Florence + the Machine‘s next album officially has a title.
The fifth studio effort from Florence Welch and company is called Dance Fever. In an Instagram post announcing the news, Welch describes the record as a “fairytale in 14 songs.”
Dance Fever will presumably feature the recent Florence singles “King” and “Heaven Is Here,” both of which premiered in the last two weeks. A release date for the record has yet to be announced.
Whenever it does arrive, Dance Fever will follow Florence’s 2018 album High as Hope, which spawned the single “Hunger.”
Adele and Taylor Swift are among the leading nominees for the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, receiving four nominations each.
Adele and Taylor are up for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Song for, respectively, “Easy on Me” and “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version).” They’re also both up for Favorite Album, but Taylor has two entries in that category — Red (Taylor’s Version) and Fearless (Taylor’s Version) — while Adele has one: 30. Adele has an additional nomination in the category of Favorite Global Music Star, where she’s representing the U.K.
Other nominees for the Kids’ Choice Awards this year include Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers and Maroon 5.
Fans can vote on the official Kids’ Choice Awards website, KidsChoiceAwards.com, and through the Screens Up app on iPad, iPhone and Android devices in the U.S.
The KCAs will air April 9, live from Santa Monica, CA with hosts Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski. In addition to musical performances and pranks, the producers promise a record-setting 1,000 slimings. You can watch it on Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons and the Nick Jr. channel.
Here are the music nominees:
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Adele
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Cardi B
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Bruno Mars
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP
Black Eyed Peas
BTS
Florida Georgia Line
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
Migos
FAVORITE SONG
“All Too Well” (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
“Bad Habits” – Ed Sheeran
“Easy On Me” – Adele
“Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
“Take My Breath” – The Weeknd
“Up” – Cardi B
FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Chlöe
Glass Animals
Jack Harlow
Olivia Rodrigo
Saweetie
Walker Hayes
FAVORITE ALBUM 30 – Adele Certified Lover Boy – Drake Fearless (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Justice – Justin Bieber Red (Taylor’s version) – Taylor Swift
FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
“Beautiful Mistakes” – Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion
“Best Friend” – Saweetie featuring Doja Cat
“Leave Before You Love Me” – Marshmello & Jonas Brothers
“Rumors” – Lizzo featuring Cardi B
“Save Your Tears” – The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
“STAY” – The Kid LaROI & Justin Bieber
FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR
Adele (UK)
Camilo (Latin America)
Tones and I (Australia)
Tems (Africa)
BTS (Asia)
Rosalía (Europe)
Olivia Rodrigo (North America)
Rex Orange County has released a new song called “Open a Window,” featuring Tyler, the Creator.
The track follows Rex and Tyler’s previous collaborations on the hip hop artist’s Grammy-nominated 2017 album, Flower Boy.
“Open a Window” is available now via digital outlets. You’ll also find it on Rex’s upcoming album Who Cares?, along with the previously released single “Keep It Up.”
Who Cares? will be released this Friday, March 11. It’s the follow-up to 2019’s Pony, which spawned the single “10/10.”
KISS, Alice Cooper and Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the many hard-rock acts that will perform at the 2022 Louder than Life festival, taking place September 22-25 in Louisville, Kentucky.
KISS and the Chili Peppers will headline the fest on September 24 and 25, respectively, while Cooper also will be hitting the stage on the 24th. Nine Inch Nails and Slipknot will serve as the headliners on September 22 and 23.
The festival’s bill also includes Alice in Chains, AIC guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell solo, Rob Zombie, Incubus, Wolfgang Van Halen‘s band Mammoth WVH, Evanescence, Ministry, Tenacious D, Halestorm, Shinedown, Chevelle, Papa Roach, Sevendust, Helmet, Bad Religion, and Alice Cooper touring guitarist Nita Strauss, among many more.
My Chemical Romance‘s reunion tour just got a bit bigger.
The “Helena” rockers have added 14 more North American shows to the much-anticipated outing, which marks their first tour since 2012. The dates include stops in 10 new cities, as well as additional performances in New York City, Toronto, Boston and Los Angeles.
Among the new cities is an August 20 show in Oklahoma City, which will now mark the opening night of the North American leg.
Tickets to the added shows go on sale this Friday, March 11, at noon local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit MyChemicalRomance.com.
Along with the new dates, My Chem has announced the openers for the tour, which include Badflower, Meg Myers, Taking Back Sunday and Turnstile, among many others.
MCR first announced their reunion on Halloween 2019, six years after they initially broke up in 2013. Following a triumphant comeback show in Los Angeles at the end 2019, they announced a full tour for 2020, which, of course, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After several delays, the international run is finally set to launch this May in the U.K.
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson‘s new band Envy of None has debuted a music video for “Look Inside,” the recently released second advance track from the group’s forthcoming self-titled debut album.
The slow-tempo, melodic tune, which is available via streaming services now, showcases Envy of None singer Maiah Wynne‘s ethereal, dreamy vocals, and is accompanied by ominous, atmospheric instrumentation.
You can watch the “Look Inside” video now at the Kscope label’s official YouTube channel. Much of the clip shows Wynne singing into the camera while sitting on a couch and a large leather chair, while other scenes capture her peering into a mirror, dropping medicinal capsules onto the ground, and swallowing one of the pills.
