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Crobot has announced a new album called Feel This.

The fourth studio effort from the “Nowhere to Hide” rockers will arrive June 3, and can be pre-ordered now. Lead single “Better Times” is available now via digital outlets. You can watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.

“We never want to make the same album twice,” says vocalist Brandon Yeagley. “There is something for every Crobot fan out there as well as newcomers. At the same time, we’re having fun. We want to be taken seriously, but not too seriously — because this is monkey hour after all.”

Feel This is the follow-up to 2019’s Motherbrain, which features the single “Low Life” and “Gasoline.”

Crobot will hit the road in May while opening for Danzig.

Here’s the Feel This track list:

“Electrified”
“Dizzy”
“Set You Free”
“Better Times”
“Golden”
“Without Wings”
“Livin’ on the Streets”
“Into the Fire”
“Dance with the Dead”
“Holy Ghost”
“Never Break Me”
“Staring Straight into the Sun”

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Camila Cabello teased her forthcoming album Familia on Friday by sharing some handwritten notes and photos fashioned in a scrapbook-style booklet. “Sneak peek of the FAMILIA journal,” she wrote on Instagram and shared snippets of some never-before-seen photos and notes. Familia is due out April 8.

Rihanna‘s Savage X Fenty lingerie line is valued at at least $3 billion, says Bloomberg.  Apparently, Rih is considering making an initial public offering (IPO) for her company, meaning fans could potentially buy stock in her Fenty franchise in the future. Her representatives declined to comment on the report.

Ariana Grande’s fans are saying “thank u” to Madame Tussauds for unveiling its new Ari wax figure that, shockingly, looks just like the Grammy winner — engagement ring, tattoos and all. This is the third revision of the statue, according to a press release. Fans can start checking it out at Florida’s Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Orlando.

Post Malone‘s sale of his Bugatti is going less than smoothly because it’s the center of a lawsuit. KUTV reports that a man agreed to buy the all-white 2019 Bugatti Chiron Coupe for $3.5 million, but his all-cash offer was bumped when a higher offer came in. The man claims he signed a sales contract prior to that other offer coming in, which he says fell through, so now he’s suing the car broker, who he claims is not returning his calls.

Cardi B lambasted her young fans who think it’s okay to disrespect their teachers. Sharing a video of middle schoolers throwing a chair at and hurting their teacher, which she called “disgusting,” she tweeted, “I went to school wit a lot of gangstas and no matter what they never put their hands on a teacher…Kids this is not respected, not cool, not funny, not tough, not gangsta.”

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Eddie Vedder‘s Ukulele Songs is coming back to vinyl.

A reissue of the Pearl Jam frontman’s sophomore solo album will be released May 6, marking the first time the record’s been pressed to wax since its original release in 2011.

The collection will be available in Standard and Deluxe editions, both of which include all 16 songs from the original album. The Deluxe arrives in exclusive expanded packaging including a 16-page booklet and a lithograph.

Ukulele Songs, as the title suggests, found Vedder trading a guitar for Hawaii’s signature instrument to strum along to set of originals and covers. It was Vedder’s most recent full-length solo effort until this year’s Earthling, which was released this past February.

Vedder just wrapped up a solo tour in support of Earthing last month. He’ll return to the road with Pearl Jam for a European tour in June.

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Beyoncé’s mom Tina Knowles-Lawson is teaming up with Beyoncé’s former Destiny’s Child group mate Michelle Williams for a new Lifetime movie. Entertainment Tonight debuted the new trailer for Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story, in which Williams plays a single lawyer named Chastity Jeffries who meets a man that seems perfect at first, but then things take a dark turn. Knowles-Lawson plays Williams’ mother in the film. It premieres Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.

LL Cool J is breaking his silence after going viral on social media this week. It all started when fans began sharing some of his most outrageous music video moments after someone tweeted, “LL Cool J was ridiculous in every music video he was in. Just go look.” The rapper took to his TikTok and acknowledged that being ridiculous was his goal. He then paid tribute to some of his most memorable music video antics.

Tia Mowry is reuniting with some of her The Game co-stars for a secret project. She shared some photos on Instagram of her posing with Pooch Hall and Wendy Raquel Robinson. “Some of the Game fam reunited!! Can’t wait to share what we were up to!” she wrote. The Game was revived by Paramount+ last year, but Mowry did not appear in season one. The show was renewed for season two last month.

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Not 24 hours after a Chicago judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to five months behind bars for staging a racially motivated attack on himself, attorneys for the disgraced former Empire star have filed an appeal. 

According to ABC affiliate WLS-TV, Smollett is now in protective custody at Cook County Jail, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office noted in a statement, clarifying that the actor is not being held in solitary confinement, contrary to some reports.

A statement from the Sherriff’s Office explains that confinement like Jussie’s is “routinely used for individuals ordered into protective custody who may potentially be at risk of harm due to the nature of their charges, their profession, or their noteworthy status.”

The message also notes, “Mr. Smollett is being housed in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times.”

The statement adds regarding Smollett’s confinement, “During such times out of cell, other detainees will not be present in the common areas…The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority.”

Before sentencing Thursday, Cook County Judge James Linn excoriated Smollett, calling him a “charlatan” who “denigrated” actual hate crime victims.

