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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Kid LAROI set to headline The Big E Fair in September
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Kid LAROI will be performing at The Big E Arena on September 26th. The Avett Brothers set to perform at the Big E in September The Big E States that the 21-year-old rapper, born Charlton Howard, was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and grew up listening to Hip-Hop and R&B icons like Tupac, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West. He has been wanting to make music since he can remember, in hopes of claiming a spot within this American legacy. He earned respect after a competition in 2016 from industry executives and was able to perform alongside the late JuiceWRLD, THEY, and more. He recorded his debut EP 14 With a Dream in 2018 and watched standout 'Blessings' take off. 'It's really what I've always imagined… I always knew it was bigger than that,' LAROI said about his crossover success and finding an audience outside of Australia. After spending six of its 17 weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the song 'STAY' with Justin Bieber proved to him what was coming. 'I love everything I make. I take music super seriously, and I look at it as art,' said LAROI. The Kid LAROI will be performing at The Big E Arena on September 26th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale on June 13th at 10:00 a.m. ET. Each ticket includes free admission to the Fair on the day of the concert. The Big E Fair runs from September 12th to the 28th. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The National
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Calvin Harris rant goes viral amid Chicane plagiarism row
Blessings, featuring Clementine Douglas, was released on May 9 and faced criticism from fellow DJ Chicane who took to social media to claim that Harris had "copied" his own song, Offshore, released in 1991. Chicane, real name Nicholas Bracegirdle, posted a video on TikTok showing how a riff in Offshore cut and looped allegedly sounded the same as Blessings. READ MORE: Elon Musk's Tesla's monthly sales in Europe plunge by half In the video he says: "I'm Nick Chicane and welcome to the video that I thought I would never have to make. "This is my right to reply to all the comments online about the new Calvin Harris single Blessings' similarity to my 30-year old Offshore. "I am defending my copyright and intellectual property here guys - I'd like to know what your comments are here guys." Harris then posted an eight-minute-long video in response to the claims, which he captioned: "Response to the people calling me a plagiarist over the last couple of days after that guys video, all the best." @calvinharris Response to the people calling me a plagiarist over the last couple of days after that guys video, all the best x ♬ Blessings - Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas The video showed him playing the two singles alongside each other to see which parts sounded the same. He can be heard laughing and calling Bracegirdle a "stupid b****rd". "It's not the same as you hearing that on the radio and thinking 'ah, that reminds me of that Offshore tune' - you've not heard Offshore in about f***ing 20 years and you know it. "I'll keep playing it until you f***ing realise," he added. READ MORE: Tommy Robinson released from prison after sentence reduced "This guy's gone, 'this guy's a thief, plain and simple, this guy's ripped off my intellectual property'. "One, you didn't invent the guitar. Two, it's not the same, it's not the f***ing same." Another DJ, Sam Sax, remixed Harris's rant into its own song, which has since gone viral on social media. Hundreds of videos have used the sound, gaining tens of thousands of likes. Sharing the audio, one TikTok user said: "Two djs arguing over who stole whos idea for their summer hit is the funniest thing to happen this year". Another said: "A Calvin Harris rant becoming Scotland's song of the summer was not on my 2025 bingo card". Harris responded to the remix: "Hhahahahah".
