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Reebok made a resounding return to the world of hip hop with its highly anticipated event, Back Like We Never Left, which went down on 7 December 2023. To mark the occasion and celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop, the brand collaborated with hip hop heavyweights, DJ Ready D and YoungstaCPT, on the release of a new track, Back Like I Never Left, available on select streaming platforms from 8 December 2023.
The Back Like We Never Left event was a tribute to the golden days of hip hop while also celebrating its present and future. Paying homage to the genre’s 50-year history, the event invited attendees to explore the eras that shaped the culture in real-time. A massive highlight was the debut of Back Like I Never Left, by DJ Ready D and YoungstaCPT.
IMAX and Pathé Live in partnership with Mercury Studios and Queen Films has announced that, for the very first time, one of the world’s biggest bands will perform on cinema’s biggest screens with the global release of “QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL,” exclusively in IMAX® beginning 18 January 2024. This exhilarating live concert from 1981 is a window into Queen in its most unalloyed form, giving audiences a larger-than-life, front-row immersive experience.
The film was digitally re-mastered for the first time into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®, including 12-channel surround sound, crystal-clear images, and IMAX’s customised theatre geometry.
Rid yourself of the back to work blues and come jive, groove and throwback at the 100% Retro: The Party, a music concert with an international line-up at Time Square, Pretoria in January.
This concert is for 80s and 90s dance lovers to reminisce on memories from this sublime musical era, with hits by the world-famous Euro Dance group, ‘Snap!’ and multiple others, performing songs which still have a huge presence around the world and are still entertaining music fans of all ages.
Performing live on stage will be legends including Technotronic, Snap! Dr Alban, Haddaway, Twenty 4 Seven, 2 Unlimited and Rozalla; with legendary local DJs Barney Simon, Alex Jay, Shawny B, Ian Fraser, and South African artist, Nádine.
Tickets start from R435, and can be purchased online at itickets.
Superstar in the making Tyla joins Zane Lowe on New Music Daily to discuss her new single, “Truth or Dare” available now. They discuss the making of the new single, reflect on her smash-hit “Water” changing her life, recent collaborations with Summer Walker and Travis Scott, and more.
Tyla on having fun making her new single…
It was so fun to make. I just feel like I’ve worked on my sound so much these past years working on the album, so making this type of music is easy for me. I love it. I love it. Whenever I make something that I’m excited about, I want to drop it same time. But there’s a lot of times where I learned that being patient is important because I notice that once I wait and I spend more time on certain things, I always come up with something better.
On ‘Water’ changing her life…
Water literally changed my whole life completely. It’s so crazy how a song can change your life like this. It’s beautiful. It’s so exciting. I’m so happy that people are loving the sound, coming from home. So yeah, I’m excited to see where it goes from here.
On what she’s learned from collaborating with people like Travis Scott and Summer Walker…
It feels so surreal working with people that I’ve always loved and listened to. Yeah, I love it. I love that I’m able to also share my sound with other artists, bigger artists, and share their audience and their audience, experience sounds from home. Collaborating is my favourite. I love working with new people. When I was working on my album, I was travelling literally the world and working with everybody. So yeah, it’s cool that I get to now work with the big names that I’ve always been watching my whole life.
MTN Pulse, MTN’s exclusive offering for under 25s, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with SlikourOnLife. Together, they are launching ‘MTN Pulse Virals,’ an upcoming TV show aimed at discovering the next music superstar. The show will air on Channel O & Mzansi Magic starting from December 14, 2023.
Hosted by Siya Metane, also known as Slikour, this unique music show will focus on accelerating rising online viral stars’ careers and equipping contestants with the essential business knowledge needed in the music industry. This crucial element is one that is often overlooked and can lead to even the most talented of artists’ careers faltering.
“SlikourOnLife (as a music publication) receives an overwhelming number of submissions from up-and-coming musicians who are trying to break into the game, and we cover those we can. Meanwhile MTN is renowned for platforms that deliver access to entertainment at scale and can offer innovative ways to assist emerging artists,” says Slikour.
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