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Brent Hinds Reveals Mastodon Departure Was Not Mutual: ‘They Kicked Me Out'
Close to six months on from his exit from the band, co-founding Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has addressed the topic, confirming he was 'kicked out' of the group. Hinds co-founded the Atlanta heavy metal outfit in 2000 alongside bassist/singer Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/singer Brann Dailor, with their lineup remaining largely unchanged since 2001. More from Billboard Zoë Kravitz and Mom Lisa Bonet 'Destroyed' Taylor Swift's Bathroom Looking For Pet Snake During L.A. Wildfires: 'I Was Panicking' Tool and Weezer to Headline Australia's Good Things Festival Cindy Lee Announces North American Tour Dates In March, however, the band revealed that Mastodon and Hinds had 'mutually decided to part ways' after '25 monumental years together.' 'We're deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we've shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors,' a message from the group read. 'We are still very inspired and excited to show up for fans in this next chapter of Mastodon.' In June, there were hints that Hinds' departure was a rocky one, with the guitarist noting on social media that he wouldn't 'miss being in a s–t band with horrible humans.' Now, Hinds has again taken to the comments section, confirming that his exit from the band was not a voluntary one. His latest remarks were made on Instagram in reply to a video which shared a clip of Mastodon performing 'Crack the Skye' in Silver Spring, Maryland in 2012. 'My guitar sounds great, but Troy and prawn [Dailor] sound absolutely horrible,' he wrote. 'They are way out of key. Embarrassing and they kicked me out of the band for embarrassing them for being who I am. But what about who they are? They are two people that can't live or anywhere else in the world. Rverything they try to sing in the studio is manipulated by autotune because they're incapable of singing in key. 'F–k these guys,' Hinds continued. 'Only I know who they really are. They are the biggest fans of them self's [sic]. I've never seen anyone in my life look in the mirror more than Troy Sanders. He thinks he's God's gift to anything. I've never met three people that were so full of themselves. It's disgusting.' Hinds also added a slight caveat to his comments, writing a separate message accompanied by a laugh-crying emoji to note he was 'Not saying I can sing tho.' While no members of Mastodon have responded directly to Hinds' comments, Metal Injection reports that Dailor recently reshared a fans' clip of a recent live performance, captioning it with the message, 'Sounds in key to me.' Among nine Billboard 200-charting albums, Mastodon has landed three in the top 10 of the all-genre chart: 2011's The Hunter, 2014's One More 'Round the Sun and 2017's Emperor of Sand, with the latter two both hitting No. 1 on Top Rock Albums. From six Grammy nominations, the band has taken home one win: best metal performance for 'Sultan's Curse' in 2018. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
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Cindy Lee Announces North American Tour Dates
More than a year on from their last live performances, Canadian musician Cindy Lee has announced a short run of North American tour dates. Lee (the musical moniker of Patrick Flegel) had initially announced an extensive run of tour dates throughout April and May 2024 in support of their breakthrough album, Diamond Jubilee. More from Billboard Zoë Kravitz and Mom Lisa Bonet 'Destroyed' Taylor Swift's Bathroom Looking For Pet Snake During L.A. Wildfires: 'I Was Panicking' Tool and Weezer to Headline Australia's Good Things Festival Brent Hinds Reveals Mastodon Departure Was Not Mutual: 'They Kicked Me Out' Described as the 'last American tour' for the enigmatic artist, the latter half of the planned run was called off for undisclosed personal reasons within the touring party. Now after more than a year of silence, new dates have been added to the artist's schedule with shows in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and New York City planned for early November. Freak Heat Waves, who had previously performed on Lee's 2024 tour, will open all dates except for Toronto, where Blue Light will start proceedings. Flegel's Cindy Lee project first rose to prominence in 2020 following the release of What's Tonight to Eternity?, and later gained widespread acclaim thanks to 2024's mysterious Diamond Jubilee album. Promoted with little fanfare, the album was purposely absent from streaming services (save for a YouTube upload of the record), with a typically-awkward Geocities site serving as the main point of digital distribution for the two-hour long triple LP. Regardless, reviews were extremely positive and the album was ultimately shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. 'The buzz around Diamond Jubilee indicates both the beauty of the album itself and a broader excitement at the possibility that branding and endless self-promotion aren't everything,' wrote Rosie Long Decter for Billboard Canada. 'In a period where artists and labels are struggling to figure out how to break through the online noise, it's refreshing to see an artist so whole-heartedly reject the imperatives of the streaming economy, and to see that artist lauded, instead of chided.' Cindy Lee – 2025 Tour Dates Nov. 5 – Empty Bottle, Chicago, ILNov. 6 – Massey Hall, Toronto, ONNov. 10 – Rialto Theatre, Montreal, QCNov. 15 – Brooklyn Paramount, New York City, NY Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
