There was no “Savin'” the Los Angeles Angels baseball team from their current losing streak Wednesday, even with — or, perhaps, because of — an assist from Nickelback.
Every Angels player used a Nickelback song as walk-out music during their game Wednesday night against the visiting Boston Red Sox. According to ESPN baseball reporter Alden González, the Angels coaching staff came up with the idea in an effort to “shake things up” after the team had lost 13 straight games.
Among the songs that were used were “Photograph,” “Rockstar” and “How You Remind Me.”
Unfortunately for the Angels — but fortunately for all those who enjoy making Nickelback jokes — the team not only lost to the Red Sox, they got shut out 1-0.
At least the Angels social media team was able to have some fun with the situation, posting the iconic Chad Kroeger “Photograph” meme photoshopped with an Angels hat and the score.
If you’re not familiar with Hurricane Chris by name, you might know the rapper by his hit 2007 single, “A Bay Bay.” The popular song peaked at #7 on the Billboard chart back then and recently resurfaced as a TikTok favorite, remixed with Tony! Toni! Toné!’s classic hit “Anniversary.” On Wednesday, Chris announced the official video inspired by the viral mashup track, called “My Bay.”
“The official video ‘MY BAY’ is out now!! Link in Bio,” the Louisiana rapper said on Instagram. The energetic video shows Chris alongside a group of dancers on a basketball court. The dancers perform different routines, including the footwork dance that accompanied the remix and went viral on TikTok.
Fans certainly seem to be enjoying the fresh song and video.
“You fully took advantage smart man and the remix fire 🔥🦍🎯 I miss back in the days man aye bay bay,” one user commented on Instagram.
“Yesss indeed !!!!!🔥🔥🔥😍😍I love how you approach tha beat !!!! Love it,” another said.
Though the video dropped off this week, the 33-year-old rapper initially teased the new track back in March by sharing a snippet of the song on social media.
Kenny Loggins’ revealing new memoir, Still Alright, sheds light on several little-known details of the singer-songwriter’s life, including a feud with Garth Brooks that led to a lawsuit.
According to Page Six, Kenny says it started in 1993, when Garth had a top-five country radio hit with “Standing Outside the Fire.” It reminded Kenny of a song he’d co-written with guitarist Guy Thomas two years earlier, called “Conviction of the Heart” — so much so that the two called Garth and confronted him about it.
Kenny goes on to say that he hoped to reach an agreement without suing, alleging that Garth freely admitted to him that he’d copied the song. But things went south when Kenny suggested that he and Guy should earn a percentage from the song.
“Garth didn’t like that idea at all,” Kenny writes. “His tone grew steely and defensive.”
Eventually, they wound up filing suit against Garth to the tune of $5 million; the country star agreed to settle in court. “Garth actually showed up in the courtroom with an acoustic guitar, ready to play the song live for the judge,” Kenny recounts.
The amount that Garth agreed to settle for is anybody’s guess: The settlement stipulated that the price not be disclosed. For his part, Loggins says he’s putting the whole experience behind him.
“I let that one go. I haven’t seen him since,” he writes.
Meghan Trainor is ready to jump back into her music career and teased an upcoming new song on her TikTok, titled “Bad For Me.”
“Wrote this after I realized I needed to step away from a very toxic relationship,” the Grammy winner described in her video. She noted that toxic relationships aren’t just about friends, adding, “Sometimes that can include family.”
Meghan began playing a short clip of the upcoming single, which included the lyrics, “Please don’t make promises that you can’t keep/ Your best intentions end up hurting me/ No matter what, I love you endlessly/ But I gotta run, I gotta run from your reality/ I know we’re blood, but this love is bad for me.”
It should be noted that as the singer previews her new song, she has “my therapist told me to write a letter …” spelled out on the signboard behind her.
While Meghan has not revealed when “Bad For Me” is coming, she did reply “yes” to an eager fan asking if it comes out this month.
She also confirmed this means her new album is in the works and that “Bad For Me” is its lead single.
Meghan previously said of her new studio album when speaking with PopCulture last month, “I’m doing more the doo-wop style, like my first album,” saying unlike her first album, Title, this new effort talks about motherhood.
“I talk about that in my music,” said Meghan. “And I talk about also how it’s hard and I’m not perfect all the time. And I’m learning to love that.”
Maynard James Keenan has now had COVID-19 more times than he has bands.
The Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman tells The Arizona Republicthat he’s “just had [COVID-19] the fourth time.”
“I got the European-flavored one,” Keenan says of his latest go-round with the virus. “That was fun.”
“It was a flu,” he adds. “It’s done.”
Keenan didn’t share exactly when and where he caught COVID-19 this time around, but Tool did recently wrap a European tour last month.
“I mean, when you’re in a room full of thousands of people, it’s being passed around,” Keenan says. “You get into a tube and you fly 10 hours in a contained environment, you’re gonna get it. If somebody has it and you’re gonna get it, you can get it.”
In October 2020, Keenan shared that he was still dealing with lingering symptoms from catching COVID-19 the first time earlier that year. He later revealed in 2021 that he contracted the virus again in November 2020, which briefly landed him in the hospital.
Despite his latest bout, Keenan is preparing to hit the road again on a U.S. tour with Puscifer beginning Thursday in Las Vegas.
(WASHINGTON) — Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley has been arrested and charged for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Christina Aguilera is headlining LA Pride this Saturday and plans on making it extra special by giving fans a dose of nostalgia.
