Luke Bryan just hit No. 1 with his current single, “Down To One,” and now he’s sharing a brand new song titled “Drink A Little Whiskey Down.”
“Drink A Little Whiskey Down” is one of the singles off Bryan’s deluxe edition of Born Here Live Here Die Here.
You can take a listen to “Drink A Little Whiskey Down” at the lyric video – here.
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Thomas Rhett has announced the pre-order of part one of his double set, Country Again: Side A. Rhett also shared two new songs from the release on digital services and with pre-orders — “Want It Again,” and “Growing Up.” Side B of the double album project is planned for release later in 2021.
Country Again: Side A has Rhett teaming up with longtime producers Dann Huff and Jesse Frasure, and Rhett himself co-wrote every track on the record.
Country Again: Side A is set to be released on April 30. You can pre-order it at the link here.
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Disney’s animated film Raya and the Last Dragon was the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $8.6 million in it’s opening weekend. The film is also available via pay-per-view on Disney+ in order to reach as many people as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tom and Jerry came in at No. 2 with $6.6 million, followed by Chaos Walking at No. 3 with $3.8 million, Boogie at No. 4 with $1.2 million and The Croods: A New Age at No. 5. with $780,000. Rounding out the top tier are The Little Things at No. 6 with $550,000, Wonder Woman 1984 at No. 7 with $511,000, The Marksman at No. 8 with $500,000, Judas and the Black Messiah at No. 9 with $282,000 and Monster Hunter at No. 10 with $260,000.
About 39% of the theaters are now open in North America, and although restrictions for theaters have eased, few new movies have opened exclusively in theaters. Instead, movie premieres have been switched to streaming services or are being released simultaneously on the big and small screens.
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Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell has confirmed that he is finished working on his third solo album, his first ful l-length solo effort since 2002.Cantrell’s debut album Boggy Depot was released in 1998; In 2002, his second album Degradation Trip came out. He dedicated the record to Layne Staley, who had just died a few months prior to its release.
Since the death of Staley, Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney were joined by William DuVall on vocals, and this rendition of Alice in Chains has released three albums — 2009’s Black Gives Way to Blue, 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here and 2018’s Rainier Fog.
Cantrell shared news of his third solo album on Instagram, along with a photo of himself, former Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Puciato and studio engineers Paul Fig and Joe Barresi. The photo was captioned: “Finished my record tonight one year to the day from when we started recording it,” the guitarist wrote. “What a crazy journey… always is. Look forward to setting it free upon your ear holes sometime soon.”
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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor revealed that he’s planning some solo tour dates for April and May, making it clear that social-distancing and safety will be top priority. Taylor released his solo album CMFT late last year.
Taylor revealed plans for a three week tour of the midwest during a recent interview, saying in part, “[It will be a] short tour — probably about three weeks. Some of the places we’ll be doing two nights in one city. It’ll be completely social-distanced, which means there’ll be pods with space around it, and the only people allowed in the pod are the people who came with that group. [There will be] temp checks at the door, and you have to have proof of a negative test within 48 hours [of the show], or you won’t be let in at all.”
Taylor said that any potential touring was still in the planning stages and he’s still working out the details: “We need to learn to adapt — we need to adapt and move on and find ways to do this. Like I said, once the vaccine’s had a chance to really kind of do its thing, we will really start to have those tentative steps back towards normalcy as best we can” adding, ..”And now, this is how we’re gonna reopen things. But we’re gonna get this going.’ And that should be encouraging people.”
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SZA has dropped the new music video for her hit single “Good Days,” directed by the singer herself. SZA tweeted of the video: “[Point of view]: I’m a plant living growing and dying .. also on shrooms”
SZA wrote on Instagram following the video’s release: “I’ve never been more scared and proud to be myself. Thank you to my entire team for constantly being patient and supportive. I love you all.”
“Good Days” has become the solo biggest hit of SZA’s career, going platinum and reaching Number Two on Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Songs Chart in February. Check out the video for ‘Good Days” at the link – here.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins activated captain and star center Sidney Crosby from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols list ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Crosby missed Tuesday’s matchup against the Flyers while on the league’s COVID-19 list. The Penguins also announced that assistant coach Todd Reirden has passed the COVID-19 protocol and was cleared to return to his regular duties for Thursday’s game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Also Thursday, the Penguins recalled forwards Anthony Angello and Josh Currie from the taxi squad.
Thursday’s game, however, found the Penguins face a stunning loss against their cross-town rivals. The Flyers overcame an early three-goal deficit to defeat the Penguins 4-3. Claude Giroux scored his second goal of the night with 2:08 remaining as Philadelphia handed Pittsburgh just its second loss this season at PPG Paints Arena.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday she plans to lift the state’s COVID-19 mask order by April 9. Ivey cited reduction in COVID-19 case statewide; as of Tuesday, Alabama’s seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases was 778 per day, an 82% drop from the high reached Jan. 10 and the lowest average for daily new cases since late June. Ivey also said that COVID-19 hospital rates had similarly declined.
Ivey said that the state needed to get past Easter and allow more Alabamans to get their first vaccine dose before lifting mask orders, adding at a press conference, “There’s no question that wearing masks has been one of our greatest tools in preventing the spread of the virus. Even when we lift the mask order, I will continue to wear my mask when I’m around others and strongly urge my fellow citizens to use common sense and do the same thing, but at that time it will become a matter of personal responsibility and not government mandate.”
Ivey made the announcement while also extending the state’s “Safer at Home Order” until May 7, which urges residents to minimize travel outside the home and follow other federal COVID-19 health guidelines. However she eased other COVID-19 restrictions, including a change to allow outdoor programs in senior centers to resume with new safety guidelines, as well as allowing summer camps to open, permitting restaurants seat patrons closer than 6 feet if they are separated by partitions, and raising the maximum number of visitors from one to two at nursing homes and hospitals.
The Senate clerk was required to begin reading aloud all 628 pages of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill on Thursday, a process that’s expected to take about 10 hours before the lawmakers can begin debate on the legislation. The decision came after Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin voted against dispensing of the procedural step before debate can begin. Johnson tweeted, “I just objected to skipping past the reading of the Democrats’ 628-page bill that was just introduced minutes ago. If they’re going to add nearly $2T to the national debt at least we should know what’s in the bill.”
The House passed the aid package last weekend, but two aspects have since been changed. The provision to raise the federal minimum wage requirement to $15 per hour will no longer be part of the bill, and the President has agreed to impose greater income restrictions for Americans to receive the $1,400 direct stimulus payment.
After the reading Thursday, senators will introduce a motion to begin 20 hours of debate. Late Wednesday, the House decided not to convene on Thursday due to warnings from law enforcement of a possible far-right plot by pro-Trump radicals to break into the Capitol again and target Democratic lawmakers. The Senate convened at noon despite warnings from U.S. Capitol police that there could be a threat.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Thursday they have signed veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to a new contract for the 2021 season. The Steelers did not disclose the value of the contract. Roethlisberger, 39, was set to play on the final year of a two-year, $68 million contract extension in 2021, but restructured the deal.
Roethlisberger said in a news release: “It is my greatest honor to be a Pittsburgh Steeler and give my all for this organization. I am grateful to be at this stage of my career and more than happy to adjust my contract in a way that best helps the team to address other players who are so vital to our success. I love this game and love to compete, and I believe in this team and my ability to deliver when called upon. It all starts with great preparation and I am ready to go.”
Roethlisberger joined the Steelers as the No. 11 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. He is the Steelers’ franchise leader with 60,348 passing yards, 396 touchdown passes and 233 games played.
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