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A feature-length documentary chronicling heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne‘s six-year struggle to recuperate from a devastating 2019 fall, Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, will debut on Paramount+ later this year. The movie, currently in production, is described as an intimate look into the 76-year-old rock legend’s personal life since the injury that has colored much of his life in the years since.
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“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time,” reads a release announcing the project that is being directed by BAFTA-winner Tania Alexander (Celebrity Googlebox). “Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life – also proving his mischievous sense of humor remains resolutely intact despite it all.”
In a statement, Osbourne added, “The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through. There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”
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Osbourne released the albums Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022) before announcing in 2023 that he had been forced to permanently cancel the European leg of his No More Tours II outing and retire from touring after a cascading series of health problems following a 2019 fall at home in which he damaged his spine. That incident was followed by diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease — which has rendered him unable to talk — and emphysema.
According to the release, Alexander began filming the doc in 2022, during recording sessions for the double-Grammy-winning Patient Number 9 album, and the cameras will continue to roll into this summer as Osbourne prepares to take the stage for what he says will be his final performance with Black Sabbath on July 5.
“My fans have supported me for so many years, and I really want to thank them and say a proper goodbye to them. That is what the Villa Park show is about,” Osbourne said of the sold-out, all-star gig in his hometown of Birmingham that will feature support from Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Rival Sons, Pantera, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Gojira and a supergroup featuring Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, David Ellefson, Fred Durst, Jonathan Davis, Wolfgang Van Halen and more; actor Jason Momoa will host the event.
Ozzy recently revealed that due to his physical limitations and an inability to walk anymore he will not play a full Black Sabbath set at the final show. Profits from the mega-gig will go towards organizations including Cure Parkinson’s, a U.K. charity working to end the disease.
The documentary will feature Ozzy and wife/manager Sharon Osbourne and the couple’s children, as well as many of the singer’s musical compatriots, friends and bandmates, including: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), guitarist Zakk Wylde, producer Andrew Watt and friend/musician Billy Morrison.
“This film is an honest account of what has happened to Ozzy during the last few years. It shows how hard things have been for him and the courage he has shown while dealing with a number of serious health issues, including Parkinson’s,” said Sharon Osbourne in a statement. “It’s about the reality of his life now. We have worked with a production team we trust and have allowed them the freedom to tell the story openly. We hope that story will inspire people that are facing similar issues to Ozzy.”
Two of the most prominent names in New Zealand music have joined forces, with Lorde appearing on “Kāhore He Manu E”, the latest single from Marlon Williams’ first Māori language album.
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Set for release on April 4, Williams’ forthcoming album – Te Whare Tīwekaweka – was first announced in January as the follow-up to 2022’s My Boy, his second-consecutive chart-topper in his native country. Most notably, it’s also his first album recorded in te reo Māori. In addition to being the language of New Zealand’s indigenous population, it’s also Williams’ ancestral tongue, and one which he spent much of the past five years developing.
According to Williams, the motivation behind the album came via the Māori whakatauki (proverb) “Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki Te Ao Māori,” which translates to English as “The Māori language is a window to the Māori world.”
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“Through the process of constructing these songs, I’ve found a means of expressing my joys, sorrows and humour in a way that feels both distinctly new, yet also connects me to my tīpuna (ancestors) and my whenua (land, home),” Williams explained.
Previewing the album with first single “Aua Atu Rā,” Williams has now unveiled a collaboration with New Zealand pop superstar Lorde (also known as Ella Yelich-O’Connor).
The track, titled “Kāhore He Manu E,” also comes paired with a music video which captures the pair working together in the studio. The clip itself is taken from the larger forthcoming documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds, directed by Ursula Grace Williams about the making of the record.
“‘Kāhore He Manu E’ was one of those gentle labours. It played itself out to me, easily and near complete from the first,” Williams said of the collaboration. “It was also obvious who should be singing it; Ella’s voice in a very real sense wrote the song. The distinct and striking characteristics in her voice cornering and demanding of the melody and phrasing what only her voice could.
“Singing with Ella is incredible; the amount of mind she’s able to pour into the vessel,” he added. “We got to know each other through sharing the highs and lows of touring life, and in a real sense this song is an ode to the colourful but grim wormhole of road life, to the friends made and lost in the folds of time, ‘visions lost in the blur.’”