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Zoë Kravitz and Mom Lisa Bonet ‘Destroyed' Taylor Swift's Bathroom Looking For Pet Snake During L.A. Wildfires: ‘I Was Panicking'
Zoë Kravitz survived a potentially career-ending mushroom trip on the first season of The Studio, but she almost didn't make it out of a stay at Taylor Swift's house without destroying the joint in a mad panic. The actress/director stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday night (Aug. 12) to share a hilariously harrowing story about the time her mom Lisa Bonet's adorable pet snake almost caused an A-list incident. Kravitz said Swift had generously invited the mother-daughter duo to stay in her home during the evacuations caused by the L.A. wildfires in January. 'My mom lives in Topanga Canyon, so I said, 'No, that's a dangerous place to be. Come [here].' And my mom has a pet snake, and so she has her evacuation stuff; she came over with the snake,' Kravitz said. 'We ended up having to stay there for maybe about two weeks, and Taylor has this very beautiful house. I think it's from the '30s, like it's a beautiful house, something you want to preserve and take care of.' More from Billboard Taylor Swift Fans Have the 'Zoomies' Over 'Life of a Showgirl' News: 'I Am Bouncing Around … Like a Feral Cat' Tool and Weezer to Headline Australia's Good Things Festival Cindy Lee Announces North American Tour Dates One way to take cover of such a jem is to not lose your reptile in it. But, as the pair were getting ready to leave on their last day and the Blink Twice director was packing up her things, Kravitz told her mom that she really wanted to 'be a good house guest. I like to leave places better than I found them. I don't want her [Swift] to even know we were here.' So I was kind of going around and cleaning up, and I'm downstairs and she's upstairs and my phone rings and it's my mom.' Uh oh. It was Bonet and her voice was 'super high,' which made Kravitz think something was amiss. 'And she's like, 'I'm in a little bit of a pickle. Can you come upstairs?'' Kravitz said. That's when she learned that Bonet's pet snake, Orpheus, had found 'this little hole in the corner' of the room to hide in. Turns out the snake crawled into a hole next to a banquette built into the wall and while Bonet was able to get a hold of the snake's tail, 'they're all muscle, they're very, very strong, so she's holding the snake's tail. We don't know what to do.' Kravitz said she started to panic as the snake crawled further and further into the hole. 'It's like that scene in Jurassic Park when they're in the car and the branches breaking every time they move,' Kravitz said. 'I was panicking so much that my mom likes to say, 'If I had both hands, I would have slapped you.'' They were saved by the house manager, who showed up with a crowbar to tear apart the banquette so they could reach the snake, adding that they were 'ripping up the tile, we're scratching the walls.' In the end, she said, 'we completely destroyed Taylor's bathroom, and there was just this moment where I was like, 'either we destroy her bathroom or I have to tell her that there's a snake somewhere in her house,'' explained Kravitz, with Meyers saying they were 'both bad options.' They did end up destroying the bathroom, with Meyers holding up a pic of the aftermath, with cabinets torn apart and Bonet and Kravitz laying on the floor, head-to-head, holding on to the snake with all their might. Kravitz said she assured the house manager that she would pay for the damages, asking him to not say anything until was all fixed. 'And I remember calling her [Swift] and saying, 'Hey — also very high voice — I wanted to talk to you about something,' and she was like, 'Is it the fact that you almost lost a stake in our house and destroyed my bathroom?,'' Kravitz said. The story — which came on the same day that Swift announced her upcoming 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl — prompted Meyers to joke that Orpheus is definitely 'gonna get like three songs on the next album.' Watch Kravitz tell her snake tale of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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Radiohead Announce Digital Release of ‘Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009'
