Foo Fighters premiere official trailer for ‘Studio 666’ movie

Foo Fighters premiere official trailer for ‘Studio 666’ movie
Foo Fighters premiere official trailer for ‘Studio 666’ movie
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Foo Fighters have debuted the first trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film, Studio 666.

The clip, which premiered via EW.com, follows Dave Grohl and company as they enter a creepy mansion to record their new album. While the house certainly is unsettling, Grohl is dealing with something even more serious: writer’s block. At one point, he starts playing a new riff that he just wrote, only for drummer Taylor Hawkins to inform him that’s the riff from “Everlong.”

Soon, Grohl starts scribbling away, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”-style, before he’s overtaken by the house’s malevolent forces, turning him into a demonic, murderous monster.

To find out what happens next, you can catch Studio 666 premiering in theaters February 25.

Along with the six Foo members, the Studio 666 cast includes Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte and Jenna Ortega. Additionally, the trailer features cameos from Slayer‘s Kerry King and Lionel Richie.

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Carly Pearce says 29 Tour is “the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself”

Carly Pearce says 29 Tour is “the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself”
Carly Pearce says 29 Tour is “the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself”
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Carly Pearce launched the 29 Tour, named after her CMA Award-winning album, in 2021 and she’s now looking back on some of the highlights as she prepares to launch the new leg. 

In a video posted to Instagram, the singer takes fans behind-the-scenes of the tour with clips of her performing onstage, her name in lights on the venue marquee and posing for photos with fans outside her tour bus. The trek allowed the Kentucky native to bring her own brand of country music — blending modern and traditional country with storytelling — to theaters across the U.S. 

“I think that this tour is the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself,” she describes.  

The video also features footage of rehearsals backstage, playful moments of Carly and her band on the bus and fans chanting her name. The singer expresses deep gratitude for the people who came to the shows each night. 

“Country music fans, you have blown my mind during this season of life for me and made me feel so loved and so accepted and so appreciated, and I hope that you feel that reciprocated every single night. You have made all of my dreams come true,” she says. “You telling me your stories is actually making me feel like I’m going to be okay too, so it’s a very cool thing every night. I love you and I can’t wait to see what happens next.” 

Carly continues on the 29 Tour, beginning March 10 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and concluding on April 9 in Toronto, Canada. 

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Page to screen: Survey shows most people say a book is usually better than a movie based on it

Page to screen: Survey shows most people say a book is usually better than a movie based on it
Page to screen: Survey shows most people say a book is usually better than a movie based on it
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famous bit on Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Da Ali G Show had the clueless character pitch a literary agent “a book version of The Lord of the Rings” movies. However, a new survey shows a lot of folks don’t know at least two popular movies that were once books. 

Seventy-percent of those polled by ThriftBooks didn’t know that Mean Girls and Die Hard were both books before hitting the big screen: Mean Girls was adapted from Rosalind Wiseman‘s 2002 work Queen Bees and Wannabes, while Die Hard was born from Roderick Thorp‘s 1979 page-turner Nothing Lasts Forever.

The survey of 2,000 American book readers revealed 67% preferred the book version to the movie from which it’s adapted, but half of those polled say they prefer to watch a movie first, then pick up its original source.

Respondents don’t mind changes to a story if it improves a movie — but they find straying more than 23% from a source to be a “nuisance.”

The biggest gripe readers have is when a movie’s character drifts too far from their depiction in books — looking at you, Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher — with 52% saying that’s the most bothersome; 27% don’t like it when a movie changes a book’s ending.

The poll also looked into holiday stories, with respondents saying a movie should only be dubbed a “Christmas movie” if there are “Christmas-related characters” or if the movie, “takes place during the season.”

Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas made the cut with 41% of those polled, more than the 26% who celebrate the holidays with Bruce Willis‘ John McClane, and the 20% who say Trading Places is a Christmas must-watch. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan‘s You’ve Got Mail also made that list, according to 14% of those polled. 

Survey questions, methodology and results have not been verified or endorsed by ABC News or The Walt Disney Company.

 

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Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant part of lineup for Bonnaroo 2022 festival

Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant part of lineup for Bonnaroo 2022 festival
Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant part of lineup for Bonnaroo 2022 festival
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Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant are among the many acts set to perform at Bonnaroo 2022, taking place June 16-19 in Manchester, Tennessee.

The Fleetwood Mac singer will headline the festival’s final day, Sunday, June 19. The Led Zeppelin frontman will be performing on Friday, June 17, with acclaimed country-bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, with whom he recorded the 2021 duets album Raise the Roof — a follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2007 collaboration Raising Sand.

Other artists headlining Bonnaroo this year include country group The Chicks, rockers Tool and Machine Gun Kelly, and rappers J. Cole, 21 Savage and Roddy Ricch.

