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 Music
 


Follow-ups/CorrectionsBilly Corgan- The Pumpkins’ vocalist has clarified his performance at Ozzy’s final show. He will be playing with Tom Morello and Adam Jones from Tool. https://loudwire.com/billy-corgan-playing-ozzy-black-sabbath-show/ Black Dahlia Murder- Guitarist Brandon Ellis has left the band, forcing them to reschedule the remaining date on their current tour.https://metalinjection.net/news/breakups/brandon-ellis-quits-the-black-dahlia-murder 
 


New Music/VideoSwitchfoot- Last Man Standing feat Buddy Guy https://youtu.be/r6Rz5PvPUjATOTALLY not what I was expecting. More Buddy Guy than Switchfoot, and all the better for it.Killswitch Engage- Collusion https://youtu.be/PoApILhc7YcThis new record might just e KsE in its most unhinged in YEARS.Disturbed- I Will Not Break https://youtu.be/9YICpjeGsbETheir guitar player said they were trying to recapture the feel of their earlier records. Well the intro sounds like it was ripped right from an earlier song. Production is pretty good, a little drum heavy for me. Not bad, but not earth moving.Bhad Bhabie- Ms. Whitman https://youtu.be/yo7_px4vXYQApparently a diss track against another “rapper” Alabama. First Drake and Kendrick, now this? LOL Bhabie also jabs at Travis Barker… because reasons. (Alabama is Barker’s daughter apparently…?) performance-wise… not terrible like I anticipated, but absolutely not something to waste your time on.https://youtu.be/y1M8Ea46MgU- Alabama’s last diss.Ghost Bath- Rose Thorn Necklace https://youtu.be/zN6EHnfS6MgOn Nuclear Blast. Slow-ish (?) death/black metal with melody? Yeah this is interesting.
 


Tours/FestivalsRocklahoma- Aug 29, 30, 31 (fri, sat, sun) at Rockin Red Dirt Ranch Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. Shinedown, 5FDP, Breaking Benjamin, Marilyn Manson, Knocked Loose, Flyleaf. Full weekend passes are $200. Prices go up from there.https://blabbermouth.net/news/shinedown-five-finger-death-punch-breaking-benjamin-three-days-grace-and-many-more-set-for-rocklahoma-2025 Summer of Loud- KsE, Beartooth, I Prevail, Parkway Drive, The Devil Wears Prada, and others. June 21 in West Palm Beach FL, through July 27 in Charlotte NC. Presale is Feb 26.https://blabbermouth.net/news/beartooth-i-prevail-killswitch-engage-and-parkway-drive-to-team-up-for-summer-of-loud-2025-tour Pantera- Touring with Amon Amarth WHILE  also doing those Metallica shows. The Amon Amarth shows will announce an opener soon. Tickets on sale now. Starts July 15 in Burgettstown PA through Sept 13 in West Palm Beach FL.https://blabbermouth.net/news/pantera-announces-summer-2025-u-s-tour-with-support-from-amon-amarth Punk in the Park, Denver- Bad Religion, Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, Streetlight Manifesto, Circle Jerks, The Adicts, The AQUABATS, Strung Out, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and MORE. July 18-20 in the National Western Stockyards.https://www.punkinthepark.com/ 
 


