Hozier on ‘Good Morning America.’ (ABC/Paula Lobo)
Hozier is performing at an upcoming concert paying tribute to blues icon Taj Mahal, taking place Feb. 21 in San Francisco.
The “Take Me to Church” artist joins a lineup that also includes Joan Baez, Van Morrison, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, George Thorogood, and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
In addition to celebrating Mahal, the concert doubles as the annual benefit for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides services and financial assistance for musicians and music industry professionals.
Lady Gaga wasn’t the star of the Super Bowl halftime show, but even her guest appearance during Bad Bunny’s set led to a boost in her streams, Billboard reports. Streams of the song she performed, “Die With a Smile,” increased by 17%, while digital downloads jumped 165%. Ricky Martin, Benito’s other guest, saw streams of his catalog increase by 58%, and digital downloads increase by 487%.
And speaking of Super Bowl performers, Charlie Puth has posted his wife Brooke’s pregnancy photo shoot on Instagram, with the caption, “Baby Puth on the way!!!!!” Brooke is sporting a very sizable bump in the pics; the baby is due sometime in March. His catalog and digital downloads increased as well following his national anthem performance on Sunday.
Nick Jonas tells People that his next movie, Power Ballad, in which he co-stars with Paul Rudd, will be out June 5. In addition to doing the acting in the film, he tells People, “There’s some music as a part of that as well.”
Olivia Rodrigo, who in 2024 became a global brand ambassador for Lancôme, is starring in a new ad for the beauty company, promoting its Lash Idôle Curl Goddess Mascara. In the ad, which she also narrates, she rides a motorcycle whose color matches the mascara packaging.
Wale’s Everything is A lot tour poster (Def Jam Recordings)
Wale is taking his talents on the road soon with his newly announced Everything Is A Lot… The Tour.
The three-month U.S. tour is set to kick off in San Francisco on May 26, making stops in Phoenix, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia and other cities, before a final show slated for Minneapolis in July.
The tour, named after Wale’s most recent eighth studio album, will feature appearances from St. Louis rapper and singer Smino.
In promoting the tour on social media Wednesday, Wale pointed fans to the link in his Instagram bio where they could sign up to receive information on the presale, available starting Thursday. The general sale begins Friday.
(L-R) Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip)
Guns N’ Roses are headed down under.
The “Paradise City” rockers are set to headline the bp Adelaide Grand Final Concert Nov. 29 in Adelaide, Australia.
Tickets for the concert go on sale Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. local time.
The bp Adelaide Grand Final is Australia’s largest domestic ticketed motorsport event and runs Nov. 26-29.
The after-race concert is so far the only show Guns N’ Roses are scheduled to play in Australia in 2026. They do have a busy year ahead of them, though, with a Latin American tour kicking off March 28 in Monterrey, Mexico, followed by a European tour that begins June 3 in Gliwice, Poland.
They will then launch a U.S. tour on July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, which runs through Sept. 19 in Atlanta.
A complete list of dates can be found at GunsNRoses.com.
Harry Styles and Niall Horan of One Direction attend the BBC Music Awards on Dec. 10, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Niall Horan just dropped a collaborative single, “Drive Safe,” with his new BFF Myles Smith. During an interview to promote that song, he also gave his opinion on his former One Direction bandmate Harry Styles’ new single, “Aperture.”
While talking to Hits Radio UK, Niall said of “Aperture,” which has topped the U.K. and U.S. charts, “I’m delighted for him. It’s a great song. Obviously a completely, like, change of sound, but yeah, it’s a banger, isn’t it? It’s gonna be great live.”
Niall said that he won’t be attending the BRIT Awards, where Harry is performing live, on Feb. 28, so we won’t see them in a photo op together. But 1D fans have been eating well lately: Louis Tomlinson released a new album and has a tour coming up. Harry’s album is due in March, followed by a tour, and ZAYN’s album is coming out in April, followed by a tour.
Niall, meanwhile, is just finishing up a new solo album, but no word yet on when that’s coming out.
You can go behind the scenes with Eric Church for The Making of ‘Evangeline vs. The Machine: Comes Alive’ (Concert Film + Soundtrack) in a new YouTube video. The IMAX film opens Wednesday and returns to theaters on Saturday.
Jackson Dean will headline the eighth annual Live in the Vineyard Goes Country April 21-23 in Napa Valley, California. The Marcus King Band, Wade Bowen, Cody Canada, Frankie Ballard, Sunny Sweeney, Zach John King and more will play as well.
Flatland Cavalry’s fifth studio album, Work of Heart, is set to arrive March 27, featuring their debut radio single, “Never Comin’ Back.”
CIRCA 1970: Photo of Grateful Dead (Photo by Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes are paying tribute to the Grateful Dead with their brand-new kit.
The team has just debuted a new secondary jersey, which is purple and blue tie-dye with the Grateful Dead skeleton logo on a patch on the sleeve.
According to a post on Instagram, the new kit celebrates “the spirit of the Bay Area and the enduring connection between music, culture, and community.” It’s described as a “collaboration that bridges the gap between the Grateful Dead’s legendary counterculture and the relentless spirit of Soccer in San Jose.”
The kit is currently available for preorder and will officially be available starting Saturday.
And the Earthquakes aren’t the only team paying tribute to an artist with their new kit. The St. Louis City SC has debuted a secondary kit paying tribute to Tina Turner, featuring a patch with her portrait on the sleeve and her name embroidered on the back. It is available now.
David Archuleta, ‘Devout,’ (Robert Ascroft/Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books)
David Archuleta’s new memoir, Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself, is out on Feb. 17, and in an exclusive excerpt on People.com, the singer reveals he once contemplated taking his own life, to the point where he started searching for the right place to do it.
As he details in the book, David, 35, couldn’t reconcile the fact that he was queer with his Mormon faith, and it was torturing him. David writes in the excerpt, “The logic flowed that if God left me with these homosexual feelings, I supposed He didn’t want me to exist. I contemplated whether it would be better to admit to myself that I was gay or end my life.”
He goes on to write that he tried to determine the safest, “most efficient way” to commit suicide, adding, “I started going on short drives, scouting locations, looking for a place I could crash my car at a high speed without hurting anyone else.”
But after he found a place that would work, he writes, “The thing that held me back wasn’t the fear of death, but the fear of not dying. If I survived but broke my back, I might be paralyzed, and then it’d be impossible to try again. I’d have to exist with my thoughts for decades without being able to do anything about them.”
David says in the memoir he had a conversation with God, which convinced him that it was OK to be who he is.
“I was almost willing to give my life up because I was so devoted to what I believed,” he tells People. “I’m just grateful to be alive and to see what I can do with my life while I’m here. It really feels like starting again.”
If you are in crisis or know someone in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or by visiting 988lifeline.org. You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.
‘Everyone for ten minutes’ album artwork. (Dirty Hit)
Bleachers have announced a new album called everyone for ten minutes.
The fifth studio effort from the Jack Antonoff-led outfit is due out May 22. It’s the follow-up to Bleachers’ 2024 self-titled record, which spawned the singles “Modern Girl” and “Tiny Moves.”
The first single off everyone for ten minutes is the previously teased “you and forever.” The track is out now alongside a video featuring Antonoff getting beat up and drenched in a rain storm on his way to making it home to his wife, actress Margaret Qualley.
Here’s the everyone for ten minutes track list: “sideways” “the van” “we should talk” “you and forever” “dirty wedding dress” “take you out tonight” “i can’t believe you’re gone” “dancing” “she’s from before” “i’m not joking” “upstairs at els”
