jxdn has announced a North American headlining tour for 2023.
The U.S. leg begins February 24 in Sacramento, California, and will crisscross the country before wrapping up back on the West Coat April 18 in Santa Ana, California. That’ll be followed by a one-off date in Mexico City on April 21.
Mark Hoppus collaborators Beauty School Dropout will also be on the bill.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit jxdnMusic.com.
jxdn released a new single called “Sober” in November. It follows his 2021 Travis Barker-produced debut album, Tell Me About Tomorrow.
Apocalyptica has released a new song called “Rise Again.”
The track is an updated version of the song “Rise,” which appears on the cello metal outfit’s 2020 instrumental album, Cell-0, with new vocals from Simone Simons of the band Epica.
You can listen to “Rise Again” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
“Rise Again” follows Apocalyptica’s March single “I’ll Get Through It,” which features Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler.
The Rolling Stones are giving fans their first taste of their upcoming live album and DVD, GRRR Live! The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just released their live performance of the classic “It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)” to streaming services.
GRRR Live!, recorded December 15, 2012, at Newark’s Prudential Center during the band’s 50 & Counting tour, features guest appearances by such big names as Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Gary ClarkJr., Mick Taylor and The Black Keys.
The album will be released February 10 on a variety of formats, including a two-CD set, a three-LP set (classic black, limited red and a white indie exclusive), digital, a DVD and two-CD combo set, and a Blu-Ray and two-CD combo set. All formats are available for preorder here.
Donald Glover will reportedly play one of Spider-Man’s funkiest villains in a movie for Sony Pictures.
The Hollywood Reporter says Glover, who wanted to play Spider-Man on the big screen before Andrew Garfield got the role, and who appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming, will reportedly play Antoine Delsoin aka Hypno-Hustler in a film he’s producing.
The character from the late Guardians of the Galaxy creator Bill Mantlo made his debut in the disco days of 1978, and he used music to hypnotize victims before robbing them.
The project would be yet another Spidey-adjacent movie for Sony, in the vein of the hit Venom movies starring Tom Hardy and the notoriously drubbed Morbius with Jared Leto.
According to the trade, Eddie Murphy‘s son Myles Murphy is writing the project, and the music angle of the obscure character drew the attention of the actor and Emmy-winner Glover, who moonlights as recording artist Childish Gambino.
Incidentally, in addition to his small scene in Homecoming, Spidey-fan Glover voiced Spider-Man/Miles Morales in the Disney XD series Ultimate Spider-Man.
As previously reported, The Police guitarist Andy Summers has collaborated with Italian guitar quartet 40 Fingers on an instrumental take on The Police classic “Bring on the Night,” and now the song is here.
The new arrangement was recorded at Summers’ Harmonics of the Night photo exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, back in October, with the video showing him and the guys in 40 Guitars performing the track.
“Bring on the Night,” which was written by Police frontman Sting, was featured on the band’s sophomore album, 1979’s Reggatta de Blanc. It was also the title track to Sting’s 1986 live album, as well as the 1985 Michael Apted-directed documentary on Sting’s solo career.
As previously reported, Dino Danelli, drummer for the ’60s group The Rascals, died Thursday at the age of 78. Upon hearing the news, plenty of artists took to social media to pay tribute to the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.
E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt, who produced and directed the concert/theatrical event about the band, The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, tweeted, “RIP Dino Danelli. One of the greatest drummers of all time. Rascals 1965-1971. Disciples Of Soul 1982-1984. On Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater in Once Upon A Dream 2013.”
Van Zandt’s wife, Maureen, who also produced and directed the show, called Danelli “a brilliant drummer and artist,” adding, “I’ll never forget all the happy moments we spent on Broadway during the run of our Rascals show. An original Disciple. An original, period.”
