Kane Brown may be working on a full-blown country album, but he’s still got plenty of pop hits in the chamber, and one of them will be out later this month.
The singer hopped on social media this week to tease the new song called “Grand.” Video footage shows Kane dancing and singing along in the studio, followed by shots from what appears to be the music video shoot, complete with futuristic strobe lights and a lit-up green background.
“Ain’t life grand? / Only ones I keep around me is my fam / No coincidence, that’s always been the plan / And I always keep it truly with the fans,” he sings in the clip.
“July 22!” Kane wrote in the caption of his post, encouraging fans to pre-save the track.
Kane has always put out a wide array of different musical styles, and he frequently collaborates with artists both in and outside of the country genre. Recently, he was announced as one of the contributors to EDM star Steve Aoki’s upcoming duets project.
Not even Doja Cat is immune to Eddie Munson’s charm. The Grammy winner has made it clear she caught feelings for Stranger Things breakout star Joseph Quinn and is really hoping he slides into her DMs.
After the new season premiered on Netflix, Doja fired off a tweet saying Joseph was “fine as s***.” She also declared Wednesday in a since-deleted tweet that she found his good looks “f***ing criminal.”
Things snowballed from there when original Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp revealed on TikTok that the “Say So” hitmaker slid into his DMs in hopes he could be her wingman.
He grabbed a screenshot of their Instagram exchange, which begins with Doja begging, “Noah can u tell Joseph to hmu.” She then doubles back to clarify, “wait no. Does he have a gf?”
“LMAOO slide into his dms,” Noah encourages in response, giving her the all clear that Joseph isn’t spoken for — but Doja then insists she doesn’t know the British actor’s Instagram or Twitter account handles.
The Grammy winner then replies, “He doesn’t have a dm to slide in.” She is proven wrong when Noah doubles back by linking Joseph’s account and writes back, “Right here ma’am.”
Fans are going wild that Noah exposed the “Kiss Me More” singer on TikTok, while others have applauded Doja for asking if Joseph was already taken.
It is unknown at this time if Doja has worked up the courage to message her crush.
Stranger Things‘ entire fourth season is streaming now on Netflix.
It’s hard to believe Dirty Dancing came out almost 35 years ago. To celebrate its milestone anniversary, fans of the romantic film will soon be able to get their hands on commemorative editions of its best-selling soundtrack.
RCA Records and Legacy Recordings announced in a press release that they will reissue the iconic soundtrack with an all-new collectible color cassette edition as well as a 2LP vinyl set.
The cassette tape will come with an all-new cover and honor both Side A and Side B of the best-selling album by “showcasing these twelve classic tracks the way they’re meant to be heard.”
If you need a refresher, the Dirty Dancing soundtrack was stuffed with hit songs, including the standout track “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. Also accompanying that hit on Side A is star Patrick Swayze‘s “She’s Like the Wind” as well as Eric Carmen‘s “Hungry Eyes” and The Ronettes‘ “Be My Baby.”
The cassette drops Friday, August 19 and is available to pre-order on Amazon.
As for the vinyl collection, it’ll come with two records titled Dirty Dancing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and More Dirty Dancing. It’ll arrive Wednesday, August 24. That is also available to preorder on MondoShop.com.
The soundtrack is one of the best-selling albums of all time. RIAA recently minted the Dirty Dancing soundtrack 14-times Platinum — meaning it sold over 14 million copies in the U.S. alone. On a global scale, over 32 million copies flew off the shelves when it was released in July 1987, cementing its status as one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The soundtrack also dominated the Billboard 200 for four months — or 18 weeks — after it was released.
John Legend dropped the music video for “Honey” Thursday, the Muni Long-assisted track and second single from his forthcoming album.
Picking up where the house party-themed video for “Dope” left off, the new visual sees Legend passed out on the floor, dreaming about the dance party that took place the night prior. Surrounded by bees and honeycomb walls, the 12-time Grammy winner throws it to Long, who’s sitting in a honey-filled bathtub and delivers a sultry performance of her singing verse.
