Lil Wayne is headed to the BET Awards this weekend.
People reports the rapper has been added to the lineup of performers for Sunday’s show. He joins previously announced performers Latto, Roddy Ricch, Lizzo, Chance the Rapper, Babyface, Jack Harlow, Fireboy DML, Maverick City Music, Ella Mai, Joey Bada$$, Chlöe, Doechii, GIVĒON, Muni Long and Kirk Franklin.
Idris Elba, Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer have been added to the list of presenters.
The BET Awards 2022 air at 8 p.m. ET on the BET channel. Doja Cat leads the pack of musical nominees with six nods, while Drake and Ari Lennox are tied in second with four nominations. Taraji P. Henson will return as host for a second year, and Sean “Diddy” Combs will collect the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jeff Beck has released a new instrumental version of the 1966 Beach Boys gem “Caroline, No” as the latest advance track from 18, his upcoming collaborative album with actor/rocker Johnny Depp, which is due out digitally and on CD July 15.
The track is available now via digital formats, while a companion music video featuring footage of Beck playing the song live in concert has debuted on his official YouTube channel.
“Caroline, No” was the final song that appeared on The Beach Boys’ lauded 1966 album, Pet Sounds.
“That entire album was great support for me in horrible times,” Beck notes. “I’d left the Yardbirds and regretted it because I had nothing. I was back living with my mum and dad. I thought, right, I’m not going sit around doing nothing. So, I bought a stereo and Pet Sounds, and I was just riveted to the spot. I remember it was a great big cure from losing the Yardbirds, having Jimi Hendrix stomp all over things, and losing my girlfriend. All that happened in what seemed like the same day.”
As previously reported, 18, which can be preordered now, is a 13-track collection that features two songs written by Depp alongside 11 covers, including tunes by The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Everly Brothers and the aforementioned Lennon, Beach Boys and Velvet Underground.
Beck is currently on tour in Europe, and Depp has been joining him as a special guest at each stop of the trek.
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)*
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“I’ve lived a lot of life, and I’m still here,” EGOT-winner Jennifer Hudson begins in brand-new promo for her forthcoming talk show.
“Now it’s time to sit down and have some fun. I want to talk to somebody!”
The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and now-Tony winner teases, “Nothing makes me happier than to see everybody shine, and know that they have a light within them.”
She enthuses, “On The Jennifer Hudson Show, you’re gonna get quality, you’re gonna get honesty, you’re gonna get all of my heart — and don’t forget the fun. You’re gonna get a lot of fun!
The quick teaser shows a studio audience going wild for the star-turned-host, who sings back to them in response, “I love you, too!”
The show premieres in syndication nationwide on September 12.
Lil Nas X is about to drop his incendiary track “Late to Da Party” and unleashed brand new promo to further hype fans for the NBA Youngboy collab.
The Grammy winner parodied Star Wars for an all-new teaser, which made it abundantly clear the song is a full-on diss of the 2022 BET Awards. “NBA Youngboyis on house arrest, trapped on the isolated Planet HATU. The Brutal Empire of Terror (BET) has betrayed LIL NAS X, turning their back on him after using him for clout,” the opening scroll reads.
“With the music industry in turmoil, the galaxy is looking for a hero. NAS must use the ancient power of VIDEO EDITING to free YB and defeat the evil BET before time runs out…,” the trailer continues.
Lil Nas X began beefing with BET after he failed to snag a single nod this year despite the success of his debut album, Montero, whichproduced several hit singles. Among those who did score a nod was his “Industry Baby” collaborator, Jack Harlow.
“How can i get acknowledged by the most acclaimed award show in the world and then not even just 1 nomination from my own people? is that not crazy? am i really tripping,” Lil Nas X previously said on Twitter. He noted Montero scored him five Grammy nods and won him several other prestigious honors, including an American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and others — which made the snub to him all the more suspect.
He also revealed why he’s taking a stand, adding, “this not over no bet award this is about the bigger problem of homophobia in the black community, y’all can sit and pretend all u want but imma risk it all for us.”
If you’ve been on the fence about catching a show during Luke Bryan’s current residency at Resorts World Las Vegas, a new sneak peek video into the show just might change your mind.
Luke posted a compilation clip of all the highlights so far, this week, showcasing some dazzling onstage production, fans dancing along in the crowd and a whole lot of free beer. Multiple clips show Luke catching a can of his very own Two Lane Beer thrown to him from someone off stage and handing it to a fan in the front row as he performs.
The country star has a couple more June dates on the books in Las Vegas: He’s performing this Friday and Saturday, and tickets are still available.
If you can’t catch one of the shows this month, you haven’t missed your chance to see Luke in Vegas. He’ll be returning for a handful of dates in August and September, and he recently added another slate of dates for the end of 2022.
