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The quarterfinals of Billboard‘s Fan Army Face Off is here, and it’s Taylor Swift versus Billie Eilish. Keep watching to see how they stack up against each other! Vote now! Tetris Kelley:It’s the quarterfinals of Billboard‘s Fan Army Face-Off, and these matchups are getting intense. Our first matchup is the Swifties vs. Billie Eilish fans. […]
Kehlani ex and father of her daughter, Javaughn Young-White, has accused the singer of being in a cult as he files for full custody of their daughter. Keep watching for the details. Tetris Kelly:Kehlani is being accused of being in a cult by her ex, who is seeking full custody of their daughter. In court […]
The eight year hiatus of The Empire of the Sun is officially over with the dawn of their new era, ‘Ask That God.’ The duo shares their reasoning behind dissolving the band then coming back, the intimate themes of ‘Ask That God,’ their thoughts on Mac Miller sampling their music for “The Spins,” working with PNAU and more!
Luke Steele:
So he’s gonna be on the next record. We’re gonna throw that out there Billboard
Katie Bain:
Manifesting that here.
Luke Steele:
Yep.
Katie Bain:
It starts right here. Okay.
Luke Steele:
Paul McCartney, if you’re listening. Got some songs for you. Hello. We’re Empire of the Sun, and you’re watching
Nick Littlemore:
Billboard News.
Katie Bain:
Very excited to have you here in the studio. Was it always inevitable that there would be a new Empire of the Sun album?
Luke Steele:
It was a little bit touch and go there.
Nick Littlemore:
No, it was always inevitable. As to when.
Luke Steele:
Yeah. I guess-
Nick Littlemore:
That’s the question.
Katie Bain:
Okay.
Nick Littlemore:
The Empire will go on. It’s not like there’s other empires before that have, all, you know, folded. We will keep going. So
Katie Bain:
Sure. Why was this the right moment?
Luke Steele:
We’ve been working together for 20 years, over 20 years, so I think we had to get to that point where we said, enough is enough. I’ve had it with you, Nick, go my own way. You know, we had to turn all the computers off. We had to shut everything down. And even though the pandemic was, you know, horrible for the band, I think it was a bit of a blessing because we got to step away. You know, for 20 years we built this castle, and it was time for us to abandon, kind of abandon the dream and let it all get covered in raids, to then come back again and realize what we loved about it so much in the first place.
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Khalid’s latest album, Sincere, has a hot track called “Heatstroke.” See how he was inspired to write the fiery track, from songwriting to the music video! Khalid:Hey, what’s up? It’s Khalid here, and this is how it went down with my song “Heatstroke.” “Heatstroke,” to me, is a risk for me to take. I love […]
Taylor Swift is rounding out her European leg of The Eras Tour, and she surprised fans with five new openers to her London shows. What do you think of her additional openers? Let us know in the comments below! Tetris Kelly: With only eight more European dates on her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift recruits five […]
Lollapalooza 2024 has quickly become one of the most-anticipated festivals of each summer, bringing together some of music’s biggest stars to take over Chicago’s Grant Park. This year’s stellar lineup featured headliners like SZA, Megan Thee Stallion, Hozier, Blink-182 and Stray Kids, who made an explosive Lolla debut. Attendees were also able to check out […]
“This is a setlist that I have never done anywhere,” Melissa Etheridge tells Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast of the performance captured in her new live album, I’m Not Broken: Live from Topeka Correction Facility.
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“Unexpected Rain” is “a deep track on a deep album, The Awakening,” she says. “I rarely do ‘Unexpected Rain.’ I rarely do ‘The Shadow of a Black Crow,’ which is about addiction. I rarely do ‘Into the Dark.’ I rarely do ‘Love Will Live.’ They were very, very specific to what I wanted to speak about.”
It was a unique concert in more ways than one.
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Etheridge’s performance before 2,500 inmates at the women’s prison in Topeka, Kan., was recorded for two-part docuseries I’m Not Broken for the streaming platform Paramount+. The two-time Grammy winner says she had wanted to perform at a prison for decades. Etheridge grew up in Leavenworth, Kans., within eyeshot of the prison where country great Johnny Cash performed in 1970. The 7-year-old Etheridge couldn’t hear the performance from outside the prison walls, but was struck by accounts of the show. “We just had the newspaper article, and at that point I read it, and was like, ‘Wow, prisons must be a place of great entertainment, and someday I’m gonna grow up and play a prison.’”
The idea came up again when she switched management a decade ago. About five years ago, her management team began reaching out to the penitentiary to see if a performance would be feasible. Once the idea was approved and Etheridge was given a green light by Paramount, she brought on board a production company, Shark Pig.
The Topeka concert included many deep cuts because the filmmakers asked Etheridge to choose songs based on themes — such as trauma, motherhood, hope, redemption and consequence — that the series would address. At the concert, Etheridge introduced each song by talking about the specific themes.
The often racuous show included many of Etheridge’s better known songs, too. The show opens with “American Girl,” a non-single track from her 1993 album Yes, I Am. The set closed with her biggest hits: “Come to My Window” and “I’m The Only One” from Yes, I Am, and “Bring Me Some Water” and “Like the Way I Do” from her 1988 debut.
I’m Not Broken also captures Etheridge’s process for writing a song specifically for the concert. “A Burning Woman” was informed by her correspondence and conversation with five of the inmates. The women opened up about their circumstances, how they ended up in prison and their lives during incarceration.
“We sat down in the prison library, and we all spoke,” Etheridge recalls, “and just hearing their stories, laughing, talking, crying, whatever you know we did, was so powerful to me that it couldn’t help but humanize them, because they are human.”
Listen to the entire interview with Melissa Etheridge in the embedded Spotify player below, or go to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart or Everand.
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Will Shaboozey be able to hold on to his No. 1 spot from Morgan Wallen and Post Malone? Tetris Kelly:This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated Aug. 10. Billie is back in the top 10, while “Please Please Please” falls to nine. Chappell Roan hits a new No. 8 peak, […]