Jack White performed in honor of Loretta Lynn at a tribute concert to the late country icon Sunday in Nashville.
The White Stripes/The Raconteurs/The Dead Weather rocker took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry House to play Lynn’s “Van Lear Rose,” the title track off her Grammy-winning 2004 album, which White produced.
You can watch official footage of White’s performance streaming now on YouTube.
Lynn died October 4 at age 90. Following the news of her passing, White shared a video statement calling Lynn a “brilliant genius” and “the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century,” adding that she was “like a mother figure” to him.
The tribute concert will air on CMT Wednesday, November 2, and Sunday, November 6, and is set to stream on Paramount+ in 2023.
During an appearance on Celebrity Googlebox in the U.K., the Spice Girl member confirmed her engagement to her boyfriend of three years, Rory McPhee, E! News reports.
Sharing details of the special moment with the 36-year-old hair stylist, Mel shared, “He said, ‘I love you, you’re my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'”
“There were rose petals everywhere, a log fire, a hotel — which was Cliveden. It was very romantic. I love flowers,” Mel added of the moment, which took place in Berkshire.
This will mark the third marriage for Brown. She was previously married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000, and the pair have a daughter, Phoenix Chi, 23. The pop star was also married to Stephen Belafonte from 2007 to 2017, with whom she shares daughter Madison, 10.
Brown is also mom to 15-year-old daughter, Angel Iris, who she shares with Eddie Murphy.
Def Leppard recently announced plans for a massive 2023 trek with Mötley Crüe dubbed The World Tour, but the British hard rockers aren’t quite finished performing in 2022 yet.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have joined the lineup of the Yasalam After-Race Concerts, which are held November 17 to November 20 in conjunction with the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race, the final event of the Formula 1 season.
Def Leppard will perform on the final night of the event, Sunday, November 20. The concert series, which will also feature electronic music group Swedish House Mafia and rapper Kendrick Lamar, will be held at Etihad Park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Earlier this year, Def Leppard teamed up with Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts for the expansive North American trek, The Stadium Tour. The Abu Dhabi concert is the band’s final show scheduled for 2022.
The World Tour kicks off February 18, 2023 in Mexico City and includes shows throughout Latin America and Europe.
Selena Gomez tugged on fans’ heartstrings by stepping onto the very street Alex Russo and her magical siblings lived on the beloved sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place.
Selena starred as Alex on the series, which ran for four seasons on the Disney Channel. She was in New York City recently and decided to take a detour to Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to celebrate the popular show.
Fans were whipped into a frenzy over what the post could possibly mean. Some fans expressed hope that Selena is hinting at a potential revival or reunion of the show.
The singer has regularly spoken about her fondness for the Disney show and has begun flirting with the idea of a reboot. In June, she spoke with Extraon the red carpet premiere of the new season of Only Murders in the Building about a potential revival.
“Hands down, I would love that,” she remarked.
The fantasy teen sitcom Wizards of Waverly place ran on Disney Channel between October 2007 and 2012. It starred Selena, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin as three siblings who had to master their magic powers or lose them forever.
Disney Channel has rebooted several beloved shows, including The Proud Family, That’s So Raven, Doogie Howser and others. Selena’s Instagram post has fans hoping the Russo siblings will soon reunite for their own spinoff series.
Xscape will receive the Lady of Soul honor at the Soul Train Awards 2022.
Group members Kandi Burruss-Tucker, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, Tamika Scott and LaTocha Scott made the announcement on Instagram and added a highlight reel of their videos. The clip also featured a flashback of New Edition announcing the ladies winning a Soul Train Award in 1996.
“Given how important Soul Train is to all of us, we’re so thankful to be honored with the ‘Lady of Soul’ Award this year,” they said. “It’s going to be an amazing night, and we can’t wait to see you all there.”
Jermaine Dupri discovered the Atlanta group and signed them to his So So Def label. Their 1993 debut album, Hummin’ Comin’ at ‘Cha, was certified Platinum, featuring the number one hits “Just Kickin’ It“ and “Understanding.” Xscape followed with two more Platinum albums, Off The Hook in 1995 and Traces of My Lipstick in 1998.
“Xscape is one of the most notable R&B supergroups of all time. Their powerful vocal harmonies laid the foundation for ‘90s R&B and some of today’s chart-topping hits,” BET’s Connie Orlando said in a statement. “Their sound is undeniably unique and masterful. We look forward to honoring these multi-talented artists collectively on R&B’s biggest stage, Soul Train Awards.”
Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige lead the Soul Train Awards nominations with seven nods each. Ari Lennox has six nominations, followed by Lizzo and Chris Brown with five nods. Burna Boy, Muni Long and Steve Lacy are each up for four awards; and Silk Sonic, PJ Morton and Tems each received three nominations.
Hosted by comedian Deon Cole, the Soul Train Awards 2022 air Sunday, November 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET.
Thomas Rhett, Maren Morris and Carly Pearce are among the country artists getting into the Halloween spirit.
