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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Iconic metal group celebrating 25th anniversary with special album release
Slipknot is celebrating the band's 25th anniversary by releasing a special edition of their debut album. The masked metal pioneers announced a deluxe reissue of their 1999 self-titled debut album on Thursday, July 24. 'Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)" will include all of the original album's songs in addition to new tracks. The special box set boasts 59 tracks — including 40 previously unreleased demos, alternate mixes and live recordings — spread across six LPs. The box set also includes nine new Slipknot collectors photo cards. 'Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)" will be released on Sept. 5. 'Slipknot' was released on Roadrunner Records in 1999. The project established Slipknot as one of the most popular bands in the nu-metal explosion of the late '90s and early 2000s. The project was certified platinum by early 2000, becoming the first such album in Roadrunner's history, according to AllMusic. The genre-blending album was voted the best debut album of the last 25 years by Metal Hammer readers in 2011. 'Slipknot' is also the band's only album to feature original guitarist Josh Brainard who left at the end of recording in late 1998 while the band was on a short hiatus. Slipknot have sold more than 30 million records, won a Grammy Award and headlined some of the world's biggest festivals over the past 25 years. The band's milestone anniversary also included the sold-out 'Here Comes The Pain' world tour that happened last year. 'Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)" is available for pre-save online. More music content Rock legend shares heartfelt message after canceling final show of career Noah Kahan joins Gracie Abrams for surprise performance at Boston show Country legend 'in great spirits' following surgery after onstage stroke Famous singer surprises patients at Boston hospital before TD Garden shows 18 vintage photos show incredible life of Ozzy Osbourne Read the original article on MassLive. Solve the daily Crossword
The Sun
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Will Best reveals huge Big Brother shake-up ahead of 25th anniversary as he opens up new series twists
WILL Best has revealed that Big Brother fans are in for a huge treat for the show's 25th anniversary later this year. The much-loved TV presenter, 40, said bosses won't disappoint when it comes to celebrating the special series this autumn. 8 8 8 Will admitted bosses have plenty of twists up their sleeve and have big plans to toy with contestants more than ever before. Speaking exclusively to The Sun about the milestone series, Will said: "Some of the great moments have always been when Big Brother shows straight away that he means business. "Like night one, things are being toyed with, people are being wrong footed, unexpected things are happening and I would be very surprised if that isn't dialled up for the 25th anniversary." Will, who began co-hosting the ITV revival of Big Brother alongside AJ Odudu in 2023, opened up about his future on the show after becoming one of UK's most in demand presenters. He told us: "I hope I'll be on the show for quite a while, definitely. "I think the main thing is the show itself is going down well. I think ITV have done an amazing job, purely speaking as a Big Brother fan, who has been following the show for 25 years. "Seeing how ITV have taken it, made it fresh, it feels kind of level upped in a way. I think as long as ITV keep making it the way they are, it will run and run in it's current form." Will shared his excitement about presenting the 25th anniversary after growing up watching Davina McCall and Emma Willis present the show. He said: "I can't believe it, I kind of didn't really click, me and AJ are getting to work on the series during that anniversary, it feels big. "I sort of pinch myself every time I think I work on Big Brother, so to be doing it on the 25th anniversary, I'll have to pinch myself extra hard." Moment Danny Beard shocks Celeb Big Brother hosts by making a play for their JOB live on TV Will opened up about the show's incredible success and the secret behind why it's still on our screens all these years later. He said: "The thing with Big Brother is, you just trust the format, because no matter what happens, every series is unique. Every series has stuff in it that you could never in a million years could script or predict, it just works. "There's a reason it's been going for 25 years, it's in like 100 countries around the world and has been since it started. "It is one of the biggest longest running shows in the history of television because when you put 16 or however many people in a house, lock them up for 24 hours a day for six or seven weeks and film the whole thing, it will be chaos and funny and emotional and dramatic." It was also revealed in May that Big Brother has been extended for the milestone series - meaning it will be seven weeks long instead of six. Will hinted that the extra week will bring plenty more chaos. He said: "I'm delighted, the last civilian series, that could have carried on. There was unfinished business. The relationships were still forming, forging, unfolding, falling apart. There were so many layers, I was watching it and thinking 'this could carry on'." The last celebrity series saw plenty of drama unfold, with bosses putting the contestants through their paces. But during the madness, a surprise pair found love. Will shared his joy for Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa, who went official with their relationships just weeks after leaving the famous house. "I'm delighted for Chris and Jojo! I have to confess, I was surprised when their relationship did turn from platonic to romantic, but they seem so happy together, and