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Death Cab for Cutie has released another new song off their upcoming album Asphalt Meadows, but you’ll need to leave your house to listen to it.

The track, titled “Rand McNally,” can only be unlocked by bringing your phone to one of the over 800 global locations where Death Cab has played live. You can also head to one of the venues the group is scheduled to play on their upcoming fall headlining tour.

Once you arrive, you’ll be able to hear “Rand McNally” ahead of the official Asphalt Meadows release on September 16.

“‘Rand’ was written for everyone we toured with back in the day, for everyone who let us sleep on their floor, and for past bandmates,” says frontman Benjamin Gibbard. “I felt after all these years that they deserved their own folk song. But also a promise to keep going and keep creating.”

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Asphalt Meadows is the milestone 10th Death Cab album and the follow-up to 2018’s Thank You for Today. It also includes the previously released songs “Here to Forever,” “Roman Candles” and “Foxglove Through the Clearcut.”

Death Cab will celebrate the arrival of Asphalt Meadows with an acoustic streaming performance, premiering September 12 at 5 p.m. ET.

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Ozzy Osbourne has premiered the video for “One of Those Days,” the Eric Clapton-featuring song off his brand-new solo album, Patient Number 9.

The clip mixes live action and animation as the Prince of Darkness takes a strange journey through a world of skeletons and creepy forests. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.

“One of Those Days” contains the lyric that Ozzy previously told Classic Rock magazine he thinks will “cause s***”: “It’s one of those days that I don’t believe in Jesus.” In fact, Ozzy considered changing the words after Clapton said he wasn’t “sure” about the lyric but ultimately decided to keep it.

Patient Number 9, Ozzy’s 13th solo effort, is out now. Along with Clapton, it includes guest contributions from Jeff Beck, Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi, Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready, Black Label Society‘s Zakk Wylde, Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

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Britney Spears continues to celebrate the end of her 13-year conservatorship. In a new Instagram post, the pop star filmed herself dancing barefoot to the Noga Erez song “NAILS.”

“Just being the home girl people all know me to be,” Britney captioned the cheeky video, where she dances around in a yellow crop top and black shorts. “No sitting in chairs for 10 hours a day 7 days a week !!!”

The Grammy winner continued, “Y’all I am not scared anymore and you know what ??? I’m not dangerous or crazy at all.”

Fans believed this was a swipe at her ongoing feud with ex-husband Kevin Federline and their son, 15-year-old Jayden. Both had previously shared their thoughts on Britney’s mental health and spoke positively of her father, Jamie Spears, whom she says belongs in jail for allegedly abusing her through the conservatorship.

Noting of “classy people” in her Instagram caption, Britney continued, “Keep smiling y’all … keep smiling!!!”

Britney has changed her Instagram name to “Channel 8,” and fans are hard at work trying to figure out what it means. Current theories include a possible new album or a new brand, as fans have also noted the star’s September 4 post of a person drawing an 8 on an eight of diamonds card.

“8 sideways is infinity or am I making that up ????” she captioned the mysterious post, causing fans to believe she possibly took a page from Taylor Swift‘s book. Taylor is known for using Easter eggs as clues to tease her upcoming projects. 

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As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her passing has caused a dramatic change in Kanye West.

Following a history of feuds with numerous artists, including Drake, as well as companies Adidas and Gap, Yeezy wants to have peace and squash his beefs.

“Life is precious. Releasing all grudges today. Leaning into the light,” West wrote Friday morning in an Instagram post that also included two archival photos of the late British monarch.

In the past week, Ye has threatened to end his partnerships with Adidas and Gap, accusing the companies of stealing his designs. Diddy and Swizz Beatz vowed to boycott Adidas in support of the “Hurricane” rapper.

On Wednesday, Kanye posted a photo hugging his children with the comment, “Some things are bigger than money. My kids have no idea what daddy has gone through this past few days alone to secure the brand that will one day be handed down to them God Willing.”

“These future leaders will never back down, be stolen from and forced to compromise who they are for the check,” West added.

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After teasing some very special duet partners earlier this week, Kelsea Ballerini is spilling all the details about a collaboration she describes as a “sassbomb female moment.”

The song in question is called “You’re Drunk, Go Home,” and joining her in the studio for it are none other than Carly Pearce and Kelly Clarkson.