Reg ‘ol NewsBrian May- New 12 string guitar from Gibson. Brian May SJ-200. Only 100 of them have been made. https://blabbermouth.net/news/queens-brian-may-partners-with-gibson-to-release-12-string-acoustic-guitar Fyre 2.0- May 30 - June 2 in Isla Mujeres, near Cancun Mexico. The organizers are really doing their best to assure people that this time they’re serious. Tickets are $1400 and only 2000 will be sold. Or you can buy a $25000 VIP ticket and meet the as-yet unannounced artists, along with other perks and accommodations. https://youtu.be/uZ0KNVU2fV0 https://www.billboard.com/pro/fyre-fest-2-dates-location-ticketing-partner-announced/ President- Mysterious new band added to Download festival this year. No music, no following, slot on one of the biggest festival dates in the world. Speculation has tried to tie this to Sleep Token and Ghost and Deftones, and even Slipknot. At the very least it has been confirmed that they have nothing to do with Sleep Token or Ghost.https://loudwire.com/president-mystery-band-2025-download-festival/ Placebo- Vocalist/frontman Brian Molko is being charged with defamation of the Prime Minister of Italy, because of comments made on stage at a recent concert. Molko allegedly called Meloni a "piece of shit, fascist, racist" and a "Nazi." At Italy’s Sonic Park Festival.https://loudwire.com/placebo-brian-molko-defamation-charge/ SNL 50 Homecoming Concert- Streaming on Peacock. Lonely Island medley was great, Eddie Vedder covering Tom Petty was kind of amazing, Nirvana with Post Malone was impressive to a point. Overall a pretty fun collection of performances.The Mars Volta- Played an unreleased album live… CRAZY! https://youtu.be/_N6aVhKi384 https://metalinjection.net/video/the-mars-volta-just-played-a-whole-new-currently-unannounced-album-live 
 


SuggestsKillswitch Engage- This Consequence new album out last week.
 


Gaming/Tech
 


Follow-ups/CorrectionsStar Wars Eclipse/NetEase- The NetEase situation just seems to keep getting stickier. Star Wars Eclipse, the highly anticipated video game from Quantic Dream, might be facing the end of its journey. Reports suggest that its parent company, NetEase, is pulling back from overseas ventures and looking to offload studios, including Quantic Dream. Rumors of trouble aren’t new for Eclipse— whispers of cancellation first popped up in 2022— but this latest move by NetEase has fans on edge. If confirmed, it’d join a growing list of scrapped Star Wars titles like Battlefront 3 and Star Wars 1313. No official word yet, so stay tuned for updates.~UPDATE~ Quantic Dream IS apparently unaffected by the restructuring at NetEase.https://cosmicbook.news/star-wars-eclipse-canceled-netease Marvel Rivals- First, to address the NetEase releasing of the development team last week… according to one of the producers the team was more in charge of logistics and  HR type issues more than anything creative. “They were entitled, lazy, and woke.” 
But the new update is those leaked characters are “real.” Meaning that all of those character you may or may not have heard about, are in SOME level of development, but that doesn’t mean they will make it to playable status.https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/video-game-news/marvel-rivals-devs-confirms-roster-leaks-are-real-but-cautions-fans-that-datamined-characters-may-appear-or-may-not-appear-in-our-future-plans/ Fable- Delayed into 2026 by Microsoft.WB Games- WB has closed Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/warner-bros-reportedly-shuttering-monolith-productions-player-first-games-and-warner-bros-san-diego 
 


TrailersMortal Kombat 1- https://youtu.be/rRlNmFDHQw4?si=G-ddMgYIEC9vqn0nGlacius… I mean T-1000 trailer. Killer Instinct is going to have somethings to say.~ALSO~ MK Pro Tournament Mexico happened. Javier took 4th. Nicolas 3rd, his twin ScorpionProcs 2nd SonicFox 1st.Tekken 8 - Anna Williams https://youtu.be/b6hYwWoOrDkMarch 31 early access. Rocket Launcher, PLUS  new moveset includes using that as a melee weapon as well as a ranged weapon.
 


Reg ‘ol NewsMouthwashing- Indie horror game that has been QUICKLY gaining popularity, will now be jumping over to console. Not only will there be the obvious digital release, but the console releases (all current gen… even Switch 1…) will eventually get a physical release as well.https://www.engadget.com/gaming/horror-game-mouthwashing-will-land-on-consoles-later-this-year-204817692.html NVidia- 5070Ti launches and the supply issue persists. But the reviews seem to be luke warm at best.https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/nvidia-geforce-5070-ti-review-a-sensible-4k-powerhouse-for-749-140023082.html Apple V  - In an unprecedented move, Apple has completely disabled their ADP (Advanced Data Protection) in the UK. UK users no longer can encrypt their data using Apple’s iCloud services. iMessage, passwords, health data, and other information Apple handles, will still be able to use end-to-end encryption. Users will have to turn their ADP off themselves in order to keep their iCloud accounts, due to the nature of end-to-end encryption, but will be allowed an unspecified “grace period.”https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-disables-iclouds-advanced-data-protection-feature-in-the-uk-173016447.html 
 


SuggestsThioJoe- YT channel that has helped me in more than a few pinches.
 


