Thirty Seconds to Mars is among the artists playing official Austin City Limits aftershows.
Jared Leto and company will headline the Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater on October 12. Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 24, at 10 a.m. CT.
Other ACL aftershows will feature The Breeders, Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett and Bob Moses. For the full list of after-shows, visit ACLFestival.com.
ACL 2023 takes place October 6-8 and October 13-15. The lineup includes Foo Fighters, The Lumineers, The 1975, Mumford & Sons, Hozier and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among many others.
A new documentary about Paul Simon is getting its U.S. premiere next month.
Varietyreports that In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon, from award winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, is set to premiere at the Camden International Film Festival, taking place September 14-17 at venues throughout Camden and Rockland, Maine.
In the film, Gibney follows Simon’s career, from growing up in Queens to his partnership with Art Garfunkel and more. It also goes in the studio with the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer during the making of his most recent album, Seven Palms, which was released in May.
While the Camden Festival is the movie’s U.S. premiere, it won’t be the first time people will see it. It’s getting its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday, September 9.
Gwen Stefani wished her son Zuma a happy 15th birthday Monday with a slideshow of photos of him throughout the years, including one with stepdad Blake Shelton. “happy 15th birthday Zuma !!!” she captioned the post. “we love u more than anything.” Zuma is Gwen’s middle child with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. They also share 17-year-old Kingston and 9-year-old Apollo.
Speaking of birthdays, Dua Lipa celebrates hers on Tuesday, August 22. She posted a series of photos on Instagram of herself partying in a Gucci bra top. She captioned it, “raving into my 28th year ~thank you for the birthday wishes~”
The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour is headed to Australia and New Zealand. The singer announced new dates for this year, kicking off November 20 in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium. He’ll hit Sydney and Melbourne before wrapping in Auckland, NZ, on December 7. Tickets go on sale September 1.
The Biffy Clyro offshoot band Empire State Bastard has shared a new song called “Moi?”
The track will appear on the debut ESB album Rivers of Heresy, due out September 1.
“‘Moi?’ is about people who just no matter what you talk about — and I’m guilty of this at points — will never ever see the truth, even if you dangle it in front of them,” says vocalist Simon Neil. “Ignorance can feel like a badge of honor these days, with people being stubborn and not being willing to enlighten themselves. I cannot believe we’ve got to the stage where that’s to be cherished.”
Empire State Bastard features Biffy frontman Neil and touring member Mike Vennart as well as ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. They’ll play their first U.S. show in September at Chicago’s Riot Fest.
In celebration of Eric Church‘s ongoing Country Heart, Restless Soul exhibit, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is giving fans a chance to make their own Eric-inspired signature aviator sunglasses.
Happening on Sunday, September 3, the two-hour family-friendly event will provide visitors with markers, stickers, sequins and more to decorate their own paper aviators.
Entry is included with every admission ticket purchased and is free to all museum members.
The “Mr. Brightside” outfit has announced that a fresh tune — or possibly even an album — titled “Your Side of Town” will premiere on Friday, August 25.
“It’s got the ghosts of a lot of the synth music that inspired us over the years,” The Killers share in an Instagram post. “And yet, somehow, feels completely our own. Now it’s yours! Turn it up.”
“Your Side of Town” follows The Killers’ 2020 and 2021 albums, Imploding the Mirage and Pressure Machine, respectively. They also put out a single, “Boy,” in 2022.
Doechii, the genre-defying rising music artist from Florida known for the popular song “What It Is,” landed the cover of Allure for the magazine’s Melanin Edit series.
In the interview aimed at answering the question, “What does a nerd look like?” the 25-year-old star opens up about her rise to fame as well as a few personal topics she says helped shaped her career journey.
Born Jaylah Hickmon, she created the Doechii persona in sixth grade as way to find courage to be her truest self.
“I was just trying to be who everybody wanted me to be because I just wanted to be loved,” she said. “But then … I told myself … I can be gay, I can be weird, I can sing, I can listen to rock music, I can learn how to write rock music. I can do whatever. I can be myself.”
Middle school was a troubling time for the star, who says she felt misunderstood. Doechii would get asked prying questions about her appearance and personal life that made her “really anxious all the time.”
Now, after letting go of the unwarranted opinions by others, Doechii is living her best music and personal life.
“I’m in a position where I want to win,” she said. “I just needed to love myself as an artist and now that I do, I want to be the best.”
Britney Spears has tentatively returned to the charts thanks to collaborations with Elton John and will.i.am, but it might take no less a figure than the Queen of Pop to get her to return to live performance.
A source tells Page Six that Madonna is hoping Britney will join her onstage at some point on her Celebration Tour, which begins in October. Apparently, the two have the same agent, in addition to having known each other for years — you may recall that Madonna even attended Britney’s wedding to her soon-to-be-ex husband, Sam Asghari,last year.
Reportedly, Madonna wants Britney onstage with her to help her mark the 20th anniversary of their 2003 duet “Me Against the Music,” ideally during one of her five rescheduled dates at LA’s Kia Forum in March of 2024.
The source dishes, “Madonna originally wanted Britney to join her on tour this year. Everything was pushed back because of her illness, but she still wants Britney to join her at the Kia Forum.”
In a deleted Instagram post from September of 2022, Britney wrote that she “won’t probably perform again,” due to her being “traumatized” from her conservatorship.
Meanwhile, the source claims that some of the dance routines on Madonna’s tour have been “toned down” so they won’t be “so strenuous” on the legendary performer, who landed in the hospital several months ago with a serious bacterial infection.
Claims the source, “She will still be putting on a great show, but her team’s main concern is ensuring that she’s healthy and can get through the tour from start to finish.”
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Eric Clapton and the Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir are among the guest stars featured on Stephen Marley’s new album Old Soul, which will be released September 15.
Clapton lends his guitar talents to Stephen’s acoustic cover of dad Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff,” which he also covered in 1974 for his album 461 Ocean Boulevard. Weir is featured on the track “Winding Roads” along with Jack Johnson and Weir’s band Wolf Bros, made up of Don Was and Dead & Company’s Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane.
Old Soul is Marley’s first full-length album since 2016. It will also feature guest appearances by Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Buju Banton and Slightly Stoopid.
Old Soul will be released digitally, on CD and as a limited edition double vinyl; it’s available for preorder now.
Chayce Beckham is set to drop a new track, “Little Less Lonely,” on Friday, August 25.
“‘Little Less Lonely’ is out everywhere on FRIDAY! Who has heard it live this summer?” Chayce captions his announcement video on Instagram. The clip also includes a snippet of the soaring romantic new song.
Presave “Little Less Lonely” to hear it as soon as it drops.
Meanwhile, on the chart front, Chayce is #29 on the country charts with his self-penned single “23.”
