Primus has announced a new box set called The Revenant Juke — A Collection of Fables and Farce, set to be released via Jack White‘s Third Man Records.
The package includes six 7-inch vinyl singles collecting classic Primus tunes, including “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver,” “My Name Is Mud,” “John the Fisherman” and “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver.”
For all the vinyl collectors out there, The Revenant Juke marks the first time Primus has released any music as a 7-inch single.
The Revenant Juke will be available exclusively through the Third Man Records Vault subscription service. If you’re not already a member, you can sign up now through July 31 at midnight CT to receive the box set.
All-star hard-rock band The Dead Daisies have announced plans for a new U.S. tour that will take place this September.
The cross-country out features nine shows and is mapped out from a September 7 concert in Vineland, New Jersey, through a September 24 performance in Seattle. Along the way, the band will stop in such major cities as Nashville, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
Tickets are available for the shows now, and The Dead Daisies are also offering a special “Have a Drink on Us” ticket bundle that includes a beverage and an exclusive T-shirt. Only 100 bundles will be sold per show.
Coinciding with the tour announcement, The Dead Daisies have released a new single called “Shine On,” from their upcoming sixth studio album, which is due out in late September. The track is available now for streaming and download, and you also can check out an official music video for the tune on the group’s YouTube channel.
“Shine On” is the second advance digital track from the band’s upcoming album, following “Radiance,” which was released about a month ago along with an animated companion video.
Known for their rotating lineup of well-known rock musicians, The Dead Daisies currently feature former Deep Purple member Glenn Hughes on lead vocals and bass, ex-Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich and former Billy Idol, Whitesnake and Foreigner drummer Brian Tichy, as well as founding guitarist David Lowy.
The Dead Daisies are currently on tour in Europe, where they’re opening for Judas Priest on select dates, as well as playing some festivals and headlining shows. Check out their full schedule at TheDeadDaisies.com.
After hitting #1, Glass Animals‘ song “Heat Waves” is still in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 after 34 weeks. But the story behind the song’s video is just as interesting.
In the latest installment of Vevo Footnotes, Glass Animals singer Dave Bayley and director Colin Read explain how they filmed the video during lockdown in England. Dave is seen walking down an empty street in London, hauling a wagon full of TV sets. Shots of him taken from several different angles and heights were all crowdsourced from the people who actually live on that street.
“We had put little slips of paper in all of my neighbors’ mailboxes asking them to film me walking down the street at 7pm on Wednesday, and then upload the video to our dropbox,” Dave explains in a caption on the video. “We had no idea if it was actually going to work!”
“I had to walk down the street a couple of times because my glasses exploded and one of my lenses kept falling out,” he recalls. “One of the neighbors had to throw me a cable tie to hold them together…If you look closely, you can just about see it.”
As for the “meaning” of the video, Dave explains in a caption, “The song is about missing someone, and we realized we could reinterpret the lyric to be about togetherness and community during the lockdown.”
The clip ends with Dave going into a theater and setting up the TVs onstage. Each member of Glass Animals appears on a different TV and they “perform” the song together.
Colin explains, “We knew we had to end up somewhere, for Dave to bring his bandmates ‘alive’ and play with them, since they couldn’t be together in person.”
Here’s what’s been happening lately in the world of live rock music:
Shane Hawkins, the son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, paid tribute to his father with a cover of the Foos classic “My Hero.” Shane joined the band The Alive to play drums on a live rendition of the song during a July 4 neighborhood party in Laguna Beach, California.
If The Alive sounds familiar to you, that may be because the band’s usual drummer, teenager Kai Neukermans, made headlines when he filled in for Matt Cameron during a Pearl Jam show.
You can watch footage of the “My Hero” performance via TikTok.
Meanwhile, Pearl Jam jammed with The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on Saturday during the grunge band’s show in London. Marr joined PJ for covers of Neil Young‘s “Throw Your Hatred Down” and The Who‘s “Baba O’Riley.”