“A sassbomb yeehaw collab moment?!? ‘You’re Drunk, Go Home’ with my sister [Carly Pearce] and my hero sister [Kelly Clarkson],” Kelsea shared on Twitter in a video announcing the collaborations.

“You’re Drunk, Go Home” will be part of a track list that also includes lead single “Heartfirst” plus some other songs that Kelsea put out ahead of the full album’s release day: “What I Have” and “Love is a Cowboy.”

Subject to Change is due out on September 23.

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Ricky Martin is suing his nephew for trying to “assassinate” his reputation. To recap, the 21-year-old had accused the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer of stalking and sexual abuse. 

Ricky was exonerated in July when a Puerto Rican court dismissed Dennis Yadiel Sanchez Martin‘s request for a restraining order. Sanchez has since withdrawn his domestic abuse allegations against the singer.

Deadline reports Ricky is now suing Sanchez for $20 million and submitted an 8-page filing that laid out the harm his nephew caused. 

“The reckless, malicious and culpable actions by Defendant Sanchez were motivated by the desire to expose Plaintiff to hatred and disdain from his fanbase, to threaten his business opportunities and to destroy his reputation,” the lawsuit states. “Such actions caused Plaintiff to have multimillion dollar-contracts and present and future artistic projects cancelled.”

The singer is calling his nephew “maladjusted” and claims Sanchez continues to threaten to “assassinate his reputation” unless “he is economically compensated.”

Ricky’s lawyers say the singer’s family no longer feels safe in Puerto Rico.

Earlier this year, Sanchez had accused Ricky of engaging in a seven-month relationship with him and, when filing for protection, said he “feared for his safety.” He claimed the singer began stalking him following the end of their alleged relationship.

Ricky denied the accusations and spoke out publicly after the restraining order was dismissed by a Puerto Rican court. “Thank God [these] claims were proven to be false,” he said in a video message, adding, “It has been devastating for me, for my family, for my friends.”

Sanchez has yet to respond to the new lawsuit.

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A Louisiana grand jury indicted rapper Mystikal on first-degree rape charges this week.

The New Orleans Advocate reports that if he is found guilty, he could face a life sentence.

Sheriff’s deputies accuse Mystikal, born Michael Tyler, of attacking a woman at his Louisiana home on July 30 following a financial dispute. He’s also been charged with criminal damage to property, false imprisonment, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery and numerous drug possession accusations.

Mystikal previously pleaded guilty to sexual battery and extortion in 2003 and was sentenced to six years in state prison.

In 2017, the 51-year-old MC was charged with first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping. Unable to post bond, he spent 18 months in jail. The charges were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.

Mystikal, a two-time Grammy nominee, hit number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart in 2001 with “Danger (Been So Long)” featuring Nivea.

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Pearl Jam performed a cover of The Beatles deep cut “Her Majesty” during their show in Toronto on Thursday.

A hidden track off Abbey Road, the original “Her Majesty” lasts just 23 seconds and features tongue-in-cheek lyrics, such as “Her Majesty is a pretty nice girl/But she doesn’t have a lot to say.”

Pearl Jam’s rendition of “Her Majesty” came just hours after news broke that Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, had died at age 96. Vedder made no specific mention of the queen when introducing the song, telling the crowd only, “This is just a little one I’m gonna borrow from Paul McCartney.”

You can watch fan-shot footage of the performance posted to YouTube by user mfc172.

Both McCartney and fellow living Beatle Ringo Starr shared tributes to Queen Elizabeth II following the news of her passing.

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Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn, escape the world with a lush, tropical beachside vacation in the music video for “Thank God,” their new duet, which appears on Kane’s Different Man album.

Some shots show the couple cruising down a greenery-covered backroad with the top down, while others see them at a beachside bonfire, dancing around and watching the sun go down.

It’s an idyllic visual addition to the couple’s duet, a romantic declaration of love and dedication to a partner who makes life complete. For Kane’s listeners, the collaboration is a long time coming: fans have been asking for the singer to release a duet with his wife, a talented singer who pursued a career as an R&B/pop artist before she and Kane met and got married.

“My fans have been waiting for five years for us to sing together,” Kane tells People, revealing that the couple went through four other duet ideas before settling on “Thank God.”

“…And then ‘Thank God’ came in and I was like, ‘This is the one.’ And she said the same thing, and I’m so glad I waited for this particular one to come out,” he continues.

Kane’s Different Man album arrived on Friday. It also features another duet: the title track is a collaboration with Blake Shelton.

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