Kip Moore has released a rocking new song, “Kinda Bar.” The track, which Kip co-wrote with Dan Couch, is featured on his upcoming album, Damn Love, dropping April 28.
Mickey Guyton joined the Tamron Hall Show on Thursday, March 23, to talk about her new Apple TV+ series, My Kind of Country, and catch up on life and new music. While on the show, Mickey also teased an upcoming collaboration with a “superstar artist” that’s slated to drop this summer.
Brandy Clark has announced her forthcoming self-titled record with a tender new song, “Buried.” The 11-song project is produced by Brandi Carlile and will be out on May 19.
Country newcomer Greylan James has signed with BMLG Records. The announcement arrived on Friday, March 24, in conjunction with the release of Greylan’s new single, “Undermine.” “When I was 14 years old, I wrote and mailed Scott Borchetta a letter that told him who I was and why he should sign me. For some reason, I just always had a feeling Scott was going to be part of my career. Now 12 years later, I can’t believe I get to work with him and the incredible BMLG team,” Greylan shares.
The McDonald’s All-American Games return next week, showcasing some of the best high school basketball players in the class of 2023. Taking place March 28 at Houston’s Toyota Center, the boys game will feature a halftime performance by Don Toliver.
“I’m ready to do my thing at the McDonald’s All-American Games halftime show,” he said in a statement, per Uproxx. “I have a lot of respect for how hard the players have worked to be at the top of their game, and it’s an honor to take center stage in my hometown where it all began for me.”
The Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Marching Band will perform during the halftime show at the girls game.
6lack marks his return in March 24’s New Music Friday. Here’s some of the latest tunes in the culture.
Coi Leray ft. Busta Rhymes, “Players (Busta Rhymes Remix)” — Busta lends his lyrical virtuosity to the latest version of “Players,” his first collaboration with Coi.
Whitney Houston, I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston— The project showcases Whitney’s love of gospel music with 15 tracks, six of which are new to fans.
Hit-Boy, Surf or Drown — Featuring lead single “Slipping Into Darkness,” the album includes appearances from The Alchemist, Dom Kennedy and Nas.
6lack, Since I Have a Lover– 6lack’s third studio album has 19 songs and is his first full-length offering in nearly five years.
Bia ft. Timbaland, “I’m That B****” — The song features a sample of “She’s a B****” by Missy Elliott, whose style she channels in the visual.
Ciara, “Da Girls” — The singer uplifts independent women in her new song and video. “A woman’s independence is not dependent on their relationship status. Keep rocking your crown, queens,” she tweeted of the track.
Lloyd Banks, Method Man, “101 Razors” — The track, likely to appear on Lloyd’s upcoming album, The Course Of The Inevitable 3: Pieces of My Pain, sees the rappers boast about their lyrical superiority over the competition.
Chlöe, “Body Do” — The singer dropped the track, teased in a Beats Fit Pro commercial, after fans asked to hear the whole thing.
Others:
Internet Money ft. Kodak Black, Roddy Ricch, “I Remember“
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are divorcing after 12 years of marriage.
The Legally Blonde actress took to Instagram on Friday, March 24, to share a joint statement from herself and Toth announcing the split, which comes days before their 12th anniversary on March 26.
“We have some personal news to share,” the statement began. “It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness, and mutual respect for everything we have created together.
“Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter,” the statement continued. “These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”
Witherspoon and Toth married in March 2011 and share son Tennessee, who turned 10 last year.
Prior to Toth, Witherspoon was married to her Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe from 1999 to 2008. She and Phillippe share two children, daughter Ava, 23, and son Deacon, 19.
U2 has a new number one album in the U.K. The Irish rockers’ latest release, Songs of Surrender, tops the U.K. Official Albums chart, outselling their closest competition, The Weeknd’s Highlights, two to one.
Songs of Surrender is the band’s first U.K. number one since 2009’s No Line on the Horizon and their 11th overall, tying David Bowie, who also had 11 number ones. (The Beatles still have the most with 15.)
U2’s Songs of Surrender, featuring 40 rerecorded and reimagined U2 classics, is also the most popular vinyl seller in the U.K., topping the Official Vinyl Albums chart this week.
The new album gave a bump to one of U2’s previous releases: 2006’s greatest hits compilation U218 Singles isback at 38 this week.
(FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) — The Fairfax County Police Department released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Timothy Johnson, 37, who allegedly stole a pair of sunglasses in a Northern Virginia mall.
The surveillance and body camera videos from Feb. 22 were shown publicly for the first time during a Thursday press conference led by Police Chief Kevin Davis, who announced that the officer who fired the fatal shot has been dismissed from the department.
“The other discharging officer has been served a notice administratively separating him from the Fairfax County Police Department. This notice was served today. He will no longer be a Fairfax County police officer,” Davis said.
