X Ambassadors vocalist Sam Harris and All Time Low‘s Alex Gaskarth “rock and roll all night” as members of KISS in a new clip from the upcoming film Spinning Gold.
The movie is a biopic about Neil Bogart, who founded the label Casablanca Records and helped launch the careers of artists like KISS, Donna Summer, Parliament and Village People.
The clip shows Bogart, played by Tony-nominated actor Jeremy Jordan, being led backstage at a KISS concert just as they’re playing their signature song “Rock and Roll All Nite” for the enthusiastic crowd. We also get brief looks at Harris playing guitarist and vocalist Paul Stanley and Gaskarth playing drummer Peter Criss.
Spinning Gold — which was written and directed by Bogart’s son, Timothy Scott Bogart — will be shown Thursday during an industry-only screening at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.
Justin Bieber‘s had so many hits that you can be forgiven if you don’t remember a few of them. But the video for one of them — which he released back in 2012 — has just become his 11th video to hit 1 billion views on YouTube.
Remember that time Justin collaborated with Nicki Minaj on a song called “Beauty And A Beat“? Appearing on his third studio album, Believe, the song was co-written by Nicki, Zedd, Max Martin and others, and produced by Zedd and Martin. The song peaked at #5, but the video, filmed in a water park in L.A., set a new record on Vevo for the most views in 24 hours, racking up 10.6 million.
Now that “Beauty And A Beat” has hit a billion views, it joins Justin’s 10 other videos to achieve that milestone, which include “Baby,” “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “Let Me Love You,” “What Do You Mean?” and “Cold Water.”
Korn has premiered a new live video for “Worst Is on Its Way,” the current single off the band’s new album, Requiem.
The performance was recorded during Korn’s streaming concert earlier this year celebrating the release of Requiem, which was filmed at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Three hundred fans got to attend the intimate show in performance, which required attendees to wear “appropriate black funeral attire.”
You can watch the live “Worst Is on Its Way” video streaming now on YouTube.
Requiem, Korn’s 14th studio album, was released last February. It also includes the lead single “Start the Healing.”
Korn will hit the road in support of Requiem on a U.S. tour alongside Evanescence kicking off in August.
The long-rumored collaboration between Tame Impala and Diana Ross has finally arrived.
The Australian psychedelic outfit and the R&B icon have teamed up for a new song called “Turn Up the Sunshine.” As previously reported, the track will appear on the ’70s-inspired soundtrack to the upcoming Minions sequel movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru.
You can listen to “Turn Up the Sunshine” now via digital outlets.
In addition to the Tame and Diana collab, the Minions 2 soundtrack includes a host of big-name alternative artists, including St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Bleachers and Alabama Shakes‘ Brittany Howard. The album was also produced by Jack Antonoff.
You can listen to the whole soundtrack when it’s released July 1, the same day Minions 2 hits theaters.
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Guitars signed by Journey‘s Neal Schon, The Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir and former Traffic member Dave Mason are among the items currently up for bid in a benefit auction that will help provide free mental health therapy to members of the music industry in need.
The Backline organization and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund have teamed up to organize the auction with the hope of raising $100,000 for Sweet Relief’s Music’s Mental Health Fund, which will provide mental health resources to about 250 music industry professionals and their family members.
The sale, which is being hosted by the Propeller social-impact platform, includes a Player Plus Stratocaster guitar signed by Schon, a D’Angelico Excel guitar autographed by Weir and a Classic Vibe ’50s Stratocaster signed by Mason.
The auction also is offering the chance to win tickets to select concerts and events, including front-row seats to Jackson Browne‘s July 26 show at New York City’s famed Beacon Theatre, plus a special merch pack.
To check out the full list of items and to place a bid, visit Propeller.la.
Elton John‘s classic fifth studio album, Honky Château, was released 50 years ago today, on May 19, 1972.
The album was Elton’s first to top the Billboard 200, spending five consecutive weeks at #1 in July and August of ’72 and beginning a run of six straight chart-topping studio efforts in the U.S. for Elton.
Honky Château included two songs that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, “Rocket Man” — one of Elton’s signature tunes — and “Honky Cat,” which peaked at #6 and #8, respectively.
The album was recorded in France at Château d’Hérouville, an 18th century manor house, and was Elton’s first full album to feature contributions from his classic backing band of guitarist Davey Johnstone, drummer Nigel Olsson and bassist Dee Murray.
Johnstone tells ABC Audio that he had basically just met Olsson and Murray for the first time at the airport before the sessions began, but he says they quickly developed a chemistry while working on the album.