Comic Books/Books
 


Reg ‘ol NewsBatman relaunch- September will see ANOTHER Batman reboot. This time headed by the team of Matt Fraction (W) and Jorge Jimenez (A). Jimenez has talked about the work he is putting in on the feel of the city of Gotham. Some of the preview art feels like the Penguin a bit.https://cosmicbook.news/batman-new-costume-dc-comics-relaunch DC/Marvel Crossover- the Amalgam reprint event is, in fact leading to ANOTHER crossover event. Not a return of the Amalgam universe it would seem. Instead it will be a couple one-shot books, one called Marvel/DC and the other DC/Marvel obviously, to be released later this year. Any more details are being held very close to the chest.https://boundingintocomics.com/comic-books/comic-book-news/for-first-time-in-over-20-years-dc-and-marvel-comics-to-crossover-once-again-in-upcoming-pair-of-one-shots/ Wicked- New GN based on the original book that the stage production and subsequent movie is based on. Part 1 will be out on March 11. https://comicbook.com/comics/news/wicked-graphic-novel-first-look/ Pooluminati- New series, alongside the current Cody Ziglar run, written by Zac Gorman, Alexis Quasarano, with art from Enid Balm and Todd Nauck. Issue 1 goes on sale March 26.Deadpool and his daughter Ellie embark on an inter-dimensional adventure to prove they’re worthy of joining the prestigious ranks of the Pooluminati. But what dark secrets will they unearth in the process? ~ALSO~All through March Marvel will be doing April Pool’s Day variant covers for other books.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-deadpool-pooluminati-series-multiversal-deadpool-variants/ Krypto- Superman’s superdog is getting his own book. A 5-issue series called Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton. First issue on shelves June 18. Ryan North (W) and Mike Norton (A).A heartfelt and moving view of humanity, good and bad, through the empathetic eyes of the ultimate outsider: a poor, lost dog, who just happens to have superpowers https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-krypto-the-superdog-getting-his-own-series/ 
 


SuggestsFoundation- science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the first book in the Foundation Trilogy (which later expanded into the Foundation series). Foundation is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. Collectively they tell the early story of the Foundation, an institute founded by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve the best of galactic civilization after the collapse of the Galactic Empire.
 


TV Shows
 


Follow-ups/CorrectionsMoon Knight- Marvel’s head of TV, Brad Winderbaum, has confirmed that the series will not be moving forward. https://cosmicbook.news/marvel-confirms-no-moon-knight-season-2 SAG Awards- Happened… Colin Ferrel won best actor for Penguin, and David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson reunited to present an award… that’s all you need to know.Foundation- season 4 is happening. Though no word on when season 3 will premiere even though it is reportedly finished. https://deadline.com/2025/02/foundation-season-4-showrunner-ian-goldberg-writers-room-1236301501/ 
 


TrailersWalking Dead: Dead City- season 2 May 4 https://youtu.be/ewSY2KWW9t4 
 


Reg ‘ol NewsMichelle Trachtenburg - Passed away this morning. She was 39. Not much is known yet, aside from the fact that she recently has a liver transplant, though it is not clear if that is connected in anyway.Avatar: Seven Havens- New Avatar animated series from Nickelodeon set to take place after the Legend of Korra series. The announcement comes on the heels of the 20th anniversary of the original series. ALSO, Nickelodeon will be producing Avatar shorts content on YT, a new season of their podcast Braving the Elements that focuses on the Korra story, releasing Book 2 Earth soundtrack, a live concert tour, with other live and in person content planned for SDCC, AS WELL AS new toys, books, and a mobile game titled Avatar Legends: Realms Collide.https://cosmicbook.news/avatar-seven-havens-nickelodeon-sequel-legend-of-korra Culture- Amazon has bought the rights for a book adaptation of the same name. From the sounds of it this will likely become Amazon’s response to Star Trek.https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/new-amazon-sci-fi-series-anti-star-trek-marvel-director-involved-consider-phlebas/ 
 


