Ariana Grande plans week of celebrations for Yours Truly anniversary

OHMYGOSSIP — Ariana Grande is planning week of celebrations to mark 10 years since the release of her debut album ‘Yours Truly’.
The pop star launched her chart career with the record back in 2013 and now she’s looking back over the last decade by putting together a series of treats for her fans over the course of seven days to properly commemorate the milestone.
The events kick off on August 25 with a deluxe digital release of ‘Yours Truly’ along with newly recorded live performances of her songs ‘Honeymoon Avenue’ and ‘Daydreamin’.
There will there be a question-and-answer session and the release of special merchandise on August 26 and the following day Ariana will treat fans to a live performance of ‘Baby I’.
During the week of events there will also be the launch of a vinyl preorder for ‘ Yours Truly’ as well as another part of the Q and A as well as performances of her songs ‘Tattooed Heart’ and ‘Right There’.
The festivities conclude with a performance of ‘The Way’ while the singer also teased fans by revealing she’s planning to release “some behind the scenes stuff we found”.
The singer also revealed the digital edition of the album will feature “the Live from London, updated versions of the songs we performed from Yours Truly.”
She added of the songs: “I can’t wait for you to hear them. This was such a healing and special project to do.”
It’s been a tough few months for the singer as she’s been in the UK filming her role in the upcoming movie version of stage show ‘Wicked’ and also dealing with personal problems.
She split from her husband Dalton Gomez in January after two years of marriage and and she has since been linked to Broadway star Ethan Slater, 31, who she has been working with on the ‘Wicked’ movie.

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Delta Goodrem reveals ‘smoking hot’ Kylie Minogue is an ‘inspiration’

OHMYGOSSIP — Delta Goodrem has hailed “smoking hot” Kylie Minogue an “inspiration” who proves you can still be a pop sensation “no matter what your age”.
The 38-year-old singer has revealed she is inspired by fellow Aussie, Kylie, 55, and heaped praise on her “timeless” looks and “phenomenal” music.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column, Delta gushed: “What an inspiration Kylie is. What she is
doing is phenomenal.
“And it shows that it doesn’t matter. Age or this or that, it doesn’t matter.
It’s just if you make music that people enjoy and they want to be part of your community, that is it,
– you’re doing it.
“Dreams don’t have an expiration date.”
Asked if Kylie can still pull off her iconic mini gold hot pants, Delta reacted: “She looks smoking hot, are you kidding me?
“I have always been someone that says at any age it’s timeless. There’s no going, ‘Now we’re at this age then that’s our marker for us to think about how you think you should be.'”
The ‘Born To Try’ hitmaker has just returned with her new single, ‘Back To Your Heart’, and she recently gushed that she feels “like this is my Tina Turner era”.
The ’80s-inspired single is the first taste of her eighth studio effort and she revealed some of the artists she was inspired by, including the late ‘Proud Mary’ hitmaker, Backstreet Boys – who she toured with on their 2022 North American run – and her dear late friend, ‘Grease’ legend Olivia Newton-John.
Speaking about 2021’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Dreams’ in a cover interview with RETROPOP magazine, she said: “That last album was so intense and heavy; it was me at the piano asking, ‘Where do we come from? How did I get here? What do I need to do to heal and work through?’… It was a real deep dive.
“But when the borders opened up and we could go back to travelling, I toured with the Backstreet Boys and I was surrounded by so much fun, which gave me a sense of freedom in what I wanted to do now!”
On ‘Back To Your Heart’, she continued: “It was like, ‘This is my lane, let’s lean into that.’
“My shows are about empowering everybody in the room and having that unity that comes from being together, which is what made me want to write this particular album.”
Delta – who battled cancer like her idol Tina – added: “She went through so much then at 40 years old moved into this amazing new chapter and started playing stadiums. It was insane!
“I feel like this is my Tina Turner era.”

