Carrie Underwood‘s set to release a deluxe version of her ninth studio album, Denim & Rhinestones, on September 22.
The expanded record adds six new songs, including Carrie’s latest single, “Out of That Truck,” and a brand new track, “Take Me Out,” which dropped Friday, June 9.
Denim & Rhinestones arrived in June 2022 and spawned the singles “Ghost Story” and “Hate My Heart.”
Denim & Rhinestones (Deluxe Edition) is available for preorder and presave now. Fans can also head to Carrie’s merch store to purchase exclusive bundles that include a special double picture disc vinyl, T-shirt and poster.
Black Veil Brides and HIM frontman Ville Valo have officially premiered their teased collaborative cover of The Sisters of Mercy‘s song “Temple of Love.”
“I first discovered Sisters of Mercy in my freshman year of high school,” shares BVB’s Andy Biersack. “I had a poster of AFI from the Art of Drowning era and Davey [Havok] was wearing a SOM shirt and so as was often the case back then I went on the hunt to find the music that had inspired my favorite musicians.”
He adds, “We are thrilled with how [the cover] turned out and hope that anyone who’s familiar with the track enjoys our spin on it and those who have never heard the original enjoy it and maybe this will lead them down the path to the greatness that is SOM like that poster of AFI did for me when I was a kid.”
The cover, which is available now via digital outlets, arrives ahead of BVB’s upcoming joint tour with Valo, who’s billed as his new solo moniker, VV. The outing kicks off in September.
Takeoff‘s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the Houston bowling alley where the rapper was fatally shot, Rolling Stone reports.
In the suit filed Wednesday in a Harris County, Texas, district court, Titania Davenport alleges the property owners and assorted LLCs associated with 810 Billiards & Bowling provided inadequate security on the night her son passed away.
According to the suit, the owners were aware that their facility had been rented by Rap-A-Lot CEO J. Prince‘s family for an after-hours gathering that would potentially host celebrities and public figures, but failed to take cautionary measures to ensure attendees’ safety and security as they said they would.
“Defendants provided no screening mechanisms, no after-hour controls or security measures, and no enforcement of rules or industry standards to deter crime against their invitees, to include [Takeoff],” the lawsuit reads. It alleged they “negligently failed to protect invitees like [Takeoff] from the risks of violent crime” despite their knowledge of past violence in the area.
Davenport provided 18 examples of the owners’ alleged negligence that night, including their failure to “provide adequate and appropriate security personnel,” “properly inspect and maintain the premises” and “warn invitees of known hazards at the property.”
She is seeking at least $1 million in “compensatory, special, economic, consequential, general, punitive, and all other damages permissible under Texas law” for the wrongful death of Takeoff and the conscious pain, suffering, mental anguish and “loss of earning capacity” she endured afterward, according to Billboard.
Takeoff passed away on November 1 at 28 years old as a result of gunshot wounds. Patrick Xavier Clark was arrested in December, released on $1 million bond in January and formally charged with Takeoff’s murder in May.
Colbie Caillat got a taste of country music fame when she was part of the group Gone West. They split up in 2020, but now, Colbie’s continuing her country music era with her new solo album, Along the Way, dropping September 22. A new track, “Pretend,” is out June 9.
“I wrote ‘Pretend’ when I was reminiscing [about] the good parts of my last relationship and wanting to pretend we were back together so I could relive and feel those good times we shared again,” Colbie says in a statement. She and her fiancé Justin Young split in 2020 after 11 years together.
“Although the album is full of breakup songs, I felt it was important to share the optimism I still feel about the future and the respect I have for what I’ve experienced in the past,” she adds.
Among Colbie’s co-writers on the album are her Gone West bandmate Jason Reeves; Liz Rose, who’s probably best known for her work with Taylor Swift; and Babyface. Colbie, who now lives in Nashville, will perform Saturday, June 10, as part of that city’s massive country music fan event, CMA Music Fest.
