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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder took a moment during his solo concert in Seattle Tuesday night to pay tribute to another hometown rocker, Mark Lanegan, who passed away yesterday at age 57.

In fan-shot footage of the show, a clearly emotional Vedder tells the crowd that he’d been feeling “really terrible” before he and his solo band The Earthlings were set to take the stage.

“I think it was because I was having an allergic reaction to sadness,” Vedder said as his voice broke. “Because we lost…there’s a guy called Mark Lanegan.”

“There are a lot of really great musicians, some people know Seattle because of the musicians that have come out of the great Northwest,” the “Even Flow” rocker continued. “Some of those guys were one-of-a-kind singers. Mark was certainly that, and with such a strong voice.”

Lanegan co-founded the band Screaming Trees in nearby Ellensburg, Washington, and helped pioneer the grunge sound that brought fame to the Seattle area in the ’90s.

“He’s gonna be deeply missed,” Vedder said of Lanegan. “At least we will always have his voice to listen to and his words and his books to read, he wrote two incredible books in the last few years.”

Vedder added that he wanted to “let [Lanegan’s] wife and loved ones know that people in his old stomping grounds have been thinking about him, and we love him.”

According to Setlist.fm, Vedder dedicated a performance of the song “Tender Mercies,” which he recorded alongside Glen Hansard for the Flag Day soundtrack, to Lanegan.

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Britney Spears is moving out.

The star told fans via Instagram that she’s “in the process of buying a new home,” adding, “It’s time for change!!!!”  She illustrated her post with some video from her current bedroom, where you can see her pool and hot tub and some green hills, against a backdrop of a pink-streaked sky.

“So this is the view from my room … it’s pretty spectacular,” Britney wrote. “I’ve lived in this house for 7 years…I’ve been pretty modest about the home I live in now !!!! I know you guys have seen me dance in my living room …. but honestly I have 3 living rooms!!!!”

She adds, “Maybe one day I’ll give you guys a tour but until then here’s the pink sky!!!”

It’s perhaps not surprising that Britney would want a new home as she begins a new chapter in her life. She’s engaged to her boyfriend, free of her conservatorship and recently acquired a puppy and a kitten. Oh, and she also signed a reported $15 million deal to pen a tell-all book, which should help with the down payment on the new place.

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Garth Brooks has a hometown show on the books. He’s set a date for Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, which will be his Stadium Tour’s final stop in the city as well as the only date in Tennessee.

The show is a long time coming for Garth’s fans in Music City. Over 70,000 fans showed up to watch him play at his planned Nissan Stadium date over the summer, but at the last second, the show was canceled due to severe weather.

Shortly thereafter, Garth had to hit the brakes on his tour plans as a whole, due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, and he wasn’t sure when he’d next get back to Nashville. That makes setting a date for Nissan Stadium extra exciting, both for the star and for his fanbase.

The show is set for April 16 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale March 4 at 10 a.m. CT. As always for a stop on the Stadium Tour, the show will feature in-the-round seating.

Garth has big plans to hit cities across the country this spring, with sold-out shows booked for San Diego, Baton Rouge and more. In September, he’ll head over to Ireland for four sold-out dates at Dublin’s Croke Park.

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Foo Fighters are branching out into film: The superstar rock band’s new horror comedy Studio 666 hits theaters February 25. But in-between the decapitations, electrocutions, stabbings, chainsaw murders and one very unpleasant scene involving a barbecue grill, you’ll find a cameo by none other than Lionel Richie.

How’d that happen?  Turns out it was all a happy accident.

Head Foo Dave Grohl tells Entertainment Tonight that Lionel was written into the original script, but the screenwriters didn’t know that Dave actually knows Lionel in real life.  “When I read the script I was like, ‘Oh my God, let’s just text him!’ So I texted him and I’m like, ‘Dude we’re making a horror film. You want to be in it?’ And he was like, ‘Absolutely.’ And that was it.”

It’s not clear how Dave and Lionel know each other, but between them, they probably know everyone who’s anyone in music, so it’s not surprising.  They also have something in common: Dave and Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, while Lionel is a nominee for induction this year.

In addition to Foo Fighters, Studio 666 also stars Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Whitney Cummings, and is about the band recording an album in a haunted mansion. There, Dave becomes possessed, turns into a monster and kills everyone in sight.  In the trailer, you can see Lionel telling Dave, “We all have writer’s block!”