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The Vamps star launches solo career after undergoing vocal cord surgery

OHMYGOSSIP — The Vamps star James McVey has launched his solo career with his debut single, ‘Dancing On The Head Of A Needle’, which he penned amid a “dark” period in his life after losing his voice.
The former ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ star – who couldn’t speak for three weeks – felt guilty that he hadn’t seen the “warning signs” and had to undergo surgery for a ruptured growth on his vocal cords, leading him to pen an “apology” song for his fans.
James told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Around the time that I wrote this song, people who were really close to me were going through things of their own, and because I was so far down this dark road after losing my voice, I was unable to acknowledge that I needed to be there for them.
“It’s a bit like my apology to the people I let down, but also to myself, for not being able to see the warning signs. I was deteriorating into a place that was almost too far down to reach.”
As for the future of the ‘Can We Dance’ boy band, they are currently on a hiatus while they work on solo projects, but they are set to reunite for their follow-up to 2020’s ‘Cherry Blossom’.
James previously told the newspaper: “It’s really important that for us, there’s no personal issues or animosity with anything anyone is doing.
“It’s not like a power struggle for musical satisfaction, kudos, or credibility.
“There’s a strong Vamps strategy and alongside that, there will be other things. The last thing we want fans to think is that we are divided and hate each other. It’s not like that.
“Things will come from probably all of us I imagine at some point, in various ways.”
Brad Simpson added: “We are all working on separate things.
“We’re all into different types of music so it’s nice to explore those different avenues and I actually think that’s going to be really interesting when we come back to writing.”

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Guns N’ Roses to follow up Perhaps with The General in October

OHMYGOSSIP — Guns N’ Roses have another tune called ‘The General’ on the way after finally releasing ‘Perhaps’ last week.
The heavy rock legends released and gave the latter song its live debut at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Friday (18.08.23) after it fell victim to an early leak via select jukeboxes in the US and was delayed by a week.
Now, its B-side will be released on vinyl with ‘Perhaps’ on October 27.
Introducing the song at the gig, frontman Axl Rose admitted he was having difficulties singing ‘Perhaps’.
He said: “Forgive me if I don’t run around and try to project as much because I’m gonna try to figure out how to f***ing sing it live.”
He then joked: “I like to think of when we wrote this song it was like the immaculate inception.”
The ‘Patience’ rockers released two tracks, ‘Absurd’ and ‘Hard Skool’, both reworked outtakes from 2008’s ‘Chinese Democracy’, in 2021.
‘Perhaps’ and ‘The General’ are both from that era as well.
The notorious record was delayed for years and held up by legal hassles, while guitar-slayer Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum quit the group, and only frontman Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained.
Slash has previously teased more new music from the hard rock band.
The band reunited with original members Slash and Duff for the 2016 ‘Not in This Lifetime… Tour’.
Slash previously admitted he and his bandmates hadn’t penned any new material since reuniting.
He said in October 2021: “As far as new Guns is concerned; we haven’t even gotten to that point of really in earnest sitting down and writing.
“We’ve been doing a lot of material that’s been sort of sitting around for a while. So that will be a whole focused endeavour unto itself.”
Axl, Slash and Duff’s last studio album was 1993’s ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’.

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Geri Horner is latest Spice Girl to deny Glasto 2024 talks

OHMYGOSSIP — Geri Horner has denied the Spice Girls are set to reunite at Glastonbury 2024.
Ginger Spice did, however, tease that the ‘Viva Forever’ hitmakers – also including Emma Bunton, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria Beckham – will have something special in store for fans “at some point” to mark the iconic girl group’s 30th anniversary next year, in an interview with The Sunday Times.
And whilst nothing is seemingly official at the world-famous festival, Emma (Baby Spice) recently admitted she would love to see the Spice Girls reunite at Glastonbury.
She told the Metro’s Guilty Pleasures column of the Glasto speculation: “There’s always talking, isn’t there? ‘Oh, the Spices Girls are getting back.’
“It was so funny, even last year, a really good friend of mine was at Glastonbury, and she called me and went, ‘Are you going to come on stage?’ I’m like, ‘No, I’m sure I would have told you!'”
However, Emma can’t wait to be reunited with her bandmates.
She added: “Do you know what, obviously as the Spice Girls, we love working together, and when the time is right, things kind of happen. But I love, love, love [them], and I can’t wait till we perform again. It’s got to be right for all of us, collectively, so hopefully that’ll happen at some point soon.”
Melanie (Sporty Spice) recently admitted getting back on stage with Victoria (Posh Spice) is her “ultimate dream”.
The Spice Girls reformed without the fashion designer for a stadium tour four years ago, and while the group had an “incredible time”, they’d love to go on tour again as a quintet.
Melanie said: “We were so beautifully received, we had the most incredible time.
“It was the moment we realised the impact we had had on a generation of people. We are keen to get back on stage, it’s something we continue to discuss. It’s just navigating everybody’s life, work, families.”
And the ‘Northern Star’ hitmaker admitted the group would particularly love to perform at Glasto.
She said: “Glastonbury is so magical, and it’s the ultimate British festival without a doubt.
“One day a Spice Girls performance there would be a great thing. We would love to grace that stage.”
Asked if another reunion would include Victoria, she added: “That would be the ultimate dream. The door is always open for Victoria, we would love to see her back. We keep our fingers crossed.”
Posh also recently sparked speculation she could reunite with her bandmates when she sang their hit ‘Say You’ll Be There’ at karaoke.
A recent report by The Sun claimed there is talks of a 2024 tour with Victoria.
A source said: “Victoria will be 50 next year, and the girls turning 30 seems like two ­anniversaries too good to miss.
“All five are on board to mark 30 years in some way, shape or form. It’s very exciting.”
However, she has always maintained that she is too busy with her fashion and beauty businesses to commit to the Spice Girls.

