Month: November 2021

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Country Daypop

Luke Combs announces stadium tour dates for 2022

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Following his entertainer of the year win at the CMA Awards, Luke Combs announced several stadium shows for 2022, with Zach Bryan, Cody Johnson and Morgan Wade serving as support. Performance locations include Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High on May 21, Seattle’s Lumen Field on June 4 and Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 30.

During his CMA Awards performance, Combs debuted a new song, “Doin’ This.” He currently has a top 5 hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Cold As You,” which is the seventh single to be released from his What You See Ain’t Always What You Get project.

Tickets for the shows will be available for pre-sale starting Wednesday, November 17 at 4:00 p.m. local time through Ticketmaster Verified Fan, with general on-sale Friday, November 19 at 10:00 a.m. local time. For more information, head to www.LukeCombs.com.

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Taylor Swift recruits Chris Stapleton for her previously-unreleased single “I Bet You Think About Me”

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Taylor Swift has enlisted Chris Stapleton to sing on her recently re-released 2012 album Red (Taylor’s Version) track “I Bet You Think About Me.”

Stapleton provides harmonies and background vocals on “I Bet You Think About Me,” a country ballad about a fame-obsessed Beverly Hills-born ex-beau. Stapleton joins Phoebe Bridgers and Ed Sheeran as guests on Red (Taylor’s Version), which also features an extended, 10-minute long take on the heartbreak anthem “All Too Well.”

Take a look at the lyric video for Swift and Stapleton’s “I Bet You Think About Me” – here.

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Entertainment Daypop

Leonardo DiCaprio to play cult leader Jim Jones in new film

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Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in an upcoming film. The new film will explore how Jones orchestrated the Jonestown mass suicide that caused over 900 deaths in November 1978.

Jones founded the Peoples Temple religious organization in Indianapolis in 1955 and constructed Jonestown in Guyana in 1974. When U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan and members of his delegation arrived to investigate Jonestown in 1978, they were killed by Jones’ followers. Following the killings, Jones ordered a mass murder-suicide among his followers by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid.  The mass suicide claimed the lives of over 900 people in November 1978.

Deadline confirmed that DiCaprio, 46, will star in the biopic as Jones. Venom writer Scott Rosenberg wrote the script and will executive produce with DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson.

Next up for DiCaprio is a starring role in the Netflix film Don’t Look Up and Martin Scorsese’s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Sitcom inspired by the life of Alanis Morissette in the works at ABC

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Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, will be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom.  Titled Relatable, the sitcom is a single-camera comedy that follows a 40-something woman, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star, famous for her self-penned anthems of female rage and teen angst. Now this “voice of her generation,” although deeply bonded with her family, can’t quite get the next generation living in her house to listen to her.. While the main character is based on the life of Morissette, it will be a fictitious portrayal; Morissette’s life will serve to “loosely inform” the writing and stories though characters are fictional and non-biographical.

Morissette will serve as an executive producer and will provide an original soundtrack for the series. Alongside her are co-creators Elizabeth Beckwith (the supervising producer on The Goldbergs) and Christopher Moynihan (the creator of Marlon).

Morissette currently serves as a judge on Fox’s competition series Alter Ego, and recently released her ninth studio album. She also kicked off a world tour celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill, and Jagged Little Pill: The Musical made its debut on Broadway in 2019.

Alanis Morissette is making a sitcom inspired by her life

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Rock Daypop

Daughtry postpone tour after Chris Daughtry’s stepdaughter passes away suddenly at age 25

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Daughtry will be postponing their upcoming concert tour dates following the sudden death of singer Chris Daughtry’s 25-year-old stepdaughter, Hannah Price. A statement read: “Due to the unexpected death of Chris and Deanna Daughtry’s daughter, Hannah, all currently scheduled shows for the coming week for Daughtry have been postponed. The Daughtry family thanks you for your understanding and respectfully asks for privacy during this very difficult time.”  Price and her brother Griffin Daughtry, 23, are Deanna’s children from a previous marriage. Chris and Deanna also share twins Adalynn Rose and Noah James, 10.

Price was reportedly found dead in her home by Nashville police on Friday; police was unable to confirm or provide further details in regards to Price’s death, with the family adding in a statement: “The investigation into this tragic death is still ongoing.”

Daughtry had just kicked off their ‘Dearly Beloved’ tour earlier this month following the release of their new album of the same name in September. The band were scheduled to play in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday night, and shows through Nov. 16th are expected to be rescheduled.

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Green Day, Nine Inch Nails and My Morning Jacket to headline the 2022 Shaky Knees Festival

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Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, and My Morning Jacket have been named as headliners for the 2022 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will be held in the city’s Central Park between April 29 and May 1.  Due to the coronavirus pandemic he festival was cancelled in 2020, but returned this October featuring Foo Fighters, Run The Jewels, and The Strokes as headliners.

