During an Instagram Live session over the weekend, captured by a fan on Twitter, frontman Matt Bellamy shared a teaser of a new Muse song, and boy is it heavy. Not just “Knights of Cydonia” or “Hysteria” heavy — we’re talking screaming vocals and giant, chugging breakdown guitar riffs heavy.
To demonstrate the track’s raw metal power, the clip shows what appears to be Bellamy’s son Bingham headbanging along as it plays in the background.
Muse teased over the summer that a new album was in the works. The trio’s most recent effort is 2018’s Simulation Theory.
Chris YoungĀ gave his dad the ultimate Christmas present this year.Ā
On Monday, the hit singer shared aĀ videoĀ that shows him gifting his father,Ā Michael Harris, a new truck. In the clip, Chris is seen leading his dadĀ outside where he’s surprised to see a new silver ChevroletĀ sitting in the driveway. A look of disbelief is splashed across Michael’s face as he realizes it’s for him.
The video also includes a close-up shot of the shiny new truck in a parking lot before it’s delivered to Michael. The father and son share a heartfelt hug asĀ Michael Buble‘s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” plays in the background.Ā
“My dad has been driving the same truck for well over a decade. I decided he needed a new one this year. I love you dad!” Chris writes alongside the heartwarming video.Ā
“You are the best,” one fan praises in the comments, while another writes, “The way he looked at you! Youāre a good son!”
“Beautiful truck! I am sure your dad is very deserving of your gift,” shares another fan.Ā
Chris has been open about his close relationship with his dad, who battled lung cancer in 2009 and has since been in remission.
The rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19 has forced some Broadway shows to temporarily close, or even shutter for good.Ā However, David Byrne is using the situation to take his show, American Utopia, in a different creative direction.
Several members of the show’s company tested positive and are isolating at home so, as Byrne says in a statement, “Weāve chosen to make some creative changes to enable us to put on a show.ā
Ā āWhat we are doing could be called ‘Unplugged,’ or maybe ‘Unchained,’ he explains, referring to the fact that the show takes place on a bare stage surrounded by curtains made of chains.
Ā āWe are adding some songs by Talking Heads as well as songs from my solo catalog, that will supplement songs already in American Utopia,” Byrne continues. “I know itās going to be a ‘Once in a Lifetime’ experience, that will only be seen for a few performances. We are ready to have a good time!ā
This week, American Utopia has shows scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, plus Saturday and Sunday, January 1 and 2.Ā Tickets are on sale through April 3, 2022 at via AmericanUtopiaBroadway.com.
Warner Bros. just dropped a surprise Christmas present for Batman fans: a brand-new trailer for The Batman.
Titled “The Bat and The Cat,” the two-and-a-half-minute trailer is less moody and atmospheric than the first two, focusing instead on the relationship between Robert Pattinson‘s Bruce Wayne/Batman, and ZoĆ« Kravitz‘s Selina Kyle/Catwoman.Ā After an initial meeting during which kicks and punches fly, the pair appear to team up to do battle, with lots of action to show for it.
“The bat and the cat,” says Selina. “It’s got a nice ring to it.”
There are also suggestions that The Batman‘s main villain, The Riddler, played by Paul Dano, may know what Bruce Wayne does at night, as well as hints of a Wayne family secret that even Bruce was unaware of, based on a glimpse of a scene between Pattinson and Andy Serkis, who plays Alfred.
The new trailer comes barely two months after the second trailer dropped October 16 during DC FanDome.
The Batman, also starring Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, John Turturro and Peter Sarsgaard, premieres March 4.
Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant reunited with acclaimed country-bluegrass artist Alison Krauss in 2021 to record a new collaborative album titled Raise the Roof, a follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2007 duets collection, Raising Sand.
Like its predecessor, the 12-track Raise the Roof collection was produced by T Bone Burnett and features mostly cover songs.
The album includes renditions of tunes by Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, British folk legend Bert Jansch and many others. Raise the Roof also features a new original tune called “High and Lonesome” that Plant co-wrote with Burnett.
Among the contributors to Raise the Roof were a few musicians who also appeared on Raising Sand — drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarist Marc Ribot and bassist Dennis Crouch. Other collaborators on the record included Los Lobos guitarist David Hidalgo, lauded jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, and Robert’s Band of Joy collaborator Buddy Miller.
Raise the Roof was released on November 19 and debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200. Plant and Krauss have promoted the album by appearing in pre-recorded in-studio performance segments that have been shown on a variety of television shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS Saturday Morning and PBS NewsHour. They also shot an episode of NPR’s popular online performance series Tiny Desk Concert.
The duo also announced that they’ll hit the road together next year, starting with a U.S. tour leg that kicks off June 1 in Canandaigua, New York, and runs through a June 16 show in Atlanta.
Raising Sand, Plant and Krauss’ first duets album, won five Grammys in 2009, including Album of the Year.
The Champagne Papi became the Christmas Papi for December 25.
