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Miranda Lambert Announces New Album Palomino, Shares Video for New Song “Strange”: Watch
Miranda Lambert has announced a new album. Palomino is out April 29 on Vanner Records and RCA Records Nashville. The record is co-produced alongside Luke Dick and Jon Randall and features a cover of Mick Jagger’s “Wandering Spirit,” as well as an appearance from the B-52’s. View the tracklist below and video for new song “Strange” below. Palomino is Lambert’s first solo record since 2019’s Wildcard, which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Last year, she shared The Marfa Tapes, a collaboration with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, which is nominated for Best Country Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards. In December, Lambert released a single called “Y’all Means All” for the sixth season of Netflix’s Queer Eye, which was filmed in her home state of Texas. Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Revi...
Pete Davidson to Star in New Lorne Michaels–Produced TV Show Bupkis
Pete Davidson is set to play a fictionalized version of himself in an upcoming Lorne Michaels–produced TV show tentatively titled Bupkis, Deadline and Variety report. The Saturday Night Live cast member is reportedly co-writing the show with Dave Sirus and Judah Miller. All three will executive produce alongside Michaels, Andrew Singer, and Erin David, according to the outlets. The project currently does not have a home but comes from Michael’s Broadway Video and Universal Television. The show is described in the reports as being in a similar vein to Larry David’s HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lately, Davidson has been a mainstay in the tabloid headlines, as he’s been in a relationship with Kim Kardashian for a number of months. Kardashian recently discussed Davidson in a new Variety pr...
Ricardo Arjona Captures 21st Top 10 on Latin Pop Albums Chart With ‘Blanco y Negro’
Ricardo Arjona posts his 21st top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Albums chart as Blanco y Negro debuts at No. 8 on the March 12-dated survey. Blanco y Negro was released exclusively in a deluxe two-CD/book package. He had previously released the Blanco and Negro albums as separate titles. The albums were recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Blanco y Negro starts with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. after its first full tracking week ending March 3, according to MRC Data. The double-CD was released Feb. 25 via Metamorfosis/Sony Music Latin. The set’s opening sum is derived entirely from traditional album sales, a sum that also makes it the top-selling Latin pop album of the week — enough to earn a No. 74 debut on the 100-deep Top Album Sales ranking, his first chart visit ...
Concert Business Moves From Pandemic to Endemic as COVID-19 Restrictions Lift
The live event industry fought hard to implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mask requirements in order to bring back shows, but with dropping cases and high inoculation rates, promoters and venue owners are steadily moving away from strict safety precautions. When Coachella announced in February that it is dropping all COVID-19 safety restrictions for its upcoming event in April, it set the stage for the entire festival season to come. Coachella producer Goldenvoice, which also runs the country music-focused Stagecoach in the same location, said both Indio events would no longer require fans to show proof of vaccination, obtain negative COVID-19 tests prior to entering or need to wear masks. Coachella — with headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Kanye West – was the first major fes...
CAA Names Hilary Krane as Chief Legal Officer
Creative Artists Agency has hired former Nike exec Hilary Krane as its chief legal officer. In her new role, Los Angeles-based Krane will oversee all legal matters, including strategic business initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and international expansion at CAA. That M&A activity includes CAA’s proposed acquisition of ICM, which the U.S. Department of Justice is scrutinizing for the impact of the major agencies’ proposed merger on the entertainment industry. The acquisition, unveiled in Sept. 2021, is looking to be completed in the second quarter of this year. “CAA’s devotion to, and consistent success for, the world’s top talent and brands unquestionably begins with its exceptional internal culture of service and collaboration. To play a role in that special environment and help ...
Influence Media Calls Tainy Catalog Acquisition an ‘Eight-Figure Deal’
Influence Media Partners, which previously acknowledged its acquisition of rights from producer/artist Tainy, has provided additional details on the deal, saying it consists of the producer’s song publishing catalog from 2005 to 2021 and includes such songs as Cardi B‘s “I Like It” featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin; Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez’s “Dakiti;” and Kali Uchis’ “Telepatia.” Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, other than to describe it as an eight-figure deal. “I am happy to continue to be a part of this cultural awakening for Latino music and artists in this business,” Tainy said in a statement. “This acquisition solidifies my hard work and the power that Latin music has in the global mainstream.” Influence Media, which is backed with funding from BlackRock Alternative Inve...
