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Cole Swindell’s bringing his heartbreak and his happiness together in his new song, “Girl Dad.” 

“If my Dad could see me now I’d like to think he’d be proud of where I am in life,” he posted on Instagram. “Especially these last few years. If I could update him on what it all looks like these days…What would I say?”

The message includes what appears to be the beginning of the music video for the song, as Cole’s bus stops at the cemetery where his father is buried. 

Cole’s dad died unexpectedly in 2013, inspiring his 2015 smash “You Should Be Here.” 

“I met a girl, Dad, I told her I loved her/ We got married up in California,” he sings in another clip. “Sunset on her white dress, God it was beautiful/ We saved a cold one and a chair for ya/ And I know you’re looking down from up there, I believe it/ And I just wish that I could see you see this/ A little black and white picture that I wanted so bad to tell you in person/ We’re having a girl, Dad.”

Cole married Courtney Little in June 2024 and they welcomed their daughter, Rainey Gail Swindell, in August 2025. 

You’ll be able to hear “Girl Dad” in its entirety on June 19.

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You’ll have to wait about a month longer to hear the new Strokes album, Reality Awaits.

The upcoming seventh studio effort from Julian Casablancas and company is now set to drop on July 24 after being pushed back from its original June 26 release date.

Reality Awaits marks the first Strokes record since 2020’s The New Abnormal. It includes the singles “Going Shopping” and “Falling Out of Love.”

The Strokes will launch a U.S. tour Friday with a set at Bonnaroo. They’ve also just announced a hometown New York City show at Flushing Meadows Corona Park taking place Oct. 2. 

Guitarist Nick Valensi will be absent from an indeterminate amount of shows, as he’s “taking a temporary break” from touring.

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Three Days Grace has premiered the video for “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight,” a track off the band’s latest album, 2025’s Alienation.

In contrast to the song’s title, the video finds the Canadian rockers returning to their hometown of Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario, cut with throwback footage and photos of the band members growing up.

You can watch the “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight” video streaming now on YouTube.

Alienation marked 3DG’s first album since original frontman Adam Gontier returned to the band in 2024, forming a two-singer lineup alongside longtime vocalist Matt Walst. It also includes the singles “Mayday,” “Apologies” and “Kill Me Fast.”

Three Days Grace will launch a U.S. tour in continued support of Alienation in October.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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RAYE’s current album, This Music May Contain Hope, came out in March, but she’s already planning her next record. She’s even got the title, but the songs will have to wait a bit.

As Billboard reports, while doing a one-off show at New York’s famed Blue Note jazz club, RAYE didn’t perform her hit “Where Is My Husband!” because she said she woke up feeling too “single,” so she didn’t want to sing it. She then announced that the name of her third album will be And Then She Fell In Love, but added, “In protest … I’m not writing a single song for this album until that moment finds me.”

In other words, she doesn’t want to write any songs until she falls in love.

“It’s just gonna be ‘love, love, love’ and I’m excited for that time,” she continued. “But it’s not yet. I’ve also decided that I’m not gonna write a third album about ‘this guy sucks,’ ‘this guy gave up on me’ … I’m done with that era! We’re going to look forward to a nice, positive chapter.”

She also advised fans, “Just do not date rappers. That’s what I’ll say to that. What a delusional person I was.”

RAYE will receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction gala Thursday in New York. It’s an award given to young songwriters who are making an impact with their work. At the same event, Taylor Swift, a past winner of the Starlight Award, is being inducted into the Hall of Fame, making her the first artist ever to receive both those honors.

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Wu-Tang Clan hyped the crowd at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night as the New York Knicks were down 76-49 at halftime against the visiting San Antonio Spurs.

The hip-hop legends reunited on the court at halftime, dressed in their Knicks gear and performing a medley of “Bring da Ruckus,” “Method Man” and “C.R.E.A.M.”

Perhaps the performance was just the energy the team needed: they went on to make history, overcoming a 29-point deficit to defeat the Spurs 107-106 in Game 4. The comeback marked the largest in NBA Finals history.

But if you hear A$AP Rocky tell it, he’d say he deserves the credit. “We was down by like 20,” Rocky said in a post-game interview. “It’s because of me, I’m the good luck charm. I was up there cheering from the box, going crazy. Thank me later.”

Even Fat Joe claimed a role in the comeback, telling Stephen A. Smith his “humpty dumpty” move contributed to Spurs player Victor Wembanyama missing two crucial free throws.

Game 5 is set for Saturday.

Meanwhile, Wu-Tang will resume the Final Chamber tour in August. They will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in December.

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Dolly Parton single-handedly taught the world that “a cup of ambition” is code for coffee. 

Now, the phrase from her 1980 crossover hit, “9 to 5,” is officially becoming java as Dolly launches her own brand with Baton Rogue’s Community Coffee. 

“I’ve spent a lifetime workin’ 9 to 5, 5 to 9, and every hour in between!” she says in a news release. “It takes a lot of energy to pursue your passion and navigate each day. That’s why I wanted to make a coffee that works just as hard.”

“You know, I begin each morning with a head full of dreams, a notepad full of ideas, and a cup or two of coffee,” Dolly continues. “Whether you’re chasing dreams, tackling that to-do list, or just enjoying a quiet morning at home, I hope it brings a smile with every sip.”

The superstar worked with the Saurage family, Community Coffee’s founders, to develop light, medium and dark roasts. 

You’ll be able to get your first taste of Cup of Ambition June 24 at the opening of Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, at Exit 22 off I-65 south of Nashville. 

It’ll be available as ground coffee and K-Cups later this year. You can sign up to be among the first to know at CupOfAmbition.com.

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Bleachers are offering a limited number of $30 all-in tickets to the band’s show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on June 23.

The tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET, and you can register for access to the sale now.

Proceeds will benefit frontman Jack Antonoff’s Ally Coalition, which supports LGBTQ youth. 

The MSG show is part of Bleachers’ tour behind their new album, everyone for ten minutes, which is out now.

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Train has released a new song from their upcoming 12th album, Mad Dog in the Fog, due out Aug. 28.

The track, “Pennsylvania Turnpike,” arrives alongside a music video that finds Train frontman Pat Monahan returning to his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. There, he shares photos of his parents and childhood memories, and visits his former home, old school and other landmarks in town that hold special meaning to him.

A series of captions throughout the video tells the story of how he became a singer and explains what prompted him to leave Erie — via the Pennsylvania Turnpike — and move to San Francisco, where Train was formed.

“This album is an ode to San Francisco. The memories we’ve made, the venues we’ve played, and the bars where we might’ve stayed at a little too long,” reads a note in the video comments. The album itself is named after a bar in the city.

“Pennsylvania Turnpike” is the follow-up to the previously released single, “The Weekend.”

Train will debut some of their new music during their Drops of Jupiter: 25 Years in The Atmosphere Tour, which starts July 8 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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It’s time to get your Top 8 ready again. Or, should we say, Top 182.

Blink-182 has stepped into an internet time machine to revive the band’s Myspace page. The trio started posting again on the long-dormant site on Wednesday with throwback photos and videos from their Take Off Your Pants and Jacket era.

As previously reported, blink shared a teaser related to Take Off Your Pants and Jacket earlier in the week ahead of its upcoming 25th anniversary on Friday.

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, which was released on June 12, 2001, marked the fourth blink-182 album and was the follow-up to their massive 1999 breakout effort, Enema of the State. It spawned singles in “First Date,” “The Rock Show” and “Stay Together for the Kids,” and became the first blink album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200.

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