This week, Tyler Hubbard embarked on his first tour as a solo artist with Keith Urban’s The Speed of Now World Tour. To celebrate, he released a music video that encapsulates the come one, come all vibe he seeks to provide with his live show.
That video is for his song “Everybody Needs a Bar,” which appears on his six-track EP, Dancin’ in the Country. The clip was filmed at the home of a Nashville, Tennessee, art director who built his garage into a bar.
“Making the video for ‘Everybody Needs a Bar’ was an amazing experience,” Tyler says. “Everybody should have a place — their own version of a bar — to go where they feel a sense of welcoming and belonging. I think we were able to create that vibe in this video.”
Plus, he’s got a special relationship with the actors in the music video: Tyler hired them for another video set to come out next month, “Baby Gets Her Lovin’,” and the gang had so much fun that he invited them to stay for the “Everybody Needs a Bar” shoot.
“Having all these actors out with me for two videos made the process incredibly fun and I think in its own way told the story of the song,” the singer adds.
Meanwhile, “5 Foot 9” — Tyler’s first single as a solo artist — is currently inside the Top 10 at country radio.
Jack White has shared a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who helped inspire a lyric for The White Stripes‘ “Seven Nation Army.”
In between the song’s instantly recognizable guitar riff, White sings the line “Everyone knows about it/From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell.”
In an Instagram post Friday following the Queen’s passing on Thursday at age 96, White shared a throwback photo of him and Meg White sitting next to a portrait of the longest-reigning monarch in British history while recording “Seven Nation Army” at London’s Toe Rag Studio in 2002.
“Rest in peace Elizabeth, you showed class in an imperfect world,” White writes in the caption.
“Seven Nation Army” was released as the lead single off The White Stripes’ 2003 album Elephant and has become one of the band’s, if not the, signature songs.
Meghan Trainor asks, “Don’t I Make It Look Easy?” This song is a tongue-and-cheek message about people stressing over the fake, picture-perfect lives they see on social media. “My intention with this song is to let everyone out there know that even though they might be feeling overwhelmed, they’re doing a great job,” she said.
Echosmith dropped “Cool Kids (our version),” a reimagination of their 2013 sleeper hit. This remix offers a more alternative sound and a new bridge. Echosmith says the new song is “a therapeutic, full-circle moment” for them.
MAX has teamed with Keshi for the romantic new song “It’s You.” The singer wrote it for his wife, Emily, and says it’s “a love story that’s all about the little moments that feel warm and close in a relationship” and “wanting to hold onto a feeling forever.”
Trevor Daniel is out with “Story,” a song rich with percussion and alt-rock-driven bass riffs. The singer says the song is about the “two sides of a story” that come out of a breakup and “wondering what others are hearing about me and how I’m being portrayed.”
Jackson Wang dropped “Blue” to celebrate his newly released album MAGIC MAN. The singer said of his new effort, “MAGIC MAN is the ultimate form of oneself, having gone through different peaks and valleys of life to arrive at the most authentic version.”
Aerosmith in 2020; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
After playing a September 4 warm-up show in Bangor, Maine, Aerosmith officially kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations on Thursday with their long-delayed concert at Boston’s Fenway Park.
Over 38,700 people attended the event, setting a record for the most tickets ever sold for a concert at the historic ballpark. The show had originally been scheduled for September 2020, but was postponed and then pushed back again to this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a recap by The Patriot Ledger, Aerosmith played a 20-song set that included plenty of classics and some deep cuts. Near the end of the show, singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry appeared atop the stadium’s “Green Monster” section and performed “Dream On.” They then rejoined the band to finish the concert with renditions of “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way.”
A five-minute fireworks display brought the festivities to a close.
The night before the concert, Tyler paid a visit to 1325 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston’s Allston neighborhood, which served as the band’s home base during their early years. Special Aerosmith-themed projections were flashed on that building and at a few other Beantown locations before and after the concert.
You can check out photos of Tyler visiting the “Aerosmith Apartment,” and of the projections, on the band’s socialmedia pages.
The band will now launch its latest “Deuces Are Wild” Las Vegas residency Wednesday, September 14, at Dolby Live at Park MGM. Tickets for the shows can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com. For more info, visit ParkMGM.MGMResorts.com.