The 2022 Shaky Knees Festival marks its seventh year since being founded by Tim Sweetwood in 2013; the festival received its name from the classic My Morning Jacket single “Stream Engine.” Across the three-day event, appearances will be made by Billy Idol, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, CHVRCHES, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Death Cab For Cutie, Khruangbin, Coin, Japanese Breakfast, Faye Webster, The Garden, Colony House, Dirty Honey, Gang of Youths, Spoon, Highly Suspect, Travis, Mt. Joy, Kurt Vile & the Violators, The Regrettes and more. Additional performers will be announced in the coming months leading up to the Spring festival.

Tickets for the annual festival are on sale now via the Shaky Knees Festival official website. Passes will be available in the form of three-day weekend admission or one-day general admission, general admission plus, VIP and platinum tickets.

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Pop Daypop

Beyoncé shares the new song “Be Alive” from the forthcoming biopic ‘King Richard’

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Beyoncé has released “Be Alive,” her song from the upcoming film King Richard. The biopic centers around Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams. ‘Be Alive’ had been previewed in the trailer for the film, which stars Will Smith. King Richard is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max on Nov. 19.  You can now listen to “Be Alive” in full at the link here.

Beyoncé last released the song “Black Parade” and the visual album Black Is King, which featured music from 2019’s The Lion King: The Gift. She more recently covered “Moon River” for a Tiffany’s ad campaign.

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Avril Lavigne returns with new pop/punk song “Bite Me”

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Avril Lavigne is back with her latest single “Bite Me,” the first new music for Lavigne since she recently signed with Travis Barker’s DTA Records. Barker, Goldfinger’s John Feldmann and Mod Sun all serve as co-producers on the track.

Lavigne said, “I’ve always admired Travis and his work. The first time we worked together was 15 years ago on my album The Best Damn Thing and I have really enjoyed watching him develop into the producer that he is today. We spent a lot of time writing songs and working on this record together, and signing to his record label, DTA felt like the perfect home for me and my new music. Travis understands my vision as a musician, my creative process as an artist, and my goals at this stage of my career.  I am excited to be dropping ‘Bite Me.’ It’s an anthem about knowing your worth, what you deserve and not giving someone a second chance who doesn’t deserve you.”

Last month, Lavigne appeared in the video for Willow’s “G R O W,” from Willow’s recent LP Lately I Feel Everything. Lavigne’s new album, which has yet to be announced, will be the follow-up to 2019’s Head Above Water.

To stream “Bite Me,” head here.

Avril Lavigne debuts on Travis Barker’s DTA Records with “Bite Me”

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22-year-old college student is ninth person to die after tragedy at Astroworld festival

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Nearly one week after the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, a 22-year-old college student has died – marking the ninth person killed in the tragedy. The family attorney of the victim announced Thursday that Bharti Shahani, a student at Texas A&M University studying computer science, died at an intensive care unit surrounded by her family around 7 p.m. Wednesday night.

Shahani has two sisters, one of whom was at the festival with her. Her father said at a news conference Thursday: “Now, I am worried about my two daughters and my wife. What will be the impact on them after we lost our precious angel?” Her mother, Karishma, said, “Bharti is love – I won’t be able to live without her. It’s impossible.”  Bharti’s younger sister Namrata, who was with her at the festival, said she was holding her sister’s hand before they got separated in the crowd surge. Namrata said her sister was like a second mother to her:  “It feels like she meant everything to me. We were always together, always doing things together. The last thing Bharti said to me was, “Are you OK?” 

Nine people, including two teenagers, were killed and dozens more were injured during a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival last Friday. The exact cause of death for the other eight victims has not yet been determined, Houston police chief Troy Finner said on Wednesday. A 9-year-old boy remains in critical condition.

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Appeals court agrees to temporarily block access to former-President Trump’s White House records in Jan. 6 probe

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A federal appeals court on Thursday granted former President Donald Trump’s request to temporarily block the National Archives from giving his White House records to a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel granted Trump an administrative injunction and set arguments for the case for Nov. 30, writing: “The purpose of this administrative injunction is to protect the court’s jurisdiction to address appellant’s claims of executive privilege and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits.”

The National Archives was expected to start turning over the documents Friday, releasing them over the next several weeks. Trump asked the court to “maintain the status quo” until their expedited appeal can be heard. In the documents, committee members expect to receive call logs, visitor logs, drafts of speeches, memos and even handwritten notes from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and others. Trump’s attorneys have said additional time is needed to properly go over the issues in question.

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