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Grouplove announces first live album, ‘Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me’

GlassnoteGrouplove has announced their first-ever live album, Rock N' Roll You Won't Save Me.The set, which was mostly recorded during the "Tongue Tied" outfit's 2024 show in Chicago, is due out May 30."Our 2024 Rock N' Roll You Won't Save Me Tour was an incredible and surreal heart opening tour for us," Grouplove says. "It was our first headlining tour in several years and we were visiting most of our favorite venues across the country.""When we all came together, it felt […]

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Karen O unites with Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz on new song, ‘Raven’

Casa Gogol RecordsYeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O has teamed up with Eugene Hütz of the punk band Gogol Bordello for a new song called "Raven."The track appears on a new compilation called NYContinuity Vol.1: New New York Does Old New York, which mostly consists of newer NYC artists covering songs from classic NYC bands. While "Raven" is an original track, both YYYs and Gogol Bordello formed in NYC.Among the NYContinuity covers is a version of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties" by Grace Bergere and […]

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First look at ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ shows off new Na’vi clans

VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty ImagesAvatar: Fire and Ash made a big splash at CinemaCon 2025.Convention attendees were all given 3D glasses to wear while watching a trailer for the film, which has yet to be released to the general public. According to Variety, the trailer showed off footage from the alien moon of Pandora, including two new Na'vi clans called the Wind Traders and the Ash People.Zoe Saldaña, who plays Neytiri in the franchise, took to the stage to introduce […]

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Run and tell all of the angels, Kelly Clarkson’s covered Foo Fighters’ ‘Learn to Fly’

ABC/Randy HolmesKelly Clarkson is making her way back home with a cover of the Foo Fighters song "Learn to Fly."The inaugural American Idol winner put her spin on the There Is Nothing Left to Lose single for her Kellyoke segment on a recent episode of her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show."I love the Foo Fighters," Clarkson said following her performance. "A few years ago we actually had Dave Grohl on the show, and we talked about ['Learn to Fly']. Now, I thought it had all […]

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Kenan Thompson has no plans to leave ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘The forever cast member’

Theo Wargo/NBCKenan Thompson has no plans to leave Studio 8H anytime soon.The actor, who has starred on Saturday Night Live for 22 seasons, is the longest-serving cast member in the show's history. He told Entertainment Weekly he has no plans of exiting the sketch comedy show."It would be cool if I never left the show. That'd be crazy," Thompson said.The comedian joined the cast in 2003 when he was 25 years old. Twenty-two years later, he says there is only […]

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Mumford & Sons notch third #1 UK album with ’Rushmere’

GlassnoteMumford & Sons have returned to the top of the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart with Rushmere, their first new album in seven years.The record now gives the "Little Lion Man" outfit their third #1 in their home country, following 2012's Babel and 2015's Wilder Mind."What's so unique about this Number 1 album is it's really been driven by the fans," band member Ben Lovett tells Official Charts. "People have really turned up for us; we didn't even really appreciate how intense that connection with our fans is. […]

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The Regrettes’ Lydia Night premieres debut solo song

Warner RecordsLydia Night, frontwoman of the now-defunct band The Regrettes, has premiered her debut solo song.The track is called "Pity Party" and is out now via digital outlets. You can watch its accompanying video on YouTube."Stepping outside of the band on my own was spooky and felt like a huge risk but one that I was ready to make," Night says. "I am so excited to share this world I've built with you all and 'Pity Party' feels like the […]

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Watch Flyleaf’s Lacey Sturm & Korn’s Head perform ‘I’m So Sick’ & ‘Blind’ mash-up

Tim Mosenfelder/WireImageFlyleaf frontwoman Lacey Sturm has shared a live video capturing an onstage collaboration with Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch during her February solo show in Pittsburgh.Welch joined Sturm and her band for a rendition of the Flyleaf song "I'm So Sick" mashed-up with Korn's "Blind."You can watch the performance streaming on YouTube.Sturm has been touring in support of her latest solo effort, 2023's Kenotic Metanoia. She reunited with Flyleaf in 2022 following a 10-year absence from the band.Copyright © 2025, […]

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Volbeat premieres new song, ‘In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom’

Republic/UniversalThe story of Volbeat's new song is in its title.The track is called "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan's Spawn in a Dying World of Doom" and is about, as frontman Michael Poulsen describes it, "the outcasts and fallen angels of God — all the angels that were cast out of Heaven.""I'm being told to collect them in this big wagon and bring them to a barn," Poulsen explains. "There's a ritual going on where the fallen […]

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‘Heartstopper’ to conclude with Netflix feature film In brief: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood to star in ‘Ready or Not’ sequel and more Diego Luna on finishing Cassian’s story in season 2 of ‘Andor’ Shinedown preparing ‘most ambitious stage design that we have ever put together’ for Dance, Kid, Dance tour Brandon Boyd pitches Incubus at Coachella following surprise appearance at Zedd set Myles Smith is ‘really scared’ to release new song ‘My First Heartbreak’ on Friday

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