“Over the course of several years I watched Marlon pull at the threads that became Te Whare Tīwekaweka,” added Lorde. “I saw that the further he got into the album, the deeper my friend came to know himself, his whānau (family) and his world at large. Marlon is an undercover perfectionist, and he was never going to embark on this journey without turning over every stone, crafting complex waiata (songs) that speak to the past while also braiding in his characteristic humour and X-ray vision.
“Singing with Marlon is one of my favourite things to do on earth, whether we are tipsy backstage by a pool table or in a luscious studio, and I was honoured he asked me to sing with him on this album. I’m so proud of my friend.”
Williams first found fame as a teenage musician in New Zealand before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 2013 and launching a solo career. His self-titled debut was issued in 2015 and resulted in widespread acclaim, including an appearance on U.S. television the following year when he was invited to perform on Conan with his band the Yarra Benders.
Williams has also dabbled in acting alongside his musician career, arguably becoming best known to U.S. audiences when he appeared in Bradley Cooper’s 2018 A Star is Born as himself, and as Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth.
The new single isn’t the first time that Williams and Lorde have collaborated together, either. In 2019, the pair performed at a benefit concert for victims of the Christchurch terror attack, sharing an arresting duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic No. 1 hit “The Sound of Silence.” In 2021, Lorde appeared at Williams’ Auckland concert to guest on a cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s “Tougher Than the Rest,” lifted from his 1987 LP Tunnel of Love.
Months after their tribute to The Boss, Lorde herself dabbled with the Māori language when she shared Te Ao Mārama – a five-track companion EP to Solar Power, sung entirely in te reo Māori.
Grimes posted a pair of previously unreleased demos on Monday (Feb. 24) that the singer said are among her favorite unheard tracks. Both songs are somewhat of a departure for the singer, including the mostly acoustic “The Fool,” which finds her singing new lyrics over Mazzy Star’s beloved 1994 ballad “Fade Into You.”
“Ok I always loved this one I just wrote a diff song over Mazzy Star but the files are forever lost on my laptop that a child poured liquid on,” she wrote on X. “It was just a rly beautiful jam on a poem I wrote I wish I didn’t get discouraged away from it.”
On the gentle track — which she first teased the day before the 2024 presidential election — she sings in her signature helium voice, “Oh you’re a fool, ’cause you tried to give me the moon/ And all I can give back is poetry/ So tell me what to do/ And I’ll convince the stars to love you.”
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The second song, “I Don’t Give a F–k, im Insane,” is more in line with the dance pop star’s typical vibe, with a bouncy bass line, ethereal vocals and spare drums. “I don’t give a f–k, I’m insane/ Everybody walk through my brain/ One day, you told me, I’ll fly away, safe,” she sings over the sparse, new wave-like beat.
Of that one she wrote, “Just for good vibes we put up a few ancient demos on SoundCloud 2day – 2019 demo I made. Obviously no time was spent on it but my old manager at would always pester me to finish it and make it a banger but i forgot I suppose… Def has a lot of potential tho I’ll probably make a better topline and produce it one day.”
Meanwhile, as her ex, Elon Musk, buzzsaws through the federal government in his role as an unelected cost-cutter, Grimes also answered some questions from TIME magazine about AI and her strong reaction to the world’s richest man parading their four-year-old son, X, on his shoulders during a recent White House visit.
“It was like, ‘Grimes slams,’ ‘Grimes speaks out.’ It’s like, OK, it was a reply. But I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere,” she said of the many headlines in which she criticized the “special government employee” for bringing their son to work. “I think fame is something you should consent to. Obviously, things will just be what they are. But I would really, really appreciate that. I can only ask, so I’m just asking,” added the artist who was honored at the TIME100 Impact Awards ceremony in Dubai earlier this month.
At the time, Grimes seemed surprised to see her son sticking his fingers in his dad’s ears as Musk stood over a seated Donald Trump while the president signed an executive order giving the DOGE office more power to continue its legally suspect firing spree of non-partisan public servants. “He should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank u for alerting me,” Grimes wrote earlier this month of her surprise at seeing the preschooler accompanying his dad for the Oval Office photo op.
