Luke Bryan speaks to the heartland of America with his new single, “Up.” 

With lyrics crafted around the word “up,” the song opens with Luke singing about rural farmers waking up at sunrise to tend to the land, followed by a verse about a young man riding around a small town in a hand-me-down truck and another verse about running up the scoreboard during a Friday night football game. 

“Up in the sky/ There’s a guy/ Looking down on us/ Looking up our whole life/ Raised up right/ In a town nobody knows/ What a way to grow up,” Luke sings with conviction over an anthemic melody. 

“‘Up’ is a song that just checks all the boxes for a country song to me. It talks about what I love and what’s dear to me. About my home and my faith,” the Georgia native explains in a statement. “Add to that the fact that the songwriters used just a simple word as ‘up,’ to create so many images is pretty special.”

“Up” is the sixth single off Luke’s most recent album, 2020’s Born Here Live Here Die Here. Each of its predecessors have reached #1 on the country charts: “Knockin’ Boots,” “What She Wants Tonight,” “One Margarita,” “Down to One” and “Waves.”

The new single will officially be released to country radio on October 11.

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Following the release of his new single “Damn It Feels Good to Be Me,” Andy Grammer has announced a new tour.

The Art of Joy tour starts February 4, 2022 in Monticello, NY and is scheduled to wrap up March 3 in Napa, CA. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 8 at 12pm local time via AndyGrammer.com.

Andy’s new album, his fifth, is due out in early 2022. It’ll include “Damn It Feels Good to Be Me,” and “Lease on Life,” the latter of which was inspired by the birth of his daughter, Izzy, who arrived two weeks into lockdown last year.

 

 

 

 

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Drummers including Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron, and viral sensation Nandi Bushell have joined Ringo Starr for a stacked charity cover of The Beatles‘ “Come Together.”

Dubbed “Drum Together,” the performance supports the organization WhyHunger and its mission to end global hunger.

“We all can agree that no kid should be hungry, and everyone should have access to nutritious food,” Starr says in a statement. “This is a great cause that I’ve supported in the past and a great track — one of my favorite Beatles songs.”

The more than 100 participants also include Korn‘s Ray Luzier, current and former Dream Theater  drummers Mike Mangini and Mike Portnoy, and frequent Jack White touring drummer Daru Jones.

Ninety cents from every dollar raised by the Drum Together campaign will go toward WhyHunger programs that focus on community-led initiatives, the goal of which is to provide nutritious food to those who need it across the U.S. and the globe.

You can check out an official video for the song that features composite footage of all of the participants performing individually on the WhyHunger YouTube channel.

A list of all the participating musicians has been posted on WhyHunger.org.

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As Old Dominion prepares to release their new album, Time, Tequila & Therapy, they’re reflecting on the creative process that went into it. 

In a video filmed at the studio, lead singer Matthew Ramsey touches on how, by removing outside forces and collectively focusing on the artistic vision, he knew it would lead them to the project they were meant to make.  

“I just knew that if we came here and we were together with nothing else to do but be creative, then something great would happen, whether that be one great song or 20 great songs,” Matt shares in the video that includes  clips of the band working in the studio. 

Time, Tequila & Therapy drops on Friday. The band will performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight on ABC. Their current single, “I Was on a Boat That Day,” is currently in the top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

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Tell the truth: Do you pee in front of your spouse? What about…you know, the other thing?  Well, Meghan Trainor does, and she’s happy to let everyone know about it.

Appearing on Nicole Byer‘s the podcast Why Won’t You Date Me?, Meghan explained that when she and her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, were building their new house, she asked the contractor to add another toilet to the master bathroom, so there’d be two of them, side by side.

“A lot of time in the middle of the night when we’re with the baby, we’ve got to pee at the same time. So I was like, ‘Can we please have two toilets next to each other?’” Meghan said.  The contractor thought she was joking at first, but then fulfilled her strange request.

“We got two toilets sitting next to each other, and we’ve only pooped together twice,” she said, adding, “We pee at the same time a lot.”

Meghan then goes into more detail than frankly anyone would ever need about her and her husband’s toilet habits — and we mean waaaay more detail. You’ve heard of TMI? This is T, T, TMI.

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Ringo Starr and dozens of other well-known drummers have teamed up for a new version of the 1969 Beatles classic “Come Together” to raise money to support the WhyHunger charity’s mission to end global hunger.

