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Family Ties The 22-track collection will also include remixes with David Guetta and Ty Sunderland Kelly Clarkson announced an expanded, deluxe version of her 10th studio album, Chemistry, out Sept. 22. The 22-track collection will build on the searing original with eight new songs and remixes including a ballad with her 9-year-old daughter River Rose. The “Stronger” singer will join her daughter on “you don’t make me cry”; other collaborations on the fresh tracks include remixes with David Guetta on “favorite kind of high” and Ty Sunderland with “mine.” Clarkson...

The Eagles scored a massive success with their final studio album in 2007, boosted by the success of its second single, "How Long." Though the recording was new, the song had actually been part of the band's history since nearly its inception in the early 1970s.Longtime Eagles co-writer J.D. Souther wrote "How Long," and he included it on his debut solo album, John David Souther, in 1972 — the same year Glenn Frey, Souther's former partner in a duo called Longbranch Pennywhistle, released his first album with the Eagles.Souther would go...

Paying Tribute The track was originally released by Quavo and Takeoff in 2022 Quavo stopped by Toosii’s concert in Atlanta last night to join the rapper for a rendition of “Hotel Lobby.” The sold-out show, at Atlanta’s The Tabernacle, also featured special guests Rob49, Jacquees, and Hunxho. “Hotel Lobby” comes off Quavo and Takeoff’s 2022 LP Only Built for Infinity Links. When the track was released last May, the pair’s Migos bandmate Offset was notably absent. Due to Takeoff’s murder last year, Quavo hasn’t had many opportunities to perform the...

Jo Dee Messina's light shines brightly in the country music community — she is a pillar of positivity and hope, and a joy to be around, from an interviewer's standpoint.Recently, the '90s hitmaker was in the Taste of Country Nights studio for a chat, and she recalled a hilarious story of how she once FaceTimed Trisha Yearwood ... while live on stage.I asked Messina to imagine this: It's the 1990s again, and she is calling a country radio station to make a song request. Only, it can't be hers — and what would she choose? Her reply? A well-known Trisha...

If you mentioned that your car was breaking down, August Golden would quietly get his tool kit, log onto YouTube, and figure out how to fix it. If you really liked Taylor Swift — an artist that was not his favorite — and told him you wanted to start a punk covers group paying tribute to her, he would sigh amicably and offer to play guitar and sing just so you wouldn’t have to do it alone. And if you were planning on moving, he would just start picking up...

Katharine McPhee's son's nanny was killed in a tragic accident at a car dealership last week, forcing the singer home amid her tour with husband David Foster in Asia.McPhee and Grammy winning record producer Foster married in June 2019 and have a 2-year-old son named Rennie.The 39-year-old McPhee was previously married to Nick Cokas, but they did not have children. Foster, 73, was married four times previously.McPhee finished second to Taylor Hicks during Season 5 of American Idol in 2006, a season that featured Foster as a guest mentor.The nanny's name was...

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello performed a surprise set for picketing members of SAG-AFTRA and WGA in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood earlier this week. The long-time union supporter backed the striking actors and writers, telling NME, “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.” His set, which lasted 15 minutes, included “Hold the Line,” “Union Town,” and “Union Song.” A video shows Morello leading the energized crowd into the final verse of Woody Guthrie’s...

Randy Travis is celebrating his music's connection to the state of Texas in an upcoming all-star tribute show.Called A Texas Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis — 1 Night, 1 Place, 1 Time, the one-night-only event will gather a collection of artists from or closely associated with Texas to perform hits from Travis' four-decade career.A portion of the proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Randy Travis Foundation, which works to raise stroke and aphasia awareness as well as support music education in schools."We have a long...

"I just wish Christine could have seen it. She would have loved it," Nicks writes in a heartfelt post Amazon Prime’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & the Six traces the rise and fall of a fictional Seventies rock band through a doc-style miniseries. The 10-episode miniseries brings to life the magic behind the two halves of the title, along with highs, bitter arguments, and behind-the-scenes tension, while centering around lead singers Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne (played by Riley Keough and Sam Claflin). It’s a...

Those who think a country singer needs to write their own songs to be taken seriously have never visited the Country Music Hall of Fame.This list of 11 country stars who didn't (or don't) write their own songs (and one you'll be shocked to learn does) includes four Hall of Famers and two more who are real close to being inducted.So, go ahead — you be the one to tell Reba McEntire her catalog is weak because she wrote so little of it.Related: 64 Artists That Are Not in the Country Music Hall of FameThis...

Queen Bey showed the "Special" singer love during her Renaissance concert on Monday night Beyoncé had a message for Lizzo while onstage at her Renaissance concert in Atlanta on Monday. During her performance of “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix),” when Bey highlights the names of iconic Black female artists in music, Beyoncé shouted, “Lizzo! I love you, Lizzo!” Lizzo previously attended a Renaissance show in June and shared the moment Beyoncé displayed her name over the crowd. “I think of what we all mean to people and how cyclical it is. We...

American Idol champ Iam Tongi hopped on social media over the weekend to share some reflections — and an emotional song — in tribute to the devastating wildfires affecting his home state of Hawaii.Tongi, who hails from the area of Kahuku and is the first-ever Hawaiian Idol winner, said that ever since he heard about the wildfires in Maui, he's been struggling to find a way to send his support to the region."The devastating news of Maui hits harder than I can express," he writes in his social media post. "I...

The singer joined Lorde to perform the Melodrama single at Sziget Festival in Budapest Lorde’s Melodrama single “Green Light” is made to be screamed — particularly alongside tens of thousands of people who will come get their things, but can’t let go. The singer ramped up her performance of the track at this year’s Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary with a special guest appearance from another master of lyrical dramatics: Caroline Polachek. Polachek, also booked to perform at the five-day festival, emerged at the beginning of the song to help...

Singer Katharine McPhee is rushing home from Asia after she and husband David Foster suffered a "horrible tragedy."The pair were scheduled to play a pair of shows in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 11-12), but McPhee told her fans she'll miss the concerts.Taking to Instagram, she writes:“David and I have had a horrible tragedy in our family and at least one of us needs to get back home to our family. Please know how sorry I am and how much I wish to return one day and perform...