Jeremiah Green, drummer and founding member of Modest Mouse, has been diagnosed with cancer.
Green’s mother, Carol Namatame, revealed the news in a Facebook post over the holiday weekend.
“Please send healing vibes for my son, Jeremiah Green, who is battling stage 4 cancer,” the post reads. “He’s is so strong and so brave and hanging in there!”
Modest Mouse hasn’t commented publicly on Green’s condition, though he did miss a number of shows on the band’s recent 25th anniversary The Lonesome Crowded West tour.
December 31 is fast approaching, which means many are preparing for New Year’s Eve festivities. Among those with special plans to ring in 2023 is Ciara, who will once again co-host Dick Clark‘s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. This time around, she’ll be overseeing festivities from Disneyland, which makes her even more excited for the gig.
“I think this is, like, the perfect way to mix up some things from my perspective, as this is my sixth year being one of the co-hosts of the show and Disneyland is my favorite place, it is one of my favorite places in the world,” she tells ABC Audio.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve starts at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with festivities going down in Times Square, LA and New Orleans. Ciara is one of many musical artists who are slated to take the stage.
“I’m going to give my fans a taste of ‘Better Thangs,’ which is my song featuring Summer Walker,” she reveals. “I’m also going to rock some of my song ‘Jump.’ … The cool thing is I’ve never performed these songs before, so it’ll be my first time rocking them on the stage.”
Ciara also plans to deliver “something exclusive,” which she says will exude “winning energy.” “It’s all about winning in 2023, so I can’t wait to give my fans something special and new,” she teases.
Her outfit for the night, she adds, will include an accessory fitting for Disneyland.
“We’re celebrating the 100th year of Disney and they have these really amazing platinum-dripping Mickey ears that I’m so excited to rock,” she says. “They’re very special and they’re also little heavy, so I’m looking forward to that.”
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin wrapped up the their 2022 Hanukkah Sessions series over the weekend.
For the final three nights, the Foo Fighters frontman and the producer performed renditions of Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ “Heads Will Roll” with frontwoman Karen O, Rush‘s “The Spirit of Radio” with Jack Black and Randy Newman‘s “I Love L.A.” with Grohl on lead vocals.
For The Hanukkah Sessions, which is now in its third year, Grohl and Kurstin release a cover of a song by a Jewish artist for each of the holiday’s eight nights. This year’s edition was recorded live at the Los Angeles club Largo earlier this month.
Other 2022 Hanukkah Sessions covers included Blood, Sweat & Tears‘ “Spinning Wheel” featuring director Judd Apatow, “Get the Party Started” with Pink, 10cc‘s “The Things We Do for Love” with Inara George, Janis Ian‘s “At Seventeen” sung by Grohl’s daughter Violet and “E-Pro” with Beck.
You can watch all the Hanukkah Sessions performances streaming now via the Foo Fighters YouTube channel.
After all the presents are unwrapped on Christmas Day, it’s time to think ahead to the new year. And for country stars like Brantley Gilbert, that means setting some career goals.
“We’ll be working on a new record,” the singer tells his label, explaining that he’s kicking that process off with a songwriting trip to Texas in February.
If it seems like Brantley just released a new album, it’s because he did — So Help Me God came out in November. But he’s wasting no time on moving on to the next project. “I’m always working on what’s next,” the singer explains. “There’s a lot in front of us. I got a lot of work to do.”
“We would love to go to Europe. We’ve never been over there,” the singer reveals, explaining that he got the travel bug after hearing about a friend’s vacation in Italy.
“Just seeing the pictures and hearing the stories, the fact that that stuff is so much older than anything here, it’s kind of amazing,” Justin continues.
But not everyone is eager to leave 2022 in the rearview mirror just yet. Sugarland memberKristian Bush says he’s enjoying the period between holidays.
“I like this kind of empty space between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s a time for me to, like, sit down and kind of look at all the things that I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I was gonna do that this year, right,’” he says.
His nostalgia serves an important purpose. “Inevitably, I always write songs during that time that are really special to me,” Kristian adds.
2022 will go down as the year that put Lainey Wilson on the map.
The Country Music Association named her Female Vocalist of the Year the very first time she was nominated and crowned her New Artist of the Year, as well. Earlier, the Academy of Country Music agreed, bestowing both New Female Artist and Song of the Year honors for “Things a Man Oughta Know.”
