Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has revealed the track list for his upcoming solo album, Earthling.
The record features 13 songs, including the previously released tunes “Long Way” and “The Haves.” A third cut, titled “Brother the Cloud,” will premiere this Friday, January 14.
Earthling, Vedder’s first solo effort since 2011’s Ukulele Songs, will arrive February 11. It was produced by Ozzy Osbourne‘s Ordinary Man collaborator Andrew Watt.
Next month, Vedder launches a U.S. tour with his solo band The Earthlings, which includes Watt, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, ex-RHCP guitarist and Pearl Jam touring member Josh Klinghoffer, Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, and singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. The outing kicks off February 3 in New York City.
Here’s the Earthling track list:
“Invincible”
“Long Way”
“Power of Right”
“Brother the Cloud”
“Fallout Today”
“The Dark”
“The Haves”
“Good and Evil”
“Rose of Jericho”
“Try”
“Picture”
“Mrs. Mills”
“On My Way”
Announcing the official tracklist for Eddie Vedder’s upcoming album, Earthling. The next single, “Brother the Cloud,” will be released on Friday, January 14th along with a digital pre-order for the album. Earthling will be released on Friday, February 11th. pic.twitter.com/EF6oQS6dEj
In his native U.K., Elton John scored three number-one hits in 2021. He wasn’t as lucky in the U.S., but he’s kicking off 2022 with his first stateside top 10 in 24 years.
After its release in August of 2021, Elton’s duet with Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” has jumped from number 20 to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The last time Elton was in the top 10 on this chart was back in 1998, with “Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997.”
“Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” features snippets of four Elton songs — “Sacrifice,” “Rocket Man,” “Kiss the Bride” and “Where’s the Shoorah?” — all mixed together by the Australian dance music act Pnau. It appears on his album The Lockdown Sessions.
The Scorpionswill release the the title track of their upcoming studio album, Rock Believer, as an advance single this Thursday, January 13, at 10 a.m. ET.
The veteran German hard rockers have debuted a snippet of the song at their TikTok and Facebook pages. In addition, if you pre-save the single, you can unlock a clip from the upcoming “Rock Believer” music video, which will premiere Tuesday, January 18, on YouTube.
The Scorpions also will be hosting a special after-party and Q&A event following the video’s premiere that will accessible to subscribers to the YouTube Premium service. You can submit questions for the band members now in the comments section of this Facebook post.
The “Rock Believer” single’s cover art was designed by longtime Beatles associate Klaus Voormann, who famously created the cover of the Fab Four’s classic 1966 album, Revolver, as well as playing bass on solo recordings by John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
You can get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Rock Believer album by watching a multiple part docuseries that’s being posted at the band’s YouTube channel.
Rock Believer will be released on February 25, and can be pre-ordered now.
Joseph Sikora, who was featured as Tommy Egan in Power, stars in the new trailer for Power Book IV: Force, which dropped Monday. In the clip, Egan, called “the crazy white boy,” has moved from New York City to Chicago and is making moves to take over the Windy City. When he’s told, “You’re not afraid of hell,” Tommy replies, “Sometimes I think I’m already there.” Power Book IV: Force premieres Sunday, February 6, at 9 p.m. ET on Starz.
In other news, EW.com previews the late Michael K. Williams starring in the second season of the Black Market TV series. Season two 2 of the show was still in production of when Williams died September 6 from a drug overdose. He was 54. Tracy Morgan, Rosie Perez and Felicia Pearson from The Wire will provide voice-overs for the last three episodes that Williams was unable to finish.
In the clip from the premiere episode, “Scam Likely,” the five-time Emmy nominee meets a crew of young hustlers running an unemployment fraud scam. The six-episode second season of Black Market premieres tonight, January 10, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Vice TV.
Finally, Idris Elba is leading a campaign to stop knife violence in London. The Golden Globe winner is involved in the initiative promoted by London’s Arsenal Football Club and Adidas. Elba appeared at Sunday’s Emirates FA Cup in London matching Arsenal against Nottingham Forrest.
“It’s absolutely in response to the knife crime crisis that we’ve got going on,” Elba said in an interview at the match. “Last year, 30 kids — I’m gonna say ‘kids’ — died senselessly over knife crime. And the year before that, and the year before that…It’s an ongoing problem. [Sportscaster] Ian [Wright] and I teamed up with Arsenal and Adidas to make a point and say something about it.”
(NEW YORK) — The deadly blaze that tore through a New York City building in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx has left many residents homeless, displaced or in need of basic necessities that they lost in the tragedy.
