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A New Jersey man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a pair of instruments from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart. Just days after the band offered a reward for the return of a custom guitar and mandolin they said were stolen from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City on the […]
Jelly Roll is a man who wears his big heart on his sleeve. The country superstar took time out on Thursday night (June 5) to thank tour mate Post Malone for taking him out on this summer’s Big Ass stadium tour. Following the pair’s Wednesday night show at New York’s Citi Field, Jelly posted a […]
Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes has released his 21st solo studio album DEFIANT, just one day before launching a national tour across Australia.
Out now via Mushroom Music, DEFIANT arrives after a difficult period for Barnes, who has undergone multiple surgeries in recent years, including a life-threatening heart operation. Despite the challenges, the Cold Chisel frontman says the new 10-track set carries a message of resilience.
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“Nobody lives this long without copping some knocks and I’ve taken my fair share, particularly lately,” he said in a press statement. “But none of us can control what life throws at us. We can only control how we respond — and for better or worse, I’ve never liked to take a backward step.”
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While he didn’t intend for the album to take on a particular theme, Barnes says that in hindsight, DEFIANT reflects a consistent message.
“I didn’t set out to do it deliberately but now that the album is finished, I can see there’s a recurring theme about the satisfaction you can get from fighting back. That’s why it’s called DEFIANT.”
The album marks his first new project since 2022’s Blue Christmas and follows a career that includes a record-breaking 15 solo No. 1 albums on Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart — more than any other artist in ARIA history. He’s also notched five more chart-toppers with Cold Chisel, making him a singular force in Australian rock.
“I’m ready to rock!” Barnes said. “All of the songs on DEFIANT are made to play live and I can’t wait to blow the roofs off with them in my live set.”
“I’m really looking forward to getting back on stage with my band again. I’m so proud of this new record – all the songs mean a lot to me and I can’t wait to share them with you. It’s going to be some serious fun!”
The Defiant Tour kicks off June 7 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre and will continue through major cities including Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, wrapping in Canberra later this month.
In addition to the album and tour, Barnes will appear on the debut season of That Blackfella Show, billed as Australia’s first national First Nations variety show. The series is filmed in front of a live studio audience and features a lineup that includes rapper BARKAA, comedians Steph Tisdell and Dane Simpson, and broadcaster Abbie Chatfield.
DEFIANT is available now on all streaming platforms.
Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem continues its reign atop the ARIA Albums Chart, holding steady at No. 1 for a third consecutive week.
With this run, the album becomes the longest-running No. 1 by a country artist in Australia in nearly a decade, since Lee Kernaghan’s Spirit of the Anzacs spent four weeks at the summit in 2015. The all-time country record remains Shania Twain’s Come On Over, which dominated for 20 non-consecutive weeks in 1999.
Wallen is also making waves on the ARIA Singles Chart, landing at No. 14 this week with “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae.
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Speaking of McRae, the Canadian pop star debuts at No. 5 with “Just Keep Watching,” her contribution to the Brad Pitt-led F1 soundtrack. The track, co-written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, becomes her 11th top 20 hit on the ARIA chart. Her highest-charting single to date, “Greedy,” peaked at No. 2 in 2023.
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Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s Reputation rockets from No. 34 to No. 2 this week following the news that she has secured the master rights to her first six albums. Four of those — Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — have been re-recorded and released. The exceptions are Reputation and her 2006 self-titled debut. In recent interviews, Swift has confirmed that she has completed “less than a quarter” of Reputation (Taylor’s Version). The original album previously spent two weeks at No. 1 in 2017.
Miley Cyrus also enters the albums chart this week, with Something Beautiful debuting at No. 4. It’s her ninth studio album and eighth to chart inside the top 20 in Australia. Three of her albums have gone all the way to No. 1 — Breakout (2008), Bangerz (2013), and Endless Summer Vacation (2023). As Hannah Montana, she also charted three top 20 albums.
On the Aussie front, beloved indie rockers Cloud Control re-enter the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 19 with their 2010 debut Bliss Release, following their surprise reunion after a seven-year hiatus. The album originally peaked at No. 20 and earned the band critical acclaim and a devoted local following. Their highest-charting release remains Dream Cave, which reached No. 9 in 2013.
Finally, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for an 11th straight week. The streak ties it with seven other long-running chart-toppers in Australian history, including Wings’ “Mull of Kintyre,” Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” Spice Girls’ “Wannabe,” Drake’s “God’s Plan,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s “Mood,” and Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves.”
Lil Wayne has turned the Earth into Planet Weezy once again. Wayne returned to deliver Tha Carter VI on Friday (June 6), which comes seven years after the fifth installment of his critically-acclaimed series. Weezy tackles an array of sonics and utilizes various flows across the 19-track effort, which features guest appearances from BigXthaPlug, MGK, […]
The forthcoming KISS biopic has found an unexpected star, with Nick Jonas reportedly set to portray the band’s frontman, Paul Stanley.
Per a report from Deadline, Jonas is preparing to close a deal which will see him taking on the role of KISS’ vocalist and rhythm guitarist in Shout It Out Loud. The role will also reportedly see Jonas doing his own singing as he takes on cuts from the hard rock outfit’s celebrated back catalog.
The upcoming film will be directed by McG, with a screenplay written by Darren Lemke set to go into production towards the end of the year. Deadline also reports that the highly-anticipated role of bassist Gene Simmons is yet to be cast.
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Though Jonas may seem like an intriguing choice given his role as a member of the decidedly more clean-cut and pop-rock focused Jonas Brothers, he’s been a constant presence in the world of stage and screen for over two decades.