“ACTING!” Legend said on Instagram last week, sharing a preview of the video and teasing its Facebook release.
Though Legend and Long have previously worked together as songwriters, the new song and video mark their first collaboration as recording artists.
Both “Honey” and “Dope” will appear on Legend’s eighth studio album, which will follow the 2020 LP, Bigger Love. Featuring hit singles “Conversations in the Dark,” “Bigger” and “Actions,” Bigger Love earned Legend the Grammy for Best R&B Album at the 63rd annual show.
“I’m so thrilled to be releasing new music,” Legend said in a previous press release. “The past year or so has been so exciting for me creatively. I have been writing and collaborating with some of the most talented people in music, and we have some great new material to share with the world.”
Former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters kicked off his long-delayed This Is Not a Drill Tour of North America last night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
As seen in fan-posted videos and photos, Waters and his band performed in the round on a rectangular stage that featured massive video walls.
In pre-tour announcements, Waters hinted that the shows would feature plenty of the pointed social and political commentary he’s known for, and that was the case. As the concert began, a message ran across the screen notifying the crowd, “If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd but I can’t stand Roger’s politics’ people, you might do well to f*** off to the bar right now.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazettealso reports the video screens bombarded the audience with provocative messages, film clips and images that focused on issues, including the evils of war, racial injustice, corporate greed, political corruption, gun violence and reproductive, trans and Palestinian rights. At one point, Waters fired a fake automatic rifle at the crowd.
Waters’ two-set show featured over 20 songs and included multiple-song segments from Pink Floyd’s classic 1970s albums The Wall, Wish You Were Here and The Dark Side of the Moon. In the middle of his first set, Roger introduced a brand-new tune called “The Bar,” which he reprised later in the concert.
Waters also played two songs from his most recent solo album, 2017’s Is This the Life We Really Want?: the title track and “Déjà Vu.”
Roger’s backing band features guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster, keyboardist/guitarist Jon Carin, bassist Gus Seyffert, keyboardist Robert Walter, drummer Joey Waronker, sax player Seamus Blake, and backing vocalists Shanay Johnson and Amanda Belair.
Here’s the show’s full set list:
Set 1
“Comfortably Numb” (Acoustic)
“The Happiest Days of Our Lives”
“Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2”
“Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3”
“The Powers That Be”
“The Bravery of Being Out of Range”
“The Bar” (New song)
“Have a Cigar”
“Wish You Were Here”
“Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)”
“Sheep”
Set 2
“In the Flesh”
“Run Like Hell”
“Déjà Vu”
“Is This the Life We Really Want?”
“Money”
“Us and Them”
“Any Colour You Like”
“Brain Damage”
“Eclipse”
“Two Suns in the Sunset”
“The Bar” (Reprise)
“Outside the Wall”
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Three Days Grace and Shinedown are tied for the most #1 singles in the history of Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
The Canadian rockers have earned their 17th lead on Mainstream Rock Airplay with their latest single, “Lifetime,” once again matching the total set by Brent Smith and company.
For those who haven’t been following along, TDG and Shinedown’s battle for Mainstream Rock Airplay chart supremacy has been one for the ages. TDG first set the record for most #1s in 2018 with 14, surpassing a mark long held by Van Halen. Shinedown eventually caught up in 2020, when both them and TDG each had 15 #1s, and then took sole possession of the record later that year with their 16th lead.
TDG then ended up tying Shinedown in February of this year with “So Called Life,” but Shinedown soon retook the record just a month later with “Planet Zero,” extending their total to 17. Now, with “Lifetime,” TDG is tied with Shinedown for the third time in two years.
“Lifetime” is the current single off Three Days Grace’s new album, Explosions, which was released in May.
The U.K. outfit has premiered a new song called “Part of the Band.” It’s the first preview of the group’s upcoming album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, due out October 14.
You can listen to “Part of the Band” now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video will premiere on YouTube at 2 p.m. ET.
