AFI has announced a one-off concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s 2003 album, Sing the Sorrow.
The show will take place March 11, 2023 — exactly 20 years after the record was originally released — at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and will feature a performance of Sing the Sorrow in full “for the first and last time ever.”
Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 18, at 10 a.m. PT, with various pre-sales throughout the week. For more info, visit AFireInside.net.
Sing the Sorrow is AFI’s sixth album; it earned the band their first-ever top-10 album on the Billboard 200. The Platinum-certified record spawned the singles “Girl’s Not Grey,” “The Leaving Song Pt. II” and “Silver and Cold.”
Megan was reportedly recently granted a restraining order against her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, and her distributor, 200 Entertainment, after she claimed they tried to interfere with her and the forthcoming American Music Awards, according to TMZ Hip Hop.
The outlet reports that in legal documents, Megan claims 1501 engaged in “threatening and retaliatory” actions, though she did not specify what those actions were.
With the restraining order, both companies are blocked from attempting to stop the “WAP” rapper from using her music during the AMAs.
The next court hearing, where both 1501 and 300 will have the opportunity to share their side, is scheduled for Tuesday, November 22 — two days after the AMAs are set to air.
A never-before-released song by TheDoors has gotten the music video treatment and fans won’t have to wait too long to see it. In fact, it’s being released this week.
AXS TV will premiere the all-new music video for “Paris Blues” Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. It will then be available exclusively on their website and on the AXS TV Now Fast Channel for 24 hours.
The track is the last known unreleased tune by the legendary rockers and will be released digitally on Friday. It will also be part of The Doors’ contribution to Record Store Day Black Friday on November 25. That release, available at independent record stores, will be a limited-edition compilation of rare blues recordings, coming out on translucent blue vinyl.
Although it isn’t known exactly when “Paris Blues” was recorded, it is believed to be a product of The Doors’ sessions for either 1969’s The Soft Parade or 1971’s L.A. Woman. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek had the only copy of the song, although it was damaged by his son, Pablo, who, as a toddler, recorded over parts of it. It has now been reconstructed, with use of “creative editing.”
Elton John‘s final U.S. concert will take place this Sunday night at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium, and will be livestreamed on Disney+. But when the Rocket Man’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road finally wraps up for good some time, don’t worry — Elton will still continue to play live, though what that might look like is still up in the air.
Elton’s husband and manager David Furnishtells Variety that the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will definitely “be the end of all touring without a question,” but adds, “I hope he still does a one-off every now and then — or maybe, like not in Vegas, but a small residency at some point.”
He explains, “He would love to at some point go and play a lot of the songs he doesn’t normally get to play during his concerts. He has such a huge catalog and has written so many beautiful songs. I think there will definitely be a 2.0 in some shape or form.”
And of course, Elton won’t stop recording or writing songs. Furnish tells Variety that Elton is eager to “work more” with Britney Spears, his “Hold Me Closer” duet partner, and would like to do something with her “in person…because she was in L.A. and he was in London and it was recorded that way.” He adds, “She can pick up the phone and speak to Elton about it at any time.”
As for Elton’s final concerts, the first time he played Dodger Stadium back in 1975, he wore a now-iconic sequined Dodgers uniform. Furnish says for these shows, Elton will “be recreating the spirit of the Dodgers suit on stage,” with help from Gucci, who’s designed all his outfits for the tour.
When Garth Brooks came out of retirement in 2014, he did so with a bang. He mounted a three-year, 390-date Comeback arena tour; after that ended, he doubled down with his Stadium Tour.
And now, just a couple of months after wrapping that trek with five sold-out dates at Dublin’s Croke Park stadium in September, Garth’s back at it with a Las Vegas residency set to begin next spring.
After years of record-breaking live appearances, Garth says he still feels shocked and lucky that he got a chance to return to country superstardom in the first place.
“Still to this day, I’m floored that I got a second half of a career,” he tells Billboard.
But Garth doesn’t mind admitting that his hectic touring schedule since then has run him ragged. “I could never do it again if I tried,” he says of his nearly 400-date Comeback Tour. “I still don’t know how the hell we did it — there was one run that was 15 shows in 12 days.”
Especially after the massive crowds of his Stadium Tour, Garth says he’s eager to strip his show down to a smaller setting when he heads to Vegas next year.
“What I love about the residencies is you can see every individual and see what’s going on with them. Lock into them because they’ll get you through a song,” he relates. “If you’re sitting there going, ‘Why am I straying so much in my head right now?’ Boom! You’ll find that person that this is their favorite song. And then it becomes your favorite song to sing in that moment. That’s what I really love.”
GAYLE still cannot believe she’s touring with Taylor Swift and revealed how she joined the Eras Tour in the first place.
The “abcdefu” singer told Entertainment Tonight she managed to get on Taylor’s radar at an awards show — and the rest was history.