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Alongside stage credits which include productions such as Hairspray, The Sound of Music, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jonas has also appeared in films such as Goat, Midway, and the recent Jumanji franchise. He is also slated to appear alongside Paul Rudd in the forthcoming musical comedy Power Ballad.
The KISS biopic has been in the works since 2021, with manager Doc McGhee revealing in early 2023 that it would initially arrive the following year, with Shout It Out Loud reportedly set to focus on the group’s early period.
“It’s a biopic about the first four years of KISS,” McGhee explained. “We’re just starting it now. We’ve already sold it, it’s already done, we have a director, McG. That’s moving along and that’ll come in ’24.”
KISS first formed in New York City in 1973, with their self-titled debut arriving the following year. Their hard rock stylings and theatrical stage presence made them one of the most iconic bands of the era, with the group being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
The veteran group would perform their final show in December 2023 following their lengthy End of The Road tour, and are reportedly set to launch a digital avatar show in Las Vegas in 2027
Close to 60 years since they were committed to tape, the earliest known live recordings of Sly & the Family Stone will be released this year.
Dubbed The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967, the collection of unearthed live cuts will be issued on July 18 via High Moon.
They’ll be available as digital, vinyl and CD editions, with physical copies being issued with a booklet featuring never-before-seen photos, interviews with Sly Stone and original band members, and liner notes from producer Alex Palao. The CD edition will also feature their cover of Otis Redding‘s “Try A Little Tenderness” as an exclusive bonus track.
Recorded on March 26, 1967, the live set sees the influential group performing as part of their four-month residency at the Winchester Cathedral club in Redwood City, California. Recorded by first manager Rich Romanello, the tapes were soon shelved, but later rediscovered in 2002 by Dutch twins and band archivists Edwin and Arno Konings.
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“The Winchester Cathedral recordings showcase a one-of-kind outfit that was already at the peak of its powers, long before it became internationally famous,” said Palao in a statement. “Sly is fully in command, while the unique arrangements and tighter-than-tight ensemble playing point clearly to the road ahead, and the enduring influence of Sly & the Family Stone’s music.”
Alongside the announcement of the package, a preview of the record has been released by way of final track, “I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor)/Funky Broadway.”
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Despite being recorded in March 1967, the live set features no tracks which would appear on their debut album – A Whole New Thing – when it arrived in October of that year. Largely comprising cover songs, only the opening track, “I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real),” would be issued on one of the band’s albums, appearing on Dance to the Music in 1968.
Sly & the Family Stone would release a total of ten albums across their 19-year career, with the band coming to an end in 1983, and later being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Stone would release a solo album in 1975, with his most recent full-length release being 2011’s I’m Back! Family & Friends.
Earlier this year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directed the film Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), which provided a deeper look into the life and legacy of its titular musical mastermind.
“I wanted to investigate and interrogate the idea of Black genius. How is it different from the idea of genius in general? What is the effect of being saddled with that label? How much promise is built into it, how much fear and how much unreasonable expectation?” Questlove said in a statement. “Sly wanted to take you higher — I hope that this film also takes you deeper.”
Listen to “I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor)/Funky Broadway” below:
It’s officially Tha Carter VI time. Lil Wayne is back and he unleashed the anticipated sixth installment to his Hall-of-Fame series on Friday (June 6).
Seven years after C5, Weezy returned with the next chapter for Tha Carter. He brought a star-studded cast with him that includes BigXthaPlug, Big Sean, Bono, MGK, Kodak Black, Jelly Roll and 2 Chainz.
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On the production side, the New Orleans rap legend recruited Wheezy and Ye (formerly Kanye West) behind the boards.
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Tha Carter VI is Weezy’s first solo album since he dropped Funeral at the top of the decade, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The last three installments of the Carter series have topped the charts.
Wayne gave fans an early taste of the first possible single with “The Days” featuring Bono, which was used as part of an NBA Finals promo by ESPN ahead of game one of the Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday (June 5).
Weezy also hopped on a FaceTime call with Justin Bieber ahead of the album’s arrival. “Checking in with [Goat],” Bieber captioned the screenshot on his Instagram Story. “It’s a painful walk but we got each other.”
Friday will be a celebratory night for Wayne, who will be headlining Madison Square Garden in NYC for the first time as a solo artist, while delivering the live debut of Tha Carter VI for the lucky Big Apple fans in attendance.
The performance will kick off Tha Carter VI Tour before going on a hiatus for a few weeks and picking up again later this month for a loaded 34-date trek across North America, which includes stops in Atlantic City, N.J.; Toronto; Cincinnati; Minneapolis; Milwaukee; Detroit; Phoenix, Seattle; Los Angeles; Austin; Dallas; Atlanta and more before finishing in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Oct. 2.
Avid Wayne fans can shop a plethora of C6 merch bundles on his website featuring collaborations with Barriers and BAPE.
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KATSEYE says it’s going to be a “Gnarly” Summer, especially with Ice Spice on the new remix that dropped Friday (June 6). “Oh my god, this song’s so lit,” KATSEYE quoted the song’s lyrics on Instagram underneath the remix’s gnarly cover art featuring an anonymous hand ready to cut into a double decker sandwich. The […]
Mariah Carey isn’t playing it safe on new single “Type Dangerous,” which ushered in a new musical era for the vocalist Thursday (June 5). Featuring the superstar singing over a swaggering, percussion-heavy beat, the track showcases Mimi channeling her sultriest, most confident self. “Looking for the dangerous type,” she croons. “I like them dangerous/ That’s […]
