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Aaron Carter’s mom, Jane Carter Schneck, has started a GoFundMe page to raise money for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in honor of her late son. The listing, which is attempting to raise $85,000, promises that all money donated will go toward the Walk of Fame fee to honor Aaron’s legacy. The singer died in 2022 at age 34.

Ava Max is out with a new single called “Out Of Your Mind.” She calls the song “my personal f u to people who want me to change and fit in a box to make someone comfortable and forget about my own dreams entirely.”

Meghan Trainor has revealed the track list for her new album, Toy With Me. There are 14 tracks total, with titles like “Chef’s Kiss,” “Pink Cadillac,” “Men’s Tears” and “Delulu.” The album drops April 24.

Jewel has released “Upon Meeting the Goddess of Love,” a new single that gives fans a taste of her forthcoming acoustic collection, out later this year.

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It’s a busy week for Riley Green, as he sets his Cowboy As It Gets Tour in motion Thursday in Southaven, Mississippi. 

Justin Moore, Drake White and Mackenzie Carpenter join him for the first show, with Zach John King, Hannah McFarland and Adam Hood coming along later in the run. 

Sunday brings his much-anticipated debut on Taylor Sheridan’s Marshals. “Music’s my only escape,” Riley’s character says in an Instagram preview that also hints at his past as a “damaged man.” 

It also includes a snippet of his new song, “My Way,” which comes out Friday. It’s Riley’s first new music this year, save for his duet with Carly Pearce on “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay.” 

You can tune in to see his Marshals debut Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.

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It’s a busy week for Riley Green, as he sets his Cowboy As It Gets Tour in motion Thursday in Southaven, Mississippi. 

Justin Moore, Drake White and Mackenzie Carpenter join him for the first show, with Zach John King, Hannah McFarland and Adam Hood coming along later in the run. 

Sunday brings his much-anticipated debut on Taylor Sheridan’s Marshals. “Music’s my only escape,” Riley’s character says in an Instagram preview that also hints at his past as a “damaged man.” 

It also includes a snippet of his new song, “My Way,” which comes out Friday. It’s Riley’s first new music this year, save for his duet with Carly Pearce on “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay.” 

You can tune in to see his Marshals debut Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.

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Cream is revisiting their third studio album, Wheels of Fire.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band — Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce — is set to release Wheels of Fire (Super Deluxe Edition) on June 12, a five-CD set featuring newly remastered audio, plus a whole host of bonus material.

The set includes a rarities collection made up of 15 recordings, nine of which have never been released before. Among the tracks are an early version of “White Room”; a rough mix of “Deserted Cities of the Heart” without strings; and a single version of “Crossroads.”

The release also includes remastered versions of the original album’s four live tracks from March 1968, along with eight additional live tracks, including a previously unreleased live recording of “We’re Going Wrong,” recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The set also comes with a 24-page hardcover book with rare photos and new liner notes.

In addition to the five-CD set, Wheels of Fire will be released as a three-LP Expanded Edition that includes the rarities collection.

All formats are available for preorder now.

Originally released in June 1968, Wheels of Fire was a double LP that included one LP of recorded music and a second of live recordings. It went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and included the iconic Cream song “White Room,” which was a top-10 hit for the band. Just as the album was being released, Cream announced that they would be breaking up following a farewell tour.

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Cream is revisiting their third studio album, Wheels of Fire.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band — Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce — is set to release Wheels of Fire (Super Deluxe Edition) on June 12, a five-CD set featuring newly remastered audio, plus a whole host of bonus material.

The set includes a rarities collection made up of 15 recordings, nine of which have never been released before. Among the tracks are an early version of “White Room”; a rough mix of “Deserted Cities of the Heart” without strings; and a single version of “Crossroads.”

The release also includes remastered versions of the original album’s four live tracks from March 1968, along with eight additional live tracks, including a previously unreleased live recording of “We’re Going Wrong,” recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The set also comes with a 24-page hardcover book with rare photos and new liner notes.

In addition to the five-CD set, Wheels of Fire will be released as a three-LP Expanded Edition that includes the rarities collection.

All formats are available for preorder now.

Originally released in June 1968, Wheels of Fire was a double LP that included one LP of recorded music and a second of live recordings. It went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and included the iconic Cream song “White Room,” which was a top-10 hit for the band. Just as the album was being released, Cream announced that they would be breaking up following a farewell tour.

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Billy Corgan wants folks to know that he is not a fan of artificial intelligence.

In a recent interview with the And The Writer Is… podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman didn’t hold back when sharing his thoughts about using AI to make music.

“You didn’t ask me, but I’m gonna make a declaratory statement. I refuse, refuse, patently refuse to use AI in my music creation,” Corgan says. “Because, to me, it’s a deal with the devil. Simple.”

“Whether it’s the Promethean fire myth or whatever, to me you’re literally leaning into the thing that will destroy you. Period,” he adds. “So that’s why I’m not gonna mess with it, because the pressure, the inspiration, the soul searching, the ‘I’m not sure I got anything else to say,’ that’s all part of the journey that a songwriter needs to go to.”

Corgan goes on to say that by embracing AI, folks are “flirting with the thing that will destroy us as an economy, as a business, as a movement.”

“We’re asking to be eradicated,” he adds. “But I’m saying, on a spiritual level to lean into it is to ask to be wiped out. You’re asking to be wiped out.”

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Billy Corgan wants folks to know that he is not a fan of artificial intelligence.

In a recent interview with the And The Writer Is… podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman didn’t hold back when sharing his thoughts about using AI to make music.

“You didn’t ask me, but I’m gonna make a declaratory statement. I refuse, refuse, patently refuse to use AI in my music creation,” Corgan says. “Because, to me, it’s a deal with the devil. Simple.”

“Whether it’s the Promethean fire myth or whatever, to me you’re literally leaning into the thing that will destroy you. Period,” he adds. “So that’s why I’m not gonna mess with it, because the pressure, the inspiration, the soul searching, the ‘I’m not sure I got anything else to say,’ that’s all part of the journey that a songwriter needs to go to.”

Corgan goes on to say that by embracing AI, folks are “flirting with the thing that will destroy us as an economy, as a business, as a movement.”

“We’re asking to be eradicated,” he adds. “But I’m saying, on a spiritual level to lean into it is to ask to be wiped out. You’re asking to be wiped out.”

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Things are looking Ugly for Teddy Swims.

The Grammy-nominated singer has announced The Ugly Tour for 2026. It starts Sept. 22 in Kansas City, Missouri, and is set to wrap up in LA on Nov. 18. You can register now for presale access at Teddy’s website. Presales start April 21 and run through the week; tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24 at 10 a.m. local time.

Teddy recently started a new musical era with the single “Mr. Know It All,” which he performed for the first time at Coachella on April 10. He’ll play the festival again on Friday, but it’ll be tough for him to top the first show: His special guests included Vanessa Carlton, Joe Jonas and former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth. You can tune in to the Coachella Livestream at 5:20 p.m. PT to see what he has in store.

After Coachella, Teddy is also booked to play the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and BottleRock Napa in California in May and Bonnaroo in June, with headline shows in between. He’ll spend the summer on tour in Europe.

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