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The Grammys kept with its annual tradition of paying tribute to musicians we lost in the past year, honoring Tina Turner, Jimmy Buffett, Sinéad O’Connor and more at the 2024 ceremony. But one name was excluded from this year’s “In Memoriam” segment: Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell, who died at age 56 in September and was nominated alongside his band at the 2000 Grammys for “All Star.”
When asked about the omission on Monday (Feb. 5), Smash Mouth manager Robert Hayes told Billboard: “Does anyone watch the Grammys anymore? That show hasn’t been good in over 20 years. And they never acknowledged Steve when he was alive so why would we think they would honor him when he’s dead? Rude and disrespectful.”
Fans of the rock singer were quick to note on social media that Harwell’s name and face never appeared on air during the awards show’s mid-ceremony montage on Sunday night. “Really #Grammys? You forgot to include Steve Harwell from Smash Mouth during the In Memoriam segment?” one person posted to X shortly afterward. “He was a Grammy nominee!”
“Sad they forgot our friend Steve Harwell of @smashmouth,” wrote another fan, while a third person posted, “boycotting the Grammys until they tribute Steve Harwell.”
Billboard has reached out to the Recording Academy for comment.
Harwell and his band earned a 2000 Grammy nod for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for “All Star”; the award ended up going to Santana featuring The Project G&B for “Maria Maria.”
The frontman announced his retirement from Smash Mouth in 2021, writing in a statement, “Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of being a rock star performing in front of sold-out arenas and have been so fortunate to live out that dream. To my bandmates, it’s been an honor performing with you all these years. I can’t think of anyone else I would have rather gone on this wild journey with.”
On Sept. 4, 2023, Harwell died at his home in Boise, Idaho, after being in hospice care. Prior to his death, he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle that can make it hard for the heart to deliver blood to the body — and battled a number of health issues as a result.
“Steve Harwell was a true American original,” Hayes wrote in a statement following the musician’s death. “A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle. Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom.”
See how fans reacted to Harwell’s “In Memoriam” omission at the 2024 Grammys below.
Glad to see the Grammy’s remembered radio legend Jim Ladd. But sad they forgot our friend Steve Harwell of @smashmouth— Mav3rick (@Mav3rickRadio) February 5, 2024
boycotting the Grammys until they tribute Steve Harwell 😡😡😡😡— ben (@botsy_) February 5, 2024
Am I tripping or did they not include Steve Harwell? #Grammys— Vin Bálor(House Targaryen Supporter) (@VincentTondy) February 5, 2024
Teared up when the Grammys were remembering all the talented people we lost last year 😞 BUT didn’t see Steve Harwell mentioned 🥺 #smashmouth— bryna bevis bischoff (@binker74) February 5, 2024
Maybe they aren’t done yet or maybe I missed it but did the #Grammys skip Steve Harwell from @smashmouth in the “in memoriam” segment?— Kevin Dininger (@KDininger) February 5, 2024
Grateful Dead breaks the record for most top 40-charting albums in the nearly 68-year history the Billboard 200. The group’s latest archival live release, Dave’s Picks, Volume 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford U., Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85), debuts at No. 25 on the chart dated Feb. 10. It’s the 59th top 40-charting set for the band, surpassing the 58 top 40s earned by both Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.
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Here’s a recap of the acts with the most top 40-charting albums on the Billboard 200 since the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March of 1956:
59, Grateful Dead
58, Elvis Presley
58, Frank Sinatra
54, Barbra Streisand
51, Bob Dylan
48, The Rolling Stones
Dave’s Picks, Volume 49 is from the band’s long-running archival release series, named for the group’s archivist, David Lemieux. The series launched in 2012 and has granted the group 41 of its 59 top 40-charting sets on the Billboard 200.
Dave’s Picks, Volume 49 earned 21,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 1, according to Luminate – with all of that sum in traditional album sales. The album was exclusively available as a four-CD set, with a limited run of 25,000 copies manufactured. It was sold only through the band’s official website. (Releases in the series are issued exclusively on CD, in limited quantities, and sold through the Dead’s official channels.)
Grateful Dead has logged at least three new top 40-charting albums on the Billboard 200 in every year from 2013 through 2023, largely on the strength of the Dave’s Picks releases.
Dave’s Picks, Volume 49 also launches at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, marking the first No. 1 on that chart for the group since the list began in 1991.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Feb. 10, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter and Instagram.
