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Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has teamed up with Epiphone for a new signature guitar.

The Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V recreates the shredder’s own Flying V guitar and comes in ebony and purple metallic finishes. It costs $1299.

“I am extremely honored to be able to put out an Epiphone Flying V today,” Hammett says. “Epiphone represents great sounding guitars at accessible prices, which is fundamentally important for up-and-coming musicians. I’m beyond pleased that I can offer the ’79 Flying V in this capacity. It means so much to me to be able to put good guitars in the hands of young players.”

For more info, visit Epiphone.com.

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Bailey Zimmerman and pop superstars Jonas Brothers are dropping their new song, “Strong Enough,” on November 10.

The announcement arrived with two Reels on Bailey and the Jonas Brothers’ Instagram.

Bailey’s video featured a preview clip of the song, with Bailey lip-syncing the tune before Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas pop up behind to share the performance. 

“Life is too short to be wasted/ So light me up/ Twist me something good/ Make it strong enough/ Last long enough/ Before the night is up/ Just give me something good/ Pour me all your love/ Make it strong enough/ I’m never coming down,” goes the tune.

“BZ x @jonasbrothers is GOIN DOWN,” Bailey captions his Instagram Reel. “Can’t wait for yall to jam this one [smiling face with sunglasses emoji] LETS FREAKIN GOOOOOO.”

Meanwhile, Jonas Brothers’ skit-driven Reel features Bailey and all three brothers bonding over a Bop It! toy and their new favorite song. “That’s when we became best friends,” Joe says at the end of the video.

“Strong Enough” is available for presave now.

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Ozzy Osbourne will receive the Icon Award at the inaugural Rolling Stone UK Awards, taking place November 23 in London.

The Prince of Darkness is set to attend the ceremony, during which he’ll be delivering a speech.

“I don’t know what to say!” Ozzy says of the honor. “I wish I felt like a f****** icon.”

“I’ve had a long career and I’ve raised a few f****** eyebrows along the way, and I’ve met some amazing people too,” he adds. “I’ve done some good gigs and I’ve done some f****** bad gigs! Thanks very much for giving me this award, it really means a lot to me.”

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What do Jordan Davis, Tyler Hubbard and Brothers Osborne have in common? Their love for Reese’s on Halloween.

“My favorite Halloween candy [is] probably Reese’s or M&M’s, although I love the variety of Starburst. It’s one that I feel like I only eat at Halloween because I feel like at Halloween one of the popular ones is the two-piece Starburst things. So, probably Reese’s, M&Ms and throw in some Starbursts,” shares Jordan.

Brothers Osborne’s TJ echoes Jordan but with a few more personal favorites.

“I would say, Snickers, Baby Ruth, Kit Kat and Reese’s too,” he shares.

Tyler, being a chocolate fan, naturally gravitates to those good ol’ peanut butter cups. However, during Halloween, another candy tops Reese’s.

“Ooooohhh—I’m a chocolate guy, so I do love just a good ole Reese’s or a good ole Snickers, but when it comes to classic Halloween candy, I still, I like ole candy corn. I do. I like candy corn,” says Tyler. “Maybe it’s nostalgic, all that sugar, a couple of good cavities, remind you of childhood.”

Jon Pardi is on the same page as Tyler.

“Man! The candy corn is pretty good, and that’s seasonal, so it only kinda pops out during Halloween,” he says.

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When Taylor Swift hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in November of 2009, she discussed plenty of things in a very catchy and memorable “Monologue Song.” According to former SNL writer Seth Meyers, none of the writers had anything to do with it. Taylor wrote it herself and pitched it to him and Lorne Michaels.

Speaking to Howard Stern on October 30, Meyers said, “It really speaks to what a force of nature she is and the depths of her talent … here’s a 19-year-old who … nobody is really helping out. Nobody gave her a manual on how to do it. And yet, she came to us and said, ‘I wrote a song for the opening monologue.’”

He continued, “And I remember saying, ‘Oh God, that’s great.’ And she said, ‘Can I play it for you?’”

Meyers told Stern he took Taylor into Lorne Michael‘s office, and she performed the song for them.

“She sings this song, which is not only a beautiful song by a beautiful singer: It’s a perfect SNL monologue, fully formed,” Meyers recalled. “And it was, to this day, I’ve sort of never had a moment like that where someone brings you a fully gift-wrapped present and it’s exactly what you needed it to be.”

Meyers added that he wished, at the time, he would’ve told Taylor what they had written for her — which they ditched in favor of her song — so she would know “how much f****** worse it was.”

“Like, ‘Not only is your song great. But you can’t even imagine how s***** what we were doing for you is compared to how great what you did for yourself is,’” he said.

(Howard Stern video contains uncensored profanity.)

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SZA’s “Snooze” is the gift that keeps on giving.

Thanks to the hit song, the Grammy winner extended her record atop Billboard’s R&B Songwriters Chart by earning her 50th week at #1.

Also contributing to the milestone is “Slime You Out,” one of her most recent collaborations with Drake. 

Week 50 adds to SZA’s record in the top spot. Just a week prior, her 49-week lead surpassed The Weeknd, who had stayed at #1 for 48 weeks.

Additionally, SZA’s popular track “Kill Bill” spent 30 weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. 

SZA joins a reputable list of songwriters who’ve spent 50 weeks or more at #1, including Elton John, who had a 53-week run, Bad Bunny‘s 93-week run and the top leader, Kirk Franklin, who’s notched 196 weeks in the top spot. 

Earlier this year, Franklin became the first and only artist to lead the Songwriters Chart at 100 weeks or more. 

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Norah Jones has released video of her and Dave Grohl‘s joint rendition of the Foo Fighters song “Razor.”

The performance, which is streaming now on YouTube, was recorded for an episode of Jones’ podcast, Norah Jones Is Playing Along. Grohl played an acoustic guitar while Jones provided piano and backing vocals.

“I haven’t done that in 20 years,” Grohl said after finishing “Razor,” a deep cut off the 2005 Foos album, In Your Honor.

Also during the podcast, Grohl and Jones played the Foos songs “Everlong,” “Statues” and “Virginia Moon” as well as Jones’ track “Flame Twin.”

In other Grohl news, his book, The Storyteller, which was first published 2021, is now available in paperback with additional content.

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If you love country music and burgers, Brian Kelley and Jason Aldean have the perfect restaurant for you.

Brian and Brittney Kelley, Jason and Brittany Aldean, and Tom and Chris Glavine have teamed up to open Papa Surf Burger Bar in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.

“My wife Brittney and I are just so fired up that the Papa Surf Burger Bar is officially open. There will be so many special moments and memories made there,” shares Brian, who kicked off the restaurant’s grand opening with his partners on October 29. “The vibe is real, the energy is great, and the burgers are next level.”

“We’re so thankful to our partners for dreaming this all up together, and our team for working so hard to bring our vision to life,” he adds.

Items on the restaurant’s menu include The Beach Cowboy and Burnin’ It Down made-to-order burgers, both of which were inspired by Brian and Jason’s respective songs.

Photos of the grand opening are available on Papa Surf Burger Bar’s Instagram.

For more information on the restaurant, visit its website.

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