After four years away from the road, The Gaslight Anthem is back.
The New Jersey band will launch a headline tour on September 13 in Portland, Oregon. Right now, shows are scheduled through a October 5 concert in Washington, D.C., with more dates to be announced. Ticket details and dates are available at TheGaslightAnthem.com.
The tour news comes nearly seven years after Gaslight went on an indefinite hiatus in 2015, a year after the release of their most recent album, 2014’s Get Hurt. The group briefly reunited in 2018 for a run of shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their beloved 2008 album,The ’59 Sound.
As previously reported, frontman Brian Fallonannounced Friday that The Gaslight Anthem would be “returning to full time status as a band” and are “beginning to write new songs for what will be our sixth LP.” He added, “We’re very much looking forward to the future and seeing you all again. We want to thank you for staying with us.”
Fallon, whose fourth solo album, Night Divine, came out in November, also said that unfortunately, the band would not do a tour to mark the 10th anniversary of their 2012 album Handwritten.
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Kim Kardashian has responded to the backlash she received after telling women to hustle harder.
Kardashian told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts in a new interview that the comments she made in a Variety profile earlier this month were “taken out of context.”
In the profile, Kardashian, who turned her reality TV fame into a business empire, said, “I have the best advice for women in business. Get your f***ing a** up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.”
The comments sparked criticism, with some online commenters calling out the privilege they say may have helped the SKIMS founder’s success.
Kardashian’s quote was even the center of a joke made at Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, with co-host Regina Hall repeating it to Best Supporting Actress nominee Dame Judi Dench.
“This is a quote from Kim Kardashian: ‘Work harder.’ That’s what we need you to do,” Hall jokingly said to Dench.
In an interview over the weekend ahead of the premiere of her family’s new Hulu show, The Kardashians, Kim said of her quote, “It wasn’t a blanket statement towards women or to feel like I don’t respect the work or think that they don’t work hard. I know that they do. It was taken out of context, but I’m really sorry if it was received that way.”
Kardashian explained that she had previously been asked in the Variety interview about being “famous for being famous,” which she said caused her to answer so forcefully.
“That statement that I said was without questions and conversation around it, and it became a soundbite really with no context,” said Kardashian.
She added, “That soundbite came off of the notion and the question right before, which was, ‘After 20 years of being in the business, you’re famous for being famous,’ and my whole tone and attitude changed with the previous question that went into that question about what advice would you give to women.”
Kardashian’s new interview with Roberts will premiere as part of an ABC News primetime special on April 6 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will air the next day on Hulu. The special includes new interviews with Kim, Khloe and KourtneyKardashian and their “momager,” Kris Jenner.
Cardi B’s 2018 debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy, has yet again garnered more accolades.
The album’s success started with the Recording Industry Association of America 10-times Platinum-certified hit “Bodak Yellow.” Now it’s reached the history-making feat of every song certified at least Platinum by the RIAA. That makes the Grammy-winning rapper the first female artist to achieve the milestone, after smashing her initial record as the first female artist to have every track on an album RIAA-certified Gold.
The honors certainly don’t stop there. Since her rise as one of the greatest rap musicians of today, Cardi has consistently dropped chart-topping records, including 2020’s seven-times Platinum anthem “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, which debuted at number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100. Invasion of Privacy also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
The “Be Careful” rapper has also collaborated on chart-topping singles like the RIAA Diamond-certified song “I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, the Gold-certified “Rumors,” with Lizzo, and Normani‘s “Wild Side,” which is also RIAA-certified Gold.
“I’m young and I’m paid! My hubby paid, my kids are healthy and beautiful, my family is lit wit no worries, my friends are loyal. Im living my life to the fullest!!” Cardi recently said on Twitter.
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to the ratings for Sunday night’s Oscars telecast.
First, the good: the telecast saw a 56% jump in viewership from last year, according to Nielsen numbers quoted by Variety. Some 15.36 million people watched the show, which was hosted by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall.
That said, that audience is the second-least-watched and second-lowest-rated Academy Awards in history, the trade explains. That’s the bad news.
By comparison, the 2019 broadcast, the Oscars’ first host-free event, drew 29.6 million viewers.
1998’s Academy Awards telecast, which saw Titanic win Best Picture, was the highest rated in history: It drew 55.3 million viewers.
(BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — Americans returning from trips overseas are often greeted by border officers with a “welcome home.” But Abdirahman Aden Kariye, a Muslim American imam living in Bloomington, Minnesota, says there have been no such greetings for him.
Kariye, a son of refugees who came to the U.S. from Somalia, told ABC News that his airport experiences are defined by a deep sense of anxiety. He claims he is often “singled out” and taken into private rooms for hours-long interrogations by U.S. border officers.
“I’ve been stopped many times, almost 90 percent of the time,” Kariye said, recounting his experience traveling domestically and internationally.