SuggestsBuffy the Vampire Slayeris an American supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the 1992 film, also written by Whedon, although they are separate and unrelated productions.[12] Whedon served as executive producer and showrunner of the series under his production tag Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on March 10, 1997, on The WB and concluded on May 20, 2003, on UPN.STREAMING ON TUBI, DISNEY+,HULUMovies
 


Follow-ups/CorrectionsConstantine 2- Keanu Reeves has confirmed in an interview that Gunn seems to have accepted the pitch and they are ready to move into the writing stage of the production. This will reteam Reeves with original Director Francis Lawrence. The pitch is for a direct sequel with the same Elseworlds version of the character, only darker.https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/constantine-2-keanu-reeves-script Kathleen Kennedy- OFFICIALLY STEPPING DOWN! Retiring by the end of 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-1235282440/ Dune 3- Jason Momoa will return for the third installment… to the surprise of no one who read the books.Punisher- “Special Presentation” on Disney+. Not a new series as was assumed. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/marvel-punisher-disney-plus-special-presentation/ 
 


TrailersThunderbolts- IMAX trailer leaked onto X over the weekend. There are some clear “course correction” elements here. Not the least of which being the focus on Bucky. The only issue, potentially is how will this team of super soldiers take on a legitimate Avengers Level Threat in the Void (Evil Sentry)? Will this also be an answer to the Marvel issue of killing off their villains?https://t.co/xblEvBpor0 Batman Ninja VS Yakuza League- The sequel to one of the craziest Batman animated movies you have ever seen just got a release date and a trailer. And this one looks like it is going to be even bigger and wilder than the first. Digital release is March 18 and physical is April 15.
https://youtu.be/QleeDtH_WWE Fear Street: Prom Queen- https://youtu.be/pDvUEuZZM04?si=Bi7shjdJYmv74EssWelcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider puts herself in the running, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.May 23
 


Reg ‘ol NewsBarney- A24 is making the big purple dinosaur into a live-action movie. Yes, A24 is doing a Barney movie. Actor Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) has been developing the story for years, and now has the backing of Mattel Films, and a partner in A24. So far the actor is only attached as producer, but is in talks to act in the film as well. No solid details on production or release date windows yet.https://comicbook.com/movies/news/barney-live-action-movie-updates-daniel-kaluuya-ayo-edebiri-a24/ 
 


SuggestsFear Street- Netflix series of American horror films based on R. L. Stine's book series of the same name. Involving slasher and supernatural elements, the films' overall story revolves around teenagers who work to break the curse that has been over their town for hundreds of years. The first three installments were directed by Leigh Janiak from scripts and stories she co-wrote with other contributors
 


Rumor Mill
 


Confirmations/RefutationsKathleen Kennedy- But does this one really count?
 


New SourcesStar Wars- Kevin Feige is once again being rumored to step in as the head of Lucasfilm now that Kennedy is stepping down.Avengers- New sources are elaborating on the “evil doppelgangers” rumors. Now it is said that the doppelgangers will be agents of Doom, and will not APPEAR as evil. Instead they will look just like their 616 counterparts, and hilarity will ensue… or something.
 


New RumorsHancock 2- To feature Michael B Jordan and Zendaya? Is also happening?Marvel- Nova, Strange Academy, and Terror inc all on hold.Agatha- Now there are rumors for a second season… X-Men- First movie post Avengers Secret Wars. Won’t be an origin story for the team. Will also have a Disney+ live-action show tie in.
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