Parkway Drive has announced a new album called Darker Still.
The follow-up to 2018’s Reverence will arrive on September 9. It includes the previously released single “Glitch.” A second cut, titled “The Greatest Fear,” is out now via digital outlets.
“When Parkway originally started out, we all were trying to push ourselves to do more than we possibly could,” says frontman Winston McCall. “What you hear on Darker Still is the final fulfillment of our ability to learn and grow catching up with the imagination that we have always had.”
Here’s the Darker Still track list:
“Ground Zero”
“Like Napalm”
“Glitch”
“The Greatest Fear”
“Darker Still”
“Imperial Heretic”
“If a God Can Bleed”
“Soul Bleach”
“Stranger”
“Land of the Lost”
“From the Heart of the Darkness”
Coldplay has premiered the video for “Biutyful,” a track off the band’s latest album, Music of the Spheres.
The clip, which is streaming now on YouTube, follows The Weirdos, a band of puppets created by Jim Henson‘s Creature Shop.
If you’ve seen Coldplay live on their ongoing world tour, then you may recognize lead Weirdos singer Angel Moon, who’s joined frontman Chris Martin each night to perform “Biutyful.” Martin also brought Angel Moon and The Weirdos on stage during his recent appearance onThe Tonight Show.
Coldplay is currently on tour in Europe. Audio from the band’s July 17 concert in Paris will stream live via the Music of the Spheres World Tour app.
Music of the Spheres, the album, was released last October. It also includes the single “Higher Power” and the hit BTS collaboration, “My Universe.”
Top K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will release new music in August, according to their label, YG Entertainment.
The release will start “a continuous large-scale project which will extend through the second half of the year,” according to the label. In addition, the group plans to go on “the largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group” before the end of the year.
BLACKPINK, who’ve collaborated with Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga, hit number two on the Billboard 200 with their 20202 debut release, THE ALBUM. They’re the first K-pop girl group to have an album sell a million copies, and they’re also the most-subscribed music act on YouTube.
Macy Gray is apologizing for comments that had critics accusing her of being transphobic.
“I have nothing but love for the LGBTQ+ and transgender community and have been a supporter since day one,” Gray told Entertainment Tonight in a statement on Tuesday. “My statement on Piers Morgan was grossly misunderstood. I don’t hate anyone. I respect everyone’s right to feel comfortable in their bodies and live their own truth.”
The apology comes one day after the Soul singer, 54, appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensoredand the topic of transgender people came up.
At the time, Gray shared, “I will say this, and everyone’s gonna hate me, but as a woman, just because you go change your parts, doesn’t make you a woman. Sorry.”
She then doubled down on the statement when Morgan asked if she truly believed that, stating, “I know that for a fact.”
“Like if you want me to call you a ‘her,’ I will, ‘cause that’s what you want, but that doesn’t make you a woman just ’cause I call you a ‘her’ and just because you got a surgery,” Gray told Morgan.
The R&B singer also defended Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who previously landed herself in hot water for making comments that were deemed by some to be anti-trans.
“I don’t think you should be called transphobic just because you don’t agree with, you know…there’s a lot of judgment and throwing stones at people for just saying what it is,” Gray said.
He’s teamed with the British clothing company Lucy & Yak for a capsule collection of limited-edition pieces featuring artwork inspired by his latest album, = (Equals). The collection includes organic dungarees, a bucket hat, hoodie and tee, decorated with butterflies and paint splatters.
Ed reached out to partner with Lucy & Yak because he was a fan of their dungarees. In a statement on their website, co-founder Lucy Greenwood explains, “We’ve been fans of Ed for over a decade, so when he got in touch we were delighted to be able to collaborate on a collection which brings Sheerios and Yakkers together — they’re at the very heart of the collection.”
Greenwood continues, “The butterfly used in Ed’s album artwork holds a really special meaning to him, and so we’re honored to be able to bring this to life as part of such a special collection of Yaks – particularly as we know that Ed shares our passion for doing better for the environment.”
Lucy & Yak designer Elspeth Mills explains that, “The butterfly is central to Ed’s artwork as it reflects his growth over the years.”
Billboardreports that the collection, priced from $26 to $77, will be available to buy starting July 14 at LucyandYak.com. Lucy & Yak have also tapped various artist to record covers of Ed songs for campaign film.
Carlos Santana reportedly passed out onstage during a Tuesday concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre, an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan.
The 74-year-old rock legend was about an hour into his concert when he was “overcome with heat exhaustion and dehydration,” his manager, Michael Vrionis, said in a statement obtained by ABC News.
“Carlos was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for observation and is doing well,” the statement continued.
“The show for tomorrow July 6th at The Pavilion at Star Lake (formerly the S&T Bank Music Park) in Burgettstown, PA. will be postponed to a later date. More details to follow thru Live Nation,” Vrionis added.
