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Adam Sandler and his family are enchanted by Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift‘s love story. While serving as a special guest on the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s New Heights podcast, the Happy Gilmore star couldn’t help but gush over the pop star and her romance with Travis — to the point that the athlete started sweating, the NFL star admitted.
The topic of Swift first came up when Travis mentioned how Sandler brought his daughters to the Eras Tour concert film premiere in October. “What a girl,” the comedian said in the episode posted Wednesday (Aug. 28), to which the football player replied, “You know it, man. Best performer out here.”
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“Dude, she means so much to our house,” Sandler continued to Travis and his brother/cohost Jason Kelce. “The kids were little, and we were listening to Taylor Swift. It was one of the first times that [they] listened to every song on the record. When I was a kid, The Beatles you did that with, maybe Elton John — you knew every tune. Taylor, in our house, every tune, they knew every word.”
“I love what she had to say … what she meant to young girls, what she means to women, what she means to guys doing the right thing in life,” gushed the Grown Ups star, adding that Swift once “took her time” interacting with his daughters on the set of Saturday Night Live. “She just floors my family.”
“I do get nervous around Taylor Swift, because I don’t want to f–king blow it for my kids and say something stupid,” Sandler added, leading Travis to say that his superstar girlfriend was “so grateful” the actor and his kids attended the Eras premiere.
The episode comes about a week after Sandler confirmed that the tight end will appear in his upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel. It also marks the first New Heights episode in nearly two months following the Kelce brothers’ hiatus, which Travis spent traveling the world with Swift as a plus-one on her Eras Tour before heading back to Kansas City for Chiefs training camp in July.
Before moving on from the subject of Swift, though, Sandler also took a moment to rave about Travis’ high-profile romance, which began in late summer 2023. “When you guys first started dating, my god, was my family like, ‘Yes! Look how good they are together! He’s a gentleman! And she’s having so much fun with him!’” the Click star raved. “Any time Taylor’s laughing with you, my whole f–king family is high-fiving.”
At that, Travis admitted: “You got me sweating over here.”
Watch Sandler and Travis sing Swift’s praises on New Heights above.
There are typically two ways to pull off a perfect cover: by either channeling the original as closely as possible in your own voice, or by completely re-imagining it. Bruce Springsteen found a new, third way on his cover of Jesse Malin‘s “She Don’t Love Me Now.”
The song from punk stalwart Malin’s 2015 album New York Before the War originally had a strolling blues rock vibe spiked by horn stabs and pointedly down-strummed electric guitars. In The Boss’ hands, the latest single from the upcoming Malin benefit album Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin (Sept. 20) sounds like it could have easily fit on Springsteen’s 2022 R&B/soul covers LP, Only the Strong Survive.
“Bruce gave it that Stax-soul-thing that we were dreaming of when we recorded the original. It’s so surreal to me,” said Malin in a statement. Indeed, in Springsteen’s hands — and with the backing of Malin’s band — the song sounds like a lost soul classic, complete with tasty Hammond organ and a perfectly placed saxophone solo from the E Street band’s Jake Clemons.
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“Oh, you don’t love me when you say/ Oh, all I got is lost/ I’m hanging on that cross/ All I got and all I wanna and all I got is/ Oh, she don’t love me now, she don’t love me now,” Springsteen croons on the song that will appear on the all-star album whose proceeds will benefit Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund as the beloved punk troubadour continues his recovery from a spinal stroke he suffered last year that left him partially paralyzed.
In addition to Springsteen, the album will feature covers of Malin’s songs by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, Butch Walker, Dinosaur Jr, The Hold Steady, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello with late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, the Kills’ Alison Mosshart and the E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt, Alejandro Escovedo, Spoon, Graham Parker, Ian Hunter, Low Cut Connie, Rancid, Agnostic Front, Murphy’s Law and more (see full track list below).
“Bruce’s generosity, honesty and support are equally as powerful as his songwriting and performing,” Malin added of the rock icon who in 2007 recorded a duet on a song Malin wrote for his later mother, “Broken Radio.” “Bruce is one of the guys. He walks it like he talks it. You spend some time with him, and it feels like you’ve known him for years. He’s like my friends in Queens, sitting around talking about Sinatra, the Clash, and the Pogues. He has that passion and excitement for life.”
The 57-year-old former D Generation lead singer and solo artist said that while he was working on his recovery from the stroke in Argentina last year he had no idea his friends and the album’s producers were reaching out to so many A-list artists for cover versions of his songs. “When I heard these versions, especially ‘She Don’t Love Me Now,’ it took me out of a dark time. I felt excited about life again, in a way that only music can do,” Malin said.