KID ROCK’s ‘Bad Reputation’ Album To Arrive This Month; Details Revealed
Kid Rock will release his new album, “Bad Reputation”, digitally on March 21. Physical CDs will be available on April 6. “Bad Reputation” will include the three songs Kid Rock released in January — “We The People”, “The Last Dance” and “Rockin'” — as well as his November 2021 single “Don’t Tell Me How To Live”, which was recorded with Canadian hard rockers MONSTER TRUCK. “We The People” features the chorus of “Let’s go, Brandon,” conservative code for “Fuck Joe Biden” (born when a NASCAR reporter misheard a crowd, reporting that they chanted in support of racer Brandon Brown when they were actually chanting expletives toward the U.S. president), and also takes aim at the ...
Toilet Shaped Like METALLICA’s LARS ULRICH Acquired By Danish Museum
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum in Denmark has acquired the toilet a heavy metal musician and visual artist from Tampa, Florida sculpted to look like METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. The artist known as Prince Midnight donated the toilet to Ripley Entertainment, which will soon be shipped to the Ripley‘s “odditorium” in Copenhagen, where it will go on permanent display. Although some people have interpreted the Ulrich toilet as an insult, Prince Midnight insists that is “absolutely not the case.” “This toilet was built by a METALLICA super fan,” he told the Tampa Bay Times. “They wrote the first songs that meant something to me.” Prince Midnight said he chose to depict Ulrich in toilet form becau...
TESLA Releases Lyric Video For Latest Single, ‘Cold Blue Steel’
Veteran California rockers TESLA have released the official lyric video for their latest single, “Cold Blue Steel”. The clip, directed by Brandon Gullion and produced by guitarist Frank Hannon, is raw and high electric energy that takes fans back to the roots of TESLA. Hannon states: “‘Cold Blue Steel’ is influenced by current events of the world, just like our debut single ‘Modern Day Cowboy’ (1986), and touches on the subject fairly and open-minded by asking ‘what’s to blame?’ when it comes to violence in the world. More importantly, the recording and production of the song and video are kept raw and real, just the way TESLA fans want to see and hear us. We are survivors and have been rocking for 35-plus years.” The 2022 r...
SLASH Says ‘It’s Surreal’ Being Father Of 19-Year-Old Rock Drummer
GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash spoke to Canada’s iHeart Radio about what it’s like to be a father to sons London and Cash Hudson, both of whom have expressed interest in playing music. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’ve got two kids that are both really musical, but one of ’em is more into hip-hop and techno kind of stuff, and then the other one, the older one [London], is the rock drummer. And his band [S8NT ELEKTRIC] just opened for DIRTY HONEY and MAMMOTH [WVH] in San Diego the other night. So that’s really sort of a trip for me. Because I was 19 when I joined GUNS N’ ROSES and he’s 19 now and he’s in this band that’s out gigging all the time. So it’s really sort of surreal.” He continued: R...
‘The Penguin’ Spinoff Series Starring Colin Farrell Ordered By HBO Max
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jonathan Olley™ & © DC Comics / The Batman You have to credit HBO Max for giving the DC Extended Universe new life with drops like the Snyder Cut of Justice League and the critically acclaimed Peace Maker. Now with Matt Reeves’ The Batman all the rage amongst fanboys on the internet, HBO Max will be exploring the dark streets of Gotham City as Variety is reporting that the streaming network has ordered a Penguin spinoff series starring Colin Farrell (the man really did kill that role). While it was rumored for months that HBO Max was considering a limited Penguin series starring Farrell, it’s now been made official and the show’s star couldn’t be any happier returning as one of Batman’s best villains. Related Stories “The world that Matt Reeves...
Peep The ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Teaser Trailer From Disney+
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Star Wars / Disney+ Disney+ has really been killing it with their Star Wars spinoff series such as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, but this time around Disney+ will be bringing back a familiar face that many thought they’d never see again. For their next installment into the Star Wars universe, Disney+ will be bringing back Ewan McGregor as the OG Jedi in Obi-Wan Kenobi and if the first teaser trailer is any indication of how the series will be, hang on to your lightsaber because ish is about to get real. In the trailer we get an idea of how things are playing out in a galaxy far, far away as the last remaining Jedi’s are being hunted down by the deadly Inquisitors who are on a mission to rid the universe of the force wielding heroes. One of th...
