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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love Is Best Selling-Rock Album Since 2021
The numbers are in, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love is the best-selling rock album of 2022 — and beyond. With 97,500 equivalent album units earned, Chili Peppers’ 12th full-length debuted this week at the top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart. In doing so, Unlimited Love had the best selling week for any rock album in 16 months. The last rock album to move more copies was Paul McCartney’s McCartney III in January 2021. Unlimited Love also marks Chili Peppers’ first No. 1 album since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. The common theme between those two releases? The presence of guitarist John Frusciante; Unlimited Love is Frusciante’s first album with the band since Stadium Arcadium. Advertisement Related Video Unlimited Love isn’t just a success in the US, as the album also debut at No. 1 ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love leaps onto the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 1, marking the band’s second leader and first chart-topping effort since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. The new set was released on April 1 and bows with 97,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 7, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. In total, the group has tallied eight top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Unlimited Love replaces Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout atop the chart (the latter falls to No. 9 in its second week), giving the list back-to-back rock albums at No. 1 for the first time in over four years. It last happened when The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 14, 2017 char...
Kid Rock Opens Tour with Video Message from Donald Trump
In a feat that’s actually far less surprising than it should be, noted MAGA advocate Kid Rock has recruited none other than former president Donald Trump to welcome similarly indoctrinated attendees to his arena tour. During a recent stop on his aptly-named “Bad Reputation Tour,” Kid Rock opened the show with a personal video message from Number 45. “Hello, everyone,” Trump says in the clip. “I love you all. I know you’re having a great time at the Kid Rock concert tonight. Quite frankly, he’s amazing. All of you in attendance are truly the backbone of our great country. Hard-working, God-fearing rock-and-roll patriots.” Mar-a-Lago’s newest DJ — who allegedly once asked Kid Rock for foreign policy advice — continued: “Bob is truly one of the greatest entertainers of our time. Not the best ...
Jack White Gets Engaged and Married While Onstage at His Detroit Concert
Congratulations are in order for Jack White, who got engaged and then married during his hometown concert in Detroit on Friday night (April 8). The whirlwind onstage nuptials started with the 46-year-old musician unexpectedly popping the question to his girlfriend, fellow musician Olivia Jean, while the pair performed a rendition of The White Stripes‘ 2001 single “Hotel Yorba” at the Masonic Temple. “It’s been such a beautiful day, I figure why don’t we do this right now and get married,” White announced to the sold-out crowd, according to The Oakland Press. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After receiving a tearful yes from Jean, whose band was the opening act at the show, White continued the song’s final verse: “Let’s get married/ In a big cat...
Jack White Kicks Off Tour — and Gets Married — in Detroit: Review
At the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit on Friday night, at the tail end of the first show in support of his new solo album, Fear of the Dawn; hours after performing a jagged, silvery version of the National Anthem at Opening Day for the Tigers; and in-between verses of a whomping “Hotel Yorba,” Jack White turns to Olivia Jean, a member of The Black Belles and one of two acts who opened for White that night, and says, “I got a little question for you, Olivia Jean.” Then he’s proposing, sliding a ring onto her hand while, with her other hand, she’s covering her mouth, nodding, crying, and he smiles, turns back to the microphone, and erupts into the sixth verse of the song: “LET’S GET MARRIED!” The dudes around me are feeling it: they’ve got their beers in the air and they’re yelling “Woooo...
Song of the Week: Jack White Lets Loose on “What’s the Trick?”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Jack White lets loose on “What’s the Trick?” Jack White is nothing if not ambitious. The former frontman of The White Stripes has a penchant for the odd, the atonal, and the avant-garde — the man just likes to get weird with his music, at the end of the day. His new album, Fear of the Dawn, inhabits that same risky space that keeps listeners coming back to see what he’s trying next. While not every big swing leads to a payoff on the album, it’s hard to deny the raw energy of “What’s the Trick?” The track is anc...
