Tyler, The Creator is thankful for the reception of Chromakopia, his latest #1 album on the Billboard 200.
“Thank you to everyone who has listened, skimmed through, put it on repeat, turned off, loved it, hated, grew on, grown off, related to, was foreign to, anything,” Tyler wrote in an Instagram Story Thursday. “I really appreciate any ears.”
“I’m at a different point in my life than I was when most of you met me so to share these thoughts or feelings that I may/may not have lightly touched on before felt like such a release, and to see so many of you resonate with it is such a great feeling I’ve never experienced,” he continued. “Thank you.”
Chromakopia is now Tyler’s best week ever in terms of units, his biggest streaming week for an album, his largest sales week ever and his seventh top-10 album on the chart. Keep in mind, he dropped the album on a Monday and had a shorter tracking week than albums that released on Friday.
Tyler shared some of his favorite moments about each track from Chromakopia in a tweet posted earlier in the week.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer Kenney Jones, known for his work with The Small Faces, Faces and The Who, has revealed that his son Jesse has passed away.
On his official Facebook page, Jones, 76, wrote, “It is with a broken heart that I share the devastating news that my son Jesse has passed. I don’t have the words right now to fully express how I am feeling. But I want to thank you all for your kind wishes at this indescribably painful time and ask for continued love, respect and privacy as we try to navigate this profound loss as a family.“
Jones didn’t share the cause of his son’s death. Jesse was one of his six children from two marriages.
Jones is the only surviving member of The Small Faces, which morphed into Faces after their lead singer, Steve Marriott, left to form Humble Pie, and Rod Stewart and Ron Wood joined. The two bands were jointly inducted into the Rock Hall in 2012. In 1978, Jones replaced the late Keith Moon in The Who and played on their albums Face Dances and It’s Hard.
In the early ’90s, after his stint in The Who, Jones formed The Law with Bad Company‘s Paul Rodgers; in 2001, he formed The Jones Gang. He’s also played with The Rolling Stones, Wings, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and the individual members of The Who.
James Van Der Beek is opening up about his cancer diagnosis, days after revealing he was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer.
The Dawson’s Creek star sat down for a new interview with People and discussed the journey he and his family have been on in the last year.
“What do you do when you’re staring down a Stage 3 diagnosis? This has been a crash course in [the] mastery of mind, body [and] spirit,” he said.
The 47-year-old recalled going in for a colonoscopy in August 2023 after experiencing some symptoms.
“The gastroenterologist said, in his most pleasant bedside manner, ‘It is cancer.’ And I think I went into shock,” Van Der Beek said.
Van Der Beek said he went in for additional scans, which confirmed he had Stage 3 cancer but also offered a bit of a silver lining.
“Found out it was still localized. It had not spread, but it was Stage 3, which is not what you want to hear,” he said.
Van Der Beek said his cancer diagnosis ushered in a new and unfamiliar chapter.
“And thus began, the full-time job of having cancer, signing up for all the various medical portals and getting on the phone with insurance and creating appointments … I was not prepared for just how much of a full-time job that it really is,” he continued.
Although the cancer news came as a shock, Van Der Beek said it was also a catalyst and motivating in a sense.
“I really didn’t feel like this was going to end me. I really felt like this is going to be the biggest life redirect,” he said. “I’m going to make changes that I never would have made otherwise, that I’m going to look back on in a year, five years, 30 years from now and say, ‘Thank God that happened.'”
Colorectal cancer begins in the colon or rectum, often referred to as colon or rectal cancer based on its location, according to the American Cancer Society, which added that most cases start as polyps — growths on the inner lining of these organs — that become more common with age. For that reason, regular screenings with colonoscopies can not only help detect colorectal cancer, but can help prevent it, too, since a polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into cancer.
Gabby Barrett‘s debut holiday record, Carols and Candlelight, has arrived.
It features 11 songs, including two duets: the previously released “Go Tell It on the Mountain” with Christian duo for KING & COUNTRY, and “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with Gabby’s husband and fellow American Idol season 16 finalist, Cade Foehner.
