The album success has been fueled by the single "That Ain't Country" which takes a critical view of today's more pop friendly country music stars contrasted with the legendary greats of the genre.
Lewis explains the inspiration for the track, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that is what makes America great. I grew up listening to Merle, Waylon, Willie, Charlie Daniels and more on the radio. So when I listen to what is being played today, I barely recognize it as Country music. So that is where the song originated."
He will be kicking off the official U.S. tour in support of the album on October 24th in Hollywood at the Troubadour. The first leg will run until December 11th in Cleveland at the House of Blues. Read details about the second leg and see all of the dates
here.
She was on the program promoting her current North American tour. It's been five years since she quit, but it sounds as though she would take up the habit again if she could. "The people with the best voices, they always smoke," she said. "I've given up smoking and I'm convinced that's made my voice weaker."
In 2011, Adele suffered a vocal hemorrhage and had to cancel her world tour so she could undergo laser surgery to remove a polyp. Since then, she's taken measures to cut down on food and behaviors that could potentially strain and hurt her voice.
Of course, it doesn't help when she works with artists who happen to smoke. Adele recounted recording "All I Ask" with Bruno Mars for her latest album 25. "Bruno smokes like an old woman," she said. Read more
here.
The rapper stars in the film, alongside Popcaan, Fanny Neguesha, Soni Chidiebere and Kyla Reid. The mini-movie includes seven songs from Views, as well as original music from Noah '40" Schebib.
Please Forgive Me was directed by Anthony Mandler, whose credits include Drake's 'Over," 'Miss Me," and 'Fancy" as well as projects for Jay Z, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Mandler co-wrote the script with Larry Jackson, Apple Music Head of Content. Read more
here.
"First tournament I ever played in� He looked this young man in the eye and introduced himself. You could feel the GREATNESS surrounding him. I was in awe.
"A few months later, I ran into him on the driving range at Bay Hill with a pitching wedge in my hand and he sat and helped me with my swing(despite his best efforts, I still need all the help I can get�).
"He changed the game forever. He defined what the modern athlete is. He flew his own plane to his tournaments. He STARTED a network JUST for the sport. He won spectacularly. He lost graciously. He was bigger than the game. And, he was one of the nicest men I have ever met." Read more and see the photo
here.
Referring to Chance, Kanye told the capacity crowd at U.S. Cellular Field, "I'm so proud of this young man right here." West's set featured "All Falls Down," 'Black Skinhead," 'Can't Tell Me Nothing," 'Touch the Sky," 'Gold Digger" and 'Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1" and 'Pt. 2," and his verse on Schoolboy Q's 'That Part." He also dueted with Chance on 'Ultralight Beam."
West is currently working on a collaboration with Chance called Good Ass Job. There is no release date yet for the project. Also performing at The Magnificent Coloring Day festival were Lil Wayne, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Skrillex, Young Thug and Tyler, the Creator.
Watch Kanye and Chance together on 'Ultralight Beam"
here.
"'Star of the Show' is one of those songs that I have lived with for a while and kept coming up as a song we needed to record and get to the fans," said Rhett in the announcement.
"I wrote it with my dad right after I got married, and it was the first song I ever wrote about Lauren. It was a staple in our set before we had any hits and fans still request it to this day. The Deluxe allows us to thank our fans for an incredible year by putting out a few new songs like this one, and also by reworking a couple of favorites by adding some friends into the mix." Read more and see the tracklisting
here.
Eldredge had the following to say about the album, "I've been inspired for this record from a very young age. I dreamt of the day I could record all these classic songs that I've loved since I was a little kid. I recorded those classics in New York City and tried to give a tip of the hat to the ones that came before me-Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ray Charles-by adding that swing and that soul to the best of my ability."
"When it came to actually recording, I wanted to live in the experience," he continued. "We hung Christmas lights in the studio in the middle of May and had musicians from the best bands in the world all in the same room - from horns to strings. Everyone was so inspired to make this classic record. I think it really shows in the songs and I can't wait for people to hear that magic we found." See the tracklisting
here.
In All My Children, we enter the video with the birth of Gucci's brood, with all the children quickly growing older, ultimately falling in his footsteps to becoming rappers. But along the way, the young boys show an appetite for all things male including money and women.
All My Children is the latest single to drop from Gucci's latest album, Everybody Looking, which dropped in July. On the heals of Everybody Looking, Gucci will release his latest full-length titled, Woptober, yet no release date has been announced. Read more
here.
The video for "Black Beatles" is the rap world's take on the live show narrative that many rock bands release to show viewers life behind the scenes and onstage.
The brothers put their own spin on the Beatles' history. They cross a street decked out in fancy suits a la Abbey Road, and they also take to the roof to perform a special concert much like the Beatles' final performance in 1969. Thanks to the grainy effect that runs throughout the video, it feels like it belongs in the late 1960s or early 1970s rather than 2016.