U2 had a busy Sunday night (Feb. 4). In addition to giving most of the world the first extended glimpse at the eye-popping visuals from their ongoing residency series at Las Vegas’ Sphere during a remote performance on the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers also dropped a dancefloor-ready remix […]
Marilyn Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire, recently completed his time at an organization that provides meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, according to court paperwork.
The shock rocker, 55, spent 20 hours last month at the Windsor Club of Glendale, a California nonprofit that provides meeting locations for Alcoholics Anonymous and families of alcoholics to “achieve a more meaningful life through recovery,” according to the group’s website.
A certificate of completion was filed by the Assistance League of Los Angeles with a New Hampshire court on Jan. 30. Manson had to file proof of his service by Feb. 4.
Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, pleaded no contest in September to the misdemeanor charge in Laconia, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Concord, the state capital.
A no contest plea means Manson did not contest the charge and did not admit guilt.
He initially was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the encounter with the videographer at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford on Aug. 19, 2019. The second charge, alleging that he spit on the videographer, was dropped.
Manson also was fined. He needs to remain arrest-free and notify local police of any New Hampshire performances for two years.
Prosecutor Andrew Livernois had said it was his first offense and he had no prior record.
Manson initially pleaded not guilty to both charges in 2021. His lawyer had said that the type of filming the videographer was doing commonly exposes videographers to “incidental contact” with bodily fluids.
Manson emerged as a musical star in the mid-1990s, known as much for courting public controversy as for hit songs like “The Beautiful People” and hit albums like 1996’s “Antichrist Superstar” and 1998’s “Mechanical Animals.”
Last year, a California judge threw out key sections of Manson’s lawsuit against his former fiancée, Westworld actor Evan Rachel Wood, claiming she fabricated public allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to do the same. He is appealing the ruling. The judge recently ruled that Manson cover Wood’s legal fees, according to Rolling Stone.
Manson’s lawsuit, filed last year, alleges that Wood and another woman named as a defendant, Illma Gore, defamed Manson, intentionally caused him emotional distress and derailed his career in music, TV and film.
Several women have sued Manson in recent years with allegations of sexual and other abuse. Most have been dismissed or settled, including a suit filed by Game of Thrones actor Esmé Bianco.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly.
Just as Bon Jovi has done for 40 years, musicians came to rock at the Los Angeles Convention Center Friday night (Feb. 2) as the band’s namesake, Jon Bon Jovi, was honored at MusiCares 33rd Person of the Year annual gala.
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The honoree himself set the tone for the night, opening the evening with “Legendary,” the propulsive first single from the band’s forthcoming album that sounds like a classic Bon Jovi track. “As I look out here at all you tuxedoed executives, I remind you this is a Bon Jovi concert,” Jon Bon Jovi said. “We don’t sit down.”
And there was certainly no sitting as Bon Jovi then introduced Bruce Springsteen, calling him “my mentor, my hero, my brother, my friend,” as the audience of more than 2,000 began chanting the requisite “BRUUUUUUCE.” Springsteen’s participation had been in doubt after his 98-year old mother, Adele, died on Wednesday (Jan. 31).
As Bon Jovi later explained, when Springsteen — MusiCares Person of the Year in 2013 — first got the news about his mother, he was already on a plane to Los Angeles. “I certainly would have understood if he’d said that he couldn’t make it,” Bon Jovi said, “but he wanted to be here tonight for MusiCares. And he wanted to be here tonight for me. And I’m forever grateful to you.
The two most famous musicians from New Jersey (perhaps other than Frank Sinatra) ripped into spirited renditions of Bon Jovi’s 2006 hit “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” which boasts Springsteenean “Alrights” in the chorus, and Springsteen’s “Promised Land,” with Bon Jovi playing Springsteen’s trademark harmonica parts before the Boss joined in for a little harmonica duet at the end.
Among those singing along in the audience were Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, MSNBC host Ari Melber, frequent Bon Jovi collaborator Desmond Child, Rita Wilson, Carly Pearce, Gayle King, Nile Rodgers and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul. The latter pair made the rounds earlier in the evening, schmoozing with Bon Jovi, 2012 MusiCares honoree Paul McCartney and Springsteen.
Bon Jovi then sat down, flanked for much of the evening by Springsteen and McCartney, as a constellation of artists took the stage to deliver some of the most beloved anthems in the arena rock canon from the past 40 years. With more than 150 million albums sold, including 12 times platinum rock juggernaut Slippery When Wet, and nearly 20 top 40 hits, there was no shortage of familiar material to draw from.
