Puscifer has released a pair of new live albums, Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti and Billy D and The Hall of Feathered Serpents Featuring Money $hot.
The collections capture Maynard James Keenan and company’s two streaming concerts from the past year. Existential Reckoning premiered in October 2020 to celebrate Puscifer’s new album of the same name, while Billy D featured a full performance of the band’s 2015 album, Money $hot.
You can download both sets now via digital outlets.
The release of the albums coincides with the launch of Puscifer TV, an online collection of the group’s filmed performances and projects. Both Existential Reckoning and Billy D are available now for on-demand purchase and rental.
Physical editions of both concert films and their accompanying live albums are forthcoming.
One of the most anticipated sneak peeks of Friday’s Disney+ Day was a long-rumored preview of the upcoming Star Wars spin-off Obi-Wan Kenobi.
As part of its rollout of dozens of new titles and preview, the streaming service owned by ABC News’ parent company dropped its first look at the 2022 series.
“There’s a hunger for this character to come back,” star Ewan McGregor says in the clip. “The fans have been waiting long enough, you know?”
While the preview doesn’t show any new footage, it shows concept art for the series, which continues Kenobi’s story after the events of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. At the close of that film, Kenobi drops a newborn Luke Skywalker off with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on the desert planet Tatooine, promising Yoda he’ll watch over Luke from afar while in exile.
“It’s not safe,” Chow teases. “There’s Jedi hunters out there.”
The most fearsome one of all, of course, is Kenobi’s fallen former student, Anakin Skywalker. At the end of Episode III, Kenobi leaves him to his fate, burning alive and dismembered, after Kenobi defeats him on the lava planet Mustafar. But as fans know, Anakin is saved thanks to a frightening black suit and famously noisy breathing mask, and becomes Darth Vader.
As previously reported, Hayden Christensen will reprise his role as Vader.
“We couldn’t tell the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi without addressing Anakin or Vader,” director Deborah Chow insists.
Concept art hints the Jedi master and his former apprentice will cross lightsabers again. McGregor jokes, “To have another swing at each other, might be quite satisfying for everybody.”
Lady Gaga has had plenty of career highlights over the past 13 years or so, including winning an Oscar, performing at multiple award shows, touring the world and singing with everyone from Elton John to Tony Bennett. But according to her, the experience she had making her new movie tops them all.
In Ridley Scott‘s House of Gucci, Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani, who married into the Gucci family and then had her husband Maurizio Gucci killed after he dumped her for another woman. Gaga tells The New York Times that after the film was completed, she was “really emotional” that the experience was over..
“I joke with Ridley all the time, but I really experienced some type of attachment panic when I left set, I missed him so much,” Gaga explains. “I felt the way Patrizia felt, a life without Gucci was not a life worth living. The greatest time in her life was being a Gucci, and I can say to you, being done with this film, that the greatest time in my life was being a Gucci.”
“That’s how art and life line up,” she adds. “Ridley’s life is a masterpiece, and you’re lucky if you get to be a part of it.”
Gaga also addresses the headlines she’s made for stating that while making the movie, she stayed in character all the time, speaking in Patrizia’s Italian accent even when she wasn’t filming.
“It’s like muscle memory, so that when you’re in the scene, the accent is not in the way of the visceral quality of what’s happening in the room,” she says, explaining that she wanted to sound totally natural without thinking about it.. “It would have been harder for me to go in and out of character on set than to stay in it.”
Hot on the heels of his first-ever CMA Entertainer of the Year win, Luke Combs has announced another big first in his career.
On Friday, he revealed he’ll be playing three headlining stadium tour dates in the summer of 2022, marking his first stadium run as a headliner. Those shows will take place at NFL stadiums in Denver, Seattle and Atlanta.
The news comes just a couple of days after Luke’s big win at the 2021 CMAs, and just one day after he dropped his new song, “Doin’ This,” after debuting it on the CMAs stage. “Talk about a week!” Luke commented. “It will be hard to top this one.”
Joining Luke for the stadium shows will be opening acts Cody Johnson, Zach Bryan and Morgan Wade. Tickets go on sale to the general public next Friday, November 19, and members of Luke’s Bootleggers fan club will have access to a special pre-sale that Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m. local time.
Additionally, American Express card members will have early access on November 18 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time.
We may be getting a new Arctic Monkeys record next year.
In an interview with the BBC’s 5 Live Breakfast, drummer Matt Helders was asked whether the “Do I Wanna Know?” rockers had a new album “ready to go.” His response? “Pretty much, yeah.”
“It was sort of a bit disjointed how we had to do it,” Helders said of the recording process. “There’s bits to finish off and stuff. But yeah, it’s all in the works.”
Helders added that he “reckon[s]” the album will arrive in 2022.
