Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a new Mammoth WVH song called “Like a Pastime.”
The track will appear on the upcoming Mammoth album Mammoth II and follows the lead single “Another Celebration at the End of the World.”
“It centers around a 4/4-time signature, but with a polyrhythm on top,” Wolf says of “Like a Pastime.” “I was teaching my fiancé what a polyrhythm is, and I stumbled upon this idea. The kick drums are accentuating it. It’s certainly one of my favorites and a completely different vibe than anything on the first album.”
You can listen to “Like a Pastime” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying lyric video streaming now on YouTube.
Mammoth II, the sophomore follow-up to 2021’s self-titled Mammoth debut, arrives August 4.
Wolfgang is bringing Mammoth on tour throughout 2023, including dates with Metallica, Alter Bridge, and Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
Gin Blossoms and Sugar Ray are teaming up for a co-headlining tour this summer.
The outing, which also features fellow ’90s alt bands Tonic and Fastball on the bill, runs from August 31 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to September 15 in Frederick, Maryland, with more dates to be announced.
“I’m so excited to tour with Sugar Ray, Tonic and Fastball,” says Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson. “They’re some of my favorite bands to be on the road with. We’re looking forward to doing some rock ‘n’ roll shows.”
“I can’t think of anything better than spending the summer with great friends playing music!” adds Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath. “This tour is a giant cavalcade of hits that just keeps delivering, and I’m always honored to share a stage with Gin Blossoms, Tonic and Fastball.”
Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GinBlossoms.net or SugarRay.com.
(WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before the start of the busy summer travel season, President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a new process on Monday that seeks to provide relief for frustrated air travelers by requiring airlines to provide passengers with boosted compensation, including meals and hotels, if they are left stranded and it’s the airline’s fault.
In his remarks, Biden noted that he knows American air travelers have been left frustrated in recent years.
“I know how frustrated many of you are at the service you get from your U.S. airlines … I get it. That’s why our top priority has been to get American air travelers a better deal,” Biden said.
“We know how frustrating delays, cancellations or make bookings are for travelers,” Biden said. “Last holiday season, travelers were stranded for days and had to scramble to find other ways to reaching their destinations. Many missed family gatherings, spent Christmas at an airport, waited countless hours in line, or on the phone because there weren’t enough pilots, there weren’t enough personnel. That’s unacceptable. And while flight delays and cancellations have come down since then, there’s still a problem. American air travelers deserve better. And that’s what we’re going to do. That’s what we’re doing here today.”
He pointed to two actions the administration is taking to help air travelers.
The administration will be launching an expanded website with a dashboard that hosts all the information about airlines and what compensation would be guaranteed. The website would note which airlines currently offer cash compensation, provide travel credits or vouchers, or award frequent flyer miles and cover the costs for other amenities.
The second action the administration will be taking later this year would allow for air travelers to be compensated not only for their flights but also for their meals, taxis, rideshares, and hotels if you’re left stranded and the airline is at fault.
“Historically, when delays and cancellations are the airline’s fault, the law has only required airlines to refund customers the price of their flight ticket, but not the cost of meals or hotels or transportation when you get left in limbo,” Biden said.
“If your flight is very delayed or canceled, and the airline could have prevented that from — you deserve more than just being — getting the price of your ticket, you deserve. You deserve being fully compensated. Your time matters. The impact on your life matters,” he said.
He noted this new rule should take affect “later this year.”
But the airline industry is likely to resist.
“We can expect that the airlines’ trade group will fight this proposal vigorously, citing the risk of higher fares and less competition,” said industry analyst Henry Harteveldt Monday on a Zoom call.
A consequence of the proposal is that airfares may go up, especially for budget airlines like Spirit, Breeze and Allegiant, according to Harteveldt. The money for compensation needs to come from somewhere, he said.
“If the proposal comes out with compensation that is too expensive for the airlines, some airlines may have to raise their fares so much that some passengers may be priced out of the market,” said Harteveldt.
(NEW YORK) — “We are going to take a journey to justice,” Trump defense attorney Joe Tacopina told the jury as he began his closing statement Monday in writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation and battery case against former President Donald Trump.
Carroll, who brought the lawsuit in November, alleges that Trump defamed her in his 2022 Truth Social post by calling her allegations “a Hoax and a lie” and saying “This woman is not my type!” when he denied her claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
The former Elle magazine columnist added a charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations. Trump has denied all allegations that he raped Carroll or defamed her.
Closing statements began with Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, telling jury members that Carroll was “was exactly” Trump’s type and that he sexually assaulted Carroll the very way he described treating women on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape.
Kaplan once again played for the jury the excerpt of Trump’s October 2022 deposition in which he momentarily mistakes Carroll for his second wife.