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New Bruce Springsteen exhibition heading to Boston next month

OHMYGOSSIP — A new Bruce Springsteen exhibition is coming to Boston.
The Boss is being honoured with the ‘Bruce Springsteen: Portraits Of An American Music Icon’ event on September 13.
It’s all part of the US city’s Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in the Boch Center Wang Theatre.
The ‘Born to Run’ rocker’s photographer sister Pamela Springsteen, plus the likes of Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Barry Schneier, Frank Stefanko’s pictures of the music legend will go on display.
The event listing reads: “From the streets of New Jersey to the sunbaked landscapes of California, this career-spanning photo exhibit showcases intimate photographs of one of America’s most important musical voices.
“Through photos and interviews, this exhibit gives a unique perspective of Bruce Springsteen away from the sold-out arenas and in front of the lens.”
Last week, Springsteen was forced to postpone two shows due to illness.
The legendary musician had been due to perform at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park on August 16 and 18, but shortly before Wednesday’s (16.08.23) gig, it was announced he and his E Street Band wouldn’t be taking to the stage as planned.
In a statement on Bruce’s X page, his team said: “Due to Bruce Springsteen having been taken ill, his concerts with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on August 16 and 18 have been postponed.
“We are working on rescheduling the dates so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled shows.”
The tour kicked off in February, although it was initially announced in 2020 to support his ‘Letter To You’ album before being delayed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It finally got underway earlier this year for a 28-date run across the United States, before a 31-show European leg.
The 73-year-old star returned to the US with a show in Chicago on August 9, while the latest axed gigs mark the second time he’s had to postpone shows on the tour.
In March, the ‘Dancing In the Dark’ hitmaker was forced to reschedule three shows due to an unspecified illness.
At the time, E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt wrote on Twitter: “No need to be anxious or afraid. Nothing serious. Just a temporary situation. We will all be back in full force very soon.”
The following month, Bruce was struck down with COVID-19 and had to pull out of plans to attend the American Music Honors awards show at the Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University in New Jersey.
He had been due to attend the ceremony – which raised funds for the university’s Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music – alongside his wife Patti Scialfa but had to appear via video message instead after they both fell ill.

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Pharrell Williams is working on new NERD music

OHMYGOSSIP — Pharrell Williams has been working on new N.E.R.D. music.
The ‘Happy’ hitmaker – who formed the hip hop rock group in 1999 and released five albums between 2001 and 2017 – has been working on “12 N.E.R.D. records” in Paris and he’s promised something special.
Speaking to Tyler, The Creator for GQ magazine, he said: “They’re big choruses, but you know, out of nowhere, I’ll just come out of nowhere with the three-bar, crazy-nuts chords that go three-bar to four-bar to eight-bar. It’s good bro, it’s good.”
He compared the new material to 2001’s debut ‘In Search Of…’, and insisted he’s getting the same “feeling”.
He added: “This is like that feeling that I felt when we made ‘In Search Of…’ I won’t sit here and tell you that they were hits.
“I knew it was different, and I knew there won’t be nothing out there like this. But I’m talking about the feeling.
“I wanted to do everything. I wanted feelings. I wanted the motherf*****’ great composition.”
The 50-year-old musician revealed he has also been experimenting with chords he has “never used before” as he puts together music for the ‘She Wants To Move’ band’s upcoming record.
He said: “I wanted great chords. I want to use chords I never used before, and not just the dreamy ones.
“The ones that I’ve never done, that I f*****’ hated. But using them in ways to get to other chords where the changes are such a release.
“And then, lyrically, the harmonies here… all the songs just have rainbow harmonies.”
He didn’t give an update on when exactly fans can expect the potential album, which would be the follow-up to 2017’s ‘No_One Ever Really Dies’.