so perfect for each other, I just wish them all the best," Will said. "And it would be fun to see the first Celeb BB couples wedding. Maybe I'll even get an invite…' Despite being the consummate professional, Will said he still gets nervous when presenting live TV, but insisted his partnership with AJ is the key to help calming his nerves and visa versa. He shared: "I get nervous about everything, at the end of the day I'm with my best mate. You have to remember we're just having a laugh. "The thing about Big Brother, if me and AJ weren't working on it, we'd be watching it and we'd be discussing it. That's just a default. We'd be doing this anyway, we're just lucky enough to be doing it in front of a couple of million people." Speaking about their incredible partnership, Will said: "AJ is one of my best mates and I've known her forever and it does make a massive difference, you're just lucky to work with friends to have it that way round. "Often you become good mates with your colleagues but to be really good friends with somebody and to get the opportunity to work on a show like that is pretty special." WORK HARD, PLAY HARD And when Will and AJ are not being absolute pros on screen, they know how to let their hair down and have a good time. Will has teamed up with Holiday Inn Express for their Fresh or Fried campaign, as he opened up about some of his wild party days. The host, who has a been in the industry for nearly three decades, having landed his first his first presenting gig in 2010 on Viva. During that time, he's enjoyed his own fair share of festivals and gigs as he recalled a hilarious moment an A-lister told him off. Will said: "I once got told off for being too drunk by Ellie Goulding, she just said 'oh my god, are you drunk?' and I was like 'yes, I'm at a Katy Perry concert. "I don't think I was doing anything bad, it was at the iTunes concert." With the host being on the scene for a while now, he's attended a number of glitzy star-studded events. But Will said there are two famous faces that are the life and soul of any party. He said: "It's AJ Odudu [the best person to go on a night out with], she is the life and soul of every party. I've had some fun nights with AJ and Maya [Jama]. "I ended up after the Brits when Maya hosted it, me and AJ, my job when I go out with AJ is like 'we're going home, we're not going to be out all night because usually the Brits is just before Big Brother start and we're usually in Big Brother getting ready mode. "I start worrying about tomorrow Will towards the end of the evening but AJ seems to hate tomorrow AJ because she doesn't care about her. She ploughs on. I'm always the voice of reason." Will recalled one of his best nights out with his fellow presenters at the Brit Awards in March. "When me and AJ went to the Brits together, my job was to make sure we went home. There are lots of afterparties, we're in the build up of Big Brother, we're both like 'we need to get our game faces on. "She was like 'Will we're making sure we go home'. AJ likes to chat to lots of people after the show and I could tell she was going to get dragged into an afterparty and I was like 'AJ, we're leaving', I found an exit and took us out the back exit but unfortunately collided with Maya Jama who was getting onto her party bus to go to an afterparty, we got scooped up and didn't get to bed as early as we would have. "I still left though because I was like 'AJ, now it's time to go at 2 in the morning', she was like 'see you'." CAREER HIGHS AND LOWS The telly star has made his become a firm favourite with fans thanks to his charm and charisma and has cemented himself as one of the most in demand presenters. But Will opened up about his life and how it wasn't always this easy and said landing some of his TV jobs was purely down to "luck". He said: "I was really lucky when my career first started, I set myself this target that I wanted to get on T4, because that was the sort of show I wanted to work on - I wanted to work in music and comedy and I felt like T4 was the perfect vehicle for that and through a series of lucky events and having the right haircut at the right time, I got MTV and I got T4 and it all just fell into place. It was luck, luck just played a huge part in it. "I thought 'oh, it's quite easy getting telly gigs', the reality it's not." The star admitted times were hard and he struggled to pay his bills - especially when Covid hit in 2020. "There has been definite ups and downs throughout my career, early on all those youth music shows I was working on, they all came to an end because youth music TV stopped being a thing," he said. "There were definitely periods where I thought I wasn't going to get work ever again in front of the camera. "I've got a business outside of TV which has always kept me busy and I've done stuff behind the camera. "When I got the call for Big Brother, at that point the day I got the call, I was producing another shoot for someone else, I've always done stuff behind the camera." Discussing how he deals with the knockbacks, Will shared: "I'm never that surprised, so if a knockback comes I'm like 'fair enough', you have to move on quite quickly, but it wasn't even knockbacks to be honest, it was more like not much happening. "But obviously Covid played a big part in that." He continued: "When Covid hit a lot of my work got cancelled because I was doing a lot of stuff that was international music festivals. "There was a period after that where I was just relying on income from this small business that I started which was less than my mortgage outgoings. "It was definitely times which where I was like 'I'm going to have to completely rethink things, give up completely'. "That's why I was getting into producing and directing, the reality for lots of people in TV across the board, it's just harder and harder for everyone to keep going." Will kicked off his presenting career on MTV. Teaming up with Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh, he presented a series called Suck My Pop on VIVA, as well voicing the MTV Top 20 chart. He went on to join the T4 family in 2011, hosting the show's annual T4 On The Beach series and other slots. A familiar face at music festivals, in 2012 and 2013, Will hosted Channel 4's coverage of the iTunes Festival alongside Nick Grimshaw. Despite having a hugely successful career, Will admitted that he still has feelings of imposter syndrome. He said: "I have imposter syndrome pretty much 100 per cent of the time, but I think the job that we do is so surreal, it would be odd if you didn't." NEXT BIG MOVE With his hands full with Hits Radio and Big Brother, the star said he'd still be up for signing up to some of the big reality TV shows if he was approached. He said: "I can honestly say that I don't think I've ever turned down a TV job. Mainly because I've always been so surprised to actually be offered anything, it would seem rude to refuse. "I'd love to do Strictly, I would love to do I'm A Celeb, I would love to do Celebrity Traitors. I will do anything if they pay me to do it." Will also teased that he'd be up for a permanent role on This Morning after a few appearances on the ITV show - but on one condition. He said: "I wouldn't dream of pushing Dermot [O'Leary] or Ben [Shephard] off the This Morning sofa, but if they were on holiday and they needed me to step into the role, I would do that. "If there was a ceremony where Dermot and Ben said 'Will I'd like to bequeath my spot on the sofa to you, I think you're a top chap, you can have it', but until that day, those guys have got it." Will said the new Holiday Inn Express Fresh and Fried packs are perfect for helping with wellness. "This summer of pop that we're all experiencing so many gigs, festivals, it happens every year, it feels like this summer there is more than ever going on," he said. "It's the perfect time to take advantage of these amazing care boxes. "There are two different kinds that can reflect how you get ready for a big night and prepare after a gig or to recover the next day. You can either get a fresh box or a fried box. "The fried box is about recovery, things like hydration sachets, eye masks. "For me personally, now that I do breakfast radio, it's all about preparation the night before." Holiday Inn Express' Fresh or Fried campaign is running from 24th July - 24th September 2025, with boxes available at select properties across the UK and Ireland and online while stocks last. Or here. 8 8 8 8
Gizmodo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Prime Day and LEGO Star Wars 25th Anniversary Come Together at All-Time Low on the Imperial Star Destroyer
Prime Day is most definitely a cause for celebration, but who says you can't combine big events and also continue the yearlong 25th anniversary celebration of LEGO Star Wars? These two events are coming together for a great deal that takes 30% off the price of the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer, a truly impressive 1,555-piece kit that comes with 7 minifigures, including a special 25th anniversary Cal Kestis. See at Amazon Designed for LEGO and Star Wars fans 10 and up, this imposing piece of Imperial hardware normally sells for $160. But during Amazon's Prime Day blowout sale, that price is down to just $112, a huge score for a birthday gift or for some very-early holiday shopping. The marauding Imperial Star Destroyer is instantly recognizable to any Star Wars fan as the flagship of the mighty Imperial fleet. In LEGO form, it's a remarkably detailed and impressive playable kit that comes with minifigures of Darth Vader, Commander Praji, an Imperial Gunner, Imperial Navy Trooper, and Stormtrooper in addition to the special Cal Kestis figure. There's a hidden foldout carry handle in the LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer so kids can simulate flight during their Star Wars play, two spring-loaded shooters for fun pretend space combat, and a liftoff top panel and foldout side panel that reveals a detailed interior for even more fun pretend options with the minifigures. You can access the Imperial Star Destroyer's bridge, command room, break room, armory, control panels, and cargo box with Kyber Crystal and thermal detonator elements — all faithful recreations from the iconic Star Wars movie and TV universe. The 1,555 pieces of the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer present a fun challenge for boys and girls 10 and up, and the effort pays off once the vessel is complete in the form of virtually endless hours of fun play, and also displaying the Imperial Star Destroyer in a toy room or bedroom. When completed, the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer measures 18 inches in length, 11 inches in width, and 6 inches in height, a perfect size for action. The LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary celebration has yielded many great Amazon deals on buildable kits for all ages, and now that the big celebration is intersecting with Prime Day, the chance are good for even better deals. Taking 30% off the price of a beauty like the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer and listing it for just $112 makes it a perfect gift-buying opportunity for the young LEGO Star Wars fan in your life. See at Amazon
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Axos Financial Celebrates Twenty-Fifth Anniversary on July 4th