The bill also includes Herbie Hancock, CHVRCHES, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Tove Lo, Puscifer, The War on Drugs, All Time Low and Bleachers.

Additionally, hit songwriter, producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff will lead the annual Bonnaroo SuperJam, which will be inspired by the year 1984.

Tickets go on sale this to the general public this Thursday, January 13, at noon CT. For the full lineup and ticket info, visit Bonnaroo.com.

Bonnaroo 2022 will mark the first time the festival has taken place since 2019. After COVID-19 canceled the 2020 event, Bonnaroo was set to return in September 2021 before being scrapped again due to the effects of Hurricane Ida.

Nicks currently has one other performance on her 2022 schedule, taking place at Colorado’s JAS Aspen Snowmass in early September. Plant’s Bonnaroo performance with Krauss will come at the tail end of a brief U.S. tour that the duo have lined up in June in support of Raise the Roof.

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Kanye West plans to meet with Russian President Putin and perform Sunday Service

Kanye West plans to meet with Russian President Putin and perform Sunday Service
Kanye West plans to meet with Russian President Putin and perform Sunday Service
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Kayne West once called himself “Young Putin,” and now he reportedly plans to travel to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

Yeezy also wants to hold his Sunday Service in Moscow, according to Billboard. West’s strategic advisor, Ameer Sudan, is planning the trip, and says, “Russia is going to be ‘a second home’ for Ye. He will be spending a lot of time out there.” Kanye will apparently explore business and musical opportunities in the country.

The Sunday Service shows will be Ye’s first performances in Russia, and he plans to invite Putin to attend as a special guest.

The 22-time Grammy winner also debuted the black-and-white video for “Heaven and Hell” from his Donda album Monday night during the broadcast of the College Football Playoff national championship game between the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama. Georgia won, 33-15.

The clip shows a dark, impoverished society filled with people wearing black hoodies and the face-obscuring masks Kanye wore during his Donda listening events. On the broadcast, the video segued into a promo for Ye’s Yeezy Gap fashion line and the hoodies worn in the video.

As previously reported, Netflix released a teaser on Monday for a three-part Kanye West documentary titled jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy that will debut February 16 on the streaming platform. The doc’s first act, Vision, will be shown in theaters nationwide on February 10 for a one-day engagement.

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Charlie Puth opens up about being rejected from Juilliard after TikToker’s rejection goes viral

Charlie Puth opens up about being rejected from Juilliard after TikToker’s rejection goes viral
Charlie Puth opens up about being rejected from Juilliard after TikToker’s rejection goes viral
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Charlie Puth consoled a fellow TikToker who was rejected from The Juilliard School and shared some inspiring life advice about rejection.

TikTok user Axel Webber, who amassed over 58 million likes on the video sharing platform, revealed on Monday he had been rejected from the prestigious performing arts institution and has “to find a different way to be an actor.”

Axel’s determination inspired Charlie to reach out with his own experience being rejected from Juilliard through a series of comments and explained, “Things ended up being just fine for me. I cried too. But you don’t necessarily need a prestigious school to be considered prestigious at what you do.”

“Some of the best music has been made by people who don’t even play an instrument. And some of the best actors also never went to Julliard [sic]. Also FYI I didn’t get into 3 of the major music schools I wanted to go to and I also got rejected from America’s Got Talent,” the Grammy nominee continued. “You are going to be ok I promise. Please don’t be too hard on yourself. These moments define us.”

Charlie then took to his personal TikTok with a message for “anyone that has experienced rejection,” saying that he failed to get into “five of these prestigious schools that I wanted to get into and thought would better my career.” 

The “One Call Away” singer noted that there is a certain benefit of going to school and said it’s “not going to be the thing that defines your career.”  Instead, he argued rejection is “the thing that pushes you further, creatively” and said that is what fueled him to make better music.

“There’s many ways to be successful in your own right,” he later commented.

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Guitar emphasis and Animal drums: Paramore teases upcoming sixth album

Guitar emphasis and Animal drums: Paramore teases upcoming sixth album
Guitar emphasis and Animal drums: Paramore teases upcoming sixth album
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Sound the alarm: Paramore is officially in the studio.

After various hints and teases over the last year, Hayley Williams and company have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they’re currently working on their sixth album, the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s After Laughter.

As if that news wasn’t exciting enough, Williams has also shared some inside info on how the upcoming record is shaping up.

“Our output has always been all over the place and with this project, it’s not that different,” Williams tells Rolling Stone. “We’re still in the thick of it but some things have remained consistent from the start.”

Those things include “more emphasis back on the guitar,” and drummer Zac Farro going “as Animal as he wants,” presumably referring to the beloved Muppet.

Williams adds that she, Farro and guitarist Taylor York have been revisiting their earliest influences during the recording process, but cautions that they aren’t planning a “comeback ’emo’ record.”

