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[OMFG] Babymetal Is Back!

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Babymetal is back! The Japanese pop-metal group fronted by three preteen girls has a new song entitled Like, which will hit iTunes on March 7th. In anticipation of this release, the group has released a video of a shortened version of the song. You can check it out below.

Okay, so I know that a lot of you who watched that video are probably thinking that this is the most ridiculous garbage you’ve seen in a while. While I won’t argue with you, I think there is another way to look at this group. We should honestly be encouraging them! We should be siding with them and lauding them. 
Want to know why? Because kids at that age are only just beginning to build their musical foundation. They latch onto what is popular and exciting and share it like crazy amongst their friends. It’s only later into the teenage years that people start making their own decisions regarding music instead of what is most popular. 
So if young kids are getting into some form of metal, why not encourage it? They’ll grow out of it and move along to bands that produce metal for the sake of the music, not the gimmick. It is there that they will find the bands that are worthy and deserving of respect and admiration, be it bands such as Slayer and Metallica or groups like Opeth, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, or even over to Cattle Decapitation, Cephalic Carnage, or Cannibal Corpse. 
Just as important as setting the foundation for enjoying metal, it also sets the foundation that women in metal works. Sure, these are preteen girls, but, again, it sets the standard for these children who listen to the group that women can be just as important to the genre as men. 
Basically, what I’m saying is let these kids enjoy the music because it sets the foundation that metal isn’t bad. Quite the opposite actually.
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‘The Lost Boys’ Musical Extends Broadway Run With North American Tour Set for Spring 2028

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The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.

The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”

The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.

Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”

The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).

The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.

The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.

When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.

As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.

Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

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