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Miranda Lambert and Parker McCollum banded together to raise more than $8.5 million with their Sunday concert in Austin to help with recovery efforts following the July floods in their home state of Texas.

The two started the nearly three-hour show duetting on George Strait‘s “True.”

“It’s going to be a magical night of music, and for an amazing cause,” Miranda said from the stage. “My buddy Parker and I, we called each other right away and we asked, ‘What can we do? We can sing, so let’s go sing.’ And that’s what we’re doing tonight!”

Parker continued the story during his set.

“She texted me right away and asked, ‘What can we do?’ I said, ‘I’ll do anything I could ever possibly do to help these people.’ … I’ve never been more proud to be born and raised in the great state of Texas than I am tonight,” he added.

Surprise guest Jason Aldean was one of the few non-Texans on the bill, but it turns out he played an integral part.

“Jason was here last night, as you already know, but he left all of his stuff for us to use, and stayed an extra day to sing a song for us, so you’re an honorary Texan tonight, friend,” Miranda declared.

Jason duetted with Miranda on “Amarillo Sky” and performed “She’s Country,” as well. 

If you missed it, you can check out the livestream of the sold-out show on YouTube. If you’d like to help with the cause, you can still order Band Together Texas T-shirts online.

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Sabrina Carpenter has now moved her fan listening parties across the U.S.

After hosting her first “play dates” — basically her version of Taylor Swift‘s “secret sessions” album preview parties — in LA, Sabrina held one in New York City. “Last night we continued the Man’s Best Friend play dates on the east coast with 26 of my NYC darlings,” she wrote on Instagram, along with photos of herself and her fans.

“the magic/energy in the room as we listened top to bottom was so unbelievably special,” she continued. “tears and laughter and lots of screaming lol. not a phone in sight just the best vibes ever!”

Man’s Best Friend is due Aug. 29. The first single, “Manchild,” has earned her eight MTV VMA nominations. There aren’t any features on her album, but she’s a guest on Taylor’s upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl.

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Doechii has pulled out of two major festivals taking place in England on Saturday and Sunday. The All Points East and Forwards festivals shared the news Tuesday morning in statements posted to social media.

“We’re very sorry to announce that Doechii will no longer be performing at her upcoming shows. She is an incredible artist, and, like all of her fans, we were hugely excited to see her on stage,” London’s All Points East wrote, noting the festival on Saturday will still be “truly unforgettable.”

Forwards similarly expressed its sadness about Doechii’s canceled performance, noting, “She is an incredible artist and we were as excited as you were to bring her to our hometown of Bristol.” Still, organizers say they have a great lineup for Sunday, including Jorja Smith and “a plethora of other amazing musical talent across the day.”

Doechii has also canceled her set at Rock en Seine festival, taking place Thursday in Paris.

It’s not clear what’s behind her last-minute cancellations.

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Drummer Jason Bonham isn’t ready to stop celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s classic album Physical Graffiti.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is set to kick off a third leg of their An Evening with JBLZE Celebrating 50 Years of Physical Graffiti tour on Oct. 22 in Louisville, Kentucky, with dates wrapping Nov. 26 in Hollywood, Florida.

The tour has Bonham and the band playing the entire Physical Graffiti album, as well as other Zeppelin favorites, like “Stairway to Heaven,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “Good Times Bad Times.”

“For me, this isn’t just an album—it’s the album,” Jason, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, says. “Physical Graffiti has always been my ultimate Led Zeppelin record, and I set out to honor its 50th anniversary with 50 unforgettable shows. That vision now looks more like 70 shows!”

He adds, “The last two tours have been nothing short of electrifying, and I know the fall tour will raise the bar even higher as we revisit some of our favorite places on the East Coast.”

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening still has several summer dates on the schedule. The next Physical Graffiti show is Tuesday in Monterey, California. A complete list of dates can be found at JasonBonham.net.

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Paz Lenchantin, formerly of A Perfect Circle, Pixies and the Billy Corgan side project Zwan, has announced her debut solo album.

The record is called Triste and is due out Oct. 17. It includes contributions from Lenchantin’s former APC bandmates, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Josh Freese.

“I had to make this record on my own—not to prove anything, but just to have faith that music can nurture me back,” Lenchantin says.

The first single, “Hang Tough,” is streaming on YouTube.

Lenchantin most recently played bass in Pixies before leaving the group in 2024.

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It’s been 20 years since Alicia Keys released her #1 album documenting her 2005 MTV Unplugged performance, so she’s celebrating the milestone with a special vinyl release.