Discussing the meaning of “Look Inside,” Maiah explains, “Sometimes you have to shine a light on all the ugliest pieces of yourself in order to truly change, and you have to keep slaying that dragon over and over again. It is a continuous, slow and painful process.”
She adds about the music, “The guitars and bass really drive the grittiness and heaviness I felt when I wrote those lyrics. It feels like an all-encompassing sludge, and that is what I absolutely love about this song.”
As previously reported, the Envy of None album is an 11-track collection that will be released on April 8, though it can be pre-ordered now. In addition to Lifeson and Wynne, the band features bassist Andy Curran of the veteran Canadian rock group Coney Hatch, and guitarist/keyboardist Alfio Annibalini.
The first track Envy of None debuted from the album is titled “Liar.” You can watch a lyric video for that song on YouTube.
Billie Eilish and her brother and collaborator FINNEAS are nominated for their first Oscar for “No Time to Die,” the theme song from the James Bond movie of the same name. At the Oscar nominees luncheon on Monday, they told ABC’s Good Morning America they thought it’d never happen.
“We were certain we’d never be nominated for an Oscar,” FINNEAS told GMA. “Our dreams were so small.”
Billie added, “It’s true, it’s really true.”
The nomination is special to the siblings, because, as they note, they always tuned in to the Academy Awards as kids.
“The Oscars was like a family event at our house,” Billie said. “We would have friends over every year, and you get dressed and eat food. And it’s so weird to think that that’s what this is.”
Of course, it won’t be the first time the two have attended the Oscars: In 2020, they sang the Beatles’ “Yesterday” during the “In Memoriam” segment of the show. Billie noted that it was quite the memorable experience.
“When I did the ‘In Memoriam’ piece, I was looking out into, like, Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean, that’s all I have to say,” she said. “Just seeing faces that I have seen my entire life looking at me — yeah, it was very scary and cool and unbelievable.”
In what may be yet another sign that Billie and FINNEAS and “No Time to Die” are the favorites to win the gold, on Tuesday in Los Angeles, they picked up the award for Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production at the Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards. It’s also won a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
The seminal proto-punk outfit, led by original guitarist Wayne Kramer, has announced a U.S. tour for this spring. Not only that, but the band plans to release a new album this fall, marking the first MC5 record in over 50 years.
The tour begins May 5 with a hometown show in Detroit, and will wrap up May 15 in San Diego. Joining Kramer onstage for the run will be vocalist Brad Brooks, guitarist Stevie Salas, bassist Vicki Randle and Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 11. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Kramer’s Facebook page.
Before the tour launches, Kramer plans to release two new MC5 songs ahead of the album’s arrival in October. One, titled “Heavy Lifting,” features Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, while the other, a reworking of Kramer’s 1995 solo track “Edge of the Switchblade,” features William DuVall of Alice in Chains.
You can check out a preview of “Heavy Lifting” streaming now on YouTube.
MC5 is once again nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. The band has been on the ballot five times previously, but has yet to be inducted.
According to posts on the Facebook pages of Todd Rundgren and ex-Wings member Denny Laine, two of the artists taking part in the trek, the new dates are June 16 in Derry, New Hampshire; June 17 in Medford, Massachusetts; June 18 in Westbury, New York; June 20 in Red Bank, New Jersey; and June 21 in Annapolis, Maryland.
As previously reported, the trek features Rundgren, Laine, Christopher Cross, Badfinger‘s Joey Molland and former Chicago singer/bassist Jason Scheff performing songs from The Beatles’ Rubber Soul and Revolver albums, as well as select well-known tunes from their own careers.
The message on Laine’s Facebook page notes that tickets purchased for the shows original dates will be honored for the rescheduled concerts. Those seeking a refund should contact their original point of purchase.
The message also reported, “Everyone is well and looking forward to heading back on the road.” The next stop on the current tour will be St. George’s Theater in Staten Island, New York, this Friday, March 11.
Meanwhile, Cross, who survived a serious case of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, has posted his own note regarding the situation on his Facebook page.
“This is a good time to remind ourselves that we are not out of the woods with COVID, especially omicron,” writes Christopher. “Please get vaccinated and boosted, and wear your mask in public gatherings. We need to protect not only ourselves but those around us.”
He adds, “We are all fine. Everyone is vaccinated which has protected us from severe illness.”
In honor of late rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls, OneOf, the Green Web3 company built for music, sports and lifestyle will release limited-edition Notorious B.I.G. NFTs.
According to the press release, a portion of the proceeds from the NFTs, inspired by iconic rapper Biggie Smalls’ legendary hip hop career, will go to the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation Inc., to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his passing.
“We are excited about our partnership with OneOf and their expertise to memorialize my son Christopher with this first official NFT drop to give his fans an opportunity to participate in and honor their love of him and his music,” said the Notorious B.I.G.’s mother, Voletta Wallace.
OneOf has recently announced major partnerships with The Recording Academy to celebrate the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards, as well as with Warner Music Group. OneOf’s recent Whitney Houston Collection made headlines when a never-before-heard Whitney Houston song made when she was 17 was sold at auction on OneOf for $1 million.
“We’re honored to work with The Christopher Wallace Estate to celebrate the incredible legacy of Biggie Smalls,” said OneOf COO & Co-Founder Josh James. “Using NFT technology, Biggie’s legacy and his outsized impact on music and culture will be forever cemented on blockchain, to be honored and shared with fans around the world and for generations to come.”
