Corey Taylor has officially announced his next solo album, CMF2.
The sophomore follow-up to the Slipknot frontman’s 2020 solo debut, CMFT, arrives September 15. Lead single “Beyond” is out now via digital outlets. You can also watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
“I originally wrote it as an aggressive romantic song, but I’m also looking at it now as a kind of ‘come together’ song,” Taylor says. “Bringing the masses together, and letting them know that I want my music to take them beyond what they may think about me. Maybe they’ve had a misconception about me.”
“It’s not exactly a calling card, more like throwing the bat signal up and being ‘alright, let’s turn everything on its head,'” he continues. “It’s almost a dual threat, because now I look at it from two standpoints.”
Along with the album news, Taylor has announced a fall headlining tour running from August 25 in Denver to October 5 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 19, at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit CoreyTaylor.com.
Here’s the CMF2 track list:
“The Box”
“Post Traumatic Blues”
“Talk Sick”
“Breath of Fresh Smoke”
“Beyond”
“We Are the Rest”
“Midnight”
“Starmate”
“Sorry Me”
“Punchline”
“Someday I’ll Change Your Mind”
“All I Want Is Hate”
“Dead Flies”
The feel-good track was written by a superstar team of artists and songwriters: Morgan Wallen, HARDY, Jesse Frasure and Josh Osborne. Despite not writing it, Michael says “Workin’ On It'” still chronicles his life story.
“If there’s a song on this EP that’s me, it’s probably ‘Workin’ On It,'” Michael says. “It’s the idea that old cars need pieces, there’s always a project to do, but maybe the biggest project of all is … me. And that’s great. Knowing you’re always gonna try to be better, but, you know, also finding the fun in that. Isn’t that what life is all about?”
Michael paired the release of “Workin’ On It” with a relatable, slice-of-life music video.
Of the clip’s storyline, he shares, “Life isn’t hard or some big mystery. Even though hard things happen, you can choose to sink into those times or lift yourself up, find the good and make some happy for other people. That’s how I was raised, and that was something I wanted to throw out there. We get to pick how we act and what we do. That’s what ‘Workin’ On It’ and this video are all about.”
“Workin On It” is the latest preview of Michael’s forthcoming Dive Bars & Broken Hearts EP. Arriving on June 23, the project will include the previously released “Get Her Back.”
A British heart charity is almost $3,000 richer thanks to a rare copy of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, better known as TheWhite Album.
Natalie Langsford, shop manager of the British Heart Foundation’s Sutton Coldfield branch, tells BBC News a “generous donor” gifted the album to the organization, along with other items. After listing it on eBay, the album brought in over $2,900 for the charity.
So, what made this copy of TheWhite Album worth all that money? Well, it was one of only 10,000 copies of the first version of the record that included a misprint. It was also in good condition and came with all the original inserts, as well as a foldout poster.
The charity’s area manager, Marcie Somel, said they were delighted by the “amazing amount” of money raised by the record, adding, “We were thrilled to have such a rare donation come into our shop.”
Yuma Police Chief Thomas Garrity gives speaks at a news conference Monday on a shooting at a weekend house party that left two people dead and five injured. — Credit Yuma Police Department
(YUMA, Ariz.) — More than 30 shots were fired at a weekend house party in Yuma, Arizona, that left two young men dead and five teenagers wounded, authorities said.
The two people killed during the party Saturday night at a home in the southeast Yuma neighborhood were identified as 20-year-old Ande Blackthunder and 19-year-old Danny Garcia, Yuma Police Chief Thomas Garrity said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
“The biggest thing I want the general public to understand is that this was not a random event,” Garrity said. “Everyone knew each other. There was a party that got out of hand.”
Garrity said several weapons were recovered from the scene and investigators continue to work to identify those responsible for the deadly gunfire. He asked anyone with information about the episode to contact the police.
“We want to talk to everyone because we want to make sure that we get the people who are responsible for this and hold them responsible for this heinous event,” Garrity said.
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible, police said.
The gunfire erupted about 10:54 p.m. Saturday when an altercation broke out at the party that had grown from just a few people in attendance to more than 100 after word of the party was posted on social media, Garrity said.
“We can confirm that this was a house party that was going on and that all individuals involved in this are known to each other,” Garrity said.
He said four off-duty law enforcement officers were in the area at the time of the shooting, heard the gunfire, responded to the scene and began providing first aid to those injured and assisting arriving on-duty officers.
He said one of the gravely wounded victims, Garcia, was taken to a hospital by private car prior to police arriving. The teenager was pronounced dead at Yuma Regional Medical Center a short time after being taken there, police said.
