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Iggy Pop has announced a batch of U.S. tour dates in support of his upcoming album, Every Loser.

The four-show outing includes stops in Los Angeles on April 20 and 27, San Francisco on April 22 and Las Vegas on April 29. For the performances, the Godfather of Punk will be accompanied by a band dubbed The Losers, featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Every Loser producer Andrew Watt on guitar.

For ticket info, visit IggyPop.com.

Every Loser will be released January 6, and includes the previously released singles “Frenzy” and “Strung Out Johnny.” Smith and McKagan both play on the record, as do Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, Jane’s Addiction‘s Dave Navarro and Eric Avery, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, ex-RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Watt and Smith also toured together when they played in Eddie Vedder‘s solo band, The Earthlings.

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Julian Lennon is sharing his thoughts on the 2019 film Yesterday: he has mixed feelings, especially when it comes to how his father, John Lennon, is depicted in it.

The film stars Hamish Patel as a struggling musician who wakes up after an accident to a world that has never heard of the Beatles and begins to pass off the band’s tunes as his own, making him a huge superstar.

During an appearance on Kevin Nealon’s web series Hiking with Kevin, Julian shared that he “loved” the movie, “until they put that weird bit of an impression of what Dad would look like in his 70s and 80s or whatever, up on a Scottish or Irish island,” referring to the plot twist where Patel’s character finds out in this new world Lennon is still alive and goes to find him.

Julian says the twist “kind of threw the whole film off for me,” explaining, “I didn’t get—it wasn’t necessary for me, I don’t think. And it was just weird.”

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Christmas has returned to the Billboard Hot 100, with Mariah Carey ending Taylor Swift‘s six-week reign at #1.

Mariah’s 1994 holiday smash “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has dashed to the top of this week’s chart for the fourth straight time in recent years, making her the only artist to do so. The song previously topped the Hot 100 for multiple weeks in 2019, 2020 and 2021. 

The song also extends Mariah’s record of being the artist with the longest span between her chart-topping runs. The singer first ruled the Hot 100 on August 4, 1990, with “Vision of Love,” which means her songs have been consistently going to #1 for 32 years, four months and three weeks. In all, she is officially the first and only artist to lead the chart across four distinct decades.

This also means “Christmas” beats out all the other holiday songs for how long it has led the Hot 100. The song has now notched its ninth week at #1, which extends its lead from second-place finisher David Seville & the Chipmunks‘ “The Chipmunk Song,” which ruled the chart for four weeks back in 1958.

For this latest chart-topping feat, fans streamed Mariah’s hit 36.2 million times and purchased 6,000 additional copies over the past week. This also secures Mariah’s 88th week overall leading the Hot 100, making her the artist with the most career weeks in the top spot.

Rihanna claims second place with 60 weeks atop the Hot 100.

Lastly, the return of “Christmas” to #1 notches Mariah’s 19th Hot 100 leader overall, which puts her in striking range of tying — and possibly overtaking — the Beatles, who are the current record holders with 20 chart toppers.

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Jelly Roll, Jackson Dean, Priscilla Block, Frank Ray and Nate Smith have been named the newest class of the Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces program.

The five promising up-and-comers will perform during the New Faces of Country Music show lineup at the 2023 Country Radio Seminar next March. The show is a cornerstone event of CRS, spotlighting new artists making major waves within the genre. Alumni of the program include Taylor Swift, Maren Morris, Luke Bryan and Luke Combs.

CRS is a multiday event held in Nashville, bringing together radio and music industry professionals for a variety of panels, workshops and performances. The New Faces of Country Music show has been a staple of the event since 1970.

CRS will take place Monday, March 13, through Wednesday, March 15. Registration is open now.

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The late Olivia Newton-John‘s memory will live on in a new documentary about her life.

Variety reports filmmaker R.J. Cutler is developing a film, via his company This Machine, about the legendary star. The movie will explore not only her life and career, but also the impact of her advocacy work. Newton-John championed several causes throughout her life, such as cancer awareness, climate change and animal welfare.

This Machine has obtained the rights to catalogs of Newton-John’s music and life to create the film. It also partnered with Primary Wave, a music publisher, for the documentary.

Cutler previously helmed Apple TV+’s documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, which was nominated for several Emmys and was up for Best Music Documentary at the Critics’ Choice Awards. He is also directing the upcoming Disney+ movie Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend.

The documentary about Newton-John has not been titled; a release date has not been announced. Additionally, a director has not yet been attached to the project.

Newton-John died August 8, 2022, after a yearslong battle with cancer. She was 73.

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KISS is still on their End of the Road farewell tour and are making another trip to the United Kingdom, which they claim will be their last.

Pollstar reports the band — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer — just announced their last ever U.K. dates, kicking off June 3 at Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park Stadium, with stops in Birmingham, Newcastle, London and Manchester, before wrapping things up July 8 at OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. 

They also previously announced they will headline England’s Download Festival, which takes place June 12 to 14, and also features Iron Maiden and System of a Down.

A ticket presale for the new U.K. dates is happening Tuesday at 10 a.m., followed by a general sale Friday at 10 a.m.

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Megan Thee Stallion is preparing to take the stand in her assault trial against Tory Lanez.

The Houston rapper, who claimed Lanez shot her foot following a July 2020 argument in an SUV, is expected to testify Tuesday, a source told ABC News.

Several organizations will come together to support her as she provides her testimony. Among those are The Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by singer Harry Belafonte; the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium; 2nd Call; Homies Unidos; Take Charge Inc.; COMMUNITYx; and TimeDon.

“As an organization that values dignity, justice and liberation, we — along with many organizations — are gathering [Tuesday] to show our solidarity for Meg and support her with our love,” said Carmen Perez-Jordan, president and CEO of The Gathering for Justice, in a statement. “We are committed to spreading the message that violence is not the answer. We know the time is now to advocate for victims of violence, particularly violence against Black women.”

Opening statements and testimony for the trial begin Monday. Prosecutors allege Tory “personally inflicted great bodily injury” upon Megan, prompting her to receive medical treatment for her foot.

Tory’s since been charged with one felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm (personal use of a firearm), carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence, to which he’s pleaded not guilty.

He faces up to 22 years and eight months in prison if convicted.

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