Dressed as Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Thomas took to Instagram Stories to whip up a concoction with his tequila, Dos Primos. Known as the “Spooky Tom,” the cocktail is made of an ounce and a half of Dos Primos with grenadine, orange juice and a dash of activated charcoal to make it “real Halloween-y,” topped off with an eyeball.
Carly shared a throwback Halloween photo of herself dressed as a cat in an all-black outfit with cheetah-print ears and glittery gloves. “I’m a cat, duh!” she captions the photo.
Maren and crew, including Jennifer Nettles, dressed up as the cast of the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones, with Maren leading the choir in a performance of a season 2 song. Jennifer reprises her role as Aimee Lee Gemstone, who she portrayed on the show.
Meanwhile, Luke Combs‘ wife, Nicole, dressed up as a ghoul and had some fun posing in a corn maze.
Rather than donning a costume, Miranda Lambert took to Instagram to show off pictures of fans who are dressing as her for Halloween, including one young fan who recreated the cover of her Palomino album and another who found a replica of the blue jumpsuit she wore at the 2021 CMA Awards.
In addition to being estranged from their former bandmates, Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr now have something else in common.
The former guitarists of Oasis and The Smiths, respectively, have teamed up on a new song called “Pretty Boy” for Gallagher’s High Flying Birds solo project. The track is the first preview off the forthcoming new High Flying Birds album, the follow-up to 2017’s Who Built the Moon?
“For this new record it was the first thing I wrote, the first thing I demoed and the first thing I finished, so it’s only right that it’s the first thing people get to hear,” Gallagher says of “Pretty Boy.” “Massive shout out to my mainest man Johnny Marr for taking it somewhere special.”
You can listen to “Pretty Boy” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying lyric video streaming now on YouTube.
We’ll see if Noel and Johnny’s union leads to a Liam Gallagher/Morrissey collaboration.
The BillboardHot 100 has blown up in a “Lavender Haze” thanks to Taylor Swift‘s Midnights album. For the first time in chart history, all the songs in the top 10 songs are from one artist.
You guessed it, Taylor is now the first artist in history to claim all 10 songs atop the Billboard Hot 100, with her track “Anti-Hero” leading the chart after it was streamed 59.7 million times and sold 13,500 copies in the past week. The song is now her ninth overall number one.
Taylor beats previous record-holder Drake, who previously held the title for having the most songs take up the top 10. The artist sent nine songs into the top 10 in 2021.
With Taylor polishing up the entire top 10 this week, she has now logged 40 top-10 hits — the most out of any female artist. Madonna previously held the record with 38.
Drake is the act to beat in that particular race, as he’s sent 59 songs into the top 10.
Taylor also established another record for herself : She is now the first artist to simultaneously top the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts four separate times. Prior to Midnights, her albums evermore, folkloreand Red (Taylor’s Version) went to number one, as did their respective singles “willow,” “cardigan” and “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version).”
Looking at stats, the number-one “Anti-Hero” was streamed the most out of any other Midnights song. The track that sold the most copies is “Question…?” — which moved 21,400 copies over the past week. “Question…?” is seventh on the Hot 100.
Motionless in White is celebrating Halloween with a video for “Werewolf,” a track off their new album, Scoring the End of the World.
Fittingly for the spookiest day of the year, the clip finds Motionless performing in a creepy, foggy graveyard. It’s probably not much of a spoiler to say that several people turn into werewolves by the end.
You can watch the “Werewolf” video streaming now on YouTube.
Frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli previously told ABC Audio “Werewolf” was the band’s “favorite song” off Scoring the End of the World and said they wanted it to have a video that felt like “a modern-day ‘Thriller.'”
Scoring the End of the World was released in June. It also includes the single “Masterpiece,” which hit #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Michael Jackson‘s son Prince Jacksonopened up about the grief he experienced since losing his father in 2009.
“It’s still a process for me, a grieving process and a journey that I’ve been on,” he told Entertainment Tonight before offering his advice to others who are in his shoes. “You have to do what makes you feel good and whatever helps you deal with the loss of someone that you loved significantly… As long as you celebrate them, they’re never gone.”
Prince knows his father is still being celebrated and lauded the 40th anniversary of his dad’s smash-hit single “Thriller.”
“It makes me feel so proud to have a history and a heritage, and proud of what my dad accomplished over the years,” he expressed. “Here we are at the 40th, and to be celebrating it and to see so much love and so much respect for my father, still to this day, is incredible.”
Prince also shared his thoughts on crowning a new “King of Pop,” a title once held by his dad. Prince argued in favor of retiring the moniker. “The ‘King of Pop’ is a unique achievement, because [Michael] broke boundaries in countries that didn’t have the same infrastructure that they do now,” he explained.
“He was popular on a global basis — at one point the most famous person in the world. And for all these reasons, and his music, the ‘King of Pop’ is a title that I just don’t think could ever be taken,” Prince continued.