Previously released singles include Armstrong’s take on “Black Haired Girl” and “Prisoners of Paradise” by Bleachers.
After a long break during his recovery, Malin will return to the stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York for one of the biggest hometown shows of his career on Dec. 1 and 2, with tickets still available for the second night. After a full set from Malin and his band, special guests at each show will perform their versions, including Lucinda Williams, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, J Mascis, Adam Duritz and David Immergluck of Counting Crows, The Hold Steady, and Alejandro Escovedo and more guests to be announced.
Watch the lyric video for “She Don’t Love Me Now” below.
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Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin track listing:1. Prisoners of Paradise (feat. Bleachers) 2. Oh Sheena (feat. Counting Crows) 3. She Don’t Love Me Now (feat. Bruce Springsteen)4. Black Haired Girl (feat. Billie Joe Armstrong)5. Brooklyn (feat. Dinosaur Jr.)6. About You (feat. Frank Turner) 7. Turn Up the Mains (feat. Alison Mosshart, Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Steven Van Zandt, Mike Watt & Joey C.)8. Room 13 (feat. Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello)9. Don’t Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day) (feat. The Wallflowers)10. The Way We Used to Roll (feat. Spoon) 11. Shane (feat. Rocky O’Riordan) 12. In the Modern World (feat. Butch Walker) 13. High Lonesome (feat. Susanna Hoffs) 14. Greener Pastures (feat. Graham Parker) 15. Meet Me At The End of the World (feat. Alejandro Escovedo) 16. Death Star (feat. The Hold Steady) 17. Riding on the Subway (feat. Tommy Stinson and Ruby Stinson)18. St. Mark’s Sunset (feat. The Walker Roaders)19. Dead On (feat. Ian Hunter) 20. Almost Grown (feat. Danny Clinch and Christopher Thorn with Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country)21. Shining Down (feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan) 22. When You’re Young (feat. Low Cut Connie) 23. All The Way From Moscow (feat. Willie Nile) 24. No Way Out (feat. Rancid) 25. You Know It’s Dark When Atheists Start to Pray (feat. Gogol Bordello)26. God Is Dead (feat. Agnostic Front) 27. Frankie (feat. Murphy’s Law)
Spotify is bringing its homegrown playlist to life as it launches the homegrown presents concert series with Dylan Gossett and Wyatt Flores.
Gossett kicks off the series with a Sept. 8 concert in his hometown of Austin, Texas, while Flores follows with an Oct. 7 show in Stillwater, Oklahoma. More concerts will take place in the coming months. Free tickets will be dispersed via email through Spotify’s Top Listeners program.
The homegrown playlist caters to the next generation of country listeners, featuring acoustic-oriented artists like Gossett, Flores, Zach Bryan, Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson and Noah Kahan. The artists share an authenticity, according to Spotify, but aren’t limited to traditional country genre lines.
“homegrown is all about authentic connections to music, celebrating your roots, and never forgetting where you came from,” says Claire Heinichen, Spotify’s editor of country music. “Tying these songs and artists to the places that made them felt like the perfect way to bring fans in to experience the playlist in real life. We’re so excited to celebrate the official launch of homegrown with Dylan & Wyatt and can’t wait for fans to see all we have in store!”
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“As an Austin native, it feels special to be able to bring my fans together in a place that’s had such a deep impact on my songwriting,” Gossett tells Billboard. “I’m thankful to Spotify homegrown for making it possible.”
Gossett is signed to Big Loud Texas, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall’s Big Loud imprint, and Mercury Records. His breakthrough song “Coal” has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Flores, who is signed to Island Records and made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year, added, “Stillwater is where it all started for me. It’s the home of Red Dirt. To be releasing my debut album, Welcome to the Plains, about my search for home and who I am in the much larger world I’ve found myself in; I can’t think of a better time to go back to Stillwater. It means the world to me to have Spotify’s homegrown presents help me tell that story.”
With seven singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and her debut album occupying the No. 2 slot on the Billboard 200, Chappell Roan‘s music has never been more relevant. Now, fans are finding out when they might expect to hear new music from the singer.
In an interview with Music Business Worldwide, Roan’s manager Nick Bobetsky revealed that the singer is currently “busy writing” new songs, and talked about when fans might be able to hear some of the star’s new work. “I do think that we’re likely going to embrace a very similar plan that we did for this album, which is that when she finishes a song she loves, we put our heads together and quickly work to get that music out,” he said. “That’s what we did with ‘Good Luck, Babe!’”
