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Summer Walker Announces New Album ‘Still Over It’ With an Assist From City Girls’ JT

Summer Walker has announced her sophomore album Still Over It, which will arrive on November 5th. In a trailer teasing the album, the R&B singer recreates the cover of her Over It album. The flashback clip features Walker on a phone call with a then-incarcerated JT of City Girls dated from two years ago to the date. Walker discusses troubles in her relationship, and they talk about their excitement for when JT gets out so they can hang, hinting at the possibility of an upcoming collaboration. Last week, Walker teased that...
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10 Influential Singing Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Silver Screen

Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe wowed movie viewers of all ages, the cowboys of the silver screen’s musical selections and moral compasses filled a role in popular culture similar to that of today’s superheroes. For examples, see the singing cowboy films of the 1930s and ‘40s.Nowadays, Western films and television series rely on moral relativity and violence to paint a brutally honest picture of the Old West. Yet in the heyday of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and others, good guys wore white hats, constantly broke out into song and didn’t...
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Britney Spears Thanks #FreeBritney Supporters: ‘I Feel Your Hearts’

Britney Spears took to Twitter to thank supporters of the #FreeBritney movement following a judge’s ruling last week to suspend the pop star’s father James “Jamie” Spears from his role as conservator in her $60 million estate. “#FreeBritney movement … I have no words … because of you guys and your constant resilience in freeing me from my conservatorship … my life is now in that direction !!!!!,” she tweeted, sharing a video of her outside soundtracked to Kanye West’s “Fade.” “I cried last night for two hours cause my...
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Blake Shelton Deluxe Album Includes Brooks & Dunn, Hardy Collabs

Blake Shelton just revealed the track listing for the deluxe edition of his album Body Language, due out Dec. 3, and it includes a couple of exciting collaborations. The expanded project will feature four brand new tracks, including "Fire Up the Night" — featuring rising star Hardy — and "Throw It on Back," featuring Brooks and Dunn.This is Shelton's first time recording a song with either artist, though Hardy was credited as a co-writer on the Body Language track "Now I Don't." Hardy is listed in the writing credits for "Fire Up the Night" as well as the album's fiery...
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Watch Wolfgang Van Halen Join Guns N’ Roses for ‘Paradise City’ at Florida Gig

Guns N’ Roses brought out Wolfgang Van Halen to join them on “Paradise City” Saturday during the band’s concert in Hollywood, Florida. “Wolfgang Van Halen. You know how cool that is to say that? That’s fucking cool,” Axl Rose told the crowd while introducing Van Halen. “You don’t understand. We’re talking legacy!” Van Halen — whose band Mammoth WVH, making their touring debut, has served as opener for GNR’s latest reunion dates — played guitar and sang backup vocals alongside Slash and Duff McKagan on the Appetite for Destruction hit....
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Country Music Memories: The Eagles Cancel Remaining Reunion Dates

Eagles fans couldn't believe it when the long-feuding group announced they were reuniting for a tour in 1994. The reunion was a smash success, but unfortunately for some fans, it got cut short when the band was forced to cancel some of the later dates.On Oct. 3, 1994 —27 years ago today — the Eagles announced that they were suspending the final dates of their humorously-named Hell Freezes Over Tour due to singer-guitarist Glenn Frey's illness.The tour was the band's first since 1980's The Long Run album, after which they dissolved in rancor...
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See Pearl Jam, Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile Play Neil Young Classic at Ohana Fest

Pearl Jam closed out Ohana Music Festival’s encore weekend Saturday with a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and more. Prior to the song, frontman Eddie Vedder essentially invited every person watching from the stage’s wings to join the band onstage. The result was an eclectic mix of people including actor Tim Robbins, tennis legend John McEnroe and singer Patty Smyth, surfer Kelly Slater, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Andrew Watt… basically, if you...
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Kacey Musgraves Bares It All (Literally) on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Kacey Musgraves helped open Saturday Night Live's 47th season on Saturday night (Oct. 2). The singer-songwriter performed two songs, both from her recently released album Star-Crossed, during the sketch comedy TV show's season premiere, but it was her first performance of the night that was particularly daring.During her song "Justified," Musgraves appeared to be onstage completely naked. She remained seated on a stool throughout the performance, her legs crossed at the knees and an acoustic guitar in her lap; while her band remained largely in the shadows, Musgraves was illuminated by golden, pink,...
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Kacey Musgraves Performs ‘Star-Crossed’ Songs on ‘SNL’ Season Premiere

Kacey Musgraves performed songs off her new album Star-Crossed on the 47th season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Musgraves played a stripped-down version of “Justified” as her first number, seated on a stool and strumming a guitar that obscured any clothes she may have been wearing — creating the illusion that she was naked, a subtle homage to a scene in Forrest Gump. “If I need just a little/More time to deal with the fact/That you should have treated me right,” she sang, her legs crossed in cowboy boots. For...
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15 Years Ago: Chris Young Releases His Debut Album

The Chris Young on the cover of his self-titled debut album is hardly recognizable to fans who know his newer work. The singer was a brand-new face on the national country music scene, and only 21 years old, when he released his self-titled debut album on Oct. 3, 2006 — 15 years ago today.Born and raised in Murfreesboro, Tenn., just south of Nashville, Young performed in plenty of children's theater productions and at other local events, and even toured extensively while enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University. It was a turn on...
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Emily Ratajkowski Claims Robin Thicke Groped Her on ‘Blurred Lines’ Set in New Book

Emily Ratajkowski accuses Robin Thicke of groping her on the set of his music video “Blurred Lines” in the model’s upcoming book My Body. In the excerpt, first reported by the Sunday Times of London, Ratajkowski — who appears topless in the edited and unrated versions of the controversial visual — initially had no issues with the nudity the Diane Martel-directed video required. However, things changed when Thicke “returned to the set a little drunk to shoot just with me,” Ratajkowski writes. “Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness...
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Ray Stevens Weighs in on Vaccines: ‘It’s Not Political to Me’

Ray Stevens is sharing his views on the debate over COVID-19 vaccines. “The vaccinations… do work,” he tells People.The "Comedy King of Music City" has seen the worst of COVID-19, as he's had multiple friends die of the virus.“My friends, a lot of them have had the vaccinations and are doing well,” he says. “Some, however, have died from COVID-19. It’s sad to hear when someone else you knew well is gone. But that’s how it is. I’m not going to say who is right and who is wrong when it comes to...
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Brandi Carlile Refines Her Strengths on Seventies Rock-Inspired ‘In These Silent Days’

It’s been a charmed few years for Brandi Carlile since she released 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You. The Washington State singer-songwriter co-founded the groundbreaking country collective the Highwomen, covered Joni Mitchell’s Blue at a triumphant concert event, produced Grammy-winning work for Tanya Tucker, and wrote a memoir. Carlile herself gave a standout Grammy performance of “The Joke” in 2019, wowing both those in the know and Carlile neophytes with the pulverizing power of her voice. Carlile’s new album In These Silent Days opens with the song “Right on...
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Country Music Memories: Elvis Presley Bombs on the Grand Ole Opry

Elvis Presley wasn't swayed by discouragement, and it's a good thing. The singer made his first -- and last -- Grand Ole Opry appearance on this day (Oct. 2) in 1954 ... and it didn't go as well as he had hoped.Presley performed on the Opry's famous stage in the very early part of his career, debuting his high-energy brand of rockabilly with "Blue Moon of Kentucky." But his innovative music and gyration-filled performance were not received well at the conservative establishment; one of the officials there reportedly suggested that Presley...
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