(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
INTERLEAGUE
Houston 8, Washington 0
Seattle 8, NY Mets 7
Kansas City 8 Colorado 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0
Detroit 5, Baltimore 1
NY Yankees 5, Chi White Sox 1
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1
Texas 7, Boston 1
LA Angels 4, Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 7, Atlanta 3
Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 0
Milwaukee 7, Miami 3
Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona 2
LA Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 15, San Francisco 6
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Boston 109, Milwaukee 81 (Boston wins 4-3)
Dallas 123, Phoenix 90 (Dallas wins 4-3)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
NY Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (New York wins 4-3)
Calgary 3, Dallas 2 (OT) (Calgary wins 4-3)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Dallas 81, New York 71
Atlanta 85, Indiana 79
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New England 2, Atlanta 2 (Tie)
Seattle 3, Minnesota 1
Luke Combs and his wife, Nicole, are expecting a baby boy soon, and they’ve been relatively private about her pregnancy — but the singer’s wife shared an update during an Instagram Stories Q&A last week.
One fan — and fellow new mom — asked Nicole for her thoughts on how to “cope” with bringing a child into the world, and the singer’s wife replied that she’s planning on her son getting a healthy amount of outdoor time.
“He’s going to be spending a lot more time outside than in front of a TV, I can promise you that,” Nicole wrote. Though the prospect of bringing a child into the world — especially given the COVID-19 pandemic, the current baby formula shortage and a host of other concerns — can be scary, Nicole’s confident in her support system.
“I’m pretty comfortable because I know my son will have good role models in his life. I can’t control the world, but I can make sure he grows up in a good environment,” she adds.
Nicole also listed some of her pregnancy cravings and aversions. “[A]ll meat, eggs, coffee, garlic and onions” were off the table during her first trimester, but she’s been craving fruits and sweet foods. As someone who’s not normally a dessert person, it’s like she “discovered a whole new world,” she adds.
Nicole also recently posted a slideshow of recent shots, including several bump photos and a picture of her and Luke at what appears to be a baby shower.
The country star couple hasn’t specified exactly when they’re expecting their new addition, but he’s likely to be born within weeks — their pregnancy announcement lists the due date as spring 2022.
After two years of pandemic-related touring breaks, plus the stops and starts of getting back on the road, Zac Brown Band is looking ahead to better days: Their summer 2022 calendar is jam-packed with Out in the Middle Tour stops.
That means ZBB are getting the chance to showcase the songs off of The Comeback, their late 2021 album, in a live setting, frontman Zac Brown tells ABC Audio.
“We’re excited to show people what we do as a band, and excited to take this music and, you know, go out and play these songs,” he says, adding that now that fans have gotten a chance to get to know the album, performing it live will take the songs to the next level,” he says.
“[We’re] excited to go and play and get that love from the people,” Zack continues. “Have them singing these new words back to us.”
After all, The Comeback is a particularly special project for ZBB. The group went back to their early influences for it, and the album’s cover art symbolizes that shift: It’s a picture of Zac chest-deep in the water of a river near where he grew up. “I’ve been swimming in that river since I was 10 years old,” he says.
Getting back in the same water he grew up with reminds Zac of the groundedness he felt when the band made their first major-label studio album, The Foundation.
“Being able to, you know, take it back to my roots there…and have dirt on my face — the same way we did The Foundation,” he reflects. “I feel a lot of the same way I did when we made the Foundation album.“
The Out in the Middle Tour rolls on throughout the summer, wrapping in mid-November.
Alter Bridge will be channeling Avril Lavigne in at least one way with their next album.
Speaking with ABC Audio, guitarist Mark Tremonti describes the upcoming effort as a “very complicated record.”
“There’s a lot of stuff going on,” Tremonti says. “There’s a lot of information to take in.”
The shredder adds that working on the album “made our brains hurt.”
“A lot of these songs, they’re not just verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus, they’re, like, 15 different parts that you gotta memorize,” Tremonti explains. “It’s definitely a brain-burner, at first.”
Alter Bridge’s most recent album is 2019’s Walk the Sky, which, at least relative to the rest of the band’s discography, was a brighter, more upbeat listening experience. This new record, Tremonti laughs, is “not that.”