“I think by the time we get everything together it’ll be next year,” he said “Hopefully then we can get out and tour next summer or something.”
Whenever it arrives, the next AM album will be the follow-up to 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
Newly crowned CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carly Pearce will join forces with country superstar Gabby Barrett this holiday season: The pair are co-hosting the 2021 edition of the annual CMA Country Christmas TV special.
Carly shared the news on her Instagram, along with a photo of the two women seated together in front of a roaring fire, wearing cozy holiday garb; Carly holds an acoustic guitar and Gabby’s got a microphone. Behind them, stockings hang from the mantelpiece and a Christmas tree decked out with ornaments stands over a mountain of wrapped gifts.
It’s both singers’ first time hosting a major TV special. The lineup for CMA Country Christmas hasn’t been announced yet, but it does have an air date: It’ll premiere on November 29 on ABC.
Gabby was a performer on last year’s show, singing “The First Noel.”
Chances are, your TV isn’t the standard IMAX screen size — some 52 by 72 feet — but Disney+ has released a slew of Marvel movies and other content in what it’s calling the IMAX Enhanced format on Friday’s Disney+ Day.
The films boast stunning picture quality, but also a different screen ratio than you might have gotten used to since the advent of widescreen TVs. Simply put, the movies play without the black “letterbox” borders at the top and bottom of your screen.
Technically, speaking, the movies appear in a 1.90:1 aspect ratio, vs. your standard 16:9, and will screen with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS audio, if your TV is compatible.
Thirteen Marvel films are now available in IMAX Enhanced, including the just-released to Disney+ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The others include Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Black Widow, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Josh Groban kicked off his residency at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Valentine’s Day of 2020 — the first of what was supposed to be many shows. Of course, a month later, the pandemic hit and everything was canceled. But now, Josh has announced that he’s finally returning to the famed venue next spring.
“We are BACK!” he tweeted Thursday. “With great excitement and gratitude I’ll return to @RadioCity April 7-9. Each show will be unique with special surprises, celebrating the vibrant and talented melting pot of NYC.”
On Instagram, he added, “All tickets from the original 2020 dates will be honored…and I’ll see you there to celebrate.” Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.
In addition to Josh performing his best-known songs and unexpected covers — such as Elton John‘s “Empty Sky” — that first show in 2020 featured a mix of comic, filmed video pieces and special guests, including Dr. Ruth Westheimer and an incredible cello player who Josh just happened to meet on the subway.
Kenya Moore is down for NeNe Leakes to return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Speaking with the New York Post, Kenya, 50, said, “I do think that she has a very interesting story to tell now, especially with the unfortunate passing of her husband [Gregg Leakes].”
Kenya added, “If it were up to her fans, they would say, ‘Absolutely yes, bring her back.’ She was a viable cast member for many, many years. [She’s] one of the OGs and you can’t take that away from the franchise.”
Kenya’s comment comes after longtime RHOA cast members Porsha Williams and Cynthia Bailey announced they would not be returning for season 14. Also, just last week, NeNe appeared on The Real and shared that she would be open to returning the Bravo reality series.
“Yeah, sure, I’ll return to the show,” she said at the time. “I’m OK with returning to the show as long as we can work through a few things.”
“I’m happy to return to the show,” she continued. “And besides, I have a lot of unfinished business with a couple of them that they confirmed on the show [during Season 13].”
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The Jacksons are among the many famous artists who will be performing on the 2022 edition of the Ultimate Disco Cruise, which sets sail from Miami on February 26 and visits two Mexico locales — Cozumel and Costa Maya — before returning to port on March 3.
The famed sibling group are making their return to the seagoing dance-music extravaganza after previously playing the cruise in 2020. Marlon Jackson tells ABC Audio that he and his brothers had “a really great time doing this cruise the first time,” so they’re looking forward to doing it again.
“[T]he people were nice, made me feel welcome, and made us feel at home,” Marlon notes.
Alongside The Jacksons on the lineup are KC and the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, The Spinners, The Ohio Players, Rose Royce, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Thelma Houston, A Taste of Honey, Hues Corporation and many more.
About The Jacksons’ performances on the cruise, Marlon says, “I think we’re adding a couple of different songs that we didn’t do last time.” Regardless of what the band plays, he insists, “We’ll have fun onstage. It’s all about just having fun.”
Marlon also points out that he and his brothers did an autograph-signing session on the last cruise, adding, “I’m sure we’ll probably do the same [on this one].” In addition, he expects to take part in a meet-and-greet session with fans, something he also did on the last cruise.
For fans considering going on next year’s Ultimate Disco Cruise, Marlon urges, “Come out and just have a great time…Have a party on the water!” He also points out that fans can get a discount on the price of the cruise by using the promo code “JACKSONSFAN.”