But over the past few years, he alleges these additional screenings upon his return from international trips were coupled with a barrage of questions scrutinizing his religious beliefs and practices.
“Those experiences made me feel that I had to make myself less visible as a Muslim,” Kariye said, claiming that the questioning brought on so much anxiety that while traveling he stopped praying at the airport, stopped carrying religious texts written in Arabic and even stopped wearing his kufi, a brimless cap that some Muslim men wear around the world.
“I feel like I don’t have the freedom to be a Muslim in America,” he added.
Some of the questions asked by U.S. border officers, according to Kariye, included what type of Muslim he is, whether he’s Sunni or Shia, how many times a day he prays, what mosque he attends, his views on a particular Muslim scholar, whether he listens to music, whether he studies Islam and where he studied Islam.
“When you ask these types of questions about my personal beliefs … you’re telling me that you have a suspicion about Muslims, that they are, you know, inherently a threat to national security,” Kariye said.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of Kariye and two other Muslim Americans who allegedly experienced similar religious questioning at the border.
The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. border officials in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of Kariye, Mohamad Mouslli and Hameem Shah, who allege that they were subjected on multiple occasions to detailed questions about their religion by border officers.
Shah is a U.S. citizen who lives in Plano, Texas and works in financial services, while Mouslli works in commercial real estate and lives in Gilbert, Arizona, with his wife and three children, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit contends that the questions violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights by violating their First Amendment right to freedom of religion, as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a law passed by Congress in 1993.
“Because this questioning imposes substantial pressure on the plaintiffs to hide their religious expression when they’re traveling – to alter it at the airport, and because it serves no legitimate law enforcement purpose, it violates the [RFRA], and it also violates the Constitution,” Ashley Gorski, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s National Security Project, told ABC News.
ABC News reached out to DHS and CBP but requests for comment were not returned.
Kariye said that he was questioned about his religious beliefs and practices during at least five separate incidents at various airports upon returning to the U.S. from trips and vacations overseas between Sept. 12, 2017, to Jan. 1, 2022.
“By asking intrusive questions about Islamic religious beliefs, practices, and associations, the U.S. government is conveying disapproval of Islam,” Gorski said. “It is conveying a stigmatizing message; it’s saying that it views adherence to these religious beliefs and practices as inherently suspicious.”
According to the lawsuit, Kariye has been experiencing “travel issues consistent with placement on a U.S. government watchlist” since 2013.
When traveling for vacation or to visit family overseas, Kariye said that he frequently can’t print his boarding pass at the self-service kiosk until an airline employee makes a call to obtain clearance from a supervisor or government agency – a process that has taken up to two hours, the lawsuit alleges. And upon receiving his boarding pass, the travel document is marked “SSSS,” which stands for “Secondary Security Screening Selection.”
Kariye said that he doesn’t know why he might have been placed on this list.
Gorski said that Mouslli, one of the two other plaintiffs in the lawsuit, has also had similar travel issues and while “the government doesn’t confirm or deny someone’s placement on a watch list,” both men had “a series of repeated experiences that are consistent with placement on the watch list.”
Kariye said that some of those experiences in a post-9/11 America have made him feel that, as a Muslim, he is seen as “less American.” He said that he hopes by speaking out he can empower others who have had similar experiences.
“The important thing is that we want to change the condition of our Muslim community here in America. We are American, we are here to live here and be part of this American experience,” Kariye said.
“For me, I see this as part of my service as an imam – to be a voice for those who don’t have one and advocate for justice.”
ABC News’ Luke Barr and Quinn Owen contributed to this report.
Breland is calling on a few of his famous friends to support a cause close to his heart.
The “My Truck” hitmaker has organized a benefit concert for the Oasis Center that will take place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on April 12, with Kane Brown, Russell Dickerson and Mickey Guyton set to perform. Also on the bill are Lady A‘s Charles Kelley, Brittney Spencer, RaeLynn, duo Seaforth and trio Restless Road, the latter of whom are signed to Kane’s label imprint, 1021 Entertainment.
The show will raise money for the Nashville-based organization that provides services to youth, including crisis intervention and community engagement.
“Oasis Center does incredible work with youth in crisis, and their impact on the Nashville community and beyond is unmatched,” Breland reflects in a statement. “I can’t think of a better location to celebrate and raise money for this amazing organization than the Mother Church itself. Every artist I have joining me at the Ryman represents the same altruistic ideals as the Oasis Center, and I’m so excited to share the stage with them.”
The New Jersey native is currently inching his way to the top of the country charts as a featured collaborator on Dierks Bentley‘s “Beers on Me.” He’s also teamed up with Thomas Rhett on his own single, “Praise the Lord.”
It’s no April Fool’s joke! Harry Styles is back and getting ready to launch his all-new music era with his first single coming out this Friday.
Sharing a series of photos Monday of his back turned to the camera while wearing a shimmering red tank top, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer teased, “As It Was. April 1.”