Here’s the track list for Along the Way:
“Wide Open”
“Pretend”
“Worth It”
“Sometimes You Need a Change”
“For Someone”
“Meant For Me”
“Still Gonna Miss You”
“I’ll Be Here”
“Buying Time”
“Blue”
“Two Birds”
“Old and New”
“The Other Side”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s historic global concert telecast and double live album Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite — and the milestone isn’t going unnoticed.
The celebration will be marked with the release of a newly remixed and remastered 50th anniversary edition of the album, coming August 11. It will be released digitally, and as a three-CD and Blu-ray package, along with a two-LP version.
And fans are getting a taste of what to expect with the release of Elvis’ live performance of James Taylor’s “Steamroller Blues,” which is out now on streaming services.
But that’s not all. During Elvis Week 2023 at Graceland, there will be an Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii 50th Anniversary Concert happening on August 16, along with a Q&A and listening event at the Guest House Theater earlier that day. Tickets for both can be purchased at ElvisWeek.com.
On January 12 and January 14, 1973, Elvis hit the stage at the Honolulu International Center Arena, performing in front of about 6,000 people. The January 14 show was broadcast to more than 1 billion TV viewers via satellite, live to Asia and Oceania, with a one-day delay to Europe. A 90-minute version was aired on NBC in April 1973, which went on to become the year’s highest-rated program for the network.
A double album of the broadcast was released on February 4, 1973, landing at #1 on both the Billboard pop and country charts.
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, appeared in court in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, pleading not guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges.
Holloway’s mom, Beth Holloway, looked on as van der Sloot, who is accused of trying to extort her, walked into the courtroom.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, chose not to use an interpreter in court, saying, “My English is perfect.”
Van der Sloot was flown to the U.S. on Thursday from Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Plans for his extradition were announced last month.
“For 18 years, I have lived with the unbearable pain of Natalee’s loss,” Beth Holloway said in a statement Thursday. “Each day has been filled with unanswered questions and a longing for justice that has eluded us at every turn. But today, with her perpetrator’s extradition to the United States, I am hopeful that some small semblance of justice may finally be realized, even though no act of justice will heal the pain we’ve endured.”
Mark White, attorney for Holloway’s father, Dave Holloway, called the extortion and wire fraud case “some form of accountability,” but “not accountability for the ultimate transgression of what a lot of people think this person did to their child.”
White told ABC News on Thursday that he feels “more than 100%” certain that van der Sloot knows where Natalee Holloway’s body is located.
“Beth and Dave Holloway, they have been living every parent’s worst nightmare,” he said. “We all hope … that somehow the truth will come out.”
Holloway, an 18-year-old from Alabama, went missing in May 2005 on a high school graduation trip in Aruba. She was last seen with a group of young men, including van der Sloot, then 17.
Van der Sloot, who was detained as a suspect in Holloway’s disappearance and later released, was indicted by an Alabama federal grand jury in 2010 for allegedly trying to extort Holloway’s family.
Federal prosecutors alleged that in March 2010 van der Sloot contacted Beth Holloway through her lawyer and claimed he would reveal the location of the teen’s body in exchange for $250,000, with $25,000 paid upfront. During a recorded sting operation, Beth Holloway’s attorney, John Q. Kelly, met with van der Sloot at an Aruba hotel, giving him $10,000 in cash as Beth Holloway wired $15,000 to van der Sloot’s bank account, according to prosecutors.
Then, van der Sloot allegedly changed his story about the night he was with Natalee Holloway, prosecutors said. Van der Sloot claimed he had picked Natalee Holloway up, but she demanded to be put down, so he threw her to the ground. Van der Sloot said her head hit a rock and he claimed she died instantly from the impact, according to prosecutors.
Van der Sloot then took Kelly to a house and claimed that his father, who had since died, buried Natalee Holloway in the building’s foundation, prosecutors said.
Kelly later emailed van der Sloot, saying the information he had provided was “worthless,” according to prosecutors. Within days, van der Sloot left Aruba for Peru.
Van der Sloot will be held in U.S. Marshals custody until trial.
(WASHINGTON) — An aide to former President Donald Trump, Walt Nauta, has been charged by the special counsel as part of their probe into Trump’s alleged taking of classified information, sources tell ABC News.
