The Super Bowl is coming to Imagine Dragons‘ hometown of Las Vegas, and while they may not be performing at halftime, they want to send you to the big game.
The “Radioactive” outfit has teamed up with the platform Fandiem to raffle off two tickets to Super Bowl 58, taking place February 11 at Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. The grand prize winner will also receive round trip travel and three nights at a hotel, plus a $500 gift card.
Proceeds raised from the raffle will benefit Imagine Dragons’ Tyler Robinson Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer patients and their families.
The contest closes February 8 at noon PT. For more info, visit Fandiem.com.
Super Bowl 58 kicks off February 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS. Usher will perform at halftime.
Dead & Company recently announced they’ll be doing a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and now drummer Bill Kreutzmann has shared his thoughts on the shows in a new Instagram post.
“Historically, it was always a psychedelic circus when the Grateful Dead pulled into Las Vegas,” he writes. “There’s a pulsing beneath those neon lights that Mickey (Hart) and I tapped into while Jerry (Garcia) led us on a wild carpet ride over the Aladdin Theater in the 1980s and down into the bowl of the Sam Boyd Stadium for 14 memorable nights in the 1990s.”
He notes that Grateful Dead shows have always been “about transformative experiences, so now, as our legacy evolves and as we continue to shape-shift into several different forms at once it’s great that that part of the tradition continues, with Dead & Company taking up residence in a transformative venue.”
Kreutzmann sat out Dead & Company’s final tour in 2023, with the band explaining at the time it was the “culmination of a shift in creative direction as we keep these songs alive and breathing in ways that we each feel is best to continue to honor the legacy of the Grateful Dead.”
While he hasn’t confirmed whether or not he’ll be doing the Vegas shows, he did end his post with a statement that could be interpreted as saying he won’t. He offered, “To all those who make it there, have a blast, my friends.”
Dead Forever – Live at Sphere will consist of 18 shows over six consecutive weeks, starting May 16. Fans can now register for the presale, which starts February 5 at 10 a.m. PT. The general on-sale starts February 9 at 10 a.m. PT.
Goo Goo Dolls are out with a new single and video.
The track is called “Beautiful Lie,” and Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik says, “The song is a departure from our latest album Chaos In Bloom. It’s a simple song, very chill. It felt fresh to me and I hope you enjoy it.”
The band will likely perform the song during their upcoming shows in Australia and New Zealand with Matchbox Twenty, which start February 13.
On Friday, Goo Goo Dolls will be part of an all-star tribute to Jon Bon Jovi, who is being honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year by the charitable arm of the Recording Academy. Other performers and presenters on the bill include Lenny Kravitz, Kylie Minogue, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Train‘s Pat Monahan, Melissa Etheridge and Shania Twain.
Wayne Kramer, the guitarist for the highly influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, has died. He was 75.
The news was announced Friday, February 2, in a post on Kramer’s Facebook page, reading simply, “Wayne S. Kramer ‘PEACE BE WITH YOU’ April 30, 1948 – February 2, 2024.”
Kramer was a founding member of MC5, which formed in 1963. The band was particularly known for their 1969 song “Kick Out the Jams,” the impact of which can be heard throughout the last 50 years of rock music, and they memorably performed for Vietnam War protesters during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
“Brother Wayne Kramer was the greatest man I’ve ever know,” Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello writes in an Instagram post. “He possessed a one of a kind mixture of deep wisdom & profound compassion, beautiful empathy and tenacious conviction. His band the MC5 basically invented punk rock music and was the only act to not chicken out and performed for the rioting protestors at the 1968 Dem National Convention.”
MC5 broke up in 1972, and Kramer fell into drug addiction and spent time in prison. He detailed his life in the 2018 memoir The Hard Stuff, and became a voice for recovery and prison reform in the rock community.
Kramer played in an MC5 reunion show in 1992 and reformed the band again in 2003. In 2018, Kramer spearheaded a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Kick Out the Jams album, which featured Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil on guitar.
In a December 2023 Mojointerview, Kramer revealed that he was working on a new MC5 album with guests including Morello and Slash.
“Whenever and wherever any of us kick out the jams, Brother Wayne will be right there with us,” Morello says.
A group of celebrities tried their hand at reciting Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Bad Idea, Right?” for a game of Lyrical Improv with W Magazine. In the video released Friday, Teyana Taylor, Callum Turner, Julia Garner and more spoke the lyrics to the song, including Olivia’s fellow High School Musical star Zac Efron. Zac starred as Troy Bolton in the original films, while Olivia played Nini in HSM: The Musical: The Series. “I know Olivia Rodrigo,” Zac says in the video. “I don’t know any of her songs by heart or anything.”
Camila Cabello has entered her blond era. The singer debuted her new hair color in an Instagram video on Thursday. “it’s time >:),” Camila captioned the post. The video was filmed on a camcorder, and features Camila wearing a white T-shirt while sporting wet hair and black eyeliner. If you’re hoping the change signals new music is on the way, you’re in luck. An insider confirmed to Page Six that Camila’s hair color update marks the start of a new era in her music career.
Miley Cyrus was active on Instagram on Friday. The Grammy nominee changed her profile picture and also posted a new photo. The pics are from the same photo shoot, with Miley dressed in a black bra and matching high-waisted bottoms. She also wears black sunglasses and has her hair windswept for maximum volume.
