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Coheed and Cambria‘s 2005 album, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, turns 20 on Saturday. Coming off the band’s previous album, 2003’s In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, which spawned their first radio hit in “A Favor House Atlantic,” frontman Claudio Sanchez remembers being “met with real feedback from the label” for the first time with Good Apollo.

“When we got signed to the label, they were just like, ‘Let them do what they do, they’re kind of an oddity, that’s working for them, let them go with it,'” Sanchez tells ABC Audio. “But then it came time to [pick] the single, and we as a band — we had a strong opinion that ‘Welcome Home’ should be the single, and the label had chosen ‘The Suffering.'”

As Sanchez explains it, “Welcome Home” got a soft launch before “The Suffering” was released as an official single. While “The Suffering” was successful and has remained a staple of Coheed’s live show, they were right to believe in “Welcome Home,” which has become one of their signature songs and their go-to closer.

“Welcome Home” is known in particular for its epic opening guitar riff, which has a very humble origin story — Sanchez first came up with it while living in his parents’ house.

“I was in the kitchen area, and I had an acoustic guitar, and I think I was in my boxers,” Sanchez says. “I was just fooling around, and I came up with that riff into the verse area and started to hum a melody. I just remember being so thrilled and so excited.”

“As I’m, like, losing my mind, I’m like, ‘This is awesome,’ my mom comes [in],” he laughs. “I was so embarrassed!”

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Charles Kelley and his wife, Cassie Kelley, welcomed their second child, son Archer Lancaster Kelley, on Sept. 16. He joins big brother Ward Kelley, who’s 9. The “Can’t Lose You” singer told ABC Audio that because he and Cassie have been parents for almost a decade, they’re prepared for at least one aspect of having a baby in the house again.

“The hardest thing with Ward was, you know, we were so used to sleeping in till, like, 9, even 10 [a.m],” Charles explained. “But now we’re kind of used to functioning on a little less sleep. So I feel like that’s going to be easier. But we also, y’know [are] not quite as, uh, energetic and agile as we were 10 years ago.”

In addition to his solo career, Charles is a member of “Need You Now” country group Lady A; his bandmate Hillary Scott just welcomed a new baby in July. While Lady A has a holiday tour coming up in December, and Charles has a few solo shows, he says overall, he and the group are lucky they’re able to take time off to be with their new additions.

“I just think I’m in such a settled place, you know, and even as a band, you know, we’re able to like prioritize family so much more and be like, ‘hey, we’re not going to go on the road too much right now,'” says Charles.

“And so the fact that I’ll actually have a couple of months to kind of breathe and just enjoy this baby before we start the Christmas tour is going to be great,” he adds. 

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P.O.D. is releasing a new cover, but you’ll need to do some digging to figure out which song.

The “Youth of the Nation” metallers have shared a video seemingly depicting the name of the song they’re covering in Morse code.

The code appears to translate to “Don’t Let Me Down,” and the video ends with an image of a bug popping up in the corner. That certainly suggests that P.O.D. will be putting their spin on the Beatles song “Don’t Let Me Down.”

We’ll find out for sure when the cover officially drops on Sept. 25.

P.O.D.’s most recent album is 2024’s VERITAS.

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The All-American Rejects have released a new song called “Search Party!”

The track’s lyric video is now on YouTube. An official video, described as a “live-action mashup of Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil,” will premiere on MTV Sept. 24.

“Search Party!” marks the third new song from AAR of 2025, following the singles “Sandbox” and “Easy Come, Easy Go.” The “Gives You Hell” outfit is planning to release a new album, their first since 2012’s Kids in the Street, in February 2026.

The All-American Rejects are playing the upcoming Shaky Knees and Aftershock festivals, and are touring with the Jonas Brothers throughout the fall.

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Solange revealed that she was a co-music supervisor for Issa Rae‘s HBO series Insecure. She shared the news on X in response to a person who said Insecure was one of the shows that would “just randomly start playing the best song you’ve ever heard in your life.” “waiittt [this] was a dream jobbbb,” Solange wrote, noting she served as co-music supervisor for the first two seasons.

Denzel Washington has accomplished a lot in his lifetime, including winning Academy Awards, Golden Globes, a Tony Award, and securing Emmy and Grammy nominations. But that’s not how he wants to remembered. In a conversation with Spike Lee, he says he wants people remember him as “a man of faith, a man of God, a human who’s made a ton of mistakes, a humble man, God-loving, wife-loving, children-loving, who did the best he could with what he had.”

Babyface has released a new song that is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix film Ruth & Boaz. He wrote, recorded and produced “Faithful,” which Serayah sings in the film. The song also appears in the end credits of Ruth & Boaz, in which Babyface makes an appearance. “Faithful” is now available on YouTube but will become available on DSPs Friday. Ruth & Boaz and its accompanying soundtrack will premiere on Sept. 26.

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Steve Earle performed his hits “Guitar Town,” “Hillbilly Highway” and “Copperhead Road” as Emmylou Harris officially inducted him into the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday. 

You can check out the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band‘s “Night After Night” now, ahead of the release of their EP of the same name on Oct. 24. These are their first original studio recordings since 2009.

Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley are set to headline the Winstock Country Music Festival in Winsted, Minnesota, June 19-20, with Carly Pearce, Mitchell Tenpenny, Maddie & Tae and more set to play as well. 

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Mac Miller‘s estate is celebrating 10 years of his third studio album, GO:OD AM, with the release of a new short film.

GO:OD AM (Time Flies, Try To Catch It), directed by Sam Balaban, captures the behind-the-scenes moments of making the album via throwback footage. It also features interviews with those who worked with Mac on the album, including his manager, Christian Clancy, hype man Quentin Cuff, visual artist Ian Wolfson aka Rex Arrow and engineer Josh Berg as they reflect on the significance of the project.

GO:OD AM, Mac’s first release under a major label — Warner Music — was released in 2015. It was led by singles “100 Grandkids” and “Weekend” featuring Miguel, with additional contributions from Ab-Soul, Lil B, Miguel, Chief Keef and Lil Dragon. The album debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has been certified Platinum.

The film marks another Mac Miller project for Sam, who worked on the “Inertia” freestyle and the Making Faces short film.

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