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After wrapping up a European tour, Disturbed is getting down with the sleepiness.

That’s what frontman David Draiman says in an Instagram post declaring, “We’re taking a break because we’re TIRED, PERIOD.”

Draiman’s post comes after he previously announced that the Disturbed members “all need a nice long break,” adding, “Not sure when we will be headed back out.”

In reporting on Draiman’s initial comments, some outlets described the European tour as controversial due to the cancellation of a show in Belgium over security concerns posed by the vocalist’s outspoken support for Israel.

“Any spin by the media is just that…spin,” Draiman writes in his latest post. “We’re all doing great, and are on great terms, closer than ever actually.”

“The European tour was the biggest of our career,” he continues. “We played to packed arenas every night. Let’s do it again sometime?”

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My Chemical Romance is featured on an upcoming new Yo Gabba Gabba! holiday album.

A Very Awesome Yo Gabba Gabba! Christmas consists of songs from the children’s series’ past holiday specials, including an extended version of MCR’s “Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You),” which they performed during a 2011 episode.

The track list also includes the song “Make It Yourself” by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, who opened for My Chem during their show in Chicago in August.

A Very Awesome Yo Gabba Gabba! Christmas will be released Nov. 14.

Yo Gabba Gabba! originally ran from 2007 to 2015. The series was revived as Yo Gabba GabbaLand! in 2024, and has featured Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and songs by Portugal. The Man, The Linda Lindas and The Interrupters.

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Jelly Roll‘s in the home stretch of his first tour Down Under, and he seems to be having a blast, save for an incident at one store in Australia. 

“Hey man, the Louis Vuitton in Sydney legitimately just treated us like we were finna come in and rob that place,” he said in an Instagram Story on Wednesday. 

But he seemed to be taking it in stride, laughing as he walked away with the store visible in the background.

“I have never been looked at more like a crim— listen, the last time I was looked at like a criminal this bad, I was an actual criminal this bad,” he continued.

Jelly Roll’s only recently been able to tour internationally, thanks to a string of charges dating back to when he was 14. 

On Thursday he plays his last Australian date at Country Bank Stadium in Townsville, before his Saturday stop in Auckland, New Zealand. 

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Klay Thompson isn’t Megan Thee Stallion‘s only connection to the NBA. A new collaboration between the rapper and Fanatics Sportsbook was announced on Tuesday: a campaign celebrating a world where basketball, music and culture meet.

Soundtracked to her song “Savage,” FanCash Explained by Megan Thee Stallion captures Meg “commanding a 25-piece orchestra” of musicians dressed in colors representing the different teams in the NBA, according to a press release. She also explains how Fanatics’ FanCash is earned and used, as well as why it’s a “more rewarding betting experience for fans,” the release says.

“Megan Thee Stallion embodies the heartbeat of fandom where music, fashion, and sport collide and brings an energy that turns basketball season into a full-blown cultural moment,” says Fanatics betting and gaming officer Selena Kalvaria in a statement. “She’s the perfect partner to show how Fanatics Sportsbook makes winning hit different.”

The campaign will be played on TV, social media, podcasts and more throughout the NBA season. It’s the first under Meg’s partnership with Fanatic Sportsbook; a second is coming later in November.

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Trisha Yearwood‘s new holiday album, Christmastime, doesn’t arrive until Friday, but you can check out her new duet with husband Garth Brooks now. 

Ironically, the couple co-wrote “Merry Christmas, Valentine” several years ago when they were “sitting outside in the summer by the pool.”

“The way Garth writes and the way I write are a little bit different,” Trisha explains. “He just doesn’t write anything down so he’s always just stream of consciousness, and I’m like, ‘That’s a great line!’ Then he goes onto something else – I’m like, ‘I want to write that down!’”

“So I’m frantically putting notes in my phone,” she continues, “because I didn’t have anything in front of me to write on while he’s just throwing out these beautiful lines how Valentine’s Day is about love and Christmas is about love and why can’t those two holidays kind of mingle in a love song. So it’s an original song, but it really is fitting for the holiday and I’m really excited that we got to do that together.”

You can also watch Trisha’s new music video for “Christmas Time Is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas, the only other song already released from the album.  

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Paul McCartney has shared a new visualizer for “Band on the Run,” the hit title track off the 1973 Wings album.

The clip features a collage of different photos and videos from the Band on the Run era. It is now streaming on YouTube.

On Tuesday, McCartney released his new book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which looks back at the history of his post-Beatles band.

According to NME, in the book Wings drummer Denny Seiwell shares a story of how Paul and Linda McCartney took revenge on a journalist who gave the group a negative review.

As NME reports, Seiwell relates how the journalist told Wings he wanted to do an article about how they traveled with their families. In reality, he wrote a hit piece on them, including a negative review of a concert he never actually attended. In retaliation, Seiwell says, Paul and Linda took some poop from their daughter Stella McCartney, who was a baby at the time, wrapped it up and mailed it to the journalist.

“You heard that from me. I don’t care if they want it to be known or not. I thought it was the perfect response to a crude British pressman,” Seiwell adds.

In addition to watching Paul McCartney videos and reading Paul McCartney books, you can see him live in concert on his ongoing Got Back tour, which continues Thursday in Nashville.

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Pastor Shirley Caesar and David Banner will be celebrated at the 2025 HBCU Honors, taking place Nov. 30 at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Caesar will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, while Banner will receive the Cultural Impact Award for “his multi-faceted pursuits,” according to Billboard. Business entrepreneur Janice Bryant Howroyd will also be recognized at the event; she’ll be presented with the Visionary Founder Award.

The annual ceremony, founded by Michelle M. Bailey, puts a spotlight on “the institutions that continue to educate, empower and shape generations of trailblazers,” she said in a statement to Billboard. 

The 2025 iteration will add an HBCU Honors Rising Star National Talent Search, giving students at historically Black colleges and universities a chance to compete for a performing slot at the awards ceremony. There is also a newly launched Media Futures Fellowship for students at Lincoln University of Missouri, Spelman College and more.

The 2025 HBCU Honors will air on BET Her and BET, the presenting partner of the celebration. Kym Whitley returns as host after taking on those duties at the 2024 event.

“Hosting HBCU Honors again feels like coming home,” she says in statement, according to Billboard. “This show is a joyful reminder of everything our schools represent — faith, excellence, community and legacy.”

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In 2023, rapper Rico Nasty joined Paramore onstage in Los Angeles for a rendition of “Misery Business.” Now, Hayley Williams has repaid the favor.

Williams made a surprise appearance during Rico’s own show in LA on Tuesday. Together, they performed the Rico song “Smack a B****.”

Williams has made a habit recently of popping up at other artists’ shows, including Deftones, Turnstile and David Byrne.

As for her own music, Williams released a new solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, in August. It’ll be available on physical formats on Friday.

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