Varietyreports the Grammy winner is including a mini “Lady Marmalade” reunion onstage to honor the 2001 song she performed alongside Mýa, Pink and Lil Kim, which Missy Elliott co-produced.
The outlet claims that Christina has recruited Mýa to assist during her set and is also wooing members of the Moulin Rouge! musical touring cast to join in on the fun.
Christina is also working on including more surprises for her hourlong headlining performance, leaving fans hopeful that Pink, Lil Kim and Missy Elliott come together to perform their Grammy-winning song.
The “Beautiful” singer takes the L.A. State Historic Park stage on June 11.
During a concert last week in Gateshead, England, Jeff Beck announced that he and actor/musician Johnny Depp would be releasing a collaborative album in July, and now official details of the project have been unveiled.
The album, titled 18, will be released July 15 on CD and digital formats, while a 180-gram vinyl version will arrive September 30. The 13-track collection, which can be preordered now, features two Depp originals and 11 covers, including songs by The Beach Boys, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Velvet Underground and The Everly Brothers.
Beck and Depp performed several songs from 18 during Jeff’s recent U.K. tour, which featured guest appearances by Johnny at nearly every stop.
Beck and Depp began working on 18 in 2019 after becoming friends a few years earlier. Fans got a first taste of the collaboration in 2020 when the duo released a cover of John Lennon‘s “Isolation,” which is also included on the CD and digital versions of the album.
“When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity,” Beck says. “We would joke about how we felt 18 again, so that just became the album title, too.”
One of the Depp originals, “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr,” has been released as an advance digital single, while a companion music video has debuted at Jeff’s official YouTube channel.
Beck says he “was blown away by” the song when Johnny asked him to play guitar on the track.
Meanwhile, Depp, who has played with the supergroup The Hollywood Vampires alongside Alice Cooper and Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry for the last decade, says, “It’s an extraordinary honor to play and write music with Jeff, one of the true greats.”
Here’s the full 18-track list:
“Midnight Walker” (Davy Spillane cover)
“Death and Resurrection Show” (Killing Joke cover)
“Time” (Dennis Wilson cover)
“Sad Motherf***in’ Parade” (Johnny Depp original)
“Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)” (Beach Boys cover)
“This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr” (Johnny Depp original)
“Caroline, No” (Beach Boys cover)
“Ooo Baby Baby” (The Miracles cover)
“What’s Going On” (Marvin Gaye cover)
“Venus in Furs” (The Velvet Underground cover)
“Let It Be Me” (The Everly Brothers cover)
“Stars” (Janis Ian cover)
“Isolation” (John Lennon cover)*
On Thursday, as part of its Pride Month festivities, Peacock released Queer as Folk.
The third iteration of the originally British series is executive produced by trans writer Jaclyn Moore, and centers on a group of LGBTQ+ friends in New Orleans both before and after a homophobic attack.
Compared to the originals, the new show opens the lens further on the queer community, following trans folk, gender-fluid characters and gay people of color.
Moore explains, “I think it’s really important that we take the time, especially during Pride Month, to celebrate all aspects of the queer community … Usually with queer and trans people, it feels like we are we’re either sidekicks or we’re, you know, put-upon saints that are like martyred.”
The producer clarifies with a laugh, “Look, we are put upon in a lot of ways. Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t know any queer people in my life that aren’t a little messy or complicated. And so getting to tell that story during Pride Month feels really special.”
(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas state lawmakers convened in Austin on Thursday for a special session to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
“It is our goal to conduct a thorough, objective and nonpartisan examination … so that we, as a chamber, may move forward in determining the best possible solutions to prevent something like this from ever occurring again,” Texas state Rep. Dustin Burrows, chairman of the committee investigating the shooting, said in an opening statement.
Law enforcement officials are expected to testify in the coming weeks, Burrows said.
“The committee may produce a preliminary report in order to accommodate the need to have some information out to the public before a full and thorough investigation has taken place and we will do our best to keep everyone apprised of that timeline, as we know it,” he said. “I want to assure those watching that answers and solutions will come — and we will work as quickly as possible to get to that point.”
Texas state Rep. Joe Moody added, “We can’t let mass shootings, especially in our schools, be normalized. I was in high school when Columbine happened. And it was shocking because it was unheard of at the time.”
“Failing to tackle these issues because they’re difficult or politically uncomfortable is cowardly and morally wrong,” Moody said. “We have a duty to do what we can because our children’s lives are on the line. That’s why this committee is so important. When the issues are this complex and the stakes are this high, we need facts first. … We have to cut through the noise and the partisanship and deliver the truth. Only then can we make the informed policy decisions that are urgently needed.”
Nineteen students and two teachers were gunned down in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. As gunshots rang out, parents gathered outside of the school, urging officers to enter the building.
After 77 minutes of gunfire, a tactical unit breached the classroom door and killed the gunman.
Law enforcement has come under immense scrutiny for failing to act faster.
Law enforcement and state officials have repeatedly corrected themselves and at times provided conflicting details about their response. At one point, a Texas Department of Public Safety official said the on-scene commanding officer, school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, made the “wrong decision” to wait to breach the barricaded classrooms.
At a separate news conference Thursday, Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, wouldn’t address any personnel questions and would not confirm if Arredondo, who has since been sworn in on the city council, is still employed by the district.