SAN DIEGO, July 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axos Financial ("Axos") celebrates twenty-five years of successful evolution from a consumer-focused digital bank into a leading full-spectrum financial services firm. Today, Axos serves consumers, small businesses, and commercial and institutional clients nationwide across with a comprehensive range of deposit, lending, and securities services, all delivered with a focus on technological excellence. Over its 25-year history Axos Financial has been widely recognized for its innovation in digital banking and strong financial performance. Axos's founders selected July 4th as its launch date to symbolize the freedom that a financial services firm focused on digital delivery could provide to clients tethered to the inconvenience and high cost of branch-based financial services delivery. By focusing the client's experience on digital technology and providing the option of reaching industry focused financial services experts, Axos experienced the strong client growth that has allowed it to continue to invest in better technology and expanded services for our clients. "Our twenty-fifth anniversary is a source of pride for our team given the success we have achieved in serving clients across our diverse businesses. This milestone reflects our ability to adapt, evolve, and execute with discipline," said Greg Garrabrants, President and CEO of Axos. "We have proven that a digital first institution can become the primary bank for consumers and businesses by leading with technology. I am proud of what we have achieved and excited about our future. As we look ahead, Axos will continue to drive product and technological innovation to our clients with a relentless focused on driving innovation, deepening customer relationships, and delivering long-term value." About Axos Financial, Inc. Axos Financial, Inc., with approximately $24.0 billion in consolidated assets as of March 31, 2025, is the holding company for Axos Bank, Axos Clearing LLC and Axos Invest, Inc. Axos Bank provides consumer and business banking products nationwide through its low-cost distribution channels and affinity partners. Axos Clearing LLC (including its business division Axos Advisor Services), with approximately $37.1 billion of assets under custody and/or administration as of March 31, 2025, and Axos Invest, Inc., provide comprehensive securities clearing services to introducing broker-dealers and registered investment advisor correspondents, and digital investment advisory services to retail investors, respectively. Axos Financial, Inc.'s common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "AX" and is a component of the Russell 2000® Index, the S&P SmallCap 600® Index, the KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index, and the Travillian Tech-Forward Bank Index. For more information on Axos Financial, Inc., please visit View source version on Contacts Media Contacts Johnny LaiSVP, Corporate Development and Investor RelationsAxos Financial, Inc.858-649-2218jlai@
Associated Press
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
CRYSTAL KAY ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR
Crystal Kay celebrates 25 years with her first full North American tour, bringing her genre-defining J-pop and R&B sound to seven cities this August. 'I honestly can't believe it's happening, it feels like a dream! The timing couldn't be more perfect. For it to happen in my 25th year makes it even more special. I can't wait to meet you all.'— Crystal Kay WASHINGTON D.C., DC, UNITED STATES, July 3, 2025 / / -- Global J-pop and R&B icon Crystal Kay is officially embarking on her first-ever full North American headlining tour this August with CK25 – The Tour: 25 Years in the Making, a six-city run celebrating a genre-defining career that has spanned a quarter century. For over two decades, Crystal Kay has shaped the sound of Japanese pop and R&B. From her breakout hit 'Koi ni Ochitara' to her contributions to anime classics (Fullmetal Alchemist, Nodame Cantabile, Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior) and her critically acclaimed albums, Crystal has built a lasting legacy as one of Japan's most dynamic and influential artists. While she has performed select shows in the U.S. before, CK25 marks her first full-scale tour across the U.S. and Canada. The tour kicks off August 17 in Atlanta, with additional stops in Washington, D.C, New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas, bringing her timeless sound and powerful stage presence to longtime fans and new listeners alike. The tour coincides with the release of her new All Time Best – 25th Anniversary album, offering a live experience that spans her catalog from debut to now. Each stop will feature live performances of fan favorites, new moments, and a special look back at the moments that defined her career. VIP packages, exclusive tour merch, and limited meet-and-greet opportunities will be available. 2025 CK25 – THE TOUR: DATES & VENUES August 17 – Atlanta, GA | Terminal West August 19 – Washington, DC | Pearl Street Warehouse August 21 – New York, NY | Racket NYC August 24 – Toronto, ON | El Mocambo August 26 – Chicago, IL | LiveBash August 28 – Los Angeles, CA | The Miracle Theater August 30 – Dallas, TX | Southside Music Hall TICKETS Tickets and VIP packages for Washington D.C., New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas will be available starting July 3 at Atlanta tickets will be available on July 7. For media inquiries, interviews, or credentials, contact: [email protected] ABOUT CRYSTAL KAY Crystal Kay is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, and performer who debuted at the age of 13 and rose to prominence as one of the first biracial superstars in Japan's mainstream music industry. Known for her smooth vocals, bold versatility, and rich discography blending R&B, pop, soul, and funk, she has released over a dozen albums, contributed to major anime soundtracks, and starred in musical theater productions. Her influence continues to resonate with fans across Japan and around the world. CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL KAY Instagram:@crystalkayofficial Twitter/X:@CKAY26 YouTube:Crystal Kay Channel Facebook: TikTok: Tour Info: Chelcy Garrett Konnect'd Entertainment +1 857-719-2256 [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
