The Black Keys have shared a previously unreleased song called “No Lovin.'”
The track is included on a new blues compilation titled Tell Everybody!, which was produced and curated by frontman Dan Auerbach and put out by his Easy Eye Sound record label.
Tell Everybody! is out now. It also features artists Robert Finley, R.L. Boyce and Leo “Bud” Welch, as well as the solo Auerbach tune “Every Chance I Get (I Want You in the Flesh),” which dropped in July.
“No Lovin'” follows The Black Keys’ 2022 album, Dropout Boogie.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so Maroon 5 must be pretty happening.
The band has extended their M5LV: The Residency show at Dolby Live at Park MGM into 2024. The residency, which debuted earlier this year, will conclude its 2023 performances on August 12. The new dates will be announced in the near future.
For that final 2023 Vegas show, Maroon 5 will be joined by country star Mickey Guyton to perform a duet version of their latest single, “Middle Ground.” She’s also recorded the song with Maroon 5; that version is out now.
Maroon 5 has had a pretty good track record when they team up with female artists. “Moves Like Jagger” features Christina Aguilera, “Girls Like You” features Cardi B, “What Lovers Do” features SZA and “Beautiful Mistakes” features Megan Thee Stallion.
Run-D.M.C. has been celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, but now they have another reason to let loose. Earlier this week, the legendary rap group was honored with their very own day in New York City.
Mayor Eric Adams blessed them with the honor on Wednesday, August 9, declaring that date Run-DMC Day. The proclamation ceremony took place during the launch of their pop-up and art installation with Adidas.
Run-D.M.C. is slated to headline Hip-Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium on Friday, August 11, the genre’s official 50th birthday.
Keanu Reeves‘ band Dogstar has premiered a new song called “Breach,” a track off the band’s upcoming comeback album, Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees.
“Turn it way up,” the trio says of “Breach.” “We hope you enjoy it.”
You can listen to “Breach” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees, the first Dogstar album in over 20 years, will be released October 6. It also includes the previously released single “Everything Turns Around.”
Dogstar is currently on tour. Along with Reeves on bass, the band includes guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose and drummer Robert Mailhouse.
for KING + COUNTRY has added their hit duet with Jordin Sparks, “Love Me Like I Am,” to a new deluxe edition of their most recent album, What Are We Waiting For?, due out September 15.
In addition to the Jordin duet, the album’s extra tracks include two new originals — “Better Man” and the title track — plus “For God Is With Us,” a duet with Hillary Scott of the country group Lady A, best known for their hit “Need You Now.”
The video for “What Are We Waiting For? (The Single)” is out now. The duo’s Luke Smallbone told People magazine, “The statement of ‘What are we waiting for’ was meaningful to us because that’s what we’re asking ourselves. What are we waiting for in how we care for our wives, and what are we waiting for when it comes to raising our children? How are we caring for each other?”
He adds, “You can’t just keep saying to yourself, ‘Well, maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week.’ We should do it now.”
Here’s the track listing for What Are We Waiting For?+ Deluxe Edition:
“What Are We Waiting For? (The Single)”
“RELATE”
“Broken Halos”
“Love Me Like I Am” (feat. Jordin Sparks)
“Unity” (feat. Dante Bowe)
“For God Is With Us” (feat. Hillary Scott)
“Hold On Pain Ends”
“Unsung Hero”
“Harmony” (feat. Sleeping At Last)
“Better Man”
“TOGETHER” (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly)
“Seasons”
“Cheering You On”
“Benediction”
“Love Me Like I Am” (Album Version)
“For God Is With Us” (Album Version)
Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has shared a health update, and he’s got a bit of good news.
Back in 2022, when Duran Duran was being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Taylor revealed in a letter read by Simon LeBon that he was battling stage 4 prostate cancer. In a new interview with BBC Breakfast, he shared the results of the new treatment he’s been undergoing.
Taylor said he’s been getting treatment at The Cancer Awareness Trust, which includes “a nuclear medicine, Lutetium-177, which is targeted so it only sees cancer cells.” He said he had his first treatment six weeks ago and noted, “It can’t see healthy cells.”
