The fourth studio effort from the Smiths guitarist is titled Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. As its title suggest, the record is made up of four different EPs, the first of which arrives October 15.
“‘Spirit, Power and Soul’ is a kind of mission statement,” Marr says. “I had an idea about an electro sound with gospel feeling, in my own words…an electro soul anthem.”
You can catch Marr live next summer opening for The Killers‘ North American arena tour.
Lil Baby is bringing end of the summer joy to kids in his hometown of Atlanta.
The “Woah” rapper recently donated 200 bikes to local children, and partnered with Foot Locker to refurbish a local basketball court.
Three weeks ago, the three-time Grammy nominee also hosted a back-to-school drive, providing children with clothes, laptops, and supplies from his Four the People Foundation, according to Revolt. “At This Point It’s About The Kids! #generationalwealth,” he commented on Instagram.
Lil Baby is featured with The Weeknd on “Hurricane” on Kanye West‘s new Donda album. Wednesday, he kicks off his Back Outside tour in Boston featuring Lil Durk and Coi Leray. They will perform 23 dates through October 19 in West Palm Beach, FL.
The Tennessee festival, which was canceled in 2020 and postponed from June 2021 to this week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been canceled for this year for an entirely different reason: Hurricane Ida.
After making landfall in Louisiana this past Sunday — leaving millions without power, including all of New Orleans — Ida has continued to move throughout the Southeast, creating dangerous conditions in states including Tennessee.
“We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo,” organizers announced Tuesday. “While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely.”
The statement continues, “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward, but Mother Nature has dealt us a tremendous amount of rain over the past 24 hours. We have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience.”
Bonnaroo 2021 was scheduled to begin this Thursday. The lineup includedformer Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison, Foo Fighters and many others.
The Tennessee festival, which was canceled in 2020 and postponed from June 2021 to this week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been canceled for this year for an entirely different reason: Hurricane Ida.
After making landfall in Louisiana this past Sunday — leaving millions without power, including all of New Orleans — Ida has continued to move throughout the Southeast, creating dangerous conditions in states including Tennessee.
“We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo,” organizers announced Tuesday. “While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely.”
The statement continues, “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward, but Mother Nature has dealt us a tremendous amount of rain over the past 24 hours. We have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience.”
Bonnaroo 2021 was scheduled to begin this Thursday. The lineup included Foo Fighters, former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison, and many others.
After providing much needed entertainment with his marathon Instagram Live sessions throughout the pandemic, D-Nice brought the star power to the Hollywood Bowl Sunday.
The Isley Brothers, George Clinton, Common, Sheila E., Trey Songz, Common, Tank, and Erica Campbell were among the artists who performed during Club Quarantine Live, according to Billboard.
Ronnie Isley sang, with brother Ernie on guitar, their classics “Footsteps in the Dark” and “Between the Sheets.” Eighty-year-old George Clinton entertained the crowd — which included This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown — with a medley of Parliament-Funkadelic hits, “(Not Just) Knee Deep,” “Flash Light,” and his number one solo single, “Atomic Dog.”
“This is the party of all parties, right?” Common asked before he performed “The Light.” Then Sheila E. joined him on stage for “The Glamorous Life.”
The party took a somber note as D-Nice paid tribute to the late hip-hop pioneer, Biz Markie. He called for a minute of silence, then said, “Without Biz, I wouldn’t be on this stage right now. He inspired me to come back. So shine a light right now for Biz Markie.” As thousands of phone lights illuminated the iconic outdoor venue, the crowd chanted the hook to Markie’s classic, “Just a Friend.”
D-Nice will take Club Quarantine Live to New York City Thursday, Atlanta Friday, and Washington, D.C. on September 18.
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Bonnaroo won’t be happening in 2021.
The Tennessee festival, which was canceled in 2020 and postponed from June 2021 to this week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been canceled for this year for an entirely different reason: Hurricane Ida.
After making landfall in Louisiana this past Sunday — leaving millions without power, including all of New Orleans — Ida has continued to move throughout the Southeast, creating dangerous conditions in states including Tennessee.
“We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo,” organizers announced Tuesday. “While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely.”
The statement continues, “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward, but Mother Nature has dealt us a tremendous amount of rain over the past 24 hours. We have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience.”
Bonnaroo 2021 was scheduled to begin this Thursday. The lineup included Foo Fighters, Tame Impala, Mastodon, Incubus, Phoebe Bridgers, Run the Jewels, Dashboard Confessional, Young the Giant, Glass Animals and Brittany Howard.
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Martina McBride on Monday celebrated the 30th anniversary of signing her first recording contract, with RCA Nashville. To mark the milestone, the singer reflected on her illustrious career by breaking down her five biggest hits in an interview with Billboard.
Looking back on her 1994 hit single “Independence Day,” McBride said she “knew I wanted to record this song immediately.”
“Halfway through the first listen I claimed it as mine. Looking back, it was kind of a ballsy move, I guess…to record and release this song,” she grinned. “I recognized the brilliance of the songwriting immediately and also felt a connection with this mother and child. I haven’t heard anything else that sounds like it to this day.”