Pearl Jam also played in London on Friday and were joined by tennis legend John McEnroe for a rendition of Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” as well as by Who touring member Simon Townshend — younger brother of founding Who guitarist Pete Townshend — for a version of Simon’s 1983 solo tune “I Am the Answer.”
A new Harry Styles conspiracy theory just dropped. TikTok influencerAbigail Henry argues Harry might actually be bald and the theory has gone viral. Abigail adds Harry once boasted about being able to escape public notice very easily — and, as she says, what could be easier than removing a toupee?
blackbear is hitting the road for the Nothing Matters tour, a 15-date trek starting September 4 and running through September 29. Special guests include Avril Lavigne’s fiancé, Mod Sun. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 15, at 10 a.m. local time on his official website.
Doja Cat is a cat person — or is she? Doja revealed on TikTok she secretly got a puppy about two weeks ago and it’s already had its first incident. “I, as a dog owner, can now finally say it with sincerity,” she captioned before referencing the viral Amber Heard comment that her dog “stepped on a bee.”
Shawn Mendes had to postpone a few tour dates for his mental health, and a source tells People he’s “getting help.” They explained, “Shawn is a very sensitive and caring guy. When he gets frustrated with things around him, he turns inward and suffers.”
Meghan Trainor has a sweet message for her younger self. Taking to TikTok, the Grammy winner wrote, “Little insecure me would be so proud of where I am now” and shared a video montage of all her achievements, from winning a Grammy to starting a family with husband Daryl Sabara.
Ed Sheeran was performing in Cardiff during the final soccer match of the UEFA Championship League — which saw Liverpool take on Real Madrid — but he was still plugged in. He revealed on TikTok, “I was actually getting the results of this game in my ears” and that he “asked for the score inbetween [sic] each song.”
Harry Styles notched his ninth week overall on top of the BillboardHot 100, but Kate Bush‘s nearly 40-year-old song could overthrow him.
“As It Was” remains the country’s #1 song after fans streamed it an additional 18 million times and downloaded 5,000 additional copies in the past week. This latest victory also allows Harry to maintain a tight grip on Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart, which he’s ruled for the past six weeks.
The chart runs between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
While fans can’t seem to get enough of “As It Was,” Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” has gained a second wind thanks to the Stranger Things season 4 finale. The song rebounded from #6 to #4 this week, thanks to fans streaming it 22.3 million times and buying up 17,000 additional copies.
Because of this, the song currently leads both the Streaming Songs and Digital Songs Sales charts.
Glass Animals also made waves on the chart thanks to “Heat Waves,” which rose to eighth place this week — its 77th overall week on the Hot 100. When looking at all the songs with the most weeks on the Hot 100, Glass Animals now ties with Dua Lipa‘s “Levitating” in fourth place.
“Heat Waves” also notches a 34th week in the top 10, which is the most out of any music group and officially bests the record set by Maroon 5‘s mammoth hit “Girls Like You.” Overall, the song is the fourth longest-running track in the top 10. The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” is the one to beat, with 57 total weeks.
Presale tickets for Reba McEntire‘s fall tour go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time. Fans have to sign up for her email list by 12 a.m. ET Tuesday to be eligible for the presale.
Presale tickets for Priscilla Block’s Welcome to the Block Party Tour are available Tuesday. Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday.
To celebrate the 26th anniversary of LeAnn Rimes‘ debut album, Blue, the Grammy Museum is releasing a video interview with LeAnn about her performance at the 1997 Grammys, where she became the youngest and first country artist to win Best New Artist.
Tanya Tucker has joined the lineup for the Born & Raised Festival in Oklahoma, taking place Sept. 16-18. The “Delta Dawn” singer will perform on Sept. 17, a bill that includes Brothers Osborne, Cody Jinks and more.
Lizzo has unveiled quite the creative way to get fans ready for her new album, Special, due out this Friday.
