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NBC will air Christmas At Graceland live on November 29th at 10 p.m. ET, and will also stream the special on Peacock. The broadcast will mark the first-ever televised live concert from inside Elvis Presley’s famous home, Graceland.

Christmas At Graceland will feature performances from Presley‘s iconic Memphis, TN home from artists including Post Malone, Lana Del Rey, Alanis Morissette, and more. Additional performers paying tribute to “The King of Rock ‘n Roll” will be John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, and The War And Treaty.

Christmas At Graceland aims to highlight Presley’s lasting impact on popular music, with the special also including previously unaired footage of Elvis and give viewers “an intimate look” inside his home. Elvis’ granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, will make an appearance and serves as executive producer.

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Dolly Parton is making history with her new album ‘Rockstar’, earning the music legend her first No.1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (which ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales). Rockstar also debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it Parton’s highest charting album ever, and her third top 10 on that list.

Rockstar is Parton’s first rock album, and the making of the LP was inspired by Parton’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Parton has primarily released country music in her nearly 60-year career, and has ventured into such music genres as Americana/folk, bluegrass, children’s music, Christian, dance/electronic and pop.

Rockstar features 30 songs, including a mix of original songs and covers. It is also filled with dozens of famous collaborator, including Pat Benatar, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Elton John, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Chris Stapleton, Ringo Starr, Sting and Steven Tyler.

Dolly Parton makes history with ‘Rockstar’

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Lollapalooza India 2024 will feature a lineup of artists from around the globe and India, across many musical genres. The two day festival is set to take place at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Race Course on January 27 and 28, 2024 across four stages.

Event organizers unveiled the star-studded roster, featuring the legendary Sting headlining, along with Jonas Brothers, Halsey, OneRepublic, English alternative rock icon Keane, and the eclectic sounds of Ari Staprans Leff, better known as Lauv.

Joining the international lineup are British electronic music project Jungle, rock duo Royal Blood, and hip-hop rapper JPEGMAFIA, as well as sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar. Lollapalooza India also promises a holistic experience with artists like Italian electronic dance music sensation Meduza, French DJ Malaa, Caribou, and the unique beats of K-pop band The Rose and Eric Nam.

For tickets, head to: LollaIndia.com.

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Taylor Swift announced that her “Eras Tour” film will be released for streaming on her birthday, Dec. 13, including songs from the tour not included in the movie’s theatrical release. The services whose logos appear on Swift’s website as making the film available for rental Dec. 13 are Apple TV, Vudu, Prime Video, Xfinity, Google Play and YouTube.

Swift posted on her socials: “Hi! Well, so, basically I have a birthday coming up and I was thinking a fun way to celebrate the year we’ve had together would be to make The Eras Tour Concert Film available for you to watch at home! Very happy to be able to tell you that the extended version of the film including “Wildest Dreams,” “The Archer” and “Long Live” will be available to rent on demand in the US, Canada & additional countries to be announced soon starting on … you guessed it, December 13 ”

The announcement came the morning after Swift performed the final date of her tour for 2023 on Sunday night in Brazil. The Eras Tour resumes Feb. 7 with a four-night stand at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Swift’s tour will gross an estimated, record-breaking $2 billion by the time it comes to a close next November 2024. The ‘Eras Tour’ concert film has grossed $178 million in the United States as of the close of this past weekend, setting a record for a concert film.

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the release of Elton John’s classic holiday tune “Step into Christmas,” the music legend has released a special digital compilation. featuring the song as well as several other holiday-themed tracks.

Elton’s Step into Christmas EP is a seven-track collection that features the original versions of the 1973 single, and its B-side, “Ho Ho Ho (Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas).”  Step into Christmas also features Elton’s 1982 tune “All Quiet on the Western Front,” his 1983 song “Cold as Christmas (in the Middle of the Year),” and his 2004 duet with Joss Stone, “Calling It Christmas.” Rounding out the compilation are live versions of “Step into Christmas,” which John performed on the U.K.’s The Gilbert O’Sullivan Show in 1973, and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” from a 1973 concert at the Hammersmith Odeon venue in London.

John also is releasing a seven-inch green-vinyl single featuring “Step into Christmas” and “Ho Ho Ho (Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas),” and a 10-inch red-vinyl EP featuring the first five songs from the digital EP. Both discs can be pre-ordered at John’s official online store.

To buy/stream Step Into Christmas EP, head here.

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BTS have shared a teaser and poster to announce ‘BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star’, an eight-part docuseries coming exclusively to Disney+ on December 20th.