Martina then dished on her 1995 song “Wild Angels,” telling the outlet, “I have always loved the energy of this song and the melody” and added, “This was my first No. 1 song.”
When looking back at 1997’s “A Broken Wing,” McBride said the song “felt really special” when she heard it, adding she “felt like it would empower someone who needed to hear it. I still haven’t heard a song about emotional abuse that is quite this direct.”
That led her to discussing “Concrete Angel,” a song about child abuse, which she released in 2002. “I hesitated to record it because I thought it might be too heavy. But in the end I followed my gut, which was telling me I needed to do it,” she said. “I think, in the end, it’s a healing song for many.”
Martina ended with 2003’s “This One’s for the Girls,” of which she said, “It can be difficult to find an uptempo song with substance. I love the way this song hits on different stages of life. It’s really timeless.”
In 2015, John Mayer described himself as a “recovered ego addict,” and said that’s why he used to do stupid things like talk about his famous girlfriends to the press. But now that he’s older, John says he doesn’t have that desire to feed his ego any longer.
During a Q&A on his Instagram Stories on Tuesday, John was asked if he still felt like a “recovering ego addict.” He responded, “No, and I’ll tell you why. Your 20s and 30s are like the hours between 8pm and 11 pm on a weekend night. You’re kind of frantically hoping for the most validating plans to come through.”
John, who’s 43, continued, “Your 40s are like 11:30 pm where you’re like ‘Hey, I would have been home anyway even if I had gone out.’ The pressure is off.”
During the Q&A, John also revealed that the one song he wished he’d written is “Gentle on My Mind,” his “favorite rock star haircut of the past” is David Lee Roth‘s flowing blonde locks during his heyday with Van Halen, and “the one piece of clothing he would kill to get his hands on” is the t-shirt that Guns ‘n Roses frontman Axl Rose was wearing when he got arrested at an airport in 1989.
John was also asked if he ever felt like quitting music. He responded, “Yes. One time I handed in an album and was told it ‘had no hits on it.’ I cried. Told myself I was gonna quit and go to design school. That album was Continuum.”
Continuum, of course, included now-classics like “Gravity” and “Waiting on the World to Change.” It won John two Grammys and sold more than five million copies.
KISS recently postponed a few tour dates after singer/guitarist Paul Stanley tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and now the band has announced that four additional shows have been postponed because Stanley’s co-founding band mate Gene Simmons also has contracted the virus.
A message on KISS’ official website reads, “While Paul Stanley recently tweeted that he has recovered from COVID, Gene Simmons has now tested positive and is experiencing mild symptoms. The band and crew will remain at home and isolate for the next 10 days.”
The note reports that “doctors have indicated the tour should be able to resume on September 9th at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA.”
The newly postponed concerts were scheduled for September 1 in Clarkston, Michigan; September 2 in Dayton, Ohio; September 4 in Tinley Park, Illinois; and September 5 in Milwaukee. The last show was to have been part of Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
Tickets that were purchased for the postponed concerts will be honored for the rescheduled dates when they are announced. Additional details will be emailed to ticketholders.
These four postponed shows follow three other dates that were delayed when Stanley revealed his diagnosis last week. The earlier concerts had been scheduled for August 26 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; August 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina; and August 29 in Atlanta.
Yesterday, Stanley tweeted, “My COVID symptoms were MILD compared to many others and let me tell you…It kicked my a**. It’s over now.”
In other news, KISS also has postponed the 2021 Australian leg of its End of the Road Tour because of ongoing COVID restrictions. The trek, which had been scheduled for November and December of this year has been moved to March and April of 2022. Visit KISSOnline.com for full details.
On social media, Rob Thomas has been teasing the fact that he’s recording his first Christmas album, but getting in that Yuletide spirit in the middle of summer is hard. Thank goodness for the Hallmark Channel.
“They have this thing called ‘Christmas in July,’ so in the studio I have this big-screen TV with no sound on and Christmas lights everywhere,” Rob tellsRolling Stone, explaining how he set a holiday mood as he recorded the project. “My whole bubble of people would know what I was doing. Whenever I was talking to someone on the phone, before they got off they’d say, ‘Merry Christmas, Rob.'”
The album features original songs, as well as covers of songs by Bryan Adams and Ray Charles, plus guest appearances by Ingrid Michaelson, gospel star Bebe Winans and country star Brad Paisley.
“It’s something I’ve always kind of wanted to do,” the Matchbox Twenty frontman tells Rolling Stone. “But I didn’t think anybody needs to hear me sing ‘Jingle Bells.’ You know, nobody needs to hear anybody honestly sing ‘Jingle Bells’ again. But I think I managed to pick some really cool covers, so I think it’s got its own original sound.”
So far, the album doesn’t have a title or a release date. Rob tells Rolling Stone he’s also working on a solo album, and of course, he just released a new single, “Move,” with his pal Carlos Santana.
