Alanis Morissette released her holiday cover of “Little Drummer Boy,” which runs just under three minutes.
Meghan Trainor released the a capella version of “Made You Look,” which features Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Sri, and TikTokers Chris Olsen and Elyse Myers.
Speaking of Pentatonix, they teamed up with Andrea Bocelli and his children Matteo and Virginia for an a capella cover of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” The collaboration is featured on Bocelli’s A Family Christmas album.
Camila Cabello has teamed up with Nigerian singer Oxlade for a remix of his song “KU LO SA.”
On the topic of remixes, Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” was given a Nova Twins Remix, which gave the song a rock twist.
GAYLE released her new EP, a study of the human experience volume two and a half, which features alternate versions of her songs. GAYLE explained the EP was the result of her “sitting with my music and thinking about what I would change about these songs now that I have more experiences and inspirations. also i got bored and wanted to do it.”
Meghan Trainor released the a capella version of “Made You Look,” which features Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Sri,and TikTokers Chris Olsen and Elyse Myers.
Camila Cabello has teamed up with Nigerian singer Oxlade for a remix of his song “KU LO SA.”
On the topic of remixes, Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” was given a Nova Twins Remix, which gave the song a rock twist.
Dove Cameron is out with “Girl Like Me,” her twist on the 1994 Edwyn Collins hit “Girl Like You.” She explained the song is an “empowering response to the original- with a slightly more synth-y club future leaning point of view.” She added she wants the song “playing behind me in a slow motion fight scene in the action film of my dreams.”
JVKE teamed up with Martin Garrix for “Hero,” the new MARVEL SNAP anthem for Marvel Entertainment. The animated music video, which was released Friday, features some of Marvel’s biggest heroes — Black Panther, the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and more.
Marvel is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC news.
Steppenwolf was formed in 1967 and after scoring massive hits like “Born to Be Wild,” “Magic Carpet Ride” and “Rock Me,” broke up in 1972. The band reformed in 1974 and then split again two years later — and it’s that second era that is now being collected in a new box set slated for release on January 27.
The Epic Years 1974-1976 gathers together the three albums Steppenwolf recorded for the Epic label: Slow Flux, Hour of the Wolf and Skullduggery. 1974′s Slow Flux contained Steppenwolf’s final U.S. top-40 hit, “Straight Shootin’ Woman.”
When the 1975 follow-up, Hour of the Wolf, barely made the charts, frontman John Kay tried to break up the group, but the label demanded the band fulfill its contractual obligation with one more album. Skullduggery came out in 1976, and later that year, Kay announced on TV that the band was splitting up.
In addition to those three albums, the box set also includes two rare bonus tracks: a mono promotional single mix of “Caroline (Are You Ready for the Outlaw World),” from Hour of the Wolf, and that single’s B-side, “Angeldrawers.”
Florence + the Machine has shared a live version of “Morning Elvis,” a track off the band’s new album, Dance Fever.
The performance was recorded during Florence Welch and company’s show in Denver earlier this year and features guest vocals from singer-songwriter Ethel Cain.
You can listen to the live “Morning Elvis” now via digital outlets.
Dance Fever, the fifth Florence + the Machine album, was released in May. It also includes the single “My Love.”
Florence previously released a live album recorded during the Dance Fever tour’s stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
New Music Friday highlights the latest releases in the culture; this Friday is no different. This week’s iteration of the weekly list sees SZA‘s first album in five years, Ari Lennox‘s spin on a Christmas classic and more. Check it out!
SZA, SOS — The follow-up to 2017’s Ctrl is a 23-track project featuring Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, as well as production by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Jay Versace and more. The video for the song “Nobody Gets Me” accompanies the album’s release.
Lucky Daye, Candydrip (Deluxe) — The deluxe version of the Grammy-nominated album features brand new tracks “Magic,” “Apply Pressure,” “These Signs” and an original version of “NWA.”
YG ft. Lil Wayne, “Miss My Dawgs” — YG pays homage to his late friend MC Slim 400 on the new track, which is accompanied by the music video.
Ari Lennox, “My Favorite Things” — The singer put a sultry R&B twist to the Christmas classic just in time for the holiday season.
Moneybagg Yo, “Quickie” — The newly released song and visual see the rapper rhyming over a beat, which features a sample of Lamont Dozier’s “Prelude,” famously used on Outkast’s “Jazzy Belle.”
Ryan Destiny, “How Many” — Originally recorded in 2018, the song sees the multihyphenate discuss her experience “with certain men that kinda just play you when you wanna say, ‘I’m not the one.’”
