“We were on a drive up in Northern California and went through the Big Sur stretch of coastline,” the “sun keeps on shining” trio says. “We’ve always been so inspired by its beauty and ‘sweet feelings’ was really just inspired by that drive.”
“sweet feelings” follows almost monday’s other 2023 singles, “only wanna dance,” “life goes by” and “coast to coast.” The band will close out the year with a December 31 hometown show in San Diego.
In 2024, almost monday will be on the road with Beach Weather.
Eagles have added more shows to their The Long Goodbye tour.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have added second nights in four cities – Phoenix, Austin, Chicago and Toronto – with Steely Dan set to open all shows.
Tickets for the newly added March 9 concert in Chicago go on sale Monday, November 6, at 10 a.m. local time, while tickets for Phoenix’s January 20 show, Austin’s February 3 show and Toronto’s March 14 show go on sale Friday, November 10, at 10 a.m. local time.
The Long Goodbye tour is the Eagles’ farewell to the road. Their next show is happening Friday, November 10, in Atlanta. A complete list of dates can be found at eagles.com.
Drake Milligan has dropped a full-length version of his latest track, “I Got a Problem.” The extended rendition features a slow piano intro that spotlights Drake’s rich baritone before he soars on the romantic ode.
Travis Denning‘s “Going Places” is out now. “Lyrically, I wanted to paint a picture of a storyline of two people that ran together then blew apart into two very different lives,” says Travis, who penned the track alongside Paul DiGiovanni, Jeremy Stover and Matt Mulhare. “I tried to challenge myself to think outside of my normal comfort zone melodically and musically with this one, and that’s been the motive for all the new music I’ve been working on.”
Griffen Palmer‘s heartbreak song, “Heart of Exes,” has arrived. “Although this is undeniably a breakup song, it’s also a love letter to all of the shared experiences and moments with this other person in the seemingly ‘magical’ place where it all happened,” says Griffen, who authored the tune alongside Hoskins, Jackson Morgan and Ryan Vojtesak.
Kate Bush will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday, but she won’t be on hand to accept her honor.
Ahead of the ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, the singer shared a statement on her website revealing that she is skipping the festivities.
“I am completely blown away by this huge honour – an award that sits in the big beating heart of the American music industry,” she writes. “Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me. I never imagined I would be given this wonderful accolade.”
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to attend the ceremony tonight, but for me the real honour is knowing that you felt I deserved it. The RRHOF has welcomed me into the most extraordinary rostrum of overwhelming talent,” she adds.
Bush also wrote of her love of Elton John growing up and how special it is that she’ll be inducted alongside his writing partner Bernie Taupin, who’ll receive the Musical Excellence Award.
“Congratulations Bernie! Congratulations to everyone who is being inducted tonight!” she writes. “Music is at the core of who I am and, like all musicians, being on the journey of trying to create something musically interesting is rife with feelings of doubt and insecurity.”
Finally, she notes, “I’m only five foot three, but today I feel a little taller.”
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will stream live on Disney+ starting at 8 p.m. ET and will be available for viewing afterward on the platform.
There were a lot of shocked fans this summer when Paul McCartney suggested in a June interview that artificial intelligence was used to extract JohnLennon’s voice for TheBeatles‘ just-released final song, “Now and Then.”
Although McCartney later clarified his statement, Giles Martin, who produced the new track alongside McCartney, is also setting the record straight: he says AI was not used on the song.
Discussing the fact that backing vocals from earlier Beatles tunes were used on “Now and Then,” Martin tells Variety, “No, it’s not artificial or intelligent. No, it’s the same process that I used, as you say so rightly, in Love,” referring to the soundtrack to the Las Vegas Beatles show.
Martin, son of former Beatles producer George Martin, says McCartney was conflicted about this process, but he argued his case.
“My thought was this: that I really thought this needs to sound like The Beatles,” he explains. “The band would have probably sang ‘ahhhhs’ in those things, but they’re not around anymore. So I’m not using AI to recreate their voices in any way. I’m literally taking the multitrack tapes of ‘Eleanor Rigby,’ some stuff from ‘Because’ and ‘Here, There, and Everywhere,’ just in the same way The Beatles are splicing that in.”
He adds, “They feel like they’re from The Beatles, and they are from The Beatles. I think if they were from some machine learning program, they wouldn’t sound right.”
It’s the first time the song has received a video treatment following its 1958 release, when Brenda was 13.
In the festive visualizer, Trisha and Brenda spend time baking cookies in the kitchen, before Tanya and friends arrive to decorate the Christmas tree ahead of Santa’s arrival.
“For those out there who know me and have supported me and my music through the years, I’ve very proud to be putting out the first ever music video for ‘Rockin’.’ This song has been so special to me – I never thought it would be my signature song, but I love that it is because it brings so much joy,” says Brenda of her five-time RIAA-certified Platinum hit.
“I remember the day I recorded this wonderful Johnny Marks song, and here we are 65 years later and I’m only here because of you,” she continues. “I won’t ever meet all of you, but I know you are there and have been since I was a little girl – so Thank You and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!”
Coming up, fans catch Brenda perform “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” on Christmas at the Opry, airing Thursday, December 7, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
DC Young Fly is remembering his former partner and mother of his children, Jacky Oh, on her birthday November 3.
The comedian and TV host shared a series of throwback images to Instagram Friday, along with a sweet but short message about how he misses the Wild ‘N Out star.
“Happy birthday baby,” DC wrote alongside a sad-face emoji. “All i got is memories ima make sure to try my best mama.”
He added, “love u for life #ForEverMyQueen.”
Since her unexpected passing in May, DC has opened up about staying positive despite his heartbreak, writing in one of his first public posts since the news that he’ll “continue to pray and hold on to our FAITH because that’s alll we kno!”
DC is the father of three children he welcomed with Jacky Oh: Nova, Nala and baby Prince’Nehemiah.
“Love you forever and our kids are super strong,” DC said in his June tribute post. “Jus know we goinn harder than ever and GOD is in control and he got us covered.”
Iggy Pop sings on a new cover of the Depeche Mode song “Personal Jesus.”
The recording is featured on a new album by producing veteran Trevor Horn called Echoes: Ancient & Modern. It also includes vocals by musician Phoebe Lunny.
You can listen to the cover now via digital outlets. Echoes will be released December 1.
Depeche Mode, meanwhile, put out a new album called Memento Mori in March
Kelsea Ballerini made her headlining arena show debut on November 2 in her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Homecoming Show kicked off with opening sets by up-and-comer Georgia Webster and “More Hearts Than Mine” hitmaker Ingrid Andress before Kelsea arrived for her sold-out concert.
“there’s no place like home. we did it,” Kelsea captioned an Instagram carousel of photos from the special night, including onstage shots of her with Georgia and Ingrid, and Kenny Chesney, with whom she sang “half of my hometown.”
“I’m so happy and proud for you. Thanks for having me,” Kenny commented on the post.
Coming up, fans can catch Kelsea’s performance of “Leave Me Again” from her CMA Album of the Year-nominated Rolling Up The Welcome Mat at the 57th CMA Awards, airing Wednesday, November 8, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
The new release comes as War celebrates the 50th anniversary of their bestselling album The War Is A Ghetto, which went to number one on the Billboard album chart.
On November 24, they will release The World Is a Ghetto: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition as part of Record Store Day Black Friday. The five-LP boxed set features a newly remastered version of the original album, unreleased session outtakes and more. Only 4,000 copies will be available at independent record stores across the country.
