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It appears it’s about to be HAIM time once more.
During an interview with BBC Radio 6, the sister trio was asked about a possible new album, to which they responded, “We’ve been working with some cool people.”
One such cool person “may or may not” be the long-reclusive British musician Jai Paul, who made his live debut at this year’s Coachella.
“We cannot confirm or deny,” HAIM adds.
HAIM’s most recent album is 2020’s Women in Music Pt. III. They’re putting out a 10th anniversary reissue of their 2013 debut, Days Are Gone, on September 29.
Fleetwood Mac has released another track off their upcoming Rumours Live double album, which drops September 8.
The latest is a live version of their classic “Go Your Own Way,” written by Lindsey Buckingham. The original was the lead single from 1977’s Rumours and became the band’s first top 10 hit. This is the third track they’ve released from Rumuors Live, following live versions of “Dreams” and “Say You Love Me.”
Rumours Live features performances from the band’s August 29, 1977, concert at the Forum in Los Angeles. The 90-minute concert was the opening night of a three-night stand, where the band performed live versions of “You Make Loving Fun,” “Songbird” and “The Chain,” as well as “Landslide,” “Rhiannon” and others from 1975’s Fleetwood Mac.
George Ivan Morrison aka the legendary singer Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Ireland.
Morrison started his career in the mid-1960s as leader of the band Them, which broke up in 1966. He went on to have a hugely successful solo career: He released his debut solo album, Blowin’ Your Mind, in 1967, featuring the track “Brown Eyed Girl,” which was a top 10 hit and went on to become his signature tune.
In 1968 Morrison released the critically acclaimed album Astral Weeks, which some consider the best album of all time. That was followed by Moondance, which was his first million-selling record, with the title track and “Into The Mystic” becoming Morrison classics.
Morrison has released over 40 albums and continues to tour to this day. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. He was also made a knight in 2016.
Thanks to two full moons in August, Peter Gabriel has released his second new single this month. The latest is “Love Can Heal,” the ninth track he’s released from his upcoming album, i/o, which still doesn’t have a release date.
Gabriel describes the track as “a dreamy, experiential piece with some abstract imagery,” adding it’s “a carpet of sound, a tapestry where things are woven together, but not necessarily supposed to stick out, but just form part of a whole.”
Gabriel shares, “I think the song fits right in to the themes of the album in the sense that i/o is about feeling and being connected to everything and in a way, the next evolution of being connected to things is a feeling of love for everything.”
As he’s done with all the other songs he’s released from i/o, Gabriel plans to release several different remixes. The first release is Mark “Spike” Stent‘s Bright-Side Mix, which will be followed in mid-September by the TchadBlake (Dark-Side Mix) and Hans-Martin Buff’s Atmos mix (In-Side Mix).
Gabriel is due to kick off the North American leg of his i/o tour on September 8 in Quebec, Canada. It hits the U.S. on September 14 in Boston. A complete list of dates can be found at petergabriel.com.
Disturbed has been honored with the key to the city of Tinley Park, Illinois, a suburb of the band’s hometown of Chicago.
“What an amazing honor receiving the key to the city in our hometown!” David Draiman and company write in an Instagram post alongside photos from the ceremony, which took place ahead of their show at Tinley Park’s Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre on Wednesday, August 30.
The group adds, “Thank you to the Mayor of Tinley Park, [trustee Colleen Sullivan] and to all of the trustees and board members for this sentimental moment.”
In addition to being from the area, Disturbed filmed the video for their signature song “Down with the Sickness” at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre.
Disturbed is currently on tour in support of their latest album, 2022’s Divisive.
It’s been three years since Chlöe x Halle dropped their album UnGodly Hour — so when’s their next project coming?
Speaking with PopSugar, Chlöe shared when the sisters plan on working on what will be their third studio album.
“I am so excited for the top of next year when we start honing in again on our third album,” the “Have Mercy” singer said.
“I know we’re really excited. It’s going to be so special. We’ve both lived a lot and we’ve grown a lot. And then we’ll be able to put our minds together again for an even more special project,” she added. “I think that, in this time, sis and I have grown great individual fan bases and it’ll even help when it comes back to our duo project for people to really pay attention and have more eyes and ears on it than Ungodly Hour did.”
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Didn’t get tickets to see Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour? No worries: It’ll soon be playing in a theater near you.
A concert film documenting Taylor’s record-breaking tour will be shown in thousands of AMC movie theaters throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico starting October 13. The movie, called TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, will play at least four times a day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at every AMC theater location in the U.S., and at other movie chains across the rest of North America.
Tickets are on sale now at AMCTheatres.com and Fandango.com. AMC is also going to serve as a distributor for any other movie theater operators interested in showing the movie.
