Chris Rock posted on Instagram that he and Dave Chappelle have added new dates to their joint stand-up tour.
The two comedy legends will take the stage December 1 in San Diego’s Viejas Arena at San Diego State University’s Aztec Bowl before jumping to the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 5.
December 7 will have Rock and Chappelle playing the Honda Center in Anaheim, California; December 10 will see them play the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
They play the Chase Center in San Francisco the next evening, before taking the stage at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on December 12 and then Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California, on December 14.
Tickets and other info can be found at Live Nation.
We already knew the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is scheduled to take place November 5 in Los Angeles, but now the air date for the HBO special focusing on the event has been revealed.
The 37th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will premiere Saturday, November 19, at 8 p.m. ET on the cable network and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
The event will be held at Microsoft Theater in LA at 7 p.m. PT on November 5.
This year’s inductees in the Performer category are Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Eminem, Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. The other honorees include Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, in conjunction with receiving the Musical Excellence Award; Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten for Early Influence; and Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine and Sylvia Robinson as recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Red carpet coverage will be streamed live on the Rock Hall’s YouTube channel.
Meanwhile, an exhibit celebrating the 2022 inductees will open at the Rock Hall on November 2. Among the pieces of memorabilia on display are a coat Benatar wore in her “Invincible” video, Simon’s handwritten draft of the lyrics to “You’re So Vain,” a Fender Jazz bass that Judas Priest’s Ian Hill played on tour with the band from 1974 to 1984, an outfit Eminem wore during the Super Bowl LVI halftime Show and a Gibson Blueshawk guitar Parton played on her Backwoods Barbie tour.
Ellie Goulding is about to embark on her next music era and has already released one of the songs off her new album.
Ellie announced her fifth studio album, titled Higher Than Heaven, on Wednesday and unveiled the album’s artwork. She said in a statement about the upcoming work, “There was definitely a darkness about [the past two years] that was palpable in the studio, with everyone having gone through it differently. I think for that reason, nobody wanted to sit and agonize over some relationship or some drama. So that’s how this album came together.”
She adds her album is “about being passionately in love. But it’s a hyper form of love, almost like a drug induced feeling. It feels almost artificial and there’s the potential for a crash.”
Higher Than Heaven arrives February 3, 2023. To tide fans over until then, Ellie released a new song off the album called “Let It Die.” She also secretly recorded its music video, which is also out now.
The muted video sees Ellie performing while surrounded by artwork and backup dancers. There’s also moments when she freezes and seemingly becomes a part of the exhibit.
Before announcing her album, Ellie took to Instagram to provide sneak peeks of all the songs that’ll appear on Higher Than Heaven — including “Let It Die” and the previously released “Easy Lover.” The snippet allowed fans to get a taste of the tone of this forthcoming effort.
“Freefalling… slipping from your arms,” she cryptically wrote.
Fans can begin pre-orderingHigher Than Heaven now.
For his latest gig, he’s hosting BET’s new show After Happily Ever After. He says making the decision to join the reality dating series was a “no brainer.”
“It was kind of crazy how God works…” Bow Wow told ABC Audio, referencing a “similar” show idea he thought of before getting the call from BET. “For me it was like a no brainer because I was like, ‘Okay, what’s different about the show?'”
After learning about the show’s premise — a group of exes from failed long-term relationships (Peter Gunz, Amina Buddafly, Melissa Meeks, Ugo Maduka and more) who play matchmaker to find their former partner love — the host immediately jumped on board.
“I love doing things that are different,” said Bow Wow, a fan of dating shows. Though After Happily Ever After sounded like “the most toxic thing ever,” it was still something he wanted to be a part of.
The rapper isn’t new to hosting. His moniker “Mr. 106 & Park” grew out of his couple-years tenure as host on the long-running music video show 106 & Park. But make no mistake, the two gigs are “like apples and oranges,” Bow said.
The new show, he added, gives him the opportunity to fully “be himself.”
“I love to be off-script,” Bow said. Due to the show’s unpredictable nature, he explained, he gets a chance to be “more Shad than Bow Wow” and also the “glue” that holds all the craziness together.
How is Bow Wow the best person for the job? “Let’s just say Bow Wow can go back in his past [relationships] and draw inspiration from those moments,” he said.
After Happily Ever After premieres October 19 at 10 p.m. ET on BET.
Times have changed since Christina Aguilera first released her music video for “Beautiful,” so she remade it to reflect the challenges of today and to mark the 20th anniversary of her fourth album, Stripped.
Stripped was released on October 22, 2002, and the song “Beautiful” subsequently became an anthem for self-love and acceptance. Now, Christina hopes the song becomes a warning about the dangers of social media’s impact on children.
The music video tackles how girls are flooded with images of women with youthful faces and voluptuous bodies, while boys are encouraged to have the sculpted body of an action hero.
Throughout the video, children are either seen holding up their cameras to film what they are pressured to look like — through the exposure of liposuction, bodybuilding and other cosmetic surgeries — or have the camera trained on themselves to show how they’re embracing these standards.
The music video also explores how isolating these messages are by showing a young, larger girl staring down a vending machine stuffed with diet pills, and also a boy fantasizing on how to end his life in a hospital room.
The video concludes with these same kids, without their phones, running around in the sun on a grassy field — finally acting their age.
The video warns in the end, as blood pours from a smartphone, “In the last 20 years, since Stripped was first released, social media has transformed our relationship with our bodies, and in turn, our mental health. Research suggests that time spent on social networking sites is associated with body image issues, self-harm and disordered eating in children and teens. This needs to change.”
