Kamasi Washington announces new album with André 3000, George Clinton, Thundercat and more

John Cale has announced his new album ‘POPtical Illusion’ and shared its first single, ‘How We See The Light’ – listen to it below.The Velvet Underground founder and Welsh musician will release his next record on June 14 via Double Six/Domino, produced by Cale and longtime partner Nita Scott in Los Angeles. Pre-order/pre-save here.A press release says that “Cale has often said that something shifted inside his mind during the pandemic, realizing that, nearing 80, he was living and working through something that many of his past contemporaries weren’t”.It continued: “He wanted to document it. He wrote more than 80 songs in a period of a little over a year, collectively surveying the range of human experience in the process – humour bled into frustration, regret gave way to forgiveness, sadness tangled with surrealism.”The statement also mentioned that Cale, a “hip-hop zealot”, was inspired by how the genre “wields technology to create multi-dimensional textures or build surprising melodies.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Christine Blasey Ford received a Hollywood welcome on Sunday night when Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Banks, Busy Phillips, Marisa Tomei and more gathered to toast the release of her new memoir, “One Way Back.” “We stand with you because you have stood with us so courageously, and we honor you and we celebrate you. We lift our glasses to you tonight,” Washington said. “To your courage, to your beauty, to your generosity as you continue to do more than you have to.

John Grant has announced details of his new album ‘The Art Of The Lie’, and has shared the lead single ‘It’s A Bitch’ – watch the video below.Grant’s sixth album will be released on June 14 via Bella Union, and it is available to pre-order/pre-save here.In addition, Grant has also announced a UK and European tour to take place in October and November – read on for the full list of dates. Tickets for the UK shows are available from 10am on March 20 here.‘It’s A Bitch’ is a highly-danceable electro-funk track, about which Grant has said: “It was a blast making this track which is just about having fun with words, synths and dope rhythms and bass lines and also making fun of post-COVID malaise.”“Plus, people get to ponder what a ‘hesher’ is.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Celebrating the release of his first solo album, “Honeymind,” Tony Award winner Ben Platt just announced a concert residency at Broadway’s Palace Theatre.

Meghan Trainor has some very exciting news!

Cardi B surprises fans with a reference to the iconic Amanda Show (wait til the end).Watch till the endDavid Beckham hangs out with all his (chicken) children. Clearly he’s the mother hen. A little light gardening with the kids

Bon Jovi have announced their new album ‘Forever’ and have shared its lead single ‘Legendary’.The lively and joyous track sees frontman Jon Bon Jovi sing: “Got a fistful of friends That’ll stand up for me / Right where I am / Is where I wanna be / Friday night comes /Around like a song / Sweet Caroline and we all sing along / Got my brown eyed girl / And she believes in me / Legendary,” in the chorus over a pulsing beat and bright guitars.Directed by Dano Cerny, ‘Legendary’s accompanying video begins with the band in a recording studio before it transforms into a patch of grass in outer space. Bon Jovi proceeds to perform the track from there.Speaking about the song in an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Bon Jovi revealed that the song is a tribute to his wife.

Zayn Malik has announced a new album, ‘Room Under The Stairs’.Malik took to social media last night (March 13) to announce the record, which is due to arrive on May 17. It will be Zayn Malik’s fourth solo record overall, and his first with Mercury Record, which also houses the likes of Noah Kahan, Post Malone and Lily Rose.‘Room Under The Stairs’ will be previewed by its lead single, ‘What I Am’, later this week.

Zayn Malik has some exciting news!

