Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley has sold his publishing catalog.
According to Billboard, the sale was made to the company HarbourView Equity Partners, which has recently acquired the catalogs of Hollywood Undead, and country artists Lady A and Brad Paisley.
As for how much Whibley took home from the transaction, Billboard reports that the “terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.”
Sum 41 is currently touring the U.S. with fellow Canadians Simple Plan. The “Fat Lip” outfit has also been working on a new record, a double album called Heaven and Hell.
Selena Gomez has the best of both worlds — her newest season of Selena + Chef is here, and she filmed it at a location near and dear to her heart: the Hannah Montana house.
For those out of the loop, while Selena landed her breakout role on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, she starred in Hannah Montana as the diva Mikayla in 2007.
As for the home itself, which boasts eight bathrooms and seven bedrooms, it was also the face of another series, Big Little Lies. But, right now, it’s where the new season of Selena + Chef takes place, and the Grammy winner took fans on a room-by-room tour of the famous Malibu home.
She also revealed she wanted to film the new season in Malibu because it’s one of her “favorite spots,” despite rarely being able to spend time there. “It’s been pretty much a dream being here,” the singer said of her temporary abode.
The notoriously poor cook showed off the gigantic kitchen, which has floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the beach, noting that while it’s not her kitchen, “We haven’t burned anything down. So, that’s good.” Selena also says the home is her “comfort zone.”
Aside from that, Selena showed off the beachfront views the home has to offer and revealed she has gone surfing on the Pacific’s blue waters.
Sadly, that’s where the tour ended — depriving fans of seeing all the amenities the luxury home has to offer.
It looks like Dolly Parton may have a little Christmas present for us.
The legendary philanthropist and musician has been spotted shooting something at her East Tennessee theme park. Alternately, she’s been seen being escorted around in a golf cart alongside Willie Nelson, while photos emerged of Jimmy Fallon in the ’50s section of the park, sporting a leather jacket and a hairstyle inspired by either Elvis Presley or the Fonz.
The Red-Headed Stranger and the Tonight Show host are reportedly working on a holiday movie with Dolly. In 2020, Jimmy duetted with Dolly on Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for her A Holly Dolly Christmas album, while Dolly and Willie go back even further than their 1982 top-10 duet, “Everything’s Beautiful (In Its Own Way).”
Titled Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas and set to air on NBC, according to Knox News, it’ll also feature Jimmie Allen, as well as Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus.
Of course, Dolly already has quite a stable of yuletide films, ranging from 1986’s A Smoky Mountain Christmas to 2020’s Christmas on the Square.
Luke Combs, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde and Brothers Osborne are just some of the artists who cover country legend John Anderson on the new Something Borrowed, Something New tribute album.
Eight more artists — primarily from the world of Americana — round out the record. Interestingly, no one steps up to bat for Anderson’s campy classic from 1983, “Swingin.'”
Happy birthday, Frances Bean Cobain! The daughter of the late Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love celebrates turning 30 Thursday.
In an Instagram post reflecting on the milestone occasion, Cobain shares, “20-year-old Frances wasn’t sure that was going to happen.”
“At the time, an intrinsic sense of deep self loathing dictated by insecurity, destructive coping mechanisms & more trauma than my body or brain knew how to handle, informed how I saw myself and the world,” Cobain writes. “Through a lens of resentment for being brought into a life that seemingly attracted so much chaos and the kind of pain tied to grief that felt inescapable.”
Cobain then mentions an unspecified “event on a plane” that she experienced, which she says, “brought me closer in proximity to death.” However, Cobain feels that what happened “catapulted me towards running at this lived experience with radical gratitude.”
“I’m glad to have proven myself wrong & to have found ways to transform pain into knowledge,” Cobain shares.
“Entering this new decade I hope to stay soft no matter how hardening the world can feel at times, bask in the present moment with reverence, shower the people I am lucky enough to love with more appreciation than words could ever do justice & hold space to keep learning, so the growth never stops,” she continues. “I’m happy to be here & I’m happy you’re here too.”
David Harbour plays the protective Jim Hopper in Stranger Things, and while a good chunk of the cast has revealed what song would save them from being killed by the villainous Vecna, he’s remained quiet … until now.
For those who need refreshing, the season 4 villain kills people by infiltrating their minds and destroying them from the inside. He can be stopped, however, if his victim listens to their favorite song. Sadie Sink‘s Max escapes Vecna’s clutches with an assist from Kate Bush‘s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” — while Sink herself has said Taylor Swift’s “August” would be her go-to savior song.