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‘The creative juices weren’t flowing!’ Calvin Harris grew ‘tired’ of playing Las Vegas shows

OHMYGOSSIP — Calvin Harris grew “tired” of performing in Las Vegas because it zapped his “creative juices”.
The 39-year-old DJ is thought to have earned around $1 million a night for his Sin City residency, but he found it “too much” playing weekly Vegas shows and he couldn’t make any new songs for a year and a half.
He told Radio 2’s ‘Tracks Of My Years’: “I was there at least every week, playing. It got to the point where I was there a little too much. I got tired of it.”
Quizzed on whether it curbed his creativity, he said: “One million per cent. It was unreal. No tunes were being made.
“I didn’t make any tunes for a year or maybe a year and a half. I was growing carrots and that was great.”
While his music juices “weren’t flowing”, the Scottish-born star turned to gardening instead, and had some success.
He added: “I grew watermelons, which for a Scottish lad, I was buzzing when I grew my first watermelon.
“But the creative juices weren’t flowing.”
Looking back on his career, Calvin is still shocked his first album, 2007’s ‘I Created Disco’, was made, because he insists it is “not very good” and says his second album, 2009 record ‘Ready for the Weekend’, only had one hit – ‘I’m Not Alone’.
He added: “I still think it’s extraordinary that I managed to get that first album signed.
“It’s not very good. It’s a difficult listen.
“There’s some good tunes on there but I still think, ‘I don’t know how I did that’. I can’t sing.
“The second album, I got through by the skin of my teeth because I’m Not Alone did well. The rest … there’s no hits at all.”

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With or Without Poppadoms: U2’s Bono and The Edge went incognito while sitting down for a budget curry at a popular chain

OHMYGOSSIP — U2’s Bono and The Edge managed to secretly grab a curry at a Wetherspoons in London.
The ‘With or Without You’ hitmakers clearly love the budget pub chain’s meals, as they made a special effort to find The Central Bar in Shepherd’s Bush, even asking for directions, and they tucked into a £9.19 curry, or £8.55, if they weren’t having the free alcoholic drink the meal comes with.
The establishment’s manager Dan Corley told the Daily Star newspaper: “The staff were unaware that Bono and The Edge were in here.
“However, when we later looked at the pub’s CCTV, we could see that they had been in the corner.”
Meanwhile, Bono previously recalled how he once woke up in the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom after a meal and drinks with then-President Barack Obama.
The 63-year-old rocker was with his wife Ali Hewson and recalled in his memoir ‘Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story’ that his allergy to salicylic acid – which is found in wine as well as some foods and over-the-counter prescription medication – meant he nodded off to sleep.
Obama had cocktails, while the U2 frontman opted for a glass or two of wine with the meal.
He wrote: “As I started to fall asleep, I excused myself, and what happened next is a little blurry, but, according to Ali, it took about ten minutes before the leader of the free world asked her, ‘Bono’s been gone awhile. Is he okay?'”
Ali apparently told Obama he didn’t need to worry, but he wanted to find Bono and remembered him asking about the Gettysburg Address, which led the search to the Lincoln bedroom.
The singer continued: “Good instinct. They walked into the Lincoln Bedroom, and there I was, out cold, head in the bosom of Abraham Lincoln, on his very bed.
“‘Falling asleep in the comfort of our freedoms,’ as I spun it afterward.”
Meanwhile, the ‘Vertigo’ hitmaker joked the politician doesn’t believe “for a minute” that he has a salicylate intolerance.
He quipped: “He thinks Ali made this up to cover for me. He tells people he can drink me under the table. Rubbish. But he does make a strong martini.”
Bono has admitted it’s not the first time he’s dropped off in an unusual place.
He told Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2: “I’ve fallen asleep in really awkward spots; the lighting desk of Sonic Youth – they mixed around me and couldn’t be nicer.
“I’ve slept on the street, on car bonnets and indeed I did fall asleep at the White House, and they were very, very good about it actually.”