“Ahhhhhhh I’m so excited that my first Christmas album is out NOW!” Gabby shares on Instagram.
“Go grab your Christmas decorations and tree & listen to Carols and Candlelight with your loved ones,” she says. “I hope you love it!!!”
You can check out Carols and Candlelight wherever you listen to music.
Here’s the Carols and Candlelight track list: “Mary, Did You Know?” “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” “Christmas to Remember” “The First Noel” “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (feat. Cade Foehner) “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (feat. The Piano Guys) “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (for KING & COUNTRY feat. Gabby Barrett) “O Holy Night” “Last Christmas” “Grown-Up Christmas List” “Silent Night”
The nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards are in, and Beyoncé is leading the pack. She’s nominated for 11 Grammys, including Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter. Its lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” is up for both Record and Song of the Year.
With her album being a country one, Bey’s not nominated in the R&B categories this go-round. Instead, she has received nods in country categories, including Best Country Album, Best Country Song for “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Best Country Solo Performance for “16 Carriages.”
Beyoncé has made history with her nominations this year, becoming the artist with the most Grammy nominations of all time: 99. She previously was tied as the most-nominated artist with her husband, Jay-Z, who has 88. With 32 Grammys under her belt, Bey is still gunning for the Album of the Year, which she has yet to win.
Following not too far behind with seven nominations is Kendrick Lamar. His song “Not Like Us” is up for Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Rap Performance, which is up against Metro Boomin‘s “Like That” featuring him and Future.
SZA, André 3000, Doechii, Mustard, Kehlani, Tems, Cardi B, GloRilla, Muni Long, Childish Gambino and more have also been nominated for Grammys.
The 67th annual Grammy Awards will return to Crypto.com Arena in LA on Feb. 2.
Charlie Puth is getting nostalgic for the holidays with his latest single, “December 25.”
The singer released the new song on Friday, just in time for the Christmas season. The song came to him while he was creating new music for his upcoming fourth studio album, he confirmed in a press release.
“I wrote and recorded December 25 completely on a whim a few weeks ago in my studio while working on my new album,” Charlie said. “And though it sounds absolutely nothing like anything on the album, I figured why not share it for the holidays. So here you go.”
Charlie also promises more exciting news to come. He embarks on a sold-out headlining arena tour this winter, during which he’ll travel across Asia, starting in Haikou, China, on Nov. 21.
David Gilmour wants you to know that no, Pink Floyd did not design The Dark Side of the Moon to sync up with the movie The Wizard of Oz.
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his new album, Luck and Strange, the guitarist was asked to clear up an age-old rumor: that the album was deliberately created to provide a soundtrack to the classic Judy Garland film. “No. I mean, I only heard about it years later,” Gilmour told Fallon.
“Someone said you put the needle — and you’ve got the film running somehow — and on the third roar of the MGM lion, you put the needle on for the beginning of Dark Side, and there’s these strange synchronicities that happen,” he continued.
Gilmour said he had tried it, though he didn’t really have to, considering how many people on the internet have done it for him.
“Now people have done the donkey work, the chore work and added it on YouTube,” he said. “You can watch bits and there are these strange coincidences. I’ll call them coincidences.”
Gilmour also denied the rumor that hearing himself cough on the song “Wish You Were Here” made him stop smoking. And he confirmed that before he joined Floyd, he indeed worked as a model — simply because it paid better than his regular job as a van driver.
(WASHINGTON) — The judge in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has paused all upcoming deadlines in the case, after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Friday requesting the pause.
As ABC News previously reported, Smith and the Justice Department are in talks about the best way to wind down the election case and his classified documents case, following Trump’s election victory on Tuesday.
The decision is based on longstanding Department of Justice policy that a sitting president cannot face criminal prosecution while in office, sources said.
“As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,” Friday’s filing said. “The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy.”
“By December 2, 2024, the Government will file a status report or otherwise inform the Court of the result of its deliberations. The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who do not object to this request,” said the filing.