Describing Roan as an “album artist,” Bobetsky said that high demand from fans doesn’t necessarily mean a full album is coming soon. “It’s partly a question of when the fans are asking for an album, and we have a lot of insight into that sort of thing,” he said. “I think right now Chappell wants to feel free to put music out when it’s ready and when she’s excited about letting people hear it. And I think that’s what the fans want as well.”
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Fans got their first tease of a new Chappell Roan song during the star’s head-turning set at Governors Ball 2024. Performing an unreleased track titled “Subway,” Roan changed into a taxi cab-inspired outfit and delivered the heartbroken ballad to an audience of screaming fans.
Recently, Roan has spoken out about inappropriate, “predatory” interactions she’s had with people in public, asking her fans not to harass her when she’s not performing. “When I’m on stage, when I’m performing, when I’m in drag, when I’m at a work event, when I’m doing press … I am at work. Any other circumstance, I am not in work mode,” she wrote in a note posted to her Instagram. “I don’t agree with the notion that I owe a mutual exchange of energy, time, or attention to people I do not know, do not trust, or who creep me out — just because they’re expressing admiration.”
In his MBW interview, Bobetsky also reflected on Roan’s rapid rise to fame, explaining that the singer’s success, in part, comes from the way she works with her fans. “The success hasn’t taken her away from her core fans, she’s taken them with her; they are part of it,” he said. “And it’s part of our core strategy. It’s not ‘Let’s do everything, let’s maximize every ounce of the success that’s currently happening’; that’s not the point.”
Back in the day, when Mötley Crüe rolled into town, it wasn’t unusual to hear about their rowdy antics. But these days the group — whose original members are all in their early to mid-60s — are more likely to bring their pups on the road than toss TVs out of windows.
The proof is in newest member guitarist John 5’s campaign promoting pet adoption in collaboration with PETA, which the non-profit organization is sharing with Billboard first.
In a video starring John’s adorable adopted hairless Chinese crested mix rescue Churro, the rocker strikes a series of poses with the so-ugly-he’s-adorable dog, whose spiky mohawk looks like a rock-star affectation, but is actually all natural. “It just sticks up like that,” John says in the 90-second clip in which he tells the tale of how Churro was found near death in a box in the San Bernardino desert.
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“If was in there a few more hours he wouldn’t have made it,” John continues. “It’s heartbreaking to even think about. We had to get Churro — there were no ifs, ands, or buts. We were lucky enough to adopt him, and he’s just the best … We literally can’t go anywhere without him — he’s always with us. He’s just a part of the family.”
These days, John tells Billboard, it’s Churro who rips things up when the band hits the road. “When we’re on tour, it’s really a lot of fun. [Singer] Vince [Neil] has dogs, [drummer] Tommy [Lee] and [wife] Brittany [Furlan] have dogs, and now we’re bringing Churro,” he says. “It’s like a non-stop party after the show. Speaking of trashing hotel rooms, these [dogs] are the ones that do it.”
The campaign video is part of a push to urge animal lovers to adopt dogs and cats from shelters and to never buy animals from pet shops or breeders, “which churn out litter-after-litter of puppies and kittens into a world already bursting at the seams with homeless ones,” according to PETA. The organization also notes that there are around 70 million homeless dogs and cats in the U.S. at any given time.
PETA shared in a press release that Churro’s story highlights the fact that “virtually any breed of dog can be found in a shelter or through a breed-specific rescue group,” warning that some shelters have policies they say warehouse dogs for months, or years while turning away some animals, leaving the most vulnerable ones with nowhere to go. “That’s why PETA urges shelters to accept all animals in need, advises guardians to have their animal companions spayed or neutered, and asks everyone to adopt animals instead of buying them from breeders or pet stores.”
“It’s so important to adopt, because you see these helpless animals in there and they just want to be loved,” John 5 says in the video. “You can see it in their face. When you adopt, it will enrich your life so much.”
The guitarist joins other celebrities who’ve teamed with PETA to promote pet adoption in the past, including John Stamos, Kathy Griffin, Ron Perlman, Tom Hardy and Cristin Milloti, among others.
John 5 will launch his 2024 Strung Out solo tour on Sunday (Sept. 1) at City Winery in Boston, and he appears on the Crüe’s upcoming Cancelled EP (out Oct. 4), which features the band’s amped-up cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Fight for Your Right.”
Watch John 5’s “Adopt! Never Buy” video below.
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Elevation Worship’s “Praise,” featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore, reaches a milestone 25th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Christian Songs survey (dated Aug. 31).
