Raise your devil horns this Halloween with AXS TV’s “Heavy Metal Halloween” event.
On Saturday, October 29, the channel will be running an all-day marathon of documentaries and concert films dedicated to the biggest names in hard rock and metal, including Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, KISS, Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper.
Among the films shown will be Sabbath’s The End of the End doc, which captures the “Iron Man” legends’ 2017 farewell concert.
You can tune into “Heavy Metal Halloween” starting at noon ET.
LilUzi‘s keeping the music coming with their latest single, “Just Wanna Rock.”
After amassing over 500 million views on TikTok, the new song serves as the official follow-up to their Red & White EP, which dropped earlier this summer — the rapper’s first full-length project since Pluto x Baby Pluto with Future.
Upon its release Monday, Lil Uzi promoted the track on Instagram by sharing a snippet of the audio and the single’s cover art.
“OUT NOW !!!!! 🕺🏾🛸 👽 JUST WANNA ROCK🙊♥️ LETS GOOOO!!!!!” he captioned the post.
“Just Wanna Rock” is also one of the first projects to drop since the artist updated the pronouns on their Instagram profile to “they/them.”
Fans think Taylor Swift will soon release the music video for her track “Vigilante S***.” She is set to release the “Anti-Hero” music video a few hours after she releases Midnights and fans think “Vigilante” will drop on October 25 because of how she held the phone upside down when announcing both the track titles on TikTok.
Doja Cat‘s “Vegas” — from the Elvis movie — entered the BillboardHot 100’s top 10. The song rose to tenth place. Another song of hers is in the top five, “I Like You (A Happier Song)” with Post Malone in fourth. Doja has the most top 10 songs out of all female artists this decade — six overall — which bests Taylor, who previously led with five entries since 2020.
It’s rumored Dua Lipa is working on her new album with Mark Ronson, whom she worked with before on the Silk City hit “Electricity.” The Sunreports she hit up the recording studio with him in New York.
Lady Gaga helped West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler when her dress ripped at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this year. Zegler told Vanity FairGaga tapped her “on the shoulder” and told her, “I can’t let you leave like that.” So she worked with two others on “MacGyvering a safety pin to save my dress.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda says he wrote “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s Encanto in one night. He told Variety, “The gossip number was the pitch, and then the other idea became that they’ll all tell a kind of ghost story about [Bruno]… The [song’s] name got me halfway there, and then I actually pulled an all-nighter, figuring it all out.”
The music video for Katy Perry and Thomas Rhett‘s “Where We Started” premieres Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET.
Shania Twain will play Mrs. Potts in the upcoming anniversary celebration of Beauty and the Beast. The television special, Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, airs December 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Disney is the parent company of ABC News.
Jewel shared her trip to Pompeii on TikTok and fans are begging her to become a narrator. Jewel showed off the historical site, from ancient pedestrian walkways to frescos to how to spot the old brothel.
Fans think Taylor Swift will soon release the music video for her track “Vigilante S***.” She is set to release the “Anti-Hero” music video a few hours after she releases Midnights and fans think “Vigilante” will drop on October 25 because of how she held the phone upside down when announcing both track titles on TikTok.
Lin-Manuel Miranda says he wrote “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s Encanto in one night. He told Variety, “The gossip number was the pitch, and then the other idea became that they’ll all tell a kind of ghost story about [Bruno] … The [song’s] name got me halfway there, and then I actually pulled an all-nighter, figuring it all out.”
It’s rumored Dua Lipa is working on her new album with Mark Ronson, whom she worked with on the Silk City hit “Electricity.” The Sun reports she hit up the recording studio with him in New York.
Lady Gaga helped West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler when her dress ripped at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this year. Zegler told Vanity Fair Gaga tapped her “on the shoulder” and told her, “I can’t let you leave like that.” So she worked with two others on “MacGyvering a safety pin to save my dress.”
The music video for Katy Perry and Thomas Rhett‘s “Where We Started” premieres Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET.
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Jack Harlow just wrapped his North American arena tour, but he isn’t ready to go into hibernation just yet.
The day after closing out his jaunt at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, Harlow released a new music video for “Like a Blade of Grass” off his Come Home the Kids Miss You album.
The video shows Jack, who is bathed in pink and blue lights, performing in front of a massive crowd that sings along with him. It appears the footage has been stitched together from previous tour performances, as he’s wearing multiple outfits. Some clips show him interacting with the audience.
Not all clips are of his tour, however. There are some scenes of him hanging out backstage and grooving in a party bus with his pals.
Harlow is set to take over Saturday Night Live as both its host and musical performer on October 29. This marks the second time he’ll sing on the show, but his first time as host. It’s unknown at this time what songs he’ll perform.
Michael Bublé is making sure his pal Derek Hough has the wedding of his dreams — and in order to achieve that, he has to sing.
