Jack White has premiered a new single called “Taking Me Back.”
The song is featured in the new trailer for Call of Duty: Vanguard, and its accompanying lyric video features footage from the upcoming World War II video game. If that all sounds a little too intense for you, there’s also “Taking Me Back (Gently),” an acoustic-driven version of the song.
Both versions of “Taking Me Back” are available now for digital download.
“Taking Me Back” is the first new solo single from White to follow his experimental 2018 effort, Boarding House Reach.
Last year, Harry Styles made history when he became the first male to cover Vogue solo — and he did it while wearing a dress. While many called it a groundbreaking moment, Pose actor Billy Porter said he was disappointed by the choice.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Porter said he doesn’t feel completely accepted by the fashion industry, despite his many contributions.
“I created the conversation [about non-binary fashion] and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time,” he said.
“I’m not dragging Harry Styles, but he is the one you’re going to try and use to represent this new conversation?” the 52-year-old Emmy winner continued. “He doesn’t care, he’s just doing it because it’s the thing to do.”
“This is politics for me,” Porter added. “This is my life. I had to fight my entire life to get to the place where I could wear a dress to the Oscars and not be gunned now. All he has to do is be white and straight.”
Porter famously wore a Christian Siriano tuxedo gown to the 2019 Oscars. His new memoir, Unprotected, is out Tuesday.
Foo Fighters will enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the blessing of a Beatle.
The legendary Paul McCartney will usher Dave Grohl and company into the museum during its upcoming 2021 Induction Ceremony, held in Cleveland on October 30.
McCartney and The Beatles, of course, have been big influences on Grohl and the Foos. Sir Paul is even featured on the Foos’ 2017 album, Concrete and Gold.
When Grohl entered the Rock Hall in 2014 alongside Nirvana, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe did the inducting honors.
Other announced presenters include Taylor Swift, Drew Barrymore and Angela Bassett, who will induct Carole King, The Go-Go’s and Tina Turner, respectively. Additionally, Lionel Richie will induct music executive Clarence Avant as a recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Presenters for Todd Rundgren and JAY-Z — the other inductees in the main Performers category — have not yet been announced.
Other inductees this year include Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron for Early Influence, and LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads for Musical Excellence.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will air November 20 on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
One of the most important singer/songwriters of our era will pay tribute to one of music’s most legendary singer/songwriters next weekend.
Taylor Swift will induct Carole King into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 30, during a ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH. Taylor will also perform as part of a tribute to King, whose iconic album Tapestry pretty much set the standard for singer/songwriters 50 years ago.
Jennifer Hudson will be part of that tribute as well; she and King co-wrote the song “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” for her recent movie, Respect, and performed it on the soundtrack. In Respect, J-Hud played the late Aretha Franklin; King wrote one of Franklin’s most memorable hits, “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman.”
Angela Bassett, who portrayed Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It, will induct Turner, and the Queen of Rock ‘n Roll will be saluted with performances by Christina Aguilera, H.E.R., country star Mickey Guyton and Tina’s “It’s Only Love” duet partner, Bryan Adams.
Drew Barrymore will induct groundbreaking female rockers The Go-Go‘s, and none other than Beatles legend Paul McCartney will do the honors for Foo Fighters. Meanwhile, Lionel Richie will present pioneering record executive Clarence Avant with a special award.
More presenters and performers will be announced soon. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air November 20 on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
Luke Bryan has been tapped to host the 2021 CMA Awards.
This marks the “What Makes You Country” singer’s debut as CMA Awards host. He was awarded the show’s top prize, Entertainer of the Year, back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.
“The CMA Awards is one of the biggest nights of the year for Country Music. Being asked to host the CMA Awards was definitely something I put a lot of thought into before answering” Luke says in a statement. “The pressure that comes along with that can be overwhelming, but knowing I get to help honor and celebrate so many of my friends, I knew it was something I couldn’t turn down.”
Luke also said he’s “honored” to join the list of former CMA hosts, which include Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. “I’m looking forward to making it fun and memorable and using this platform to continue to make Country Music shine,” he declared.
Reba McEntire and Darius co-hosted the show in 2020. It was revealed earlier this month that Reba was not returning as host for 2021.
Eric Church and Chris Stapleton are the most nominated acts at the 55th annual ceremony. Performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
The CMA Awards air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 10 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Ryan Hurd has nothing but praise for wife Maren Morris in her role as mother to their son Hayes.
The husband and wife pair welcomed Hayes in March 2020, and Ryan says it’s been a joy to watch his wife blossom into motherhood. He jokingly admits that he knew she was excelling as a parent when he got home one day to find that Maren had taught their infant son an advanced skill in his absence.
“Maren’s a really great mom and it’s cool to watch her learn how to do that,” Ryan tells Entertainment Tonight. “I didn’t realize how good of a mom she was until I got back and he had learned flash cards. I was like ‘I don’t do that, should I be doing flashcards? I didn’t know we had flash cards.'”
