Le Tigre, The Strokes, and LCD Soundsystem to headline This Ain’t No Picnic festival

Angelique Jackson Sundance Film Festival has updated COVID-19 protocols for its 2022 gathering in response to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.Notably, Sundance will require all in-person attendees (employees, volunteers, contractors, general public, artists, partners, press, and industry) to be fully vaccinated, with all those who are eligible under CDC guidelines to have received booster shots.The upcoming edition, which runs from Jan.

LCD Soundsystem have treated fans to a live rendition of their festive comeback single, ‘Christmas Will Break Your Heart’.The slow-burning ballad closed out the concert portion of The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special, which premiered on Amazon Music overnight (December 23).

LCD Soundsystem have shared a clip from their new Christmas special, LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special – you can watch it below.Set to air tonight (December 22) at 2am GMT on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel and Prime Video, the special will pair a career-spanning set from the band with a sitcom called All My Friends directed by Eric Wareheim.The ’90s style sitcom will feature the Tim & Eric star playing the role of LCD frontman James Murphy alongside the likes of Macaulay Culkin (as drummer Pat

Mariah Carey has given a glimpse inside her festive decorations at her Beverly Hills home as she sang her hit All I Want For Christmas. The 52 year old songstress, who shares son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, 10, with ex Nick Cannon, shared a peek inside her stunning living room at her California home which had been decked with a huge real Christmas tree and a gorgeous garland.

Kaley Cuoco is back in the United States to spend some time with family for the holidays after a long trip to Iceland recently.MORE: Kaley Cuoco discusses 'anxiety ridden' feelings away from $12million homeThe actress shared how she was spending her days in sunny California with a new photograph she shared featuring her mother Layne Ann Cuoco.She took to her Instagram Stories to post a sunkissed shot of her mother wearing a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses pushing a stroller.WATCH: Kaley Cuoco

LCD Soundsystem’s Brooklyn residency have been cancelled, the venue and band have announced today (December 19).The New York band began a 20-date run at Brooklyn Steel on November 23 and were due to complete it on Tuesday (December 21).However, a notice was posted on the social media accounts for Brooklyn Steel earlier today announcing that the gigs due to take place tonight, December 20 and 21 would no longer go ahead.

LCD Soundsystem‘s residency is ending abruptly.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the Covid-19 Omicron variant continues to spread, particularly in New York, Brooklyn Steel has canceled the remaining three dates of LCD Soundsystem’s “You Are Here” 20-night residency at the venue: tonight (Sunday) through Tuesday.A statement from the venue reads, “LCD Soundsystem’s shows at Brooklyn Steel on December 19, 20 and 21 have been cancelled.

California-based rapper Drakeo the Ruler has reportedly died after being stabbed during an altercation near a concert in Los Angeles.

Drakeo the Ruler was stabbed in the neck at the Once Upon a Time in LA festival in Banc of California Stadium last night, with journalist and FADER contributor Jeff Weiss reporting that the rapper has died of his injuries. The Los Angeles Times confirms that one person was taken to the hospital after paramedics responded to a call about a stabbing around 8:40 p.m.

Los Angeles Times. He was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries, a rep for the rapper told Rolling Stone.

LCD Soundsystem have explained why they’re not cancelling their current live plans despite a rise in COVID cases.The band said they are aware of the risks but believe fans would “very, very irate if we cancelled all of the sudden”.LCD Soundsystem are currently in the middle of a residency at New York’s Brooklyn Steel, with three shows left to play (December 19, 20 and 21).

Coachella promoter Goldenvoice has sued Live Nation over an upcoming festival called Coachella Day One 22.The new event is set to be held just five miles away from Coachella’s location in Indio, California on New Year’s Eve (December 31) and feature appearances from Shaquille O’Neal and more.As Billboard reports, Goldenvoice filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement on Monday (December 13) against Live Nation at the US District Court in California.

Dakota Johnson is clearing up the air about the “giant controversy” regarding her love for limes a.k.a the biggest “plot twist of 2021.”

Chris Willman Music WriterDean Martin is playing at their house, apparently. LCD Soundsystem has announced an imminent streaming special, “The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special,” that will open with a ’90s-style-sitcom spoof, featuring actors portraying members of the band and their team, followed by a concert special, presumably featuring the real group.

LCD Soundsystem have announced All My Friends, a sitcom based on the band that will air as part of their Holiday Special.Directed by Eric Wareheim (who also stars as LCD Soundsytem frontman James Murphy) All My Friends is a ’90s style sitcom that’ll star the likes of Macaulay Culkin, Aparna Nancherla, Jon Daly, Christine Ko and a puppet.“I’ve already conquered film, James has conquered music, but we have yet to conquer the sitcom—the HIGHEST form of art,” Wareheim said in a statement.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGoldenvoice, the AEG-owned company that founded and promotes the Coachella Valley Music and Artist Festival, filed a complaint Tuesday in a California U.S. District Court claiming that a new festival called Coachella Day One 22 and promoted by its chief rival, Live Nation, infringes on the original festival’s trademark.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith the Rolling Loud California festival taking place just two days and a few dozen miles from the site of Kanye West’s massive concert with Drake on Thursday, it seemed likely that West might make an appearance.