“It’s been a ride, I’ll tell you that,” the Louisiana native reflects. “Everything that we put on our list of things that we wanted to accomplish, we have done that plus more — even when it comes to getting a tour bus.”
“We finally got a tour bus in June,” she continues. “And oh my gosh, it’s just so many wonderful blessings. I’m really having to learn how to dream a little bigger, you know, like, all the things that felt so far away are really not.”
Lainey also branched out into acting, taking a role in season 5 of Yellowstone, the series that first shined a spotlight on her music. And her small-screen dreams don’t end there.
“I wanna be on SNL, I want to do things like that,” she tells ABC Audio. “No matter what, songwriting’s always gonna be my number one, because that’s what got me here to begin with. But yeah, I want to do that.”
“You know, I’m going out on my first headlining tour next year and planning on selling that thing out. We’re gonna do it,” she predicts.
Lainey kicks off her Country with a Flare Tour on January 4 in Spokane, Washington.
It always hurts when our favorite musicians pass away, and 2022 was no exception, with several beloved artists leaving us this year.
It was a year that started with a great loss: on January 20 Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, died at the age of 74. Although no cause of death was ever announced, he had been plagued with health issues in recent years. He also reportedly had COVID before his death, although it was never confirmed he died from it.
After battling breast cancer for decades, Olivia Newton-John lost her fight and passed away August 8 at the age of 73. The singer-actress had been in remission for more than 20 years when her cancer returned in 2017.
Just two days after TMZ erroneously reported his death, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis passed away October 28 at his home in Mississippi. He was 87.
And on November 30 music fans were left shocked when Fleetwood Mac co-lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Christine McVie died at the age of 79. Her family shared that she died “peacefully at [the] hospital” after “a short illness.” While paying tribute to her bandmate and friend, Stevie Nicks revealed that she hadn’t known McVie was ill until a few days before her death.
Here’s a list of the many music figures who died in 2022, in chronological order:
Rosa Lee Hawkins, an original member of the New Orleans R&B vocal trio The Dixie Cups, best known for their song “Chapel of Love,” died January 11. She was 76.
Ronnie Spector, former lead singer of the Ronnettes, passed away January 12 at the age of 78 after a short battle with cancer.
Blood, Sweat & Tears co-founder Dick Halligan died January 18 from natural causes in Rome, Italy. He was 78.
Don Wilson, the last surviving member of the instrumental surf rock quartet The Ventures, died January 22 of natural causes at the age of 88.
Sly Johnson, best known for his 1967 classic “Different Strokes,” died February 6 at the age of 85.
Procol Harum’s founder and lead singer, Gary Booker, died February 19 after a battle with cancer. He was 76.
Guitarist Joe Messina, an original member of the Motown session musicians known as The Funk Brothers, died April 4 in Northville, Michigan, at age 93.
1960s teen idol Bobby Rydell, best known for hits like “We Got Love” and “Wild One,” passed away April 5 from complications from pneumonia. He was 79.
Re Styles, former vocalist for The Tubes, died April 17 at the age of 72.
Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk died April 24 after a long illness. He was 71.
Oscar-winning composer Vangelis, best known for his Chariots of Fire score, died May 17 at the age of 79. He passed away at a French hospital, where he was being treated for an undisclosed illness.
Yes drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alan White passed away May 26 after a short illness. He was 72.
Alec John Such, the original bassist for the rock band Bon Jovi, died June 4 of natural causes at the age of 70.
Seals and Crofts’ Jim Seals passed away June 6 after suffering a “chronic ongoing illness.” He was 80.
William “Poogie” Hart, the lead singer of legendary Philadelphia soul group The Delfonics, died July 14 at age 77.
Sam Gooden, an original member of the soul group The Impressions, died of a heart attack on August 4 at the age of 87.
Olivia Newton-John lost her decadeslong battle with breast cancer on August 8. She passed away at her home in California at the age of 73.
Motown great Lamont Dozier, one-third of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, passed away August 8 at the age of 81.
Jerry Allison, best known for being the drummer with Buddy Holly‘s band The Crickets, died from cancer on August 22, nine days before his 83rd birthday.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, aka The Killer, passed away October 28 at his home in Mississippi. He was 87.
Singer and actress Irene Cara, who starred in and sung the title song of the movie Fame, and topped the charts with the Flashdance tune “Flashdance… What a Feeling,” died November 25 at the age of 63.
Fleetwood Mac’s co-lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Christine McVie died November 30 after a short illness. She was 79.
