Just in time for Christmas, ABBA has announced their first-ever holiday single. The Swedish superstars will officially release the song “Little Things” on December 3.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday to share the track’s official artwork, the band teased, “Christmas is around the corner – Take a look at the cover art for ABBA’s Christmas song ‘Little Things’ being released December 3d on CD. Maybe something for the Christmas stocking?”
The gentle song centers on the joy parents feel waking up on Christmas morning and imagining what it’ll be like to watch their children open presents under the tree.
“Little Things” is featured on ABBA’s new album, Voyage, which is their first in 40 years. The track is available for pre-order now.
Chico DeBarge has reportedly been arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The “Talk to Me” singer was taken into custody after officers found methamphetamine in his motor home, according to TMZ. Police reportedly received a complaint about a man causing a disturbance inside a RV. Drugs were found, and when it was discovered that DeBarge’s registration had expired over six months ago, his motor home was impounded.
The 55-year-old was previously arrested for drug possession in 2007, 2019 and January of this year. For his latest arrest, he was also charged with false impersonation for pretending to be his brother, James DeBarge. James married Janet Jackson in 1984, though their marriage was annulled one year later.
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Chico has recorded six solo albums, beginning with a self-titled project in 1986. His latest solo album, named Addiction, was released in 2009.
Chico’s brother, 64-year-old Tommy DeBarge from the group Switch, passed away October 21 after suffering from liver and kidney failure.
Pearl Jam has finally announced plans for a rescheduled North American tour.
Eddie Vedder and company were originally supposed to launch a run through the U.S. and Canada to support their new album, Gigaton, in March 2020, but the outing was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a news post Tuesday, the grunge icons reveal that the tour is current set to kick off in May 2022. The exact itinerary is set to be announced “early next year.”
“For nearly two years, the band has wanted nothing more than to play their new music live for you,” the post reads. “The whole Pearl Jam team shares your excitement for us all to be safely on the road again together.”
Pearl Jam’s 2022 also includes a European tour, which will begin in June.
Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson are vowing to “Never Say Never” in their new collaboration.
The hitmakers are teaming up for a fiery new song that finds two people who can’t stay apart. It’s set for release on Thursday.
Cole and Lainey teased the song in a humorous video wherein they trade questions about things they would “never” do, whether it’s switching hats, Cole wearing a pair of Lainey’s bell bottoms, or Lainey accepting his offer of a White Claw, instead presenting two cans of Loud Lemon.
“Cole, what you say we do a song together?” Lainey asks, with Cole replying, “I’d never say never with you.” The two cast a deadpan look at the camera that leads into a teaser of the song, with them singing, “I never say never with you/I end up together with you/It’s hell and it’s heaven with you baby.”
“I’ve been waiting a long time for this one. @laineywilson LET’S GO,” Cole proclaims in the caption.
“@coleswindell, I think we got us a good one. Super excited to share this one with y’all on Thursday!” remarks Lainey.
The “Never Say Never” collaboration follows Cole’s most recent #1 hit, “Single Saturday Night,” and Lainey’s first #1 single in 2021 with “Things a Man Oughta Know.”
Ed Sheeran just received a major invitation from Seoul, South Korea. The Mnet Asian Music Awards, known as the MAMA Awards, asked the British pop star to perform at their event.
Entertainment Tonight describes the MAMAs as K-pop version of the Grammy Awards. They will be held on December 11 and will be broadcast worldwide.
Ed recently collaborated with the K-pop group BTS on their summer hit “Permission to Dance” this year and co-writing their 2019 single, “Make It Right.”
The singer has yet to comment on the MAMA Awards invitation.
This announcement comes as the MAMA Awards revealed that they are thinking about moving the ceremony from South Korea to the U.S. because of K-pop’s growth in global popularity. If they do, the organizers will evaluate nominees on their international influence.
As for why they want to move the show to America, Kim Hyun-soo, who is the CJ ENM director-general of music content, said it’s because the U.S. is the “world’s biggest music market.” He adds that these changes will help “further heighten MAMA as one of the top-tier global awards show.”
The MAMA Awards go live Saturday, December 11, at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT.
Monday night, Adele treated fans and friends to an early listen of her album 30, which officially arrives on Friday.
She posted photos of her listening party on Instagram, and captioned them, “Cocktails and crying all around.” The first photo shows Adele addressing her guests in a beautiful copper, brown and silver short dress that the New York Post reports is Oscar de la Renta.
One photo shows a table lit by a candle with the words “Easy On Me” — the first single from 30 — written on it, while another pic has a list of the custom cocktails guests enjoyed. The choices included an “I Drink Wine” spritzer and “My Little Love ‘Tail,” both named after songs on the album, as well as an Aperologetically Adele Spritz.
One of the guests was Adele’s close pal, Nicole Richie, who posed for a photo with Adele and some other guests, one of whom is clutching a green pillow with “30” written on it.
And because Adele doesn’t take herself too seriously, she also included a photo of herself sticking her tongue out, crossing her eyes and cradling her boobs while a guy — whom we assume was fixing her microphone pack — holds onto her waist. At least, we hope he was fixing her microphone pack.