John Fogerty will take his ‘Celebration Tour’ all over North America with George Thorogood and Hearty Heart on select dates.“The celebration never ends!” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee shared on Instagram.Along the way, he and Thorogood have five (!) NJ and NY stops planned.First, the the 78-year-old classic rock legend is slated to turn up at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Friday, June 7.After that, he’ll rock out at Canandaigua, NY’s Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, June 11, Saratoga Springs, NY’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 12 and Bethel, NY’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Friday, June 14.The New York and New Jersey run comes to an end for Fogerty at Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Saturday, June 16.And if you want to hear “Fortunate Son,” “Who’ll Stop The Rain,” “Down On The Corner,” “Proud Mary,” Bad Moon Rising” and so many more Fogerty classics live, tickets for all 15 concerts can be purchased as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 15, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can buy on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Based on what Fogerty played live at his 2022 Las Vegas residency at Encore Theater, Creedence Clearwater Revival fans needn’t worry about whether or not he’ll play the hits you know and

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events From Ryan Gosling’s rainbow assortment of custom Gucci suiting to Colman Domingo’s brightly hued attire, real men wear pink — or any other color, for that matter. “Everyone is feeling freer to wear what makes them feel beautiful and authentic,” Gosling’s stylist Mark Avery tells Variety. “May December” star Charles Melton has landed on countless best-dressed lists for the head-turning looks he has served since the Todd Haynes film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Twenty One Pilots have announced a new album ‘Clancy’ and shared its lead single, ‘Overcompensate’.The Columbus duo’s sixth LP – the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Scaled and Icy’ – will drop on May 17 via Fueled By Ramen.The band had been teasing their new era in recent weeks, with fans noticing that across Twenty One Pilots’ digital platforms, all of the artwork for their previous albums now featured strips of red tape covering all the eyes on each cover on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.Some fans also received cryptic messages in the post with the letters coming from the Sacred Municipality of Dema. As highlighted by Kerrang!, the clues build on the lore explored across 2018’s ‘Trench‘ and 2015’s ‘Blurryface’.Last week, the band released a trailer foreshadowing what’s to come, seemingly teasing a new character and location.“I am trapped, stuck in a cycle I have never been able to break,” narrates frontman Tyler Joseph at the trailer’s beginning.

Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, has confirmed details of her seventh full-length studio album.

Nigerien rock group Mdou Moctar have shared details of their forthcoming album Funeral for Justice. Out on May 12 via Matador, the project is the sixth from the group, founded by the eponymous Tuareg rock guitarist. Today’s news comes with the release of the new album’s title track.

Charli XCX has announced the title of her new studio album. In a post shared across social media on Wednesday, XCX wrote that Brat is due "this summer," adding "15 songs.

Knocked Loose have announced a new album, ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’ and dropped its lead single ‘Blinding Faith’.The Kentucky metalcore band will release their third LP on May 10 via Pure Noise, which is set to feature collaborations with Poppy and Chris Motionless from Motionless In White.Per a press release, the album’s title came from a conversation that frontman Bryan Garris had with a woman who was sitting next to him on a plane. When he admitted that he was finding it particularly difficult to manage his “borderline phobia” of flying, she told him, “You won’t go before you’re supposed to.”“On this album, we go the fastest we’ve ever gone; we go the scariest we’ve ever gone.

Slash, Corey Taylor and more.This past weekend, McCreary took to social media to share the trailer for ‘The Singularity’, which is due for release on May 10. The upcoming album is previewed by its lead single, ‘Type III’ featuring Rufus Wainwright.Also confirmed to feature on the album, per McCreary’s official website, are System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian, Joe Satriani, Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Meshuggah‘s Jens Kidman, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman, The Aristocrat’s Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller, Blue Öyster Cult’s Buck Dharma and more.Bear McCreary has also confirmed the launch of an accompanying The Singularity graphic novel, in which a character named Blue Eyes must escape from the clutches of immortality in order to save those he holds near to him.On Sunday, May 12, Bear McCreary will perform ‘The Singularity’ live at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

A.G. Cook has announced his forthcoming LP ‘Britpop’ and has shared a new single, which features vocals by Charli XCX.The album’s title track features XCX singing “Brit, Brit, Brit / Like Britpop” over a whimsical, pulsing beat.

Charli XCX has hinted that her upcoming new album is a dance record and that it goes back to her roots in club music.Recently, the musician previewed her new song ‘Von Dutch’ with a 20-second snippet on social media. The song is likely to be the first single released from her upcoming sixth studio album, details of which are yet to be announced.

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