Several days later, Grimes tweeted directly at X owner Musk, saying in a since-deleted tweet, “plz respond about our child’s medical crisis. I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation.”
Listen to “The Fool” and “I Don’t Give a F–k, im Insane” below.
Paramount + has added more than 100 episodes of MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads to its streaming service. The return of the classic performances from seasons 1-8 and 10-13 includes some of the most beloved Unplugged sets ever, including Nirvana’s iconic Nov. 1993 performance, which was released seven months before the death of singer Kurt Cobain.
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The data dump of performances includes season one sets by Neil Young, Sinead O’Connor with The Church, Lenny Kravitz, Elton John, Shawn Mendes and Pearl Jam, with season two featuring Mariah Carey and Eric Clapton and season five spotlighting Bob Dylan, Tony Bennet and Stone Temple Pilots.
According to a press release, more than 70 of the episodes have not been available for more than 20 years.
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Season Six Unplugged highlights include KISS and Sheryl Crow, while season seven features Oasis, Alice in Chains and Seal, seasons eight has Shakira and R.E.M., season 13 brings a Korn set and season 17 has Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Redman, Naughty By Nature’s Treach, Poor Righteous Teachers, Lady Luck, Lords of the Underground and the Sugar Hill Gang for a 2023 celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. (Click here for the full list of Unplugged episodes now available to stream).
The CMT Crossroads collection includes sets by Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson, Melissa Etheridge and Dolly Parton, the Doobie Brother and Luke Bryan, Sting and Vince Gill, Black Pumas and Mickey Guyton, Boyz II Men and Brett Young, Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini, John Legend and Lee Ann Womack, Nelly & Friends (Kane Brown, Georgia Florida Line, Blanco Brown and Breland), OneRepublic and Dierks Bentley, Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett and Stevie Nicks and Lady A.
The VH1 Storytellers list (which, like the Unplugged and CMT dumps, is missing random seasons) includes: Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Mary J. Blige, P!nk, Ringo Starr, Snoop Dogg, Tom Waits and ZZ Top, among others.
Check out the full list of episodes below.
MTV Unplugged (Seasons 1-8, 10-13)Aerosmith (1990)Alanis Morissette (1999)Alice in Chains (1996)Alicia Keys (2005)Allman Brothers (1990)Annie Lenox (1992)Arrested Development (1993)Babyface & Friends feat. Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and K-Ci & JoJo (1997)Bob Dylan (1994)Bryan Adams (1997)Chris Isaak (1995)Cranberries (1995)Crowded House/Tim Finn (1990)Dashboard Confessional (2002)Duran Duran (1993)Elton John (1990)Elvis Costello (1991)Eric Clapton (1992)Hall & Oates (1990)Hootie & the Blowfish (1996)Jewel (1997)John Mellencamp (1992)kd lang (1993)Kiss (1995)Korn (2007)Lenny Kravitz (1994)Live (1995)Mariah Carey (1992)Melissa Etheridge (1995)Neil Young (1990)Nirvana (1993)Oasis (1996)Paul McCartney (1991)Paul Simon (1992)Pearl Jam (1992)Queensryche (1992)R.E.M. (2001)Rod Stewart (1993)Seal (1996)Shakira (2001)Shawn Mendes (2017)Sheryl Crow (1995)Sinead O’Connor/The Church (1990)Smithereens/Graham Parker (1990)Soul Asylum (1993)Staind (2001)Sting (1991)Stone Temple Pilots (1994)The Wallflowers (1997)Tony Bennett (1994)Tori Amos (1996)Uptown Show feat. Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams, and Heavy D (1993)