DrakeĀ surprised random people on the streets of his Toronto hometown by handing out large stacks of 20-dollar bills on Christmas. The āTake Careā rapper was seen in a TwitterĀ videoĀ giving out money as he rode in the back seat of a Mercedes Maybach.
ā@Champagnepapi giving away racks for Christmas,ā the video is captioned. “Legend of the city.ā
As a woman held the money, she said, āOh my God. This is crazy!ā while a man with her responded, āThank you, bro. I appreciate it, guys.ā
The four-time Grammy winner enjoyed Christmas with his four-year-old son,Ā Adonis. He posted an InstagramĀ videoĀ of them having fun wrestling with another young boy, captioned āMerry Christmas From The Gang.ā As the kids piled on top of Drake, he said with a laugh, āIām gonna get up, Iām gonna out of this.ā
2020 has been a special year for the Toronto MC, who won theĀ BillboardĀ Artist of the Decade award in May. He also dropped his long-awaited sixth studio album,Ā Certified Lover Boy, in September, his first new project sinceĀ ScorpionĀ in 2018.Ā CLBĀ debuted at number one on theĀ BillboardĀ 200 album chart, selling 613,000 units. It was the biggest week for an album in 2020 untilĀ AdeleāsĀ 30Ā sold 692,000 units the fourth week in November.
Certified Lover BoyĀ also received 714 million on-demand audio streams in its first week. Only one album has ever scored a larger on-demand audio streaming week:Ā Scorpion, with 746 million in 2018.
Walker HayesĀ has had a whirlwind year, thanks to the success of “Fancy Like.”
After posting a video of him and his 16-year-olddaughter,Ā Lela, performing an original dance to the track on TikTok, the video soon went viral, so much so the song and dance was featured in an Applebee’s commercial. “Fancy Like”also became Walker’s first #1 song and scored him his first Grammy nomination, for Best Country Song at the 2022 ceremony.
Looking back on where he was on January 1, 2021, Walker admits he never could have predicted that by the end of the year, he’d have a massive hit on his hands.
“It’s just crazy. [I] didn’t foresee that in my future when I woke up last year on the first of January, and so it’s just insane how this year my life has changed the most,” Walker reflects. “It’s pretty incredible.”
The singer shares that his favorite 2021 memories surround “Fancy Like” and the ripple effect that the song’s success is having across his life, noting that his wife,Ā Laney, and their six children are at the center of it all.
“Biggest memory to me will probably be me and my daughter doing the dance to ‘Fancy Like’ and the adjustments that the catapult of my career has, the impact that it’s made on my family and how we’ve had to adjust,” Walker explains. “I’ve gotten so busy, but they’re able to come out with me, so we’re making memories left and right.”
Walker will perform “Fancy Like” and his new single, “AA,” onĀ Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022,Ā airing December 31 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Kane BrownĀ finds solace inĀ “Whiskey Sour,” a new song he’s releasing on January 14. Ā
Kane shared a sample of the track on Instagram, featuring traditional country elements of fiddle and tear-in-your-beer lyrics. It tells the story a couple preparing to get married, only to break up a month before the wedding. The chorus follows the heartbroken groom to a bar where he drinks his whiskey sour alone.
“So now I take my whiskey sour/Sittin’ bar side after hours/Thinkin’ how can I get over/If the love was never ours/And I know you got my message/All my x’s and my o’s/And it kills me by the hour/Now I take my whiskey sours alone,” Kane sings over the mournful, fiddle-led melody.Ā
“I love getting to sing other peopleās stories!” Kane writes alongside the video, which shows him singing along to the tune at his kitchen counter.Ā
“Whiskey Sour” is set to arrive as Kane’s current single, “One Mississippi,” continues climbing inside the top 10 on theĀ BillboardĀ Country Airplay chart.
KISS‘ Paul Stanley has contracted COVID-19 for a second time.
In an Instagram post, the Starchild shared a photo of his “Omicron face,” referring to the latest COVID variant driving a new surge of cases.
“My entire family has it,” Stanley wrote in the caption. “I’m tired and have sniffles. Most of my family have absolutely no symptoms.”
“Do as you choose,” he added. “I’m so glad I’m vaccinated.”
Stanley previously tested positive for COVID-19 this past August, as did his band mate, Gene Simmons. As a result, KISS postponed a number of dates on their ongoing End of the World farewell tour.
Bridgerton fans got the ultimate Christmas gift over the weekend: a season-two premiere date.
In a video featuring both returning and new cast members, Netflix announced that the period piece will debut its sophomore season on March 25. The announcement was made on the one-year anniversary of season oneās premiere.
Season two will focus on Jonathan Baileyās Anthony Bridgerton and his new romance with Simone Ashleyās Kate Sharma.
Bridgerton also stars Phoebe Dynevor, Nicola Coughlan, Adjoa Andoh, Claudia Jessie, Luke Newton and Luke Thompson, and Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown.
