Dave Grohl guests on a new Liam Gallagher solo track, “Everything’s Electric.” The Foo Fighters frontman also co-wrote the song, which is set to appear on the ex-Oasis vocalist’s upcoming album, C’mon You Know.
It’s probably no surprise that Grohl is Team Liam, since Foo drummer Taylor Hawkinspreviously labeledNoel Gallagher a “jerk” after the High Flying Birds leader suggested starting a petition to “get the Foo Fighters to split up.
You can download “Everything’s Electric” now via digital outlets. Liam is set to give the song its live debut at the 2022 Brit Awards, taking place February 8.
C’mon You Know, Liam’s third solo effort, arrives May 27.
Charlie Puth plays a beatboxing fox in his first Super Bowl ad and, in a new interview, the “Light Switch” singer opened up about his other big firsts.
Speaking with Extra, Charlie reveals that his first concert was James Taylor and that he got his first job at 14 — as a piano teacher. He adds his first big purchase coincided with his 25th birthday, which was, “I got myself a really nice watch that I gave to my mom.”
Charlie also remembers the first moment he knew music was his true calling, revealing, “When ‘See You Again’ resonated with the world and it went beyond the movie [2015’s Furious 7] and people were relating to it, it basically reaffirmed to myself that I can make music for people.”
Speaking of his new single, Charlie says the idea came to him when looking at a light switch. “I thought to myself, ‘Why do people never use sound effects in music and call the sound effect the title of the song?’ When I thought about that, I heard the whole song in my head just come to life,” he says.
The single has since blown up on steaming platforms, amassing over 20 million Spotify streams in its first week. Charlie says the single is “growing faster than any song that I’ve ever put out, which is phenomenal.”
Coincidentally, he says the music video for “Light Switch,” which stars fitness personality Billy Blanks, is “the most viewed video I’ve ever put out in the first week!”
He also teased the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which features Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. Adds Charlie, “I know some neat info that there’s some artists that they’re not telling you about that are going to be there!”
Dustin Lynch returns to the stage for a headlining tour next month, called his Party Mode Tour. He announced the details on Friday, also hinting that he’ll have some new songs to play by the time the trek kicks off.
“We’re starting summer early and throwing DOWN on the Party Mode Tour,” Dustin says. “Get ready for new songs, a new show and even more energy! I can’t wait to party with y’all!”
Before the tour starts on March 17, Dustin will release his fifth studio album, Blue in the Sky. That project arrives February 11. That album rollout started with a bang, as he earned a six-week number-one song with its lead single, “Thinking ‘Bout You,” which is a duet with MacKenzie Porter.
The same day the album comes out, tickets for the tour go on sale. Newcomer Sean Stemaly will be joining Dustin for the bulk of the shows. For dates and details, head over to the star’s website.
Halestorm has announced a new album called Back from the Dead.
The record, which takes its title from Lzzy Hale and company’s 2021 single, will arrive May 6. It’s the follow-up to 2018’s Vicious, which spawned the singles “Uncomfortable” and “Do Not Disturb.”
“We started writing [Back from the Dead] about three months B.C. (Before COVID),” Hale says. “Once we went into lockdown and were unable to perform and tour, I fell into a dark place and something of an identity crisis.”
“This album is the story of me carving myself out of that abyss,” she continues. “It is a journey of navigating mental health, debauchery, survival, redemption, rediscovery, and still maintaining faith in humanity.”
Alongside the album news, Halestorm has released a second Back from the Dead track: “The Steeple,” which you can download now via digital outlets.
Here’s the Back from the Dead track list:
“Back from the Dead”
“Wicked Ways”
“Strange Girl”
“Brightside”
“The Steeple”
“Terrible Things”
“My Redemption”
“Bombshell”
“I Come First”
“Psycho Crazy”
“Raise Your Horns”
The Guns N’ Roses frontman was born on February 6, 1962, 60 years ago this Sunday. He moved to Los Angeles in the early ’80s, and in 1985, Guns N’ Roses was formed with Rose on vocals, guitarists Slash and Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler, now referred to as the band’s classic lineup.
Two years later, GN’R released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, which spawned hit singles in “Welcome to Jungle,” “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City,” and went on to become one of the best-selling records of all time.
GN’R followed Appetite with 1988’s GN’R Lies, and then 1991’s Use Your Illusion I and II. By then, drummer Adler had been fired from the group because of his drug use, and the band had earned a bad reputation due to destructive behavior on the road. Stradlin soon left, too.
Guns would release one more album, a covers compilation called “The Spaghetti Incident?”, in 1993, before Slash and McKagan eventually departed the group in 1996 and 1997, respectively.
Rose, the only remaining original member, continued to work on new GN’R music for a new album called Chinese Democracy, which would become one of the most notorious records in history while sitting in development hell for a decade before finally being released in 2008.
As Rose kept touring GN’R without his old band mates, fans wondered whether a reunion was ever possible. Finally, in 2016, Slash and McKagan rejoined for the Not in This Lifetime tour, a reference to Rose’s previous comments regarding a reunion. The run became the third highest-grossing tour of all time.