“Praise,” co-penned by Elevation Worship frontman Brown with Lake and Moore, as well as Pat Barrett, Cody Carnes and Steven Furtick, becomes just the sixth title to have dominated Hot Christian Songs for 25 frames or more over the survey’s 21-year history.
When “Praise” initially topped Hot Christian Songs in March, Brown told Billboard, “We’re blown away by what God has done with ‘Praise,’ and we’re thankful for everyone who has streamed, tuned in and shared the song. We hope it is a great reminder of all the reasons to praise God not just for what He’s done, but for who He is.”
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“Praise” drew 13.8 million airplay audience impressions and 3.4 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 Aug.16-22, according to Luminate.
Here’s a look at the longest-leading Hot Christian Songs No. 1s:
132 weeks, “You Say,” Lauren Daigle, beginning in July 2018
61 weeks, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail),” Hillsong United, beginning in June 2013
37 weeks, “What a Beautiful Name,” Hillsong Worship, beginning in February 2017
28 weeks, weeks, “Gratitude,” Brandon Lake, beginning in February 2023
26 weeks, “Something in the Water,” Carrie Underwood, beginning in October 2014
25 weeks (to date), “Praise,” Elevation Worship, Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Chandler Moore, beginning in July 2024
Dillard Has a ‘Hold On’ Radio
Singer-songwriter Ricky Dillard scores his fourth Gospel Airplay No. 1 with “Hold On.” The song advanced by 10% in plays during the tracking week.
“Hold On,” which Dillard wrote with Duane C. Shipley and produced with Zeke Listenbee and Quadrius Salters, is his third straight No. 1, after “All of My Help” led for a week in July 2022 and “Release,” featuring Tiff Joy, ruled for a week in August 2020.
Dillard, and his choir, New G, first commanded Gospel Airplay with “Amazing Light,” for 30 weeks starting in July 2014, the chart’s second-longest command, after Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It” (46 weeks starting in August 2007).
First the good news: if you have any fantasy of snagging tickets to Oasis‘ 2025 UK reunion tour now is the time to act. Since famously battling brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher shocked the world this week by announcing that they have put their legendary differences in the past for the comeback nobody thought was possible, anticipation for the on-sale for the run of shows across the British Isles has exploded.
And, today (August 28) is the day for the fans who have been digging out their anoraks and Adidas track suits as they freak out over reliving their 1990s Britpop heydays. Registration for the pre-sale ticket ballot is open now and will remain open through 7 p.m. BST (2 p.m. ET) before the proper pre-sale begins on Friday (August 30), followed by a general on-sale on Saturday (August 31). Fans hoping to get in on the early sale must fill out a form with their contact details and answer a general knowledge quiz about the band aimed at beating the bots.
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Upon filling out the general details, fans will be led to a screen that reads: “Hate touts? Please help us keep this fair and fan-focused by answering the following series of questions.” And though they don’t have any bearing on whether the ballot will be accepted, the questions include, “How many Oasis shows have you been to?,” “Who was the drummer in the initial Oasis line-up?” and “Where would you like to see Oasis?”
Given the intense interest in the shows, a final message notes that due to the “extremely high volume of entries” confirmation emails may be delayed. All successful ballot entrants will receive their code by noon BST Friday (7 a.m. ET); if you don’t get a code your application was not successful. Those lucky fans who do get a code can claim only one and the small print notes that the codes have no cash value and are “non-transferable, case-sensitive and good for one-time use only for limited tickets during pre-sale window.” The code has to be used with the email address that it was originally sent to.
The ticket limit for the shows are four per person and only tickets purchased through approved agents will be valid. A not-specified, limited number of tickets will be available in the pre-sale window for all successful pre-sale ballot entrants on a first come, first served basis, with no guarantee that successful pre-sale ballot entrants will be able to buy tickets to any of the dates using their code.
The rules also note that ticket resale is permitted at “no more than the price you paid (face value + booking fees),” with a warning that the only approved resale partners are Ticketmaster and www.twickets.live, with sales made through unauthorized platforms possibly leading to the tickets being cancelled.
At press time there was no official confirmation on ticket prices for the 14 announced shows, though the BBC reported that the costs for GA, as well as Platinum and VIP, will be announced on Thursday (August 29).
After calling it quits more than 15 years ago due to tension between singer Liam Gallagher and the band’s musical fountainhead, guitarist/singer Noel Gallagher, the battling brothers announced on Tuesday that they would be hitting the road for a series of 14 stadium dates in Cardiff, their hometown of Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin next summer. So far no other international dates for Oasis Live 25 have been announced, but a press release promised that “plans are underway for Oasis Live 25 to go to other continents outside of Europe later next year.”
