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The Rolling Stones roll all the way to the top of Australiaâs albums chart with Hackney Diamonds (Polydor/Universal), for their eighth leader.
Hackney Diamonds debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Oct. 27, the legendary British rock bandâs 34th top 10 title.
Featuring collaborations with Lady Gaga, Elton John Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, and contributions from former bass player Bill Wyman and the groupâs late drummer Charlie Watts, Hackney Diamonds is the Stonesâ first album of original material since A Bigger Bang, which blasted to No. 4 in 2005. Since then, the Stones have clocked up two more leaders in Australia, with hits collection GRRR! in 2012, and covers set Blue & Lonesome in 2016.
Mick Jagger and Co. first led the national chart back in 1964 with their debut, self-titled album.
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The reunited Blink-182 bows at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart with One More Time⌠(Columbia/Sony), for the pop-rock trioâs ninth top 10 in the land Down Under. One More Time⌠marks the return of the classic line-up, with guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge slotting back in alongside bass player and vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker.
Blink-182 has now led the ARIA Chart on four occasions, including Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001), Neighborhoods (2011) and California (2016). One More Time⌠is the bandâs first studio album since 2019âs Nine, which featured Alkaline Trioâs Matt Skiba in place of DeLonge, and which peaked at No. 4.
Olivia Rodrigoâs former leader Guts (Geffen/Universal) closes out the top 3 on the latest tally, holding at No. 3, ahead of LPs from Drake (For All The Dogs down 2-4 via Republic/Universal) and Taylor Swift (Midnights up 6-5 via Universal), respectively.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Doja Catâs âPaint The Town Redâ (via RCA/Sony) retains top spot for the 10th consecutive week. According to ARIA, itâs the 27th single to log 10 or more weeks at the top, a list thatâs led by Tones And Iâs âDance Monkeyâ with 24 non-consecutive weeks. Also, Doja is the sixth solo female act to clock double-figure weeks at No. 1, joining Tones, Dinah Shore (13 weeks with âButtons And Bowsâ in 1949), Miley Cyrus (12 weeks with âFlowersâ earlier this year), Whitney Houston (10 weeks in 1992-93 with âI Will Always Love Youâ) and Sandi Thom (10 weeks in 2006 with âI Wish I Was A Punk Rockerâ).
Itâs worth noting, the Spice Girls reigned over the national tally for 11 weeks in 1996-97 with their signature song âWannabe,â and Elton Johnâs record-breaking âCold Heartâ with Dua Lipa, remixed by Aussie electronic act Pnau, spent 10 weeks at the summit in 2021-22.
The latest singles chart podium is completed by Taylor Swiftâs âCruel Summerâ (Universal), up 3-2 for a new peak position in its 21st week on the survey, and Tate McRaeâs âGreedyâ (RCA/Sony), down 2-3.
The top new release this week belongs to Sydney-raised singer and rapper The Kid LAROI with âToo Muchâ (Columbia/Sony), featuring BTSâ Jung Kook and Central Cee. Itâs new at No. 10 for LAROIâs seventh top 10 single in Australia, the third top 10 for British rapper Central Cee (including a seven-week stretch at No. 1 with Dave on âSprinterâ earlier this year), and the third top tier title for South Korean singer Jung Kook.
The Los Angeles-based LAROI ruled the chart for a week in 2021 with âWithout Youâ and again with âStay,â his monster hit with Justin Bieber, which owned top spot for 17 weeks in 2021-22.
Taylor Swiftâs fourth and latest âTaylorâs Versionâ isnât just a release, itâs a healing process.
The pop superstarâs re-recorded LP dropped at the stroke of midnight, nine years to the day since the original 1989 was released back in 2014.
As Swifties everywhere turned on, tuned in and dropped out of whatever they were doing, TayTay turned to her social channels to share a think-piece, laced with easy-to-find easter eggs.
âI was born in 1989, reinvented for the first time in 2014, and a part of me was reclaimed in 2023 with the re-release of this album I love so dearly,â reads Swiftâs message, penned in her own handwriting.
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âNever in my wildest dreams did I imagine the magic you would sprinkle on my life for so long.â
The fresh release features newly -recorded editions of all 13 original songs, plus three bonus tracks (âWonderland,â âNew Romanticsâ and âYou Are In Loveâ) and five cuts from the âVaultâ (âIs It Over Now?,â âNow That We Donât Talk,â âSay Donât Go,â âSuburban Legendsâ and âSlut!â).
âThis moment is a reflection of the woods weâve wandered through and all this love between us still glowing in the darkest hour,â she writes. âI present to you, with gratitude and wild wonder, my version of 1989. Itâs been waiting for you.â
Swiftâs latest social post is accompanied with pictures of the pop star frolicking on a beach, eating ice-cream, living life like itâs 1989 all over again.