The fire killed at least 17 people, including eight children, and injured more than 60 others, according to the New York City Fire Department.
The community has quickly gotten to work to address the demand of those in need by raising money and stockpiling donations for the cause.
Here are some ways to support the efforts:
Bronx Fire Relief Drive
Local elected leaders are collecting donations for impacted families.
According to Mark Levine, a New York City council member, the prioritized items are gift cards, new and unworn clothing and outerwear, diapers, baby items, packaged foods, bottled water, hygiene products and toiletries.
Donations can be brought to any of these locations in the Bronx:
-Monroe College Ustin Hall at 2375 Jerome Avenue. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
-State Sen. Gustavo Rivera’s office at 2432 Grand Concourse, Suite 506. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
-Assembly member Yudelka Tapia’s office at 2175C Jerome Avenue. Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
-Council member Oswald Feliz’s office 573 East Fordham Road. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
Mayor Eric Adams and the City of New York are raising money for those affected by the tragedy on the NYC government website.
“Your cash donation will enable the distribution of emergency relief supplies and provide support for the victims and their families,” the website states. “Your entire donation will go towards helping those impacted by the fire.”
Community organizers hold Bronx Fire Victims Drive
Necessities are also being collected by community leaders at the Bronx office of the NYC Department of Education.
The Bronx Community Foundation
The Bronx Community Foundation, a local philanthropic operation that focuses on economic and social justice community building in the borough, said it is joining efforts to serve those impacted and is accepting donations.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbors, families and friends impacted by today’s devastating fire in the Bronx,” the organization shared in a tweet. “As the needs of residents are shared with The Bronx Community Foundation, we will support wherever we can.”
(NEW YORK) — Robert Durst, a convicted murder who was awaiting trial on a separate murder charge, died of natural causes while in custody early Monday morning, his lawyer said.
Durst, 78, was sentenced to life in prison in October 2021 for the first-degree murder of his friend, Susan Berman, who was shot and killed in 2000 in her Los Angeles home.
Days after his sentencing, Durst was charged with the murder of his wife, Kathie Durst, who disappeared near their Westchester County, New York, home in 1982. Her body was never found.
Prosecutors allege Durst killed Susan Berman in 2000 because he feared his close friend would reveal details of Kathie Durst’s death.
The Westchester County District Attorney’s office said it plans to hold a news conference on the Kathie Durst case “in the coming days.”
“After 40 years spent seeking justice for her death, I know how upsetting this news must be for Kathleen Durst’s family,” Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah said in a statement. “We had hoped to allow them the opportunity to see Mr. Durst finally face charges for Kathleen’s murder.”
Robert Abrams, an attorney for Kathie Durst’s family, said Monday that he’ll provide an update on Jan. 31, 2022 — the 40th anniversary of Kathie Durst’s disappearance.
Durst was also charged in the 2001 killing of his neighbor, Morris Black, in Galveston, Texas. Durst’s lawyers argued the real estate heir shot Black in self-defense and then dismembered Black’s body. Durst was acquitted.
Durst died of natural causes at 6:44 a.m. local time at an outside hospital, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
Durst’s lawyer, Chip Lewis, said in a statement Monday, “We understand that his death was due to natural causes associated with the litany of medical issues we had repeatedly reported to the court over the last couple of years.”
Durst was hospitalized in October 2021 with COVID-19. Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, said at the time that the real estate heir was on a ventilator.
In August 2021, during testimony in the Susan Berman trial, Durst detailed his health ailments, including esophageal and bladder cancers, chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. He spoke with a raspy, weak voice, impacted by surgery for his esophageal cancer and COPD.
Robert Durst was the eldest son of wealthy New York City real estate investor and developer Seymour Durst. Robert Durst was long estranged from his family and his brother, Douglas Durst, is currently the chairman of the Durst Organization.
ABC News’ Aaron Katersky and Meredith Deliso contributed to this report.
(NEW YORK) — The coldest air of the season is moving into the Northeast on Monday night, sending temperatures plummeting by Tuesday morning.
The wind chill — what temperature it feels like — is forecast to plunge Tuesday morning to minus 5 degrees in New York, minus 14 degrees in Boston and minus 24 degrees in Burlington, Vermont.
In Boston, where the wind chill is expected to stay below zero all day long, public schools will be closed Tuesday.
By 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the wind chill will only inch up to minus 3 degrees in Boston, 6 degrees in New York and 9 degrees in Philadelphia.
The Midwest and the South will also be feeling the freeze Tuesday morning. The wind chill is forecast to fall to minus 5 degrees in Chicago, minus 2 degrees in Detroit, minus 15 degrees in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 20 degrees in Nashville and 27 degrees in Atlanta.
