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Noah Kahan‘s next album officially has a title and release date.

The record is called The Great Divide and will arrive on April 24.

“The songs are the words I would say if I could,” Kahan writes in an Instagram post. “They are the fears I dance with in the moments before I drift off to sleep.”

“The music here is my best attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am,” he continues. “I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, for listening to them, if you choose to do so.”

Kahan previously teased a song called “The Great Divide,” which is set to premiere on Friday.

The album The Great Divide follows Kahan’s breakout album, Stick Season, which was first released in 2022 and later expanded in various deluxe editions. The record spawned a hit in the title track, as well as collaborations with Hozier, Post Malone, Sam Fender, Gracie Abrams and Kacey Musgraves, among others.

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Noah Kahan‘s next album officially has a title and release date.

The record is called The Great Divide and will arrive on April 24.

“The songs are the words I would say if I could,” Kahan writes in an Instagram post. “They are the fears I dance with in the moments before I drift off to sleep.”

“The music here is my best attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am,” he continues. “I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, for listening to them, if you choose to do so.”

Kahan previously teased a song called “The Great Divide,” which is set to premiere on Friday.

The album The Great Divide follows Kahan’s breakout album, Stick Season, which was first released in 2022 and later expanded in various deluxe editions. The record spawned a hit in the title track, as well as collaborations with Hozier, Post Malone, Sam Fender, Gracie Abrams and Kacey Musgraves, among others.

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What started out as two nights at Moody Center in Austin for George Strait has turned into four. 

On Monday, King George announced he will play in-the-round with newcomer William Beckmann on April 9 and 11. Due to overwhelming demand, he’s now added two more shows on May 15 and 16 with Carter Faith. 

The new concerts also come with a note that these will be Strait’s final additions of 2026, rounding out his previously scheduled dates of April 24 and 25 in Lubbock, Texas, and May 2 in Clemson, South Carolina. 

Presales are underway now. You can sign up for a code at GeorgeStrait.com.

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What started out as two nights at Moody Center in Austin for George Strait has turned into four. 

On Monday, King George announced he will play in-the-round with newcomer William Beckmann on April 9 and 11. Due to overwhelming demand, he’s now added two more shows on May 15 and 16 with Carter Faith. 

The new concerts also come with a note that these will be Strait’s final additions of 2026, rounding out his previously scheduled dates of April 24 and 25 in Lubbock, Texas, and May 2 in Clemson, South Carolina. 

Presales are underway now. You can sign up for a code at GeorgeStrait.com.

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Papa Roach has premiered a new single called “Wake Up Calling.”

“‘Wake Up Calling’ is a song about standing on the edge of disaster – being pulled back from the brink, and ultimately choosing love over self destruction,” the “Last Resort” outfit says.

You can watch the “Wake Up Calling” lyric video streaming now on YouTube.

“Wake Up Calling” follows Papa Roach’s 2025 singles “Even If It Kills Me” and “BRAINDEAD.” The band plans to put out a new album later in 2026.

The most recent Papa Roach album is 2022’s Ego Trip.

You can catch Papa Roach live at the upcoming Inkcarceration and Upheaval festivals.

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Benson Boone is doing everything for the Super Bowl — except headlining the halftime show.

As previously reported, Benson will perform on Feb. 5 at a charity concert organized by the Bay Area Host Committee and take part in the YouTube Super Bowl LX Flag Football game on Feb. 7. Now, it’s been announced he’ll star in a Super Bowl commercial with Ben Stiller that will air on Feb. 8, the day of the game.

The ad, which is for Instacart, features Ben and Benson as a retro Euro-disco-pop duo of brothers, singing about how Instacart’s new Preference Picker product feature allows them to pick the perfect bananas.

In the director’s cut version of the ad, the song gradually escalates into a sibling rivalry showdown. After Benson nails one of his signature flips, Ben tries to copy him and wipes out. He then makes a second attempt, only to crash into the on-stage speakers.

Benson pleads with Ben to stop, but he won’t listen. Instead, he climbs higher up on a piece of the stage set and attempts the flip again, this time crashing into the drumkit. 

