Måneskin has premiered a cover of Elvis Presley‘s 1968 “If I Can Dream,” recorded for the upcoming Elvis biopic.
Taking a different direction from what you might expect from the “Beggin'” rockers, Måneskin’s rendition of “If I Can Dream” opts for a slow-burn approach that builds to a crescendo towards the end of the song.
“Feeling so grateful to have had the chance to cover the King for [director Baz Luhrmann‘s] movie and recorded it in Graceland,” Måneskin says.
Elvis, which stars Austin Butler in the title role and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, premieres in theaters June 24. Its soundtrack, which will be released that same day, also includes contributions from Jack White, Tame Impala, Gary Clark Jr. and Stevie Nicks.
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson have joined the star-studded lineups of Foo Fighters‘ tribute concerts in honor of late drummer Taylor Hawkins, taking place in London on September 3 and Los Angeles on September 27.
Jones will be performing at both concerts, while Wilson will take part in the LA event.
Other new additions include Nirvana‘s Krist Novoselic, frequent Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin and Queens of the Stone Age collaborator Alain Johannes at both shows, as well as Chic‘s Nile Rodgers and viral kid music prodigy Nandi Bushell at the London concert, and pop star Pink and country/pop singer LeAnn Rimes at the Los Angeles event.
Additionally, Chris Rock will join fellow comedian Dave Chappelle at the London show.
Previously announced performers for both shows include Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Taylor, Rush‘s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, Wolfgang Van Halen, Jane’s Addiction‘s Chris Chaney, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, producer Mark Ronson and drummer/producer Omar Hakim.
The LA lineup also includes Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette, KISS‘ Gene Simmons, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, Mötley Crüe‘s Nikki Sixx, Miley Cyrus, Weezer‘s Pat Wilson, The Struts‘ Luke Spiller and Rage Against the Machine‘s Brad Wilk, while The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde and ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher are exclusive to the London bill.
The guests will be “playing the songs that Taylor loved and created, with and alongside his FF brothers Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee,” a press release says.
The London concert takes place at Wembley Stadium, while the LA show will be held at The Kia Forum. For ticket info, visit FooFighters.com.
Ticket proceeds will be donated to charities in the U.S. and U.K. chosen by Hawkins’ family.
In the new film Jerry and Marge Go Large, out today on Paramount+, Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening play a real life couple who win the lottery — over and over again for about 10 years. They found a loophole in the math, which they exploited, and used the winnings to benefit their town. The adventure also rekindled their relationship, and Cranston tells ABC Audio it’s just a great story.
“It’s romantic and it just makes you feel good. You think back of simpler times, perhaps in your lives,” he explains. “Small towns have a tendency to think the life is simpler and sweeter and more innocent. And it was nice to do something in this very cynical world that we live in to do something a-cynical.”
Bening agrees, noting, “There’s a lot of lottery stories which are very sad and tragic and terrible things happen to people when people come to them and people want to use them because they have money and all of that. But this one is, it’s just a feel good.”
Bening also wants to make it clear the couple did nothing wrong.
“They were playing by the rules,” she insists. “And since the lottery also benefited from it, it went on for ten years. And they weren’t hiding either, which is interesting. They weren’t hiding what they were doing.”
Then how did they do it? Cranston’s character, Jerry Selbee, was a math genius, says Cranston, a trait he admits he doesn’t share.
“Math was not my strong suit, so it was fun to be able to get in the head of someone who sees that in his mind,” Cranston shares. “He sees angles and geometry and algebraic equations in his head.”
Mariah Carey decided to reference the controversial “All I Want for Christmas Is You” copyright lawsuit when she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday.
Mariah has been sued by songwriter Andy Stone — who is better known by his stage name Vince Vance — for $20 million in damages. Vance wrote a song with the same exact title in 1989 and claims the Grammy winner infringed on his copyright, even though the songs differ in both melody and lyrics.
Mariah used her Thursday night acceptance speech to address Stone’s lawsuit by calling it “farcockteh,” the Yiddish word for “messed up.” Mariah noted, “It’s not the easiest profession in the world. Between the — this is a word my friend said to me the other day — the ‘farcockteh’lawsuits and all the business side of it. No offense, we love the business people… they’re our best friends.”
This is the first time she’s mentioned the pending lawsuit.
Mariah then turned her attention to how writing songs and poetry helped her heal from her “incredibly dysfunctional background.”
Although she has embarked on a successful music career, the “Fantasy” singer revealed, “I constantly have to remind people I’m a songwriter. It’s become a joke.” She referenced the meme of her repeatedly saying “as a songwriter” during interviews and decided to turn her acceptance speech into a replacement meme.
Hoisting up her trophy, she loudly said once more, “As… a… songwriter!”
Mariah also used the moment to take a stand for equality by remarking, “Out of the 439 total inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, only 32 have been women up until this moment. Now it’s 33.”
She then closed her speech on a sweet note, declaring, “As my father once told me — ‘you did good, kid!'”
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Paul McCartney‘s Got Back tour ended in exciting fashion on Thursday night at MetLife in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as the former Beatles legend was joined by two of the Garden State’s most favorite sons — Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi.
Rolling Stone posted a fan-shot video that shows McCartney introducing The Boss, telling the crowd, “He’s a local boy. He says he’s gonna come and sing with us.” Bruce then came out and commented to Paul, “Eighty more years of glory days,” a reference to McCartney’s upcoming 80th birthday this Saturday, before playing his 1984 hit “Glory Days” with Macca and his band.