Trump last year pleaded not guilty to federal charges of undertaking a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in order to remain in power.
Smith subsequently charged Trump in a superseding indictment that was adjusted to respect the Supreme Court’s July ruling that Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts undertaken as president.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has been in the process of considering how the case should proceed in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling,
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(WASHINGTON) — Three people have been charged in an alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, an Iranian-American activist and two Jewish Americans living in New York, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in New York.
Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt are charged with murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Rivera and Loadholt have been arrested, while Shakeri, who the FBI described as an “asset” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is believed to be in Tehran.
The IRGC tasked Shakeri with surveilling and killing Trump to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020, according to the complaint.
“There are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran. The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald J. Trump,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement announcing the charges.
Shakeri emigrated to the United States but was deported in 2008 after serving prison time for robbery, according to the Justice Department. While in prison, he met Rivera and Loadholt and hired them to target an Iranian American activist living in Brooklyn, according to the complaint.
The IRGC also tasked Shakeri with carrying out other assassinations against U.S. and Israeli citizens located in the United States, including Trump, the complaint alleges.
Shakeri informed law enforcement officials that he was tasked a month before the election with providing a plan to kill Trump, according to prosecutors. During the interview, Shakeri allegedly claimed he did not intend to propose a plan to kill Trump within the timeframe set by the IRGC.
He also stated he was tasked with surveilling two Jewish-American citizens residing in New York City and was offered $500,000 by an IRGC official for the murder of either victim, according to the complaint. He was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka, the complaint said.
“Actors directed by the Government of Iran continue to target our citizens, including President-elect Trump, on U.S. soil and abroad. This has to stop,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “Today’s charges are another message to those who continue in their efforts — we will remain unrelenting in our pursuit of bad actors, no matter where they reside, and will stop at nothing to bring to justice those who harm our safety and security.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
It’s 2024 but you can’t stop The Beatles. What’s been called the “final” Beatles single, “Now and Then,” has earned a nomination for Record of the Year at the 67th annual Grammy Awards; nominations were announced Nov. 8.
Released in November, “Now and Then” features vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s, along with new contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and guitar parts George Harrison recorded in the ’90s during the sessions for their Anthology series.
In that category, the song is up against hits from Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and rapper Kendrick Lamar.
“Now and Then” is also nominated for Best Rock Performance, along with records by Pearl Jam, Green Day and The Black Keys. And in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Record, one of the nominees is All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words.
Meanwhile, The Rolling Stones‘ Hackney Diamonds is up for Best Rock Album, facing off against Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter, Green Day’s Saviors, The Black Crowes‘ Happiness Bastards and Jack White‘s No Name, among others. Pearl Jam’s “Dark Matter” and Green Day’s “Dilemma” are also up for Best Rock Song.
In the Best Metal Performance category, Judas Priest and Metallica are both nominated: Priest for “Crown of Thorns” and Metallica for “Screaming Suicide.”
Legendary rock acts also appear in some of the more obscure categories. Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler is up for American Roots Song for “Ahead Of The Game,” and Little Feat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds are both up for Best Traditional Blues Album for, respectively, Sam’s Place and Struck Down.
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, a documentary about E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, is up for Best Music Film, as is The Greatest Night in Pop, documenting the creation of “We Are the World.”
Here are the main nominees in the rock categories:
Best Rock Album: Pearl Jam — Dark Matter The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds Green Day — Saviors Jack White — No Name The Black Crowes — Happiness Bastards Fontaines D.C. — Romance IDLES — TANGK
Best Rock Song: The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” St. Vincent — “Broken Man” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” Green Day — “Dilemma” IDLES — “Gift Horse”
Best Rock Performance: The Beatles — “Now and Then” The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” Green Day — “The American Dream Is Killing Me” IDLES — “Gift Horse” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” St. Vincent — “Broken Man”
Best Metal Performance: Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne — “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” Judas Priest — “Crown of Thorns” Knocked Loose feat. Poppy — “Suffocate” Metallica — “Screaming Suicide” Spiritbox — “Cellar Door”
