Two OGs of the boy-band genre, New Kids on the Block and New Edition, will face off against each other on the American Music Awards later this month.

The AMAs is introducing a series of segments called “My Hometown,” which will feature the places and people that helped shaped music’s biggest names.  For both New Kids and New Edition, that place is Boston, so the two will share the stage for the first time in what the show has dubbed the “Battle of Boston.”  The last time New Kids performed on the show was 2010; New Edition was last featured in 1997.

Another performance will feature Kane Brown, the country/pop star who’s recorded hits like “Be Like That,” “Memory” and “One Thing Right.”  He’ll perform at Tennessee State University, and talk about his roots in that state and in Georgia.

Hosted by Cardi B, the 2021 American Music Awards will air on November 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.  Previously announced performers include Olivia Rodrigo, BTS with Megan Thee Stallion, and Bad Bunny.

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Rise Against has released a cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic “Fortunate Son.”

“We actually used to cover ‘Fortunate Son’ in our early basement days,” the Chicago punks say. “To me, the song represents one of the best examples of mixing music and politics together so seamlessly that nobody questions it.”

“Fortunate Son” has a long history of being misunderstood as a patriotic, flag-waving anthem. It was originally written amid the Vietnam War as protest song about wealthy people avoiding the draft at the expense of the poor. Perhaps not coincidentally, the cover arrives on Veterans Day. 

Rise Against’s “Fortunate Son” will appear on their upcoming EP, Nowhere Sessions, which drops Friday. The collection also includes live-in-studio recordings of tracks off the band’s new album, Nowhere Generation.

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Adam Levine and his wife, Behati Prinsloo, already have two daughters — but if it was up to Behati, she’d have three more…at minimum.

The Maroon 5 frontman and the model already share Dusty Rose, 5, and Gio, 3, but Behati tells Entertainment Tonight, “I do also want five kids…we want a big family, who knows, we’re leaving it up to fate and just what happens. What will happen, will happen. So there’s no limits to it.”

Behati says that during lockdown, she started thinking that perhaps she and Adam should start expanding their family.  “With COVID too, I was just seeing them together, I’m like, ‘Maybe we should have a third just to have more kids,’ because it was so sweet to see [them together],” she explains. “But then, I don’t know. Never say never.”

Back in 2018, Adam told Ellen DeGeneres, “[Behati] was an only child, so she wants, like, 100 babies. I don’t know if I can do that. That’s a lot of babies.”  However, last year in an interview, Adam joked that his wife would “punch me in the f***ing face” if he asked her for another child, “because she’s not ready.”

In addition to parenting their kids, Behati and Adam are also working together on their new tequila brand, Calirosa Tequila.  “It’s honestly been really fun for us,” she says. “I think at the core of it, we’re truly best friends…we have so much fun together that we always want to be together. So we make that happen…we’re just a good team.”  Aww.

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Brothers Osborne’s Vocal Duo of the Year win at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards was extra sweet for band mate TJ Osborne in one big way. The singer, who came out as gay early in 2021, got to bring his boyfriend, Abi Ventura, to the show.

The couple even shared a celebratory kiss before TJ and his brother and band mate, John Osborne, took the stage for their acceptance speech.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight after the show, TJ admitted that he had some doubts about whether or not he should bring Abi to the CMAs this year. “I was like, ‘I hope this doesn’t make anyone uncomfortable, but this is how I feel,’” he recounts.

Abi was nervous about their public appearance as a couple, too, TJ adds: “He was probably more nervous than anybody and he probably felt incredibly uncomfortable.”

Still, the singer was excited to attend country music’s biggest night on the arm of someone he loves, and he was excited to share this part of his life with his fans.

“I love this person, and I want to be open in every way,” TJ continues. “Hopefully [it can] show people that they also don’t need to hide or alter themselves in any way.”

Brothers Osborne also performed their song, “Younger Me,” at the show. Onstage, TJ spoke about watching the CMA Awards as a younger person, and how he thought he could never be a part of the show because he was gay.

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Newly minted CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs shared a new song from the stage of the 2021 CMA Awards last night, and fans didn’t have to wait to hear the studio version, either. Directly after his performance, Luke dropped both the official track and music video for “Doin’ This.”

“Someone asked me once in an interview / ‘What was growing up like? Where’d you go to school?’ / ‘And what would you do if you weren’t doin’ this?’” Luke sings in the first verse of the song.

As the story line continues, “Doin’ This” imagines Luke’s life without stardom. He works a “dead-end job” to pay his bills, and drives “an old worn-out Dodge,” but through it all, he’s still a musician at heart, whether he’s playing to an empty room or a sold-out show. Even if he weren’t a famous country star, Luke explains, he’d still be “doin’ this.”

Luke also shared a music video to match, following the life of a small-town guy who never made it big as he goes about his day. At the end of the day, the man winds up sitting on his couch with his acoustic guitar and playing a show for two VIPS: His wife and young daughter.

Meanwhile, in real life, Luke’s “doin’ this” at the highest level in country music. He nabbed the CMA’s top prize at the awards show last night with his Entertainer of the Year win.

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Taylor Swift and her fans love Tumblr, so it’s no surprise she’s used the platform to debut a clip of one of the “From the Vault” tracks we’ll be hearing Friday on Red (Taylor’s Version).

The song she’s previewing is “Babe,” but unlike some of the other “From the Vault” tracks, this song’s actually been released, albeit by another artist.  In 2018, the country duo Sugarland released their version of “Babe,” with guest vocals by Taylor, and it reached the top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.  Taylor also appeared in Sugarland’s video for the song.

“Babe” was originally co-written by Taylor and Pat Monahan of Train for the original 2012 version of Red, but didn’t make the album.

In other Taylor news, she’s revealed on Instagram that the “short film” she’s made for the 10-minute version of her fan-favorite song “All Too Well” will be out at 7 p.m. ET.  In addition to Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, Taylor co-stars in the film, which she also wrote and directed.

 

 

 

 

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