Disney+ dropped the teaser trailer for the documentary series about the global K-pop superstars, as part of an on-going content partnership between Disney and Korean entertainment powerhouse Hybe. The docuseries tracks the group over their 10-year career and features never-before-seen interviews, performances and behind the scenes moments.

The first two episodes – The Beginning and Adolescence – will start streaming on Disney+ on December 20 and be followed by two new episodes every Wednesday.

Check out the teaser for BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star – here.

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Bon Jovi has released the new original holiday song, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas”. Jon Bon Jovi said of the song: “‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas’ is a song that I wrote about family. The sentiment that Christmas really isn’t Christmas without YOU which can bring up a lot of memories for people. I also liked to turn it around and know that because of you Christmas IS Christmas.”

Bon Jovi said he originally wrote the song two years ago when his parents fell ill during the holidays, sharing in an Instagram video: “It was a tough day in the house. My dad and my mom had both taken ill, and I wrote this as a gift to my parents and my children. The gift was that Christmas was bringing everyone together and while were weren’t all together, we can only be there in our memories, and in our thoughts, and our prayers. When we shot the video and we started conversing about it we realized that there’s also a great sunny side: Christmas isn’t Christmas without you, unless you’re here with me. So we can lighten the mood, too. I hope you like it as much as we do.”

Along with the release of “Christmas Isn’t Christmas” is a Bon Jovi Monopoly board game, commemorating the band’s 40th anniversary in 2024. The board game can be pre-ordered at the band’s official store and is priced at $49.99, and boasts properties, tokens, and other elements inspired by Bon Jovi’s history. The six collectible tokens that come with the game were based on Bon Jovi’s heart-and-dagger logo; the smirk face that appears on the ‘Have a Nice Day’ album cover; the Superman logo (which Jon Bon Jovi has tattooed on his left shoulder); the group’s home state of New Jersey; the Bon Jovi skull logo; and Jon’s signature acoustic guitar.

To buy/stream “Christmas Isn’t Christmas,” head here.

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Coldplay are calling on their fans to add their voice to one of their new songs, titled ‘One World.’ In an Instagram post the band the band wrote: “Hello everybody. We hope you are all ok in these wild times. We have nearly finished Moon Music. If you’d like to be on it too, perhaps you could add your voice to a song called One World. (We would love that a lot.) All you have to do is record yourself singing “Ahhhhh” for a few seconds at oneworld.coldplay.com (link in bio). You can either copy the note on the site, or sing a G or C in any octave. Thankyou so much. Love, Chris, Guy, Will and Jonny.”

The song will be featured on Coldplay’s forthcoming new album ‘Moon Music,’ which the band said is nearly completed. Coldplay first teased ‘Moon Music’ back in January and described it as the “second ‘Music Of The Spheres’ volume” (referring to their last studio album, Music Of The Spheres).

To add your voice entry for ‘One World’, fans can head to the link: here.

Coldplay to release ‘One World’ featuring over 120k fans

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After performing with H.E.R. on Saturday Night Live last month, Foo Fighters have released the joint single they performed on the show, “The Glass”.

“The Glass” appears on the band 11th studio album, which was just nominated for three Grammy awards (best rock album and best rock song and best rock performance for “Rescued”).

According to a press release, the H.E.R. version of the song is “nothing short of a revelation — a stunning and singular vocal/guitar performance that wrings new sonic and emotional dimensions from the original.” The double A-side single of the song from the Foos’ most recent album, But Here We Are, will feature the original studio version, as well as H.E.R.’s newly recorded solo reinterpretation of the track.

To stream “The Glass” featuring H.E.R, head here.

In addition, a limited edition seven-inch vinyl single will drop on December 29th at independent record stores and via the Foo Fighters’ website.

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The legendary Boy George will return to Broadway in Moulin Rouge! The Musical.  George will play Harold Zidler in the production, held at Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.  Moulin Rouge! The Musical will mark George’s first Broadway role in 20 years; he last appeared in and wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Taboo.

The show announced on social media: “The ONE AND ONLY Boy George joins our Broadway company as Harold Zidler beginning February 6, 2024! Ticket link below, Chickens. You know what to do Tickets: https://moulinrougemusical.com/new-york/home/”

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is based on the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The musical features a book by John Logan and first debuted on Broadway in 2019.

George will have a limited engagement from Feb. 6, 2024 through May 12; he replaces Eric Anderson, who will play Zidler from Dec. 19 through Feb. 4.  The character is currently played by Titus Burgess, with his last performance set for Dec. 17.

For tickets and other information, head to the official “Moulin Rouge” website: here.

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