We now have the official trailer for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. The film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, stars Marisa Abela as the late singer. “I want people to hear my voice,” Abela says as Winehouse in the trailer. “And just forget their troubles for five minutes.”
Camila Cabello has entered her blond era. The singer debuted her new hair color in an Instagram video on Thursday. “it’s time >:),” Camila captioned the post. The video was filmed on a camcorder, and features Camila wearing a white T-shirt as she sports wet hair and black eyeliner. If you’re hoping the change signals new music on the way, you’re in luck. An insider confirmed to Page Six that Camila’s new hair color marks the start of a new era in her music career.
And speaking of Camila, one of her former Fifth Harmony group mates, Ally Brooke, has provided vocals for Jim Brickman‘s next single. He’ll be releasing “Alone With You,” written by Diane Warren, on February 9.
Miley Cyrus was active on Instagram Friday. The Grammy nominee changed her profile picture and also posted a new photo. The pics are from the same photo shoot, with Miley dressed in a black bra and matching high-waisted bottoms. She also wears black sunglasses and has her hair windswept for maximum volume.
On Friday, Elton John performed his classic song “Skyline Pigeon” at the London funeral of Derek Draper, the husband of British TV host Kate Garraway. The Mirrorreports that Elton, who attended the service with his husband, David Furnish, became close to the family in 2020, and dedicated a song to Kate and Derek at one of his farewell concerts.
Country and Christian artist Anne Wilson has dropped “God & Country” ahead of the April 19 arrival of her forthcoming genre-melding album, REBEL. “I’ve been working so hard over the past 15 months to write these songs, record them and get them into the world! I was raised on two things: the love of God and the love of all things Country. That’s what fuels the music I make and that’s what you’ll hear more of on REBEL,” shares Anne.
Dylan Marlowe‘s autobiographical new track, “You Did It Too,” is out now. Of the acoustic-leaning song, Dylan says, “Every line is true to my life. I write and sing songs about the way of life I know, and you’d probably get it if you did it too.”
Tyler Braden has released a new tune, “Devil I Know.” “This is probably the proudest I’ve been to be part of a single, because it’s a song that so many people can get behind wholeheartedly,” Tyler shares. “It’s a song about confidence and not backing down. It’s a song about not allowing yourself to be underestimated or taken for granted. It’s a song I’ll be proud to perform live for years to come.”
After the Kansas City Chiefs punched their ticket to the Super Bowl with their AFC Championship victory against the Baltimore Ravens, Taylor Swift fans had one burning question: will the pop superstar make it to the Super Bowl to support her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce?
Now, the Embassy of Japan in the U.S. has weighed in on the big debate.
“Despite the 12-hour flight and 17-hour time difference, the Embassy can confidently Speak Now to say that if she departs Tokyo in the evening after her concert, she should comfortably arrive in Las Vegas before the Super Bowl begins,” the embassy said in a statement shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We know that many people in Japan are excited to experience Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour,” the embassy continued. “So we wanted to confirm that anyone concerned can beFearlessin knowing that this talented performer can wow Japanese audiences and still make it to Las Vegas to support the Chiefs when they take the field for the Super Bowl wearing Red.”
Taylor has a show in Tokyo on February 10; the Super Bowl takes place February 11 in Las Vegas.
Billy Joel told his audience on New Year’s Eve that he’d be spending more time in Florida in the future — but apparently, he doesn’t want to spend that time in his Palm Beach-area mansion.
The Palm Beach Daily News reports that Billy has put the mansion, located in Manalapan, near Palm Beach, up for sale for $54.7 million. If that sounds like a lot, keep in mind that he originally listed it in late 2022 for $64.9 million. The listing expired in August 2023, so now it’s back on the market at this lower price.
Billy’s owned the oceanfront mansion on 1.6 acres since 2015, when he bought it for just over $22 million. It has nine bedrooms, a two-bedroom guest house and a 10-car garage, as well as a wine cellar and theater.
As for where Billy plans to live once he sells this house, the paper reports that he bought a $9 million townhouse in Palm Beach in 2021. Other artists who have homes in Palm Beach include Jon Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart, with whom Billy will be touring this year.
Billy will be performing on the Grammy Awards Sunday night, singing his new song, “Turn the Lights Back On,” and one of his classic hits.
Five-time Grammy winner Mariah Carey was honored with the Recording Academy’s Global Impact Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 1. During her speech, Mariah addressed her own struggles in the music industry, according to Rolling Stone.
The award was presented by the Black Music Collective. Mariah, who was given her award by none other than Stevie Wonder, noted that the awards ceremony was taking place on the first day of Black History Month.
“When I first started in the music business, I was often told to ‘conform’ to certain expectations. I was not encouraged to focus on my love for Black music,” she told the crowd, according to Rolling Stone. She then detailed her determination to create music that was, as she put it, “from my heart.”
She added, “I accept this award on behalf of every person who has ever felt silenced or marginalized. Who has ever been told their voice doesn’t matter. Your truth matters.”
“We will continued to pave the way together for a future where authenticity is celebrated, diversity is embraced, and music has the power to change the word,” she concluded.
Others who paid tribute to Mariah during the ceremony included Babyface, Tori Kelly, Yolanda Adams and Busta Rhymes. She wrote on Instagram, “This celebration was so powerful and beautiful. I think I cried about 3 times … you are all so incredibly talented and made last night so special for me.”
