The Linda Lindas are celebrating the holiday season with some new music.
The teenage punk rockers have premiered a new single called “Groovy Xmas.” The track certainly lives up to its name with lyrics about presents, holiday movies and Mariah Carey.
You can listen to “Groovy Xmas” now via digital outlets and watch its jolly accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
The Linda Lindas released their debut album, Growing Up, in April. Last month, they performed at the When We Were Young festival.
Theory of a Deadman and Skillet are teaming up for a co-headlining tour in 2023.
The joint outing, dubbed the Rock Resurrection tour, kicks off February 17 in Gary, Indiana, and will wrap up March 26 in Los Angeles. Saint Asonia will also be on the bill.
“We’re super stoked to be touring with our good friends in Skillet and Saint Asonia this winter,” says Theory vocalist Tyler Connolly. “We’re also really looking forward to playing new material for our fans!!”
“We are so excited to be touring with our friends from Theory again!” adds Skillet frontman John Cooper. “It’s been several years since our last tour together, and this time we are also joined by our friends in Saint Asonia. We are looking forward to kicking off 2023 the right way by joining forces for a super-charged rock show! Panheads get ready!”
Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 18, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit TheoryOfficial.com and Skillet.com.
Theory just dropped a new single called “Dinosaur” in October, which follows their 2020 album, Say Nothing. Skillet’s most recent album is this year’s Dominion.
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Britney Spears unleashed another poignant essay about adjusting to her life post-conservatorship, and this one raised a few eyebrows over what she said about wanting to persecute her family.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the pop singer hinted that she doesn’t want to go through the lengthy process of going to court over the alleged abuse she suffered during her 13-year conservatorship.
“People say you will have to put up a lot of money and sue and sit for hours and not be able to use my feet again. When I want to run outside … NO THANK YOU to prove these allegations are true !!! I will never put up more money to go to court to see if my dad gets prosecuted,” she wrote.
The singer added, “I choose to smile and put it in my family’s face until the day I die.”
This is an about-face from what she said a year ago to California Superior Court Judge Brenda J. Penny. “I’m in shock. I’m traumatized. … I’m so angry it’s insane,” she expressed in her bombshell testimony that laid out the alleged abuse she suffered. “I would honestly like to sue my family, to be totally honest with you.”
Britney also told the judge, “My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship and my management who played a key role in punishing me… They should be in jail.”
ABC Audio has submitted a request for comment to Britney’s attorney Mathew Rosengart.
KISS‘ End of the Road World Tour has been going on since 2019, but Gene Simmons says it will eventually end, and after that, he promises, “No more touring.”
“We love the fans, and we don’t want to stay on stage too long, but we’re having the time of our lives,” Simmons tells Page Six, noting that they’ve added another 100 cities to the tour. But he says he knows exactly when the band will officially call it quits.
“I know where and when, but I’m not [revealing yet],” he teases. “I do know the last day and date. But you don’t want to find out what you’re getting for Christmas as a present in July, right?”
He adds, “At the end of that, no more touring.”
Since the band did a “Farewell Tour” from 2000 to 2001, fans could be forgiven for not believing Simmons this time. But as he tells Page Six, “We were honest about it. It wasn’t a trickery or anything. We had the original guys, Ace [Frehley] and Peter [Criss], who were not performing up to snuff. It had to do with drugs and alcohol. I don’t want to sugarcoat it.”
“We decided…we should probably end it. I don’t want to be up on stage and do a lackluster show,” he explains. “And then as we were about to stop, the fans were saying, ‘Why don’t you just replace them, like a football team?’ We thought about it for a while and we said, ‘Yeah!’”
Simmons also shared his thoughts on his daughter Sophie‘s upcoming wedding.
“I’m not ready. One second she’s just a pair of cheeks with little legs walking around. Next second, she’s a grown woman,” he said. “I’m not ready. But it’s happening. She’s getting married and he’s a great guy.”
Ingrid Andress will step out for a 23-city string of shows early next year. She just announced her The Good Person Tour, which takes its name from her latest album, Good Person.
The trek starts February 24 in Salt Lake City, beginning with a batch of domestic shows and continuing on into an overseas leg with stops in the U.K., the Netherlands, Scandinavia and more. Ingrid’s bringing Madeline Edwards, Carter Faith and Nick Wilson as opening acts on various dates.
Ingrid’s tour announcement comes on the heels of her latest country chart-topper, “Wishful Drinking,” which is a duet with Sam Hunt. That song marks the second time that Ingrid’s been at the top of the charts.
Most recently, fans have seen Ingrid on tour with Keith Urban for his The Speed of Now World Tour.
Dua Lipa denied the rumors she’s heading to Qatar to perform for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
“There is currently a lot of speculation that I will be performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. The singer added, “I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiations to perform.”
Dua noted she will be cheering England’s soccer team “from afar” and added, “I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup.”
