Harry Styles assured fans that although One Direction is on an indefinite hiatus, he and his former bandmates have “a very deep love” for one another.
Speaking to Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe about his forthcoming album, Harry’s House, the Grammy winner reflected on his start in music. “I feel really lucky that we always had each other,” he explained of their shared experience in the spotlight as teenagers. He added they operated as a “unit that felt like you could keep each other in check and you could just have someone else who gets it.”
Calling his time with 1D “priceless,” Harry continued, “I think there is very much a respect between all of us … and that is something that you can’t really undo.” The “As It Was” singer added he and his former bandmates still have “a very deep love for each other.”
Looking ahead, Harry’s new album, Harry’s House, arrives this Friday. “This is my favorite album at the moment, and I love it so much,” he raved. Saying he is “the most relaxed he ever felt” when it comes to releasing new music, he attested, “I no longer feel like my overall happiness is dependent on whether a song goes here or goes here.”
Part of his relaxation comes from putting up healthy boundaries and realizing his career doesn’t define him — it’s the other way around. Part of that epiphany happened when Harry was unable to promote his sophomore album, Fine Line, because of the pandemic.
“It was somehow more powerful for me because I kind of just got to watch it do its thing,” he recalled. “By the time we went out touring, I’d finished this album and I got to play those songs with knowledge of what was next.”
Alice in Chains‘ co-headlining tour with Breaking Benjamin just got a bit bigger.
The two bands have added a new date to the outing, taking place October 7 in Holmdel, New Jersey. As with the rest of the tour, Bush will also be on the bill.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 20, at 10 a.m. ET.
As previously reported, the Alice and Benjamin tour will kick off August 10 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and will wrap up October 8 in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit AliceinChains.com.
Alice in Chains released their latest album, Rainier Fog, in 2018. Breaking Benjamin’s most recent release is their 2020 acoustic compilation, Aurora. Bush dropped their newest album, The Kingdom, also in 2020.
This month, Bishop Briggs celebrated her first Mother’s Day.
The “River” artist, who revealed this past April that she’s expecting her first child, tells ABC Audio that she was “curious” what Mother’s Day would mean to her, given her own mother’s opinion on the holiday.
“I definitely grew up with a mom that felt every single day is Mother’s Day,” Bishop laughs. “She was very particular that we wouldn’t celebrate on Mother’s Day, it should be happening every day of the year.”
On her Mother’s Day, Bishop found the occasion to be a “really nice day to just be connected to whatever is gonna be happening soon.” She also saw it as opportunity to start a new Mother’s Day tradition — that is, however, before reality took over.
“In the morning, my husband and I just had breakfast in bed, and I was, like, ‘Every Mother’s Day, we should do this! Just a chill breakfast in bed!'” Bishop laughs. “And I just realized how naive I sounded. Even if there’s breakfast in bed, it is gonna be chaotic.”
She adds, “It was nice that this first year we could sort of, like, bask in the naivety of it all of, like, ‘Wow! It’s just so calm!'”
The same day Bishop announced her pregnancy, she released two new songs, “High Water” and “Art of Survival.” Both tracks were written about her sister, Kate, who passed away last year.
Steve Lukather and Edgar Winter in 2014; Kevin Winter/Getty Images for John Varvatos
Edgar Winter‘s latest album, Brother Johnny, which was released in April, is a star-studded tribute to his late sibling Johnny Winter.
The 17-track collection includes a version of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hoochie Koo,” a song written by Rick Derringer that Johnny first recorded in 1970 with his band Johnny Winter And, which featured Derringer, and that Rick subsequently had a solo hit with in 1973.
Edgar’s version features guitar work by Toto‘s Steve “Luke” Lukather, who also is a longtime member of Ringo Starr‘s All Starr Band. Edgar tells ABC Audio that he specifically chose Lukather to play on the track because he envisioned a Jimi Hendrix-style solo that he knew Luke could deliver.
“I wanted it wild, crazy, sort of twisted and demented. And I knew that Steve would do exactly that,” Winter explains. “I said, ‘I know…Steve [is] gonna play something different than Rick would ever have played or completely different than Johnny ever would have played’…And, man, Luke delivered.”
Edgar adds, “He played exactly what I was hoping he would. And I didn’t really tell him anything, I just know Luke and know more or less how he thinks and navigates things, and he always likes to push the envelope.”
Lukather has been a member of Ringo’s All Starr Band since 2012, while Edgar recently rejoined the group after previously playing with Ringo and company from 2006 to 2011. Speaking about Luke’s personality, Edgar notes, “[H]e has this rough, raw sense of humor, sometimes perverse, that we all love.”
Other artists featured on Brother Johnny include Ringo, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons, The Doobie Brothers‘ Michael McDonald and John McFee, ex-Allman Brothers Band members Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, among many others.
Schitt’s Creek star Sarah Levy is going to be a mom!
Taking to Instagram on Monday, the 35-year-old actress announced the news with a photo of herself wearing striped shorts, a half unbuttoned linen top, and a fedora while cradling her growing baby bump.
“We’ll take all the salt & vinegar chips and the hottest hot sauce you have, thx,” she captioned the snapshot.
This is the first child for Levy and her husband, Graham Outerbridge. The two tied the knot in October 2021, which the actress celebrated in a sweet post captioned, “Bells are ringing 10.16.2021.”
(WINDSOR MILL, Md.) — Police officers and EMS providers are among the seven people injured following an explosion at a nail salon in Windsor Mill, Maryland, Monday night, authorities said.
Four police officers, two EMS providers and one civilian were hospitalized after the “minor explosion” at a strip mall, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.
The explosion took place at the Libra Nails & Spa on the 1700 block of N. Rolling Road. The fire department responded to a call for a commercial building fire possibly involving hazardous materials, it said.
