If you’ve never had the chance to attend a Carly Pearce concert, don’t worry, she’s got you covered.
On Friday, March 24, Carly will drop her anticipated live album, 29: Written In Stone (Live From Music City). The collection will feature live versions of tracks from her monumental 2021 record, 29: Written In Stone, including “What He Didn’t Do,” “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” and “Dear Miss Loretta.”
Because these songs are so special to Carly, she wanted her live performances recorded on an LP and made available to fans who haven’t been to a Carly Pearce show yet.
“It was just a record that’s so much about the storytelling, and so much about those live experiences, that I wanted to bring it finally to life in a way that if fans never came to see me live, they could have that special moment in time. And it’s just a way for me to again say thank you because this album completely changed my whole world,” shares Carly.
Of course, Carly is also a fan of live albums.
“I love live records,” she says. “Music just comes to life in a live way. A lot of my favorite records were live records.”
29: Written In Stone (Live From Music City)is available for preorder and presave now.
John Legend is opening up about his relationship with Chrissy Teigen. In a new episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, he discussed their love life and their parenthood journey, which included the lifesaving medical induction abortion Chrissy had in 2020.
Recalling the pregnancy loss, John said he felt a “strong sense of grief but also this powerlessness because you know you want to be there to protect, you want to be there to help, but you literally can’t do anything to really solve the core problem here.” Having seen his mother’s unhealthy reactions to family trauma as a child, he adds his goal was to be the “best partner for her, so I can buttress her, support her and make sure she responded in the healthiest way she could.”
“We were able to get through it, but it was tough,” he continued.
Chrissy underwent a procedure in 2020 that saved her life following pregnancy complications. Though she initially said she’d suffered a miscarriage, John says she told fans the truth knowing others go through similar experiences. The community they built, he adds, showed them love through their tough time and still thank them for sharing their story.
Chrissy and John met on the set of his music video “Stereo,” courtesy of their mutual friend, who’d recruited her as a model for the shoot. With 10 years as a married couple and kids Luna, Miles and Estito raise, the singer shares a secret to keeping the spice in the bedroom.
“Lock the door if you have kids!” John says. “Our kids have a way of finding their way into our room so if we ever wanna have a good time, we gotta lock the door.”
98 Degrees‘ Jeff Timmons has had several memorable run-ins with fans — some good and some not-so-good — but which one was the nuttiest?
The singer caught up with ABC Audio at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, to chat about the heyday of boy bands. As for the strange encounters he had back in the day, he revealed, “We have some we can’t talk about … We had a couple of them!”
As for one that sticks out the most, Jeff said, “One of the craziest ones is we were in a tour bus in one city and we didn’t realize that a couple of girls had snuck onto the tour bus until we got to the city. They were literally in the background!”
Jeff didn’t divulge when or where that happened.
Jeff also described another memorable run-in with an overzealous fan. “We were getting interviewed in a stay in school program for the NBA, and somebody was interviewing us in one of the locker rooms before we performed,” he recalled. “We noticed that their cameraman, the [camera’s] light wasn’t on and our security guy realized it was a fan who faked the pass, got backstage, pretended she’s a correspondent with NBC.”
Jeff said the fan began “to freak out,” which further blew her cover.
The singer later shared during a panel about boy bands that 98 Degrees will release new music, drawing cheers from the packed audience. “We’ve spent some time recording [in] the past few months,” he confirmed. “We got some pretty good stuff.”
Jeff didn’t say when fans would hear that new music.
“It’s something that we’ve always imagined,” guitarist James Valentine tells ABC Audio. “I think it’s the right time for us, because let’s face it, we’ve been around for 20 years. We’re getting kinda old.”
“We’ve spent 20 years on the road, so the thought of camping out somewhere for eight weeks sounds very appealing,” he continues. “Because I love what we do, but the only negative part of it is just the wear and tear that travel puts on your body, and your mind and your spirit.”
According to James, Maroon 5’s fans, friends and families are also happy about the residency.
