Pop Evil has premiered a new song called “Eye of the Storm.”
“It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, at some point we all face a situation beyond our control,” Pop Evil says of the track. “The wind howls at your door as darkness fills the sky and everything you know is being tested. You don’t know if you can survive it. At times, it feels hopeless, but it’s not.”
“There is a path through the chaos and a way out of the confusion,” the band adds. “You are stronger and closer than you think you are. The storm will pass. Don’t let it bury you.”
You can listen to “Eye of the Storm” now via digital outlets, and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
“Eye of the Storm” follows Pop Evil’s 2021 album Versatile, which features the singles “Breathe Again,” “Work” and “Survivor.”
The first two episodes of the new reality music competition show No Cover have premiered online.
No Cover, which was first announced in 2020, finds a panel of judges — including Alice Cooper, Bush‘s Gavin Rossdale and Halestorm‘s Lzzy Hale — searching to discover the next best unsigned bands.
Each week, the competing artists perform for the judges live at the iconic Troubadour club near Los Angeles. Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens co-hosts the show. The other judges are alt-pop singer/songwriter Bishop Briggs and prog-metal guitarist Tosin Abasi.
As opposed to shows like American Idol or The Voice, the No Cover contestants only perform original material, hence the show’s title.
The winner of No Cover will earn a recording contract with Sumerian Records, and a slot at a festival produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, the company behind the Aftershock, Welcome to Rockville and Louder than Life festivals. The victorious act also will get signed to a management and booking agency, and will receive a whole lot of gear.
Billie Eilish broke out into the music scene with her 2016 hit, “Ocean Eyes,” when she was just 14 years old. And she says when she sought out potential managers then, most were very condescending to her.
“There were a lot of people that we did meet that treated us like children,” Billie, now 20, told Billboard about the many meetings she had to sit through.
Her brother, FINNEAS, revealed they ultimately selected managers Danny Rukasin and Brandon Goodman to represent them, because “they were never condescending to us ever.”
“I think our managers communicating openly with us and treating us like peers even though we were children at the time that we started working with them [was beneficial,]” he continued.
“Especially at the beginning when we didn’t know what the f*** was going on,” added Billie. “They didn’t make us worried or scared or feel out of place or like we were doing something wrong, which was really nice.”
The “bad guy” singer also explained that Danny and Brandon also had a good sense about where her career needed to go, and guided her.
“There was a period where I was 16 or 17, and I was like, ‘I want to make a three-song EP, and I want to drop it right now.’ And I was so certain that that was the best idea possible, and they were like, ‘Well, here’s why maybe this is a better idea,'” she recalled. “And they were right for sure.”
Billie’s massive career now spans two albums and multiple awards, but the singer admits she’s still earning her sea legs. For example, she revealed she was extremely intimidated at the Oscars, where she and FINNEAS won Best Original Song for “No Time to Die,” revealing she felt like “a god**** nobody.”
A collection of rare recordings by 10cc co-founders Kevin Godley and Lol Creme from the late 1960s will be released on June 10.
Frabjous Days — The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967-1969 includes tracks that the duo made under the name Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon for a planned 1969 album for British music impresario Georgio Gomelsky‘s Marmalade label that was never released.
The compilation also features a 1969 solo track that Godley and Creme’s future 10cc band mate Graham Gouldman recorded for Marmalade called “The Late Mr. Late,” and two unreleased songs written by Gouldman that the duo recorded in 1969 — “Hot Sun” and “Virgin Soldiers.”
Other tracks on the album include two songs from a January 1968 single that Godley and Crème released under the moniker The Yellow Bellow Room Boom, and two unreleased tracks from a June 1968 acetate recording.
Frabjous Days comes packaged with a 28-page booklet featuring a new essay, as well as rare photos and memorabilia.
“These songs sound like they were written and recorded before we were born…and in a sense they were,” Godley says. “It’s the sound of two young art students messing around at weekends, stringing chords and words together for the sheer, explosive buzz of hearing what happens. There’s a thrill in not knowing what you’re doing but aiming high anyway and that, I believe, is exactly what’s going on in these recordings.”
The Marmalade Sessions 1969
1. “I’m Beside Myself” (album version)*
2. “Chaplin House”*
3. “Cowboys and Indians”*
4. “It’s the Best Seaside in the World”*
5. “Fly Away” (Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon LP version)*
6. “Take Me Back”*
7. “Today”*
8. “Hot Sun”*
9. “Virgin Soldiers”*
10. “The Late Mr. Late” — Graham Gouldman
11. “To Fly Away” (Marmalade sampler LP version)
12. “I’m Beside Myself” (single version)
13. “Animal Song”
Bonus tracks (recorded 1967-1969)
14. “Seeing Things Green”
15. “Easy Life”
16. “One and One Make Love”*
17. “Over and Above My Head”*
18. “Hello Blinkers”
19. “Goodnight Blinkers”
1-7: Unreleased Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon album, recorded circa September 1969
8-9: Unreleased acetate of Graham Gouldman songs performed by Godley and Creme, recorded circa July 1969
10-11: From label sampler Marmalade – 100% Proof, released June 1969
12-13: Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon single, released September 1969
14-15: The Yellow Bellow Room Boom single, released January 1968
16-17: Unreleased acetate, recorded circa July 1968
18-19: Promo vinyl pressing for Blinkers nightclub, circa late 1969
Train is teaming with Spice Girls singer Melanie C for a brand-new remix of their song “AM Gold.” The band teased of their upcoming release, “I’ll tell ya what I want, what I really really want… and it’s for the #AMGold (@tobtokmusic Remix) with @melaniecmusic to be out already.” The track drops on Friday.