The other officer involved has been placed on modified restricted duty, he said.
Melissa Johnson, the mother of Timothy Johnson, told ABC News she “was pleased to hear about the administrative separation” of one of the officers; however, she “was not pleased to hear about the continuation of restricted duty” for the other.
“They both discharged their weapons. They both had their weapons out,” Johnson’s mother said, adding that for the first time since Wednesday, she felt like she could breathe.
She also told ABC News that she viewed the body camera video Wednesday before it was released.
“No parent should have to view something like that,” she said.
According to police, store surveillance video shows Johnson at a Nordstrom department store inside Tysons Corner Center allegedly stealing at least one pair of sunglasses.
Shortly after the alleged theft, an anti-theft alarm was activated as Johnson was leaving the store, police said, prompting officers to pursue Johnson in a foot chase.
Body camera footage shows police chasing Johnson as he exited the garage and ran toward a dark, wooded area. There, shots can be heard on the footage, one shot hitting Johnson’s chest, according to the police.
Police said they immediately rendered aid to Johnson until a local fire and rescue department arrived.
Johnson was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
According to Davis, “The officer’s actions do not meet the expectations of our police department.”
“They drew their guns and shot and killed him and the only thing they knew was that he was accused of allegedly taking a pair of sunglasses,” Melissa Johnson said at a previous press conference.
Police said no weapon was found at the scene.
Both officers are both still under investigation, according to the police department.
The officers did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.
For James Hetfield, Metallica really is greater than the sum of its parts.
In an interview with Cigar Aficionado, the “Enter Sandman” rocker says, “I know individually we’re all really average players.”
“But when you put us together something happens,” he continues. “Something really happens.”
Hetfield also shares that “jamming with people is like a nightmare for me” and admits to feeling “so inadequate” during Metallica’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2009, during which they played with legends like Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page.
“It’s a head game for me,” Hetfield explains. “I’m a perfectionist. And kind of a people pleaser. Most musicians are insecure.”
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of NSYNC‘s eponymous debut album, one of the bestselling albums of all time.
Chris Kirkpatrick spoke with ABC Audio at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, about how he and his bandmates created their unique footprint when boy bands were all the rage.
“We understood who we were and we didn’t try to be anything that we weren’t,” Chris said, adding the only thing he and his bandmates wanted to change was the stigma around groups like theirs.
As for how they shaped the mold, Chris said, “Mostly it was us looking at it like, ‘What would we do to have fun? What kind of music would we listen to? What kind of clothes would we wear? What kind of shows would we want to go see?’ And that was it … everything we did, we did as a fan first.”
Another part of their plan was to embrace pop culture. “We were a pop band,” Chris said, but they still wanted to define what their style of pop was. “Bubblegum pop kept getting thrown in our faces … and I was like, ‘Man, this isn’t bubblegum pop … It’s darker than that. It’s like dirty pop.”
Chris said that criticism led to Justin Timberlake writing the band’s 2001 song “Pop” with record producer Brian Transeau.
“[It was] freakin’ awesome,” the singer winked. “It was still pop music, but it wasn’t your parents’ pop music.”
Chris continued, “We just embraced it. We just said … ‘We’re going to come out here and get in your face until the end. And you guys are going to be tired when you leave the shows.'”
He said the NSYNC song he wishes he had written is “I Thought She Knew,” off the No Strings Attached album.
Queen is back with episode 10 of their YouTube series Queen The Greatest Live, this time focusing on a classic performance of their iconic track “Tie Your Mother Down.”
Continuing last week’s look at the importance of lighting, this week’s episode features a performance of the 1976 track at the band’s famous concert at Milton Keynes Bowl in June 1982.
At the time of the show, Milton Keynes Bowl was one of the U.K.’s largest open-air venues, which had the band a bit concerned. “It’s a big field,” Roger Taylor says in a backstage interview. “I hope it goes well.” Brian May adds, “Outdoor gigs are fraught with all kind of unexpected things.”
The Milton Keynes Bowl show turned out to be a classic Queen concert, with Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl, a DVD and CD of the concert, released in 2004.
If you want to be among the privileged few who get to hear Ed Sheeran‘s new album, –, pronounced Subtract, in its entirety before it’s released, then you should plan on heading to New York.
The singer announced Friday that he and the album’s producer, Aaron Dessner, will take over the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on April 10, announcing they “will be playing Subtract all the way through with a full band.”
“These shows are gonna be some of the most magical of my career, I can’t wait for this one. We rehearsed this on Monday and I can’t describe how excited I am,” he said.
Fans can enter to win a pair of tickets to the show if they presave Subtract now. The album arrives May 5, and the first song off the album, “Eyes Closed,” was released Friday.
