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Jack Black and Kyle Gass — has returned from a hiatus after the latter made controversial remarks about the attempted assassination of President Trump last July.And they’re coming back for a good cause: The twosome cover REO Speedwagon’s 1980 classic “Keep on Loving You” as part of “Good Music to Lift Los Angeles,” a compilation album benefiting victims of the LA wildfires, which is exclusively available on Bandcamp for one day only on Friday.With proceeds going to the LA Regional Food Bank and California Foundation’s Wildfire Fund, the 90-track compilation also features covers, remixes, live recordings, demos and other previously unreleased material from R.E.M., TV on the Radio, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Dawes, Interpol, the New Pornographers, Mudhoney, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Animal Collective, Perfume Genius, Manchester Orchestra and more.Tenacious D, who previously covered “Keep on Loving You” live, canceled an Australian tour and announced that they were taking a break last July after Gass’ controversial comments about Trump’s attempted assassination at a show in Sydney. When Black rolled out a birthday cake for Gass to celebrate his 64th and asked him to make a wish, Gass quipped, “Don’t miss Trump next time,” just weeks after a gunman opened fire on Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing Trump’s ear and killing a rally attendee.After the comment, Black posted an apology on Instagram, writing, “I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday.

Elton John is getting candid on his health situation.The musician, 78, suffered from an eye infection which has left him with irreparable damage. “I can see you, but I can’t see TV, I can’t read,” John told the Times of London on Friday. “I can’t see my boys playing rugby and soccer, and it has been a very stressful time because I’m used to soaking it all up.”The “Your Song” artist, who shares sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish, called his current situation “distressing.”“You get emotional, but you have to get used to it because I’m lucky to have the life I have,” continued John.

“The White Lotus” will have a new location —and a new composer.Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, who has been the composer on the HBO drama for the past three seasons, revealed he won’t be back next time around.During an interview with the New York Times, the Emmy winner shared he and series creator Mike White had different ideas for the iconic “White Lotus” theme song.The two first clashed in Season 1, but it continued into this third season, which is currently airing.Originally, Tapia de Veer created an eery theme song for the show’s first two seasons — on track with the mystery unfolding. The sounds included a fan-favorite “ooh-loo-loo-loo” chorus.“Aloha!” — in Season 1 — had tribal drums and vocals.

abrupt exit from “Saturday Night Live.”Wallen’s new apparel line includes a T-shirt and a baseball cap, the latter of which is available in two different colors. Each item costs $45.

Selena, the Queen of Tejano, shared a sweet last moment at her Texas home with two of her band members — keyboardists Joe Ojeda and Ricky Vela — the night before her tragic murder 30 years ago.“I was actually in Corpus Christi with Ricky recording some ideas for her next Spanish record,” Ojeda exclusively told The Post. “And we went to her house to [figure out] a key on her vocal for one of the songs that we were recording.“And we got to her house, we had some cheesecake, and then she walked us out … just making funny faces at us. We would be seriously talking to her, and she would make funny faces.

what Morgan Wallen seemingly said before he exited the “Saturday Night Live” stage after being a musical guest on March 29.“Thank you all so much,” he said, Nicola Hickling told UNILAD, per Slingo. “I had a wonderful time.”Per the expert, host Mikey Madison then replied: “Chatting to you was really good.”Hickling also shared what Colin Jost reportedly said to someone next to him.“You gotta remember how he is feeling,” the 42-year-old “Weekend Update” co-host allegedly said onstage.After quickly hugging the “Anora” actress, 26, Wallen walked off the set before the final credits rolled.The country star, 31, then shared a picture to his Instagram Stories showing an airplane on the runway with the caption: “Get me to God’s country.”“SNL” cast member Kenan Thompson voiced his confusion at Wallen’s abrupt exit.

per Sky News.“Fortunately, I still have my voice,” he quipped, “because then I’ll have a full Tommy.”Tommy is the name of the main character from The Who’s 1969 album-turned-rock opera of the same name. He is not only deaf and blind but also mute.This wasn’t the first time Daltrey revealed he’s going “very, very deaf,” blaming his condition as the result of his more than 60-year career as a rock and roll singer.“Take your f–king earplugs with you to the gigs,” he told the crowd during another concert in Las Vegas in 2018, according to TMZ.Daltrey has also discussed aging and death in more recent interviews, including one with The Times in January 2024.“My dreams came true so, listen, I’m ready to go at any time,” he told the outlet at the time.