VH1 Storytellers (seasons 1-9, 11-13, 15, 16)Alicia Keys (2012)Bee Gees (1997)Billy Joel (1997, 1998)Black Crowes (1996)Bruce Springsteen (2005)Christina Aguilera (2010)Coldplay (2005)Counting Crows (1997)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (2000)Dave Matthews (1999)Dave Matthews Band (2005)David Bowie (1999)Def Leppard 1999)Ed Sheeran Live (2015)ELO (2001)Elton John LIVE (1997)Elvis Costello (1996)Eurythmics (1999)Foo Fighters (2009)Goo Goo Dolls (2002)Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2012)Green Day (2005)Hanson (1998)Jewel (1999)Jill Scott (2012)John Mellencamp (1998)Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson (1997)Mary J. Blige (2008)Melissa Etheridge (1996)No Doubt (2000)P!nk (2012)Paul Simon (1997)Pete Townshend (2000)Phil Collins (1997)R.E.M. (1998)Ringo Starr (1998)Rod Stewart (1998)Sheryl Crow (1998)Snoop Dogg (2008)Stevie Nicks (1998)Sting (1996)Stone Temple Pilots (2000)The Chicks (2006)The Pretenders (1999)Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1999)Tom Waits (1999)Tony Bennett (1998)Tori Amos (1999)Wyclef Jean (1999)ZZ Top (2009)
CMT Crossroads (seasons 1-3, 5, 10-16, 18-20)Black Pumas & Mickey Guyton (2022)Boyz II Men & Brett Young (2019)Brooks & Dunn and Friends feat. Luke Combs, Brett Young, Midland, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, and Brandon Lancaster (2019)Cheap Trick & Jennifer Nettles (2016)Gavin DeGraw & Chris Young (2019)Halsey & Kelsea Ballerini (2020)John Legend & Lee Ann Womack (2014)John Mellencamp & Darius Rucker (2017)Kid Rock & Hank Williams, Jr. (2002)LeAnn Rimes & Friends feat. Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Mickey Guyton, and Brandy Clark (2021)Lindsey Buckingham & Little Big Town (2006)Lynyrd Skynyrd & Brantley Gilbert (2015)Lynyrd Skynyrd & Montgomery Gentry (2004)Melissa Etheridge & Dolly Parton (2003)Nathaniel Rateliff & Margo Price (2021)Nelly & Friends feat. Kane Brown, Florida Georgia Line, Blanco Brown, and Breland (2021)Nick Jonas & Thomas Rhett (2016)OneRepublic & Dierks Bentley (2014)Randy Travis & The Avett Brothers (2012)Sheryl Crow & Friends feat. Chris Stapleton, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Lucius, and more (2019)Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson (2002)Stevie Nicks & Lady A (2013)Sting & Vince Gill (2011)The Doobie Brothers & Luke Bryan (2011)Willie Nelson & Friends feat. Neil Young, Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Leon Russell, Ashley Monroe, Norah Jones, and Jamey Johnson (2013)
Mom+Pop Music has become the latest coastal label to open an office in Music City, naming Katie Fagan as president of Mom+Pop Music Nashville.
Fagan was previously head of A&R for Prescription Songs in Nashville for the last eight years and had opened Prescription’s first office outside of Los Angeles.
“I will continue M+P’s legacy by signing tastemaker artists and bands, leaning into the local talent pool in the Americana, folk, alt-country and indie spaces,” Fagan tells Billboard. “While expanding our footprint in Nashville is a priority, we know that these genres span worldwide, and I want to be cognizant of talent within these spaces globally as well. We hope to provide a home to both legacy acts and up-and-comers looking for a strategic creative partnership where we can elevate and uphold the integrity of their artistic vision.”
For now, Mom+Pop Nashville will rely on existing staff in New York and Los Angeles “with the goal of hiring locally when the timing aligns appropriately and strategically,” Fagan says.
“Katie has proven herself an important voice and advocate for creatives in the Americana, folk, and Alt-Country spaces,” said Michael Goldstone, founder of Mom+Pop, in a statement. “No one is better suited to reinforce and grow Mom+Pop’s presence in Nashville and globally as we broaden our industry aesthetic.”
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At Prescription, Fagan, who has been featured on Billboard’s 40 Under 40 and Women in Music lists, worked with a number of acts, including Joy Oladokun, Anderson East, Maggie Rose, Nick Bailey, Sarah Hudson, Malibu Babie and Cirkut, as well as songwriters/producers who landed placements with Lana Del Rey, Chris Stapleton and Noah Kahan, among others.