Santana was introducing the song “Joy,” from his 2021 album Blessings and Miracles, shortly before he passed out, according toDetroit Free Press journalist Jo-Ann Barnas. He was describing the song as “mystical medicine music to heal a world infected with fear.”
Santana was treated for about 20 minutes before medical staff covered him with a tarp and wheeled him offstage, according to social media posts and video.
“Ladies and gentlemen as you can we see have a severe medical emergency,” the venue staff reportedly announced to the audience. “Let’s share our prayers…We need it right now…Please send your light and love to this man.”
Last year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer canceled the December dates of his Las Vegas residency to recover from what was described as “an unscheduled heart procedure.” He was scheduled to perform eight dates at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Santana also announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 in February.
Former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters‘ This Is Not a Drill tour of North America gets underway Wednesday night with a concert in Pittsburgh.
The trek originally was scheduled to begin in July 2020, but was pushed back two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour features a total 40 shows in the U.S. and Canada, running through an October 8 performance in Dallas. The outing will wind down with a trio of concerts in Mexico — on October 11 in Monterrey and October 14 and 15 in Mexico City.
The tour also includes multiple-night stands in Toronto, Philadelphia, New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
As previously reported, the This Is Not a Drill concerts will be staged “in the round,” a first for Waters.
In a statement about the trek, Roger explained that his performances will offer “a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to LOVE, PROTECT and SHARE our precious and precarious planet home.”
He added, “The show includes a dozen great songs from PINK FLOYD’S GOLDEN ERA along side several new ones, words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man.”
Leading up to the start of the tour, Waters has been posting a series of black-and-white video clips on his socialmediasites featuring footage of him rehearsing with his backing group, and sharing his excitement about the new show and its stage production.
The clips have included snippets of Roger and company playing such Pink Floyd classics as “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Eclipse” and “Another Brick in the Wall.”
When the star-packed lineup of the RockIsland Fest 2023 event was unveiled last week, one headliner wasn’t announced but has since been revealed — Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil.
As previously reported, next year’s RockIsland Fest will take place January 17-21 in Key West, Florida. The bill also includes Styx, Loverboy, Tesla, 38 Special, Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Extreme, Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy, Stryper, ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler, Enuff Z’Nuff, Honeymoon Suite and Autograph.
Tickets, passes and packages for the five-day rock extravaganza will go on sale to the general public Wednesday, July 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Presale passes are available now.
The main venue for the event is the 4,000-seat Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater, located on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.
The first edition of the festival was held earlier this year and included performances by Cheap Trick, Night Ranger, Poison‘s Bret Michaels, Twisted Sister‘s Dee Snider, Skid Row, Warrant, Winger, Dokken, Lita Ford and many others.
When the star-packed lineup of the RokIsland Fest 2023 event was unveiled last week, one headliner wasn’t announced but has since been revealed — Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil.
As previously reported, next year’s RokIsland Fest will take place January 17-21 in Key West, Florida. The bill also includes Styx, Loverboy, Tesla, 38 Special, Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Extreme, Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy, Stryper, ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler, Enuff Z’Nuff, Honeymoon Suite and Autograph.
Tickets, passes and packages for the five-day rock extravaganza will go on sale to the general public Wednesday, July 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Presale passes are available now.
The main venue for the event is the 4,000-seat Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater, located on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.
The first edition of the festival was held earlier this year and included performances by Cheap Trick, Night Ranger, Poison‘s Bret Michaels, Twisted Sister‘s Dee Snider, Skid Row, Warrant, Winger, Dokken, Lita Ford and many others.
Richie Furay, the country-rock pioneer who co-founded both Buffalo Springfield and Poco, has debuted a new cover of the 1958 Ricky Nelson hit “Lonesome Town” from his forthcoming covers album, In the Country, which will be released Friday, July 8.
“Ricky Nelson was an idol and musical hero of mine. This song (or any) by Ricky had to be included on this record because of his influence on me,” Furay explains. “I remember watching and waiting for him to play on the old Ozzie and Harriet TV show. One such performance was the one that prompted me — I want to do this; I want to be a musician. Ricky was singing ‘Be-Bop Baby,’ and that was the clincher; I never looked back.”
The track features harmony vocals from country star and current Eagles touring member Vince Gill. Richie notes that his former Poco bandmate and longtime Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who also sings on In the Country, suggested that Furay use Gill on the song.
“What a thrill it is to have one of the greatest singers/musicians of our day perform on that special song,” Furay says.
As previously reported, In the Country is made up mainly of Furay’s interpretations of various well-known country songs and also includes a few notable crossover hits, like Marc Cohn‘s “Walking in Memphis” and John Denver‘s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
In the Country can be preordered now, and Furay has already released a couple of advance tracks from the album — covers of “Walking in Memphis” and Keith Urban‘s “Somebody Like You.”
Richie currently has just a few upcoming concerts lined up. Visit RichieFuray.com to check out his full schedule.
