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As Bon Jovi celebrate their 40th year as one of the world’s most successful rock bands, the history of the group will be explored in Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, a four-part docuseries that will debut April 26 on Hulu. Religion of Sports’ Gotham Chopra will helm the doc, which is being made with the […]
Skillet frontman John Cooper is firing at pro-choice activism — and brought up Demi Lovato in the process.
“Guess who else cheers on baby murder — Americans…Eight hundred thousand babies are aborted a year. I looked it up… it’s over a quarter, over 25 per cent of babies each year are aborted in this country,” the Christian rocker said of abortion to PluggedIn. “It’s absolutely crazy. But all of our celebrities cheer it on…The point is that every day will give you new opportunities to explain to your kids, ‘Okay, you know the celebrities that your friends all really idolise? You’ve gotta understand what they’re actually saying — they’re cheering it on.’”
He then specifically mentioned Lovato’s “Swine,” which was released in 2023, on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. “F— what I think, I don’t know a thing, the government knows my body / No, it’s okay, it’s better this way, I’m only a carbon copy / Even if I’m dying, they’ll still try to stop me,” Lovato belts on the track. For a period of one year, Lovato’s net profits from “Swine” will be donated to the Reproductive Justice Fund at the Demi Lovato Foundation, which will, in turn, be directed to three non-profit organizations: NARAL Pro-Choice America, Plan C and The National Network of Abortion Funds.
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“In that one song, she encapsulates so much evil,” Cooper said. “In that song, she supplies us with the best pro-life argument we always give, which is that people are not killing their babies because they can’t afford it.”
He continued, “They’re killing their babies because they want to have sex with ‘whoever I want to, whenever I want to. I don’t wanna use birth control. I should be able to do whatever I want.’ It is pure narcissism, pure evil, and then she’s screaming at all the people who are saying that this is murder.”
Watch Cooper’s full interview with PluggedIn below.
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The Doobie Brothers will keep on running this summer when they hit the road for a 38-date 2024 U.S. tour with special guests Steve Winwood and the Robert Cray Band set to open on select dates. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band featuring founding members Michael McDonald (vocals/keyboards), Tom Johnston (vocals/guitar), Pat Simmons (vocals/guitar) and multi-instrumentalist John McFee will kick off the run with a June 15 gig at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle, WA.
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Visiting a number of cities they haven’t played for years, the tour will hit Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Knoxville, New York, Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Denver before winding up in Seattle.
The 2024 outing follows on the heel’s of last year’s 50th anniversary swing, which reunited McDonald, Johnston, Simmons and McFee on stage for their first tour in 25 years.
Citi cardmembers will have access to a presale beginning Tuesday (Jan. 23) at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday (Jan. 25) at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program; click here for more information. The general onsale begins on Friday )Jan. 26) at 10 a.m. local time, with information about a limited number of VIP packages available here.
Check out the dates for the Doobie Brothers’ 2024 U.S. tour below.
June 15 — Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre **
June 16 — Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater **
June 18 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater **
June 20 — Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre **
June 22 — Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion **
June 23 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum **
June 25 — San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre **
June 26 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center **
June 29 — Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion **
June 30 — Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion **
July 2 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center **
July 3 — Durant, OK @ Choctaw Casino and Resort **
July 6 — Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP **
July 8 — Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place **
July 10 — West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre **
July 11 — Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre **
July 13 — Atlanta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre **
July 14 — Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena **
July 30 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion ++
July 31 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park ++
August 3 — Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion ++
August 4 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live ++
August 6 — Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center ++
August 7 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ++
August 9 — Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ++
August 10 — Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion ++
August 12 — Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center ++
August 13 — Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC ++
August 15 — Detroit, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre ++
August 17 — Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center ++
August 18 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center ++
August 20 — Pittsburgh, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake ++
August 22 — Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center ++
August 24 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ++
August 25 — Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre ++
August 27 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center ++
August 29 — Denver, CO Ball Arena ++
August 30 — Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre ++
**with Robert Cray
++with Steve Winwood
Avril Lavigne announced the dates for her 2024 Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits tour on Monday (Jan. 22). The North American outing is slated to kick off on May 22 with a show at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and keep her on the road through a Sept. 16 gig at Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB.
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In between, the 27-date Live Nation-produced tour will have Lavigne performing such smash hits as “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi” and “Girlfriend” in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Ottawa, Toronto, Nashville, Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis before the final scheduled show in Edmonton.
Joining Lavigne on select dates through the tour will be Simple Plan and All Time Low, with Royal & the Serpent and Girlfriends also playing on select dates as opening acts. Tickets will be available first through an artist presale beginning Wednesday (Jan. 24) at 10 a.m. local time, with additional presales throughout the week before the general onsale kicks off at 10 a.m. local time here.
Lavigne will also take her Greatest Hits show on the road in the U.K. and Europe this summer on a run that will will include several festival gigs, including the Pinkpop Festival (June 21) in Landgraff, Netherlands and the Hurricane Festival (June 22) in Schnee, Germany.
Check out Lavigne’s 2024 North American tour dates below.