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‘Let’s say a third of them are beautiful’: Kesha has 19,000 song ideas on her phone

OHMYGOSSIP — Kesha has a whopping 19,000 song ideas sitting on a phone.
The ‘Eat The Acid’ singer – who released her fifth studio album ‘Gag Order’ in May – admits she needs to properly store the recordings, so she doesn’t lose them.
Speaking on Michelle Visage’s ‘Rule Breakers’ podcast, she said: “The voice memos in my phone, I think I have 19,000, I’m not joking. It’s a nightmare.
“We need to copy them onto something. There’s 19,000 beautiful ideas.
“Well, they’re probably not all beautiful, let’s say a third of them are beautiful.”
Many of the clips are inspired by her “spiritual awakening” three years ago.
She added: “I was alone in my bed.
“I was having a panic attack and I felt this golden wave of warm light and heard a voice start talking to me, the next day, I called my therapist and she said, ‘It sounds like a spiritual awakening’.
“I was like, OK what do I do with this?”
The ‘Tik Tok’ hitmaker previously recalled thinking she was having a “mental breakdown” when she had the “scary” experience during a guided meditation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
She told Rolling Stone magazine “I had this really beautiful, scary, and intense spiritual awakening where it felt like I was talking to my highest self, or God, whatever word you want to say.
“I fully thought I was having a mental breakdown.”

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Sam Fender’s brother Liam quips they’d ‘make the Gallagher brothers look like f***ing Jedward’ in a band together

OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Fender’s brother Liam has quipped that they would “make the Gallagher brothers look like f***ing Jedward” if they formed a band together.
The North Shields singer/songwriter – who released his debut EP ‘Love Will…’ last month – admits he and the ‘Seventeen Going Under’ hitmaker are very “stubborn” and would likely bicker at each other like the arch-nemesis siblings, Liam and Noel, whose backstage bust-ups led to the demise of Oasis in 2009.
Liam told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “We’ve done little bits and collaborations here and there, but it’s never been in the remit that we would be in a band or anything like that.
“We are both so involved in our own projects we wouldn’t have a moment to think about it.
“We’re too stubborn anyway, artistically there would be a battle for the big ideas.”
Liam even considered releasing his music under a pseudonym to avoid comparisons with his brother Sam Fender.
He is aware that his music is going to be compared to his younger brother, indie superstar Sam – who he joined on stage for the first of his two sell-out concerts at Newcastle United’s stadium St James Park in June – and he did contemplate using the name “Emerald Fin” on his records to forge his own path on his musical journey.
When asked how he feels about the unavoidable comparisons to Sam, he said recently: “It’s a funny one. It’s like anything, it has advantages and disadvantages as well. I’m in a unique position where I feel there’s a certain level of expectation that other artists putting something out at this early stage might not face. I think we’re quite different artists anyway. But it is what it is.
“Even as late as the middle of last year I was toying with going under a pseudonym. But I’d already built a following by gigging for that long, and doing my thing under my name, so I just felt it is what it is and I’ll put it out under that name.
“The closest I got was Emerald Fin, which is an anagram of Liam Fender, that’s the height of my imagination right there. I sort of toyed with it and then I was like these are songs that I have written for me, they come from a real place, sod it.”