Here’s the band’s full Fenway Park set list, according to Setlist.fm:
“Back in the Saddle”
“Same Old Song and Dance”
“Rag Doll”
“Mama Kin”
“Remember (Walking in the Sand)” (Shangri‐Las cover)
“Stop Messin’ Around” (Fleetwood Mac cover)
“Cryin'”
“Hangman Jury”
“Seasons of Wither”
“Toys in the Attic”
“Livin’ on the Edge”
“The Other Side”
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
“Love in an Elevator”
“Draw the Line”
“Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
Encore:
“Dream On”
“Sweet Emotion”
“Walk This Way”
One of the most tender moments on Kane Brown’s Different Man album comes in “Pop’s Last Name,” a ballad that honors the grandfather who helped raise him.
“My pop’s last name / Still feel his hand here on my shoulder / I still hear him say / ‘You’ll understand when you get older’ / Today I couldn’t be any more grateful, thankful or proud to say / I got my pop’s last name,” Kane sings in the chorus of the song.
“He was my only father figure because my dad’s been in prison since I was a child,” the singer explains in an appearance on Today’s Country Radio With Kelleigh Bannen, adding that his granddad died last year.
“He was the guy that came and taught me baseball, you know, took me on drives,” he continues.
Kane’s granddad took him to visit Civil War monuments in his home state of Georgia, a memory that the singer immortalizes in the lyrics of “Pop’s Last Name.”
He also stood up for young Kane during difficult times, like when he was being abused by his stepfather. “When I was going through child abuse and stuff with my stepdad…I wasn’t going to get to go to baseball practice one day, he came and took me out of the house and was like, ‘He’s coming with me,’” Kane recounts.
“[He] was just a big father figure,” he adds. “And so I had to write a song about him.”
“Pop’s Last Name” is on the track list of Different Man, which arrived on Friday.
Missy Elliott became very emotional this week as she announced that she was honored with a street in her hometown of Portsmouth, VA.
“My Grandma who passed when I was young always told me to stay PRAYED UP & DREAM BIG,” the four-time Grammy winner commented as she posted a photo of the sign that reads, “Missy Elliott Blvd.” “A Blvd. Tears of Joy. I have been BLESSED so much but this right here hits my heart differently.”
Growing up in Virginia, the “Work It” rapper knew she wanted to be an entertainer at the age of four. With her neighborhood friend, Timbaland, they joined together to make their dreams come true, recording numerous hits over the past three decades.
“I am so HUMBLY GRATEFUL to be from P-TOWN 2 up 2 down The ENTIRE VA,” the iconic MC added.
Solange, Anitta, P.J. Morton and Big Freedia were among the stars who congratulated Elliott with loving comments.
In 2019, Missy became the first female rapper to receive the MTV Video Vanguard Award. When Nicki Minaj was named this year’s recipient, she praised Elliott for being a trailblazer, tweeting, “Nothing but Love & Respect for your iconic artistry. #VMAs #NickiVmas #VideoVanguard.”
When Missy celebrated her 51st birthday in July, she received a special Recording Industry Association of America Platinum plaque for being the only female hip-hop artist with six certified Platinum studio albums.
(NEW YORK) — Changing temperatures around the world have led to several climate emergencies so far in 2022, from historic flooding in Pakistan that’s displaced millions of people to the rapid melting of a major glacier in Antarctica.
Parts of the world are expected to experience severe weather for the rest of the year and into 2023, as part of a rare “triple dip La Niña” event, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
What is the “triple-dip” La Niña?
A “triple-dip” La Niña is a multiyear cooling of the surface temperature of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which can cause droughts, fierce winds and heavy rainfall.
According to WMO, the current La Niña is projected to span three consecutive northern hemisphere winters. It began in September 2020.
If it continues for the next six months, it will be the first “triple-dip” La Niña event of the 21st century, WMO says.
“It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a la Niña event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures – but it will not halt or reverse the long-term warming trend,” Petteri Taalas, the secretary-general of WMO, said in a recent report.
La Niñas are usually preceded by El Niño, a weather pattern that warms the surface of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean; however, an El Niño event did not occur before the current La Niña, according to Michelle L’Heureux, a climate scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Has it happened before? Will it happen again?
While this would be the first “triple-dip” La Niña this century, it’s not unprecedented for the weather pattern to last more than nine months to a year, which is typical for a La Niña, according to NOAA.
According to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, last century, La Niñas occurred several times between 1903 to 2010 and 2010 to 2012.
La Niña’s global effect
La Niña occurrences have a devastating global impact because of its effect on weather and climate, Richard Seager, Ph.D., a research professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, told ABC News.
