NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Color Star
Technology Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq CM: HHT) (the "Company"," we", or
"HHT") is pleased to announce that American rapper, singer,
songwriter and actor Machine Gun Kelly will join the Color World
app owned by the company for its online concert "Fearless, Color
World" on September 9th. As one of
the leading talents in global pop music, alternative, and hip hop,
he is sure to bring fans of all background a moment to be
remembered.
"Fearless, Color World" online concert is a new type of concert
launched by Color Star Technology which provides innovative art
Training Service. The concert has invited many world-class artists
to perform, hoping to make the audience feel the peace of the
world, and the eternal love.
Machine Gun Kelly is an American well-known rapper, he embarked
on a musical career as a teenager, releasing a mixtape in 2006.
After he joined Interscope Records which is owned by Universal
Music Group, his first major label debut album "Lace Up" reached
number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold more than 178,000
copies. In addition, his singles "Till I die" and "A little More"
for his second studio album debuted at number four in the US, and
"Bad Things" in his third studio album "Bloom" peaked number 4 on
the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to his music career, he has
acted in a number of American films.
Biao (Luke) Lu, CEO says "We are
thrilled to partner with Machine Gun Kelly in the planned concert,
a live event featuring colorful music, colorful life, and a
colorful world. With warmth and hope, we celebrate our own lives
and the hopes of the world. The performance brought by Machine Gun
Kelly will channel through the Color World platform to reach
hundreds of millions of potential audiences around the world. With
dazzling stage design and top audio equipment, we believe that this
online concert will definitely bring our platform users a brand-new
online concert experience."
About Color Star Technology Co., Ltd.
Color Star Technology Co, Ltd. (Nasdaq: HHT) offers online and
offline innovative education services for music and entertainment
industries globally. Its business operations are conducted through
its wholly-owned subsidiaries Color China Entertainment Ltd. and
CACM Group NY, Inc. The Company's online education is provided
through its Color World music and entertainment education platform.
The Company also offers after-school entertainment tutoring
in New York via its joint venture entity Baytao LLC.
Machine Gun Kelly Biography
Colson Baker, also known as
"Machine Gun Kelly," is a multi-hyphenate talent with an impressive
career that started in Cleveland
and has made him a globally known star in both music and film.
As Machine Gun Kelly, he burst onto the music scene with
the release of his first album Lace Up via
EST 19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope Records. The album debuted at number
two on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. He won "US Artist
About to Go Global" at the 2012 MTV EMA's and MTV's 2012 "Breaking
Woodie" Award. The following year he was awarded "Woodie of the
Year" beating out A$AP Rocky, Fun, Grimes and Kendrick Lamar. His 2015 sophomore
album, General Admission clinched a #1 spot on
Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Album charts. He's performed on THE
VOICE, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH
JAMES CORDEN, ELLEN, BET's 106 AND PARK, THE NICKELODEON KIDS
CHOICE AWARDS and several other programs and award shows. His songs
have appeared in soundtracks for the feature films BRIGHT and WHY
HIM?.
Spotify recently released that his songs were streamed
571,200,000 times in 79 countries in 2019. His most recent
album Hotel Diablo was released July 5, 2019 and was supported by three singles:
"Hollywood Whore", "El Diablo", and "I Think I'm Okay" (featuring
Travis Barker and Yungblud). "I
Think I'm Okay" became a certified Gold Single in December of 2019.
In 2017, his albumbloom went gold. The album track "Bad
Things" featuring Camila Cabello,
sold 8+ million worldwide, was nominated for a 2017 Billboard
Music Award and owned the Billboard 100 list for 16+ weeks in 2017.
The song has had more than 245m+ streams with a radio audience of
145m, becoming RIAA certified 3x
platinum (domestic) and 8x worldwide. "Machine Gun Kelly" was one
of the top ten most searched artists of 2018 according to Google.
In April 2020, he released "Bloody
Valentine," the first single off his forthcoming Tickets to
My Downfall album, executive produced by Travis Barker. The two appeared on THE LATE LATE
SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN to perform the song, and the official video
starring Megan Fox garnered over
4,000,000 views in under 24 hours.
On the acting side, he received critical acclaim as
the lead role as Tommy Lee in
the Netflix's THE DIRT, a biopic based on the rise of the band
Motley Crue directed by Jeff
Tremaine. He also starred opposite Sandra Bullock, John
Malkovich and Trevante Rhodes
in Netflix's thriller film BIRD BOX. In its first week of
streaming, 45,037,125 Netflix accounts watched the film, making it
Netflix's most streamed film at the time. He appeared in BIG TIME
ADOLESCENCE from writer/director Jason
Orley, also starring Pete
Davidson, Griffin Gluck and
Jon Cryer, which premiered in
competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and
was released by NEON on Hulu in March 2020. He
will next be seen in Netflix's PROJECT POWER from Henry Joost and
Ariel Shulman also starring
Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt which will premiere
globally in August 14, 2020.
Previously, Baker starred on Cameron
Crowe's Showtime series ROADIES, playing Wes, a recently
fired Pearl Jam roadie who joins his twin sister Kelly Ann (Imogen
Poots) on tour for the fictitious Staton-House Band. The series also starred
Luke Wilson and Carla Gugino and was executive produced by
Cameron Crowe, JJ Abrams,
Winnie Holzman and Bryan Burk.
He appeared alongside Dave Franco
and Emma Roberts in the Henry
Joost/Ariel Shulman Lionsgate film NERVE, opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Gina
Prince-Bythewood's BEYOND THE LIGHTS, and in James Merendino's PUNKS DEAD: SLC PUNK 2.
Additional films include the Rupert Wyatt directed film CAPTIVE
STATE with Ashton Sanders,
Vera Farmiga and John Goodman.
At 6'4', the musician/actor has walked in New York Fashion Week,
and his distinct look and love for fashion landed him a campaign as
the face of John Varvatos for
Fall/Winter 2017-2018. Combining his musical talents with the
campaign, he played the opening of Varvatos' first ever store in
Dubai in November 2018. He also collaborated with Reebok
on their Club C sneaker campaign.
When not touring or filming, he resides in Los Angeles.
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business plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of the
parties following the completion of the acquisition, and HHT's
estimated and future results of operations, business strategies,
competitive position, industry environment and potential growth
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risks, our actual results may differ materially from our
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a duty to update these forward-looking statements. The following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in these forward-looking
statements: there is uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
the impact it will have on HHT's operations, the demand for the
HHT's products and services, global supply chains and economic
activity in general. These and other risks and uncertainties are
detailed in the other public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by HHT. Additional information
concerning these and other factors that may impact our expectations
and projections will be found in our periodic filings with the SEC,
including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2019. HHT's SEC filings are
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disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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