“The music we were first excited by wasn’t exactly the kind of music we went on to make,” she says.

Most importantly, Williams was focused on “the moment for us to know we’re onto something new and we’re not just rehashing the same s***.”

“It was ‘Ain’t It Fun’ for our self-titled record, and ‘Hard Times’ or ‘Told You So’ for After Laughter,” she says. “It’s not about it feeling like a hit so much as it’s a scary, exciting feeling that you’re treading uncharted waters. It keeps you curious. We got to feel that feeling early on this time.”

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Volbeat & Ghost releasing Metallica covers on joint vinyl single during co-headlining tour

Volbeat & Ghost releasing Metallica covers on joint vinyl single during co-headlining tour
Volbeat & Ghost releasing Metallica covers on joint vinyl single during co-headlining tour
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Volbeat and Ghost will be offering an exclusive vinyl single on their co-headlining tour.

The disc includes Volbeat’s cover of “Don’t Tread on Me” and Ghost’s version of “Enter Sandman,” both of which were originally recorded for last year’s The Metallica Blacklist tribute album.

Only 115 copies of the limited-edition single will be available at each show on the tour, which launches January 25 in Reno, Nevada. As with The Blacklist, proceeds will be donated to the charities of each band’s choosing, as well as Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation.

In addition to covering Metallica, both Volbeat and Ghost released new, original music in 2021. Volbeat dropped a new album called Servant of the Mind, featuring the singles “Wait a Minute My Girl” and “Shotgun Blues,” while Ghost premiered a new tune called “Hunter’s Moon.”

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The Chainsmokers tap their doppelgängers to tease their return to music: “It’s almost time”

The Chainsmokers tap their doppelgängers to tease their return to music: “It’s almost time”
The Chainsmokers tap their doppelgängers to tease their return to music: “It’s almost time”
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If you’ve been following The Chainsmokers on TikTok in hopes their dormant account would one day spring to life, just know that day has finally come.

On Monday, the “Closer” hitmakers shared three videos teasing their return to music after a nearly-three year hiatus.  The first clip uses that same purple hue that’s been permeating their socials — such as their new icons and headers — before switching to a fully-colored look at two guys mixing a song in the studio.  The video ends with the word “TCS4,” the code name of their upcoming fourth studio album, against a lavender backdrop.

The short is captioned, “It’s almost time #TCS4.”

Things then start to get a little weird because it’s not actually Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall appearing in the videos — but a pair of lookalikes.

In the second video where the supposed Chainsmokers explain why they’ve “been gone for a few years” — the answer being that they want to get into boxing or martial arts — fans flooded the comment section.  One wrote, “This is literally not the chainsmokers????” while another remarked, “When you order the chainsmokers from Wish.”  

A third video features the duo singing along to their Coldplay collab “Something Just Like This,” but the Drew lookalike fudges the lyrics and sings somewhat poorly. 

It is unknown why the Chainsmokers are using stand ins on their verified TikTok account.  But, an answer is sure to come when the Grammy winners are ready to talk more about their upcoming album or when they release their all-new single, “High,” which they teased last week.

 

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Stamp Me Up: Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary commemorated with new collection of UK stamps

Stamp Me Up: Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary commemorated with new collection of UK stamps
Stamp Me Up: Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary commemorated with new collection of UK stamps
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Royal Mail, the U.K.’s postal agency, is paying tribute to The Rolling Stones with a series of postage stamps and other collectible items to mark the band’s 60th anniversary this year.

Twelve different stamps honoring the British rock legends are being issued, and will be released on January 20.

A main set will feature eight stamps celebrating Rolling Stones live performances, and featuring photos of the band in concert on various tours in different cities.

These stamps boast images from The Stones’ famous concert in London’s Hyde Park in July 1969; in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in August 2019; in Rotterdam, Netherlands in August 1995; in Tokyo in March 1995; in New York City in July 1972; in Oslo, Norway, in May 2014; in Knebworth, U.K., in August 1976; and in Düsseldorf, Germany, in October 2017.

A separate miniature sheet will feature four other stamps, two of which boast photos of the band’s core four members — including late drummer Charlie Watts — while the other two feature images of posters from select Stones tours.

The stamps will be sold in a variety of configurations and sets, some of which are available with collectible ingots or medals commemorating select tours or eras in the band’s history.

All of the various Stones stamp sets and collectibles can be pre-ordered now at RoyalMail.com.

“Few bands in the history of rock have managed to carve out a career as rich and expansive as that of the Rolling Stones,” says Royal Mail official David Gold. “They have created some of modern music’s most iconic and inspirational albums, with ground-breaking live performances to match.”

The Rolling Stones become the fourth rock band to be honored with a series of postage stamps by Royal Mail, following The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen.

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