He’s also hitting the road for an extensive string of shows on his Raised Up Right Tour, which kicked off earlier this month and features Mitchell Tenpenny and Riley Green as opening acts. Plus, Luke’s fan-favorite Farm Tour returns in the fall.
Machine Gun Kelly has announced the deluxe version of his latest album, Mainstream Sellout.
The expanded set will arrive this Friday, June 24 and is available now to pre-save.
One of the bonus tracks included on the deluxe is the 2019 single “Why Are You Here,” which was one of MGK’s first guitar-driven songs. It signaled his move from rap to rock, which became official with his 2020 album, Tickets to My Downfall.
“Y’all were gonna jump me if I didn’t [include it],” Kelly says of “Why Are You Here.”
The original Mainstream Sellout dropped in March. Kelly is currently on a U.S. tour in support of the album.
Meanwhile, a new Machine Gun Kelly documentary, Life in Pink, is set to premiere this summer on Hulu.
“Opa!!” Filming for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 has begun!
Nia Vardalos, who plays Toula Portokalos in the film franchise, announced the exciting news in a recent Instagram video, giving fans a sneak peek of one of the spots in Greece where they are currently filming.
Vardalos also revealed that she will be directing the third installment.
“Thank you to Playtone, Gold Circle, HBO and Focus! And much love and gratitude to you all for your support as we waited to film,” she captioned her post. “Greece baby. Greece!” followed by a movie camera emoji, and the hashtag “#Mybigfatgreekwedding3”.
Details of the plot and those involved in the film have not been released yet.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, released in 2002, grossed $368 million worldwide. It earned Vardalos an Oscar nod for Best Screenplay and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
In April, in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, she shared a Twitter thread reflecting on how much the movie impacted her.
The film’s sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, was released in 2016.
Vardalos confirmed in 2021 that she had written the series’ third installment, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3.
If you’re in low spirits, perhaps some new music from Spiritbox will help.
The “Secret Garden” metallers have premiered a collection of three new songs: “Rotoscope,” “Sew Me Up” and “Hysteria.” You can listen to them all now via digital outlets, and watch the video accompanying “Rotoscope” streaming now on YouTube.
Frontwoman Courtney LaPlanteshares that Garbage was a “big [inspiration]” on “Rotoscope,” and guitarist Mike Stringer was influenced by Limp Bizkit‘s Wes Borland on “Sew Me Up.”
The new tunes follow Spiritbox’s breakout debut album, Eternal Blue, which was released in September.
The Interrupters have premiered a new song called “Jailbird,” which will appear on the band’s upcoming album, In the Wild.
“This song is about feeling like a prisoner in my own mind,” says frontwoman Aimee Interrupter. “I’ve dealt with a lifetime of severe anxiety, insomnia, depression, PTSD, trichotillomania, and panic attacks. This song is about how cycles can repeat. Thankfully, screaming these lyrics at the top of my lungs brings relief from the very hell I am singing about.”
“Jailbird” is the third track to be released from In the Wild following lead single “In the Mirror” and opening cut “Anything Was Better.” The album arrives in full on August 5.
The Interrupters are currently on a co-headlining tour with Flogging Molly. The first leg of the outing concludes July 3 in Asbury Park, New Jersey; the second leg picks up in September.
Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, the guys behind the hit FX show It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, are getting into the celebrity spirits business — but it’s all for a good cause.
The creators of the show centered in a pub have announced the creation of their Four Walls Whiskey collection, a celebration, as McElhenney says, of “the four walls that have held our favorite memories in and kept our troubles out.”
Four Walls’ two offerings are “a rare Irish Whiskey with premium commemorative packaging for serious whiskey collectors” and “a blended Irish and Straight Pennsylvania Rye offering crafted with bartenders in mind and made to celebrate with fans.”
In a video announcement, slightly in character from their Always Sunny roles, Day declares, “Oh! I’m glad we’re getting in on the celebrity spirit brand thing. A lot of money in that.”
Howerton replies, “But in our case, a lot of money for bars and bartenders.”
“Forrrr?” Day replies. “I just want to be clear, we’re not going to be making a little tiny bit of the money?”
McElhenney clarifies that 100% of the profits for the brown stuff will be benefitting the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association’s charity HARP [Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania]. The organization has been helping out bars and restaurants that have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The cast-strength whiskey is aged 15 years to commemorate Always Sunny‘s 15 years on the air. Limited to 755 bottles, it retails for $999 and features “premium packaging that includes signatures by Glenn, Rob, and Charlie, and a mirrored, engraved box.”
The “Bartenders Blend” rye mix sells for $89.95.
Both options have rated well in a blind tasting and are certainly classier than if the guys branded their own rum ham.