Nauta, a former valet in the Trump White House who left his role to join the former president as a personal aide in early 2021, was indicted by the same grand jury in Florida that indicted Trump on Thursday, the sources say.
It is not immediately clear what the exact charges are and an attorney for Nauta declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.
A federal grand jury voted to indict Trump on at least seven federal charges late Thursday as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The indictment comes after more than 100 documents with classified markings were found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022.
Trump praised Nauta in a Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, writing that he was a Navy veteran “who served proudly with me in the White House, retired as Senior Chief, and then transitioned into private life as a personal aide.”
(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against his one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set for trial in August 2024, according to an order Friday by a federal judge in Florida.
Trump has accused Cohen of breaching his fiduciary duty and his lawsuit seeks at least a half-billion dollars in damages.
Cohen has sought to dismiss the lawsuit, calling it vindictive, frivolous and scattershot.
“This suit combines the worst of Mr. Trump’s vindictive impulses. The Complaint, frivolous and scattershot, is an abusive act of pure retaliation and witness intimidation, albeit a ham-fisted one,” Cohen’s attorneys Benjamin Brodsky and Danya Perry said in the motion to dismiss filed in May.
The judge has yet to rule on the motion to dismiss but set a trial date of Aug. 26, 2024, about a month after the Republican National Convention.
Trump accused Cohen of “egregious breaches of fiduciary duty and contract” in connection with the publication of books and the production of a podcast that “are intended to be embarrassing or detrimental” to Trump.
“Despite Cohen’s arguments to the contrary, the Complaint alleges that Cohen was conferred substantial benefits during his representation of the Plaintiff and utilized such benefits for purposes of obtaining selfish, financial profit at the expense of Plaintiff,” Trump’s attorney, Alejandro Britto, said in a statement earlier this month.
The civil trial would require neither Trump nor Cohen to be present, but it represents yet another legal entanglement for the former president as he again seeks the White House.
Judge Darrin Gayles also ordered Trump and Cohen to try and mediate their dispute prior to trial, setting a mediation deadline of May 2024.
Dirty Heads have released a new version of their song “Island Glow,” which will appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of the band’s latest album, Midnight Control.
The updated recording, which is available now via digital outlets, features Colombian duo Monsieur Periné.
“I think one of the greatest parts of music is collaboration,” says Dirty Heads vocalist Jared Watson. “Being able to share music with other artists you respect and are fans of. That’s what happened with ‘Island Glow’ and Monsieur Periné. We are fans of what they do and we are honored to have them add on and bring their talent to this epic pirate story.”
The deluxe Midnight Control album will be released July 14. It also includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers-sampling single “Rescue Me” and various acoustic recordings.
Dirty Heads will launch a U.S. tour June 13 in Bonner, Montana.
Jonas Brothers‘ latest release, The Album, was produced by singer/songwriter/producer Jon Bellion. He says he loved working with the group, but when they first came to him with the idea for their latest hit, he thought they were joking.
Speaking to Billboard, Jon says, “I got a text message one day at 1:00 a.m. in the group chat between me, Joe, Nick and Kevin. Joe says, ‘Waffle House. How do you feel about it? … A song about us as brothers. We’d go to Waffle House and we get into fights, but it’s where we’d figure stuff out. It was the only place we could go under age because we couldn’t go to bars. What do you think for that as a song?'”
Jon continues, “I thought he was joking, so I wrote ‘LOL.’ He writes back, ‘I’m dead serious.’ Of course, I work for them, so I’m immediately like, ‘That’s the best idea I’ve ever heard in my life.'”
Of course, “Waffle House” turned out to be a great idea, and so did the idea of having Jon produce The Album: It’s been critically acclaimed and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. But best of all, Jon says, the fans love it.
“I was very frightened that [fans] are set in their ways and can only allow the Jonas Brothers to be one thing,” he tells Billboard. He adds, “It was amazing … seeing the amount of people who were like, ‘Wow, I’m a new Jonas Brothers fan.’ Their regular fans were like, ‘I think I’m in love with this album top to bottom.'”
“It became this feel-good playlist all the way through and people started to embrace it,” he adds. “It was such a relief for me and also such a blessing.”