With the arrival of 1989 (Taylorâs Version), Swift has just two more albums to re-record: her 2006 self-titled debut and 2017âs Reputation, the last album she released under Big Machine Records. In 2021, she dropped Fearless (Taylorâs Version) and Red (Taylorâs Version), and in July of this year, she released Speak Now (Taylorâs Version).
Stream 1989 (Taylorâs Version) and see TayTayâs social post below.
âWe have never thought of ourselves as a rock ânâ roll band, more of an ongoing art project,â is how John Taylor has described Duran Duran.
Taylor, the â80s heartthrob who co-founded Duran Duran and just happens to play bass guitar like he made a deal with the devil, wasnât lying.
In the 40-plus years since its members assembled in Birmingham, England, the ongoing project that is Duran Duran has created enough art to fill the National Gallery.
Now, with the release of Danse Macabre, which dropped at the stroke of midnight, Duran Duran is 16 albums deep in a career thatâs had it all.
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From their New Romantic origins, advancing into New Wave juggernauts with top-shelf music videos, the classic lineup of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and the three Taylors, John, Roger and Andy (none are related) dominated the first half of the 1980s like no other group.
That art project split in two (Arcadia and Power Station), scaled down, bagged more hits, enjoyed the comeback smash no-one saw coming, scaled down some more, reunited with the classic lineup, evolved, changed, pushed forward.
Then, a glorious comeback. A headline concert at Londonâs Hyde Park, a performance at the Queenâs Platinum Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, sold-out shows in the U.S. and induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, all in 2022.
And on it goes. Stretching across 13 tracks, Danse Macabre (released is Tape Modern/BMG) is the soundtrack to their âultimate Halloween party,â a collection of reimagined DD songs, covers (including Billie Eilishâs âBury A Friend,â The Rolling Stonesâ âPaint It Blackâ and Talking Headsâ âPsycho Killerâ) and three fresh cuts, including the previously-released âBlack Moonlightâ and the title track.
The new release is also a nod to friendships, and includes special collaborations with former band members Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo, plus decades-long collaborator Nile Rodgers, producers Josh Blair and Mr. Hudson, and Victoria De Angelis of MĂĽneskin.
The followup to 2021âs Future Past, which opened and peaked at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Danse Macabre is another brush stroke in that âongoing art projectâ which started more than four decades ago.
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Beartooth notches its second No. 1 on Billboardâs Top Hard Rock Albums chart, as The Surface debuts atop the Oct. 28-dated ranking.
The set bows with 17,000 equivalent album units earned in the Oct. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 12,000 are via album sales, with 7,000 on vinyl.
Beartooth previously ruled Top Hard Rock Albums in 2018 with Disease, which reigned for a week upon its debut that October. The Caleb Shomo-led band adds its fifth top 10 (and total entry), having also charted with Below (No. 2, July 2021), Aggressive (No. 3, 2016) and Disgusting (No. 6, 2014).
Concurrently, The Surface debuts at No. 9 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, marking Beartoothâs fourth top 10, dating to the No. 4 debut and peak of Aggressive in June 2016. It also starts at No. 5 on the all-genre Top Album Sales chart, where itâs the bandâs second top 10.
The release of The Surface was preceded by a pair of radio singles. âRiptideâ peaked at No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in January, while follow-up âMight Love Myselfâ lifts 6-5 on the latest list. The latter becomes Beartoothâs first top five hit on Mainstream Rock Airplay among three top 10s, surpassing the No. 6-peaking âHatedâ in 2017.
âMight Love Myselfâ also jumps 22-18 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 1.8 million audience impressions, up 12%.
Five songs from The Surface rank on the Oct. 28-dated, multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs survey, paced by âMight Love Myselfâ at No. 9. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 721,000 official U.S. streams. Itâs followed by a debut for âI Was Aliveâ at No. 11 (779,000 streams).
The stars aligned at Las Vegasâ Sphere on Wednesday night (Oct. 25), as Lady Gaga joined U2 on stage for what turned out to be a mini set.
Dressed in a dark leather jacket, black tights and shades, Mother Monster was introduced to stage by Bono as âthe most audacious, vivacious woman in any room sheâs ever in,â Variety reports.
Sphere is no ordinary room. Itâs a $2.3 billion, next-generation entertainment medium, with floor-to-ceiling graphics, thanks to nearly-580,000 square feet of fully programmable LED paneling â the largest screen of its type in the world. The images that have filtered back from U2âs residency are nothing short of mindbending.
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Gaga came to play, and she dueted on âShallow,â her Oscar-winning, Billboard Hot 100-leading number from A Star is Born, braced by two U2 classics, Rattle and Hum track âAll I Want Is Youâ and the Joshua Tree hit âI Still Havenât Found What Iâm Looking For.â
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Itâs not the first time Gaga and U2 have come together to make sweet music.
