Ariana DeBose will return to host this year’s Tony Awards, the ceremony’s producers announced today.
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NBA YoungBoy has announced that he’ll be releasing his new album, titled ‘Don’t Try This At Home’, next month.The news was shared on Instagram via a fan page but then reshared by his label’s official account on their stories.The post revealed that the album would be out on April 21, including its artwork and the news that it’ll feature 33 songs.‘Don’t Try This At Home’ follows YoungBoy’s fifth studio album ‘I Rest My Case’, which was out in January this year. It marked the rapper’s first release since signing with Motown Records and featured the singles ‘Top Girls’, ‘Black’, ‘I Love YB Skit’, and ‘Groovy’.A post shared by @neverbrokeagainsznLast year, Lil Nas X released ‘Late To Da Party’ – his joint single with YoungBoy, which features the repeated chant, “Fuck BET!”Lil Nas X started teasing ‘Late To The Party’ on June 8, positioning it as a diss track against Black Entertainment Television (BET) after he was not nominated for any of that year’s BET Awards.
Ariana DeBose will return to host this year’s Tony Awards, the ceremony’s producers announced today.
Public Image Ltd have announced their first new album in eight years and an accompanying UK tour for later in the year.The album, titled ‘End Of World’, is set for release on August 11 and is dedicated to frontman John Lydon‘s late wife Nora Forster, who died last week at the age of 80. She had been living with Alzheimer’s disease for five years and Lydon had been her full-time carer.‘End Of World’ features the song ‘Hawaii’ as its closing track, which Lydon had written as a “love letter” to Forster. The band had used the song in their bid to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, but they lost out to Dublin quarter Wild Youth.“Nora loved the album, she wouldn’t have wanted us to postpone it or change any of our plans,” Lydon said in a press release.
SZA has announced a string of new tour dates, spanning across the UK, Europe and North America.Having recently finished a series of sold-out tour dates, SZA has revived her ‘SOS’ tour with ten new performances in Europe and twenty-one dates in North America.The second leg of the tour will see the Grammy-winning R&B artist perform at arenas in Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Berlin and Cologne, before moving through the UK for four shows. This includes two consecutive nights at London’s O2 Arena.All European dates will take place throughout June and will end with one performance in Dublin’s 3Arena.
EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Benton Whitley announced today the creation of Whitley Theatrical, a New York City-based casting and producing office for theater, film, and television.
Dexys – formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners – have announced their first new album in over a decade, and shared the lead single ‘I’m Going To Get Free’. Check it out below.Only the second studio album to be released under the shortened name, ‘The Feminine Divine’ marks the pop veterans’ first new material in 11 years – following on from their 2012 release ‘One Day I’m Going To Soar’.Due out on July 28, the upcoming album combines both Dexys classic pop sound, along with a new synth-heavy approach.
PVRIS have announced details of their fourth album and shared its first single – listen to new track ‘Good Enemy’ below.The new LP is titled ‘Evergreen’ and will be released on July 14 via Hopeless Records. It will feature two songs shared last year and follow 2020 album ‘Use Me’.Speaking about the new album, vocalist Lynn Gunn said: “‘Evergreen’ is a reclamation of control in our post-pandemic culture, posing a complex discussion on fame, technology, spectacle, and female autonomy.”She added: “It’s not my job as an artist to cater to certain trends or people’s nostalgia, I have to follow what I feel compelled to follow and do my best to uncover what truths and messages I can find within that. I have to always embrace the risks of change and trust that each stage of my music’s life will resonate with whoever it’s meant to.”Listen to ‘Good Enemy’ below.Discussing the album title, Gunn said: “If you search the definition of ‘evergreen,’ you will find words like: enduring, timeless, fresh, unlimited, and renewal. In our modern culture where everything is online, algorithm-based, and instantaneous, it feels like timelessness, longevity and connection could someday become dying concepts.
Laurent Garnier has announced that he will release a new album in May. He also says that if you want to catch him DJing somewhere near where you live, the next eighteen months will be the time to do it, as he plans to step back from touring in 2025.The new record, titled ’33 Tours Et Puis S’en Vont’, will be Garnier’s first solo album for the best part of a decade – the last being 2015’s ‘La Home Box’.