Meanwhile, Lionel returns to TV this weekend as a judge for the 20th season of American Idol on ABC.

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All hail the return of Florence + the Machine.

After a cryptic tease earlier this week, Florence Welch and company have premiered a new song called “King.” The track, which finds Welch singing, “I am no mother/I am no bride/I am king,” is available now via digital outlets, and is streaming alongside an accompanying video now on YouTube.

“King” is the first new song from Florence since last year’s “Call Me Cruella,” which was recorded for the 2021 Disney film Cruella. The band’s most recent album is 2018’s High as Hope, which features the single “Hunger.”

Meanwhile, Welch is writing original music and lyrics for an upcoming The Great Gatsby musical.

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Foo Fighters, Machine Gun Kelly and Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to play the 2022 Osheaga Festival, taking place July 29-31 in Montreal.

The bill also includes Royal Blood, Glass Animals, Bleachers, beabadoobee, girl in red, Tones and I, Wet Leg, Dominic Fike, Turnstile and Local Natives, among many more.

Rapper A$AP Rocky and pop star Dua Lipa will headline, as well.

Foo Fighters had been originally scheduled to headline Osheaga in 2020 before the festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was scrapped again in 2021, making 2022 Osheaga’s return after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus.

For the full Osheaga 2022 lineup and all ticket info, visit Osheaga.com.

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Foo Fighters are headed back to Austin City Limits.

The long-running PBS music performance series has booked Dave Grohl and company for a taping to air during its upcoming 48th season. The show will take place on April 27.

The Foos previously rocked the ACL stage twice before. Highlights from those shows were compiled into an hour-long ACL special, which premiered in 2021.

“I’m sure I can speak for every musician when I say that being asked to come play Austin City Limits is practically like getting a medal,” Grohl said at the time. “As a musician it’s something to aspire to and if you actually achieve that then you wear it like a badge.”

Other artists set to tape episodes for ACL‘s next season include Arlo Parks, Japanese Breakfast and Cimafunk.

In addition to their trip to ACL, Foo Fighters will be headed to the silver screen with their movie Studio 666, which premieres in theaters this Friday, February 25.

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Olivia Rodrigo is about to head out on her first headline tour to support her record-breaking debut album, SOUR, but she’s already started work on its follow up.

Speaking to Billboard, Olivia reveals, “I have a title for my next album and a few songs. It’s really exciting to think about the next world that’s coming up for me. I just love writing songs. I’m trying not to put too much pressure on myself. [I want to] just sort of explore and have fun right now.”

Once again, Olivia’s working with Dan Nigro, with whom she co-wrote most of SOUR.  Olivia notes, “The craziness of SOUR being out in the world was something that really only Dan and I could relate to, and I think that has brought us closer together. I trust him so much and really enjoy the music we’ve been making.”

As for pressure to follow up such a successful album, Olivia — whom Billboard has named its Woman of the Year — says, “It’s definitely a different experience writing a second album after having a debut that was so well received. I still write so much of my music in my bedroom though, and I don’t think that experience will ever change.

Olivia also shares what she feels was her most “pinch me” moment: going to the White House to meet President Biden and help promote the COVID-19 vaccine.

She says, “The whole time I was in the White House having this incredible experience, I was just thinking about how I got to do it because I wrote a bunch of songs in my bedroom!”

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Coldplay has released a cover of the Kid Cudi song “Day ‘n’ Nite.”

Chris Martin and company recorded their spin on the tune for the Spotify Singles series.

“I loved when it came out, and I still love love love it,” Martin says of “Day ‘n’ Nite,” which was Cudi’s debut single.

“This is the first time I think that we’ve really taken proper time to record a cover, because in my head I could hear a version of it quite different from the original, that hopefully just reinforces what a brilliant song it is,” the “Fix You” singer continues. “One way or another I hope that anyone listening will just think, ‘Wow, Kid Cudi is amazing.'”

Coldplay’s Spotify Singles release also includes an acoustic version of the band’s song “Let Somebody Go” alongside Selena Gomez. The original track appears on Coldplay’s new album Music of the Spheres, and also features vocals from Gomez.

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