Officers found Blackthunder at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound and he was taken by the Yuma Fire Department to Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Five other teenagers, ranging in age from 15 to 19, were wounded, Garrity said. Two remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday afternoon and three were treated and released on Sunday morning, Garrity said.
The chief said the owner of the home where the shooting occurred was out of town and that a relative hosted the party that prompted an earlier noise complaint that officers did not respond to.
“That night, there were a lot of parties going on throughout the Yuma community with all the graduations and stuff,” said Garrity, adding that the noise complaint was made about 55 minutes before the shooting while officers were tied up on other calls. “There was no indication that there was any type of violence going on, which would have made it a priority one call.”
While de-aging digital technology is now commonly being deployed for flashbacks in Hollywood movies — and also, confidentially, to tweak certain stars’ looks on screen — Tom Hanks says this is only the beginning.
In a conversation on the Adam Buxton Podcast, the two-time Oscar winner said he saw the changes coming when his face was used for a character in 2004’s computer animated film The Polar Express.
While that movie was goofed on then, and especially now, for its creepy “uncanny valley” quality, things have changed.
Hanks says, “We saw that there was going to be this ability to take zeros and ones from inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character. That has only grown a billion-fold since then and we see it everywhere.”
He adds, “What is a bona fide possibility right now is — if I wanted to — I could … pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them in which I would be 32 years old from now until kingdom come.”
Hanks jokes, “I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that’s it — but performances can go on and on and on. Outside of the understanding that it’s being done by AI or deepfake there’ll be nothing to tell you that it’s not me and me alone.”
He called it “an artistic challenge” and “a legal one.”
The Forrest Gump star explains there are discussions “in … all of the agencies, and all of the legal firms” in Hollywood “to come up with the legal ramifications of my face and my voice and everybody else’s being our intellectual property.”
Last year, for example, Bruce Willis authorized a deepfake company to use his likeness in an overseas ad after he retired from acting because of his aphasia diagnosis.
Former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank Gregory Becker takes his seats as he arrives for a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images
(WASHINGTON) — Senators from both parties slammed former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker at a hearing on Tuesday, accusing him of mismanagement that they say was fueled by short-term profits and the millions he stood to gain in compensation.
In a particularly heated exchange, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., excoriated Becker over the bank’s failure to protect itself against the vulnerability of large holdings in Treasury and mortgage bonds.
As the Fed aggressively raised interest rates over the past year, the spike dropped the value of those bonds and punched a hole in the bank’s balance sheet.
“Mr. Becker, you made a really stupid bet that went bad,” Kennedy said. “You had all of your eggs in one basket.”
In response, Becker cited an “unprecedented” bank run driven by depositor panic on social media that spurred the withdrawal of about $42 billion in a matter of 10 hours.
“This wasn’t unprecedented,” Kennedy said. “Unless you were living on the International Space Station, you could see interest rates were rising and you weren’t hedged.”
In an effort to buffer against the possible decline in the value of a single asset type, banks often acquire other assets called hedges that they expect to perform well in such an environment and offset losses.
Kennedy accused Becker of foregoing the acquisition of hedges because such a move would have cost the bank money, cutting into its profits and reducing Becker’s performance-related compensation.
“If you’d made less money, that would’ve affected your bonus, wouldn’t it?” Kennedy asked Becker.
Becker responded: “Our compensation was predominantly long-term in nature.”
The collapse in March of Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank, set off a financial panic that led to the failure two days later of another major lender, Signature Bank.
The financial stress continues to weigh on the banking system. Late last month, regional lender First Republic Bank was seized and sold to JPMorgan Chase after a sudden downfall.
The Federal Reserve released a report last month that sharply criticized leadership at Silicon Valley Bank for “a textbook case of mismanagement,” but the report also faulted the Fed’s lax oversight and an inability to anticipate the systemic threat posed by the bank’s failure.
Michael Barr, the central bank’s vice chair for supervision, is set to testify before the Senate committee on Thursday.
“SVB’s board of directors and management failed to manage the bank’s risk,” Barr plans to tell senators, according to opening testimony filed with the committee. He also plans to fault Fed regulators for failing to adequately assess and respond to the risks posed by the bank.
While defending his management of Silicon Valley Bank, Becker apologized for the harm caused by the failure of the bank.
“I believe SVB had a positive impact on the roughly 100,000 companies we supported over multiple decades,” Becker said.
“The takeover of SVB has been personally and professionally devastating, and I am truly sorry for how this has impacted SVB’s employees, clients, and shareholders,” he added.