“It kills stage 4 cancer in your bones. And so what it’s effectively done is extend my life for five years,” he said.
And Taylor’s bandmates in Duran Duran are doing what they can to help him. They are headlining a benefit for The Cancer Awareness Trust and Andy’s treatment on Saturday, August 19, at The Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California.
In the meantime, Taylor just announced a new solo album, Man’s A Wolf To Man. He said he asked doctors for permission to begin what he described as “light work” in order to send a positive message.
“I don’t want to be a patient stuck here. I want to be a working patient, a little beacon of hope,” he said. “Because this stuff — cancer — just drags you and your family down in the darkness.”
He added that finishing the album, which comes out September 8, has “been a hell of a journey.”
Tory Lanez is maintaining his innocence in the shooting case of Megan Thee Stallion, despite being found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
“I have never let a hard time intimidate me, I will never, never let no jail time eliminate me,” the rapper, who was born Daystar Peterson, wrote in a post shared to his Instagram. “This week in court, I took responsibility for all verbal and intimate moments that I shared with the parties involved. That’s it.”
“In no way, shape, or form was I apologizing for the charges I’m being wrongfully convicted of,” he continued. “I remain on the stance that I refuse to apologize for something that I did not do.”
Back in December, Tory was found guilty on three felony charges — assault with a semi-automatic firearm (personal use of a firearm); carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence — for shooting Meg’s feet on July 12, 2020. He received his sentencing on Tuesday, August 8.
In his Instagram post, Tory said, “This is nothing but another moment where my back is against the wall,” as he’s “faced adversity my whole life” and still “came out on top.”
“I refuse to stop fighting till I come out victorious. Tough times don’t last, tough people do,” he continued. “To my family, friends and umbrellas thank you for your continued support. See you soon.”
Metric has premiered a new song called “Nothing Is Perfect,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Formentera II.
“[‘Nothing Is Perfect’] stands out on Formentera II as the lone track that is carried by only acoustic guitar and vocals,” frontwoman Emily Haines explains in an email to fans. “We explored soooo many renditions of it during the recording process, but in the end found that everything we tried adding seemed to detract from the essence of it.”
You can listen to “Nothing Is Perfect” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
Formentera II, which also features the previously released single “Just the Once,” will be released October 13. It’s the follow-up to 2022’s Formentera.
Former Atreyu vocalist Alex Varkatzas has released a new song called “Sellout,” the debut single from his new project, Dead Icarus.
“This is the most honest, painful, angry, and optimistic music I have ever created,” Varkatzas says of Dead Icarus. “This is my road to redemption and the truth.”
You can listen to “Sellout” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
Dead Icarus’ full-length debut is due out in spring 2024.
Varkatzas, a founding member of Atreyu, left the band in 2020. Following his departure, drummer and co-vocalist Brandon Saller moved from behind the kit to become Atreyu’s full-time lead vocalist.
Atreyu has released one album without Varkatzas, 2021’s Baptize. They’ve followed that with the 2023 EP The Hope of a Spark. Another EP, The Moment You Find Your Flame, is due out August 18.
Led Zeppelin headlined their second night at the Knebworth Festival at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England. It would be their final U.K. show with all four original members.
The festival was the band’s first live show in the U.K. in four years and some of their first concerts after a two-year hiatus following the death of Robert Plant’s son. The performance received some negative reviews from critics, who suggested they were a bit rusty.
The set included such classic tunes as “The Song Remains The Same,” “Celebration Day,” “The Rain Song,” “Achilles Last Stand,” “Stairway to Heaven” and “Whole Lotta Love.”
Although the band went on to play a small European tour following the festival, Knebworth would wind up being their final U.K. show with the all original members, as drummer John Bonham passed away in September 1980 and the band broke up.
Surviving members Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones did play the U.K. one more time: they reunited, along with Bonham’s son Jason on drums, for the Ahmet Urtegun tribute concert at London’s O2 Arena on December 10, 2007.