Michael sat down onLIVE with Kelly and RyanMonday, where the hosts asked him about Hough’s upcoming nuptials. “I will do anything for Derek Hough,” the Canadian crooner said, adding, “I just think he is one of the few people who are who you want them to be.”
Michael described the Dancing with the Stars judge as “beautiful, kind, incredibly talented” and “a monster” — as in, Hough is “our generation’s [Fred] Astaire.”
Noting Derek is a dancer, choreographer and director, Michael said, “He is a bad, bad man! Ambitious [and] smart.”
When host Kelly Ripa pointed out Bublé was dancing around their initial question, Michael confirmed with a blunt, “Damn straight I’m gonna sing at his wedding.”
Michael also extended the goodwill to co-host Ryan Seacrest, saying he’ll sing at his wedding should he ever get hitched.
Hough previously told Accessthat he wanted Michael to perform at his nuptials. “[Michael] said he would perform,” the dancer revealed. “He’s doing it … It might be a Zoom call, but it’s gonna be [great].” The judge added he “expects a full performance from all my friends and family and Michael Bublé.”
Keep your eyes peeled on Dancing with the Stars next Monday, where Michael will serve as a guest judge and perform on the dancing show.
“It’s gonna be a lot of fun but we’re gonna get into trouble, though, because we’re kind of the same person and we’re just gonna be talking nonstop,” Hough teased.
Glass Animals continues to makeBillboard history with “Heat Waves.”
Having already set the record for the longest journey to #1 on the Hot 100, the English band’s breakout hit is now the longest-charting track on the all-genre single ranking since it began in 1958.
“Heat Waves” takes the record with a total of 91 weeks on the Hot 100, breaking a tie with The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights,” which had set the previous high-water mark at 90 in 2021. Prior to that, Imagine Dragons‘ “Radioactive” held the record with 87 weeks.
“Wow, all I can say is wow,” Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley tells Billboard. “Many of you know when I wrote this song I was writing about missing someone I loved very dearly. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would lead to so much love and connection across the globe. You all have done that.”
“Thank you to everyone who has helped this song reach so many people,” he adds. “You know who you are. Thank you.”
“Heat Waves” was originally released in 2020 as a single off Glass Animals’ album Dreamland. It hit #1 on the Hot 100 in March 2022.
Thomas Rhett is premiering the video for his collaboration with Katy Perry, “Where We Started,” Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. Watch a preview here.
Maren Morris is releasing a custom-designed poster for her show at Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Denver that will be available at the merch booth on Wednesday night.
Tenille Townes is embarking on her Side A + Side B Tour next year in January. The tour begins on January 18 in Portland, OR and concludes on January 29 in her native Canada in Winnipeg. Tickets go on sale October 21.
Veteran pop singer Gary Puckett, who scored a series of high-charting hits with his group The Union Gap during the late 1960s, celebrates his 80th birthday on Monday, October 17.
Puckett and The Union Gap’s biggest hits were 1967’s “Woman, Woman,” and 1968’s “Young Girl” and “Lady Willpower,” which peaked at #4, #2 and #2, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band followed those up with three more top-20 singles, 1968’s “Over You,” and 1969’s “Don’t Give In to Him” and “This Girl Is a Woman Now,” which reached reached #7, #15 and #9 on the Hot 100.
“Young Girl,” “Lady Willpower” and “Over You” were written by Jerry Fuller, who also produced The Union Gap’s first three albums.
Puckett and The Union Gap were nominated for Best New Artist at the 1969 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Jose Feliciano.
Puckett parted ways with The Union Gap in 1971 and launched a moderately successful solo career. He withdrew from the music business in the early ’70s, but returned to performing and recording in the early 1980s. Since then, he has performed regularly on the oldies circuit, often with a backing band called The Union Gap, and has sporadically released solo albums.
Puckett and the current Union Gap are taking part in the Sixties Gold tour in the United Kingdom, which runs through late November. They also have several U.S. shows lined up. Visit GaryPuckettMusic.com for more information.
In honor of Hip Hop History Month in November, Rhino Entertainment will release special limited edition vinyl versions of classic albums from Diddy, BustaRhymes, E-40 and Mase.
Starting November 4, fans will be able to order double-album versions of Puff Daddy & The Family’s No Way Out, Busta’s When Disaster Strikes, E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card and Mase’s Harlem World. All four limited editions are available for preorder now.
In addition to the records, upgraded, high-definition music videos for songs from each of the albums will release throughout the month.
National Hip Hop History Month was created last year with the passing of Resolution 331, a bill that recognizes the contributions of hip-hop to art and culture and as a genre transcending many generations. The bill designates August 11 as Hip Hop Celebration Day, August as Hip Hop Recognition Month and November as Hip Hop History Month.