As the debut of his HBO series The Idol approaches, The Weeknd is opening up about the notorious articleRolling Stone ran about the show, calling it “twisted torture porn” that has gone “wildly, disgustingly off the rails.”
When the article first ran, he responded to it by posting a clip from The Idol in which his character, Tedros, dismisses the magazine as irrelevant. Now, he tells Vanity Fair,“I thought the article was ridiculous. I wanted to give a ridiculous response to it.”
He adds that he disagrees with everything in the article, while acknowledging that Hollywood, which the show is about, is “a dark place” that “makes for great art.” However, he thought the article was, as the magazine notes, “an indictment of his character.” He tells Vanity Fair that he’s nothing like the guy he plays in the show: Tedros, a cult leader who uses sex to control people.
“I don’t do anything,” Weeknd points out. “I’m at home with my dog and my close friends and my family. I get myself out of trouble as much as I can. I try not to stay at the party too long, I’m not that guy.”
In the Vanity Fair interview, the singer also added fuel to the fire regarding his recent comment that he wants to “kill” his alter ego. Discussing his future ambitions, he says, “If I direct, that’s all I’m gonna do. I’m not going to be The Weeknd.”
When asked to comment on his pal’s statement, Weeknd’s childhood friend and creative director, La Mar Taylor, tells Vanity Fair, “Abel says a lot of things. But at the same time, I’m like, Dude, shut the f*** up.”
Luke Combs doesn’t just sing with his pal Ed Sheeran — he drinks with him, too.
On Instagram, Ed posted video of the country superstar teaching him how to shotgun a beer. In case you’re not familiar, this requires holding the can horizontally, punching a hole in it, putting your mouth over the hole and opening the tab on top so the pressure forces the beer into your mouth.
In the clip, Luke instructs Ed on how to hold the can, then Ed counts them down and they drink together. Luke drinks and drops his can on the ground in about two seconds, while Ed follows soon after.
“That’s really impressive,” Ed laughs, wiping off his mouth.
In the comments, Luke wrote, “Cheers, mate! (Did I do that right? Haha.)” Fellow country star Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay wrote, “Not bad, Ted!”
One fan wrote, “The collab we didn’t know we needed,” but numerous others complained that Luke and Ed dropped their cans before they were empty — apparently that’s a no-no while shotgunning.
Ed and Luke teamed up last week to perform Ed’s song “Life Goes On” at the Academy of Country Music Awards, then Ed released a studio version of their collaboration. The two have been friends since 2018.
(NEW YORK) — New York City is prepared to house asylum-seekers in as many as 20 schools with free-standing gyms, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
“This is one of the last places we want to look at. None of us are comfortable with having to take these drastic steps,” the mayor told NY1 on Tuesday. “Each gym, the 20 gyms that we are looking at, we have not made a final determination on all the gyms, but that we are looking at are separate from the actual school buildings. They are independent from the school buildings.
The mayor did not reveal all of the locations but the first six appear to be in Brooklyn.
At least 65,000 asylum-seekers have come through the city so far, including 4,200 last week alone, officials said. Adams said the city expects as many as 15 buses this weekend.
“I’m really calling on all of us to take notice that this is going to impact every city service that we deliver to the people of this city. And it’s just wrong. New York City should not be carrying a burden of a national problem.” Adams told Fox 5 in an interview on Tuesday. “Our goal is to manage a crisis that we’re facing in partnership with the entire state.”
The reception in the city’s northern suburbs has been mixed. In Westchester, three buses of about 40 adults with young children arrived at the Ramada in Yonkers last night. In Orange County, a hotel in Newburgh continues to accept asylum-seekers.
However, officials representing some New York suburbs have rebuked Adams’ plan to send migrants to their towns for shelter.
Rockland County’s top official declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to Adams’ plan to send 340 adult male migrants to live at an Armoni Inn and Suites in Orangeburg, New York, for four months.
Following the lifting of Title 42 — a pandemic-era rule that allowed the easier expulsion of migrants — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has continued to bus migrants to major cities like New York. Local, state and city officials have voiced concerns about a lack of planning to accommodate the migrants as New York operates a shelter system above capacity and vows to send migrants to counties that have already declared a state of emergency.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter to President Joe Biden Friday requesting assistance from federal agencies to house migrants on federal land in New York, including military facilities.
As of Friday last week, New York City is beyond capacity for its shelter system with over 36,700 migrants housed across 120 locations, according to Hochul. She added that with no more shelter space, 40% of “mid-level hotel stock” in New York City is used for short-term respite centers.
ABC News’ Quinn Owen, Peter Charalambous, Teddy Grant, Jaclyn Lee, and Christopher Donato contributed to this report.
