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Post Malone has covered ‘Only Wanna Be With You’ by Hootie and the Blowfish to celebrate Pokemon
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Malone’s cover comes ahead of Pokémon Day, which will honor the video game franchise.
The Utah-based artist will perform at a virtual concert on Saturday, Feb. 27, according to Rolling Stone.
Flashback
As Deseret News reported, Pokémon announced Malone was the headliner for the virtual concert. The announcement came after the Pokémon Company said it will release promotional items with Build-A-Bear Workshop, General Mills, Levi’s, Jazwares, Scholastic, Mattel, Funko, PowerA, the Wand Company and McDonald’s.
25 Special
Pokemon Cards to Collect
Pokemon is doing a lot to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary, including a return to the McDonald’s Happy Meal. If you’re about four billion years old–like we are–you might remember the days when tiny
Pokemon toys were featured in Happy Meals, and you might be very excited about this. We wish we could tell you that those days are coming back, but what spoilers have leaked so far seem to be painting a different picture. Participating McDonald’s locations have
Pokemon card sleeves, booklets, and stickers tacked up for show, as seen in this Twitter post from @PkmnTrainerAbel and @PokéJungle, which lines up nicely with the news that this round of Happy Meals will each be containing four