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The Lumineers, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds and Alanis Morissette will headline the inaugural Oceans Calling Festival, taking place September 30 to October 2 in Ocean City, Maryland.

Other artists on the bill include Cage The Elephant, Young the Giant, Dirty Heads, Jimmy Eat World, Sublime with Rome, Grouplove, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Wilderado. Festival co-founder O.A.R. will also perform multiple sets.

“We are thrilled to host Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland, and celebrate all our incredible city has to offer,” says Mayor Rick Meehan. “Thank you to C3 Presents and Maryland’s own O.A.R. for bringing an event of this magnitude to the Ocean City Boardwalk. We look forward to seeing everyone!”

Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, May 25, at noon ET. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit OceansCallingFestival.com.

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Part of New Music Friday this week will be a new song by Ye and late Florida rapper XXXTentacion called “True Love.” 

The song reportedly appeared on Ye’s Donda 2, which was released in February this year. Since the album was only made available via Ye’s Stem Player, many fans haven’t heard the track. 

The song’s official release comes by way of Columbia Records and will appear on XXXTentacion’s upcoming project, Look at Me: The Album and Ye’s Donda 2, which will have a rerelease soon. According to a press release, the song’s cover art, designed by Ye, features a few of X’s handwritten notes, scanned from a journal that his mother found recently.

“True Love” plays over the end credits of Look at Me: XXXTENTACION, a documentary that will begin to air on Hulu this Thursday, May 26.

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Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza made its triumphant return to the menu last week after a two-year hiatus — and of course, Dolly Parton had to go out and grab one.

“I have been longing for this moment for so long!” the country legend said on social media, before unboxing her first Mexican Pizza since the menu item was discontinued in 2020. “Oh, look at that. Is that not beautiful?! It looks almost too good to eat … but I’m gonna.”

Dolly then dug in, assuring fans that it was every bit as tasty as she’d thought it would be. “You gotta get you one of these. Oh, mercy,” she said in between bites. “It was worth the wait.”

But Dolly did more than just wait for the return of the Mexican Pizza. She also signed on to participate in the Taco Bell TikTok musical Mexican Pizza, which was propelled by the discontinued menu item’s fervent cult following.

One Mexican Pizza fanatic is rapper Doja Cat, who wrote a rap asking Taco Bell to bring the pizza back and will also participate in the Mexican Pizza musical alongside Dolly.

The musical will air on Taco Bell’s TikTok channel on May 26 at 8 p.m. ET.

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If you’re a fan of Billie Eilish, you probably know that she has Tourette’s syndrome, which causes people to make sudden, involuntary movements or sounds. If you’re wondering what that must be like, check out Billie’s new interview on David Letterman‘s Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, in which she opens up about living with Tourette’s since she was diagnosed at the age of 11.

During the interview, Billie starts “ticcing,” as it’s called. When Letterman asks about it, she says, “It’s really weird, I haven’t talked about it at all.”

She adds, “I’m very happy to talk about it. I actually really like answering questions about it because it’s really interesting, and I am incredibly confused by it. I don’t get it.”

The “Happier Than Ever” singer details her various tics, which include wiggling her ear, raising her eyebrow, clicking her jaw, moving her head, opening her mouth and flexing various muscles in her arms.

“These are things you would never notice if you’re having a conversation with me, but for me, they’re very exhausting,” she says.

Billie had been unhappy with her tics, but now, she tells Letterman, they’re a “part” of her. “I have made friends with it, so now I’m pretty confident in it,” she says.

“So many people have it and you’d never know. A couple [other] artists have come forward and said, ‘I’ve always had Tourette’s,'” Billie reveals. “And I’m not going to out them because they don’t want to talk about it. But that was really interesting to me because I was like, ‘You do? What?'”

Perhaps most interestingly, though, Billie says she never tics while she’s performing, nor when she’s “moving, thinking, focusing,” singing or riding her horse.

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Miranda Lambert‘s influence is expanding beyond country music’s borders.

Miranda has been named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022” and is the only country star to appear on the elite list of world figures, politicians, artists and more. 

“I’m so honored to join this year’s class of #TIME100. I only ever wanted to sing and write songs and thanks to y’all I’ve gotten to do that and so much more,” the “Tin Man” singer says of the distinguished honor. “Thank y’all for being on this journey with me.” 

A tribute written by Miranda’s “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” duet partner, Elle King, refers to the superstar as an “acclaimed performer and songwriter” who’s intentional about “making everybody feel welcome.” Elle also praised Miranda for including her as part of the all-female lineup for her 2019 Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour. 