“I was just talking to [frontman] Myles [Kennedy] the other day, he’s finalizing a lot of lyrics, and he’s, like, ‘Yeah, it’s kind of a dark record,'” Tremonti shares. “I had brought in a song that was more of an uplifting tune for the record, and [Kennedy’s], like, ‘Yeah, thank god we have this one, because most of it’s kinda dark…we don’t want everybody to be depressed.'”
While you wait for Alter Bridge’s new album to arrive, you can also look forward to Tremonti’s upcoming Frank Sinatra covers album. The compilation, due out May 27, will raise money for the National Down Syndrome Society.
It got down to the wire on Sunday’s American Idol, with the Top 5 vying to make it into next week’s finale for the crowning of season 20’s winner.
This week, for their first challenge, the finalists were mentored by Grammy-award winner and former American Idol champ Carrie Underwood and were tasked with taking on an iconic song from her catalog. Here’s what the finalists chose.
HunterGirl: “Undo It,” by Carrie Underwood
Leah Marlene: “I’ll Stand By You,” (Cover), by Pretenders
Fritz Hager: “I Want to Remember,” by NEEDTOBREATHE ft. Carrie Underwood
Noah Thompson: “So Small,” by Carrie Underwood
Nicolina: “Blown Away,” by Carrie Underwood
After tackling one of Underwood’s hits, Finneas took the stage and performed his track, “Naked,” before the Top 5 took the stage again. For the second round of performances, the finalists chose a song that could close their show — or, in other words, “an epic encore,” as described by host Ryan Seacrest. Here’s what they chose:
Leah Marlene: “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart),” by Journey
HunterGirl: “Girl Crush,” by Little Big Town
Fritz Hager: “Youngblood,” by 5 Seconds of Summer
Nicolina: “All I Ask,” by Adele
Noah Thompson: “Working Man,” by Larry Fleet
With their final performance of the night out of the way, it was time to see who America voted into next week’s finale, which would feature performances from judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie,as well as Thomas Rhett, Michael Bublé, Sarah Bareilles, Flo Rida, Earth, Wind and Fire and more.
After the votes were tallied, Fritz and Nicolina were the bottom two, sending HunterGirl, Noah and Leah through to the finale.
Catch the American Idol season 20 finale when it airs live Sunday, May 22 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.
The Billboard Music Awards returned Sunday night, hosted by Diddy, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Diddy got the crowd hyped with a short introduction before handing over the reins to Bryson Tiller for “She Don’t Want It,” followed by Jack Harlow and his chart-topper “First Class,”before closing out the opening act with his verse from the ‘90s hit “Mo Money Mo Problems” with an assist from his son Christian Combs and Teyana Taylor.
Although their wins weren’t televised, Ye and Drake were big winners of the night. Ye earned six awards, all in the Christian and Gospel categories for Top Artist, Top Album for Donda, and Top Song, for “Hurricane.” Drake secured five awards, including Top Artist and Top Rap Album.
During the three-hour televised ceremony, Janet Jackson presented Mary J. Blige the Billboard Icon Award. “The message in my music has always been that we are not alone in our struggles. And I’m not alone now,” Blige said. “For so long, I was searching for a real love, but I finally found my real love. And that real love is me.”
When it came to performances, Latto sparkled on stage with her hit “Big Energy,” and Megan Thee Stallion, who took home the award for Top Rap Female Artist, performed her songs “Plan B” and “Sweetest Pie.”
Also hitting the stage, in his first awards show appearance since the Astrowold Festival tragedy, Travis Scott performed “MAFIA” and “Lost Forever.” The legendary Maxwell serenaded the audience with “The Lady in My Life,” and closing out the show was Burna Boy with an energetic production of his songs “Last Last” and “Kilometre.”
Judah & the Lion has premiered the video for “Scream!”, the lead single off the band’s upcoming album, Revival.
The clip finds members Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald sitting on the hood of a driverless car while surrounded by neon lights and interpretative dancers. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.
“Sometimes the best way to deal with the craziness of the world is to scream into a pillow,” Akers says of the song.
Revival, the fourth Judah & the Lion album, will be released June 10. It also includes the songs “Take a Walk,” Happy Life” and “Find Another Reason Why.”
Judah will play Bonnaroo in June, followed by a full U.S. tour in support of Revival kicking off in September.
As announced earlier this month, Eurythmics are among the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, who will be honored at a November 5 ceremony in Los Angeles.
Multi-instrumentalist Dave Stewart who along with singer Annie Lennox make up the U.K. duo, tells ABC Audio that when they were informed about the honor, they jokingly offered a low-key response, “but actually we were very excited to hear that.”
