterday, with 50km/h+ winds. Sadly for some concert goers, a massive advertising tower was blown over at Cape Town stadium, crashing to the ground, killing 1 and injuring some 20 others.
Linkin Park kicks off their South African tour at the Cape Town Stadium today. They will then move to Joburg for a concert at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. The gates for this evening will open at 17h00. KONGOS will kick off the show at 20h00, followed by Linkin Park at 21h00.
Yesterday campaigning for the US elections officially ended, with voting starting today. In a final bid to rally people behind him, Barack Obama’s last couple of events for the day featured the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z.
A US District Court judge has ruled that Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin didn’t steal the lyrics to the song “Nikita”.
The Fresh Prince is back! Recently, while at a celebrity friend’s birthday party, Will Smith took up the mic for the first in years and broke into a freestyle rap. Backed by the party’s official entertainer, Doug E. Fresh, Smith proceeds to steal the show and later teaches the crowd a very special dance.
A new entry has just made its way onto the three most watched YouTube videos of all time list. And what else could it be other than Psy’s Gangnam Style? Since being uploaded on 15 July this year, the music video has been watched more than 532 million times!
Well-aged rockers Bon Jovi will be touring South Africa next year in May. Tickets are available already, details inside.
Movember is now only a few days away and everyone is preparing their upper lip for majestic growth. True to form, local parody kings, Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues, have weighed in on the issue with a brilliant new single.
The music video for Die Antwoord’s Fatty Boom Boom has been one of the most talked-about videos on the Internet over the past week. Not only has it been viewed nearly three million times on YouTube, but it also created further buzz following a brief Twitter altercation with Lady Gaga.
Rodriguez is back on everyone’s mind since the brilliant documentary Searching for Sugar Man was released. We’re all stoked that he has just announced that he will be performing two concerts in February next year.
Remember that time Die Antwoord were asked by Lady Gaga to open for her and they said no? The music video for their single, Fatty Boom Boom, just dropped and it seems they want to make double sure she got the message.
Classic rock legends, The Rolling Stones, have just released their first new single in almost a decade, and it’s awesome. Click through and enjoy.
The Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and the Black Keys have collaborated on a track for RZA’s upcoming film ‘Man with the Iron Fists’ – a Kung Fu film that he is directing, starring and co-writing (alongside Hostel’s Eli Roth) which opens November 2.
Fatty Boom Boom is a track on the second Die Antwoord album, Ten$Ion. It is also the third song from the CD that has been made into a music video.
There’s probably not all that much that dubstep DJ Skrillex, and billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson have in common. Yet, this past Saturday, they shared a musical moment when Branson had a brief introduction to dubstep DJing.