“The fans, I’m hearing online, are very excited,” says James. “But I’ve also just been hearing from a lot of people in my life being like, ‘Hey, you’re going to Vegas, we’re coming out!’ And that’s why I think it’s so cool to to be able to play in a destination city like that … that’s easy for everyone to get to.”
And while performing in one venue will allow the band to do new and exciting things onstage, James admits that Adam Levine‘s dream of having him fly over the crowd may not be part of the equation.
“I think I was way more into that idea about 15 years ago,” he laughs. “I think as I get older, I just think about the potential injuries.”
As for Maroon 5’s downtime in Vegas, will they be spending time, and money, at the tables?
James laughs, “Well, Adam certainly loves to gamble, so we’ll see how that goes.”
March 23 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of ZZ Top’s eighth studio album, Eliminator, which went on to be the band’s most commercially successful album, peaking at nine on the Billboard Album chart.
The album, which used more synthesizers and drum machines than previous ZZ Top records, featured four hit singles: “Legs,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharped Dressed Man” and “TV Dinners.” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” peaked at two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with “Legs” and “Sharp Dressed Man” also making the top 10. “Gimme All Your Lovin’” also landed on the Billboard Top 40 chart.
The success of the album and the songs were helped by a series of hugely popular videos for “Legs,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Sharped Dressed Man.” They wound up in regular rotation on MTV, helping to attract a younger fan base.
All three featured a trio of models, along with a red 1933 Ford coupe, like the one that appeared on the cover of the album, with the video for “Legs” marking the debut of the band’s spinning guitars, covered in white sheepskin. “Legs” went on to earn ZZ Top an MTV Video Music Award for Best Group.
Eliminator was the first of the band’s albums to become a worldwide success and went on to sell over 11 million copies in the U.S. It has been certified Diamond by the RIAA.
And while ZZ Top lost member Dusty Hill in July 2021, they haven’t slowed down. They hit the road next month on a solo tour and will co-headline a tour this summer with Lynyrd Skynyrd, dubbed The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour. A complete list of tour dates can be found at zztop.com.
Mean Girls actress Lindsay Lohan, is among eight celebrities charged with cryptocurrency violations by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lohan and the other celebrities were charged in connection with a broader investigation of crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his companies — Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd. and Rainberry Inc. — for the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities, as well as spearheading a scheme to pay celebrities to tout such assets without disclosing their compensation.
In addition to Lohan, The SEC announced charges against Soulja Boy, Austin Mahone, Lil Yachty, Akon, Ne-Yo and Kendra Lust for “illegally touting TRX and/or BTT without disclosing that they were compensated for doing so and the amount of their compensation,” according to the SEC.
With the exception of Soulja Boy and Mahone — the celebrities have settled with a collective of more than $400,000 without admittance or denial of wrongdoing, the SEC added.
A representative for Lohan said in a statement obtained by Variety that the actor was unaware of any disclosure obligations, adding, “Lindsay was contacted in March 2022 and was unaware of the disclosure requirement. She agreed to pay a fine to resolve the matter.”
(DENVER) — A student who was under a “certain agreement to be patted down each day” at school allegedly shot and wounded two school administrators at East High School in Denver, authorities said.
The suspect, Austin Lyle, 17, fled the school on Wednesday morning after the shooting, Denver police said. His body was later discovered, officials said.
Police searching for the suspect had located his car in Park County, which is located southwest of Denver, officials said Wednesday evening. A male body was found near the vehicle, Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw later said during a press conference. The scene was being processed and the coroner was en route to the scene, McGraw said.
The Park County Coroner’s Office later confirmed that the body was Lyle’s.
The handgun used in the shooting has not been recovered as of Wednesday. Police had warned the public to not approach Lyle, calling him armed and dangerous. They said that Lyle, who had been wanted for attempted homicide, may have been be driving a 2005 red Volvo XC90 with Colorado license plate BSCW10.
The faculty members were both hospitalized following the shooting. They have been identified by the school district as Eric Sinclair, who remains in serious condition, and Jerald Mason, who was upgraded from serious to good condition. Mason has since been released from the hospital, Denver Health said.