“I did the flip!” Ben declares, staggering to his feet and falling off the stage.

“Working on a Super Bowl commercial for Instacart blew my mind,” Benson says in a statement. “However, adding Ben Stiller to the equation… diabolical.”

Benson has got his eye on the prize for the future. He tells Billboard, “I think down the line — like, far down the line — I could really rip a Super Bowl halftime show.”

He also shared his Instacart order with Billboard. “Fruit snacks …. When I’m in the studio, I’ll eat, like, 20 a day , and Martinelli’s apple juice,” he says, acknowledging that it sounds like “a 5-year-old’s diet.”

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Dustin Lynch is a good-looking, muscular, multi-talented country star — but is he “Easy to Love?”

“I don’t think I am, which is kinda the song,” he says of his current hit. “It’s a little bit of a deceiving lyric because, you know, the lyric is ‘this heart ain’t easy to love,’ but it feels happy, you know?”

“And it’s a great sing-along,” he continues, “a little autobiographical, loosely based, I think, on me, about a troubadour and a guy that’s kinda riding the wave of life, figuring it out.”

If you missed Dustin and Scotty McCreery‘s Two for the Road Tour that wrapped in early December, chances are you’ll have another chance to check it out. 

“We should probably run this back another year at some point and hit some more markets with it,” Dustin told ABC Audio midway through the trek. “We’re only doing 12 stops, just trying it out. But man, the crowds are electric. I’m getting in front of new fans of his that I’ve never been in front and vice versa. It’s just a great combination.”  

Next up for Dustin, he plays Scottsdale, Arizona, on Feb. 7, before an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry Feb. 11. 

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Tool has unexpectedly been in the news after climber Alex Honnold said he listened to a playlist featuring Maynard James Keenan and company while completing his free solo scaling of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan that streamed live during a Netflix special Saturday. If you were wondering, the story of Honnold’s climbing feat and music choice did indeed make its way to Keenan.

“Not everybody and their mother texted me every three seconds telling me about it or anything,” Keenan jokes while speaking with ABC Audio. 

When he first heard of Honnold’s ascent up one of the world’s tallest buildings without any ropes, Keenan’s reaction was, “Jesus, what b****.”

“What the heck were you thinking, dude?” Keenan says. “It’s impressive! It’s extremely impressive, but, I mean, I wouldn’t make it past the first floor. I would fall to my death.”

Needless to say, Keenan was happy that Honnold was the one doing the climbing while he provided the soundtrack. Barring that, he has an idea of what role he can play if Honnold embarks on another climb.

“I’ll be the guy down below eating french fries making fun of him,” Keenan says. 

Keenan will release a new album with Puscifer, Normal Isn’t, on Feb. 6.

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Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill are hitting the road, and they’re doing it the New Edition Way.

The New Edition Way tour launches Wednesday and will feature the group performing on an immersive 360-degree stage, alongside co-headliners Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton. Ronnie says the concept was driven by a desire to reach as many fans as possible.

“Those NE 4 Lifers and Toni and Boyz II Men fans [who] have been following us for decades…we want to squeeze as many of them as possible in that place so they can experience the joy and the feelings that they had when those songs came out,” he tells ABC Audio.

“It’s also just to be able to give people a different experience and we’re excited about it,” he continues. “[We’re] looking forward to impacting people’s lives and pouring back into communities that have been really supporting us and propping us up for a long time.”

With a discography spanning decades, Johnny Gill acknowledges it’s impossible to satisfy every fan’s wish with the set list.

“It’s a great problem to happen,” he says.

Despite the challenge, he assures there will be no filler songs: “It’s hit after hit after hit.”

The goal, he adds, is to gift fans with an unforgettable experience.

“We want them to understand that this tour…it’s for them,” he says. “We appreciate the NE 4 Lifers that have been here and have supported us for many years.”

“We love hearing when the fans come to our show and they talk about how it took them back and how they were like teenagers again and just had so much fun,” he continues. “That’s what it’s all about for us…We wanna make sure that they leave…with a great experience.” 

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