Back in 2015, Gaga joined U2 at Madison Square Garden for a rendition of âOrdinary Love,â the rock bandâs contribution to the soundtrack for the 2013 Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. On that occasion, the pop singer dueted with Bono and played piano.
Gaga is making something of a habit of teaming up with legendary rock bands from the British Isles. Last week, Gaga took the mic during the encore of the Rolling Stonesâ intimate show at New York Cityâs the Racket, for a performance of âSweet Sounds of Heaven,â the collaborative track lifted from the British bandâs 26th album released in America, Hackney Diamonds. With a little help from Gaga, Hackney Diamonds led the midweek U.K. albums chart by a country mile, by outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.
Bono & Co. wrap up their 25-concert U2:UV Achtung Baby Live run in December.
As a member of One Direction and solo artist, Louis Tomlinson has seen more tears and wailing than a veteran midwife. Sometimes, that hysteria shifts into overdrive, with gripping, shirt-ripping and knocks to the body.
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The British pop singer is used to wearing bruises as badges, the result of close encounters with overeager fans, he tells Australiaâs commercial radio network Nova.
Leaning into the pit, âitâs by far my favorite part of the show,â he shares with Nova host Smallzy. âThe minute you walk out to stage you feel that adrenaline. But literally the closer you get to the crowd, the more of that adrenaline you feel and by the end of the show, yeah I get down in the pit and just kind of immerse myself. And that feeling is absolutely amazing.â
Thereâs a line, he admits. And itâs sometimes crossed. âI kind of like getting in there and it feeling a little bit rough. I like that. Thatâs part of it. When they start ripping the clothes off me, it gets a little bit on top, you know? But yeah, is what it is.â
Zooming in from a rainy Berlin, one stop on his current European tour, Tomlinson reveals heâs âgot a fat bruise on the back of the arm from the from the other night,â all because âsome girl got me in the grip.â
Tomlinson also discusses his star turn in the feature-length documentary, All of Those Voices, which dropped on Paramount + earlier this month. Thereâs times in the life of a pop star âwhen itâs been incredibly liberating and times when itâs been tough as well. Iâm hoping it gives an honest portrayal of that,â he explains. Was anything cut from the final edit? âMaybe some bad banter or shit jokes,â he quips.
The former 1D star also answers a smattering of fan questions â does he read DMs from randoms (occasionally), will there be a live album or new rock version of âBack to Youâ (no comment, but he does hint at something in the works), and the song heâs most proud of (âSaturdays.â Thereâs âsomething about it live, it feels specialâ).
Tomlinsonâs tour reaches home soil next month for a run of U.K. and Ireland arena shows, in support of Faith In The Future, his second solo album.
Faith In The Future debuted at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart last November, for his first solo leader and fifth including his work as a member of One Direction. In the United States, Faith In The Future debuted at No. 2 on Billboardâs Top Album Sales, and at No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200, his highest-charting set yet on both tallies.
Thereâs a chill in the air, leaves litter the ground, and houses up and down on your street are decked out with ghouls, goblins and all manner of grim tidings.
Yes, Halloween is fast approaching, and The Masked Singer didnât waste the opportunity to jump on board.
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The latest episode on Wednesday night (Oct. 25) had a Harry Potter theme, a neat tie-in with the annual celebration of all things spooky.
Taking the stage was Tiki, singing âMagicâ by Pilot; Sea Queen performed âLove Potion No. 9â by the Searchers; Husky hit âSuper Freakâ by the late Rick James; and Hawk swooped in with âEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magic,â by The Police.
The two celebrities with the lowest number of votes would enter the knockout. Step on up Hawk and Tiki, as they went head-to-head on Lady Gagaâs âMonster.â
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After winning the battle of the birds last week, pipping Royal Hen, Hawk finally had his feathers clipped.
Under the fancy costume was Tyler Posey, the Teen Wolf actor and musician. Itâs not Poseyâs first time rocking out; he has worked with Maryland punk-pop band All Time Lowâs Jack Barakat, performed with State Champs, and made a film with Tom DeLonge, guitarist and vocalist with Blink-182.
âEvery performance you brought it, you got the crowd hyped up you electrified us,â enthused judge Robin Thicke, after the mask came off.
So why enter the circus that is The Masked Singer? âI love performing,â Posey explained, âand I just wanted to have a chance to do this. Iâm also a little competitive. Iâm a little hurt. But itâs OK. The Hawk forgives.â Forgives and forgets, apparently. âNah, Iâm just happy to be here,â he continued.
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Posey as Hawk follows the exit door after Billie Jean King as Royal Hen, Michael Rapaport as Pickle, Tom Sandoval as Diver, Anthony Anderson as Rubber Ducky and Demi Lovato as Anonymouse as season 10âs unmasked celebrities.
Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy return as judges for the latest season, Foxâs kooky series which airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
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