Dubbed “Drum Together,” the recording also features the E Street Band‘s Max Weinberg, Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, Yes‘ Alan White, Bad Company‘s Simon Kirke, Vanilla Fudge‘s Carmine Appice, Rolling Stones touring drummer Steve Jordan, Iron Maiden‘s Nicko McBrain, famed session musician Jim Keltner, and pre-teen drumming sensation Nandi Bushell. More than 100 drummers in total lent their talents to the song.

“We all can agree that no kid should be hungry, and everyone should have access to nutritious food,” says Ringo in a statement. “This is a great cause that I’ve supported in the past and a great track — one of my favorite Beatles songs. So when Jim Keltner asked me to join all these other drummers I was happy to. Peace and love.”

A variety of non-drummers also contributed to the track, including singer Jen Chapin — daughter of late WhyHunger co-founder Harry Chapin — and such acclaimed session musicians as bassists Lee Sklar, Will Lee and Nathan East.

Ninety cents from every dollar raised by the Drum Together campaign will go toward WhyHunger programs that focus on community-led initiatives, the goal of which is to provide nutritious food to those who need it across the U.S. and the globe.

You can check out an official video for the song that features composite footage of all of the participants performing individually on the WhyHunger YouTube channel.

A list of all the participating musicians has been posted on WhyHunger.org.

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Ringo Starr and dozens of other well-known drummers have teamed up for a new version of the 1969 Beatles classic “Come Together” to raise money to support the WhyHunger charity’s mission to end global hunger.

Dubbed “Drum Together,” the recording also features the E Street Band‘s Max Weinberg, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, Yes‘ Alan White, The Bangles‘ Debbi Peterson, Bad Company‘s Simon Kirke, ex-Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, Vanilla Fudge‘s Carmine Appice, Rolling Stones touring drummer Steve Jordan, Santana‘s Cindy Blackman Santana, Styx‘s Todd Sucherman and famed session musician Jim Keltner. More than 100 drummers in total lent their talents to the song.

“We all can agree that no kid should be hungry, and everyone should have access to nutritious food,” says Ringo in a statement. “This is a great cause that I’ve supported in the past and a great track — one of my favorite Beatles songs. So when Jim Keltner asked me to join all these other drummers I was happy to. Peace and love.”

A variety of non-drummers also contributed to the track, including singer Jen Chapin — daughter of late WhyHunger co-founder Harry Chapin — and such acclaimed session musicians as bassists Lee Sklar, Will Lee and Nathan East.

Ninety cents from every dollar raised by the Drum Together campaign will go toward WhyHunger programs that focus on community-led initiatives, the goal of which is to provide nutritious food to those who need it across the U.S. and the globe.

You can check out an official video for the song that features composite footage of all of the participants performing individually on the WhyHunger YouTube channel.

A list of all the participating musicians has been posted on WhyHunger.org.

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New music from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators is “coming soon.”

That’s according to a new Facebook video posted by the Guns N’ Roses shredder featuring footage of him jamming along with his solo band.

“I think the record itself is probably the best one that we’ve done so far,” Slash says in the clip, referring to the upcoming fourth Conspirators album. “We’re showing no signs of slowing down.”

The most recent Conspirators effort is 2018’s Living the Dream.

Slash, meanwhile, just released a pair of new singles with Guns N’ Roses, “Absurd” and “Hard Skool.” The tunes mark the first fresh material from the “Welcome to the Jungle” rockers since Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined Axl Rose in the band in 2016.

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Usher is giving the fans what they want: More Las Vegas residency shows.

Due to popular demand, the singer has announced two bonus dates at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace this December. He’ll be performing on Thursday, December 23 and Friday, December 24, in addition to his previously planned shows on December 28, 29, 31 and January 1, 2022.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale to the general public Saturday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Fan pre-sale tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. PT until Friday, Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. PT.

The residency, which debuted in July, features a set list spanning Usher’s 20-year career, with performances of “U Remind Me,” “Burn,” “You Make Me Wanna…,” “Don’t Waste My Time,” “Scream,” “Yeah!” and more, backed by a live band and over two dozen dancers.

Usher, Live Nation Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment are donating $1 of every ticket purchased to Usher’s New Look, Inc., an organization the singer founded in 1999 to help transform the lives of underserved youth.

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