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Luke Combs is filling in more of the details about his upcoming third studio album, Growin’ Up. The country star shared the full track list for the project on his social media this week, and it includes a few live favorites — and one superstar duet.

Megawatt duets aren’t a new thing for Luke, who included a collaboration with Eric Church called “Does to Me” on his last album.

This time around, the song in question is called “Outrunnin’ Your Memory,” a collaboration with Miranda Lambert. Luke had previously teased that the album would feature a duet, and hinted at a few more facts about the album in the days leading up to the track list announcement.

“Crazy thing is, I’ve only ever posted about or played lived 6 of the 12 songs on the new album, so y’all have never heard half the songs,” he wrote earlier in May.

Now that it’s out, the track list features several familiar titles — like “Tomorrow Me” and the lead single “Doin’ This” — but there’s plenty of never-before-heard stuff in the mix.

Fans will get the chance to hear a little bit more of the album before it comes out in full: Luke says that track three off the project, “The Kind of Love We Make,” will be coming out ahead of release day, on June 17.

Growin’ Up will arrive in full the next week, on June 24.

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Legendary R&B singer Bobby Brown has often been in the limelight regarding his difficult life and career struggles. In a recent chat with People, the 53-year-old musician opened up about a traumatic secret he’s kept for many years: being molested by a priest as a young boy. 

Speaking in the exclusive interview ahead of his new A&E documentary, Biography: Bobby Brown, premiering on May 30, the Boston native described the experience as one of the reasons he resorted to using drugs and alcohol. 

“I was sent to a temporary custody by social services which was supposed to be a religious place but it wasn’t a very nice place to be for a child,” he told People. “One of the priests tried to molest me. He tried to touch my private parts … At that time, I was a young boy. I didn’t know what sexual boundaries were. I just knew I didn’t like being touched.” He added, “Some things are hard to forget.”

Before admitting that he tried to bury the memory, hoping to never relive the moment again, Brown said he fought back against the priest who inappropriately touched him and ran away from the facility. “I had tucked it down so deep into my soul that I didn’t think that I would talk about it again.” 

The Grammy winner says music helped him to cope with the tumultuous issues he dealt with growing up. Now, after 20 years free from narcotics, he says talking about his journey and sharing his story helps.

“I could see where things went wrong for me,” he said. “[Talking about it] helped me get through a lot of other things that had been bothering me, especially that.”

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Florence + the Machine has released a cover of The Stooges’ song “Search and Destroy.”

While Florence Welch‘s ethereal voice is certainly different from the howl of Iggy Pop, her band’s version of “Search and Destroy” stays true to the vibe of the original proto-punk classic thanks to a hard-strumming acoustic guitar and raucous drums.

“Iggy Pop was such a presence on this record,” Welch says, referring to the new Machine record Dance Fever. “From the tension of ‘King,’ to the baritone growl of ‘Restraint.’ So we wanted to pay homage to him.”

The “Search and Destroy” cover appears on the newly released deluxe version of Dance Fever, which is out today, May 18, via digital outlets. The expanded set also features acoustic versions of four Dance Fever songs, including the single “My Love.”

The original Dance Fever dropped last Friday. Florence + the Machine will launch a U.S. tour in support of the record in September.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is following Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron in denouncing Rolling Stone‘s recent article about Taylor Hawkins.

The piece, which was published Monday evening, features interviews with both named and anonymous friends of the late Foo Fighters drummer, including Smith and Cameron.

The piece includes multiple sources claiming that Hawkins had expressed discomfort with the amount of touring he had to do as part of Foo Fighters leading up to his unexpected death this past March, with both Cameron and Smith quoted as saying Hawkins had a “heart-to-heart” conversation with Foo frontman Dave Grohl and the band’s management about his concerns.

Smith is also quoted talking about an alleged incident during which Hawkins “lost consciousnesses” while on a flight last December.

“That was one of the straws that broke the camel’s back,” one of Smith’s quotes reads. “After that, [Hawkins] had a real important heart-to-heart with Dave and the management. He said, ‘I can’t continue on this schedule, and so we’ve got to figure out something.'”

Both claims about the alleged conversation between Hawkins, Grohl and management and Hawkins losing consciousness aboard that flight were denied by a Foo Fighters rep.

On Tuesday afternoon, Cameron issued a statement claiming that his quotes were “taken out of context and shaped into a narrative I had never intended,” adding that he’s “truly sorry to have taken part in this interview.”

Smith then followed with his own statement Tuesday evening, reading, “The story [Rolling Stone] wrote was sensationalized and misleading.”

“Had I known I never would have agreed to participate,” Smith continued. “I apologize to his family and musical friends for any pain this may have caused. I miss Taylor every day.”