Melissa Etheridge, joined by Larkin Poe had the tough task of following Bon Jovi and Springsteen, but proved more than up to the challenge with a sizzling version of Jon Bon Jovi’s No. 1 solo hit, “Blaze of Glory,” from the 1990 film Young Guns ll. Train’s Pat Monahan delivered a stylish take on 2000’s driving hit, “It’s My Life”; Shania Twain turned in a dramatic reading of ballad “Bed of Roses”; Sammy Hagar was joined by guitar slinger Orianthi for Bon Jovi’s first No. 1, 1986’s “You Give Love A Bad Name”; and Jason Isbell pulled out a double neck guitar, similar to the one sported by former band member Richie Sambora, on the iconic “Wanted Dead or Alive.” While many acts pulled from the multi-platinum group’s ’80s and ’90s era, the Goo Goo Dolls dipped into more recent fare, taking on the title track from 2016’s This House is Not for Sale.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan served as a nimble and often hilarious host, good naturedly roasting Jon Bon Jovi for his ’80s fashion and even more so for his ’80s big hair, and even taking to the stage in a replica of a trademark beefcake poster of Jon Bon Jovi from the ’80s in a cut-off Jack Daniels T-shirt, obscenely short denim shorts and a wig with a shocking amount of teased, flowing blond locks. As he sarcastically noted of the ridiculously photogenic Bon Jovi, “You have to wonder where he would have gotten if he was good looking.”
Later, he suggested that Bon Jovi, McCartney and Springsteen, as well as table mate, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, could form a new iteration of The Traveling Wilburys, with Kraft on lead vocals.
Additionally, a new generation of artists equipped themselves well taking on songs that they had likely grown up with or heard their parents play. Best new artist nominee Jelly Roll delivered a growly, rollicking “Bad Medicine,” while taking advantage of the playing before a room full of powerful music industry executives to spread a message about an issue close to his heart, drug addiction. The country artist, who spoke at a congressional hearing in support of an anti-fentanyl bill in January, sported a jacket with facts about drug addiction, including one across his back that read “190 people a day overdose and die in the United States of America.”
A pigtailed Lainey Wilson followed with a spirited “We Weren’t Born to Follow,” while Måneskin’s charismatic frontman Damiano David performed a propulsive “Keep the Faith.” Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH delivered a pounding “Have A Nice Day,” and guitar wiz Marcus King showed off his blazing fret work on “Born to Be My Baby.”
Playing on the round, revolving B-stage in the middle of the audience, best new artist nominees The War and Treaty gave one of the evening’s most inspired performances at times singing directly to each other with an elevated, emotional take of “I’ll Be There For You,” Bon Jovi’s 1989 tale of devotion that husband and wife team Michael and Tonya Trotter should definitely consider cutting for their next album. Also utilizing the smaller space to great effect was 17-time Grammy nominee Brandy Clark with a beautiful rendition of 2007’s “(You Want to) Make a Memory.”
The evening also included video tributes from Matthew McConaughey, John Mayer, P!nk, Ed Sheeran and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, who praised Bon Jovi for “his everyday commitment to [help] other people.” Bon Jovi’s myriad philanthropic efforts include the JBJ Soul Foundation, which has built close to 1,000 units of affordable housing, and JBJ Soul Kitchens, which operate on a pay-it-forward model where those in need volunteer for their meals at the kitchen while paying customers are asked to make a donation that will cover their meal as well as the meal of someone in need.
Kraft, who first met Bon Jovi on the sidelines at the 1997 Super Bowl (“In a game we lost,” he noted), presented Bon Jovi with his award, praising the honoree for his business acumen and social consciousness.
“Unlike the majority of artists and performers, who understandably, are insular, Jon’s always had an empathy for the world at large,” Kraft said. “And he’s shown that impact as a philanthropist. He has used his platform as a global rock star and paired it with his own money and operating skill and created the Soul Foundation… building a model program for solving the vicious cycle of hunger, poverty and homelessness that has now been copied by many others.” He also praised the son of two Marines for his long-lasting marriage to his high school sweetheart, Dorothea.
After thanking Springsteen and McCartney (saying to the Beatle, “I think it’s fair to say that the reason most, if not all, of us are in the room tonight, is because of you.”), Bon Jovi quickly noted that this award wouldn’t have been possible without those around him. “Everything that I’ve accomplished with or without the band or in my philanthropic life has had the support of my family, my friends, bandmates, collaborators and an army of the willing, who’ve been ready to take my dreams and make them a reality,” he said.