After that tune ended, McCartney said to Springsteen, “Bruce, one more,” and then launched into the early Beatles tune “I Wanna Be Your Man.”
Later on in the show, as seen in a fan-shot clip, Bon Jovi came out on stage holding a bunch of helium-filled birthday balloons and told Paul, “Welcome to New Jersey. I’ve got 60,000 people want to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to you.” Jon then led the crowd in a singalong, after which he let the balloons go and exited the stage. McCartney and his band followed that with a rendition of The Beatles’ “Happy Birthday.”
According to Rolling Stone, Springsteen and Bon Jovi returned for the final encore of the show, a rendition of The Beatles’ “The End,” with Bruce playing guitar on the song.
Photos of Springsteen’s and Bon Jovi’s appearances during the concert also were posted on McCartney’s socialmediasites.
(VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala.) — An 84-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman were shot dead at a small church group meeting in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, Thursday night, authorities said.
The suspect — a 71-year-old man who occasionally attended Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church — is in custody, Vestavia Hills Police said at a news conference Friday.
The gunman also wounded an 84-year-old woman, police said.
The suspect was at the church event when he took out a handgun and opened fire, police said. A motive is not clear, police said.
An event attendee subdued the suspect until police arrived, which authorities said helped save lives.
The suspect acted alone, police said.
Vestavia Hills Mayor Ashley Curry said the community, located about 7 miles outside of Birmingham, is “close-knit, resilient” and “loving.”
Led Zeppelin‘s John Paul Jones and Nirvana‘s Krist Novoselic have joined the lineups for Foo Fighters‘ tribute concerts in honor of late drummer Taylor Hawkins, taking place in London and Los Angeles.
Other new additions include frequent Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin and Queens of the Stone Age collaborator Alain Johannes for both shows, as well as disco legend Nile Rodgers and viral kid music prodigy Nandi Bushell for London, and Heart‘s Nancy Wilson, pop star Pink and country and pop musician LeAnn Rimes for Los Angeles.
Additionally, Chris Rock will join fellow comedian Dave Chappelle at the London show.
Previously announced performers for both shows include QotSA’s Josh Homme, Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Taylor, Rush‘s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Jane’s Addiction‘s Chris Chaney, Wolfgang Van Halen, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, producer Mark Ronson and drummer/producer Omar Hakim.
Notably, Foo frontman Dave Grohl played with JPJ, Homme and Johannes in the long-inactive supergroup Them Crooked Vultures.
The LA lineup also includes Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette, KISS‘ Gene Simmons, Mötley Crüe‘s Nikki Sixx, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, The Struts‘ Luke Spiller, Rage Against the Machine‘s Brad Wilk and Weezer‘s Pat Wilson, while Liam Gallagher and Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders are exclusive to the London bill.
The guests will be “playing the songs that Taylor loved and created, with and alongside his FF brothers Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee,” a press release says.
The London concert takes place September 3 in Wembley Stadium, while the LA show will be held September 27 at the Kia Forum. For ticket info, visit FooFighters.com.
Ticket proceeds will be donated to charities in the U.S. and U.K. chosen by Hawkins’ family.
Lil Nas X picked up the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award on Thursday night and was honored among the new class of inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The award is presented to “gifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs.” Previous winners include Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keysand Drake.
Speaking with Extra on the red carpet, the “Industry Baby” rapper was asked about the significance of the moment and how he’s helping LGBTQ youth feel seen.
He said the recognition “means the world” to him, adding, “It’s always scary when you’re the first — or one of the first — people to take a big role in the world.” The 23-year-old Grammy winner continued, “I’m navigating my way through it and I’m happy that people are inspired by me [and] what I’m doing.”
Lil Nas X also offered a supportive message to LGBTQ fans who are being targeted and harassed either online or by their peers because of their sexuality. “I remember that everything happens for a reason and there’s nothing the world is going to give to me that I can’t take,” he offered.
Additionally, he shared a special message for fans during Pride month: “We need to get a certain word put into the dictionary.” He declined to say it out loud, as the term is not safe for work.
Lil Nas X previously made his case on Twitter to add the word “b*ssy” to the dictionary. Dictionary.com has since responded to his request, “We added WAP to the dictionary, so anything’s possible” — a reference to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s hit song.
(BOSTON) — The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals Thursday night to take home their first championship title since 2018.
The 103-90 win over Boston marked Golden State’s seventh championship as a franchise and fourth title in eight years.
Warriors point guard Stephen Curry led the team with 34 points and was named the NBA Finals MVP for the first time in his career.
Selena Gomez is still coming off the high of being invited to Britney Spears‘ wedding and that she was able to hang out with fellow guests Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton and fashion icon Donatella Versace.
Appearing alongside her Only Murders in the Building co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin on Jimmy KimmelLive, Selena spoke about the incredible event.
“I am really happy for her! It was beautiful,” Selena praised as Kimmel held up a photo of her posing with Britney, Madonna, Drew, Paris and Versace. Of course, Kimmel wasn’t concerned about Britney’s famous guests — he instead was more curious if the wedding had good food and fun events.
“What am I supposed to do with this? I don’t know,” Selena giggled, but said she was “under oath” not to give anything away.
Thankfully, Short redirected the conversation for Selena to rave about the impressive guest list — especially Madonna. “Here’s the thing about Madonna. She is 63 years of age and she has a boyfriend who is 28 years of age. She is trying to see how many times 28 goes into 63,” he joked, which earned him a rim shot from Kimmel’s band.
Britney tied the knot with Sam Asghari in an intimate ceremony earlier this month, nine months after announcing their engagement.