Jenny Lewis has announced that she will release her fifth solo album ‘Joy’All’ later this year. Out now is new single ‘Psychos’.“I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic and then put them aside as the world shut down”, she says.
Stella Rose has shared details of her debut album, as well as unveiling new single ‘Faithful’ – check it out below.‘Eye Of Glass’ will be released on May 19 via KRO Records. To coincide with the announcement, Rose has released the video for ‘Faithful’, which was directed by Ben Howley.The New York-based musician worked on the new album over a two-week period in late 2020 with Yves Rothman, who has also recently produced records for Blondshell and Bartees Strange.Rose’s breakout single ‘Muddled Man’ arrived in October 2022, swiftly followed by ‘Angel’ the following month. Both tracks, alongside ‘Faithful’, will appear on ‘Eye Of Glass’.
Jenny Lewis has announced details of her fifth studio album, ‘Joy’All’, and shared its latest single ‘Psychos’.Produced by Dave Cobb, the new album is due out on June 9 via Blue Note/EMI and follows 2019’s ‘On The Line’. It was first previewed last year with the single ‘Puppy And A Truck’.Explaining how the album came together, Lewis said: “I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic… and then put them aside as the world shut down. […] Then from my home in Nashville in early 2021, I joined a week-long virtual songwriting workshop with a handful of amazing artists, hosted by Beck.“The challenge was to write one song every day for seven days, with guidelines from Beck.
Jenny Lewis has announced her first new album in four years. Joy’all will be released on June 9 via Blue Note/Capitol with first single "Psychos" streaming now.
Jungle have announced that they will release their latest album ‘Volcano’ this summer. The LP is the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Loving In Stereo’.Alongside the announcement, the duo have released new single ‘Candle Flame’, featuring rapper Erick The Architect, of which they say: “We wanted to create a song that was both personal and relatable, exploring the highs and lows of love and relationships in a way that was both poetic and authentic”.“Working with Erick The Architect was an absolute pleasure and his unique perspective and talent added an extra layer of depth and richness to the track”, they go on.
Pixies, Modest Mouse and Cat Power have announced a joint tour of North America – see all the dates below and buy tickets here.The three bands will hit the road in August and September, and they come in addition to upcoming May dates for Pixies in support of their new album ‘Doggerel’.The tour begins in Asbury Park, New Jersey on August 20, running for the following month before finishing up in San Diego, California on September 16.See the full list of tour dates below. Tickets are on sale on Friday, March 31 at 10am local time.
Kelly Clarkson has arrived for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards!
billy woods and Kenny Segal have announced a new joint album called Maps, the follow-up to their 2019 collaborative debut, Hiding Places. It’s due out May 5 via woods’ label, Backwoodz Studioz.
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal has announced details of a new self-titled album. "Moving Without Movement" is the first release from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, which is due out June 2 via Run For Cover Records. Scroll down to see a video for the new song now.
Kelly Clarkson has announced her new album ‘Chemistry’, promising that new music will also be coming “really soon”.The singer and daytime talk show host said that she’d been working on the new project for “close to three years now” and initially wasn’t sure if she was going to release it, but added that she was “very excited”.“It’s called ‘Chemistry’ because I was trying to find a word – also, it might be one of the songs on the album – that really described the whole thing,” Clarkson explained in a video shared to social media.“This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship. A whole relationship shouldn’t be brought down to just one thing.
Kelly Clarkson fans can rejoice because new music is on the way! coach took to Instagram Sunday to announce her new album, , which she says is coming out «soon.»«It's officially time to tell you that I've been working on this project for — well, close to three years now,» Clarkson began. «And I wasn't sure I was going to release it, but I am.
Kelly Clarkson has had fans buzzing all weekend thanks to a cryptic Twitter post, and now she’s confirming rumours that she’s about to release a new album.
Kelly Clarkson is about to kick off her new era!