“That’s her vibe: she’s all about making everybody feel welcome. And there is not one inauthentic hair on her head,” the singer says, citing Miranda as a “true country queen.” “Her shows are incredible; from start to finish, she gives it her absolute all … But the reason that I like Miranda so much is because she is one of the absolute funniest people I’ve ever met. When she and I get together, we don’t lose our voices because we’re singing or because we’re drinking. It’s because we laugh the whole time.” 

Miranda and Elle recently topped the country charts with “Drunk,” which became the first #1 female country duet in nearly 30 years.   

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After announcing the surprise departure of guitarist Jen Majura over the weekend, Evanescence has unveiled a new band lineup.

Longtime Evanescence bassist Tim McCord will move to guitar in place of Majura. Having originally joined the group in 2006, McCord is the longest-tenured non-Amy Lee member of Evanescence.

“After 16 years in the band as our rock solid bass player, Tim is taking a turn on his original instrument,” Evanescence says. “Spoiler alert — he’s great at it.”

As for who will take McCord’s place on bass, that would be Emma Anzai, of the band Sick Puppies.

“We’ve been friends and fans for years, and the time has finally come to join forces,” Evanescence says of Anzai.

The new lineup will make its live debut when Evanescence launches a European tour in June. They’ll return to the U.S. for a couple festivals in July, followed by a tour with Korn, kicking off in August.

Evanescence announced that Majura was leaving the band last Saturday, writing, “It has been a very special chapter in the band with our dear friend Jen Majura, but we have decided it’s time to go our separate ways.”

“We will always love her and support her, and can’t wait to see what she does next!” the statement reads. “We are so grateful for the good times and great music we made all around the world together.”

Majura later issued her own statement, writing that she has “no hard feelings against anybody,” while suggesting that the parting of ways was less than completely mutual.

“I feel the need to address that none of this was my decision!” she wrote.

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Coming off the heels of a book signing for No Crowns in the Castle last weekend and resuming filming for the upcoming movie musical The Color Purple, Fantasia took a second away from work duties to celebrate a special moment in her personal life: her daughter’s birthday. 

In honor of Keziah London Taylor‘s first birthday on May 23, the Grammy-winning singer penned a sweet message to her baby girl on Instagram, accompanied by a video highlighting Keziah’s first days in the hospital’s newborn intensive care unit. 

“From the NICU to a Big Happy 1st Birthday Poo,” Fantasia said in her Instagram caption. “@keziahlondontaylor Mommy & Daddy are coming home with Ms.Minnie Mouse to PARTY.” She added, “Will You All Help Me Celebrate My Little Fighter.”

Fantasia shares Keziah with her husband, businessman Kendall Taylor, whom she married in 2015. Speaking to ABC Audio about No Crowns in the Castle, which chronicles the couple’s love and marriage story, Fantasia says her family — including sons Dallas and Zion Barrino and Kendall’s son Treyshaun — is, above all else, the most important thing in her life. 

“My family comes before my business. Period,” she said. “People can say we don’t even want to deal with her no more, we don’t want to hear her anymore, we don’t want to buy any tickets. I know when I come into this house, they buy a ticket and they come see me every day.” She added, “So I can love on them, cook for them, hear them laugh, hear them cry. They me bring joy. They are my strength.”

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Jimmie Allen‘s new album is chock-full of superstar collaborators. 

Next month, Jimmie will drop his highly anticipated third album, Tulip Drive, and on Monday, he unveiled the  track list’s 17 songs, most of which were co-written by the hitmaker. Among the titles are album opener “be alright,” current single “down home” and “habits & hearts.”

There are several eye-catching guest stars on the track list, including Jennifer Lopez, who appears on the instant gratification track “on my way” that drops on Friday. Former The Voice coach CeeLo Green and T-Pain share “pesos” with the country star, while former nurse-turned-singer Katie Ohh is featured on “broken hearted.” Jimmie’s 7-year-old son, Aadyn, also lends his voice to the closing track, “you won’t be alone.” 

“This is the first [album] where I chose to write songs about my own personal experiences, thoughts and hopes,” Jimmie said in a statement. 

Tulip Drive is named after the street his grandmother grew up on in his native Delaware. It arrives on June 24. 

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Jack White and Måneskin will be featured on the soundtrack to Elvis, the upcoming biopic about music legend Elvis Presley.

The album will also include contributions from Tame Impala, Gary Clark Jr., Stevie Nicks, Eminem and CeeLo Green, Doja Cat and Kacey Musgraves, as well as “original songs and recordings” from Elvis himself.

The track list for the soundtrack hasn’t yet been announced, but a recent trailer revealed that Måneskin will be covering the 1968 song “If I Can Dream.” Måneskin also performed the song during their return to Eurovision earlier this month.

White, meanwhile, is a big Elvis fan — you may recall he purchased the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s first recording at an auction for $300,000 in 2015.

Elvis stars Austin Butler in the title role and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It premieres in theaters on June 24.

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