The rockers just posted a huge tease on Instagram, sharing a video with an image of a lightning bolt and the tag line “Are You Ready” with their song of the same name playing in the background.
Most fans in the comments suspect the band is gearing up to announce a new tour, which will be AC/DC’s first tour since 2016.
AC/DC released their last album, Power Up, in 2020 but were unable to tour behind it due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They did return to the stage in October, headlining the Power Trip festival in Indio, California, alongside Metallica, Judas Priest and more.
Mastodon and Lamb of God have confirmed their co-headlining Ashes of Leviathan tour.
As previously teased, the joint outing will feature the two metal bands performing their respective 2004 albums, Leviathan and Ashes of the Wake, in full in honor of their 20th anniversaries. It’ll run from July 19 in Grand Prairie, Texas, to August 31 in Omaha, Nebraska.
The bill will also include Slayer guitarist Kerry King, who just announced the details of his debut solo album, as well as Malevolence and Unearth on select dates.
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 9, at 10 a.m. local time. You can also try to grab presale tickets beginning Tuesday, February 6, at noon ET.
Incubus has announced a run of U.S. arena shows during which they’ll be playing their 2001 album Morning View, in full each night.
The outing, which will also feature Coheed and Cambria, kicks off August 23 in Detroit and wraps up September 12 in San Francisco.
“Roughly 23 years ago we rented a house at the sea to do an art experiment,” recalls frontman Brandon Boyd. “The novel and expansive environment combined with a healthy dose of momentum helped us find that ever sought after FLOW state and the songs that became known as Morning View have since become indelible and deeply important parts of our lives.”
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 9, at 10 a.m. local time, with various presales throughout the week. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit IncubusHQ.com.
Incubus previously played Morning View in full during an October show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. They’d also announced a rerecorded version of Morning View, dubbed Morning View XXIII, which was set to release the day of that show and was later delayed. Morning View XXIII is now scheduled to arrive on May 10.
The original Morning View, which spawned the singles “Wish You Were Here,” “Nice to Know You” and “Warning,” is certified double-Platinum by the RIAA.
The diva has announced a new Las Vegas residency titled Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas, at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. The residency, scheduled for April 12 through 27, will focus on her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi, which was released 19 years ago on April 12.
In addition to fan favorites from that album, which include “It’s Like That,” “We Belong Together” and “Shake It Off,” the show will feature hits from throughout Mariah’s career.
Presales via the Citi Entertainment program begin February 7 at 10 a.m. PT via citientertainment.com. Members of the MGM Rewards loyalty program, as well as Live Nation, SiriusXM and Ticketmaster customers, have a presale starting February 8 at 10 a.m. PT.
One dollar from every ticket purchased will go to The Fresh Air Fund’s Camp Mariah, a three-week summer camp program for ages 11-15 which helps kids explore possibilities for future careers.
The dates going on sale are April 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26 and 27.
Pretenders have been added to the lineup of the U.K.’s Isle of Wight Festival, happening June 20-23 at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle of Wight.
Chrissie Hynde and the band are set to headline the Big Top stage, joining a lineup that includes headliners Green Day, Pet Shop Boys and The Prodigy, along with Simple Minds, Crowded House, Johnny Marr and more.
Tickets for the festival are on sale now. More information on Isle of Wight and the complete lineup can be found at isleofwightfestival.com.
The festival is the latest overseas date Pretenders have added to their schedule. They are set to kick off a U.K. tour in Gateshead, England, on February 24 and will kick off a European tour on March 9 in Stockholm, Sweden. A complete list of dates can be found at thepretenders.com.
Amazed by the tiny house on Dan + Shay‘s Bigger Houses cover and wondering where it is now? Fret not, the duo has an update for you.
“My kids ask about it every single day. I don’t know where it is right now. I think it’s probably in storage,” Shay Mooney tells ABC Audio. “We’re also asking. I think someone might have stolen it. We’ll see.”
The trippy abode you see on the cover is more than a setup. It sentimentally pays homage to where Shay first met Dan Smyers in the genesis of their joint career.
“I don’t know if we mentioned this or not, but on the door of the album cover, it says 507. That was an ode to 507 Morton Avenue,” Shay shares. “And we actually name-drop 507 on the album in a song called ‘Then Again.’”