The track will mark the first single off of Harry’s forthcoming third studio album, Harry’s House, which is due out May 20. The offering, which will include 13 all new songs, is ready for pre-order now.
Not much else is known about the Grammy winner’s new album or single — as is whether or not the photos are purely promotional or a teaser of something more, like a music video.
Harry’s House comes nearly three years after the “Sign of the Times” singer released his critically acclaimed effort Fine Line in December 2019, which featured the hits “Adore You,” Lights Up,” “Golden,” “Treat People with Kindness” and “Watermelon Sugar.”
Harry is still promoting this record on his Love On Tour global trek, which recently wrapped its North American leg. The venture resumes in June for its European portion before wrapping December 10 in Brazil.
It is unknown at this time if he intends to include tracks from his forthcoming album on his current tour.
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Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza co-founder Perry Farrell has posted a touching video message on his Facebook page in which he discusses his friendship with late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died Friday at age 50.
Blabbermouth.net reports that Farrell recorded the five-minute message on Saturday, and it was played Sunday during the Lollapalooza Brasil festival, where Foo Fighters had been scheduled to play a headlining set.
“Taylor Hawkins…was my best friend — beloved in my home by my wife, my children, even my dogs,” Farrell begins his tribute. “He was one of the most passionate drummers I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. When I think of him, I sum it up with one word: velocity. He had the gift to maintain a confident striking and stroking velocity on drums.”
Perry continues, “There’s a large part of my heart that I had reserved for him. I accepted him into my heart when we became friends because he was such a pure guy, so pure of heart…I would receive texts from Taylor. There were always bits and pieces of songs he was writing or looking to write or wanted me to listen to. I got music tidbits as often as I got ‘I love you’s.”
Farrell goes on to explain that their mutual passion for music was the “common ground” that served as a basis for their friendship.
He concludes, “The only sense that I could make of the tragedy is to know that Taylor’s now in heaven; he can hear us. What I’m gonna do from this day forward is to try to make music that I think Taylor would really love.”
The video also features footage of Perry and Taylor singing Queen‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody” together accompanied by a street musician playing piano.
Mariah Carey has teamed up with Atlanta rapper Latto and DJ Khaled on a remix of Latto’s hit single “Big Energy.”
The hot new track, which opens with Mariah hitting her legendary high note, was released on Monday — just three days after the arrival of Latto’s second studio album, 777.
“Ima be ya fantasy, you ain’t gone believe this/ hol’ up, got Mimi on the remix,” Latto raps on the track.
The rapper also took to Twitter to respond to fans’ questions about the collaboration.
“I originally thought Mariah for the remix back in like November when it first started going up but didn’t think I could get her realistically… fast fwd I said f*** it and reached out. She was down,” Latto said.
Once Mariah was locked in for the feature, Latto admitted that she was “sooooo nervous” to work alongside her.
“I was like what do I say y’all lol but the conversation just floweddd she was so genuine and I definitely was overthinking,” she explained.
Latto also sent out a tweet to Mariah on Sunday wishing Carey a Happy Birthday and thanking her for her “LEGENDARY VOCALS & ALL THE ADVICE YOU GAVE ME.”
Mariah responded by tweeting, “So excited for this moment dahhhhllling!!!!! So happy and proud of you and all you’re accomplishing!!! But I don’t have BIRTHDAYS! ‘It’s my anniversary!!!’ Congratulations Beautiful.”
Latto also wrote that the best part of working with the “Fantasy” singer was “HEARING HER HIT THAT HIGH NOTE IN PERSON!!!!”
While the Denis Villeneuve film Dune scored six Oscars Sunday night, he and the craftspeople behind it are already working on its sequel.
Backstage at the Oscars Sunday night, with his newly-engraved Academy Award in hand, cinematographer Greig Fraser dropped some hints about the follow-up. Fraser has logged an impressive filmography of late, having spent time behind the camera not only for the sci-fi epic, but also The Batman, Rogue One: A Star Wars story, The Mandalorian, and the Oscar winning Zero Dark Thirty.
“Well, I can’t give you any scoops, I hate to say it,” Fraser said, adding with a smile, “I’ve been trained by the House of the Mouse at Lucasfilm to not give you any scoops, so I won’t tell you anything beyond that.”
He continued, “But I can tell you that this is a bigger story. I read the script, and I’m more blown away by this script than I was by Part One.”
Fraser also said, “I’m more excited. In fact, I was sitting in a meeting with Denis and Patrice and Paul [Dune‘s Oscar winning production designer Patrice Vermette and VFX supervisor Paul Lambert] the other day at Denis’ house, talking about this film. And I turned to Denis, and said, ‘I can’t believe these people pay us to do this. Like this is ridiculous. They pay us to make these movies, which are so exciting and so amazing.'”
Fraser allowed, “So I can tell you it’s bigger and better and amazing, so I apologize for not giving you more than that.”
