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The Louder than Life and Welcome to Rockville festivals have announced lineup additions after Nine Inch Nails canceled their 2021 touring plans.

Disturbed, Volbeat and Atreyu have joined the Louder than Life lineup, while the Welcome to Rockville bill now includes Slipknot, A Day to Remember and Gojira.

Additionally, festival promoter Danny Wimmer, whose production company Danny Wimmer Presents puts on both Louder than Life and Welcome to Rockville, confirms that Metallica is still set to headline both events.

Louder than Life takes place September 23-26 in Louisville, Kentucky. Welcome to Rockville will be held November 11-14 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Last Thursday, Nine Inch Nails announced that they were scrapping all of their 2021 live shows due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Along with Louder than Life and Welcome to Rockville, affected shows include two scheduled headlining dates in Cleveland this September, as well as the Riot Fest in Chicago.

Slipknot and Morrissey have replaced NIN on the Riot Fest bill.

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Shinedown has premiered the trailer for ATTENTION ATTENTION, an upcoming film based on the band’s 2018 album of the same name.

The clip features several striking images — from a woman screaming underwater to a building exploding — as a sinister voiceover warns, “It will keep pushing and pushing and pushing you until everything around you completely collapses.”

You can watch the trailer streaming now on YouTube.

The ATTENTION ATTENTION film features all 14 songs from the album, including the hit singles “GET UP,” “DEVIL” and “MONSTERS,” coming together to form a narrative arc. It’s set to premiere digitally and on-demand September 3.

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The new season hasn’t aired yet, but Ariana Grande has already been gushing about her time on The Voice. On the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday night, it was fellow coach Kelly Clarkson‘s turn to gush.

“I love her!” Kelly said of Ariana. “We had actually run into each other a couple of times before, but not really like, been able to talk and she so’s funny. Like, very witty.”

“We’ve already taped everything up to the lives, and she’s hysterical,” she continued.

Kelly adds that The Voice has never had a coach quite like Ariana. “I’ve only been there for eight seasons, but in all my seasons, I’ve never heard a coach talk about vocal health as much, and I’m like, ‘I guess we should have mentioned that,'” she laughed. “No one’s ever mentioned it, and she’s really into it.”

Over the weekend, Ariana posted one of her looks from the show and captioned it, “One month @nbcthevoice ! you just ….. have no idea. i love this show and everyone involved so much and yes, i will continue saying this repeatedly until september 20th goodbye.”

The new season of The Voice premieres September 20 on NBC.

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Shawn Mendes enjoyed hyping his music the old fashioned way — by performing it live for unsuspecting fans.

The 23-year-old singer, who released his new song, “Summer of Love,” last Friday, stole his way inside five New York City nightclubs over the weekend and jumped on stage before a crowd of unsuspecting fans.

Page Six reports that Mendes started his impromptu PR tour by singing his new single when having dinner at NYC’s Beauty and Essex.

Later, he palled around with friends and wandered into the PHD rooftop bar, where a source tells the outlet that he “immediately got on the mic and told the crowd, ‘Let’s be thankful that we’re healthy and happy!'”

The Grammy nominee also performed similar stunts at Marquee, Tao and the Lavo Nightclub, even taking a selfie at the latter with a fan who boldly crossed the velvet rope.  A witness says Mendes also “poured a glass of Don Julio.”

“His friends’ excitement and the crowd’s excitement never lessened after he did it again and again,” the source claimed.

Girlfriend Camila Cabello was not in attendance, but the source claimed Mendes became excited when one of the clubs that night played their “Señorita” duet.

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TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne is opening up about the impact of publicly coming out as gay, saying that his life has changed in “a lot of ways.” 

“I didn’t realize what a sense of purpose it would bring to my life to be here. I didn’t realize how much it would resonate with some people,” TJ told CBS Sunday Morning, appearing alongside brother John Osborne.    

After host Gayle King shared a tweet from a mother citing the duo as a role model for her teen son, who has depression and anxiety and recently came out to her, the singer admits he didn’t initially consider how being open about his sexuality would relate to parents of queer youth “and how that would really help them to be able to help their relationship. That was something that never dawned on me,” he expressed. 

TJ also met a fan at a recent show who shared a heartfelt message with him. “I want to thank you for making a safe space for people like me to come the show,” the fan told him.

“And I thought ‘to me, that is worth more than anything,'” said TJ.

Brothers Osborne continue on their We’re Not for Everyone Tour through November 20.

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Tetrarch has premiered the video for “Stitch Me Up,” a track off the band’s new album, Unstable.

The clip finds the “I’m Not Right” outfit performing in a high school gym where one student is dressed like the Batman villain Scarecrow and is shunned by the rest of his classmates.

“The theme of this video is kind of about being an outcast in your everyday life,” says guitarist Diamond Rowe. “You can sometimes feel like a complete freak when it seems like no one else sees things the same way that you do or has common interests, but finally meeting up with people that are like you can make you feel safe and whole.”

