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.
ABBA has voyaged straight to the top of the British charts, and set several records in the process.
The beloved Swedish pop icons saw their first album in 40 years, Voyage, sell 204,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.K. That makes it the U.K.’s fastest-selling album this year, with the biggest opening week sales in four years. The last album to sell that many copies was Ed Sheeran‘s Divide, back in 2017.
ABBA is now also only the fourth artist in the past 10 years to sell more than 200,000 copies of an album in its first week in the U.K.: The others are Adele, Ed Sheeran and One Direction.
On top of that, out of the 204,000 copies sold, 29,900 were vinyl, making Voyage the U.K.’s fastest-selling vinyl release of this century.
Voyage is ABBA’s 10th number-one British album.
“We are so happy that our fans seem to have enjoyed our new album as much as we enjoyed making it!” said the group in a statement. “We are absolutely over the moon to have an album at the top of the charts again!”
Bring on the Spandex and sweats! Carrie Underwood just dropped “Stretchy Pants,” her hilarious new tribute to holiday feasting.
The song embraces a different side of Christmas cheer than fans have already seen from the singer, who dropped a more serious batch of seasonal tunes, called My Gift, last year. The tune also is a counterpoint to Carrie’s well-known love of health and fitness, which fans have gotten to know in part through her line of activewear, Calia.
“People know that I am a champion for a healthy lifestyle, but a big part of that is balance,” she points out. “There are times to be disciplined, and then there are times when we need to eat and drink and be merry and enjoy ourselves with family and friends.”
Along with the song itself, Carrie shared a fun animated video for “Stretchy Pants,” which adds a colorful visual element to the song’s celebratory message.
A portion of the proceeds from the song benefits Brad Paisley’s The Store, a free shopping experience in Nashville that offers those facing food insecurity the dignity of going to a regular grocery store.
“We knew [the song] would bring a lot of fun and joy to people, but I also wanted to do something good with it that would help people. I immediately thought about Brad and [his wife Kimberly]’s charity, The Store,” Carrie goes on to say.
“Everybody should be able to afford feasts for the holidays,” she adds, “and everybody should have the opportunity to break out those stretchy pants!”
Limited-edition “stretchy pants” made out of green flannel — just like the ones featured in the song’s video — are available in Carrie’s merch store, too.
The Offspring has premiered a new live video for the band’s stripped-down version of “Gone Away.”
The clip, filmed at the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, finds frontman Dexter Holland delivering a heartfelt, solo rendition of the song with just his voice and a piano.
“Many of you have lost someone close to you, I know that I certainly have,” Holland says at the beginning of the performance. “When I’ve been singing this song lately, I’ve been thinking about that.”
The Offspring included the piano-led version of “Gone Away” on their new album, Let the Bad Times Roll, which was released in April. It’s also featured on the newly released Gone Away EP, along with a live and “alternative” recording, as well as the original, electric “Gone Away” from 1997.
The one-minute, 25-second segment shows Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison gathered in a circle sitting on wooden chairs, with Ringo Starr at his drum kit behind them, as McCartney runs through his then-new song “I’ve Got a Feeling” with his band mates.
As Paul sings and plays the song, John adds some off-the-cuff backing vocals. When the tune hits the bridge section, McCartney calls out the chords to the rest of the group. As the clip ends, we see George ask Paul, “Is that one called ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’?” The tune wound up being released on The Beatles’ final studio album, 1970’s Let It Be.
As previously reported, The Beatles: Get Back — which was created from dozens of hours of unseen footage and audio recorded in January 1969 during sessions that yielded songs for Let It Be and the band’s next-to-last album, Abbey Road — will premiere on Disney+ over three days later this month, November 25, 26, and 27.
Each part of the series, which was directed by Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson, runs about two hours.
The preview clip follows last month’s premiere of an official trailer for the series, which features glimpses at more segments from the series, including scenes that show The Beatles preparing to give what became their last-ever live performance, the famous surprise concert on the roof of the Apple headquarters on London’s Savile Row. The entire rooftop performance will be seen in the series.
Beyoncé dropped her first new music of the year on Friday: ‘Be Alive,” from the new Will Smith movie, King Richard.
Queen Bey was inspired to contribute the song after attending a screening of the film, which tells the story of how Richard Williams, portrayed by Smith, developed his daughters, Serena and Venus Williams, into tennis superstars.
