Volbeat didn’t need to “Wait” very long to grab another number-one single.
The band’s new track, “Wait a Minute My Girl,” has hit number one on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It arrives at the top spot on the ranking just two months after it premiered in June.
“Wait a Minute My Girl” is Volbeat’s ninth number-one Mainstream Rock Airplay hit, which ties the Danish rockers with Aerosmith in sixth for all-time charters. Shinedown has the most leaders in the chart’s 40-year history, with 16.
Volbeat will launch a U.S. tour September 24 in Atlanta.
Travis Denning is returning to the road with a renewed perspective.
As he jets across the U.S. as an opening act on Brothers Osborne‘s We’re Not For Everyone Tour, the “After a Few” singer says that he has a newfound appreciation for live shows and life on the road.
“I’m just so grateful. It’s like a totally different perspective. I try to take every opportunity now to go do things on the road, versus maybe there were days I woke up and just sat on the bus and did nothing,” Travis explains to People. “I remember the reason I love to do it is because I get to travel and do things.”
Travis also says he’s noticing a difference in the crowd, as more people seem to be in the moment and less occupied with capturing the show on their phones.
“They’re really living in the moment. I think you can just see people who missed it so much. What’s cool is everybody on stage missed it, too, so where there used to be a little bit of a wall between the audience and us, it feels more like a celebration of returning to this thing that we love,” he continues. “It’s been really amazing to experience that with people and just feel like we’re right there together. It’s almost like we’re not even on the stage.”
Travis dropped his new EP, Dirt Road Dawn, earlier this month as his current single, “ABBY,” climbs the charts.
Jim Jones announced Monday he’s recovering from COVID-19.
“I urge everybody to stay safe out there. COVID is real,” the Dipset member said in an Instagram video. “I was runnin’ ‘round here thinking I was Superman and COVID knocked the socks off Superman.” He also wrote that the virus “is like a stray bullet it don’t care who it hits.”
The 45-year-old rapper added that he recently tested negative and is feeling much better.
“So I urge and encourage everybody to please continue to mask up, please continue with hand sanitizer, social distance as much as you can, try to stay away from as many packed and crowded places,” he said. “I really felt it and I don’t want nobody to feel like how I felt.”
As previously reported, two weeks ago Jones and fellow Dipset members Cam’ron, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey battled The LOX in the latest edition of Verzuz, at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. The two groups will perform on the The Rap Superheroes Tour with State Property, which consists of Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Peedi Peedi, Oschino and Omillio Sparks, and the duo Young Gunz. The seven-city tour kicks off September 16 in Atlanta, and wraps up October 1 in Milwaukee.
St. Vincent has premiered the video for “Daddy’s Home,” the title track off her new album.
The clip finds Annie Clark performing the slinky tune from the back of a flatbed truck as it drives down a sweltering street. You can watch it now streaming via the St. Vincent Facebook page.
Daddy’s Home, the follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCTION, dropped in May. It also includes the lead single “Pay Your Way in Pain.”
St. Vincent will launch a U.S. tour in support of Daddy’s Home on September 3 in Portland, Maine. Along the way, she’ll stop by ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 21.
St. Vincent is also opening for a pair of just-announced Foo Fighters U.K. shows, taking place June 2022.
The honorary plaque is located at 6314 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Pie Hole restaurant, which is at the corner of Vine St.
“This is a very special day for me,” the “American Pie” singer and songwriter said. “Awards are given every year on those television programs, and every year a new person is named a favorite; however, this award is forever. This is an honor I get to share with friends, fans, and whoever walks down Hollywood Boulevard.”
McLean’s friend “Weird Al” Yankovic was on hand to introduce Don, and the members of the country vocal group Home Free also took part in the ceremony.
“Weird Al” recorded a Star Wars-themed “American Pie” parody in 1999 called “The Saga Begins,” which featured a humorous recounting of The Phantom Menace‘s plot told from Obi-Wan Kenobi’s point of view.
Home Free teamed up with Don last year for an a cappella version of “American Pie.” The group led fans gathered for the unveiling ceremony in a sing-along of McLean’s famous anthem, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
You can check out a video of the entire ceremony at the Walk of Fame’s official YouTube channel.
Lady Gaga’s dogs Asia & Koji; Michael Stewart/GC Images
In February, Lady Gaga‘s dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot when he tried to keep her beloved French bulldogs from being stolen. Thankfully, he survived and the dogs were recovered, but now Ryan would like your help.
