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Nickelback got in on the April Fools’ Day fun with fake album news.

In a social media post, the Canadian rockers announced they’d be putting out a new record called San Quentin, featuring 15 versions of their single “San Quentin.”

Sample track names include “San Quentin (Live from Someone’s iPhone),” “San Quentin (And It’s the Same But There Are Three More Guitar Solos So It’s Not)” and “San Quentin (Taylor’s Version) (10 Minute Version).”

Also on the track list is a song called “The Betrayal (Act II)” — a reference to Nickelback previously releasing songs called “The Betrayal (Act I)” and “The Betrayal (Act III).”

The real “San Quentin” appears on Nickelback’s latest album, 2022’s Get Rollin’.

As for actual new Nickelback music, the band put out a single called “Bones for the Crows” in March. They also appear in a new commercial with rapper Megan Thee Stallion for Cheetos, which definitely sounds like an April Fools’ Day joke but is in fact very real.

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Ashley Cooke’s music video for her new track, “xs,” finds the singer on the beach as it’s getting dark. You can check out the clip on YouTube. 

The Band Perry has signed with Borchetta Entertainment Group’s management division, which is owned by Scott Borchetta, who helped build the band’s career on Big Machine.

“Farm Truck,” the new single from Love and Theft, is set to arrive May 15. The duo of Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson hit #1 with “Angel Eyes” in 2011.

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Brandy recently added author to her resume, as she released her memoir, Phrases. Speaking to Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, she spoke about why she chose to open up about her life.

“To give my younger self a voice. To give my inner child a process to heal from the things that I went through with all of the scrutiny and pressures on my life growing up as a child star,” she says. “It was a … difficult time and I wanted to bring light to the stories that shaped me.”

Part of Brandy’s life story includes recently being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as the Boy is Mine tour with Monica.

“I hadn’t been onstage in such a long time. I hadn’t been in connection with my fans the way I should,” Brandy says, noting that the love and support from fans “reignited my whole life.”

With that renewed energy, she adds that she’s going to continue making music and is even open to a reboot of Moesha.

Whether through the book, music or television, Brandy wants her fans to know one thing.

“I’m a pure person, and I love what I do,” she says. “I’m so blessed to be able to do music and create at a high level and I’m just excited for my future.”

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has shared his thoughts on the new documentary The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel.

The Netflix film focuses on the early days of the Peppers, specifically the artistic vision of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died in 1988.

“I’m so grateful [the doc] exists, and that more people will know how much [Slovak] meant and continues to mean to us as a friend and bandmate,” Flea writes on his Instagram Story. “It is a beautifully made film and filled my heart up right to the top, not without a good dose of lifelong melancholy.”

Both Flea and RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis were interviewed for the film, though when it was first announced they clarified their involvement in the project, saying they “had nothing to with it creatively.” 

Flea, meanwhile, released his debut solo album, Honora, on Friday.

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Thomas Rhett’s definitely up to something. 

“The young kids would call this a teaser,” he wrote in a social media post about — well, it’s hard to tell. 

The post’s visual is a video of TR eating marshmallows straight from the bag, as an instrumental groove plays. 

If you glance at the comments, a potential theory starts to emerge. DJ/producer Marshmello weighed in, simply leaving three pairs of eyes to indicate he’s watching. 

A collab with Thomas Rhett seems even more likely when you consider Marshmello already has considerable country cred, having done “One Thing Right” and “Miles on It” with Kane Brown and “Holy Water” with Jelly Roll. 

Both of the Kane/Marshmello tunes made it all the way to #1. 

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The “Iris” meme, which has people sharing “what you were like in the ’90s” videos and photos to the soundtrack of the classic Goo Goo Dolls hit, has been used by multiple celebrities, but on Wednesday Backstreet Boys decided to use it for an April Fools’ Day joke.

The group posted video of themselves in the present day with the text, “Dad(s), what were you like in the 90s?” At this point, you’d expect videos and photos to follow showing Backstreet around 1996, when they started having their first success. But instead, the rest of the post is made up of photos of *NSYNC from around the same time period.

“Ain’t no lie,” they captioned the post. That, of course, is a line from *NSYNC’s song “Bye Bye Bye.”

Fans thought it was hysterical, jumping into the comments to write, “Genius,” “Diabolical” and “Oh, I needed that laugh.” Another wrote, “LOL I nearly sprayed my Red Bull through my nose.”

Of course, the members of *NSYNC and Backstreet are friends; any reports of their “feud” back in the day were exaggerated for press purposes.

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Metric has released a new song called “Crush Forever,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Romanticize the Dive.

“Crush Forever” is “for anyone who might be needing a serious boost of positive energy right now,” Metric writes in a Facebook post. 

“I’m really hoping it will make you happy for 4 minutes and 32 seconds, ideally longer if you have it on repeat,” the post reads. “This song is my love letter to strong girls in the world, a stream-of-consciousness style passing of the torch.”

Romanticize the Dive is due out April 24. It also includes the released songs “Victim of Luck” and “Time Is a Bomb.”

Metric will launch a U.S. tour in June.

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At the beginning of March, Olivia Dean was the British bookmakers’ favorite to record the next James Bond theme, but now RAYE has pulled up even.

On March 26, RAYE was asked by an interviewer on a red carpet about rumors that she was going to record the next Bond theme. “I don’t know what to say,” she responded. “I’m nervous. No, there’s no rumor. Now I’m going red and it looks like there’s a rumor. There is no rumor. Obviously … if they ever want to approach me about that, my inbox is open.”

Because of her answer, top U.K. bookmakers William Hill now have Olivia and the “Where Is My Husband!” singer tied at 2/1 joint favorites.

“The growing buzz around RAYE and her recent interviews speculating about an involvement in the 007 franchise means we can’t split them anymore,” said a spokesperson for William Hill. “Right now the betting suggests the next 007 theme is most likely to come from one of the UK’s two standout female stars of the moment.”

Meanwhile, Harry Styles’ odds have been shortened from 10/1 to 6/1, but Dua Lipa remains right behind Olivia and RAYE, at 7/2. Other singers the company is offering odds on include Miley Cyrus, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Lana Del Rey.

There is no firm information on when the new James Bond film will begin filming; a new James Bond, who would take over for Daniel Craig, hasn’t been announced yet. However, we do know that Dune director Denis Villeneuve will be behind the camera for the movie, which will be the 26th official film in the series.

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