Adult tickets will cost $19.89 plus tax, in honor of 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which is also coming out in October. Children’s and senior tickets will cost $13.13 plus tax, in honor of Taylor’s favorite number. Those prices will be good for all screenings except for “premium large format screens” like IMAX, which will carry an upcharge.
And in order to avoid any Ticketmaster-style disasters, AMC says it has upgraded its website and ticketing systems to handle the demand. However, the company still warns of delays, long waiting times and possible outages.
In addition, no free movie passes will be accepted, and AMC Stubs A-List members won’t be able to use their memberships to reserve tickets. AMC is also temporarily limiting website ticketing ability for most other movies titles.
Taylor’s next Eras Tour stop is November 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Another album from The Rolling Stones is celebrating a huge milestone. August 31 marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s album Goats Head Soup, which was the follow-up to their iconic Exile on Main St.
Although it was released to mixed reviews, Goats Head Soup hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, spending four weeks in the top spot. It also went to #1 in the U.K. and several other countries.
The Stones lineup on the album included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and guitarist Mick Taylor. It also featured appearances by keyboardists Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston and Ian “Stu” Stewart, as well as sax player Bobby Keys.
The most well-known song on the album is the classic “Angie,” which went to #1. Over the years there have been rumors about who inspired the tune, including David Bowie‘s wife Angela and Richards’ daughter Dandelion Angela, but Richards said in his memoir, Life, he chose the name at random.
In 2020, The Rolling Stones revisited Goats Head Soup with the release of a super deluxe box set that included a variety of goodies for fans: a remastered version of the original, remixed by Giles Martin; 10 bonus tracks made up of alternate versions; outtakes; and three previously unheard tracks. One of those unheard tracks was “Scarlet,” which featured LedZeppelin’s Jimmy Page.
The set also included a 15-track live album, The Brussels Affair, recorded during the band’s 1973 tour in support of the record.
Thanks to the reissue, Goats Head Soup returned to the U.K. chart at #1, 47 years after it first hit the top spot. By doing so, The Stones became the first band in U.K. chart history to land a #1 album across six different decades.
If you know anything about Biffy Clyro, it’s probably that they’re from Scotland. So why did frontman Simon Neil reference New York with his new project, Empire State Bastard?
As Neil tells ABC Audio, he’s had that band name in his pocket for quite a long time.
“We were mixing a Biffy record, I think it was Only Revolutions in 2008, and literally out my mouth came … ‘We need to go up and see the Empire State bastard,'” Neil remembers. “And as soon as it fell out my mouth, I was like, ‘That’s the best band name of all time!'”
“I’ve been cursing the name of ‘Biffy Clyro’ since the moment we f****** started,” he laughs. “So I didn’t want to make that mistake with this project.”
Eventually, Empire State Bastard became the name for Neil’s extreme metal collaboration with longtime Biffy touring guitarist Mike Vennart. The duo’s debut ESB album, Rivers of Heresy, drops Friday, September 1, and also features contributions from ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.
“We hit [Lombardo] up and he got back to us immediately, and it was f****** game on, we couldn’t believe it,” Vennart says. “He f****** brought the goods. He delivered the goods, to quote Rob Halford.”
Given the heavier nature of ESB’s music, Neil found himself screaming a lot more on Rivers of Heresy, which he says was a “different thing entirely” compared to the singing he does with Biffy Clyro.
“With Biffy there’s kind of a bit of romance and mystery and soul in the delivery, and it’s gonna try and get an emotional message across,” Neil explains. “This is literally a full-body physical reaction to the music.”
Empire State Bastard will play their first U.S. show at Chicago’s Riot Fest, taking place September 15-17.
“I always run all my music by Faith,” Tim McGraw tells ABC Audio, and that includes his newly released 17th studio album, Standing Room Only.
The process of listening to each other’s projects prerelease and weighing in with honesty has been part of Tim and wife Faith Hill‘s relationship for a long time now.
“We don’t always agree, we’re different artists. I mean, just when she’s recording, she does the same thing. She runs things by me and some things I like, some things I don’t,” he says. “The same with my music, some things she likes and some things I don’t. But we’ve learned to respect each other for our process and our artistry, and learn to trust one another for what they do.”
What about their daughters Gracie, Maggie and Audrey? Do they get this exclusive privilege of listening to their country superstar dad’s music before the world, as well?
“[I] always play stuff for [the girls] and they listen to [it] and they give me their opinions,” Tim shares. “I don’t know that they like listening to dad as much as they like listening to mom because they can sing along with mom. But I don’t know what will be their favorites.”
“They’d listened to the album for a while now, but they sort of keep it close,” he adds. “So maybe they’ll tell me what their favorites are.”