The couple met as songwriters in 2013 during a writing session that resulted in Tim McGraw‘s “Last Turn Home,” marking Maren’s first cut as a songwriter. It is one of many major successes the couple has experienced together, including their duet, “Chasing After You,” that’s racing up the charts, currently inside the top 10 on country radio.
“It was cool to have that moment with her. You see the rocket ship take off and you’re like ‘but I was there at the start,’ and that’s cool,” Ryan reflects, adding that he and Maren’s dream was to move to Nashville and be songwriters. “We both get to do it and we both to get to be passionate about our side of it and also passionate about the other person at the same time. It’s really cool to be in a relationship with somebody who feels the same thing.”
If you’ve been wondering what Nate Ruess has been up to lately, apparently he’s collaborating with Young Thug.
The fun. frontman joined the rapper during his performance this past weekend on Saturday Night Live. Ruess sang the hook on the song “Love You More,” which is featured on Young Thug’s new album, Punk.
The rendition also featured Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, aka the future Mr. Kourtney Kardashian.
Ruess released one solo album, Grand Romantic, in 2015, but has been fairly quiet since fun. went on hiatus earlier that year. Meanwhile, his fun. band mate Jack Antonoff launched his Bleachers solo project and has produced albums for artists including Lorde, Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.
Jurassic World series star Bryce Dallas Howard became a conductor of sorts this weekend, during the Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon, France.
She and her Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona led 5,000 people to sing John Williams‘ classic “Jurassic Park Theme” in unison at Lyon’s biggest venue, the Halle Tony Garnier.
Every year, the festival spotlights a series of films by turning the venue into a giant movie theater, and on Saturday night, the venue hosted “Nuit Jurassic,” or Jurassic Night.
Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 groundbreaker Jurassic Park was screened, as was its follow-up, 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as well as 2015’s reboot, Jurassic World, and its 2018 sequel, Fallen Kingdom. Bayona was on hand to present the event, as was Howard, who posted their musical magnum opus on social media.
“Merci, @BayonaFilm,” Howard captioned the post, along with “Merci, Lyon!” The multilingual filmmaker also said of the city, en Français, “You are every filmmaker’s dream!”
Deep Purple recently released a cover of Love‘s classic 1966 garage-rock song “7 and 7 Is” as the first single from their upcoming studio album, Turning to Crime. Now the veteran U.K. hard-rockers have debuted a music video for the tune.
The clip, which you can watch at the earMUSIC label’s YouTube channel, features footage of Deep Purple’s five members — singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice, bassist Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey — working on the album in separate locations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deep Purple’s version of the hard-driving “7 and 7 Is” adds some prog-rock elements to the song’s arrangement and showcases solos by Morse and Airey.
As previously reported, Turning to Crime will be released om November 26, and is the first Deep Purple album made up of songs originally recorded by other artists.
The covers collection, which was produced by the band’s frequent collaborator, Bob Ezrin, features 12 tracks, including versions of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Oh Well,” Bob Dylan‘s “Watching the River Flow,” Little Feat‘s “Dixie Chicken,” The Yardbirds‘ “Shapes of Things,” Cream‘s “White Room” and more.
A 40-minute documentary about the album’s creation, titled Locked Up: The Making of Turning to Crime, will be released as a limited-edition DVD Digipak and a Blu-ray disc. A DVD with the film also will be included in a limited-edition, five-LP vinyl box set that also will features a bonus song, “(I’m a) Roadrunner,” that does not appear on the regular album’s track list.
Deep Purple’s “7 and 7 Is” is available as a digital download and via streaming. You can pre-orderTurning to Crime now.
Here’s Turning to Crime‘s full track list:
“7 and 7 Is”
“Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu”
“Oh Well”
“Jenny Take a Ride!”
“Watching the River Flow”
“Let the Good Times Roll”
“Dixie Chicken”
“Shapes of Things”
“The Battle of New Orleans”
“Lucifer”
“White Room”
“Caught in the Act” (Medley: “Going Down”/”Green Onions”/”Hot ‘Lanta”/”Dazed and Confused”/”Gimme Some Lovin'”)
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton celebrated the one-year anniversary of their engagement on Sunday, and now, Gwen has shared some never-before seen video and pictures from the day that Blake popped the question.
“one year ago today?!” she captioned her Instagram post. “October 17th 2020 we got engaged! @blakeshelton I love you!” The first video shows Gwen showing off her ring as Blake dances up behind her and kisses her cheek. “Look! We just got engaged!” she yells, as the song “Celebration” plays in the background.
Another image shows Gwen on her knees covering her face as Blake kneels in front of her, holding her waist. Next, there’s video of Gwen’s massive diamond engagement ring.
Gwen and Blake didn’t make their engagement public until October 27, 2020. They tied the knot July 3, 2021 at Blake’s Oklahoma ranch.