The weather has caused droughts in North and South America and equatorial eastern Africa. La Niña is also linked to floods in Asia, such as the devastating floods Pakistan has endured since June, Seager said.
NOAA forecasts that the expected La Niña winter season, which is from December 2022 to February 2023, in the U.S. won’t be atypical, as the northern Plains, Rockies and Pacific Northwest will also experience cooler temperatures; the South will be hotter than normal and the East Coast may be warmer than it usually is during that time of the year, according to L’Heureux.
Human-induced climate change?
According to WMO, naturally occurring climate events are viewed as happening because of “human-induced climate change,” leading to global temperatures and extreme weather conditions.
“The worsening drought in the Horn of Africa and southern South America bear the hallmarks of La Niña, as does the above average rainfall in South-East Asia and Australasia,” Taalas said in the report. “The new La Niña Update, unfortunately, confirms regional climate projections that the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa will worsen and affect millions of people.”
According to Seager, it isn’t safe to say that the changing climate causes this type of La Niña pattern because it has happened before, but he acknowledges that climate change may play a role.
“The record of sea surface temperatures we have that goes back a century and a half shows that the tropical Pacific Ocean has been moving in the direction that, although it warmed up in the west, it hasn’t warmed up in the eastern equatorial pacific,” Seager said. “So, that trend in sea surface temperatures is making these persistent La La Niñas more likely.”
Death Cab for Cutie has released another new song off their upcoming album Asphalt Meadows, but you’ll need to leave your house to listen to it.
The track, titled “Rand McNally,” can only be unlocked by bringing your phone to one of the over 800 global locations where Death Cab has played live. You can also head to one of the venues the group is scheduled to play on their upcoming fall headlining tour.
Once you arrive, you’ll be able to hear “Rand McNally” ahead of the official Asphalt Meadows release on September 16.
“‘Rand’ was written for everyone we toured with back in the day, for everyone who let us sleep on their floor, and for past bandmates,” says frontman Benjamin Gibbard. “I felt after all these years that they deserved their own folk song. But also a promise to keep going and keep creating.”
Asphalt Meadows is the milestone 10th Death Cab album and the follow-up to 2018’s Thank You for Today. It also includes the previously released songs “Here to Forever,” “Roman Candles” and “Foxglove Through the Clearcut.”
Death Cab will celebrate the arrival of Asphalt Meadows with an acoustic streaming performance, premiering September 12 at 5 p.m. ET.
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Britney Spears continues to celebrate the end of her 13-year conservatorship. In a new Instagram post, the pop star filmed herself dancing barefoot to the Noga Erez song “NAILS.”
“Just being the home girl people all know me to be,” Britney captioned the cheeky video, where she dances around in a yellow crop top and black shorts. “No sitting in chairs for 10 hours a day 7 days a week !!!”
The Grammy winner continued, “Y’all I am not scared anymore and you know what ??? I’m not dangerous or crazy at all.”
Fans believed this was a swipe at her ongoing feud with ex-husband Kevin Federline and their son, 15-year-old Jayden. Both had previously shared their thoughts on Britney’s mental health and spoke positively of her father, Jamie Spears, whom she says belongs in jail for allegedly abusing her through the conservatorship.
Noting of “classy people” in her Instagram caption, Britney continued, “Keep smiling y’all … keep smiling!!!”
Britney has changed her Instagram name to “Channel 8,” and fans are hard at work trying to figure out what it means. Current theories include a possible new album or a new brand, as fans have also noted the star’s September 4 post of a person drawing an 8 on an eight of diamonds card.
“8 sideways is infinity or am I making that up ????” she captioned the mysterious post, causing fans to believe she possibly took a page from Taylor Swift‘s book. Taylor is known for using Easter eggs as clues to tease her upcoming projects.
Ozzy Osbourne has premiered the video for “One of Those Days,” the Eric Clapton-featuring song off his brand-new solo album, Patient Number 9.
The clip mixes live action and animation as the Prince of Darkness takes a strange journey through a world of skeletons and creepy forests. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.
“One of Those Days” contains the lyric that Ozzy previously told Classic Rock magazine he thinks will “cause s***”: “It’s one of those days that I don’t believe in Jesus.” In fact, Ozzy considered changing the words after Clapton said he wasn’t “sure” about the lyric but ultimately decided to keep it.
Patient Number 9, Ozzy’s 13th solo effort, is out now. Along with Clapton, it includes guest contributions from Jeff Beck, Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi, Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready, Black Label Society‘s Zakk Wylde, Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