🚨REGISTER FOR THE UK & IRELAND 2025 TOUR PRE-SALE BALLOT🚨A ticket pre-sale will be held on Friday 30th August, ahead of Saturday’s general sale.To ensure the maximum number of fans have a fair opportunity to access tickets, applicants will be selected for the pre-sale via a… pic.twitter.com/spP24NemBV— Oasis (@oasis) August 27, 2024
We are aware that many of you are still waiting on a confirmation email. Rest assured they are on their way, as we process an unprecedented volume of entries. Everyone who has filled out the ballot form by 7pm BST today, Wednesday 28th August, will receive an email where they can…— Oasis (@oasis) August 28, 2024
Not every actor who steps into the well-worn jeans of a global rock icon has quite so much footage to review when prepping for a role. Luckily for The Bear star Jeremy Allen White, Bruce Springsteen has been playing three hour-plus shows for more than 50 years, so the tape library is voluminous. Which explains […]
P!nk recently took the stage at the Democratic National Convention with a surprise guest—her 13-year-old daughter, Willow. The duo performed a stripped-down version of her top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit “What About Us.”
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On Aug. 27, P!nk gave fans a glimpse behind the scenes by sharing footage from her Summer Carnival Tour on social media.
The post included a candid moment before the Aug. 22 DNC performance, where P!nk offered her daughter some supportive advice: “Just do your thing. Whatever you don’t sing, I will.” With those words, the two stepped out to deliver a powerful duet.
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Their performance followed emotional speeches from parents and students addressing the tragic impact of gun violence in U.S. schools.
P!nk began the song with the lyrics, “We are searchlights, we can see in the dark,” setting the stage for Willow to join in with her verse: “We are billions of beautiful hearts, and you sold us down the river too far.” Accompanied by three backup singers and an acoustic guitar, the mother-daughter pair delivered a performance that stood out on a night filled with notable musical acts.
This isn’t the first time Willow has joined her mother on stage. In 2023, the duo performed “Cover Me in Sunshine” during the opening night of P!nk’s Summer Carnival Tour.
The “Raise Your Glass” singer has often expressed her pride in Willow’s talents, telling People, “She’s got a voice, man. She’s a little bird. She wants to do Broadway and then be a trauma surgeon. Yeah, she’s rad.”
The final night of the DNC also featured performances by The Chicks, Stevie Wonder, and John Legend. Vice President Kamala Harris closed the event by accepting the Democratic nomination for president.
Watch the candid moment between P!nk and daughter Willow below.
Sabrina Carpenter is on the verge of a major career milestone as her sixth album, Short n’ Sweet, races toward the top spot on the U.K. Official Albums Chart.
“Taste” singer is outselling her nearest competitor by 2-to-1 at the midweek mark, putting her in prime position to secure her first-ever No. 1 album in the U.K.
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This potential chart-topping success would be a huge breakthrough for Carpenter, whose previous albums have yet to make a major impact on the U.K. charts. Now, with Short n’ Sweet, she’s not only aiming to crack the Top 40 for the first time but to do so in spectacular fashion.
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However, the chart battle is far from over. Following their much-anticipated reunion announcement, Oasis is experiencing a resurgence that could shake up the rankings.
The Gallagher brothers’ iconic band has three albums set to re-enter the Top 40 this week: their former chart-leading greatest hits compilation Time Flies… (1994-2009) at No. 14, the legendary (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? at No. 26, and their seminal debut Definitely Maybe, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, at No. 31.
With the hype surrounding their reunion tour, these albums are expected to climb even higher as the week progresses, making Oasis a strong contender in this week’s chart race.
Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. are also on fire with their new release, Romance, which is on track to debut in the Top 10, marking their fourth consecutive album to achieve this milestone in the U.K.
Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo is set to debut in the Top 10 at No. 6 after its release on streaming platforms for the first time. Meanwhile, country star Lainey Wilson is on track to secure her first U.K. Top 10 album with Whirlwind, reflecting the growing influence of country music across the pond.
Louis Tomlinson’s LIVE album, featuring recordings from his 2024 Faith In The Future and world tour shows, is expected to debut just outside the Top 10 at No. 11, adding yet another achievement to the former One Direction member’s solo career. Alt-pop artist Cassyette is also making a notable entry, with her debut album This World Fucking Sucks on track to debut at No. 22.
With Sabrina Carpenter leading the pack and Oasis making a strong comeback, this week’s U.K. Official Albums Chart is shaping up to be an exciting race to the finish.
Can Sabrina maintain her lead and claim the No. 1 spot, or will the legendary Oasis surge ahead? The countdown to the top continues.