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Drake’s young son drew his For All The Dogs album artwork

OHMYGOSSIP — Drake’s son Adonis drew his rapper dad’s ‘For All The Dogs’ album artwork.
The hip-hop superstar and proud dad unveiled the creepy cover of a dog with red eyes designed by his five-year-old boy – whom he has with French painter Sophie Brussaux – on Instagram, crediting him in the caption.
Last week, Drake teased he “got a chance” to “listen to” the finished record and that it will be “coming real soon”.
The ‘Rich Flex’ star was speaking to the crowd at his concert at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on August 16.
The artwork reveal comes after Drake teased a collaboration with Bad Bunny on his eighth studio album.
The ‘God’s Plan’ hitmaker and the Latin superstar – whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – have teamed up again on a track on Drake’s follow-up to 2022’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’.
Speaking at the same Los Angeles venue on Sunday (13.08.23) on his ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour, Drake told the crowd: “I want to tell y’all something ’cause y’all are L.A., and we love you. It’s been like six years since me and Benito did a song. So, we got a song coming for y’all on my album.”
Bunny, who the rapper last joined forces with in 2018 on ‘Mia’ from his debut album ‘X 100pre’, attended the concert.
Drake sent fans wild by revealing he’s planning to drop ‘For All The Dogs’ in “like two weeks”, meaning it’s due any day now.
During the tour’s stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 26, he teased fans about the imminent arrival of the new LP, which also follows his joint LP with 21 Savage, ‘Her Loss’.
He told fans at the iconic venue: “New York I will be back soon. I have an album dropping for you in like two weeks.”
Drake previously teased fans on the opening night of his joint tour with Savage that he has a new record “coming soon”.
The ‘One Dance’ rapper was performing at Chicago’s United Center with his collaborator on July 5, when he dropped some big news.
He told the crowd: “I have an album coming out soon for y’all.”

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Jack Antonoff inks deals with The 1975’s label Dirty Hit and Universal

OHMYGOSSIP — Jack Antonoff has signed to The 1975’s label Dirty Hit and is set to join forces with the band’s manager and label boss Jamie Oborne.
The songwriter and producer – who is known for his work with Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, and The 1975 – has also inked a lucrative deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and left Sony behind to remain under the guise of publishing A+R Jennifer Knoepfle, who jumped ship to the former.
Jack’s band Bleachers will also be managed by Jamie.
In a statement issued to Variety, the 39-year-old studio wizard – who just married ‘Maid’ actress Margaret Qualley – said: “Very proud to be working with Jamie and his entire team – we’ve known each other for some time now and our connection has deeply inspired me.
“Have loved everything he has been creating from afar and love the perspective he has on what I do.
“Feeling wild excitement for everything in the works and as seen in the picture above I’m just ready to be driving around playing my new records and dreaming about new ideas with Jamie.
“Feels so special and rare to be supported like this and just very grateful our paths crossed.”
The first Bleachers release on Dirty Hit will be ‘Live At Radio City Music Hall’, which was recorded at their concert at the iconic New York City venue last summer.
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen features on ‘Chinatown’.
Announcing the live LP, the band wrote on Instagram: “On July 26, 2022 we played one of our best shows for a sold out crowd at radio city music hall. That night meant so much to us that we turned it into a live album.
“This album is the document of the wild and intense tour behind take the sadness out of Saturday night. As we prep the next era of bleachers we wanted to stamp that incredible time with this live album. (sic)”

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Steve Aoki releasing concept album

OHMYGOSSIP — Steve Aoki is releasing a concept album, featuring Paris Hilton and Akon.
The 45-year-old DJ’s 10th studio album, ‘HiROQUEST: Double Helix’, will be released on November 17 and is set to feature collaborations with Hilton, Akon, Galantis Ángela Aguilar, Danna Paola, Greeicy, JJ Lin, Hayley Kiyoko, Timmy Trumpet and John Martin.
The album is a follow-up to Aoki’s 2022 record ‘HiROQUEST: Genesis’.
Steve said in a press release: “HiROQUEST is an entire world I crafted around an enigmatic character named HiRO. Part I was largely driven by my alt-music roots in hardcore punk bands. Now, the story continues on Double Helix, which embraces dance culture while intertwining the pulse of contemporary Latin music.”
He has also worked with French production duo TRINIX and Akon on a dance reworking of Akon’s 2003 hit ‘Locked Up’, which he called a “dream come true”.
The song was released alongside a claymation music video.
He said: “Working with Akon to reimagine his 2003 hit “Locked Up” was a dream come true – a fusion of styles I adore. This album harmonises nostalgia and contemporary sounds, placing collaboration at its core.”
Aoki debuted many of the new album singles during his recent headline performance at Tomorrowland 2023, where he was joined by Hilton, Kid Cudi, Lil’ Jon, Danna Paola, and Martin.
He is also set to return to the UK, for his first show in four years, for a day party at Ministry Of Sound on 16 September.

