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Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, dropped their debut album full of smooth soul, An Evening with Silk Sonic, on Friday The nine-track project features Bootsy Collins and Thundercat. Wednesday night, the multiple Grammy winners turned Hollywood’s Peppermint Lounge into The Silk Room, and performed songs from the album at an invitation-only party attended by Janelle Monae, Ella Mai and Ty Dolla $ign. They also reached back to 2016 for Mars’ five-times RIAA-Platinum hit, “24K Magic.” The 70s-themed event featured disco balls and servers on skates.

Lil Wayne continued his celebration of the 10th anniversary of his 2011, five-times RIAA-Platinum Tha Carter IV album with part one of Tha Carter IV visual album. Weezy released a video for “She Will” early Friday, and “Blunt Blowin” goes live at 5 p.m ET/ 2 p.m. PT Friday. Visuals for “Nightmares on the Bottom” and “President Carter” will be released on Saturday. Tha Carter Singles Collection 7” vinyl box was also released Friday featuring 19 of Wayne’s biggest “Tha Carter” series hits on 45 for the first time.

John Legend is celebrating the holidays with new music and a new record label. After 17 years with Columbia Records, the EGOT winner has moved to Republic Records, and he released a new Christmas song, “You Deserve It All.”

Finally, Rick Ross returns with “Outlawz” featuring Jazmine Sullivan & 21 Savage. It’s the first single from his eleventh studio album, Richer Than I Ever Been, dropping December 10. The Boss made the album announcement in unique fashion on November 4 during the Miami Heat home game against the Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Arena.

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Another preview clip of Oprah Winfrey‘s chat with Adele in Sunday’s CBS special One Night Only has been released, and in this one, Adele speaks about how she struggled to continue to live her life right after her divorce.

In the clip, Oprah asks her about the lyrics of one of the songs Adele will be performing, “Hold On,” in which she sings, “I am my own worst enemy/Right now, I truly hate being me/Every day feels like the road I’m on might just open up and swallow me whole.”

Asked how she felt during that time, Adele replies, “It was just exhausting trying to, like, keep going with it. It’s a process, the process of of a divorce, the process of, you know, being a single parent…not seeing your child every single day wasn’t really a plan that I had when I became a mom.”

“And the process of arriving for yourself every single day, turning up for yourself every single day and still running a home, running a business…so many people know what I’m talking about,” Adele adds. “And it just…I felt like not doing it anymore.“

By the way, you might notice in the chat that Adele’s wearing a white suit, and Oprah is dressed in cream.  It turns out Oprah was going to wear apricot, but as she explains on OprahDaily.com, she was sent a picture of Adele’s suit in advance and thought, “Whoa, I’m going to look like a parrot next to her.” So she went through her closet and found something “more subdued.”

“It was the right choice for me,” notes Oprah. “In the end, our neutral suits looked perfect together.”

Adele One Night Only airs Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on CBS.

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As he continues to ride the momentum of his latest album, Same Truck, Scotty McCreery has announced plans to head across the pond. In March of 2022, he’ll play a four-stop European run, including three dates in Germany and one show in Amsterdam.

The shows will take place after Scotty’s previously announced three main-stage appearances at C2C Festival, which will take place in Ireland and the U.K. on March 11, 12 and 13.

Scotty’s Amsterdam show will mark the first time he’s visited the Netherlands, and he says he’s excited to add some new stamps to his passport and see some audiences he’s never gotten a chance to play for before.

“Growing up in North Carolina, it was always a dream of mine to be able to perform my music around the globe,” the singer reflects. “I am looking forward to playing C2C in March in the UK and Ireland, but was also hoping we could return to Germany after we had such a great time there a couple of years ago.”

He continues, “I’m also very excited about visiting the Netherlands for the first time as I’ve heard such great things about Amsterdam. Can’t wait to see everyone!”

Tickets for all four newly announced dates are on sale now.

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Jennifer Garner approves of Ariana Grande’s take on one of her most famous 13 Going on 30 looks.

On The Voice earlier this week, the singer paid homage to the 2004 rom-com by wearing the Versace dress Garner’s character, Jenna Rink, wears in the movie’s “Thriller” dance scene. In a new interview with People, Garner says she messaged Ari after seeing the tribute.

“I was actually DM’ing with Ms. Grande,” Jennifer says. “What a dear sweet person, she is. A beauty. She looks so beautiful in the dress.”

Ariana also paid tribute to the film in the video for her 2018 track, “thank u, next.” Garner says seeing how fans continue to show love for 13 Going on 30 all these years later has been a joy.

“It’s impossible to even tell you how warm and fuzzy it makes me to see that Jenna Rink still has a life,” she says.

Also this week in a full-circle moment, actress Christa B. Allen, who played the 13-year-old version of Jenna Rink in the film, officially turned 30 herself.

“Look who’s 30! The OG Jenna Rink!” Garner wrote on Instagram. “Happy birthday, @christaallen!”