Radiohead are revisiting one of their most beloved albums, 2003's electro-rock classic Hail to the Thief with a new live collection chronicling six years of performances of tracks from the Nigel Godrich-produced LP. In an announcement on Wednesday (Aug. 13), the Thom Yorke-led group heralded the digital release of Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009, a 12-track compilation that helped the band 're-evaluate their relationship with their 6th studio album.' More from Billboard Zoë Kravitz and Mom Lisa Bonet 'Destroyed' Taylor Swift's Bathroom Looking For Pet Snake During L.A. Wildfires: 'I Was Panicking' Tool and Weezer to Headline Australia's Good Things Festival Cindy Lee Announces North American Tour Dates 'In the process of thinking of how to build arrangements for the Shakespeare Hamlet/Hail To The Thief theatre production, I asked to hear some archive live recordings of the songs,' said Yorke in a statement about the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play cued to orchestrations by the band's singer that ran in Manchester in April and May and at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in June of this year. 'I was shocked by the kind of energy behind the way we played. I barely recognised us, and it helped me find a way forward,' Yorke said. 'We decided to get these live recordings mixed and released (it would have been insane to keep them for ourselves). It has all been a very cathartic process. We very much hope you enjoy them.' Available now to stream, fans can pre-order the one-off vinyl pressing in limited-edition red colorway from independent record stores or in black or cyan vinyl from the band's online store; the vinyl is due out on Oct. 31, click here to pre-order. The album, mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton, features performances recorded in Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Dublin and London between 2003 and 2009. Hail to the Thief debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart in June 2003 following a disruptive internet leak of the unfinished recordings two months before its initial release. Check out the track list for Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 and a live 2009 performance video of 'There, There' from Buenos Aires below. Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 track list: '2+ 2 +5' 'Sit Down. Stand Up' 'Sail to the Moon' 'Go to Sleep' 'Where I End and You Begin' 'We Suck Young Blood' 'The Gloaming' 'There, There' 'I Will' 'Myxomatosis' 'Scatterbrain' 'A Wolf at the Door' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
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12-08-2025
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90s alt-rock heroes Tool, Weezer and Garbage headline 2025 Good Things line-up with Aussie legend James Reyne
Many fans had American rock icons Tool on the top of their list of predictions to headline the 2025 Good Things festival. Some pundits who were also spot on with their call on the return of indie rock heroes Weezer for the December festival gigs. A big surprise is another 90s altrock fave Garbage, joining the festival to play their first shows in Australia for almost a decade. But absolutely not one person on the planet had Australian rock legend James Reyne on their Good Things bingo card. Yet there he is, the 13th artist in the line-up list, after 'California post-hardcore genre-benders' Dayseeker and before thrash metal Texans, Kublai Khan TX. 'As one of the country's finest singer-songwriters, Australian Crawl frontman James Reyne will turn the nostalgia up to 11, as the ARIA Hall of Famer and Order of Australia recipient performs iconic pub anthems like 'The Boys Light Up,' 'Hammerhead,' and more,' the organisers declared in the line-up announcement. Reyne landing on the Good Things bill, which leans towards hard rock, metal, punk and emo, is this year's WTF nostalgia trip. The organisers have programmed unexpected Aussie icons since 2019 when they booked The Veronicas for the festival. In 2022, it was a stacked line-up of 90s legends including TISM, You Am I and Regurgitator. More blasts from the past surprises for the 2023 bill were Boom Crash Opera and Short Stack alongside Big Day Out alumni Jebediah, Spiderbait and Eskimo Joe. And last year, you couldn't get a more jawdropping pair of bookends for Aussie rock royalty with Dragon and Killing Heidi. So Reyne, who landed at No. 39 with Australian Crawl's Reckless on the recent Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs, fits the Good Things formula of programming local legends to stoke the nostalgia vibes for the festival's wide demographic of punters. The 2025 Good Things line-up also features All Time Low, Machine Head, The All-American Rejects, Knocked Loose, Lorna Shore, Refused, New Found Glory, Make Them Suffer, Cobra Starship, Goldfinger and Tonight Alive. The festival opens at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne on December 5, then heads to the Sydney Showground on December 6 and winds up at Brisbane Showgrounds on December 7. All shows are for fans 16 years and older.