He also praised the ability of music as the “common thread” that “moves us when we’re happy and it comforts us when we’re sad and brings us together.” He then spoke of recently buying back his first electric guitar that he sold in 1979 for $100. With his newly reclaimed guitar back in his hands, “the first thing I did was held it, cradled it, really, and then wrote a song… another thing I’ve come to know is that every time that I strum my guitar, I’m reminded that I have a best friend for life. That instrument will never let you down.”
Bon Jovi then thanked MusiCares for providing assistance to those musicians not as fortunate as himself, who have needed a helping hand. Since 1991, MusiCares has handed out more than $110 million to provide essential support for programs and services assisting the music community, including physical and mental health, addiction recovery, preventive clinics, unforeseen personal emergencies, and disaster relief.
(L-R) Michael Trotter Jr., Hugh McDonald, Jon Bon Jovi, Sammy Hagar and Jelly Roll attend the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 02, 2024 in Los Angeles
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Ending by saying, “the 18-year-old in me wants to sing with everybody else,” Bon Jovi called his band back to the stage, including keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres, as well all the evening’s participating artists (minus Springsteen) to perform the group’s beloved anthem and 1986 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Living on a Prayer.” Jon Bon Jovi roamed the stage, hugging and trading lyrics with many of the performers to close the evening.
See the MusiCares Salute to Jon Bon Jovi set list below:
“Legendary,” Bon Jovi“Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen“The Promised Land,” Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen“Blaze of Glory,” Melissa Etheridge and Larkin Poe“Bad Medicine,” Jelly Roll“We Weren’t Born to Follow,” Lainey Wilson“It’s My Life,” Pat Monahan“Bed of Roses,” Shania Twain“Wanted Dead or Alive,” Jason Isbell“Keep the Faith,” Damiano David“This House is Not for Sale,” Goo Goo Dolls“I’ll Be There for You,” The War and Treaty“Have a Nice Day,” Mammoth WVH“(You Want To) Make a Memory,” Brandy Clark“Living on a Prayer,” Bon Jovi and guests
Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as “Kick Out the Jams” and influenced everyone from The Clash to Rage Against the Machine, has died at age 75.
Kramer died Friday (Feb. 2) at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, according to Jason Heath, a close friend and executive director of Kramer’s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors. Heath said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
From the late 1960s to early 1970s, no band was closer to the revolutionary spirit of the time than the MC5, which featured Kramer and Fred “Sonic” Smith on guitars, Rob Tyner on vocals, Michael Davis on bass and Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson on drums. Managed for a time by White Panther co-founder John Sinclair, they were known for their raw, uncompromising music, which they envisioned as the soundtrack for the uprising to come.
“Brother Wayne Kramer was the best man I’ve ever known,” Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello wrote via Instagram on Friday. “He possessed a one of a kind mixture of deep wisdom & profound compassion, beautiful empathy and tenacious conviction. His band the MC5 basically invented punk rock music.”
The band had little commercial success and its core lineup did not last beyond the early 1970s, but its legacy endured, both for its sound and for its fusing of music to political action. Kramer, who had a long history of legal battles and substance abuse, would tell his story in the 2018 memoir The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities.
Thompson is now the band’s only surviving member.
Kramer and Smith had known each other since their teens and played with various other musicians around Detroit before the core lineup was in place, in the mid-1960s. At Tyner’s suggestions, they called themselves the MC5, short for Motor City Five, and emulated The Rolling Stones, the Who, and other hard rock bands of the era.
By 1968, they had built a substantial local following and were influenced by Marxism, the White Panthers, the Beats and other social-political movements. The MC5 was more radical politically than most of its peers, and otherwise louder and more daring. They were virtually the only band to perform during the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention, in Chicago, where police were beating up anti-war protesters.
“Kick Out the Jams” was their most famous song, peaking at No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and marking their only appearance on the chart, and opened with an unprintable call to arms: “Kick out the jams mother—-er!” A live album of the same name peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 in 1969, their highest-charting release. They also released the studio albums Back in the USA and High Time before breaking up at the end of 1972.
Kramer would lead various incarnations of the MC5 over the following decades, and perform with Was (Not Was) among other groups. But for a time he sank into the life of what he called “a small-time Detroit criminal.” He was arrested on drug charges in 1975 and sentenced to four years in prison. Jail Guitar Doors is named for a Clash song that refers to his struggles: “Let me tell you ’bout Wayne and his deals of cocaine.”