May 22 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena ^
May 25 — Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre ^
May 26 — Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater ^
May 28 — Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre ^
May 30 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum ^
June 1 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena ^
June 2 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre ^
Aug. 14 — Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre +
Aug. 16 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage +
Aug. 17 — Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC @ Festival International de Montgolfières ~
Aug. 20 — Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater +
Aug. 21 — Hartford, CT @ The XFINITY Theatre +
Aug. 23 — Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center +
Aug. 24 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center +
Aug. 27 — Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater +
Aug. 29 — Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion +
Aug. 31 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live +
Sept. 1 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion +
Sept. 3 — Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre +
Sept. 4 — Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater +
Sept. 6 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center +
Sept. 7 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre +
Sept. 9 — Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater +
Sept. 10 — Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +
Sept. 12 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory +
Sept. 14 — Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre +
Sept. 16 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
^ With All Time Low and Royal & The Serpent
+ With Simple Plan and Girlfriends
~ Festival Date
The Eagles have set what they’re calling their last U.K. tour dates as part of the veteran group’s Long Goodbye final tour. On Monday (Jan. 22) the band — Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey — announced a three-show residency run at the new Co-Op Live Arena in […]
Green Day‘s Saviors has topped this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 19) on Billboard, choosing the veteran pop-punk trio’s 14th studio album as their favorite new music release of the past week.
Saviors brought in almost 27% of the vote, beating out new music by Kygo and Ava Max (“Whatever”), Nicki Minaj featuring Future (“Press Play”), Norah Jones (“Running”), Bleachers (“Tiny Moves”), and others.
Nearly four years since their last studio LP — 2020’s Father of All… — Green Day returned on Friday with a brand new set featuring a slew of singles, including Billboard‘s Rock Airplay chart-topper “The American Dream Is Killing Me.”
“‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ was written by Billie [Joe Armstrong] almost four years ago. But we all knew it was just low-hanging fruit. We’re not a parody of who we are, and songs like that need time to be fleshed out. If that means just sitting back and letting life happen, so be it. And it was one of the last things we recorded,” Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt told Rolling Stone in early January.
In addition to “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” the iconic rockers also released single like “Dilemma,” “Bobby Sox,” “One Eyed Bastard” and “Look Ma, No Brains!” To promote the new album, the band played an impromptu show in the Rockefeller Center subway station on Jan. 16 for a segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Green Day will hit the road this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their major-label debut, Dookie, and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot by playing both albums in full on a massive stadium tour. The trek launches its North American leg on July 29 at Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park. Rancid, the Smashing Pumpkins and the Linda Lindas will open the North American shows.
Trailing behind Saviors on the poll is tropical house producer Kygo and pop hitmaker Ava Max’s “Whatever,” which brought in nearly 26% of the vote. With nostalgic vibes, the throwback smash lifts its chorus from Shakira’s English-language breakout single “Whenever, Wherever.”
See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.
Sting, Incubus and My Morning Jacket are set to headline this year’s BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, Calif., May 3-5. Also playing are DEVO, Dirty Heads and Trey Anastasio + Classic TAB, among others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The high-end live music, art and culinary event […]
Nostalgia for the ’90s can be found all throughout today’s music, but when Green Day leans into penning a ’90s-style punk track, it just hits different. On Friday (Jan. 19), the legendary rock trio shared the music video for their new song “Bobby Sox.” The single unveiled off of their just-released album Saviors, “Bobby Sox” […]
Like many of us, David Bowie was one of American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright’s all-time heroes. But unlike most of us, Wright not only got meet the late rock legend, he also had the opportunity to act alongside him in the 1996 biopic Basquiat, in which he played neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside Bowie as pop art figurehead Andy Warhol.
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On The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday (Jan. 19), Wright recalled meeting Bowie on the film in reaction to a picture Clarkson put on the big screen from a photo shoot the actor did with the “Space Oddity” singer to promote the biopic about the talented street-artist-turned-international-phenom.
“He meant the world to me,” Wright said of Bowie, who died of liver cancer in 2016 at 69. “There were periods of my life where his music was the soundtrack.” Wright describe the intense prep he did for the film — directed by artist Julian Schnabel — in which the actor painted for six months in Schnabel’s studio in the presence of dozens of original Basquiat paintings to get into character.
One day while working on a canvas, Wright said the door opened and Bowie — who also dabbled in painting, as well as quite a bit of big screen acting — walked in unexpectedly. “He kneels down next to me and he says, ‘do you mind if I watch?’,” Wright said Bowie asked. “And I said, ‘well, I think I’m gonna have to get used to it, yeah.’”
Wright recalled that they had a laugh and for the remainder of the shoot Bowie was “so generous and so smart and funny… and he couldn’t have been cooler to me.” In fact, one day he was in the hair and makeup trailer with Gary Oldman — who played a fictional composite character modeled on Schnabel — and Bowie walked in with a most incredible query. “‘Do you want to hear some music?’” the singer asked them.
“And we’re like, ‘huh?!’,” Wright remembers responding in gleeful shock. “And we’re like, ‘yeah David Bowie we’ll tolerate your music, yeah sure! Put in your little disc.’” What Bowie cued up were tracks from his then-unreleased new album, the arty concept song cycle Outside, which included some songs that ended up in the film.
“And we’re listening to it and we’re like, ‘Whoa!’ and David’s sitting there air-guitaring to his own music… and it was like, you know, the cool guy at school who found some obscure record somewhere and brought it in,” Wright recalled thinking. “Except the cool guy was David Bowie!”
American Fiction — about a struggling Black novelist horrified by the smash success of a racially charged book he wrote as as joke — is in theaters now.
Watch Wright talk about Bowie below.
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If you thought Dolly Parton was done rocking, think again. The country icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer celebrated her 78th birthday on Friday (Jan. 19) by dropping a deluxe version of her debut rock album, Rockstar. “It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” Parton wrote on X. “I’m […]