The “About Damn Time” singer is about to unleash the Lizzoverse, which according to a press release is “an immersive planetarium-esque lightshow” that runs all weekend long after her new album drops.
“I’m not a star…. I’m a whole damn Universe! New York City…. Are you ready for THE LIZZOVERSE?!?” she asked on Instagram. She said her “once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event” will showcase her new album “in my intergalactic universe.”
LIZZOVERSE: Presented by American Express will run all weekend at NYC’s Cipriani 25 Broadway building. Shows will take place every two hours this Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET. Seats must be reserved in advance, and fans can score their tickets now on Fever — but hurry up because Saturday is already completely sold out!
That’s not all, LIZZOVERSE: Presented by American Express will also be accompanied by an album playback performance of Lizzo and her Big Grrrls on Friday. If you want a ticket, now’s the time to be an American Express card holder because the company is shelling out 100 free pairs of tickets to the playback performance to its members.
Not only that, card holders will also be able to access the sale of a limited-edition Lizzo pullover hoodie.
Don’t have an AMEX card? No worries! Lizzo will also stream LIZZOVERSE – A “SPECIAL” ALBUM RELEASE EVENT on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel this Friday starting at 6 p.m. ET.
On the merchandise side, the “Truth Hurts” rapper will update her online store Monday to commemorate her new album. New offerings include inclusive-sized clothing, as well as a mix of vinyl records, CDs and cassettes.
Rapper Meek Mill has reportedly parted ways with the Jay-Z-led record label and entertainment agency, Roc Nation.
Sources allegedly informed Billboard of the split, but there is no further information on what may have caused the separation or if it was amicable.
Meek Mill entered a management deal with the Roc 10 years ago in 2012, where he earned a joint deal for his own label, Dreamchasers. In 2019, not long after his release from prison the year prior, Meek partnered with Jay-Z to create the Reform Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at eliminating unjust prison sentencing. The rappers forged what seemed to be a great relationship over the last decade.
Earlier this year, Meek publicly expressed frustration with his record label, Atlantic Records, for lack of support on his latest album, Expensive Pain, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart.
“They didn’t put nothing into expensive pain and then said I can’t drop another project for 9 months at the end of my contract after I made them 100’s of millions,” he wrote on Twitter. “how would can anybody survive that … most rappers can’t speak because they depend on these companies ‘ I don’t.'”
He continued tweeting, airing his grievances with the label’s restrictive release terms and the handling of the relationship between him and label mate Roddy Ricch.
“So look I made Atlantic records 100’s of millions and let them rape me out out Roddy a artist they came to me about in jail … they still saying I can’t drop music until 9 months after my last album got blackballed just wrapped buildings and Nina art with talent.”
As of Monday afternoon, neither Meek nor Roc Nation have commented on the matter.
Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi has confirmed that a scene involving Kate Bush‘s music was scrapped from the film.
Actor Christian Bale, who plays the villain Gorr the God Butcher in the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, previously told Total Film that Waititi had an idea for a Bush-soundtracked dance scene in the movie. Speaking to NME, Waititi shared more about what he had envisioned with using the “Running Up That Hill” artist’s music.
“There were a bunch of Kate Bush songs I wanted to have in there,” Waititi explained. “We were gonna have ‘This Woman’s Work,’ which was gonna be great for [a scene with] Natalie Portman‘s character.”
Waititi added that he had the idea before the fourth season Stranger Things made “Running Up That Hill” a phenomenon, or, as the Waititi puts it, “ruined Kate Bush.”
“I love that show, but as someone who feels a real ownership of Kate Bush music … I’m really annoyed!” he laughed. “I’ve become one of those old a***holes who’s, like, ‘These kids never listened to Kate Bush, they’ve heard one song on a TV show! They don’t know Kate Bush! I know Kate Bush!'”
Thor: Love and Thunder is in theaters now.
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