Harbour has been cagey with his answer, until he was cornered by E!’s Nightly Pop. “Oh god,” he repeated. “It’s just so embarrassing. My taste in music is … I rarely reveal it.”
So, what song would save the actor from Vecna? He says “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows would be sure to “bring me back.”
“My sort of college years were the early ’90s, so that’s really where music became very important,” he explained, adding he’d blast his favorite tunes while “sitting in the dorm room.”
Harbour also shouted out Stone Temple Pilots for being contenders for his savior song — but he thinks “Mr. Jones” would have what it takes to “bring me back to college” … and to safety.
Stranger Things is streaming its fourth season now on Netflix.
The Band‘s classic 1972 double live album, Rock of Ages, was released 50 years ago this week. To commemorate its anniversary, a series of previously unseen photos taken at the series of 1971 New York City concerts that were recorded for the album have been made available for the first time.
The color images, which were shot by acclaimed photographer Ernst Haas, capture The Band performing at New York’s Academy of Music venue. The group’s longtime friend and mentor Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance at the final show of the run, on New Year’s Eve, and he’s also featured in a couple of the photos. The photos have been posted at UDiscoverMusic.com.
Some of the photos Haas took at the concerts were featured in the original Rock of Ages packaging, while additional shots were included in the 2013 box set Live at the Academy of Music 1971, which boasted remixed versions of Rock of Ages‘ tracks, as well as a full soundboard recording of the New Year’s Eve show.
Rock of Ages peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200, while a cover of the Marvin Gaye song “Baby Don’t Do It” — retitled “Don’t Do It” — reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Meanwhile, restored versions of performance videos for three songs shot at the concert have debuted on The Band’s official YouTube channel. The clips capture renditions of “Don’t Do It,” “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” and “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show,” while a newly created lyric video for the latter performance has also been posted.
The Band also is celebrating Rock of Ages‘ 50th anniversary by making available a new lined of themed merchandise at their official store.
It’s safe to say Carly Pearce has put behind her the heartbreak that she so ably chronicled on 29: Written in Stone.
If you’re looking for proof, just check out the beaming Instagram photo with her boyfriend, Riley King. “Making the most of the hours we get these days,” the CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year added, tacking on a heart emoji.
So what do we know about Mr. King? The 28-year-old Missoula, Montana, native is a former minor league baseball player who was signed by the Kansas City Royals in 2013. He also played for the AZL Royals, Burlington Royals and the Idaho Falls Chukars. He now works in real estate, having founded his own Cowan King Group.
Of course, Carly was famously wed to fellow country artist Michael Ray in October 2019, before their unexpected divorce the next summer. Both Carly’s latest album and her current hit, “What He Didn’t Do,” were inspired by the experience.
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Pusha T may be “Dreamin of The Past,” but his recent appearance on Vevo’s CTRL series is equally worthy of attention.
The rapper teamed up with the platform to perform a live rendition of the Kanye West-produced album cut “Dreamin of The Past,” which captures him rapping the lyrics into an overhead mic.
“You hollerin’, ‘Top five,’ I only see top me,” Push spits in the black-and-white clip, enunciating every word. “Award shows the only way you b****** could rob me.”
Push’s selection of tracks comes from his last effort, It’s Almost Dry, which dropped inApril. Though he believes the project is the album of the year, he admits Kendrick Lamar‘s album Mr. Morales & the Big Steppers presents some great competition.
“I think that Kendrick does what he does lyrically. I think … man, it was impressive,” he said in an interview with HotNewHipHop.com. “I think it’s great competition. It’s a matter of what you want to hear. I feel like for what it is that I do and what I was going for, and like I said, this is Rap Album of the Year to me. It’s Almost Dry.”
Elton John‘s been traveling the world on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, but he’s finally enjoying some much-deserved time off with his family.
As the Daily Mail reports, Elton, dressed in head-to-toe Gucci, was spotted on a yacht in the South of France Wednesday with his husband, David Furnish, and their two sons, Zachary and Elijah. His tour won’t resume until September 7 in Toronto, so he’s got plenty of vacation time left. And he’ll need it: The tour isn’t scheduled to wrap up until the summer of 2023.
Meanwhile, it hasn’t been confirmed, but Elton’s much-anticipated collaboration with Britney Spears, “Hold Me Closer,” is rumored to be coming out on Friday. Not much is known about it, other than it appears to be an interpolation, reworking or remix of Elton’s classic “Tiny Dancer.”