As he notes, “[W]e’re very British — Annie’s Scottish, I’m English — [and have a] very dry sense of humor with each other, [and] I was playing it…down.”
Stewart and Lennox also will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this June, and Dave reveals that he and Annie plan to perform at both events.
Stewart says he and Lennox have already been discussing how they might approach their Rock Hall performance, and he explains that although they haven’t made any definite decisions, he thinks “it’ll be a mixture” of playing as a duo and presenting tunes with a full backing band.
As he notes, “[W]e might ramp up all the way to a full-on ‘Would I Lie to You,’ with horns and all sorts of things.”
Dave tells ABC Audio that he has great respect all of his fellow Rock Hall honorees, because he knows the perseverance and passion it takes to mount a successful music career.
“There’s some kind of mixture of determination and insanity that gets people all the way to this point,” he maintains, “where a lot of people would’ve turned back.”
One fellow 2022 inductee that Dave says he’s particularly excited is being honored is country icon Dolly Parton.
“[She’s] such a sort of inventive and brilliant woman [who] has endured so much,” Stewart enthuses. “And also, what a songwriter.”
The BBMAs returned Sunday night, hosted by Diddy from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Kicking off the celebratory night in music was an opening performance from the host himself, who was later joined by Jack Harlow, who delivered his chart-topping hit, “First Class.”
When it came to awards, Doja Cat, who had a whopping 14 nods, won the first trophy of the night, snagging the award for Top R&B Album for her 2021’s Planet Her. She also won Top R&B Artist during the three-hour televised ceremony.
Another big winner at the BBMAs was Olivia Rodrigo. Though her awards weren’t televised, she took home seven, including Top New Artist.
To no surprise, BTS also secured a few BBMAs and made history in the process. For the third year in a row, the K-pop group won for Top Duo/Group, tying the record held by One Direction for most wins in the category.
Silk Sonic made their BBMA onstage debut and brought the 70s disco vibes with their performance of “Love’s Train,” while from Belfast, Ed Sheeran delivered an impressive production of his hit, “2Step.”
Becky G also put on a show-stopping act with her new tracks “Baile Con Mi Ex” and “Mamiii.”
The Billboard Music Awards winners were revealed in ceremonies Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and broadcast live on NBC. Sean “Diddy” Combs served as the host of this year’s ceremony.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Top Artist
Drake
Top Female Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Male Artist
Drake
Top Duo/Group
BTS
Top New Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Taylor Swift
Top Billboard 200 Album
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Top Hot 100 Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Hot 100 Song
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Radio Songs Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist
Ed Sheeran
Top Tour
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top R&B Artist
Doja Cat
Top R&B Male Artist
The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist
Doja Cat
Top R&B Tour
Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Top Rap Male Artist
Drake
Top Rap Female Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Top Rap Tour
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Top R&B Tour
Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Top Rap Tour
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Top Country Artist
Taylor Swift
Top Country Male Artist
Morgan Wallen
Top Country Female Artist
Taylor Swift
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay
Top Country Tour
Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
Top Rock Artist
Glass Animals
Top Rock Tour
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top Latin Artist
Bad Bunny
Top Latin Male Artist
Bad Bunny
Top Latin Female Artist
Kali Uchis
Top Latin Duo/Group
Eslabon Armado
Top Latin Tour
Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour)
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist
Ye
Top Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Top Billboard 200 Album
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Top Soundtrack Encanto
Top R&B Album
Doja Cat, Planet Her
Top Rap Album
Drake, Certified Lover Boy
Top Country Album
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
Top Rock Album
twenty one pilots, Scaled And Icy
Top Latin Album
KAROL G, KG0516
Top Dance/Electronic Album
ILLENIUM, Fallen Embers
Top Christian Album
Ye, Donda
Top Gospel Album
Ye, Donda
Top Song Sales Artist
BTS
Top Streaming Song
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Top Selling Song
BTS, “Butter”
Top Radio Song
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Top Collaboration
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Top Viral Song
Doja Cat ft. SZA, “Kiss Me More”
Top R&B Song
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), “Leave The Door Open”
Top Rap Song
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “INDUSTRY BABY”
Top Country Song
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Top Rock Song
Måneskin, “Beggin'”
Top Latin Song
Kali Uchis, “telepatía”
Top Dance/Electronic Song
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