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The View’s Kyle Falconer insists band is ‘back on track’ after brutal on-stage bust-up

OHMYGOSSIP — The View’s Kyle Falconer insists the band is “back on track” after his brutal on-stage fight with their bassist.
Frontman Kyle, 36, stunned fans by exchanging punches with Kieren Webster, 37, during the group’s gig at Manchester club Deaf Institute in May, and even though he is refusing to reveal what the fight was about says they made up “straight away”.
He told the Daily Star’s Wired column: “We made it up straight away. It’s best not to talk about what happened but it’s all sorted.
“We’ve played festival shows since and we’re playing phenomenally.
“It’s all good between us and the band are on fire – we’re well away again.”
The View’s guitarist Pete Reilly, 37, stepped in to stop Kyle and Kieran’s scrap, but their clash fight led to the cancellation of the band’s scheduled London show.
They have now released new album ‘Exorcism of Youth’, which is their first record in eight years.
And they will kick off a 14-date tour on 2 November.
The View got a reputation as party animals when they shot to fame in the 2000s with hits such as ‘Same Jeans’, but Kyle added to the Star his wild days are far behind him as he’s now a settled dad-of-three.
He said: “I’m looking forward to the new tour but it’s baffling when I remember how mad our old tours used to be.
“We were forever running about like headless chickens, but we’ll hopefully keep it all under wraps this time.”
Revealing what keeps him and his bandmates on the straight and narrow, he added: “I want to stay focused and keeping my running up helps there. We’re all into different things when we’re not on stage.
“Pete is into football, Kieren loves going to vintage shops and snooker keeps me level-headed. I’m not bad at snooker, but I never find the time to play away from touring.”

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Madonna releasing ‘Madame X’ tour album on vinyl for nearly £72!

OHMYGOSSIP — Madonna is releasing an album of her ‘Madame X’ tour on vinyl for nearly £72.
The Queen of Pop, 64, who is set to resume her greatest hit shows in October after they were postponed when she was hospitalised with a “serious bacterial infection, recorded the LP on January 2020 in Lisbon, Portgual.
A pre-order advert for the £71.99 ‘Madame X – Music From The Theater Xperience (3LP Picture Disc)’ album said: “This rare and unforgettable experience was beautifully documented in ‘Madame X’, her 2021 concept film and digital soundtrack. The soundtrack makes its vinyl debut as a 3LP set that includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks.”
Her all-theatre ‘Madame X Tour’ sold out in record time, and provided fans with an intimate show in much smaller venues than the star usually plays.
The whole tour and experience was documented in the concept film and soundtrack ‘Madame X’, which fans can now buy for the first time on vinyl as a 3-LP set.
It features two previously unreleased bonus tracks and will be released on 22 September, featuring a total of 22 live performances from Madonna’s back catalogue.
Highlights include two live performances of ‘Crave’ (featuring Swae Lee) and ‘Sodade’ – a pair of tunes that did not appear on the digital soundtrack.
It also features hits including ‘Vogue’, ‘Like a Prayer’ and ‘Frozen’.
Madonna has reportedly restarted rehearsals for her postponed ‘Celebration Tour’.
She has been recovering at her New York home after she was hospitalised on 24 June, which sparked the cancellation of her much-hyped greatest hits shows.
But The Sun has reported she has once again set up camp at the Nassau Coliseum in New York and booked out the venue for two months for her rehearsals.
Music insiders added she has hired a “top-secret UK venue” to rehearse in ahead of her first night at London’s O2 Arena on 14 October.
A source told the newspaper: “She is very much still in recovery but Madonna has been chomping at the bit to get back to rehearsals.
“Not only has she hired the Coliseum in New York but she’s also hired out a second venue in London for the final week of dress rehearsals.
“Normally she would like to have the final week in the same venue she kicks off in. But due to Blink-182’s comeback gigs at the O2, her team won’t be able to get access until the day before.”
The Sun said the schedule conflict means perfectionist Madonna will have less than two days before lights down to perfect the show.
Madonna told fans in an Instagram post in July – a month after she was hospitalised with a “serious bacterial infection – she was “lucky to be alive”.

Source: IconInsider.com