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Saadi, and son, Francis.
Heart, the rock group started by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson in 1974, will return to the road for the first time in five years this spring on the Royal Flush tour.
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The trek, which will kick off April 20 in Greenville, South Carolina, will feature Cheap Trick as support on most of the North American leg, while Squeeze will open a handful of Heart’s summer European dates. Heart will also join Def Leppard and Journey for three previously announced summer stadium shows in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston and will make an appearance at the New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival on April 28.
“The exceptional talent of the band brings a whole new level of energy to Hearts’s live performance,” Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson said in a joint statement. “I am incredibly proud of the show that our band has crafted and am looking forward to reconnecting with our fans.”
The North American leg will launch on April 20 in Greenville, South Carolina, and conclude on Sept. 22 in Morrison, Colorado. Heart will also head to Europe in late June through mid-July, with Squeeze opening select dates.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on today through Heart’s website. You can see the full list of tour dates below.
Heart 2024 Royal Flush TourApril 20 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness ArenaApril 22 – Savannah, GA @ Enmarket ArenaApril 25 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live (in Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood)*April 26 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie ArenaApril 28 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (multi-act event)**May 1 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center (special guest TBD)May 3 – Thackerville, OK @ Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort*May 4 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK CenterMay 7 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge FieldhouseMay 10 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm ArenaMay 11 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum CenterMay 13 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank ArenaMay 15 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein CenterMay 17 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate ArenaMay 18 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! CenterMay 21 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars ArenaMay 23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints ArenaMay 24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live*Jul 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Progressive Field** (with Def Leppard & Journey)Aug 1 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire CentreAug 2 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre** (with Def Leppard & Journey)Aug 5 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park** (with Def Leppard & Journey)Aug 7 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron CentreAug 8 – Montreal, QC @ Bell CentreAug 10 – Albany, NY @ MVP ArenaAug 11 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank CenterAug 13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank CenterAug 15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv ForumAug 16 – Hinckley, MN @ Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater*Aug 18 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank ArenaAug 21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel ArenaAug 23 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston ColiseumAug 24 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson Boling Arena at Food City CenterAug 27 – Norfolk, VA @ Scope ArenaAug 28 – Allentown, PA @ The Great Allentown Fair*Sept 17 – Portland, OR @ Moda CenterSept 20 – West Valley City, UT @ Maverik CenterSept 22 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre (special guest TBD)
Boygenius is going on hiatus. As alluded to by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus during their Thursday (Feb. 1) acoustic shows in Los Angeles, they are indeed planning to put an indefinite stopper on band activities following a breakthrough year for the supergroup.
Fans who were invited to the band’s duo of back-to-back private concerts at The Smell tweeted that the three indie musicians had said onstage they’d be “going away for the foreseeable future.” A video from the evening also shows Dacus telling the crowd, “This is our last show, and we’re feeling it.”
A representative for Boygenius confirmed to Billboard that the trio will be stepping back, as the group indicated on stage, but offered no further details. The band has not yet posted about the hiatus on social media.
The announcement caps off a sensational year for Baker, Bridgers and Dacus, who originally debuted Boygenius in 2018 with the release of their self-titled EP. The three musicians then returned to their respective solo careers before reuniting in 2023, releasing their first full-length album, The Record, in March followed by a four-track EP, The Rest, in October. The group toured in support of the album throughout much of the year, playing shows and festival appearances across North America and Europe.
Upon its release, The Record scored the band its first entry on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at No. 4 and remained on the chart for a total of 14 weeks. The project also earned Baker, Bridgers and Dacus six nominations at the 2024 Grammys — which they’re expected to attend Sunday (Feb. 4) — including album of the year, best alternative music album and record of the year for single “Not Strong Enough.”
From the beginning, Boygenius has been open about the fact that its latest run would be temporary, given the demands of each member’s solo endeavors. “I think people know this is a rarity and that there’s no guarantee that it’ll continue,” Dacus told Billboard during an interview with the band in April. “Like, we will continue to be Boygenius and be friends, but we also will get back to our own things.”
She added: “I think people have this awareness that to be present with it now is really to be existing in a moment.”
Bruce Springsteen has announced that his mother, Adele, died on Wednesday. She was 98 years old. The 74-year-old rock star shared the news with his followers via Instagram on Thursday (Feb. 1), posting a sweet throwback video of him dancing with his mother to a recording of Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood.” “Adele Springsteen – […]
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