Meanwhile, the ratings are in for Adele’s CBS special, One Night Only. According to Billboard, the show attracted the biggest Sunday night audience for any entertainment show so far this season, averaging 9.92 million viewers. That’s more than watched this year’s Oscars.
DaniLeigh has been charged with assault for altercations Sunday night and Monday morning with DaBaby.
The “Lil Bebe” singer, who has a three-month-old daughter with the “Suge rapper, is facing two charges of simple assault, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed late Monday to ABC Charlotte affiliate WSOC-TV.
DaBaby, whose birth name is Jonathan Kirk, told police late Sunday that DaniLeigh, born Danielle Curiel, assaulted him. Officers returned to the same address Monday morning and Kirk stated Curiel had assaulted him a second time.
DaBaby streamed Sunday’s incident on Instagram Live, and made it known that he was calling the police, saying, “Man, y’all come get her.” DaniLeigh claimed that he has been an absentee father and is trying to force her out of his Charlotte apartment,
In an Instagram Stories post, DaBaby said, “I don’t want no charges pressed or nothing. I just want her peacefully removed, which they need to hurry up [and] do as we speak. I ain’t even want that behavior on display but it’s OK, man this too shall pass, it’s all good.”
“I am a father. That’s the only reason why she is around me,” Kirk added. “If anything else is going to come to light it will come to light. I’m not participating in none of the foolery, man.”
A video posted by DaniLeigh and captured by TMZ showed her being questioned by police. She said, “I just feel like this is so unfair this situation…Nothing but genuine pure love for this man from the jump three years ago.”
“We have a child. Its very unfortunate,” DaniLeigh continued. “I will leave. I dropped everything for my baby to know her dad.. I will go figure it out.
Machine Gun Kelly and Green Day are performing during the 2022 Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, a three-day event taking place February 10-12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl LVI.
The “Bloody Valentine” rocker will take the stage on February 10, followed by the “American Idiot” trio on February 12. Both shows will also feature a pop artist on the bill: MGK will be joined by his “Forget Me Too” collaborator Halsey, while Green Day will be accompanied by Miley Cyrus.
The festival’s middle date, February 11, will be headlined by Gwen Stefani and her husband, country star Blake Shelton, along with another country artist, Mickey Guyton.
Each of the three Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest concerts will be ticketed separately — tickets go on sale this Thursday, November 18. For more info, visit SuperBowlMusicFest.com.
Super Bowl LVI takes place February 13, 2022, at L.A.’s SoFi Stadium.
Maxwell dropped his first new single in three years Tuesday, and also announced a 25-city tour.
The sensual track “Off” is the first release from his upcoming blacksummers’NIGHT album, coming out spring of 2022.
“From announcing a new partnership with BMG for my label Musze, to receiving the Legend Award at the upcoming 2021 Soul Train Awards, I couldn’t be more excited to share this new single with loved ones offering a glimpse into NIGHT,” the three-time Grammy winner said in a statement.
blacksummers’NIGHT, which will be Maxwell’s first new album in five years,closes out the trilogy he began with the RIAA-Platinum BLACKsummers’night in 2009, followed by blackSUMMERS’night in 2016.
The “Fortunate” singer will headline the NIGHT tour in 2022 featuring Anthony Hamilton and Joe. They will perform 25 shows, beginning March 2 in Dallas. Cities will include New Orleans, Charlotte, Memphis, Chicago, Detroit, and Oakland, and the tour will wrap up in Miami on May 8.
Pre-sale starts Monday, November 22 on Maxwell’s website. Tickets go on-sale to the public on Monday, November 29.
Dan + Shay are spilling all the details of how they invited a young fan to sing with them at a recent show in Kansas City.
In a Twitter thread, the Grammy winning duo shares how, when they looked out into the packed crowd at the T-Mobile Center, they spotted a young boy, Kyler, in the front row holding a sign that read “I should probably go to bed but…I’ve waited 14,016 hours for my first concert.” On the back of the sign was the request, “Can I come play guitar and sing with you?”
The duo obliged, inviting the young fan onstage to show off his skills performing their hit, “I Should Probably Go to Bed.” “When we get to the chorus, the ‘I should probably go to bed’ part, the entire crowd is going to sing it with you. They’re going to be very loud, it’s going to be really awesome, it’s going to feel really cool,” Dan Smyers prefaced.
Kyler proceeded to show off his impressive guitar and vocal skills, owning the stage with his confident delivery while the crowd sang every word along with them and the duo served as his hype men. The performance ended with the duo embracing Kyler in a congratulatory hug.
“He absolutely crushed it and proved to everyone that he was the real star of the show,” Dan + Shay praised in a note to fans after the show. “It’s moments like this that make us so grateful for what we get to do. Hopefully someday when Kyler is selling out stadiums, he’ll let us open for him.”
The twosome also shared a photo of Kyler holding a framed picture of the special moment that his classmates gave him at school.
Dan + Shay continue on The (Arena) Tour through December 7.
