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Thirty Seconds to Mars‘ Shannon Leto is the latest drummer to take part in Drumeo’s “Hearing Songs for the First Time” challenge.

The YouTube channel’s viral series asks drummers to come up with their own parts to a song that they’ve never heard before. After playing drum-less versions of tracks by Shinedown, Godsmack, A Perfect Circle, Killswitch Engage and Faith No More, Drumeo finally landed on a tune that Leto didn’t know: “Metalingus” by Alter Bridge.

“I’ve never done anything like this in my life,” Leto says during his first take on the challenge. “It’s crazy.”

Eventually, though, Leto persevered and delivered a full drum cover of “Metalingus,” which earned approval from Alter Bridge drummer Scott Phillips.

“That was really well done, super cool,” says Phillips, who also plays drums in Creed. “Great job, man.”

You may recall that Thirty Seconds to Mars’ music was featured in a previous Drumeo video, in which Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith played along to their song “The Kill.” That video has over 28 million views on YouTube.

Thirty Seconds to Mars released their latest album, It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day, in 2023.

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Ahead of the 59th annual CMA Awards Wednesday night, winners of two categories were announced on ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday morning.

Musical event of the year went to “Pour Me a Drink” by Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton, while music video of the year was awarded to “you look like you love me” by Ella Langley and Riley Green.

Ella, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson lead the nominations with six apiece. Zach Top follows closely behind with five, while Riley and Cody Johnson each have four. 

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On Wednesday night Lainey Wilson will follow in the footsteps of Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, becoming one of the only female country stars to host the CMA Awards solo.

It’s a role she’s been studying for since her childhood in Louisiana. 

“I remember being a little girl and just sitting in front of the TV waiting for the CMA Awards to come on,” Lainey says. “It was like [the] Super Bowl at my house. It was just like the event of the year. We wanted to see what everybody was wearing, what they were singing, who won what. And we were just cheering for everybody, because we were cheering for the genre.”

For Lainey, leading Country Music’s Biggest Night is definitely a pinch-me moment.

“It’s crazy to think that I was ever even invited to attend something like this, much less nominated to win something, and now I’m getting the chance to host it and represent country music,” she reflects. “So I don’t take that lightly.”

“I think that little girl in front of that TV would be awfully proud,” she adds.

Tune in to see Lainey host the 59th annual CMA Awards Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, as she simultaneously competes for six trophies. 

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Green Day‘s Mike Dirnt has announced a new signature bass with Epiphone.

The Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 is inspired by Dirnt’s original Gibson bass, which he started playing while touring Green Day’s 1990 debut album, 39/Smooth.

“This bass sounds every bit as good as my original,” Dirnt says of his signature Grabber G-3. “I can honestly say that, if not way better, because I just toured them for over two years and they performed like magic.”

Dirnt demos the Grabber G-3 while playing along to Green Day’s “Longview” in a Epiphone video on YouTube.

For more info, visit Epiphone.com.

Green Day’s most recent album is 2024’s Saviors. They also released a 25th anniversary reissue of their 2000 album, Warning, on Friday.

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Dwayne Johnson has been crowned the Entertainment Icon by the American Black Film Festival. He’ll receive the award at the eighth annual ABFF Honors in recognition of his success in television, film and live entertainment.

“Dwayne Johnson is the very definition of an entertainment icon,” said Jeff Friday and Nicole Friday, the CEO and president of Nice Crowd, formerly known as ABFF Ventures. “From his trailblazing career in sports entertainment to his extraordinary success in film and television, he has become one of the most influential and beloved figures in global culture.”

“His journey embodies the power of perseverance, authenticity, and charisma — values that reflect the spirit of ABFF,” they continued in their press statement. “We are thrilled to honor him with this year’s Entertainment Icon Award and to celebrate his incredible contributions to the world of entertainment.”

Dwayne joins honorees Jennifer Hudson, who will receive the Renaissance Award; Damson Idris, winner of the Horizon Award; Salli Richardson-Whitfield, who is set to receive the Evolution Award; and the creative team behind Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners, who will receive a special tribute.

The ABFF Honors will take place Feb. 16 at the SLS hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, with KevOnStage on hosting duties.

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Russell Dickerson is best known as a country star, but he’s had a few songs cross over to the pop charts, including “I Remember,” his collaboration with Cheat Codes. Now, he’s got his biggest pop hit yet with “Happen to Me,” thanks to it going viral on TikTok. Russell says he’s not sure why, but he’s just riding the wave.

“I don’t know, bro. I’m just, I always just want to do big things … We’re just following the song, really. Like, it’s just kind of taken off by itself,” he says. “And it started in country, yes. I just made a stupid dance on TikTok and now … I get tagged in it all the time, which is amazing.”

He shares that he’s “got a version with the Jonas Brothers now,” noting, “It’s wild.”

Russell released the new studio version of the song with JoBros on Oct. 31. The collab came about when Russell appeared onstage with the brothers in Detroit in August.

“They asked me to be one of their special guests. You know, they have a special guest every night. They’ve had everybody, I mean, so many people, so … [I’m] honored to be that,” Russell tells ABC Audio. “And I brought a girl on my team, Daniella, she grew up with them.”

“And I was like, “Yo, what if while we’re there, we just float the idea of a feature on ‘Happen To Me?'” he continues. “And so she kinda, she was dropping a couple [hints], I was [too] … and they were just like, they were all about it. ‘Cause like, [the song] was — it still is — just, like, going.”

“So, why would they not just hop on?” Russell asks. “It’s like a free ride to the top for them!” 

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Thanks to green and red, Ol’ Blue Eyes has just extended his Billboard chart record.

“I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” a holiday single that pairs new vocals from Pentatonix with unreleased vocals from the late Frank Sinatra, has debuted at #26 on Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart. The song is from the new Pentatonix album, Christmas in the City. 

The feat means that Sinatra, who died in 1998, has been on and off the Billboard charts for 85 years, starting from 1940 when he hit #1 with “I’ll Never Smile Again.”

In addition, thanks to this new duet, he appears on the Adult Contemporary chart for the first time since 1984.

In 2023, the Chairman of the Board hit #16 on the Hot 100 with “Jingle Bells.” It was the first time he’d been in the top 20 on that chart since 1967.

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Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the sixth straight week. Meanwhile, sombr has scored his first top 10 hit with “back to friends.” The song first entered the Hot 100 in April, making it, at 33 weeks, the longest climb to the top 10 by a solo male artist’s debut single since Sean Paul‘s “Gimme the Light” in 2002.

Tate McRae will release the video for “Nobody’s Girl” on Friday. It’s one of the five new songs on the deluxe version of her album So Close to What, which will also be coming out on Friday.

Now that the red carpet premieres for Wicked: For Good are over, Ariana Grande posted a special shoutout on her Instagram Story to the people responsible for making sure she looked fabulous at every one, including stylist Law Roach. “My glam family. i love you. thank you for this marvelous ride and for your beautiful work and care and friendship,” she wrote.

Chappell Roan has posted footage on Instagram of her performance of “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl” at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on Nov. 15. She had previously written of the experience, “I was quite nervous for mexico city because I wasn’t sure if the crowd would vibe with me because it’s such a rock leaning festival and I was like will ppl still like me if I’m pop? but omg the crowd was so wonderful and I felt so loved and supported!”

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