Jack White Marries Girlfriend Olivia Jean On Stage During Detroit Concert
It was a big day for Jack White. He released a new album, performed the National Anthem at opening day for the Detroit Tigers, and kicked off his “Supply Chain Issues Tour.” Oh, and he got married! According to the Detroit Free Press, White proposed to and married his girlfriend, Olivia Jean, during his concert at Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre on Friday night. Per WXYZ Detroit, White popped the question while singing “Hotel Yorba” at the end of his main set. Moments later, White and Jean were married in an on-stage ceremony officiated by White’s longtime friend, Ben Swank, with White’s mother and Jean’s father both in attendance. Advertisement Related Video Following the wedding, White concluded the concert by performing “Steady, as She Goes” and “Seven Nation Army.” White first met Jea...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Replace Foo Fighters at 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Foo Fighters have cancelled all their tour dates following the tragic death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and that includes their scheduled appearance at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2022. Now, organizers have announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers will join the biggest musical event in the Big Easy, headlining on Sunday, May 1st. This will be RHCP’s first time at the event since 2016. The band is touring in support of their new album Unlimited Love, their first studio set featuring guitarist John Frusciante since 2006. They join a lineup that is also headlined by Stevie Nicks and The Who, and features performances by Lionel Richie, Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band, Willie Nelson, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Ludacris, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello &a...
Jack White Unleashes New Album Fear of the Dawn: Stream
Jack White has released his new album Fear of the Dawn via Third Man Records. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. Preceded last year by lead single “Taking Me Back,” the studio set is the Nashville musician’s first of two planned full-lengths in 2022, with follow-up Entering Heaven Alive currently slated to drop in July. White has described Fear of the Dawn as a “really hard” rock record, while Entering Heaven Alive is a “very mellow” acoustic LP. The 12-track Fear of the Dawn contains just one collaboration, the Cab Calloway-sampling “Hi-De-Ho” with Q-Tip, which began life back in 2016 when the rapper recruited the erstwhile White Stripes frontman to work on A Tribe Called Quest’s final studio album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. Advertisement Related Video “Every ...
Pink Floyd Release First New Song in 28 Years to Benefit Ukraine: Stream
David Gilmour and Nick Mason have released their first new song as Pink Floyd in 28 years. Entitled “Hey, Hey Rise Up!”, it’s out today alongside a music video created by Matt Whitecross. Watch it below. Proceeds from the song and video will benefit the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. According to a press release, Gilmour and Mason recorded “Hey, Hey Rise Up!” on Wednesday, March 30th. The pair were joined in the studio by bassist Guy Pratt and keyboardist Nitin Sawhney. The song samples an Instagram video by Andriy Khlyvnyuk (of Ukrainian band Boombox), singing the Ukrainian anthem “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow” in Kyiv earlier this year. Advertisement Related Video “Hey, Hey Rise Up!” marks Pink Floyd’s first original music since the release of The Division Bell in 1994. Their 2014 albu...
Coldplay Announce Latin American Tour Dates with Camila Cabello
Coldplay have expanded their “Music of the Spheres World Tour” with new dates in Peru, Chile, and Brasil. Notably, Coldplay’s September shows in Lima, Peru and Santiago, Chile will feature support from Camila Cabello. In October, Coldplay will play gigs in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brasil with H.E.R. But before all that, Coldplay will kick off the North American leg of their “Music of the Spheres World Tour” starting in early May with stadium shows in Texas, Arizona, and California. Further dates are scheduled in Chicago, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Tampa. Coldplay will then spend the summer touring Europe. Advertisement Related Video Check out Coldplay’s updated tour schedule below, and grab tickets via Ticketmaster. Coldplay are touring behind their latest album, Music...
Jack White Teases His Jay-Z Collab May ‘See the Light of Day’
Jack White shared in a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that a collab between him and Jay-Z might be coming out soon. The White Stripes frontman is to release two solo projects this year, the first of which, Fear of the Dawn, is due Friday (April 8). In the interview, Lowe brought up the rumor that White and Jay-Z were “sitting on heat.” “It’s true, but it’s not me who doesn’t finish stuff. I’m not that guy,” White teased. “I’m more the personality, like, I’ll be there tomorrow. So it’s different working styles. So some of that stuff will see the light of day when those guys aren’t busy with other projects and stuff.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sharing his experience working with the rapper, White said, “It was so different becau...