“[W]ith Elton on piano, Nigel on drums, Dee on bass and me on guitars, and then us all doing background vocals, we it had tailor-made,” Johnstone says. “[We were a] four-piece … rocking outfit. And with Bernie Taupin supplying the lyrics, it was like, suddenly we were this unstoppable force.”
Johnstone notes that with everyone staying at the château, songs often would come together very quickly.
“[W]e’d come down in the morning and have a coffee and a baguette or something, and we’d just immediately start rehearsing some of these songs,” Johnstone recalls. “And in some cases, we’d rehearse the song and we’d say, ‘Oh, that sounds great. Let’s just go over to the studio and cut it right now.’… So it was very, very fast.”
Here’s Honky Château‘s full track list:
“Honky Cat”
“Mellow”
“I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself”
“Susie (Dramas)”
“Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)”
“Salvation”
“Slave”
“Amy”
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”
“Hercules”
Multitalented entertainer Teyana Taylor was crowned the season 7 winner of The Masked Singer on Wednesday night, but the 31-year-old superstar says the road to winning was never something she took lightly.
“It was nothing that I looked at as just, like, fun and games,” she said in an interview following her final performance as the firefly.
The decision to join the show came after the “Rose in Harlem” singer announced she was retiring from music in December 2021. Taylor says she was skeptical about joining the show but looked at the opportunity as an outlet to “sing without politics and judgement.”
“It’s crazy because I was so passionate from day one and I think it’s because of my journey in music,” she said.
Though her journey on the top-secret competition show was an “emotional” one, Taylor says she’s ultimately glad she decided to take part. “It felt so good to win this,” she expressed.
As for her retirement from the music industry — a decision many of her fans aren’t in favor of — Taylor says The Masked Singer is “technically” her last bow, but also “you never know” because she’s now got “a lot of things to think about.”
Jason Aldean shared an update with fans this week after his son, Memphis, sustained an injury that landed him in the emergency room. On his Instagram Stories, Jason shared a snapshot of the 4-year-old in a hospital bed.
“Lil man had his first trip to the ER today,” Jason wrote. “Needed 2 stitches and took it like a champ.”
Though Memphis looks a little bit unhappy to be in the hospital in the photo, he’s well on his way toward recovery, with help from an iPad and a bag of kettle corn popcorn. The country superstar assured fans that his son is going to be just fine.
“Back home and rockin,” he added in his post.
Not long before his ER update, Jason shared a few shots of Memphis and his younger sister Navy enjoying life in the family’s new beachside Florida hometown. “As a beach guy, nothing makes me happier than seeing my babies love the water,” he wrotealongside an image of his two young children building sandcastles by the ocean.
Another recent photo shows Memphis with a new toy: a metal detector. “Memphis is on a mission to find some treasure, so we got him a metal detector!” the singer explained, along with #goodluckbuddy.
Courtesy of Backline & Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Guitars signed by Journey‘s Neal Schon, Judas Priest, The Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir and former Traffic member Dave Mason are among the items currently up for bid in a benefit auction that will help provide free mental health therapy to members of the music industry in need.
The Backline organization and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund have teamed up to organize the auction with the hope of raising $100,000 for Sweet Relief’s Music’s Mental Health Fund, which will provide mental health resources to about 250 music industry professionals and their family members.
The sale, which is being hosted by the Propeller social-impact platform, includes a Player Plus Stratocaster guitar signed by Schon, an ESP LTD M-200FM model autographed by the members of Judas Priest, a D’Angelico Excel guitar signed by Weir and a Classic Vibe ’50s Stratocaster autographed by Mason.
The auction also is offering the chance to win tickets to select concerts and events, including front-row seats to Jackson Browne‘s July 26 show at New York City’s famed Beacon Theatre, plus a special merch pack.
To check out the full list of items and to place a bid, visit Propeller.la.
If you were wondering what name Sean “Diddy” Combs is going by these days, you’re in luck because he set the record straight surrounding his moniker while on the Ellen show Wednesday.
“I feel it’s very important that I clear that up,” said Diddy, after host Ellen DeGeneres flat out asked “What’s your name?”
“I decided that I’m just going to go with the name Diddy,” the entrepreneur, who has also gone by Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Puffy, clarified before sharing that his legal name is now Love.
“Love is my real name,” he explained. “So, I just changed my name to Sean Love Combs. That’s what it says on my driver’s license. That is my official name. Love.”