Besides reliving famous moments from the Beatles' career, Khalif "Swae Lee" and Aaquil "Slim Jxmmi" practice guitars backstage, wail on them in front of a packed audience and generally live the rock 'n' roll life. Gucci Mane arrives near the halfway mark wearing a jacket that looks like a cross between Jackson's style and what Eddie Murphy wore during his 1983 stand-up special Delirious for an added flare of pop culture. Watch the video
here.
But in between doing his bit, he couldn't help making fun of Fallon who loved every minute of the ribbing. Mendes sang new versions of Justin Bieber, Adele and Coldplay, among others. In between singing the newly written lines � presented as Fall-themed tweets � he couldn't help calling Fallon a "grandpa" and reminding the host about their age difference.
After Mendes sang an autumn-themed take on Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," he teased Fallon for giving him the wrong cue, which led to mocking Fallon's choice to use the song in the sketch. "I told you, I'm just not as old as you," Mendes said. Immediately, Fallon rebutted, "Son, don't talk back to your father like that!"
Mendes added, "You don't look old, you're fine. No, you're not� I'm just very young." After the comedy bit, Mendes performed his latest single "Mercy" off his sophomore album Illuminate. Watch the clips
here.
Before an audience that included Tina Fey, Miranda and Yankovic performed "Yoda," posed backstage and bonded on Twitter over their love of George Lucas' fictional universe.
The Tony-winning Broadway icon couldn't contain his enthusiasm after the show: "1) In 9th grade I sat in an upper box of the Beacon with @AlexSarlin & Emily Pinkowitz & we screamed 'Yoda!!'" Read more and check out the performance
here.
"Going Nowhere" was written and recorded in the mid-'90s and will appear on the reissue's second disc of B-sides, demos and extras. Altogether, the three-disc collection includes unvarnished demos, live performances, and a full CD of audio from sessions recorded in Mustique. That's plenty of material for fans of Be Here Now to get a full view of Oasis circa its third studio album.
On another Oasis front, the documentary film Supersonic will come to theaters October 26 and will explore the band through the rise, peak, and ultimate end of the '90s Britpop phenomenon. Liam Gallagher expressed his dismay that brother Noel won't participate in some promotional activity for the documentary.
"So the Ronnie Corbett of rock n roll aka Noel Gallagher not doing press not attending premiere for oasis film 2 words SH� BAG LG x," he tweeted. Read more and grab the download link
here.
Monica, Sullivan and Yuna will kick off the weekend on November 3, with an Acoustically Speaking concert at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay. Friday evening Scott, Tyrese, Hamilton and Tish Hyman will perform at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Saturday's Soul Train Day Party will take place at the resort's Daylight Beach Club and will feature Bell Biv DeVoe and Kid Capri. That evening, comedians Cedric 'The Entertainer," Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy will take the stage at The Comedy Get Down. Read more
here.
The initial idea for "See You Better" came from an all nighter Netflix binge I had about a year ago. The show was Mad Men and I was totally hooked. Ever since I was a little kid, I was always mesmerized by everything about 60's culture. The music, the fashion, the cars, etc� I was fascinated by how period accurate this show was, it was a teleport to the era.
In a later season's episode (509), Don Draper, the main character, left his wife a note while going out to run an errand. The note said, "Lovely Megan - I went to buy a light bulb. When I get back, I'll see you better. Love, Don." For some reason this really stuck with me. I mean, how romantic is that?! Who leaves notes like that anymore?! So I jotted the phrase down in my notepad, thinking that maybe one day I could use it if I ever settled down.
Fast forward to February of this year (2016). My manager set me up to write with a producer/songwriter/former Bassist & Vocalist of Forever the Sickest Kids, Austin Bello. We wrote a tune called "Hey Hi Hello" which spawned the conceptual idea for the EP "Great American Love Story" due out on September 30. The 5 song EP tells the love story of a couple from the 50's/60's time period.
As we started writing for that record it only made sense to incorporate the "See You Better" reference for the final track on the album. The idea was that no matter how old they were or what they went through, the wife just kept getting better and better in the husband's eyes. So during a write with another incredible songwriter, Jordan Lawhead, it all just fell into place. We had written a different song that day and just before Jordan was about to leave he was noodling on the guitar with what was to become the intro riff for the song. I just started throwing out some lyrics trying to paint the picture of the time period's classic family model and how they would age from that into their elder years. The song includes a lot of imagery that takes you back to that time but at the same time, allows you delve back into your own family memories and attach to the song in your own way. "See You Better" is the happy ending to a timeless love story and I cannot wait for you all to hear the songs/parts of the story that lead up to it. Thanks for listening!
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
right here!
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