Dua isn’t the only artist condemning Qatar. Sir Rod Stewart revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he was “offered a lot of money, over $1 million, to play there.”
“I turned it down,” he added, noting it “was not right to go.”
Critics have slammed Qatar for its alleged injustices, mainly for its labor laws and persecuting members of the LGBTQ+ community. Reports have surfaced of forced labor of migrant workers and the conditions they must work under, which activists say have resulted in thousands of alleged deaths.
This has led to soccer fans calling for a boycott of the forthcoming World Cup.
Foreigner have announced that their 2023 tour will be their last.
“Many years ago, I wrote a song called ‘Feels Like The First Time’ and today we are launching one last worldwide tour,” says Foreigner leader and co-founder Mick Jones. “We will be presenting a show that I know will have the same enthusiasm as our very first appearances.”
He continues, “We hope to get to every place that we have played over the last several years. While I’m sure our fans will have mixed feelings about the end of the road for the band, I know our shows are going to delight audiences everywhere.”
Singer Kelly Hansen adds, “Foreigner has a brilliant and increasingly demanding catalogue of songs to sing and I refuse to give them less than they deserve. So, we’re going to finish strong.” He adds, ” I’m sure there may be occasions when we’ll do some special appearances, but I think the time is coming for us to live off the road. Thank you all so much!”
The tour kicks off July 6 in Atlanta, GA, and is currently set to wrap up September 3 in Holmdel, NJ. For the first leg of the tour, Loverboy will open the shows. Tickets go on sale November 18 via LiveNation.com.
Foreigner is also inviting choirs nationwide to enter for a chance to kick off each concert with a live a cappella performance of classic rock songs. One winning choir will be chosen for each show, and they’ll receive new musical equipment. Visit foreignerchoirs.com to find out how to enter.
If you’ve ever uploaded a video of yourself playing “Dimebag” Darrell‘s riffs to YouTube, there’s a chance Zakk Wylde is watching it to help prepare for Pantera’s upcoming reunion shows.
Wylde will be filling in for the late Dime for the performances, which will also feature Pantera members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown, along with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante in place of Dime’s late brother, Vinnie Paul.
Speaking during an interview with metal YouTube personality Ola Englund, Wylde shares how it’s been going learning Pantera’s songs for the shows.
“Any of these things that I got stumped on, I was, like, ‘What the hell was that?’…I’d go on to YouTube and just see all these other amazing players playing the stuff,” Wylde explains.
For Wylde, watching YouTube covers is another resource for him alongside Pantera’s recordings.
“Playing it with the record is one thing, but then you take the record away, it’s, like, ‘Alright, play it for me,'” Wylde says. “It’s a guideline. It’s like cover by numbers, you know where you’re going.”
Pantera’s first show back is December 2 in Mexico.
George Strait is adding yet another stadium engagement to his 2023 calendar.
He’s just been announced as the headliner for the 2023 Buckeye Country Superfest, which will take place next May in Columbus, Ohio. Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town and Warren Zeiders are joining the King of Country on the bill for that festival.
Chris and Little Big Town are also George’s opening acts on seven stadium dates throughout the year — a robust touring calendar for the semi-retired country legend, who typically plays one-off shows and hasn’t mounted a full tour in a decade.
George will hit six different markets next year, and he recently added a second Nashville show at the city’s Nissan Stadium due to fan demand.
Tickets to the 2023 Buckeye Country Superfest go on sale Saturday, November 19 at 10 a.m. ET. There’s a presale for American Express cardholders, which begins on Tuesday and will run through Friday.
The Neighbourhood drummer Brandon Fried is no longer in the band following an allegation of sexual misconduct against him.
Over the weekend, musician María Zardoya, lead singer of the band The Marías, posted in an Instagram Story that Fried had “groped [her] under the table” while they were both at a bar.
“It was one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever experienced,” Zardoya wrote. “I felt an invasion of my space, privacy and body.”
Tagging The Neighbourhood, Zardoya wrote that the band “need[s] a new drummer,” adding that Fried is “a complete creep.”
The “Sweater Weather” outfit then tweeted that “As a result of Brandon’s actions, he will no longer be a member of The Neighbourhood.”
“We are grateful to Maria for coming forward,” the tweet reads. “We have zero tolerance for any kind of inappropriate behavior towards women.”
Fried, who’d been The Neighbourhood’s drummer since 2014, has also released a statement on his Instagram Story apologizing to Zardoya for his “inexcusable and intolerable” actions.
“They are not reflective of who I am as a person, but clearly a reflection of who I become while under the influence,” Fried wrote. “It is evident that I must address my problems with alcohol and substance abuse, which I am now seeking help for.”
“I want to apologize to women who have been victims of any behavior that has left them feeling uncomfortable or violated,” he added. “I am also sorry to The Neighbourhood and our fans for letting them down.”
