Country up-and-comer Breland has had a big year, and he’s got the CMA Awards nomination to prove it. He stands to win his first CMA trophy in 2022: “Beers on Me,” his collaboration with Dierks Bentley and Hardy, is in the running for Musical Event of the Year.

But this isn’t Breland’s first rodeo. After scoring nominations — but not wins — at the CMT Music Awards earlier this year, he knows the importance of going into the awards show with perspective.

“Yeah, it would be great,” he tells ABC Audio, speaking about the possibility of walking away from the 2022 CMAs with some hardware.

“But also, you know, I was nominated for a few awards at the CMTs, and it didn’t quite pan out that night,” he points out. “And so I also have a newfound appreciation for just being present in the moment.”

After all, just being in the mix during Country Music’s Biggest Night is a win unto itself. “The victory here is in the opportunity and the experience,” Breland adds.

The 2022 CMA Awards will air live from Nashville on ABC on Wednesday night. Luke Bryan is co-hosting the show with Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning.

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Theory of a Deadman has premiered the video for “Dinosaur,” the band’s newest single.

In keeping with the prehistoric theme, the clip features a group of inflatable dinosaurs watching a reality show called Caveman’s Got Talent. The clip ends with someone choking a pterodactyl and a meteor crashing into Earth before frontman Tyler Connolly wakes up to realize it was all a dream. Or was it?

“This was another fun video to make with director Tony Corella, who we also worked with for the ‘Blow’ video,” Connolly says. “We felt it was important to lead off with a lighthearted video that is sure to have you smiling as you rock out to the track!”

You can watch the “Dinosaur” video streaming now on YouTube.

The single “Dinosaur” dropped in October. It follows Theory’s 2020 album, Say Nothing, which spawned the singles “History of Violence,” “World Keeps Spinning” and “Strangers.”

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Three Days Grace has shared the video for “I Am the Weapon,” a track off their new album, Explosions.

The clip captures live footage of the Canadian rockers as they power through the staccato-laden tune. You can watch it streaming now on YouTube.

If the video has you pumped to see a Three Days Grace live show, the group will be launching a tour of their home country on Tuesday. The outing concludes November 27 in Toronto.

Explosions, the seventh Three Days Grace album, was released in May. It also includes the singles “So Called Life” and “Lifetime,” both of which hit #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

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Selena Gomez is relieved celebrities can be themselves and show off their imperfections.

Speaking to the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast, Selena explained she felt pressured to appear “a certain way” when she was younger and that mentality extended to her “relationships.”  

That pressure seemingly came to a head in 2016 when she began speaking about her insecurities with her body. Selena said she felt “confusion” and worried no one would take her seriously because she was “a Disney kid.”

The singer is happy she can now be her true self and said her “cheap” banana Halloween costume reflected that.  “That basically sums up who I am to a T.  That to me means I don’t have to be perfect all the time. I’d rather be that girl,” she explained. 

Selena spoke about enjoying her more relaxed mindset. “Me messing up a line actually ended up being funny and we kept it in the show or there’s something I said in a lyric that was wrong and it ends up being the biggest hook that we’ve got,” she said. “I look for those moments. I crave those moments.”

The singer also revealed she looks for the “blessing in the breaking.” When speaking about losing someone she “so dearly loved” — without naming names — she expressed that while “there is no perfect way to heal,” she was able to turn the pain “into something else.”

As Selena explained, she looked into how she could “celebrate that person and the great things that… they provided me.” She added, “That takes a lot of work so I don’t say that lightly. But I try my hardest.”

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Ozzy Osbourne has some competition in the “grossest thing eaten onstage” category, courtesy of Matty Healy.

While he didn’t bite the head off a bat, The 1975‘s frontman appeared to eat raw meat during the band’s show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Monday.

In footage posted by TMZ, you can see a shirtless Healy kneeling on stage in front of what sure looks like an uncooked steak before picking up and taking a bite.

Healy and company are currently on tour in support of the new The 1975 album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, which was released in October. The outing has already had its fair share of theatrical moments since it kicked off earlier this month, prompting Uproxx to publish a story titled “What The Hell Is Going on at The 1975 Concerts?”

The 1975’s tour is scheduled to continue Wednesday in Camden, New Jersey, provided Healy’s stomach feels OK.

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British hard rock veterans Uriah Heep have announced a new album, Chaos & Colour, which will be released on January 27. It’s available for pre-order now.

The first single “Save Me Tonight,” which comes with an animated video, is streaming now. Uriah Heep’s bass player Dave Rimmer, who co-wrote the track, says the song “comes from a place of frustration and helplessness, living through these unprecedented past couple of years but hanging on to this raging hope that we would all meet again!”

As for the album title, the band’s Mick Box explains that it refers to the pandemic lockdown and “all the chaos that was thrown into the world.” He notes, “As far as I could see it, the only color people had was through music. It helped so many people get through those difficult years, using that strength and power which music has, to make those bad times not quite so bad.”

The album will be available in black and colored vinyl, as a deluxe CD with a hardcover book and as a standard CD.

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The second annual Juice WRLD Day has been announced.

The event, in celebration of the life of the late rapper born Jarad Anthony Higgins, is set to take place on December 8 at the United Center in Chicago. It will feature surprise guest appearances, interactive activations, limited edition merchandise, unreleased content and more.

“I was truly moved by the inaugural Juice WRLD Day, a beautiful celebration of Jarad’s remarkable career and impactful life,” said Juice’s mother, Carmella Wallace, in a statement. “From surprise guests to interactive activations and unreleased content, there are so many exciting pillars to this joyous event that aims to bring people together and carry on Jarad’s legacy. We’re thrilled to celebrate his life and welcome everyone back to Chicago.”
 
Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. The event will also be livestreamed globally for fans who are unable to attend in person.
 
Juice WRLD died December 8, 2019 of an accidental overdose at age 21.

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