The Rascals drummer Dino Danelli passed away December 15 at the age of 78.
Rick Anderson, bassist and co-founding member of the band The Tubes, passed away December 16 at the age of 75.
Just 16 months after Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passed away, his wife, Shirley Watts, died December 16 at the age of 84.
Terry Hall, lead singer of the influential British band The Specials, died December 18 at the age of 63. In addition to his work with that band, he also co-wrote The Go-Go’s debut single, “Our Lips Are Sealed,” with his then-girlfriend, Jane Wiedlin.
Thom Bell, one of the members of “The Mighty Three” architects of the Philadelphia soul sound, which also included Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, passed away December 22 at the age of 79.
Nicky Youre is one of the performers on the LA party portion of ABC’s Dick Clark‘s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, airing December 31 at 8 p.m. ET. And far from being upset about having to work on New Year’s Eve, the “Sunroof” singer says he can’t imagine anything better.
“It’s my favorite time of the year, so I would love to do nothing more than music, because that’s my favorite thing to do right now. So if I can do this every year, I’d be all for it,” he told ABC Audio during rehearsals for the show.
Nicky called being part of New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, now in its 51st year, “definitely just a big honor,” adding, “I’ve seen the names that have done it before, and to imagine myself up there was the craziest feeling. So I’m just, like, stoked and blessed and I hope everyone enjoys it.”
Nicky says if he wasn’t performing on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, which will also feature performances from everyone from Duran Duran, New Edition and Jax to Dove Cameron, Lauren Spencer Smith and Armani White, he’d be out with friends or “making classic holiday cookies and pies and stuff like that” with his sister.
As for New Year’s resolutions, Nicky says the ones he made last year certainly came to pass.
“I usually just make a list of, like, 10things I want to do that year, whether it’s, like, working out a couple times a week. Putting out new music was one for last year,” he notes. “Quitting my full-time job was last year, which I was able to do. I think that wasthe thing I was most proud of.”
Nicky’s goal for 2023 is to put out new music so he’s not just the “Sunroof” guy.
It always hurts when our favorite musicians pass away, and 2022 was no exception, with several beloved artists leaving us this year.
It was a year that started with a great loss: on January 20 Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, died at the age of 74. Although no cause of death was ever announced, he had been plagued with health issues in recent years. He also reportedly had COVID before his death, although it was never confirmed he died from it.
Just two days after TMZ erroneously reported his death, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis passed away October 28 at his home in Mississippi. He was 87.
And on November 30 music fans were left shocked when Fleetwood Mac co-lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Christine McVie died at the age of 79. Her family shared that she died “peacefully at [the] hospital” after “a short illness.” While paying tribute to her bandmate and friend, StevieNicks revealed that she hadn’t known McVie was ill until a few days before her death.
Here’s a list of the many music figures who died in 2022, in chronological order:
Blood, Sweat & Tears co-founder Dick Halligan died January 18 from natural causes in Rome, Italy. He was 78.
Don Wilson, the last surviving member of the instrumental surf rock quartet The Ventures, died January 22 of natural causes at the age of 88.
Ian McDonald, of King Crimson and Foreigner, died February 9 from cancer at the age of 75.
Procol Harum’s founder and lead singer, Gary Booker, died February 19 after a battle with cancer. He was 76.
Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan died February 22 at his home in Killarney, Ireland. He was 57.
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead March 25 in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, the night before the band was to headline the Estéreo Picnic Festival. He was only 50.
Re Styles, former vocalist for The Tubes, died April 17 at the age of 72.
Randy Rand, the bassist and co-founding member of ’80s glam metal band Autograph, died in late April.
Yes drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alan White passed away May 26 after a short illness. He was 72.
Andy Fletcher, keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, passed away May 26 at the age of 60. He died after suffering an aortic dissection while at home.
Alec John Such, the original bassist for the rock band Bon Jovi, died June 4 of natural causes at the age of 70.
Seals and Crofts’ Jim Seals passed away June 6 after suffering a “chronic ongoing illness.” He was 80.
Jerry Allison, best known for being the drummer with Buddy Holly‘s band The Crickets, died from cancer on August 22, nine days before his 83rd birthday.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, aka The Killer, passed away October 28 at his home in Mississippi. He was 87.
Dan McCafferty, the original lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, died November 8. He was 76.
Guitarist Wilko Johnson,best known for his work with the ’70s British band Dr. Feelgood, passed away November 21 at the age of 75.