The news comes after The 1975 deactivated all of their social media platforms — a stunt they’ve pulled numerous times leading up to album announcements. They then returned to social media in June by simply teasing, “Your new album. Your new era. Your old friends.”
Being Funny in a Foreign Language is the fifth 1975 album and the follow-up to 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form. Here’s the track list:
“The 1975”
“Happiness”
“Looking for Somebody (To Love)”
“Part of the band”
“Oh Caroline”
“I’m in Love with You”
“All I Need to Hear”
“Wintering”
“Human too”
“About You”
“When We Are Together”
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Earlier this week, Guns N’ Rosespostponed a scheduled show in Glasgow, Scotland due to an unspecified “illness” and “medical advice.” Now, frontman Axl Rose has revealed he’s been battling vocal issues.
In a statement posted to Twitter Thursday, the “Welcome to the Jungle” rocker says, “I’d like to thank everyone [for] their well wishes! It’s greatly appreciated!”
Rose — who, in keeping with his band’s branding, replaces the word “and” every time with “n'” and “are” or “our” with “r” — adds that he’s “been following [doctor’s] orders, getting rest, working [with] a vocal coach n’ sorting out r sound issues.”
“Seems good so far,” he adds. “Thanks again [for] everyone’s concern! At the end of the day it’s about giving u the fans the best of rselves n’ the best time we can give u n’ that’s all I, the band n’ crew r focused on.”
GN’R plans to return to the stage Friday, July 8 in Munich, Germany.
Gospel singer, songwriter and producer Fred Hammond has landed his fourth number one spot on the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart, this time with his 2021 single, “Hallelujah.”
Billboard reports that, according to Luminate data, the song ascended to the top spot with an increase of 11% in plays for the week ending July 3.
“After many years and many, many songs that have made the charts and even No. 1s, It’s still a tremendous blessing to make it here once again,” Hammond tells Billboard. “It never gets old.”
Co-written by Hammond and Asaph Ward, “Hallelujah” serves as his first number-one single since August 2020 when “Alright” led for two weeks. “I Feel Good” also led for two weeks in April and May of 2012 and was preceded by “They That Wait” featuring John P. Kee in 2009.
Taking to Instagram to celebrate the achievement, Hammond thanked his fans and those who contributed to the hit song.
“This #Blessing never gets old. Thank you Lord always love and appreciate you and your grace,” he said in the caption. “Thank you to my family #Rayhammond @asaphawardand the entire Face To Face warehouse worship family. Also my main man #KortezHarris #lewiskortezgroup and especially gospel radio, all program directors , thank you we’ve been rocking a long time. All satellite radio especially #kirkfranklinpraisexm and to all of you that strained and downloaded this praise offering.”
WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to drug charges in a Russian court, saying that the vape cartridges containing hashish oil were in her luggage unintentionally.
ABC News was present inside the courtroom when Griner was asked if she would like to give testimony.
“I would like to plead myself guilty,” she said. “I did not have any intention on breaking Russian law,” she continued, adding that she was is in a rush and did not mean to leave the cartridges in her bag.
Griner’s trial, which is taking place in Khimki — a suburb of Moscow — began last Friday, more than four and a half months after Griner was detained. She is expected to appear in court on July 14 for the third day of her trial.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist was visiting Russia to play basketball in the off-season when she was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport on Feb. 17 for having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country.
Her detention was repeatedly extended, most recently through Dec. 20, which is the expected length of her trial. If convicted, Griner, 31, faces up to 10 years in prison.
As previously reported, Griner sent President Joe Biden a handwritten letter seeking assistance with her detainment in Russia and asking him not to forget about her.
“I’m terrified I might be here forever,” Griner said in the note obtained by ABC News. “I am grateful for whatever you can do at this moment to get me home.”
According to the White House, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harriscalled Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, to discuss release efforts.
Celebrities and fellow athletes have shown support to the Phoenix Mercury star with the “Free Brittney Griner” movement.