Fagan is also co-founder of The Other Nashville Society (TONS), which helps promote non-country music in Music City through its 1,500 members; a member of She Is The Music’s songwriting and publishing committee; and a governor of the Recording Academy’s Nashville chapter.
Mom+Pop, which was formed in 2008, includes Caamp, Chaparelle, Del Water Gap, Magdalena Bay and Pablo Pablo on its current roster. The self-distributed label has a staff of 25 with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Nashville.
Jimmy Page and the The Black Crowes are revisiting their 1999 collaboration with an expanded edition of Live at the Greek, and they’ve just shared a fresh taste from it—a newly unearthed live recording of Led Zeppelin’s “The Lemon Song.”
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Originally recorded during a soundcheck, this take on the Led Zeppelin II classic captures the raw chemistry between Page and the Crowes as they breathed new life into Zeppelin’s bluesy, groove-heavy material. It’s one of several unreleased tracks included in the expanded reissue, which drops March 14.
“I’m really looking forward to the soon-to-be-available release of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes material from concerts in 1999,” Page said in a statement. “The new mixes capture the collaboration of those historic encounters and provide the full explosive passion and exciting energy of those alchemical moments.”
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For the Black Crowes, the experience of playing alongside Page was a rare and memorable moment. “The new Live at the Greek box set brings the whole experience of our work with Jimmy into a vibrant, electric, mystical and powerful perspective,” frontman Chris Robinson said. “Hail, hail rock ‘n’ roll!”
Rich Robsinson added, “Going through the shows and putting together the new box set has been such an incredible dive back to that time in our history. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to play these amazing iconic songs with the man who composed them. The sound of the new mixes and extra songs blew me away when I first heard them.”
The expanded edition of Live at the Greek adds 15 new tracks to the original 2000 release, including fresh recordings of Zeppelin classics like “Custard Pie,” “You Shook Me,” and “Ten Years Gone,” as well as additional Black Crowes originals like “Remedy” and “Wiser Time.”
The announcement comes as the Black Crowes continue a busy stretch. Just last month, the recently reunited band joined an all-star benefit concert in Los Angeles to raise funds for wildfire relief. Their set featured guest appearances from rock legends John Fogerty—who joined for Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”—and Slash, who strapped on an acoustic guitar for a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California.”
The Live at the Greek deluxe edition arrives March 14.
Olivia Kuper Harris didn’t just step onto The Voice stage—she transported it to another era. Taking on Doris Day’s timeless ballad “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” the Dallas-born singer draped the room in nostalgia, delivering a performance so rich and velvety it felt like a lost recording from jazz’s golden age.
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John Legend, Adam Levine, and Kelsea Ballerini couldn’t resist.
Legend was the first to turn his chair, drawn in by Harris’ effortless control. Levine wasn’t far behind, nudging Ballerini to do the same. “What are you waiting for?” he asked, prompting her to hit her button.
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“I don’t know! You’re so right,” Ballerini admitted.
As the final note hung in the air, Levine turned to Harris with a grin. “You’re really special,” he said, making it clear she had impressed him. Then, in true Adam fashion, he took a playful jab at his fellow Coach. “And Michael Bublé is a fool.”
Legend, ever the strategist, made his pitch. “What got me at first was just the beauty of your tone,” he said on the warmth and elegance Harris brought to the song. Ballerini added that Harris’ voice had a rare quality—something that could transcend genres and connect with all types of listeners.
Harris, overwhelmed with emotion, took a deep breath. She had come looking for a sign, a confirmation that this was the path she was meant to follow. “Being on stage, I feel like it’s my purpose in life,” she said. “It makes me emotional because I’ve looked for so many other things I could possibly do… and this is it, man.”
With three Coaches vying for her, the decision was hers.
Ultimately, it was Legend’s pitch that resonated most with Harris. She joined his team, adding another unique voice to his roster for The Voice Season 27.
Harris’ audition stood out not just for its technical precision but for its ability to evoke an era long past. While many hopefuls lean into pop, R&B, or powerhouse ballads, Harris took a different route—one that paid off in a big way.
As the competition heats up, it remains to be seen how Harris will evolve under Legend’s mentorship. But if her Blind Audition was any indication, The Voice might have just found its next great jazz revivalist.