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One of the songs on Taylor Swift‘s new album Red (Taylor’s Version) is her re-recording of “Ronan,” a song she originally released as a charity single on iTunes in 2012.  Now, she’s released a lyric video for the song featuring footage and photos of its real-life subject.

“Ronan” was written about a little boy by that name who died of cancer in 2011, just a few days before his fourth birthday.  Taylor’s inspiration came from the blog his mother, Maya Thompson, wrote about Ronan and his battle with the disease, and Thompson is credited as a writer on the song.  Taylor asked Thompson for permission to include “Ronan” on the re-recording of Red, and of course, she said yes.

The new lyric video for the song features a video of Ronan telling his mom “I love you,” and then features a series of photos of him and his family throughout his tragically brief life.  It concludes with a link to the Ronan Thompson Foundation, which raises money for pediatric cancer.

Posting the video on Instagram, Thompson writes, “It is so painstakingly perfect. Thank you, @taylorswift, for your courageous heart, loyalty, and love. You truly are one of the most incredible human beings I’ve ever known, and there is no one I would rather have Ronan safe with than you.”

“You have given a voice to the voiceless by continuing to advocate for kids with cancer, bereaved parents, and anyone who is suffering,” she continued. “Thank you for taking my pain and turning it into poetry. You are magic, and I love you so much.”

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Kanye West is known for his enormous ego. However, in part two of his Drink Champs podcast appearance on Thursday, he humbled himself.

Ye’s mental health issues have been documented in the past, and he discussed both his bipolar diagnosis, and what he says is the excuse it gives some people to dismiss him or label his behavior.

“There’s a lot of people who will say, ‘I don’t believe that you are actually bipolar,’ Kanye said. “And anytime somebody wants to say that I’m wrong about something, hide the truth [or] lie, they say, ‘Ye’s crazy.’ It’s just the ultimate final cut-off to not have to listen.”

Kanye admitted, “Okay, I’m crazy, but what y’all gonna do about it?”

West also touched upon one of his wildest antics, his infamous stage rush of Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs in 2009.

“All of America hate me,” he said, and remembered the comments. “You was wrong! You wrong for this one! You won’t win this! Everybody telling me, ‘you shouldn’t have ran on stage. You were rude, God forbid!'”

The “Stronger” rapper also discussed dreams of “buying America,” noting that he is selling his two ranches in Wyoming because friend Elon Musk has encouraged him to buy land in Austin, Texas. He added that Young Thug suggested he relocate to Houston to create communities that grow fresh, organic food.

Also on Thursday, Kanye remembered his late mother, one day after the 14th anniversary of her death. He posted an Instagram photo of him as a baby in his mother’s arms. Donda West died in 2007 following complications from a cosmetic surgery. She was 58.

West named his 10th studio album, Donda, after his mother.

 

 

 

 

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If you’re “Head over Heels” for your “#1 Crush,” then do we have the tour for you.

Garbage is set to open for Tears for Fears on the English duo’s upcoming live U.S. run, set to kick off next year starting May 20 in Cincinnati. The tour is named after the upcoming Tears for Fears album, The Tipping Point, which marks their first new record in 18 years.

Tickets go on sale next Friday, November 19, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit TearsforFears.com.

Garbage, meanwhile, released a new album called No Gods No Masters this past June. They just got off the road last month after opening for Alanis Morissette‘s Jagged Little Pill anniversary tour.

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Avril Lavigne‘s new video for “Bite Me” proves it.

Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the clip finds a ticked-off Avril meeting up with Travis Barker — whose label she’s now signed to — and heading off to confront the man who did her wrong. With them is a pack of musclebound, scary-looking guys who are all wearing, um, ballet tutus.

Avril, Travis and the tutu-wearing guys break into the loft apartment where Avril’s ex is living, and the guys start trashing the place with axes and chainsaws while Avril and Travis rock out, playing “Bite Me” in the living room. 

The terrified ex tries apologizing — even proposing — but it’s too late.

“Bite Me” is the first single from Avril’s forthcoming album, for which there’s so far no title or release date. She recently told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “It was just time to rock again, and I have a feisty side to me. And with this single ‘Bite Me’, like, I’m in a happy place in my life, [but]…I’m reflecting on past stuff I’ve been through in relationships with love.”

“Lets face it — love’s not easy, right?” noted the twice-divorced Canadian star. “And, I mean I’ve been through the wringer, so, yeah I’m writing about it again.”

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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NHC, the band featuring Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and Jane’s Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney, has released two new songs.

The tracks, titled “Devil That You Know” and “Lazy Eyes,” are available now for digital download.

NHC previously made their debut in September with the songs “Feed the Cruel” and “Better Move On.” The band is a reunion of sorts for Hawkins and Chaney, who both played in Alanis Morissette‘s touring band in the ’90s.

The first official NHC headlining show will take place November 23 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

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