You can watch the “Stitch Me Up” video streaming now on YouTube.

Unstable was released in April. It also includes the single “You Never Listen.”

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Hip-hop legends Naughty by Nature are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1991 platinum album with a book, documentary and NFT planned for later this year.

“Although 30 years flew by, Naughty by Nature built the machine ready to travel through 30 more,” group leader Treach says in a statement. “God is great.”

He adds, “Following a dream can lead you from fantasy to reality, a love for a culture can start as just a love for musical poetry, human drum tracks, and DJ scratches mixes, and samples and end up as lifelong careers filled with fame, fortune, and fulfillness [sp].”

Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee began their career in 1986 in East Orange, New Jersey. Originally known as The New Style, their career took off when they were discovered Queen Latifah. She changed their name, signed them to her Flava Unit management company, and was featured on their first album recorded as Naughty by Nature.

The first single from the album, “O.P.P.,” hit number one on the Billboard rap chart and was certified double platinum.

“I feel blessed to have a 30 year career participating in a hobby with my childhood friends,” Vin says. “We are truly lucky to have an occupation that doesn’t feel like work at all most of the time. I’m humbled by the continued love and support from our fans! Thank you!”

Adds Kay Gee. “Nothing beats doing what you love to do. The fans love it as well 30 plus years later. It’s awesome!”

The group broke up following the release of their Nature’s Fury album in 1999; however, after a few years, they came back together again, and continue to perform around the world.

“We wouldn’t have reunited if we didn’t think we could give people that authentic Naughty feeling,” says Treach.

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Vance Joy released his first new solo single, “Missing Piece,” earlier this year, and he’s been working on even more new material. However, as he tells ABC Audio, the recordings so far are lacking, well, a “Missing Piece.”

“At the moment I’ve got quite a few songs that I’m liking,” Vance says. “I’m still doing that back-and-forth mix thing when I go, ‘Hey, is the first mix we did better than the 10th mix we did?’ and losing all perspective.”

Still, Vance’s mixing indecision isn’t as bad as say, Bruce Springsteen‘s, as The Boss detailed in his 2016 autobiography, Born to Run.

“They’d bring people in from the outside and they’d be, like, ‘This is an absolute mess, you can’t even hear the vocal,’ and he’s just, like, ‘Oh god, what have I been doing for the last year?'” Vance shares. “Just the madness of that thing makes me feel less stressed.”

Overall, Vance says he’s currently got “six or seven” songs that he “really like[s].”

“It would be nice to have two or three more songs that I was really stoked on, and then I feel like I’d have the full album,” he says. “I think looking at early-ish next year, so hopefully all that stuff falls into place before then.”

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Love & Hip Hop: Miami is back — and so is Amara La Negra! The Afro-Latina has returned to the series for season four and she tells ABC Audio what keeps her coming back.

“These checks,” she says with a laugh before revealing, “I feel like Love & Hip Hop is home.”

Sharing that the show “opened up major doors,” the Dominican-American singer adds that she loves being on Love & Hip Hop: Miami because she can share who she is a person and promote new things she has going on in her life. That includes new music, which she says is on the horizon. 

“You’re going to see new music, new music videos and everything now,” Amara shares. “I’ve just been holding on to it waiting for the show to come out so I could be like ‘Look at this!'”

Speaking of new music, the Love & Hip Hop cast is full of other talented artists… So who would she want to collaborate with if given the chance? Amara picked Spice, from Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, another branch of the franchise. 

“From the show… I am the biggest fan of Spice,” she gushes. “I love Spice. I love what she stands for. I love her body. I love that she’s a beautiful Black chocolate woman. I love that she’s an amazing mother. I love her positivity. I love who she is.”

Amara adds, “And also there’s that Caribbean energy… If I had the possibility of collaborating with her I would love that.” 

Love & Hip Hop Miami airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on VH1.

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After sending social media into a frenzy when she went platinum blonde, Billie Eilish has changed her hair yet again.

The singer unveiled a brand new chop Monday on her Instagram Story. She’s now rocking a shaggy blonde bob.

Billie posted some old photos of her mom sporting a similar hairstyle, captioning one of the pics, “Like my mama.” She also posted a short video clip of her tousling the new ‘do, writing, “I love it.”

Of course, fans were instantly obsessed.

“Billie Eilish cut off her hair like she cut off her exes,” one fan tweeted. Another wrote, “BILLIE EILISH WITH THIS MARILYN MONROE STYLE HAIR FOR THE MET GALA????????????? GOODBYE.”

Yet another added, “that one women who breaks the internet just by cutting her hair: BILLIE EILISH.”

This week, Billie’s album Happier than Ever topped the Billboard 200 chart for the third week. She leads an all-female top three on the chart, along with Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo, marking the first time that’s happened in over 10 years.

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