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Thomas Rhett sold out a concert at Boston’s Fenway Park earlier this year, which had long been a dream of his. If you weren’t able to make it, you can hear some of it now on his new release, Thomas Rhett Live From Fenway Park.

The EP features six live songs, as well as audio of TR reading a letter to the Boston audience about how much the city means to him. “Pretty sure I’ve played most every venue that this town has to offer,” he recalled, before running down a list. He also noted that his favorite show in Boston was one he played two years ago at TD Garden.

“I’ve drank most of your bars out of beer. I’ve eaten my weight in lobster rolls. … Thrown my guts up on a whale-watching tour. And attended my fair share of Red Sox games,” TR continued. “Needless to say, this place has always been and always will be one of my favorite places to play on the planet. I have a lot of history in this city and I love y’all so much.”

The EP includes live performances of “Make Me Wanna,” “Beautiful As You,” “T-Shirt,” “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Woman” with special guest Teddy Swims, “Die a Happy Man” and “She Had Me at Heads Carolina,” the Cole Swindell hit that he co-wrote. There are also videos of all those performances on YouTube.

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David Archuleta has a new Christmas EP out called My Only Wish, but instead of a regular Christmas tour, he’s doing two mini-residencies: a five-night stand at Joe’s Pub in New York City Dec. 9-14 and two nights at LA’s Peppermint Club Dec. 18-19. David says he likes the idea of these intimate shows.

“I’ve never done a residency type of thing like this, and it’s in a very small, like, lounge type of thing,” he tells ABC Audio of the venues, which hold about 200 people each. “But it feels more, like, crooner-esque to me. I feel, like, the Rat Pack kind of vibes, like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, like, you’re just in a lounge in Vegas all hanging out.”

“It’s really about the vibe, and I think that’s really fun to revisit during the holidays,” Archie adds, saying he’ll be “leaning into the classic feel that Christmas and the holidays tend to bring.”

“It’s timeless, it’s nostalgic. So, it’s fun.”

But while Christmas may evoke nostalgia, David’s glad that many of his current fans aren’t coming to see him because of that. A lot of them have just discovered him and his music, and don’t even know that he launched his career on American Idol.

“To have fans who are like, ‘I just heard about you and I love [your music]’ — it feels very rewarding to be like,  ‘OK, I still got it,'” David says. “To know that it wasn’t just American Idol. It feels good to know that you can connect with people and make your place in pop music. Like, it isn’t just a nostalgia thing.” 

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Childish Gambino is paying tribute to Outkast with a live cover of their song “Prototype,” initially teased during his recent set at Camp Flog Gnaw.

“Outkast showed me what freedom in music could sound like,” Childish Gambino said in a statement. “They made it possible to be completely yourself—to be Southern, to be experimental, to dream bigger than what people expected of you.”

“A song like ‘Prototype’ felt like the start of something new—a vision of love, sound, and identity still taking shape. It showed how far you could stretch hip-hop, how honest and strange and beautiful it could be,” he continued. “There’s a little bit of Outkast in everything I’ve ever done, and this cover is my way of honoring that.”

The cover arrives just weeks after Gambino honored Outkast at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

“Your influence echoes in everything and every artist I love,” he said at the time. “Atlanta is not the music mecca it has become without you. There is no Childish Gambino without you. There is no South without you.”

His version of “Prototype” is exclusively available on Amazon Music; the original rendition, from Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album, can be found on DSPs.

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Don’t let the “Specter” of missing out on seeing Bad Omens live hang over you.

The “Just Pretend” rockers have announced a livestream for their upcoming show in Amsterdam, taking place Dec. 12. 

You can tune in to watch via the streaming platform Veeps. For ticket info, visit Veeps.com/badomens.

The livestream caps an eventful year for Bad Omens, which has featured the release of four new singles: “Specter,” “Impose,” “Dying to Love” and “Left for Good.” “Specter” hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

Bad Omens will look to keep the momentum going into 2026 with a U.S. arena tour launching in February.

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Fall Out Boy has announced a one-off San Francisco show ahead of the 2026 Super Bowl.

The concert takes place at SF’s 1,400-capacity Regency Ballroom on Feb. 5, three days before Super Bowl 60 kicks off at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.

“There’s a different kind of energy in the air when you’re kicking off one of the biggest weekends in sports,” Fall Out Boy says. “We’re looking forward to connecting with fans and bringing this special show to an intimate venue during such an exciting weekend. It will be electric.”

Tickets will go on sale exclusively to Wells Fargo credit cardholders on Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Those who have the Wells Fargo Autograph Card can access a presale beginning Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

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Usher and Big Sean have come together to invest in an entertainment production facility that will benefit Detroit youth. They’ve invested $1 million in the Detroit Entertainment Innovation Incubator, which will offer a virtual production studio, a creators lounge, and mentorship and seed funding to people ages 14 to 24. Participants will also have access to programming that equips them for “high-growth careers from film, television, and music production to AI, 3D, immersive technologies, and special effects,” according to a press release.

“I’ve always been a true believer in igniting a spark in the next generation to be better and have access to things we didn’t. This new spark lab in Detroit with my friend and fellow Boys & Girls Club alum Big Sean will not only minimize the access gap for the youth but also prepare them for greatness,” Usher says in a statement.

Big Sean, who has now made five investments in support of BGCSM, adds that the “Innovation Incubator is about showing young people that they don’t have to leave Detroit to chase opportunity, they can build it right here.”

He notes it aligns with his mission “to make sure the next generation of dreamers and innovators from my city have the access, tools, and mentorship to” be as successful as he is.

The Innovation Incubator will be located inside the new Michigan Central Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan, set to open in February 2026.

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Luke Combs has thrilled fans by revealing that a song they’ve been waiting for him to release for five years is apparently on the way. Back in 2020, Luke posted a video of himself playing a song called “Sleepless in a Hotel Room,” which he said he wrote while missing his wife, Nicole Combs. On Wednesday Luke posted a screenshot of the song and wrote, “Y’all remember this one? A lot more where it came from.” 

One of the highlights of Zach Top‘s year was performing at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. He’s released a live video performance “South of Sanity” from that show.

Thomas Rhett is getting in on the “In your 20s, there will be” trend, where people impart lessons they’ve learned while a mash-up of Billy Joel‘s “Piano Man” and Fleetwood Mac‘s “Silver Spring” plays. TR’s version features footage of himself and wife Lauren Akins, whom he’s known since first grade, over the years. There’s even footage of them in high school. “One day you’ll realize you’re in love with your best friend,” he captioned the video. “It’s VERY important you tell her that.”

Russell Dickerson also participated in the trend, but evidently just as an excuse for him to share footage of himself looking ridiculous. “In your 30’s [sic], there’s going to be a social media trend that has you reflecting on how far you’ve come,” he captioned his post. “It’s VERY important that you do NOT partake in that trend.”

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