Desiigner, “Bigger and Bigger” — The New York rapper is ending the year with the song, but his hope is to go “bigger and bigger” in all aspects of his life. “We’re going bigger and bigger in the mind,” he says in a statement. “Leveling up on all our goals. Letting go of a lot of things we were hoarding onto.”
Fans are showering Offset with love and encouragement after he shared a concerning message on Twitter.
In a post Thursday, he wrote that he’s “in a dark place” and accompanied the note with a middle finger emoji. Since the tweet follows the death of cousin and Migos bandmate Takeoff, many assumed that his mental space was part of his mourning process and sent kind words his way.
“Continue to be encouraged set. We understand and wish you nothing but the best,” wrote one fan. “Take everything a day at a time.”
“You got this offset. Takeoff booming in the sky waiting for you guys to drop some bangers and making sure you guys keep his legacy alive… in your hearts and mind….and let his voice speak through the word of you music!!!” another fan tweeted.
Offset’s post comes days after his wife, Cardi B, admitted she feels “hopeless” in trying to cheer him up following Takeoff’s death last month.
Takeoff was fatally shot while at a bowling alley in Houston. He was 28 years old.
Mick Jagger‘s youngest kid is a chip off the old Stone.
Deveraux, the rock legend’s eighth child, turned 6 years old on Thursday. His mother, Melanie Hamrick, Jagger’s girlfriend, posted a photo on Instagram of the three of them celebrating together. In the photo, Hamrick holds a birthday cake and kisses Deveraux on the cheek, while Jagger smiles happily.
Deveraux looks very much like his famous dad in the series of photos Hamrick posted; in one, he’s standing in a recording studio holding a cookie while wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt. “Happy 6th Birthday to our WONDERFUL Devi. Love you so much !!!!!” Hamrick captioned the post.
Jagger and Hamrick have been dating since 2014; they welcomed Deveraux in 2016. In July, Hamrick posted a photo of Devi dressed as Spider-Man watching his dad rock out onstage.
Jagger shares four children — Gabriel, 25, Georgia May, 30, James, 37, and Elizabeth, 38 — with Jerry Hall, and Jade, 51, with his ex-wife, Bianca Jagger. He’s also father to Karis, 52, with actress Marsha Hunt and Lucas, 23, with Brazilian TV presenter Luciana Gimenez.
Ed Sheeran returned to his old stomping grounds to give students at his old high school the surprise of their lives. He crashed an honors ceremony to help hand out awards.
East Anglian Daily Timesreports Ed, who is a former student of Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, England, surprised students at its annual Awards Evening, which celebrates a commitment to learning. The singer delivered a speech and also helped dole out the awards, shaking the deserving students’ hands.
As for how this happened, said teacher Adam Chittock, “I think he just wanted to do it. It’s just like any student coming back to his old school, he loved seeing his old teachers and familiar faces. It’s just that this former student is an internationally renowned music star.”
The school’s headteacher, Philip Hurst, also told the outlet, “We were delighted that Ed was able to join our Awards Evening and take time out from his busy schedule … He was a great guest with a genuine fondness for the school and what it seeks to achieve.”
“Although we were all a little bit star-struck, he is so ordinary and put people at ease,” continued Hurst. “He is a great role model for our students, and his speech encouraged them to follow a career with what they love doing, whatever field that is.”
Ike and Tina Turner with family circa 1972; Ronnie seated to the right of Tina; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
There’s more tragedy for Tina Turner: Her son Ronnie has died, People magazine reports. He was 62.
His wife, French singer Afida Turner, revealed Ronnie’s death in an Instagram post, saying she did her best “to the end” to save him.
Her post also referred to the death of Ronnie’s brother Craig, who died by suicide in 2018; his father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ike Turner, who died in 2007; and his aunt, Tina’s sister Alline Bullock, who died in 2010. The post also showed Ronnie posing and performing with Tina.
People confirmed that Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to Ronnie Turner’s address in Encino, California, for a death investigation involving a male, though the man’s identity was not confirmed. TMZ reported that Ronnie had had trouble breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Ronnie was born to Tina, 83, and her ex-husband Ike in 1960. Craig was Tina’s son with Raymond Hill, though Ike later adopted him. People reports that Ronnie was a musician who played in a band called Manufactured Funk. He had a small role in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It.
Reading & Leeds, which consists of two different events happening concurrently over the same weekend, takes place next year August 25-27.
Last year’s Reading & Leeds featured Bring Me the Horizon, Arctic Monkeys and The 1975, who filled in for Rage Against the Machine due to Zack de la Rocha‘s torn Achilles tendon.