“Obviously I’ve known about Taylor for forever, like my whole entire life — I can’t remember a time where I didn’t know Taylor Swift,” GAYLE, who is 18, raved to the outlet. “Being an up-and-coming songwriter in Nashville, specifically a pop writer in Nashville, I actually got nominated for this award 10 Songs That I Wish I Wrote, and I was one of the 10 songs.”
“I went to the awards show and Taylor Swift happened to be there, and I did a performance and some very cool things happened after that,” she continued, revealing the two hung out at the show. “She was just, like, ‘You did a great performance, I’m gonna call you.’ Now I’m here,” GAYLE gushed.
Now, she’s set to join Taylor on a massive tour — alongside supporting acts such as Paramore, Phoebe Bridgers and HAIM — that continues to add new dates to meet fans’ voracious demand for tickets. Said the teenage singer, “I can’t believe it. I feel like I’m lying. I feel like this is a dream. I don’t know where I am. I don’t know what I’m doing.”
GAYLE vowed she won’t perform any covers of Taylor’s songs on tour because “[Taylor] does it all great. I can’t do any better.” As for some covers that could make the cut, she hinted she might do Grouplove‘s “Tongue Tied” and Fletcher‘s “Becky’s So Hot.”
Taylor’s Eras Tour kicks off in March 2023. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 18, at 10 a.m. local venue time.
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 presented by Prime Video
Over the years, Rihanna‘s recruited a number of celebrities to model her lingerie brand in her Savage x Fenty fashion shows. But there’s still one “baddie” she’d love to see wearing her underwear.
“Beyoncé,” Rihanna told E! before explaining her answer. “I mean, Beyoncé got body. That would just trump everything for me.”
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4, now available on Amazon Prime, features performances from Don Toliver, Anitta, Maxwell and Burna Boy, with Taraji P. Henson, Damson Idris, Marsai Martin, Sheryl Lee Ralph and others ripping the runway.
When describing the show, Rihanna told Instyle that it is “obnoxious.”
“This one takes the cake,” she added. “THIS is going to be the show to beat.”
In an Instagram post reflecting on their 2022, Billie Joe Armstrong and company reveal that they’ve been “working recording our record” in London and Los Angeles in between all the touring they’ve been doing this year.
The confirmation that a new Green Day album is indeed in the works follows various teasers the punk outfit shared earlier this year relating to the year 1972, which, perhaps not coincidentally, is the year that Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool were all born.
Green Day’s most recent album is 2020’s Father of All… Last year, they dropped a trio of one-off singles: “Here Comes the Shock,” “Holy Toledo!” and “Pollyanna.”
Meanwhile, Green Day is also prepping a reissue of 1997’s Nimrod in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary. The expanded package will arrive January 27.
Bruce Springsteen took a moment during night one of his Tonight Show takeover on Monday to clear up some popular myths surrounding the legendary rocker.
As to whether he really sleeps with a guitar next to him, so that in case he dreams up a song he can immediately wake up and record it, Springsteen admitted, “I have done that.”
Noting that both he and Taylor Swift are mounting U.S. tours in 2023, and both are friends with frequent Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff, host Jimmy Fallon asked if either Bruce or Taylor would “pop into each other’s shows from time to time.”
“Well, I will be, because my daughter is gonna make sure. I will be at the Taylor Swift show,” Bruce confirmed, adding, “And she’s welcome on E Street anytime.”
Finally, Springsteen was asked if he could solve an argument on Twitter regarding a line from the song “Thunder Road,” from Bruce’s 1975 album Born to Run — Is it “A screen door slams, Mary’s dress sways,” or “A screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves?”
Pulling out a copy of the album, Bruce explained that he was “insane about every little detail” regarding the album. “The lyrics for ‘Thunder Road,” are in this album — the correct lyrics. “Now I’ve been singing ‘Sways’ for almost 50 years,” he told the audience, before revealing the lyrics included with the album — “The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves.”
“This is wrong,” he finally revealed, pointing to the album.
Springsteen, who’s promoting his new album Only the Strong Survive, will appear on the NBC show two more times this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on November 24 during the show’s Thanksgiving episode.
Nickelback is getting inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The “Photograph” rockers, who hail from Hanna, Alberta, will officially receive the honor during the 2023 Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys. The ceremony takes place March 13 in Edmonton, Alberta.
“Returning home to Alberta, where everything started for us, is truly a full circle, milestone moment for the band,” says frontman Chad Kroeger. “We take so much pride in our Canadian roots and are extremely humbled by this honor.”
Nickelback will also be performing during the show. The group’s new album, Get Rollin‘, drops this Friday, November 18.
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was established in 1978, and honors “Canadian individuals and groups who have attained commercial success while having an artistic impact on the music scene at home and/or around the world.”
Previous inductees include Rush, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette and The Tragically Hip.
In other Nickelback news, Kroeger and company are confirmed to headline Canada’s Boots and Hearts festival, taking place August 10-13 in Oro-Medonte, Ontario. The mostly country festival will also feature Keith Urban and Tim McGraw.