The 28-time Grammy winner sings: “It feels so good to be alive / Got all my family by my side / Couldn’t wipe this black off if I tried / That’s why I lift my hеad with pride.”
“The marriage of a movie and a song is a kind of magic that’s unmatched in entertainment,” Smith told EW.com. “I was so happy when Beyoncé called.
Beyoncé and Serena previously worked together when the four-time Olympic gold medal winner appeared in the “Sorry” video in 2016.
“There is no other person that could do the song except for Beyoncé because I feel we’ve had a similar path in our lives,” Serena said last week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “We trained from an early age to reach a goal. Her dad was super involved in her career as well as her mom, and for us it was really only one answer. She embraced that.”
“The original song is amazing,” Serena added. “It all came together so perfectly.
“Be Alive” is heard during the closing credits of King Richard, which debuts theaters in November 19 and streams exclusively on HBO Max. The song is nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Feature Film category.
Puscifer has released a pair of new live albums, Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti and Billy D and The Hall of Feathered Serpents Featuring Money $hot.
The collections capture Maynard James Keenan and company’s two streaming concerts from the past year. Existential Reckoning premiered in October 2020 to celebrate Puscifer’s new album of the same name, while Billy D featured a full performance of the band’s 2015 album, Money $hot.
You can download both sets now via digital outlets.
The release of the albums coincides with the launch of Puscifer TV, an online collection of the group’s filmed performances and projects. Both Existential Reckoning and Billy D are available now for on-demand purchase and rental.
Physical editions of both concert films and their accompanying live albums are forthcoming.
Lady Gaga has had plenty of career highlights over the past 13 years or so, including winning an Oscar, performing at multiple award shows, touring the world and singing with everyone from Elton John to Tony Bennett. But according to her, the experience she had making her new movie tops them all.
In Ridley Scott‘s House of Gucci, Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani, who married into the Gucci family and then had her husband Maurizio Gucci killed after he dumped her for another woman. Gaga tells The New York Times that after the film was completed, she was “really emotional” that the experience was over..
“I joke with Ridley all the time, but I really experienced some type of attachment panic when I left set, I missed him so much,” Gaga explains. “I felt the way Patrizia felt, a life without Gucci was not a life worth living. The greatest time in her life was being a Gucci, and I can say to you, being done with this film, that the greatest time in my life was being a Gucci.”
“That’s how art and life line up,” she adds. “Ridley’s life is a masterpiece, and you’re lucky if you get to be a part of it.”
Gaga also addresses the headlines she’s made for stating that while making the movie, she stayed in character all the time, speaking in Patrizia’s Italian accent even when she wasn’t filming.
“It’s like muscle memory, so that when you’re in the scene, the accent is not in the way of the visceral quality of what’s happening in the room,” she says, explaining that she wanted to sound totally natural without thinking about it.. “It would have been harder for me to go in and out of character on set than to stay in it.”
Hot on the heels of his first-ever CMA Entertainer of the Year win, Luke Combs has announced another big first in his career.
On Friday, he revealed he’ll be playing three headlining stadium tour dates in the summer of 2022, marking his first stadium run as a headliner. Those shows will take place at NFL stadiums in Denver, Seattle and Atlanta.
The news comes just a couple of days after Luke’s big win at the 2021 CMAs, and just one day after he dropped his new song, “Doin’ This,” after debuting it on the CMAs stage. “Talk about a week!” Luke commented. “It will be hard to top this one.”
Joining Luke for the stadium shows will be opening acts Cody Johnson, Zach Bryan and Morgan Wade. Tickets go on sale to the general public next Friday, November 19, and members of Luke’s Bootleggers fan club will have access to a special pre-sale that Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m. local time.
Additionally, American Express card members will have early access on November 18 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time.
Newly crowned CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carly Pearce will join forces with country superstar Gabby Barrett this holiday season: The pair are co-hosting the 2021 edition of the annual CMA Country Christmas TV special.
Carly shared the news on her Instagram, along with a photo of the two women seated together in front of a roaring fire, wearing cozy holiday garb; Carly holds an acoustic guitar and Gabby’s got a microphone. Behind them, stockings hang from the mantelpiece and a Christmas tree decked out with ornaments stands over a mountain of wrapped gifts.
It’s both singers’ first time hosting a major TV special. The lineup for CMA Country Christmas hasn’t been announced yet, but it does have an air date: It’ll premiere on November 29 on ABC.
Gabby was a performer on last year’s show, singing “The First Noel.”
