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Kid Rock's two shows that were slated to take place in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 27-28) have been canceled due to COVID-19.The rocker, rapper and sometimes country singer was scheduled to perform at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth on those nights. He turned to Twitter on Thursday (Aug. 26) to give fans the news of the cancellations, writing, "I am pi--ed. Over half the band has f--king covid (not me), and before u s--t for brains bloggers and media trolls run your mouths, many of...

H.E.R. will make her big-screen debut in the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer is set to play Squeak — a juke joint waitress/aspiring singer — in the film adaptation produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, the 1985 film’s star and director, the Hollywood Reporter writes. Rae Dawn Chong played the role of Squeak in the Spielberg film, while Krisha Marcano portrayed the character in the original Broadway cast. Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and...

Rising artist Drew Parker can count country star Luke Combs among his close friends. Parker — who co-wrote Jake Owen's hit "Homemade" and is currently promoting a single of his own, "While You're Gone" — co-wrote Combs' song "1, 2 Many," but their friendship dates back well beyond their time as co-writers.Parker and Combs have known each other for about seven years, Parker shared during a recent interview with Taste of Country Nights. He was still living in Georgia at the time — Parker didn't move to Nashville until 2015 — and he'd been booked to open for Combs...

The Rolling Stones remembered Charlie Watts with a video tribute posted on Twitter Friday following the death of their legendary drummer earlier in the week. pic.twitter.com/K6OKExXBED — The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) August 27, 2021 Mick Jagger’s Twitter also shared the two-minute video Saturday, soundtracked by the Rolling Stones’ “If You Can’t Rock Me” and featuring archival footage of Watts onstage, in the studio and on the band’s music video shoots. The video serves a celebration of Watts’ tenure in the Stones. As Watts says in an interview shown during the...

Larry Fleet has always known the power of a song. As he sings in his new song "Stack of Records," "When I couldn't find the words, I'd play some her some Whitley ... When I couldn't find myself, I'd turn on some Otis ..."At his childhood home in White Bluff, Tenn., Fleet's parents had an eclectic record collection: Merle Haggard, the Marshall Tucker Band and more traditional country and southern rock from his dad; Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd and soul music from his mom. It all comes together on Stack of Records,...

Drop a pin almost anywhere in reggaeton history and chances are you’ll land on some version of Nicky Jam, one of the genre’s most enduring elder statesmen and a character who’s been around for nearly every chapter of the genre’s unfolding narrative. You’ll find him during Puerto Rico’s underground perreo days in the early Nineties, a 14-year-old kid with a local EP that he recorded after impressing a customer who’d seen him freestyling at the grocery store where he worked. He’s there in the late Nineties, too, when he teamed...

Pearl Jam have released newly remixed digital-only versions of Ten and No Code to celebrate the albums’ 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively. Ten and No Code were released exactly five years apart, with the former dropping August 27th, 1991 and the latter arriving August 27th, 1996. The new mixes for both albums — done in Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 — were handled by producer/sound engineer Josh Evans, who began working with Pearl Jam on their 2006 self-titled record and produced their most recent effort, 2020’s Gigaton. “These two albums...

Canadian-born and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tenille Townes' “Girl Who Didn’t Care" music video is inspiring and powerful. Like the song itself, she wanted the clip to serve as inspiration for women to not be deterred by big dreams, but to chase them.“I believe it’s a really powerful thing to see real people living out real stories of chasing their dreams,” says Townes in a press release. “I hope when people watch this, they feel inspired to chase their own dreams.”True to Townes’ vision, her "Girl Who Didn't Care" video features women who have broken the...

Kiss have canceled a concert scheduled for Thursday night in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, after singer Paul Stanley tested positive for Covid-19. “Tonight’s #KISS show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, PA is unfortunately postponed due to Paul Stanley testing positive for COVID. More information about show dates will be made available ASAP,” the band wrote on Instagram, pointing out that the band and crew are all vaccinated. “Everyone on the entire tour, both band and crew, are fully vaccinated,” the group’s statement continued. “The band and their crew have operated in...

Ray Fulcher's precise, concise songwriting shines during "Girl in It," his debut single on Black River Entertainment. The uptempo country observation is radio-ready, which should surprise no one, given his resume.Songs that praise a woman's worth in this world are hardly rare in country music. Longtime fans of the format may recall Brooks & Dunn's late career hit "Put a Girl in It" (2008), a Peach Pickers-penned rocker that celebrated (and slightly objectified) females. Fulcher, along with co-writers Erik Dylan and James McNair, are a bit more romantic. Producer Jonathan Singleton's banjo-driven shuffle...

Dead and Company played at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Lake, New York, on Wednesday night, and midway through the second set they honored Charlie Watts by performing the 1965 Rolling Stones classic “The Last Time.” This was the first time Dead and Company played the tune, but the Grateful Dead did it 69 times between 1990 and 1995. The only other Rolling Stones song in the Grateful’s Dead live repertoire was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” although they did play the “Little Red Rooster” B-side “Off...

If you dig into your family tree, you could find a few monumental people in it, from pilgrims to celebrities and everything in between. And there are many country music stars who have equally famous relatives, many of whom are in the music industry as well.Of course, there are the obvious family ties: The Band Perry is made up of siblings Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, and Hank Williams Jr. followed in his father's influential footsteps and shares the same name. But there are also several country singers who have famous family ties that...

UPDATE #2 (8/25): MTV has announced that Doja Cat will also host the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards I’m hosting the 2021 #VMAs this year Wowowowowowow 🤯 Tune in on 9/12 at 8pm on @MTV pic.twitter.com/R44V9VRUWo — yeeeeeees (@DojaCat) August 25, 2021 UPDATE (8/24): Shawn Mendes, Doja Cat, Twenty One Pilots and Chlöe have been added to the performance lineup for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. Mendes is slated to perform his song, “Summer of Love,” Twenty One Pilots will play their single, “Saturday,” and Chlöe will deliver the...

Ryan Fleming, Jason Aldean's security guard and longtime friend, has died. The country star announced the news on social media on Wednesday (Aug. 25), sharing several photos of Fleming along with words of remembrance.Fleming, also known as "Rhino," and Aldean grew up together in Georgia; prior to working for the singer, Fleming was a bouncer at a local bar in Macon and also worked for the local sheriff. "When it came time for me to hire a security guy that I knew would always look out for me and my...