In between, Rose fronted AC/DC in 2016 in place of Brian Johnson, who was sidelined due to hearing issues.
Netflix rolled out the red carpet for a star-packed preview of its upcoming 2022 movies, featuring a Who’s Who of Hollywood.
Interestingly, the stars sound off from the sets of their respective films for the streaming service, as if their characters are breaking the fourth wall to talk to viewers.
“Tonight is movie night,” Jennifer Lopez opens the preview, on a boat in her upcoming film, The Mother.
“You can go places your dreams can’t dream of,” follows Jason Momoa, in full costume — and goat horns — from the set of Slumberland.
Jamie Foxx, in the middle of a Day Shift car stunt, continues, “Or, see things that will give your nightmares nightmares.”
Ryan Gosling, choking a guy on top of a speeding bus in the spy thriller The Grey Man, offers, “In here, you can make your escape.”
Henry Cavill, from the narrow 19th-century London streets of Enola Holmes, says, “In here, mystery sparks extraordinary adventure.” Co-star Millie Bobby Brown replies, gesturing to the camera, “The real mystery is why you’re talking to them! I thought that was my thing!”
“In here you can make an incredible discovery,” Halle Berry adds from an outdoor set on The Mothership, to which TheAdam Project star Ryan Reynolds continues from an elevator, “Or feel like a kid again.”
Interspersed between the comments are clips from all the stars’ films, as well as sneak peeks of Daniel Craig in Knives Out 2, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key in Wendell & Wild, Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg in Me Time, Hustle and Spaceman from Adam Sandler, Foxx’s They Cloned Tyrone, and many more.
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Ed Sheeran has appeared in his fair share of movies and TV shows — Game of Thrones comes to mind — but the grand majority of these appearances were either cameos or roles where he played himself. Now, the “Shivers” singer has landed what may be his biggest role yet.
Complex UK reports that Ed is set to star alongside Absolutely Famous star Jennifer Saunders and Penny Dreadful‘s Danny Sapani in the upcoming action-comedy, Sumotherhood.
The movie’s director, Adam Deacon, told the outlet he is “so excited” about the upcoming film and teased he “can’t wait to bring these wacky and crazy characters to life.” The movie will touch upon the “variety of life in East London in 2022,” which will be “darkly authentic, as well as embracing the vibrant and diverse lifestyle of living in an East London council estate,” he added.
Filming is underway now but a release date has yet to be announced. Ed has yet to talk about his new movie nor has it been revealed the role he’ll play in the film.
After a tease earlier this week, Machine Gun Kelly has released his collaboration with WILLOW.
The track, titled “Emo Girl,” finds both MGK and WILLOW singing the chorus, “I fell in love an emo girl.” You’ll also hear a reference to Blink-182, as well a sample of Megan Fox‘s “I am a god” line from Jennifer’s Body.
“Emo Girl,” which is available now for digital download, will appear on Kelly’s upcoming album Mainstream Sellout, formerly titled Born with Horns. The record, which is once again produced by MGK’s Tickets to My Downfall collaborator Travis Barker, finally has a release date: March 25.
This weekend, Machine Gun Kelly will be performing during the NHL All-Star Game, taking place on Saturday in Las Vegas. Next Thursday, he’ll head to Los Angeles to play a the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest,
Willie joins her siblings Rhys James Carney, who arrived in 2018, and Owen Isabelle Landau, Michelle’s 16-year-old daughter from her previous marriage.
On Christmas Day of 2020, Michelle announced that she’d suffered a miscarriage, and revealed in August of 2021 that she was expecting again. Carney and the “Everywhere” singer began dating in 2015 and married in 2019.
Carney will have some time to enjoy the new addition, since The Black Keys’ Dropout Boogie Tour isn’t kicking off until July 9. Tickets go on sale today.
The forthcoming movie musical of The Color Purple has found its leading ladies.
American Idol season three winner Fantasia will play Celie and Orange Is the New Black alum Danielle Brooks will play Sofia, it was announced Thursday during ABC News’ Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising.
The parts were made famous by Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, respectively, in Steven Spielberg‘s 1985 film adaptation of Alice Walker‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name. Both actresses earned their first Oscar nominations for their work in the movie.
A musical version of the iconic work was staged on Broadway from 2005 to 2008, with Fantasia playing the role of Celie from 2007 to 2008 during the original Broadway run. Brooks earned a Tony nod for playing Sofia in the Broadway revival, which ran from 2015 to 2017.
Winfrey surprised a very emotional Brooks with a Zoom call to tell her she landed the role, saying, “I am here representing all things purple to tell you that you are our Sophia. I’m so happy to pass whatever baton from 35 — almost 40 — years ago to you. And I know you’re gonna kill it.”
“My heart is so full,” a teary Brooks said. “I’m going to make you so proud.”
“You already have,” Winfrey responded. “I wanted to be the one to tell you because you know I have such love for her, this character, everything she represents and everything she brought to my life. And what I’m hoping is that she does the same thing for you.”
Fantasia and Brooks join a star-studded The Color Purple cast including Taraji P. Henson, H.E.R. and Halle Bailey. The film, to be directed by Blitz Bazawule, begins production this spring and is slated for release in 2023.