“You got on the witness stand. You didn’t have to…But you committed hour upon hour upon hour of pure perjury,” Linn said.

Smollett was led off in handcuffs, screaming, “I am not suicidal! I am innocent!”

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Michael Bublé is many things, but above all else, he admits he’s a bit of a “dramatic b****.”

Speaking to iNews, the “I’ll Never Not Love You” singer revealed he and wife Luisana Lopilato are polar opposites.  While she’s the calm, cool and collected one — he’s not.

“My wife would tell you that my life is high drama. I would tell you that I’m easy-going, but actually I’m a dramatic b****,” he confessed. “I love the drama. I think you’ve gotta love it to perform. It’s part of what makes me creative.” 

Michael said his drama fed into him being a workaholic. “I sometimes feel like a little gerbil going round and round who doesn’t know where it’s going,” he admitted, but says he has a much healthier work/life balance. After his eight-year-old son, Noah, was diagnosed with liver cancer and is now in remission, Michael said he’ll “work hard, but I will never allow it to take over my life again.”

“I’ll never shirk my responsibilities of being a dad. I just know it’ll end in tears,” said Michael. “I would rather look back and think, ‘If I had worked harder, I could have sold more records and had bigger grosses on the tour.’ I can accept that — but I can’t accept thinking, ‘If only I had been with my kids more.'”

Michael also says his kids inherited his flair for the dramatic, acting like they “were being dragged off to a camp of death and would never be seen again” after their maternal grandparents left to go back to Argentina after waiting out the pandemic at their house.

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Sheryl, a new documentary about Sheryl Crow, gets its world premiere tonight at the South by Southewest festival in Austin, Texas, and now comes word that a companion soundtrack album will be released on May 6, coinciding with the date that the movie will debut on Showtime.

Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary is a 35-track compilation that features the Grammy winner’s biggest hits, including “If It Makes You Happy,” “Soak Up the Sun,” “All I Wanna Do,” “Strong Enough,” “Everyday Is a Winding Road” and many others.

The album also is packed with deep tracks and three newly recorded songs, as well as collaborations with such famous artists as Stevie Nicks, Eric Clapton, Sting, Keith Richards and the late Johnny Cash.

Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary, which can be pre-ordered now, will be available digitally and as a two-CD set.

The Sheryl documentary premieres tonight at SXSW starting at 8 p.m. CT. According to a press release, the doc “[n]avigates Crow’s seminal yet hard-fought musical career battling sexism, depression, perfectionism, cancer, and the price of fame — before harnessing the power of her gift.”

Here’s the full list of songs on the soundtrack:

“If It Makes You Happy”
“Leaving Las Vegas”
“All I Wanna Do”
“What Can I Do for You”
“Run, Baby, Run”
“Hard to Make a Stand”
“Sweet Rosalyn”
“A Change Would Do You Good”
“Home”
“Love Is a Good Thing”
“Strong Enough”
“Can’t Cry Anymore”
“Everyday Is a Winding Road”
“Redemption Day”
“The Difficult Kind” (Live with Sarah McLachlan)
“I Shall Believe”
“Real Gone” (Live)
“My Favorite Mistake”
“Riverwide”
“Crash and Burn”
“Steve McQueen”
“Soak Up the Sun”
“Out of Our Heads”
“Detours”
“Be Myself”
“Prove You Wrong” (featuring Stevie Nicks & Maren Morris)
“Tell Me When It’s Over” (featuring Chris Stapleton)
“Beware of Darkness” (featuring Brandi Carlile, Eric Clapton, and Sting)
“The Worst” (featuring Keith Richards)
“Story of Everything” (featuring Gary Clark Jr., Chuck D, Andra Day)
“Everything Is Broken” (Live with Jason Isbell at The Ryman)
“Redemption Day” (with Johnny Cash)
“Forever”
“Still the Same”
“Live with Me”

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A third batch of stars has been announced to present at the upcoming 94th Academy Awards: Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, and Oscar nominees Daniel Kaluuya and John Travolta, will join Mila Kunis, Wesley Snipes and Naomi Scott on podium duty this year. 

Previously announced presenters include Academy Award winners Kevin Costner, Anthony Hopkins, Lady Gaga and Rami Malek, as well as former Oscars host Chris Rock, and nominees including Uma Thurman and Rosie Perez. 

Will John Travolta have another “Adele Dazeem” moment on stage? Find out on March 27 when the Oscars are broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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Sheryl Crow isn’t just getting ready for her closeup for the upcoming SHERYL documentary from Showtime, she’s also readying an all-new album.

She announced Friday that, in tandem with her upcoming documentary, she’s releasing Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary.  The project drops May 6 and will compile the Grammy-winner’s biggest hits, including “If It Makes You Happy,” “Soak Up the Sun, “All I Wanna Do, “Redemption Day” and many others.  It’ll be released digitally and on a two-CD format.

In addition to her recognizable tracks, Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary comes packed with additional goodies such as deep tracks and three newly recorded songs.  The album is now available for pre-order from the usual outlets. 

SHERYL, the documentary, premieres tonight at SXSW starting at 6 p.m. ET.   According to the press release, the doc “Navigates Crow’s seminal yet hard-fought musical career battling sexism, depression, perfectionism, cancer, and the price of fame – before harnessing the power of her gift.”

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