While You Were Away: New Music From Silent Planet, André 3000 On New OutKast Music, Linkin Park At Billboard Music Awards, And More
Take a break from holiday shopping and catch up with news you missed with this week’s edition of While You Were Away. This week, new music from Silent Planet, André 3000’s grim outlook on new OutKast music, Linkin Park at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards, and more.
Gojira release official video for ‘Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira)’
Gojira’s epic performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has now been officially released. The band has released the epic performance as their official video making it easy for fans to find and stream.
Prior to this, unofficial reuploads of the televised performance were struck down by copyright violations. Thanks to the band, you can relive one of the most metal moments of the year – beheading and all – on YouTube.
Watch the video below.
Silent Planet release new single ‘Mindframe’
Silent Planet have shared their new single “Mindframe,” their first release since becoming independent artists in September.
The band describes the song as “an open letter to the powers that be,” and confirmed that it’s “independently released, and… yours forever.” They added: “You can stream it, steal it… we don’t care just make sure it stays long enough to infect.”
Watch the video, directed by Kevin Johnson, below.
André 3000 on new OutKast music: ‘I’m not a big fan of looking back’
Hope you weren’t waiting for new OutKast music because according to André 3000 the chances of it happening are slim. During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, he spoke about the possibility of reuniting with Big Boi to record new music as OutKast saying it won’t happen anytime soon.
“I think the audience sometimes believes that something has to last forever, and I don’t think that. I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen,” he explained. “I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been.”
He continued: “We have to be wanting to do it,” he said. “It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of ‘Let things be’ … It’s not like we’re Coca-Cola, where it’s this formula that you can always press a button and it’ll happen.”
While he hates letting down OutKast, he doesn’t want to get their hopes up. “I don’t blame the fan for wanting what they’ve known,” he said. “I know, for the rest of my life, people will be like, ‘One more OutKast album.’ [But] I try to put myself in the shoes of other people, and I’m like, ‘Man, if we ain’t do an OutKast album in 20 years, do y’all really think it’s going to happen now?’”
Read the entire interview here.
Watch Linkin Park perform ‘Emptiness Machine’ at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards
Linkin Park shared a recent performance of the “Emptiness Machine” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. The pre-recorded performance took place on November 15th during a São Paulo, Brazil concert.
During the broadcast, it was revealed that Linkin Park won a pair of Billboard Music awards for “Top Hard Rock Artist” and “Top Rock Duo/Group.” See all of the night’s winners here.
Watch the performance below.
Tours on sale this week
System of a Down will play massive stadium shows in North America next summer. The concerts will take place in East Rutherford, New Jersey with Korn (August 27th and 28th), Chicago, Illinois with Avenged Sevenfold (August 31st and Sep. 1st), and Toronto, Canada with Deftones (September 3rd and 5th). Find all the info here.
Nelly has announced the “Where the Party At Tour” with special guests Ja Rule and Eve. The world tour will see the rapper celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album, Country Grammar. In addition to Ja Rule and Eve, the tour will feature a variety of openers, including Chingy, Fabolous, and Jermain Dupri. The tour starts March 21st in Auckland, New Zealand. Get all the details here.
The Used will embark on its 25th anniversary US tour next spring. The band will perform its first three albums—The Used (2002), In Love and Death (2004), and Lies for the Liars (2007)—across three nights in each city. The tour kicks off on April 3rd in Detroit, Michigan, and wraps up on May 16th in San Diego, California. Tickets are on sale now.
The legendary Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have announced a five-night residency at the House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino set for next summer. The shows will take place June 13th, 14th, 18th, 20th and 21st. Get tickets here.