Investigators were called to the scene for possible criminal activity, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting the investigation, ABC News Baltimore affiliate WMAR-TV reported.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2
NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 2
Boston 6, Houston 3
Toronto 6, Seattle 2
Texas 7, LA Angels 4
Chi White Sox 5, Kansas City 3
Minnesota 3, Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 8, Washington 2
Chi Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 0
Milwaukee 1, Atlanta 0
San Francisco 7, Colorado 6
L.A. Dodgers 5, Arizona 4
St. Louis at NY Mets (Postponed)
(WASHINGTON) — The White House announced a historic shift in its policy toward Cuba Monday night, saying that for the first time in six decades it will sign off on an American company investing in a private Cuba-based and Cuban-owned business.
The deal is pending approval by the Cuban government but could open the door for additional American dollars flowing to entrepreneurs in the island nation.
Additionally, the Biden administration said it would authorize flights to Cuba beyond Havana, reinstate the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program, which allows Cubans to join family members in the U.S. on a temporary basis with the potential for obtaining permanent status, and lift the $1,000 per quarter limit on remittances per sender-receiver pair and allow for donative (non-family) remittances.
The administration characterizes these moves as “measures to further support the Cuban people, providing them additional tools to pursue a life free from Cuban government oppression and to seek greater economic opportunities.”
Lionel Richie will be honored with the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize on Tuesday. Ahead of the moment, the singer caught up with CBS’ Sunday Morning to talk about his lifetime achievements.
Lionel reflected on growing up by Tuskegee University, where he was surrounded by Black lawyers, war heroes, doctors and more, and joked that his parents “had a nervous breakdown” when he decided to pursue a music career with The Commodores.
“You could see everyone passing going, ‘Oh, there’s poor Lionel. Poor misguided Lionel!,'” he chuckled. Of course, The Commodores scored numerous chart-topping singles with Richie as their lead singer, before he set off a solo career.
Lionel reflected on his success, which saw him cross into the mainstream and anger some of his original R&B fan base. “Someone asked me a question one day, ‘Lionel, how does it feel that you’ve left your roots?'” Richie recalled. “And I said, ‘Did you ask that to The Beatles? Did you ask that to The Rolling Stones? Everyone came over to borrow from us, but I can’t go that way?'”
The singer also reflected on his hiatus at the peak of his career, which he took to care for his ailing father, who passed in 1990. “It gave me an opportunity to kind of take a look over my shoulder just a little bit to see where I was in altitude. And it was frightening,” he reflected. But, he added his father’s death gave him a new perspective on fame.
Lionel now sees his career as an “adventure,” which he says “is just an amazing ride.”
He also admitted it’s been 13 years since he released an album of all-new songs, but teased he’ll break the dry spell “this year.”
(WASHINGTON) — In her first sit-down interview since leaving Washington, Melania Trump appeared on Fox News on Sunday where she addressed some of her ongoing work as a former first lady and looked back at her time in the White House — and what came after.
It was a rare public appearance for Donald Trump’s wife, who has eschewed the spotlight since leaving the East Wing, compared to the former president.
“Life is great and [I’m] keeping it busy. And, you know, time flies fast and we are just — everybody is doing very well,” Melania told Pete Hegseth on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
She and her husband relocated to their Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, when his term ended in January 2021 and Melania has kept an even lower profile out of office than while she was first lady, traveling between Trump properties in New Jersey, New York and Florida and spending much of her time with her family and her teenage son, Barron.
Speaking with Hegseth on Sunday, Melania Trump said that she had “enjoyed living in the White House. To be first lady of the United States was my greatest honor.” But she said she still bristled at the scrutiny of her time in the White House, including when she stirred controversy with some of her fashion choices such as wearing an “I Really Don’t Care Do U?” jacket while visiting migrant children in 2018, which she insisted was a message for the media.
In her Fox News interview, Melania dismissed criticism of her as unfair — responding to a question from Hegseth about why, as a major public figure and former model, she was not on the cover of Vogue while in the White House.
“They’re biased and they have likes and dislikes. And it’s so obvious,” she said. “And I think American people and everyone see it. It was their decision. And I have much more important things to do and I did in the White House than being on the cover of Vogue.”
“People I see always criticize me, whatever I do, and I’m used to that,” Trump added. “I move forward and I’m here to helping people. And that is the mission.”
Representatives with Vogue did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. The magazine’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, said in 2019 about covering Melania as first lady that “I think it’s important for Vogue to support women who are leading change in this country.”
Elsewhere in her “Fox & Friends” interview, Melania talked about her work with children in foster care with a project called Fostering the Future as part of the “BeBest” initiative she started in the White House and has continued.
“Those people who criticize me, I would encourage them to help in their own community or maybe join my Foster the Future initiative,” she told Hegseth.
So far, that work has included appearances to foster care organizations in Florida; she said on Fox News that a portion of the money from sales of her burgeoning NFT collection would also “will go towards education, providing education, opportunities for foster care children who are aging out of foster system,” though it’s unclear how much money will be donated in this way.
Those funds will be supporting scholarships as well, Melania said. One recipient, Michael Weitzman, spoke by phone during Melania’s “Fox & Friends” interview and said the support was “literally a dream come true.”
Melania also addressed various political issues, echoing her husband in criticizing President Joe Biden’s administration on issues including border and immigration policy and the shortage of baby formula, which she called “heartbreaking.”
Like former President Trump, Melania spoke obliquely — teasingly — about a 2024 bid for office. “Never say never,” she said.
She was not asked and did not address the Trump family’s ongoing legal issues and investigations, including the congressional probe of the pro-Trump Jan. 6 Capitol riot and a related effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
The former president denied any wrongdoing; he has cast the investigations as politically motivated witch hunts.
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