The new music video officially kicks off the 20th anniversary celebration of the Stripped album.
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Earlier this week, Liam Gallagher announced a new documentary called Knebworth 22, which chronicles his two shows at the historic English site over 25 years after Oasis‘ record-breaking concerts there in 1996. Liam performed a mixture of his solo songs and Oasis tracks during his shows, but the Oasis tunes won’t make the film.
As for why, Liam says that the blame lies with his former Oasis bandmate and estranged brother, Noel Gallagher.
“No Oasis songs as the angry squirt has blocked them,” Liam tweeted Wednesday, adding that Noel “also blocked the Oasis I sang for Taylor Hawkins tribute.” Liam opened September’s London tribute concert to the late Foo Fighters drummer with renditions of the Oasis songs “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” and “Live Forever.”
“He’s a horrible little man,” Liam wrote of Noel.
Liam later posted, “You can stop us using the songs but you can’t erase our memories shame on you Noel Gallagher.”
Knebworth 22 will premiere in theaters on November 17. Tickets go on sale beginning this Friday, October 21. For more info, visit LGKnebworth22.com.
Reba McEntire’s having the time of her life with her new role on ABC drama “Big Sky,” and she says she’s got Dolly Parton to thank for inspiring her to keep trying new things.
“I asked Dolly Parton, ‘You ever think about retiring?’ She said, ‘What would I do where I could have so much fun?’” Reba recounts to People. “…I’m about 10 years younger than Dolly, and she inspires me daily. As long as we can do what we do and still enjoy it, we can continue doing it.”
At the moment, that means taking on the role of Sunny Barnes — the owner of an outdoors company who just might be hiding a dark secret — in the new Big Sky season.
“I never would’ve thought in a million years I’d be doing an ABC drama at my age, but I am absolutely loving it,” she says, adding that there’s still one big acting challenge she’d like to take on in the years ahead.
“Now if I can just be a superhero or a supervillain in one of the Marvel movies, that would be the icing on the cake,” Reba continues.
Now in its third season, Big Sky airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
BTS‘ Jin has an all-new solo effort on the way, and he’s teamed again with Coldplay for its launch.
BTS’ label BIGHIT confirmed Jin had co-written a new song titled “The Astronaut” with the Chris Martin-fronted band. The song blasts into orbit on October 28. It also should be noted that Martin’s teenage son, Moses,also contributed some backup vocals for the song.
BTS last collaborated with Coldplay on “My Universe,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100.
The news is bittersweet for BTS fans as “The Astronaut” arrives shortly after the group confirmed they will all enlist in the military, as mandated by the South Korean government. As Jin is the oldest member of the group, he will be the first to join the army.
Because of this, “The Astronaut” focuses on his love for his fans and will serve as a gift for those who supported him.
BTS plans on “reconvening as a group again around 2025” following their military obligations.
Robert Gordon, the deep-voiced singer who helped launch the rockabilly revival during the late 1970s, died Tuesday, Variety reports. He was 75.
Gordon’s record label, Cleopatra Records, confirmed his passing to Variety and posted a Facebook message offering “our deepest condolences to his family and friends.” “We liked working with Robert and will miss his powerful baritone vocal as well as his focused dedication to his music,” the label added.
No cause of death was mentioned, but a GoFundMe page recently launched by Gordon’s family revealed he was battling acute myeloid leukemia.
Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Gordon recorded with a group called The Confidentials as a teenager. After relocating to New York City in 1970, he joined the early punk band Tuff Darts and sang on a few of their early singles.
Gordon launched his solo career in 1977 after teaming up with veteran producer/songwriter Richard Gottehrer, who suggested he collaborate with pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist Link Wray. Gordon recorded two albums with Wray — 1977’s Robert Gordon with Link Wray and 1978’s Fresh Fish Special.
Both albums showcased Robert’s booming, Elvis Presley-inspired vocals and mainly featured covers of vintage rock ‘n’ roll tunes. Fresh Fish Special included Presley’s longtime backing vocal group The Jordanaires and an early cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s “Fire” that featured Springsteen on keyboards.
Gordon went on to work with such other acclaimed guitarists as Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. His 1981 album, Are You Gonna Be the One, reached #76 on the Billboard 200 and featured a popular cover of Marshall Crenshaw‘s “Someday, Someway.”
Robert continued to record sporadically and tour regularly throughout his life. A new Gordon album, Hellafied, a collaboration with Spedding, is due out on November 24. It includes a variety of previously unreleased archival songs.
AJR is very aware that they’ve been a little quiet as of late, which is why they broke some welcome news to explain their absence.
The trio took to Twitter and began their address by telling fans, “Love you guys, sorry if we’ve maybe been a little more quiet than usual, been writing nonstop on the road.”
“A year since OKO [OK ORCHESTRA] means a year of new weird feelings to write about. Really can’t wait for you guys to hear this new stuff,” the singers continued. That led them to finally confirming the excellent news that “AJR5 is on the way.”
It appears AJR was already teasing new music and cryptically tweeted a few days before the big reveal, “Everyone’s laughing at me, but not like they used to,” along with a violin emoji. That tweet ramped fans’ speculation that a new single is coming soon.
AJR also updated their Twitter bio to tell fans to “Pre-save new music.” The link leads to their website, but instead of a song title, fans are met with three question marks and urged to pre-save the mystery single on either Spotify or Apple Music.
AJR’s last album, OK ORCHESTRA, came out in March 2021 and produced the hits “World’s Smallest Violin,” “Way Less Sad” and the RIAA-certified twice Platinum single “Bang!”
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