Sam Fender might only be days removed from the release of his third album, People Watching, but already the English musician is thinking of shaking things up for his next record.
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On Friday (Feb. 21), Fender put an end to the multi-year wait for another studio album by releasing People Watching as the follow-up to 2021’s critically-acclaimed Seventeen Going Under. Having teased the album since the release of its title track in November, the record is on its way to becoming a watershed moment for the singer-songwriter.
However, while Fender has managed to harness his heartland rock style with great success, a new interview indicates that he’s looking for a bit of a sonic shift when it comes to album number four.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Fender revealed that he has piles of new material at the ready, going so far as to show his phone to the interviewer and previewing “dozens of demos.” According to the article, these include songs such as “Drugs” and “Hornsby,” the latter of which is named for its sonic similarities to U.S. musician Bruce Hornsby.
Most notably, Fender adds that he’s “desperate” to record a punk album. “I’m buzzing! I’m just singing at you!” he tells the interviewer, going so far as to belt out a Tom Petty-esque track as a preview.
“People are going to hate you, whether you’re a saint, sinner, giver or a taker,” Fender sings on one of his as-yet-unreleased tracks. “But a big old heart is all that it’s worth. And he said, ‘You’ve got a big old heart, kid! Don’t let them own it.’”
Currently, it remains to be seen when Fender will actually get some time to hit the studio and work on his desired punk album, given his hectic live schedule.
In December, he cut short a run of U.K. tour dates following a diagnosis of a hemorrhaged vocal cord, and he’s currently set to return to the global stage for a series of European dates in early March. He’ll hit the U.S. and Canada the following month, with a series of summer dates scheduled for the U.K. and Europe throughout June, July, and August.
Before he returns to the touring circuit, Fender will also perform at the Brit Awards on Saturday (March 1). He’s also up for two awards at the ceremony, including British artist of the year, and best alternative/rock act, the latter of which he previously won in 2022.
Tony Hawk has taken to social media to lament the fact that Kurt Cobain isn’t alive to meet the grandchild they share.
In September 2024, it was announced that Hawk’s son Riley and Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean had given birth to a baby boy. “Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk,” Cobain wrote on social media, revealing her son’s birth date as Sept. 17. “Welcome to the world most beautiful son. We love you more than anything.”
While the couple’s 2023 marriage and subsequent parenthood was the dream pairing that ‘90s kids the world over could have hoped for, it also resulted in the newborn boasting two of the decade’s most iconic and influential figures as his grandfathers.
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Now in his own post on social media, Tony Hawk has reflected on the impact that Kurt Cobain had upon his life, reflecting on a Nirvana gig he once attended and sharing his desire that Cobain could have met their shared grandson.
Hawk’s post was shared to Instagram Stories over the weekend and featured a ticket stub to an Oct. 20, 1991 Nirvana concert at the long-gone Houston, TX venue The Vatican. According to Hawk, he was in the area for a skateboarding competition and went directly from the event to the show.
“It was as transformative as live music can possibly be,” Hawk wrote of the gig. “We all experienced something rare and powerful that night. The world would never be the same.”
The event itself took place right on the cusp of Nirvana’s massive global takeover. Priced at just $10, the show took place just shy of four weeks after the seminal grunge outfit had released their breakthrough album, Nevermind. Just under three months later, the record would topple Michael Jackson’s Dangerous to claim the top spot on the Billboard 200, and swiftly turning the group into household names.
“I wish Kurt were here so he could see the incredible woman his daughter has become, meet her devoted, caring husband, and hold our wondrous grandchild,” Hawk added to his post.
Both Nirvana and Tony Hawk have found themselves at the forefront of the news cycle recently. While the surviving members of Nirvana performed separate reunion sets with celebrity vocalists for the FireAid LA Benefit Concert and Saturday Night Live’s SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, Hawk’s eponymous video game series has been the talk of the gaming world thanks to rumors of a new volume to be announced next week.
Billy Joel is in a New York and New Jersey state of mind. During his 2025 tour, which kicks off March 15 in Toronto, Joel will play all three New York City-area sports stadiums, making him the first artist to ever play all three in one summer. His impressive feat will come over a month-long […]