Billy Joel also paid tribute, tweeting, “He was one of the greatest drummers in popular music. My deepest sympathy to his family,” while KISS’ Paul Stanleynoted, “Dino was a drummer in a class of very few and a great guy. … What style. So great to watch and listen to.”
Nile Rodgers has worked with a ton of artists throughout his career, and now he’s adding a new one — Coldplay.
In an interview with The Sunat the Nordoff Robbins Carol Service fundraiser for Music Therapy in London earlier this week, Rodgers revealed he just worked with the band for the first time.
“We had a blast,” he shares. “What was great working with Coldplay is that we’re all in the room together and it’s sort of like a spiritual thing. It’s, like, they walk in and they say, ‘Do you want to join the circle or not?’” He joked, “I’m an old hippie, you’re speaking my language. ‘Let’s go.’”
It seems America isn’t the only country where Christmas music is taking over the charts. In the United Kingdom, Wham!’s classic “Last Christmas” has returned to number one on the Official Singles Chart, the pair’s fifth number-one song.
This is the second week “Last Christmas” has held the top position. The last time it happened was on New Year’s Day 2021, at which point it held the record for the longest journey to number one. That record has since been broken by Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.”
“We’re absolutely thrilled to see ‘Last Christmas’ by WHAM! has once again hit the Number 1 spot on the UK @officialcharts!” read a post on the late George Michael’s official Twitter account. “Thank you for all the love and support you continue to show the song.”
“Last Christmas” was originally released in 1984 and spent five weeks at number two on the chart, never reaching number one that year because of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The tune has been covered by a variety of artists, including Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Backstreet Boys, Carly Rae Jepsen and Ashley Tisdale.
All who missed Alicia Keys‘ Holiday Masquerade Ball at the United Palace in New York will now have the chance to stream the event.
The singer’s one-night-only holiday performance will air Wednesday, December 21, at 7 p.m. ET. It will be exclusively available on Apple Music and the streaming platform’s TikTok page.
As previously reported, the masquerade ball saw the singer take the stage with some of her greatest hits, including “You Don’t Know My Name,” “Girl On Fire,” “No One,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Fallin’.” She also performed hits from her first holiday project, Santa Baby, and surprised fans with special guests JVKE and Jon Batiste.
“This is THEE Holiday party of the season,” said Alicia in a statement. “Im grateful to Apple Music and TikTok for helping me create a magic moment to showcase my first holiday album, in such a special way, for everyone around the world.”
Need some new songs to add to your rotation? Here’s some of the latest in the culture for this week’s New Music Friday.
Lil Durk, Loyal Bros 2 — The 23-track album is a compilation of songs featuring artists from his Only the Family collective. OTF signees Doodie Lo, Booka600, Chief Wuk, Noza Jordan and the late King Von appear on the project, as well as Kodak Black, Future and Trippie Redd. It’s the fourth OTF compilation to drop.
Ab-Soul, Herbert — The TDE rapper makes his return with his first album in six years. He hopes the project will help others know they’re not alone in this world. “We’re all going through things, all of us,” he told Rolling Stone. “Me sharing my testimony—if it doesn’t help, it might let you know you’re not the only one going through it. That’s what ultimately gives me the courage to put it out there.”
Young Dolph, Paper Route Frank — The posthumous album marks his first full-length release following his death last year. The 13-song album sees collaborations with Gucci Mane, Key Glock, 2 Chainz, Moochie Grape and Snap Bandz, and production from Dun Deal, Drumma Boy, Bandplay Sosa808 and more.
Jacquees, Sincerely for You — The follow-up to 2019’s King of R&B sees features from 21 Savage andTory Lanez, as well as Summer Walker and 6LACK,who’s on his newly released single “Tell Me It’s Over.”
Jim Jones, 12 Days of Xmas — The Harlem native is back with another Christmas album. This one features skits from comedian Rayy Rayy.
Also released:
Fetty Wap featuring Ronald Isley and Charlie Wilson, “Sweet Yamz (Remix)“
