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Fans Choose Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Created with longtime collaborator Greg Kurstin, “Easy On Me” is the lead single from Adele’s upcoming fourth album, 30, which is scheduled for release on Nov. 19. The song was accompanied by black-and-white music video, in which the singer drives away from an empty house with a “Sold” sign in the front yard. Adele’s last three albums — 19, 21 and 25 — have all reached the top five on the Billboard 200, with the latter two hitting No. 1. Her most recent project, 2015’s 25, spent a staggering 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and earned the album of the year Grammy, selling 3.38 million copies in its debut week. It marked the biggest sales week for an album since MRC Data began tracking point-of-sale purch...
Bowen Yang Brings Down the ‘SNL’ House as ‘Proud Gay Oompa Loompa’
Colin apologized for the confusion as Yang’s character explained all he wanted to do was talk about a possible Oompa Loompa strike over the unsafe conditions at the chocolate factory. “Now I guess I have got to call my parents,” Yang’s Oompa Loompa said to big laughs. “They live in Loompa-land. It’s not as progressive as here. They, like, just got Will & Grace. So yeah, it’s gonna be a conversation.” Pushing forward, Yang’s Oompa Loompa said, “You know what, Colin? You did me a huge favor because now I can be honest — about everything. Point blank: the man doesn’t know how to make chocolate! He’s an ideas man who’s never touched a machine. He just tumbles into the inventing room and says something like ‘What about a gumdrop that makes children dream silly dreams?’ And it’s like, ‘Yeah,...
Ronnie Tutt, Drummer for Elvis and Other Stars, Dies at 83
Elvis Presley Enterprises noted Tutt’s death in a statement Saturday. The group that runs Graceland recalled how Tutt drummed for Elvis with the TCB Band from 1969 until 1977, joining the band put together by James Burton for Elvis’ 1969 Las Vegas opening and staying with Elvis until his death in 1977. Beyond Elvis, Tutt played with some of the biggest names in music, touring with Neil Diamond’s band and recording and playing with Cash, Nicks, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, Elvis Costello, Michael McDonald and more, Elvis Presley Enterprises wrote. “In addition to being a legendary drummer, he was a good friend to many of us here at Graceland,” the group said in a statement. “We enjoyed each time he joined us here to celebrate Elvis Week, Elvis’ Birthday and many other special occasions. Ron...
Here’s How Drake Reacted to His Early Listen of Adele’s New Album
“I don’t send it around to like, various people, being like, ‘Can I get your thoughts on this?'” Adele clarified during her chat with the U.K. radio station. “It’s always just been about how it makes me feel,” she said. “Quality control is my forte. I can write a song about my own experiences my own life, and stuff like that. People certainly aren’t waiting for a club banger from me. I feel like I’m gonna give people what it is that they’ve been missing while I’ve been away.” Just the other day, Drake — whose own Certified Lover Boy just returned to No. 1 for its fourth nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart — showed his support for his pal on Instagram, where he posted...
Watch IRON MAIDEN’s BRUCE DICKINSON Sing A Cappella Version Of ‘The Writing On The Wall’ In London
Fan-filmed video footage of Bruce Dickinson belting out an a cappella version of the IRON MAIDEN song “The Writing On The Wall”, the first single from the band’s latest album, “Senjutsu”, during his October 16 spoken-word show in London, England can be seen below. Earlier this month, Dickinson spoke to Pablo of the Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station 93X about his current spoken-word tour, which kicked off in his native United Kingdom in August. “It’s hopefully reasonably amusing,” Bruce said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It’s a look at how a spotty kid from the middle of nowhere ended up being the singer in IRON MAIDEN wearing crazy trousers, and all points in between. And it covers the cancer thing. It covers a lot of ...
TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS: ‘I’ve Never Listened To ROB HALFORD’s Solo Stuff Except FIGHT’
In a brand new interview with Pierre Gutiérrez of Rock Talks, Tim “Ripper” Owens spoke about the fact that JUDAS PRIEST is not performing any songs from the two albums he recorded with the band — 1997’s “Jugulator” and 2001’s “Demolition” — during the group’s recently launched 50th-anniversary tour. “I actually don’t think it makes sense that they don’t play songs from my era,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I mean, it was JUDAS PRIEST. Listen, you’re celebrating 50 years of JUDAS PRIEST, but you’re leaving out 10 years of it. The thing is Rob [Halford] would sound so awesome… Could you imagine Rob singing ‘Burn In Hell’? Holy crap, it would sound fantastic. So, there...