But the brutal cold won’t last long — temperatures are expected to rebound by Wednesday.
Not long ago, Selena Gomez revealed that she’d gotten a huge new tattoo on her back that depicts a rose — and that her friend Cara Delevigne had gotten the same tattoo on her side. Now we know why.
Appearing on Live with Kelly & Ryan on Monday, Selena explained that Cara, who she describes as “one of my best friends” and who she says she’s known since she was 16, calls her by the nickname “Rosebud.” “I’ve always wanted a rose, and now I got one and I love it,” Selena laughed.
But it turns out that Cara, who’ll be appearing in the second season of Selena’s show Only Murders in the Building, isn’t the only one with whom Selena is tattoo-twinning.
“I have, actually, multiple tattoos with people who have honestly left a significant mark on my life,” she revealed. “I have one with Julia Michaels” — who co-wrote many of Selena’s hits — “my mom and my best friends.”
And in a case of art imitating life, in Only Murders in the Building, Selena’s character, Mabel, and her friends all happen to have the same tattoo.
Betty White‘s cause of death has reportedly been revealed.
According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, the Golden Girls icon died due to a cerebrovascular accident, otherwise known as a stroke. She had reportedly suffered the stroke six days before her death.
White’s agent, Jeff Witjas, tells ABC News that he was not aware of the apparent stroke at the time, leading him to believe it was minor. He says he has not seen the death certificate and did not learn of the alleged cause of death until the TMZ report.
Witjas maintains that White was “talking and coherent” in the days preceding her death and that she died peacefully in her sleep.
White passed away on December 31 at age 99. She would’ve been turning 100 on January 17.
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it is reducing hours at some COVID-19 testing sites due to staffing shortages.
The decision comes despite warnings from experts about the importance of COVID testing to keep up with the surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant.
“On Monday, some SFDPH-affiliated sites will temporarily reduce testing hours due to challenges beyond our control,” the department tweeted Sunday. “Please check your health system first for testing. Do not go to the ER for tests.”
In a statement released Monday, SFPDH said it expects testing capacity will only be reduced “by about 4%, or approximately 250 tests per day out of the current 7-day average of 6,000 tests per day at SFDPH-affiliated sites.”
Additionally, only four sites are being impacted by reduced hours and the department insists the change is temporary.
It’s unclear how many workers are out sick. San Francisco Mayor London Breed revealed last week that more than 400 city employees were out due to either COVID-19 infections or isolation after potential exposure.
It comes as San Francisco is recording an average of 1,245 new cases per day, which is the highest ever since the pandemic began and a 1,600% increase from one month ago, city data shows.
Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, told ABC News he is worried the reduced hours will mean that COVID-19 cases are missed.
“It’s going to have a terrible impact,” he said. “It reminds me of early March 2020 when we didn’t have enough testing. Of course we have a lot more tests numerically, but the proportion seems to be the same because the percentage of those needing testing is definitely not met by the number of available tests.”
Matt Haney, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, said reducing the hours of operation at COVID-19 testing sites is unacceptable.
“It was already hard to get a test in San Francisco and now it just got harder and that’s unacceptable,” he told ABC News. “Our department of public health had expanded capacity at a number of sites. But it wasn’t enough. Now they’re cutting back because of staffing shortages.”
Testing capacity has been stretched to an all-time high, according to SFDPH.
Haney, however, argued that testing sites need to make sure they are consistently meeting demand.
“The level of demand for tests exceeds anything we had seen,” he said. “Health officials also feel the private providers need to do more testing. I think all of those things are true, yet our residents need our public health department to step up and get the job done.”
Haney wants to call a hearing on testing to get more answers on why it’s been so difficult for residents to get tests.
“You may have heard that people are calling 911 to get tested,” he said. “When people get exposed or they’re not feeling well, if the county tells them go to get a test and then they can’t get tested, that’s freaking them out and they’re calling 911 — and our 911 lines are overwhelmed because what people are being told to do can’t be done.”
There are ways to prevent the staffing shortages from having a large impact, according to Chin-Hong, such as deploying the National Guard to sites, which Gov. Gavin Newsom did over the weekend.
“There are also some creative strategies like utilizing student volunteers who are in health professions, like medicine, nursing, pharmacy, to go out,” he said. “They have some medical background. It’s kind of an all hands on deck perspective. It doesn’t take a lot of training to do a swab; people do that at-home after all.”
He also recommended that testing sites become more diverse and be expanded to offices, community centers and banks.