The suspected shooter was required to be searched at the beginning of each school day, officials said. He allegedly shot the school administrators as they patted him down Wednesday morning in the school’s office area, which officials said is away from other students and staff.
The suspect’s daily searches were part of a “safety plan” that was a result of “previous behavior,” officials said, though they did not elaborate on the previous behavior.
East High School was placed on lockdown in the wake of the shooting. Denver Public Schools later said it received clearance to start releasing students.
Last month, East High School students went to a city council meeting to call for action on school safety and gun violence after a 16-year-old student was fatally shot near the school, according to ABC Denver affiliate KMGH-TV.
The superintendent said Wednesday that the school will be closed for the rest of this week, and that the building will now have two armed officers present through the end of the school year.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in a statement said removing school resource officers was a “mistake” and said they should be quickly returned.
“We all have to step up as a community and be a part of the solution,” he said.
Hancock also called on Congress to pass “common sense” gun legislation.
“Parents are angry and frustrated, and they have a right to be,” he said. “Easy access to guns must be addressed in our country — Denver cannot do this alone.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday that the administration’s “hearts go out to the families of the two school administrators and in Denver today and to the entire school community.”
Jean-Pierre noted that President Joe Biden unveiled another executive action aimed at tackling gun violence last week but that “as the president said in the State of the Union, Congress needs to do something.”
This shooting comes two years to the day after a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, that claimed 10 lives.
(WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.) — Monmouth University lifted a shelter-in-place order after an investigation into a “possible armed subject” found that a curling iron “was mistaken for a weapon,” a university official said.
Police at Monmouth, in West Long Branch, New Jersey, had received a report at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday of a “possible armed subject” on campus, the school said in an alert posted to its website.
Multiple local and county law enforcement agencies searched and secured the campus, the university said.
“Detectives were able to utilize video footage and other technology based on the description provided and identified a person of interest, a currently enrolled student,” Patrick F. Leahy, the president, said in a letter posted early Thursday.
He added, “Based on interviews with that person, law enforcement personnel were able to determine that the person was in possession of a curling iron that was mistaken for a weapon.”
The university issued an all-clear notification a short time later.
“All clear-the shelter in place on campus has been lifted, the campus is safe, an elevated police presence remains,” school officials said on Twitter early Thursday. “Additional information will be sent via email.”
All classes before noon on Thursday have been canceled, the school said.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 5, NY Yankees 2
Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 2
Houston 5, NY Mets 2
Atlanta 5, Detroit 3
San Francisco 4, Texas 0
Chi Cubs 4, Oakland 2
LA Angels 10, Colorado 9
Seattle 5, LA Dodgers 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 2, Baltimore 1
Texas 2, Chi White Sox 0
Kansas City 4, Chi White Sox 3
Minnesota 11, Boston 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4, San Diego 1
St. Louis 0, Miami 0 (Tie)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Denver 118, Washington 104
Indiana 118, Toronto 114
Miami 127, New York 120
Golden State 127, Dallas 125
Milwaukee 130, San Antonio 94
Memphis 130, Houston 125
Philadelphia 116, Chicago 91
Minnesota 125, Atlanta 124
Portland 127, Utah 115
LA Lakers 122, Phoenix 111
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Edmonton 4, Arizona 3 (OT)
Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 2
Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny has died. According to TMZ, he was 59.
The news comes shortly after the “Click Click Boom” rockers announced earlier Wednesday that Swinny had been hospitalized Tuesday with a brain hemorrhage. In a follow-up statement Wednesday evening, Saliva shared, “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our brother Wayne Swinny.”
“Wayne passed away this afternoon from a Spontaneous brain hemorrhage while we were out on tour,” the post reads. “Details for the funeral arrangements will be announced shortly. Wayne will be missed by all those who knew him. We love you Wayne.”
Swinny is a co-founder of Saliva, and was the only original member in the band’s current lineup. The group’s 2001 album, Every Six Seconds, is certified Platinum by the RIAA and spawned the singles “Click Click Boom,” “Your Disease” and “After Me.”
Saliva released their latest album, 10 Lives, in 2018. They put out three singles in 2022, including “High on Me,” which is currently charting on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