ANN WILSON Rejoined By Founding HEART Guitarist ROGER FISHER At Seattle Concert (Video)
HEART‘s founding guitarist Roger Fisher, who co-wrote some of the band’s greatest hits, such as “Crazy On You” and “Barracuda”, joined HEART lead singer Ann Wilson on stage last night (Saturday, October 16) during her solo concert at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, Washington to perform the HEART classic “Mistral Wind”. Professionally filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Born in Seattle, Washington on February 14, 1950, Fisher has played in almost every major city in North America. He has also toured Europe, Japan, Australia, Uzbekistan and Russia, and performed at massive events in the Czech Republic, Japan, Canada and the United States for as many as 300,000 people at a single rock show. He has appeared on a multitude o...
Watch MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE Blow Out Candles For 60th Birthday
Professor Reggie Almeida of the Gracie Barra Brazilian jiu-jitsu school in Spring Hill, Tennessee, who traveled with MEGADETH on the recently completed “The Metal Tour Of The Year”, has uploaded video footage of MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine‘s 60th-birthday party, which was held on September 13 backstage at the band’s concert at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts. The nine-minute clip, which includes backstage jam footage featuring MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro, bassist James Lomenzo and Gibson brand president Cesar Gueikian, can be seen below. At the Boston concert, the audience sang “Happy Birthday” to Mustaine, after which a five-minute video was played in which a number of other musicians shared their best wishes to Mustaine, includ...
System of a Down Return to Stage, Perform Two Comeback Singles Live for First Time: Watch
System of a Down just played their first concert since the pandemic started, rocking a 30-song set at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday (October 15th). The show featured the live debuts of last year’s surprise singles “Genocidal Humanoidz” and “Protect the Land.” The concert, the band’s first since May 2019, saw SOAD perform 11 songs off their landmark 2001 album Toxicity, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary — including such favorites as “Chop Suey,” “Psycho,” “Aerials,” and more. They performed “Genocidal Humanoidz” for the first time live in the first half of the set, while “Protect the Land” was debuted toward the end of the show. The two songs were simultaneously released in November 2020, in support of Armenia and its neighboring state Artsakh, which had come under ...
SNL: Rami Malek, Daniel Craig, and Kenan Thompson Audition for Prince Biopic
One of the notable sketches from this week’s Saturday Night Live saw host Rami Malek, his James Bond castmate Daniel Craig (appearing as a surprise guest), and SNL’s Kenan Thompson audition against one another for the lead role in a Prince biopic directed by Jordan Peele (played by Chris Redd). *** Spoiler*** In the sketch, Malek, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, nails the audition, but loses points for, uh — not being Black. But before Thompson has a chance to celebrate his landing of the role, 007 himself appears for a last-minute audition. He missed the memo about the biopic being about Prince (instead dressing as an actual prince), but nonetheless walks away with the role. “That was bad, but you’re James Bond so you got the part,” remarks Redd...
Drake Threatened to Quit Degrassi Because His Character Used a Wheelchair: Report
Never mind the fact that he literally titled his most recent album Certified Lover Boy — Drake evidently hasn’t always been so comfortable sharing his sensitive side. Before he gifted us with unabashedly sullen breakup ballads like “Marvins Room,” he was better known as Aubrey Graham, the actor behind high school basketball star Jimmy Brooks in the massively popular teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. In a recent oral history celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Canadian phenomenon, Degrassi screenwriter James Hurst said that Drake once threatened to leave the show because Jimmy used a wheelchair, which the rapper feared made him look “soft.” (As if “soft” hasn’t been used to describe most Drake music since 2010.) If you’ll recall, one of Degrassi’s most critical pl...
Kanye West Gives Rare Live Performance at Italian Wedding: Watch
Kanye West performed live for the first time in three years during a wedding reception for D’Estree founder Geraldine Guiotte and Tiffany & Co executive vice president Alexander Arnault. Per TMZ, Kanye was among the luminaries in attendance for the soiree, which went down in Venice, Italy over the weekend. Other guests included Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Questlove, Pharrell Williams, and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, among others. Kanye, donning a custom Balenciaga mask, took the stage and performed “Runaway” and “Flashing Lights.” Notably, it marked Kanye’s first time performing secular music solo since late 2018. (In recent years, his live appearances have been almost exclusively alongside his Sunday Service gospel choir.) Unfortunately, the mask obstructed Kanye’s vocals, making it difficult to hear...