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Now that Nick Jonas and his wife Priyanka Chopra have welcomed their baby girl, Malti, all three members of Jonas Brothers are fathers.  So, who’s the favorite uncle in the family?  Well, not someone you’d expect.

Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, Nick revealed, “Franklin Jonas, the youngest…he’s 21 now, if you can believe that…but he’s the favorite uncle by far, of all the uncles.” By way of explanation, Nick added, “Well, he’s the closest in age to the kids”

Nick also said Malti, who spent 100 days in the ICU, is “home and doing amazing,” adding, “What a gift!” However, he joked that he’s the recipient of a lot of unwanted advice, noting, “It turns out everybody I know is a newborn care specialist! All these PhDs I didn’t know they had!”

The “Jealous” singer also revealed that he gave Priyanka a citrus tree for Mother’s Day, which he plans to plant using “how-to” videos from YouTube. In addition, Nick said he was looking forward to the JoBros’ upcoming Las Vegas Residency, scheduled for June 3-11 at Dolby Live at Park MGM Las Vegas.

“I can’t wait to go to Vegas and actually leave with my money in my pocket!” he laughed.

Finally, Nick promoted the upcoming NBC show Dancing with Myself, which features him judging amateur dancers along with Shakira and Liza Koshy.  That premieres May 31 at 10 p.m. ET.

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Looks like it’s gearing up to be a hot girl summer again. After taking home the award for Artist of the Year at the 2022 Webby Awards earlier this week, Megan Thee Stallion shared some long-awaited details about her new album.

“I’m probably like 95 percent done with my new album,” the rapper said during a chat backstage. “I wanna tease that for the Hotties. I haven’t even told them nothing about my album, but yeah.”

While the latest update was all Meg decided to share about her forthcoming second project, she once hinted at the caliber of music that fans can expect on it.

“I have been recording songs for a long time,” she said speaking of the upcoming LP and her 2021 mixtape, Something For Thee Hotties, in an interview last year, as shared by AllHipHop. “

“I felt like I was rushing trying to put out projects because I feel like I always got to feed the Hotties,” Megan said. “So right now how I’m writing, I’m really taking my time. This is the most songs that I’ve ever recorded.”

As for any other details, “y’all know I’m not about to tell y’all the name of the second album,” she said.

The 27-year-old rap star shared pictures of her Webby Awards look on Instagram on Tuesday, thanking the organization for most recent accolade, which came only a day after winning Top Female Rap Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.

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A new Design Network series called Rucker’s Reno will follow country star Darius Rucker as he works with a team of designers to refurbish a mansion in the downtown area of his hometown, Charleston, South Carolina.

Over the course of six episodes, Darius will rebuild the home room by room, exploring the history of the house — which was originally built by slaves — and sharing some of the history of the city in the process.

A trailer for the show offers a sneak peek at the work on the house and details Darius’ relationship with his hometown.

“Oh goodness, I don’t think anybody loves Charleston more than me,” he says in the clip. “It’s my favorite place in the world. It’s where you wanna be, downtown Charleston.”

He adds, “I think this house is gonna be really inspirational, because of where it is, because of what it is, you know, and who built it … I think this house is ready for a new chapter.”

Rucker’s Reno will premiere on May 30 at 8 p.m. ET, but Samsung TV Plus subscribers can watch the show exclusively on the platform right now.

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Chris Brown announced Tuesday that his new album, Breezy, will drop June 24. 

The R&B singer shared the news, along with the official album artwork — a gray-scale photo of “Breezy” shaved in to the back of his head — in an Instagram post with the caption, “JUNE 24th BREEZY ALBUM.”

In addition to dropping the release date for his upcoming tenth studio album, the 33-year-old seemed to reveal the album’s collaborators.

Taking to Instagram Stories, Chris posted the names of 11 artists — Wizkid, Yung Bleu, Ella Mai, H.E.R., Lil Wayne, Blxst, Anderson .Paak, Jack Harlow, Fivio Foreign, Tory Lanez, and EST Gee. He then followed up the posts with “… [smirk face emoji].”

Breezy will be the first album from Chris in three years. His last album, Indigo, was released in 2019.

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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is ending her lengthy run as the host of Ellen, a talk show that many celebrities have been visiting since the very beginnings of their careers.

That includes two of country music’s biggest names: Keith Urban and Luke Bryan. Both are bidding their final farewell to Ellen’s couch this week and are feeling sentimental about the occasion.

For his part, Luke posted two snapshots on Twitter in which he’s posing with an early promotional picture for Ellen, including one where he’s kissing the image of Ellen’s face. “We’re all gonna miss you so much on our TVs,” he wrote in the caption. “Good luck on your next chapter.”

In his final appearance on the talk show, Keith not only serenaded Ellen with a rendition of his hit “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” but he also gifted her a guitar — complete with a letter written on its body — as a parting gift.

Ellen, which launched in 2003, is now in its final season.

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