“What did Mr. Trump do after I showed him that photograph?” Kaplan told the jury. “He looked at it for a moment and then, completely unprompted by me, he said, ‘It’s Marla.’ She was exactly his type!”
Kaplan asserted that Trump only corrected himself when his own lawyer jumped in after realizing how potentially damaging the statement was.
“He said the photo was blurry. But that’s the photo, ladies and gentleman,” Kaplan said, putting the 1980s-era photograph of Carroll, her then-husband John Johnson, Trump, and his then-wife Ivana Trump on the screen in the courtroom. “The truth is that E. Jean Carroll, a former cheerleader and Ms. Indiana, was exactly Donald Trump’s type.”
Kaplan juxtaposed Trump’s mistaken identification with his remarks on the “Access Hollywood” tape, on which he is heard saying about women that “I just start kissing them … I don’t even wait” and that when you’re a star you can “grab them by the p—-.”
“What is Donald Trump doing here?” Kaplan said. “He’s telling you in his own words how he treats women. It’s his modus operandi.”
The attorney also repeated what Trump said during his deposition about how stars get away with the conduct. “Well that’s what, if you look over the last million years, I guess that’s been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately or fortunately,” Trump is heard saying.
“Fortunately or unfortunately?” Kaplan told the jury. “Who would say fortunately to describe the act of sexual assault? I know who. He thinks stars like him can get away with it. He thinks he can get away with it here.”
Kaplan implored the jury that “you must hold him to account for what he’s done.”
Tacopina, in his closing argument, told jury members that “what E. Jean Carroll has done here is an affront to justice.”
He denied that Trump battered or defamed Carroll, saying, “All Donald Trump said was, ‘I didn’t do it.'”
“Donald Trump doesn’t have a story to tell here other than to say it’s a lie,” Tacopina told the jury.
“If something is completely made up, the only way to defend yourself is by challenging the people who made it up and the story itself,” Tacopina said, describing the challenge Trump faces in court. “He lashes out, rightly or wrongly. It doesn’t make up for the lack of proof in Ms. Carroll’s unbelievable story.”
The defense attorney seized on the fact that Carroll has not been able to recall the date of the alleged rape. Noting that Carroll’s attorney had reminded jury members that Trump declined to testify in his own defense, Tacopina asked jury members, “What could I have asked him? Where were you on some unknown date 27 or 28 years ago?”
“And why is there no date to an event as significant as this in someone’s life?” the attorney said. “It’s not a coincidence. With no date, no month, no year, you can’t present an alibi.”
Calling Carroll’s claim “an unbelievable work of fiction,” Tacopina said that if the alleged attacker was anyone but Donald Trump, “we’re not here. Not on this story.”
“What they want is for you to hate him enough to ignore the facts,” the attorney said.
“There is no objective evidence to corroborate her claim, including a police report,” Tacopina told the jury. “She never went to the police, because it didn’t happen.”
“E Jean Carroll’s story is not worthy of your belief,” said Tacopina, who referred jurors to a 2021 text message written by former television newswoman Carol Martin, who Carroll said she told about the alleged rape the day after Trump allegedly attacked her.
“It’s too hyperbolic,” Martin, who testified for Carroll, wrote to a friend in the Nov. 30, 2021, message regarding Carroll’s case. “Too much celebratory stuff over something that hasn’t really happened.”
“She’s asking you to condemn another citizen of rape, the worst thing you can do, and she’s asking you to do it on evidence that couldn’t stand up in any credible, objective fact assessment, that would never make it through a police investigation,” Tacopina told the jury.
The defense is relying on cross-examination of the plaintiff’s 11 witnesses, including Carroll herself, who Tacopina asked repeatedly why she did not scream during the alleged rape.
Kaplan reminded the jury of the psychologist who testified that “screaming is one of the least likely things that actually occurs” in those situations.
Kaplan also said that some of Carroll’s other behaviors that the defense questioned were consistent with someone who experienced trauma, including keeping the dress she wore the evening of the alleged assault, continuing to shop at Bergdorf Goodman, and watching Trump on “The Apprentice.” Not doing those things, Kaplan said, would have forced Carroll to acknowledge how deeply the alleged rape affected her.
“Are they required to live a life of total suffering in order to seek justice in the court?” Kaplan asked regarding victims of assault. “Of course not.”
Kaplan asked the jury for no specific damage award, saying the case was not about money but about restoring Carroll’s name.
“What is the price for decades of living alone without companionship? No one to cook dinner with, no one to walk your dog with, no one to watch TV with?” Kaplan said. “I’m not going to put a number on that.”
She did, however, implore the jury to hold Trump accountable.
“In this country, even the most powerful person can be held accountable in court. No one, not ever a former president, is above the law,” Kaplan said. “Your job is to uphold that core principle.”
The nine-member jury of six men and three women is weighing Carroll’s defamation and battery claims and deciding potential monetary damages.
