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Grey Daze, the late Chester Bennington‘s pre-Linkin Park band, has premiered the video for “Drag,” a track off the group’s new album, The Phoenix.

The hazy clip follows several different characters affected by drug use as you hear Bennington sing the lyrics, “Life is much too short to be intoxicated.”

“‘Drag’ is a very dark and droning heavy track, but the underlying message is really special,” says drummer Sean Dowdell. “Chester is telling us, literally, that life is too short to be intoxicated, life is too short to be a drag.”

Dowdell adds, “It is a song that gives any listener with a substance abuse past something to feel good about, something to help pull themselves out of that dark place.”

You can watch the “Drag” video streaming now on YouTube.

The Phoenix, which was just released Friday, follows Grey Daze’s 2020 album, Amends. Like Amends, The Phoenix features new versions of Grey Daze’s songs from the ’90s rerecorded with updated instrumentals around Bennington’s vocals.

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The Jonas Brothers are going Hollywood … literally.

The trio has been announced as one of the class of 2023 honorees on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, meaning that sometime in the future they’ll be receiving a star on the legendary landmark. The date that their star will be unveiled has not been set — like all recipients, the group has two years to schedule a ceremony.

Also getting stars in the Recording category: Marc Anthony, country superstar Blake Shelton, rocker Lenny Kravitz, R&B legend Charlie Wilson, percussionist Sheila E., music executive Irving Azoff and the late Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in 2012.

Pentatonix is also being honored with a star, but in the category of Live Theater/Live Performance.

On the TV side, Mindy Kaling, Jon Favreau, Martin Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, Ellen Pompeo and original SNL cast member Garrett Morris will be honored.

For movies, rapper/actor Ludacris, Bill Pullman, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, John Waters, and the late Juanita Moore and Paul Walker will be getting stars.

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Selena Gomez opened up about a past project that she says she’s “ashamed” of. 

Speaking in a roundtable discussion with actresses like Tracee Ellis Ross and Amy Schumer for The Hollywood Reporter, Selena aired her grievances when the group talked about being sexualized.

Schumer referenced how the Only Murders in the Building star was “sexualized at such a young age” and commended Selena for rejecting the pressure to look sexually attractive to grab attention.

“That’s really unfair,” Selena said of those beauty standards and admitted she now regrets following them when she was younger because they made her uncomfortable.

“I actually did an album cover and I was really ashamed after I did it,” the Grammy nominee confessed, but declined to identify which one. It is likely the “Wolves” singer is referencing her 2015 album, Revival, on which she wears nothing but black underwear in the sensual black and white glamor shots.

“I had to work through those feelings because I realized it was attached to something deeper that was going on. And it was a choice that I wasn’t necessarily happy that I made,” Selena continued, “I think that I’ve done my best, at least. I’ve try to be myself and I’m not an overly sexual person.”

“Sometimes I like to feel sexy,” she clarified. “But it doesn’t mean it’s for somebody else… It’s for me.”

Selena revealed that is why she is no longer on social media because she is tired of coming across digitally manipulated photos of women, which promote that same standard of beauty. “I can’t look that way… It’s not attainable,” she declared. 

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Mod Sun has premiered the video for his latest single, “Perfectly Imperfect.”

The clip finds the “Flames” rocker taking a tour through London, a fitting setting for a song that has the lyrics, “I’ll never be as big as the Beatles/I could never sing like Adele.”

Toward the end, Mod is joined by a group of fans wearing homemade “Perfectly Imperfect” shirts.

You can watch the “Perfectly Imperfect” video streaming now on YouTube.

“Perfectly Imperfect,” which dropped last week, will be featured on the next Mod Sun album, due out later this year. The follow-up to 2021’s Internet Killed the Rockstar is also set to include the track “Rich Kids Ruin Everything.”

Meanwhile, you can see Mod in the new movie Good Mourning, which he directed, wrote and stars in alongside Machine Gun Kelly.

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Limited-edition vinyl discs from Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, The Who and Creedence Clearwater Revival are among the exclusive releases that’ll be available at independent record stores this Saturday, June 18, for the second of two 2022 installments of Record Store Day.

McCartney’s offering is a 12-inch vinyl single featuring two versions of his recent tune “Women and Wives,” which has been chosen as Record Store Day’s first Song of the Year release. The single features McCartney’s original version — which appeared on 2020’s McCartney III album — and alt-rocker St. Vincent’s 2021 remix of the tune that was included on the McCartney III Imagined record.

Pearl Jam is reissuing their 1998 concert album Live on Two Legs as a two-LP set pressed on crystal clear vinyl.

The Who are issuing an expanded 40th anniversary edition of their 1982 album It’s Hard. The two-LP collection features bonus tracks, and one orange and one yellow disc.

CCR’s offering is a 7-inch vinyl single featuring a previously unreleased performance of “Travelin’ Band” from an April 1970 concert at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall and a January 1970 rendition of “Who’ll Stop the Rain” from a show at California’s Oakland Coliseum.

This Saturday’s Record Store Day drop features over 75 titles in all, including releases from Collective Soul, Dio, Richie Furay, Peter Gabriel, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons, ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, Halestorm, The Kinks, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Rolling Stones‘ Keith Richards, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, and The Sweet.

For the full list of releases and participating stores, visit RecordStoreDay.com.

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Hank Williams Jr.’s new album, Rich White Honky Tonk Blues, arrives Friday. The record was produced by Dan Auerbach.

Shy Carter just released a new track called “Hard (Live on the Grand.)” The singer is making his Grand Ole Opry debut next Saturday, June 25.

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After teasing it online, Rod Stewart has now released the full, emotional video for his song “Touchline.” The song is a tribute to his late father, Robert, and how he passed down his love for soccer — or “football” as the Brits call it — to Rod, and how Rod has now passed it down to his kids.

In the video, we see footage of Rod through the years playing soccer, from when he was a teenager to adulthood. We also see him sitting on the sidelines coaching his two younger sons and posing with them wearing jerseys of their favorite team, Celtic F.C. There’s footage of Rod’s father and mother, and lots of family photos, as well.

“Touchline” is from Rod’s most recent album, The Tears of Hercules. When the album was released, Rod told ABC Audio it was an important song for him.

“It means a lot to me, that song, ’cause I idolized my dad,” Rod said. “He wasn’t a particularly talkative father but he was so encouraging.”

“Y’know when I went into the [music] business, and I’d failed as a footballer, he always encouraged me,” the star added. “Y’know, [he] never said, ‘Go and get a regular job.’ He said, ‘Stick at what you’re doing and I’ll support you.’ And he did!”

Rod will soon announce details of a special show he’s doing in Edinburgh, Scotland — the city his dad was from — in November. The show will also serve as a tribute to his dad.

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