Got a Mork & Mindy lunchbox? Pink is looking for one. “When I was a kid I had a mork and mindy lunchbox with matching thermos,” she tweeted Thursday. “Anyone have one they wanna sell me?” Soon after, she announced, “Thanks y’all! I knew I could count on you! Got it!”
Taylor Swift will be honored by the GRAMMY museum in a new exhibit, called The Power of Women in Country Music, which honors the genre’s biggest stars. Taylor will be featured alongside the likes of Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, and Maren Morris. The exhibit opens May 27 and runs through October.
Speaking of Taylor, Josh Groban is super-pumped she had a millipede named after her. He told TMZ, “I’m delighted for her, personally. That’s awesome! I love the animal kingdom! I’d love to have a bug named after me.” As previously reported, the Nannaria swiftae millipede, otherwise known as the Swift-claw millipede, was named after the “Shake It Off” singer.
Charlie Puth channeled Risky Business in his latest Instagram post, opting to wear just blue boxer briefs, socks and a loosely buttoned shirt — similar attire to what Tom Cruise wore in the 1983 movie classic. The “Light Switch” singer also threw in a thirst trap, sharing a photo of him just wearing those briefs.
Got a Mork & Mindy lunchbox? Pink is looking for one. “When I was a kid I had a mork and mindy lunchbox with matching thermos,” she tweeted Thursday. “Anyone have one they wanna sell me?” Soon after, she announced, “Thanks y’all! I knew I could count on you! Got it!”
Taylor Swift will be honored by the GRAMMY museum in a new exhibit, called The Power of Women in Country Music, which honors the genre’s biggest stars. Taylor will be featured alongside the likes of Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, and Maren Morris. The exhibit opens May 27 and runs through October.
PSY is teasing yet another song, this time called “Celeb,” featuring Bae Suzy from the K-pop group Miss A. The “Gangnam Style” rapper shared a colorful, 20-second teaser of the video for the upbeat song, which shows him parodying the lavish lifestyles of the rich and the famous. The track drops April 29 at 6 p.m. Korean time.
Thursday’s taping of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been canceled, following host Stephen Colbert‘s testing positive for COVID-19.
“Yep! I tested positive for Covid, but basically I’m feeling fine,” Colbert told fans on Twitter.
He added that he’s “grateful to be vaxxed and boosted,” and thanked fans for “the well wishes.”
The host also made a quip about one of tonight’s scheduled guests, writing, “This just proves that I will do anything to avoid interviewing Jason Bateman.”
The Late Show had already scheduled repeats for the rest of the week, and will return with new episodes starting May 2, according to the show’s Twitter feed.
Incidentally, Colbert’s fellow talk show hosts Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and James Corden all tested positive in January of this year, despite having also been vaccinated and boosted.
The German metallers have announced a listening event for their upcoming album that will be held in movie theaters across the globe on April 28.
Attendees will get to hear Zeit in its entirety, and in cutting-edge Dolby Atmos audio, ahead of the record’s official release on April 29. Additionally, the event will feature the premiere for the music video for the Zeit song “Angst.”
For the list of participating theaters and all ticket info, visit Rammstein.com.
Rammstein will launch their long-awaited North American stadium tour in August. The outing was originally planned for 2020 before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline is reporting that production on Being Mortal, a movie that was to star Bill Murray, is being halted while claims of the comedy legend’s alleged “inappropriate behavior” on set is investigated.
Parks and Rec vet Aziz Ansari was making his directorial debut on the project, which also stars Seth Rogen, and is based on Atul Gawande‘s nonfiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
The project was reportedly halfway done shooting before the red light was given, Deadline says.
The trade reports that a memo was sent from Searchlight Pictures to crew members on Wednesday night, updating them as to what was going on behind the scenes.
It read in part, “Late last week, we were made aware of a complaint, and we immediately looked into it. After reviewing the circumstances, it has been decided that production cannot continue at this time.”
The message thanked the crew, and added, “Our hope is to resume production and are working with Aziz…to figure out that timing.”
Gawande’s book deals with his experiences with end-of-life care and disease treatment as a surgeon, stressing the importance of patients living their life, even if they’re technically dying.
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If you’ve been wanting to own a home that once housed music royalty, you’re in luck. Madonna haslisted her sprawling Hidden Hills, California, estate that she previously bought from The Weeknd for a cool $26 million.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Madge purchased the home from the “Take My Breath” singer about a year ago for $19.3 million. The contemporary farmhouse offers nine bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and spans over 12,500 square feet. Not only that, the property boasts a separate, two-bedroom guest house on its nearly three-acre plot.
Additionally, Madonna reportedly renovated the barn so that its new owners can enjoy a private gym and dance-Pilates studio. In addition, the main house offers a home theater, music lounge, indoor/outdoor bar, infinity saltwater pool with adjacent 10-person hot tub, a steam shower, stone bath, a full-sized basketball court and an outdoor kitchen, among other expensive perks.
While the “Express Yourself” singer resided in the estate for a little over a year, The Weeknd previously called it home for four years after acquiring it in 2017. He listed the property in 2020.