After Trump declined to testify in his own defense last week, Judge Lewis Kaplan gave him until Sunday to reconsider, setting a Sunday afternoon deadline for Trump to file a motion to reopen the case for the sole purpose of testifying, in light of remarks Trump made while golfing in Europe suggesting he would return to New York to confront his accuser. However Trump’s team filed no motion with the court.
This month’s trial is taking place as Trump seeks the White House for a third time, while facing numerous legal challenges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, his handling of classified material after leaving the White House, and possible attempts to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 vote.
Kendrick Lamar is giving fans an opportunity to own his 2015 album, To Pimp A Butterfly, in the form of limited edition vinyls. One hundred copies of the album are available for $2,500 apiece, all of which are final sales.
The vinyls come in a custom package designed by GUCCI and signed by Lauren Halsey, whose artwork is on the vinyl jacket. Every order also includes a collectible large format of the label’s Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined — a collection of visual art inspired by Interscope’s history of music.
All proceeds from Kendrick’s limited edition vinyls will benefit the Iovine and Young Foundation.
Ringo Starr doesn’t appear to be slowing down. The 82-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced a fall set of dates with his All-Starr Band, made up of Toto‘s Steve Lukather, Men at Work‘s Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonette.
“Well, I love to play. I love an audience,” Ringo tells Pollstarabout his upcoming tour. “This is a known fact. I love the audience, they love me. We have fun on tour. That’s what it’s all about.” He adds, “I don’t do this to be miserable. I have a lot of joy. I get a lot of joy and I just love doing it … and I’ll be doing a lot of peace and love in your city soon!”
The fall leg of the tour kicks off September 17 in Ontario, California, and wraps October 17 in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
Next up, Ringo is set to kick off the spring leg of the tour on Friday, May 19, in Temecula, California. A complete list of dates can be found at ringostarr.com.
Chris Janson will release his BLMG/Harpeth 60 debut album, The Outlaw Side of Me, on June 16.
From Grammy-winning producer Julian Raymond, the 14-track record is entirely co-written by Chris and will feature collaborations with Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Dolly Parton and Slash.
“From the minute I started this album ’til the minute we finished, I enjoyed every second,” Chris says of his autobiographical collection. “This record encompasses all sides of me: the lover, the party guy, the conservationist, the family man… I love these songs, and I had such a good time making the music. The Outlaw Side of Me is my favorite album to date.”
The Outlaw Side of Me will include its lead single, “All I Need Is You,” as well as the recently released “21 Forever,” for which Chris teamed up with Dolly and Slash.
Here’s the track list for The Outlaw Side of Me:
“Rowdy Gentle Man”
“Honkytonk Minute”
“Outlaw Side of Me”
“All I Need Is You”
“Hank The Hell Out of The Honkytonk” (featuring Brantley Gilbert)
“Dirt In My Life”
“Tap That”
“Good Folks Goin’ To Work”
“GOAT”
“Get It Right”
“Every Day of the Week” (featuring Darius Rucker)
“21 Forever” (featuring Dolly Parton and Slash)
“Days in the Field”
“21 Forever” (Original Version featuring Slash)
TMZ has reportedly obtained the death certificate for Goodfellas star Ray Liotta. According to the gossip site, his death last May was caused by heart and lung issues.
The Emmy-nominated star, 67, reportedly died from natural causes: Specifically, acute heart failure, respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary edema, or fluid in his lungs.
Liotta died in his sleep on May 22 in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the thriller Dangerous Waters. After his death, he appeared in the drama Black Bird and the slasher comedy Cocaine Bear.
After several years in Los Angeles, The Kelly Clarkson Show is moving to New York City, and so is Kelly.
Variety reports that next season — the show’s fifth — will film at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in studio 6A, which has been home to talk shows hosted by Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien. According to Variety, the reason for the move is financial: by relocating to New York, the production can take advantage of New York’s Film Tax Credit.
Kelly and everyone who works on the show have been based in Los Angeles since it premiered back in 2019, but Variety reports that she, her showrunner and her musical director will move to New York.
The Kelly Clarkson Show, which recently nabbed 11 daytime Emmy nominations, has been renewed through 2025.
There’s no word on whether Kelly plans to continue on The Voice, which films in Los Angeles.
Earth, Wind & Fire is heading back to Las Vegas. The R&B legends have announced nine new shows at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.
The new dates kick off October 20 and run through November 4.
For those looking to snag tickets, a Citi presale kicks off Tuesday, May 9, at 10 a.m. PT, with a general sale set to begin Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m. PT.
But before Earth, Wind & Fire hits Vegas they’ll be spending August and September on the road with Lionel Richie. The joint Sing A Song All Night Long tour kicks off August 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. A complete list of dates can be found at earthwindandfire.com.
