Muse has announced a reissue of their 2003 album, Absolution, in honor of its 20th anniversary.
The expanded package will be released November 17. It includes remastered audio of the original album as well as various live tracks, demos and alternate recordings.
Absolution, Muse’s third album, spawned the singles “Time Is Running Out,” “Stockholm Syndrome” and “Hysteria.” It’s certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Muse’s most recent album is 2022’s Will of the People.
The highly anticipated Freddie Mercury auction at Sotheby’s is now over, and to say it was a rousing success is an understatement.
In total, Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own brought in $50.4 million, which was a record for such a collection. All 1,406 lots sold, with over 41,800 bids placed during the sale. Each lot had an average of 13 bidders, with bids coming in from 76 different countries and buyers coming from 50.
Bidding was so fierce, almost 99% of the lots that were up for auction exceeded their high estimates, even on the odder offerings. For example, the late Queen frontman’s Tiffany moustache comb had a high estimate of about $500 but sold for a whopping $193,853.
Other quirky sales included: 29 feline ornaments, which sold for $38,743; a neon telephone, which sold for $50,828; a Puss n Boots cookie jar, which went for $12,107; a Japanese wallet that included Mercury’s membership cards, which sold for $45,232, and a rare school book signed Frederick Bulsara, which sold for $88,786.
The item that brought in the highest bid was Mercury’s Yamaha Grand Piano, at $2.2 million, which was a record. Other big ticket items included handwritten lyrics to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which revealed an alternate title, selling for $1.7 million and the signature crown and cloak Mercury wore during Queen’s last live show in 1968, which sold for over $800,000, 10 times more than the lowest estimate.
Brothers Osborne‘s highly anticipated fourth album has arrived.
Out now, the 11-track album is one that marks a new chapter for the duo’s John and TJ Osborne in more ways than one.
“Since we released music, John and I really shared so much about our personal lives since the release of Skeletons. And, I guess we didn’t realize when we created that there [were] some barriers there that maybe we didn’t realize and certainly didn’t want there,” says TJ.
“This time around, while we didn’t necessarily poignantly or specifically talk about any of those topics, it was the first time we were able to create without any barriers,” he notes. “We got to explore a lot more even musically in the studio, and we just felt like for the first time, completely, 100% us.”
For this record, Brothers Osborne also changed things and enlisted the production prowess of Mike Elizondo — a decision that, alongside other factors, inspired the self-titling album.
“Usually people do it on their first record but we thought, ‘Well, this is a new beginning for us.’ The change of the producer and a lot of the musicians and stuff. So we just thought this was a fresh start,” explains TJ. “We thought we’re going to lean in more than we have previously and, this is us, Brothers Osborne.”
Brothers Osborne — which features its lead single, “Nobody’s Nobody” — is out now wherever you listen to music.
Here’s the full track list for Brothers Osborne:
“Who Says You Can’t Have Everything”
“Nobody’s Nobody”
“Might As Well Be Me”
“Sun Ain’t Even Gone Down Yet”
“Goodbye’s Kickin’ In”
“Love You Too”
“New Bad Habit”
“We Ain’t Good At Breaking Up”
“Back Home”
“Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That”
“Rollercoaster (Forever And A Day)”
Huey Lewis & the News‘ breakthrough album, Sports, was released 40 years ago Friday: September 15, 1983. The album sold 7 million copies and spun off five hitsingles. Huey Lewis tells ABC Audio that Sports was specifically designed to produce hits, and that’s how he continues to think about it.
“I still see it as a collection of singles. … In 1981, ’82, ’83, radio was king. There was no internet,” he notes. “If you wanted to exist and play your own music, you had to have a hit. So that was the object of Sports.”
The band’s desire to get on the radio explains why the sound of Sports is sort of all over the place.
“I think our subsequent albums hold together more as albums, but you know, we needed to have a hit single,” Huey says.
“There’s only nine songs on it … and they’re all so different,” Huey notes. “One’s kind of a country song, ‘Bad Is Bad‘ is kind of a bluesy, a cappella-ish thing. Then there’s ‘[Walking on a] Thin Line,’ which is kind of a hard rocker, and then there’s ‘If This Is It,’ which is a nice ballad.”
“We were just aiming all of those at radio, hoping one of them would stick,” he says.
Of the five songs that did “stick,” Huey says he was most surprised at the success of “I Want a New Drug.”
“I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, if this song is a hit, we got another three of them comin’,'” he says.
Sports‘ 40th anniversary is being celebrated with a special vinyl release, available in classic black or olive green.
The Rolling Stones just confirmed Paul McCartney appears on their new album, Hackney Diamonds, and fans may be surprised by what they hear.
In a new interview withRolling Stone, frontman Mick Jagger says they had a hard time deciding what song to have McCartney play on until the album’s producer, Andrew Watt, suggested the “punk song” “Bite My Head Off.”
“Paul seemed very happy to play in a band where he didn’t have all the responsibility; he was just the bass player. And he really rocked out,” Jagger says. “He fitted straight in. It was like we’d been playing with him for years. It was a really good feeling.”
And it sounds like McCartney was just as thrilled to record with The Stones.