In a GoFundMe page that he’s set up, Fischer explains that after he spent all those months “reclaiming” his body, he wanted to take a six-month journey to strengthen his “emotional and mental health,” so he decided to rent a van and explore the country while “seeking out communities that support the process of growing from trauma.”
Unfortunately, he writes, he’s two months into his journey, but his 1991 Ford Falcon rental van has broken down, he has nowhere to stay and he’s run out of cash.
“I have a clear purpose but am at an obvious impasse. With no vehicle, apartment, and having run out of savings and surviving on donations from generous loved ones, I am humbly asking for your help,” writes Fischer. “This is not an easy thing to ask, but I have started to realize sharing your vulnerability with others is exactly when radical change begins to occur for everyone involved.”
Fischer is hoping to raise $40,000 so he can buy a van and pay for his travel expenses. As of noon ET Tuesday, he’d raised just over $4,500.
“I love you, and thank you for all the ways you have supported me throughout; I truly can’t wait to see how the next step of this journey unfolds for us all,” Ryan concludes.
No word on whether or not he’s asked Lady Gaga, who called Ryan “hero” in February, for a donation.
What happens when you mix “Glycerine” with “Vasoline”? Well, we’ll find out this fall.
Bush and Stone Temple Pilots have announced a co-headlining tour, set to kick off September 30 in Mesa, Arizona. Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 20, at 10 a.m. local time.
Bush’s latest album, The Kingdom, dropped last summer. It includes the single “Flowers on a Grave.”
STP, meanwhile, just dropped a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1996 album Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop last month. The group’s most recent new effort is 2020’s Perdida.
Adam Lambert is apparently happening in Vegas, so he’s staying in Vegas.
The singer’s limited engagement at The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas has just expanded by one show: He’ll now perform six dates at the venue. The new date is October 20; the other dates are October 22, 23, 27, 29 and 30.
Tickets for the new show go on sale to the general public Saturday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster.com, venetian.com, the box office or by calling 866-641-7469.
Adam is also set to perform on the worldwide Global Citizen Live telecast on September 25, along with stars including Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Billie Eilish, Alessia Cara, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Black Eyed Peas, The Weeknd and more. If you want to see him right now, he’s got a series of makeup tutorials on YouTube you can check out.
One of the most famed musician/guitar brand partnerships is no more.
The estate for late Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott has cut ties with Dean Guitars after 17 years with the company. Additionally, Rita Haney — Dime’s longtime partner and trustee of his estate — has filed a lawsuit against Dean, alleging fraud, breach of written agreement and false endorsement, among other counts.
In a long statement posted to Dime’s website, Haney writes, “It became clear to me that Dimebag’s relationship with Dean Guiars had come to an end when the CEO of Dean Guitars told me that Dime has been dead for 16 years, and then could not make the money they once did…and then continued on to tell me I should go somewhere else.”
“Well…we will!” Haney says.
The lawsuit accuses Dean of continuing to use photographs of Dimebag, as well as his name and likeness, to continuing to allegedly promote and sell guitars and merchandise despite the expiration of its endorsement deal. Haney also accuses Dean CEO Evan Rubinson of being “incredibly disrespectful and often times belligerent to the legacy” of Dimebag.
“Moving forward, our goal will be to ensure the rightful and respectful celebration of Dime’s legacy and the indelible mark he and his music made on this world,” Haney writes. “It is with absolute conviction that we say that this can no longer happen whilst continuing to partner with Dean Guitars.”
Dean Guitars has not yet publicly addressed the lawsuit.
Madonna celebrated her 63rd birthday by going back to her Italian roots and taking her family along for the fun.
In video posted yesterday on her Instagram captioned “Mambo Italiano,” Madonna and her children are shown traveling on a private plane, and one of her twin daughters says in French, “We’re going to Italy.” We then see Madonna striking a pose against a stone balustrade, smoking and declaring, “Happy Birthday to me!”
As Dean Martin‘s classic song “That’s Amore” plays, we see Madonna walking hand in hand with her boyfriend, Ahlamalik Williams, to a massive dining table set up outdoors, surrounded by what we assume are all her birthday guests. There is also plenty of video of Madonna seductively licking an ice-cream cone, both with and without her boyfriend.
A separate post shows Madonna and all her children having fun during the party, and there’s more footage of the birthday preparations and surroundings on her Instagram Stories.
Last week, Madonna said that for her birthday she wanted fans to contribute money to purchase more beds for the pediatric hospital she established in Malawi four years ago.
Yesterday, Madonna announced a huge new deal with Warner Music Group that will, in part, see her reissuing deluxe editions of some of her classic albums in 2022 to mark the 40th anniversary of her recording debut.