Unplugged 20th Anniversary will arrive Oct. 3 as a two-LP black vinyl set, now available for preorder. The special edition includes two songs that were recorded during the Unplugged performance that are now making their vinyl debuts: the medley “Goodbye/Butterflyz” and “How Come You Don’t Call Me.” There are also performances of the hits “Fallin’,” “A Woman’s Worth,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Diary.”

Alicia’s Unplugged performance was recorded July 5, 2005, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and featured guest appearances by Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine, Common, Mos Def and Damian Marley. When the album was released in October of that year, it became the first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at #1 and the highest debut for an Unplugged album since Nirvana‘s in 1994.

Here’s the track listing:
“Intro: Alicia’s Prayer”
“Karma”
“Heartburn”
“A Woman’s Worth”
“Unbreakable”
“How Come You Don’t Call Me”
“If I Was Your Woman”
“Goodbye/Butterflyz”
“If I Ain’t Got You”
“Every Little Bit Hurts”
“Streets of New York (City Life)”
“Wild Horses” (with Adam Levine)
“Diary”
“You Don’t Know My Name”
“Stolen Moments”
“Fallin'”
“Love It or Leave It Alone/Welcome to Jamrock” (featuring Mos Def, Common, Damian Marley & friends)

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Just days after the Aug. 15 release of his new album, Learn the Hard Way, Jordan Davis is now the face — and voice — of Cracker Barrel.

The homespun Southern food restaurant is launching its new “All the More” campaign, which CEO Julie Felss Masino says “highlights how people feel about Cracker Barrel.”

“It is bigger than just a meal. We have a retail shop, you’re gonna get great country hospitality with our scratch-made food in our restaurants, and that’s really what the campaign celebrates,” she explains.

Expect to see and hear the “Bar None” hitmaker in Cracker Barrel ads soon.

“He is in our ad and is the voice of it as well,” Masino says. “It just highlights those things that make Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel.”

Previously, Dolly Parton starred in its “Rewards That Rock” campaign.

The new push comes as the restaurant and country store debuts redesigned interiors with more modern touches, which have been met with mixed reviews. 

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Chris Martin addressed Coldplay‘s viral kiss cam scandal during the band’s show in Hull, England, on Monday.

While introducing the band’s recurring jumbotron segment, in which a camera focuses on different people in the crowd, Martin told the Hull audience that they’d been doing the bit for a “long time, and it is only recently that it became a … yeah.”

That heavy “yeah” refers to the incident from Coldplay’s July show in Boston, when the camera caught two people cuddling before they immediately separated and jumped out of frame when they realized they were on video.

“Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy,” Martin joked at the time. The people were identified online as Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, the respective CEO and chief people officer of the tech company Astronomer. 

In addition to becoming nearly endless meme fodder, both Bryon and Cabot resigned from Astronomer following the incident.

During the Hull show, Martin remarked, “Life throws you lemons and you’ve got to make lemonade.”

“So, we’re gonna keep doing it because we wanna meet some of you,” he continued. “I’d like to meet all of you, of course.”

Astronomer seems to be embracing the “when life gives you lemons” mindset, as well, having recruited Gwyneth Paltrow to be the company’s “temporary spokesperson.” Paltrow, of course, was married to Martin before their infamous “conscious uncoupling” in 2014.

Coldplay, meanwhile, will continue to be on tour in the U.K. into September.

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Back in October, Queen celebrated their self-titled debut album with the release of a box set that featured a remixed and remastered version of the album, which they renamed Queen I. Now it looks like their sophomore album, 1974’s Queen II, may be getting a similar treatment.

Queen guitarist Brian May hinted at the news in a post on Instagram, which included video of him tinkering in the studio with the Queen II song “Funny How Love Is.”

In the post, May invited fans “back into the world of Queen II,” calling it “surely the best Queen album EVER!!!”

“Just having fun here, switching things in and out so we hear things we never really noticed before,” he writes. “This new stereo mix is quite adventurous — and, rendering the impossible complexity of these tracks, the new clarity is astounding.”

He added that because of the work of their sound team, “this ancient work, from when we were still just learning how to reach for the stars, will open up a new world to many who care about these arcane dreams as much as we do.”

And to make sure fans know they aren’t doing the work just for themselves, he offered, “Can’t wait to share the new mixes with you when we are done … and … OMG !!!” He notes, “When we get to the Dolby Atmos surround mixes I will be in Heaven !!! Because we’ll finally be able to do justice to all the multiple layers in these tracks – a mere 52 Years later !!!”

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