Fleetwood Mac’s co-lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Christine McVie died November 30 after a short illness. She was 79.
The Rascals drummer Dino Danelli passed away December 15 at the age of 78.
Rick Anderson, bassist and co-founding member of the band The Tubes, passed away December 16 at the age of 75.
Just 16 months after Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passed away, his wife, Shirley Watts, died December 16 at the age of 84.
Terry Hall, lead singer of the influential British band The Specials, died December 18 at the age of 63. In addition to his work with that band, he also co-wrote The Go-Go’s debut single, “Our Lips Are Sealed,” with his then-girlfriend, Jane Wiedlin.
When is a year in music NOT dominated by Taylor Swift? While it’s true that most of her activities were confined to the latter half of 2022, she still managed to take over the news cycle, even inspiring what seems to be a reckoning of the entire concert ticket industry. Here are just a few of Taylor’s many, many accomplishments in 2022:
–On May 18, Taylor was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from New York University and delivered the commencement address, to boot, complete with an Easter egg that nobody noticed until after the fact. She told the graduates, “Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out,” which was later revealed to be a lyric on the song “Labryinth” from her album Midnights, announced three months later.
–In June, Taylor did a Q&A at the Tribeca Film Festival about All Too Well: The Short Film and in September, she did the same at the Toronto International Film Festival, leading to speculation that she was campaigning for an Oscar nomination for the project. In Toronto, she said that she’d love to direct a feature film.
–In August, Taylor became the first artist ever to win Video of the Year three times at the MTV VMAs, taking home the trophy for All Too Well: The Short Film, and only the second artist to win best direction twice for directing their own videos. But the biggest surprise that night was Taylor announcing that a new album was coming on October 21. A few hours later, she confirmed it would be called Midnights.
–In September, Taylor was named Songwriter of the Decade at the Nashville Songwriters Association International, where she performed the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” and discussed her songwriting process.
–In October, records shattered with the arrival of Midnights. Debuting at number one, it was the first album to sell over 1 million copies in a week since Taylor’s own Reputation in 2017. Taylor is now tied with Barbra Streisand for the most number-one albums for a female artist: 11. Also, songs from Midnights took over the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, making Taylor the first artist ever to do so.
–The lead single from Midnights, “Anti-Hero,” gave Taylor her ninth number-one hit and made her the only solo artist to have had five singles debut at number one. The song reigned atop the Hot 100 for six weeks until it was dethroned by Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
–In November, Taylor received four Grammy nominations and won six American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year, bringing her career AMA total to 40.
–Also in November, Taylor announced her 2023 Eras Tour. When she put the tickets on sale, a record 2 million were sold in a single day. But the process itself was a nightmare, with many fans finding themselves unable to purchase tickets despite having the correct access codes. Other fans reported the Ticketmaster website crashing and enduring hourslong waits.
An angry Taylor called out Ticketmaster for letting her and her fans down, and though the ticketing giant apologized, the damage had been done. The Senate’s Anti-Trust Committee announced it’d be holding hearings regarding Ticketmaster’s alleged monopoly; a number of fans filed a class-action lawsuit; and the entire concert ticket industry was called into question.
–In December, Taylor was named Billboard‘s Top Female Artist of 2022. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her song “Carolina” from the film Where the Crawdads Sing and announced that she’d be directing her first feature film based on an original script she wrote. “Carolina” also made the Oscar short list for Best Original Song.
As he does each year, former president Barack Obama has shared his picks for the movies, books and music he enjoyed over the past 12 months. On the music side, songs by Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Lizzo made his playlist.
“I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites,” Obama captioned the list, which includes “The Heart Part 5” by K.Dot, “Break My Soul” by Queen Bey and “About Damn Time” by Lizzo.
And in 2022, Obama was apparently also jamming to SZA’s “Shirt,” “Tití Me Preguntó” by Bad Bunny, “Saoko” by Rosalía, “‘Round Midnight” by Adam Blackstone and Jazmine Sullivan and “POF” by Ari Lennox.
The eclectic list also includes “Pull Up” by Koffee, “Last Last” by Burna Boy, “Belize” by Danger Mouse & Black Thought ft. MF Doom and “Sunshine” by Steve Lacy ft. Fousheé.
Among Obama’s favorite movies were Till and The Woman King, while his favorite books included The Light We Carry by his wife Michelle and The Furrows: A Novel.