“Paul said to me, ‘Can you believe, here we are in the studio together?’” Ronnie Wood shares. “He said, ‘I have a dream come true: I’m playing with the Rolling Stones.’ He was loving it, like a kid in a toy shop.”
And fans will hear more from the collaboration. Wood tells the mag McCartney played on a separate track that didn’t make the album, but they will use it for a future release.
Elton John is also a guest on the album, playing piano on “Get Close” and “Live By The Sword,” with Jagger saying he was surprised Elton didn’t want to contribute more.
But Watt notes, “Elton loves to play, and he started as a session musician. … Everyone’s a fan of The Rolling Stones. Just like Paul, Elton was like, ‘I just f****** played with The Rolling Stones.’”
Hackney Diamonds will be released October 20. Other guests on the album include the late Stones drummer Charlie Watts, former Stones bassist Bill Wyman, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.
Tori Kelly ended up in the hospital in July with blood clots, but she’s fine now: She’s out on her Take Control Tour in support of her latest EP, tori, the deluxe version of which comes out September 15. The Grammy-winning singer says she’s “grateful” to be back onstage.
“Everything seems seems to be okay now,” she tells ABC Audio. “I have amazing doctors that have been looking out for me and continuing to find answers, but it seems that it’s manageable as of right now …so… I’m just grateful to to be back … I’m feeling great.”
When Tori returned from the hospital, she found a special gift waiting for her: get well soon flowers from Beyoncé. “We’ve never met. We’ve never spoken,” she reveals. “So that was a huge surprise. A very pleasant surprise. It was so sweet of her to send those … I was fangirling pretty hard when that happened!”
Tori’s tour is her first in nearly five years. She says she really missed the live experience.
“I love it so much. It was really hard being away and not touring for so long …especially with the new music, ’cause I feel like I wrote these songs with the shows in mind,” Tori says. “In the studio, you’re thinking of the crowd moments and when they’re going to sing along. And so to actually be on tour now and get to experience it is amazing.”
For those fans who can’t make it out to see Tori, the deluxe version of tori includes live versions of the new songs.
“I wanted to make sure that fans had actual, official live versions in their hands, and they could rock out to those,” she says.
There’s more good news: Tori plans to follow up the EP with an entire album.
In a new Instagram post, the Swedish metallers tease that their recent shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, which took place September 11 and 12, were recorded.
“These past couple of days at the historical Inglewood Forum will not only live eternally in our minds, but also on film,” the post reads. “That film roll is now in the can. Thank you all for coming out rockin’!”
The Forum concerts also marked the final dates of Ghost’s U.S. Re-Imperatour, which supported Ghost’s latest album, 2022’s Impera.
Collective Soul‘s 7even Year Itch best-of compilation is coming to vinyl for the first time.
The collection will make its debut on wax on December 1.
7even Year Itch was first released in 2001 and includes hits such as “Shine,” “December,” “Heavy” and “The World I Know” as well as Collective Soul’s 2000 collaboration with Elton John, “Perfect Day.”
Collective Soul released their latest album, Vibrating, in 2022. They’ll be playing U.S. shows throughout the fall, including at the Green Bay Packers’ Kickoff Weekend festival on September 23.
KISS rocker Gene Simmons‘ sexual appetite is legendary: he once boasted he slept with over 4,000 women, and while he could be a source of advice for men, he doesn’t think it would do much good.
“Listen, men are idiots,” he tells The Guardian. “There isn’t enough blood to power two heads at once, so a lot of really stupid decisions can get made when that little head takes over.”
He also has a warning for the ladies: “When you’re a woman and you see a man, and he’s big and he’s got a hairy chest and he’s good-looking, and you see that, what you’re seeing is a mirage. That’s actually a 14-year-old horny kid … We can’t even think straight when we see you.”
He adds, “I don’t say this as a defense, because I stand guilty as charged of everything.”
Simmons has been with ShannonTweed for 40 years, and married since 2011. He says he would never leave Shannon, even if she “dilly-dallied like I had.”
“This will be the only marriage I ever have because my definition of marriage isn’t based on that stuff, it’s based on somebody who in a real sense will give their life for you,” he says. “At the end of the day my life will be judged by Shannon, and [their children] Nick and Sophie.”
And while the 74-year-old Simmons and his bandmates in KISS are about to retire from the road, the rocker isn’t thinking about slowing down. He notes, “As long as your schmeckle works, you feel immortal.”
KISS wraps their End of the Road tour with two shows in New York December 1 and 2. A complete list of dates can be found at kissonline.com.
Jennifer Lopez is inviting members of her online fan community to join her at a special concert.
JLo reposted the tweet of a fan who received the invitation. It reads, “Dear JLovers, the journey begins right here, right … NOW, with you. Since you are part of my inner circle here On The JLo, I want to invite you to have the opportunity to come see me perform new music from my upcoming musical experience, This Is Me … Now.”
Jennifer says she’ll be doing a special Apple Music Live performance at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on September 21. The message posted doesn’t include any additional information about how to get tickets for the event, but since it’s on Apple Music Live, it’ll likely be available online at some point.
The singer, actress and entrepreneur has been hyping her upcoming album, This Is Me … Now, a sequel to her 2002 album This Is Me … Then, for months, but has yet to reveal a release date for it.
