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Nineties Are Back "Baby Don't Hurt Me" reimagines the 1993 club staple David Guetta is continuing his streak of giving new life to EDM songs of the Nineties. On Friday, the French DJ released “Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” a modern reimagining of Haddaway’s “What Is Love” featuring vocals from Anne-Marie and a rap feature from Coi Leray. The new track was co-written by Ed Sheeran, who hinted at the collaboration with Guetta in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I want you for the dirty and clean/When you’re wakin’ in your...

In the 27 years that have passed since Jo Dee Messina's bold and infectious debut single "Heads Carolina, Tails California" first made its mark on the genre, the country star has traveled through many chapters of life. Although she's never fully stepped away from country music, Messina's everyday life looks much different than during the early years of her career. When Cole Swindell released his playful track "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" last summer, the song became a massive hit, spurring a wave of nostalgia and excitement around Messina's...

The 5 Seconds of Summer Show, the tenth anniversary celebration that the pop-rock band hosted at the close of 2021, was part career-spanning concert film and part Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at their decade-long evolution. It featured a recreation of the video for one of their earliest releases — 2012’s “Gotta Get Out” — alongside their biggest hits, like “Youngblood” and “She Looks So Perfect,” and a funeral for their faded black skinny jeans. But the one thing that has never changed about 5SOS is their commitment to...

Tammy Wynette, also known as the "First Lady of Country Music" and the "Heroine of Heartbreak," was an icon, a trailblazer and a hitmaker. Throughout her illustrious career, she scored 20 No. 1 hits and recorded dozens of studio albums.Wynette's most beloved songs include iconic solo tunes, classic duets with longtime musical partner George Jones (also her husband for a few years) ... and even one surprise appearance on a British house remix. Read on for The Boot's Top 10 picks:10"The Ceremony"From 'Me and the First Lady' (1972)“The Ceremony” shows Wynette and...

Indie Season The artist will be heading to Brussels in May to celebrate the 100th birthday of American folk pioneer Harry Smith Phil Elverum announced a Mount Eerie tour on Wednesday that kicks off May 5 in Philadelphia. In his post, the artist wrote that he is also working on new songs for an upcoming album. “It’s exciting. Tons of new songs from an in-progress album,” wrote Elverum. He added that for the U.S. shows in early May, he’ll be performing with different musicians. “I’m growing concerned that we may...

Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 100 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. He plays the best new country music and interviews today's top stars, like Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Morgan Wallen, + more! American Idol is currently in its 21st season of television. Even though the show has switched networks and judges in the past, one thing that stands the test of time is the talent...

It’s been decades since Christina Aguilera was a young child trying to understand the fear she felt while growing up in an abusive household, but even now, she carries the experience with her closely. During a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the singer opened up to host Alex Cooper about her healing journey — and how her childhood informs her own approach to parenthood. “You have to listen to your body. Fear is something that you innately feel, so, right then and there you know something doesn’t...

It's been a big week for Tanya Tucker: Just days after being announced as a Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2023 inductee, the Texas native is ready to share more new music with fans.Sweet Western Sound, due out on June 2 via Fantasy Records, will serve as Tucker's twenty-sixth studio album. The 64-year-old country talent recruited Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, who served as co-producers on her acclaimed 2019 comeback record While I'm Livin', to help bring her latest project to life.The 10-track LP includes "Breakfast In Birmingham,"...

This is Canada Donald Glover began the song as a joke, intending to diss Drake, before deciding he should take it a little more seriously Everyone’s favorite Canadian rapper was originally meant to be the subject of Childish Gambino’s Grammy Award-winning single “This is America.” In a recent interview with GQ, Donald Glover revealed that the song first began as a Drake diss track, built around the song’s beat and simple hook, “This is America.” “I had that idea three years before,” Glover said of the record, which was released...

Turnpike Troubadours, Whiskey Myers and Wilco have been tapped to headline this year's Rebels & Renegades Music Festival.Set for Oct. 6-8, the annual event will return to the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, Calif., for three days of performances from acts on the fringes of country music, Americana, folk, bluegrass and beyond.The festival's first day will include appearances from Old Crow Medicine Show, Jaime Wyatt, Morgan Wade, the War and Treaty, Flatland Cavalry, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway and more. On Saturday, fans can enjoy sets by Charley Crockett, Paul...

Zango also marks frontman and co-founder Emmanuel "Jagari" Chanda’s first with the group since 1976 Zambian psych-rock group Witch, who helped establish the genre known as Zamrock, are returning with their first new album in 39 years. Zango will arrive on June 2 via Desert Daze Sound. It also marks frontman and co-founder Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda’s first LP with the group since 1976. To accompany the announcement, they shared the new song “Avalanche of Love,” which features fellow Zambian artist Sampa the Great. In 2012, their music was reissued, and...

Team Clarkson contender Holly Brand went up against her teammate Katie Beth during the latest edition of Season 23’s Battle Rounds on The Voice.On Monday night (April 3), Brand, a country songstress, and Beth, a pop singer, dueled it out on a cover of Ingrid Andress’ “Lady Like,” the title track from her 2020 album of the same name.Both artists brought separate strengths to the table during their performance of the tune after Kelly Clarkson prepped them for their duet debut in rehearsals. Beth’s light and airy vocals complemented Brand’s authentic...

Christine McVie died of a stroke and cancer, a death certificate obtained by The Blast revealed Monday. McVie suffered an ischemic stroke, meaning that the blood supply to part of the brain was interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients, according to the Mayo Clinic. The new information about the Fleetwood Mac member’s cause of death arrives more than three months after she died at age 79 on Nov. 30. Per the death certificate, McVie had also been diagnosed with “metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin,”...

Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless and Bob McDill have been chosen as the Country Music Hall of Fame's class of 2023. This year's roster of inductees was unveiled during a live-streamed press event on Monday (April 3) hosted by Vince Gill.Tucker, who has been enjoying a recent career renaissance following the release of her critically acclaimed 2019 record While I'm Livin', was selected as this year's honoree in the Veterans Era category.During her acceptance speech, Tucker reflected on her first journey to Nashville as a 9-year-old, and her father telling her that she would never become a member...