“It’s just a special place. That’s where we met. And that was the humble beginnings of Dan + Shay,” he explains. “We wrote that [the] next day after that party, so it’s kind of taking it back to our roots.”
Dan + Shay’s new single is the reflective Bigger Housestitle track. It follows “Save Me the Trouble,” which hit #1 on the country charts in January.
Just months after the release of their latest album, Pretty Vicious, The Struts are putting out more new music.
The “Could Have Been Me” rockers have announced that they’ll be debuting a track called “How Can I Love You (Without Breaking Your Heart)” on Friday, February 9.
In an Instagram post, The Struts write, “Surprise!!! Our new song ‘How Can I Love You (Without Breaking Your Heart)’ is out THIS FRIDAY.”
Pretty Vicious, the fourth Struts album, was released in November. It includes the singles “Too Good at Raising Hell” and “Pretty Vicious.”
In addition to dropping new tunes, The Struts have a busy touring schedule coming up. Later in February, they’re opening for Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators in Australia, followed by a run through Canada alongside Queens of the Stone Age in the spring. They’ll launch their own U.S. headlining tour in April.
— In 1820, a group of 80+ freed Black slaves set sail on the Mayflower of Liberia, a ship that traveled from the New York Harbor to West Africa’s Sierra Leone. It was the first organized Black emigration to return to Africa.
— In 1961, the “jail-in” movement began in the South when students refused to pay bail and requested jail time in an effort to eradicate bail costs accumulated by the number of Black men jailed for attempting racial integration. The movement was inspired by The Friendship Nine, a group of Black men in Rock Hill, North Carolina, who served 30 days of jail time after being refused service at an all-white lunch counter.
— In 2003, 50Cent released his seminal debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, that spawned #1 hits “In da Club” and “21 Questions.”
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On February 4 at the Grammy Awards, Tyla won the first-ever Best African Performance trophy for her hit “Water.” When asked backstage what’s next for her, the South African singer said she was looking forward to her first album, which she teased was full of “bangers.”
“My debut album drops in March,” Tyla said of the self-titled project. “I’ve never released a project before. I’ve been working on it for over two years now, so I’m super proud of it.” She added that she’s been “perfecting my sound,” which she describes as a mixture of Afrobeats and Amapiano “but with pop and R&B.”
“My album is literally an introduction of myself and my sound, and there’s a lot of bangers on there, just like ‘Water’ and even better ones,” she noted. “So I’m looking forward to this year.”
One of the reasons why “Water” has become such a big hit has been the viral dance that goes along with it, which you can see Tyla doing in the video. That particular dance style is called “Bacardi,” Tyla explained backstage at the awards show.
“That’s a dance style in South Africa. And a lot of people confuse it with twerking, but it’s not really. So I can understand why people are struggling a little bit,” she said.
“But yeah, so I just wanted to do that dance style for my song ‘Water’ and I ended up learning how to do it and pouring water on my back one day on stage,” she continued. “And that video went viral.”
“And ever since that day, everyone in the world is dancing to ‘Water.’ And yeah, my whole life literally changed!” Tyla concluded.
Fans now have a chance to win a private tour of all of Elton John‘s things — before they go under the hammer.
The auction selling off the contents of his Atlanta, Georgia, home starts February 21 at Christie’s Rockefeller Center in New York City and online, and will consist of eight separate sales because Elton had a lot of stuff in that home — including racks of Versace shirts, contemporary art and photography, furnishings, eyeglasses, sculpture and his black Bentley convertible.
But before that, members of Elton’s Rocket Club mailing list are being offered a chance to win an exclusive tour of the collection by a member of the Christie’s team while it’s on public display in New York City between February 9 and 21.
You’ve got to enter by February 8 to have a chance to win, and you and a guest have to get yourself to New York City to check it out.
In a video discussing all the items you can get a glimpse of, Elton says, “It may not be everyone’s taste, but it’s certainly my taste. My apartment in Atlanta was like my man cave: full of things that I loved, mementos from everywhere in the world, and things that I got up every day and [saw and] they all gave me inspiration.”
