Dave Mustaine shared a preview of the next Megadeth album in a recent Cameo for a fan.
In the video, which was posted to YouTube, Mustaine plays a clip of a track called “Life in Hell” as a special holiday treat for the Cameo recipient.
“I think that makes you the first person in the outside world, outside of the studio and the band and my family, that’s heard any music from the new record,” Mustaine tells the fan.
Megadeth’s next album, titled The Sick, the Dying…and the Dead!, is expected to arrive in spring 2022. It’s the follow-up to 2016’s Dystopia, and will be Megadeth’s first record to follow the firing of bassist David Ellefson, who was let go from the band after sexually explicit videos of him leaked online.
Maddie & Tae are hitting pause on their upcoming tour.
The duo has announced via Instagram that they are postponing dates on the CMT Next Women of Country: All Song No Static Tour “out of precaution” as Taylor Kerr, who is pregnant, has been placed on temporary bed rest. The singers assure that both the mother and baby are “doing great.”
“As excited as we are to get out on the road and see everyone, we are holding off on our return a little bit longer,” Maddie & Tae write. “We appreciate your understanding and we’ll be back on tour with new music as soon as we can!”
The CMT Next Women of Country Tour was scheduled to kick off on January 6 and continue through February 12. The duo says that the rescheduled dates will be unveiled soon, closing the message by telling fans “we love you.”
Tae announced in November that she and her husband, hit songwriter Josh Kerr, are expecting their first child, a girl, in spring 2022.
Maddie & Tae are set to release their new album, Through the Madness Vol. 1, on January 28.
Britney Spears laid out another lengthy Instagram post Monday addressing why she’s no longer doing music.
The singer said she’s not making or performing new music because of the “awful things” that were done to her.
“So much wasted time to only embarrass me and humiliate me and I guess it seems odd to most now why I don’t even do music anymore,” she wrote.
She added that after what she’s been through, she’s “scared of people and the business.”
“They really hurt me!!!!!!” she said. “Not doing music anymore is my way of saying ‘F*** you’ in a sense when it only actually benefits my family by ignoring my real work.”
Britney also addressed one of her since-deleted posts from last week, in which she listed some of her accomplishments and promised to be her “own cheerleader.” She admitted to having “serious insecurities” and felt she may have come across as an “obnoxious 8 year old” by rattling off her career milestones, but she explained why she did it.
“Honestly my family embarrassed me and hurt me deeply… so tooting my own horn and seeing my past accomplishments reflecting back at me actually helped!!!!” she wrote.
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Jared Leto has shared a tribute to his late Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée.
In a tweet alongside a photo of him alongside Vallée, the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman wrote, “A filmmaking force and a true artist who changed my life with a beautiful movie called Dallas Buyers Club.”
“Much love to everyone who knew him,” Leto added. “Life is precious.”
The photo shows Leto holding the Golden Globe he won for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. His performance also earned him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Vallée died unexpectedly over the weekend at age 58, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Along with Dallas Buyers Club, Vallée directed films including Wild and The Young Victoria, as well as the TV series Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects.
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Miranda Lambert is continuing to demonstrate her LGBTQIA+ allyship by contributing a song to the new season of Queer Eye.
As an end-of-year gift for fans, Miranda has revealed that she’s written and recorded the song “Y’all Means All” for the show’s upcoming season, set for release on New Years Eve.
Filmed in the country superstar’s home state of Texas, season six of Queer Eye follows Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski and Bobby Berk as they provide fashion and lifestyle makeovers to a person who is transitioning, a honky tonk owner, a group of high school seniors attending prom and more.
The latest trailer features a clip of Miranda’s inclusivity-themed track, in which she sings, “If your life is like a tornado/All you need is a smoke and a rainbow” before chanting “y’all means all.”
“Here’s one last surprise for y’all this year! A new song “Y’all Means All” will be out on 12/31 to celebrate the new season of @QueerEye that filmed all in Texas!” the hit singer writes on Twitter.
“OMG We partnered with THE country music queen @mirandalambert for her new song Y’all Means All debuting alongside S6 on 12/31,” the Queer Eye account shares.
Earlier this year, Miranda released a video for the remix of “Tequila Does” featuring her brother, Luke, and his husband, Marc. She has also attended Pride parades with the couple.
Michael Bublé may be Mr. Christmas, but this year, he’s fine with saying goodbye to the holiday season, because he’s got something new coming down the pike.
Michael has posted a Claymation video on his socials that shows him walking up to a turntable that’s playing his version of “Jingle Bells,” taking the record off and throwing it away. He then replaces it with a new record, which we’ll get to hear on January 14, 2022. From the snippet that plays, it seems to be a song called “I’ll Never Not Love You.”
Michael’s new album is due in 2022 and he’s already said he feels as though it’s the best one he’s ever done. As previously reported, he’ll celebrate the new album with a limited engagement at Resorts World in Las Vegas that runs from April 27 to May 7.
Nonpoint has premiered the video “Back in the Game,” a track off the band’s new EP, Ruthless.
The clip, streaming now on YouTube, captures footage from Elias Soriano and company’s recent run of live shows, and showcases the group’s dedicated fanbase.
“This song sums up our view on how we approached independence from the very beginning,” Soriano says. “We will be small but mighty.”
“Like the song says, ‘I may be one man, but I’m a death squad,'” he adds. “We give everything we got with ultimate absolution.”
Ruthless is out now. The five-track collection also includes the previously released single “Ruthless” and a cover of Prince’s “When Doves Cry.”
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Another Broadway show bites the dust due to COVID-19.
The Temptations musical Ain’t Too Proud announced it will be closing for good next month, after the latest pandemic surge forced the show to cancel performances.
“Come groove with us one last time on Broadway!” the show tweeted Tuesday. “The Tony-winning Ain’t Too Proud will play its final performance on Broadway January 16, 2022. Don’t miss your chance to see us in our final three weeks.”
Ain’t Too Proud has not run since December 15, but hopes to resume shows tonight.
Jagged Little Pill, Waitress and the play Thoughts of a Colored Man all announced last week that they were closing amid rising COVID-19 cases.
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Bebe Rexha is a champion of body positivity, but even she has days where she doesn’t feel her best.
In an emotional TikTok video posted Monday, captioned “Honest update,” the singer admits she’s struggling to feel comfortable in her own body.
“So it is the holidays and I know we’re all supposed to be, like, merry and like, ‘Yay, it’s the holidays,’ which I am … ish,”she says. “I think I am the heaviest I have ever been. I weighed myself just now and I don’t feel comfortable sharing the weight ’cause I feel embarrassed.”
“I just feel disgusting, you know, like in my own body,” she adds, tearing up.
Bebe explains that’s the reason why she hasn’t posted much to social media over the past year. She acknowledged that she’s struggling with how to help herself and love herself, sparking a ton of supportive and understanding comments from fans.
Back in June, Bebe posted a viral TikTok video of herself in lingerie, asking viewers to “normalize” weighing 165 pounds. And earlier this month, she posted a video in front of the Christmas tree wearing a red bra and captioning it “Who said curvy girls can’t wear lingerie?”