new music video.The song, titled “You Better Run” and released by Chet’s band, Something Out West, on Friday, March 28, saw the 34-year-old dressed as his father’s iconic character Forrest Gump and reenacting several scenes from the beloved 1994 Oscar-winning film.While Chet appeared as Forrest Gump in a scene aboard the shrimping boat “Jenny,” as well as in another during a cross-country run across America, the video took an exciting turn when Tom himself appeared on the famous bus stop bench central to the hit movie.Even more touching was one of the music video’s final scenes when Tom and his son – who shared an infamously checkered past – smiled and embraced each other.Listeners rushed to the comments section of the music video on YouTube to rave about Tom’s surprise cameo. They also applauded Chet’s musical skills.“You know he surprised his dad with this,” one person wrote.“He has the same running movements his dad did in the movie,” another commented.

posted the devastating news on Facebook on Tuesday.“To all of Bobby Sherman’s cherished fans, as many of you know, Bobby has been retired for some time and is no longer able to participate in cameos, sign autographs, or make appearances,” Poublon wrote. “It is with a heavy heart that we share Bobby has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.”The post featured a black-and-white image of the star’s headshot when he was younger and a separate image that featured his piercing blue eyes.“During this challenging time, we kindly ask for your understanding and respect for our privacy,” Poublon added.

“Call Her Daddy.” “I think I made a big enough deal about not talking to me that people do not talk to me.”The “Pink Pony Club” singer revealed her celebrity friends also get to enjoy the newfound perk. “When they’re with me, they’re like, ‘It’s a force field around us.

Mick Fleetwood — the legendary band’s namesake drummer — in the studio.The 75-year-old singer-guitarist sat in on studio sessions with Fleetwood, 77, who is working on a new solo album.Swedish producer Carl Falk — who is collaborating with Fleetwood on the LP — posted about the Macters’ reunion on Threads.“Slightly unreal moment to sit with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood to play Lindsey the album we have been working on,” Falk wrote. “And to see his genuine happiness for Mick to finally do his own album and offering to play guitar and to sing on it.

the “Smartless” podcast.“I’m writing the verse, like, ‘Oh, this is really pretty,'” he continued. “And then I get to the chorus and of course it’s about my death.”“When you get to my age, which is near 100, you think, ‘How much time have I got left?’”The “Rocket Man” singer then admitted that he really “started thinking about mortality” and ultimately got emotional for nearly an hour after his thoughts turned to his husband, David Furnish, 62, and their two sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12.“You’ve got children, you’ve got a wonderful husband, you just think about mortality,” he said during the podcast.

their farewell trek, the “End of the Road World Tour” at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2023, but their legacy lives on in the sons of frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.That’s right: Nick Simmons, 36, and Evan Stanley, 30, are following in their fathers’ footsteps — without the face paint — by coming together in musical harmony, and the two dads are loving this unexpected Kiss connection.“You know, they both have their own bands,” Simmons told The Post about his son’s Sym Fera and Stanley’s Amber Wild.But of course, they have plenty of Kiss-story together.“Both have been pals because they went to see their dads work since they were little boys,” said Simmons. “And they never thought about getting together, just strumming and humming and all that.”While they are now rolling together, they aren’t exactly rocking like their fathers.

“Deliver Me from Nowhere.”After filming wrapped on the movie — starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen — the Boss’ props came in “the most gorgeous texts I’ve ever had in my life,” Graham said on Edith Bowman’s “Soundtracking” podcast.“I’m racing to get to the airport, and I got this text, and it was so beautiful,” he shared. “It just said: ‘Better than any award that I could ever receive in my life.’“He’s an icon. He’s a hero.

Gene Simmons — and his face-painted band Kiss — then the rocker stands by charging $12,495 to be his personal assistant and band roadie for a day.That’s the cost of “The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience” — a pricey package that is being offered to one fan per show on his solo tour, which kicks off in May after he postponed multiple April dates until 2026.Simmons, 75, is giving fans a chance to roll with him and his namesake band for the day, from planning the show-day schedule and loading into the venue to sitting in on soundcheck and hanging out backstage.For the extravagant sum, you’ll also get to have a meal with Simmons and rock with him on the stage while getting all sorts of memorabilia from your day on the job.“When I was a kid and went to see shows, I was always curious, ‘What’s it like when they’re in a hotel? What’s it like when the stage is set up? What’s it like being onstage when they’re performing and seeing the audience from the stage?’ ” Simmons exclusively told The Post.“I decided, ‘You know what, nobody’s ever done it. Why not open the idea to be my personal roadie for the day?’ ”For Simmons, it’s a dream experience that is worth it for the most diehard Kiss Army members — no matter what the price tag.

Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed To Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors involved.“I did not own a suit or a tie, so I had to borrow our manager at the time Bill Aucoin’s suit,” Kiss co-frontman Gene Simmons, 75, exclusively told The Post.“He was a much smaller man … So I put on his suit and nothing fits. If you look at the album cover, the sleeves were short, and the pants didn’t go all the way down.”Plus, Simmons had to finagle his footwear from one of his bandmates.“I didn’t have dress shoes,” he said, “so [Kiss guitarist] Ace Frehley had a pair of white clogs that he used to walk around with, and for no reason at all, I put on the clogs that are on the cover.”It all made for a classic album cover in rock history that is revisited on a new audio walking tour of New York spots that shaped Kiss and the group’s third LP, which inspired generations to “Rock and Roll All Nite” after it was released 50 years ago, on March 19, 1975.Along with Simmons and his Kiss co-frontman, Paul Stanley, photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the cover of “Dressed To Kill” — shares his makeup-covered memories in the 60-minute tour that takes you from 23rd and Eighth to Greenwich Village’s legendary Electric Lady Studios, where the LP was recorded.Gruen was shooting Kiss for a Creem magazine story — in which his photos would be used in a comic-book treatment on the band — and ended up taking the album cover pic.“It was just a whim.

Extra. “And I think he just believes in me so much, and he believes that I deserve more than I believe I deserve, so I know that he’s genuinely the happiest person here today.”Carly Pearce exclusively told Fox News Digital that Yearwood was one of the most timeless artists, and the “soundtrack” to her childhood.“You hear songs like ‘Walkaway Joe,’ and they’re the soundtrack to my childhood and why I wanted to do this for a living,” Pearce said.

interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier this month, but it finally started making waves on X Monday, March 24.“We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War,” she said while discussing the band’s hit 1975 song “Crazy on You.” “To be as subtle as possible,” she added, “it’s more embarrassing now.”But Wilson’s remarks were not taken lightly, and both fans and critics slammed the wealthy singer for her contentious comments about the country.“Says the millionaire who made TONS of dough playing music,” one X user scoffed. “I just can’t with these people right now.”“The bitch is welcome to find a more suitable country for her needs,” another angry critic wrote.

Facebook Friday.“My uncle Larry Tamblyn passed away today. I have very fond memories of him and his family over the years,” Dennis wrote.“He lived an incredible life. He was in a band called The Standells, whose hit song ‘Dirty Water’ is still played to this day whenever the Red Sox or the Bruins win a home game.

Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir is one of the last men standing in his legendary rock band. The thought of mortality has crossed Weir’s mind, as he’s seen many of his band members pass. Despite having lived a life full of music and memories, Weir’s sentiment wasn’t one of fear, but rather of acceptance.“Every day, things change.

Selena Gomez loves Benny Blanco like a love song, baby.And the artist’s new album “I Said I Love You First” — which is also a collaboration with her fiancé — is showcasing just that.Along with their love story, Gomez is giving fans a look at the entirety of her dating life over the years.One song in particular could be a final goodbye to ex Justin Bieber, whom she dated on and off from 2010 to 2018.Her track “How Does It Feel to Be Forgotten” hears Gomez, 32, sing, “’Cause you walked in, big-ass grin / Talkin’ like we’re friends, honey, what were you thinkin’? / He loves me, I love him / Look at you, just look at you now.”Listeners noted that Gomez’s “look at you now” line dates back to her track “Look at Her Now,” off her 2020 album, “Rare.”The tune captured herself finding confidence after her final breakup with Bieber, 31, in 2018.But Gomez shut down all that speculation, telling Spotify, “I would like to say most of this album has nothing to do with what everyone may go to. And I think it’s important for me to say that because I’ve evolved so much, and I have experienced life with new people.

Pop singer Mariah Carey defeated a lawsuit claiming she illegally copied elements of her holiday megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from a country song of the same name.U.S. District Judge Monica Almadani in Los Angeles in a ruling on Wednesday said the writers of Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for Christmas Is You” failed to show their song was objectively similar enough to Carey’s to support their copyright infringement case.Attorneys for the songwriters, lawyers for Carey, and spokespeople for her label, Sony Music, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision on Thursday.Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released in 1989 and reached the Billboard country charts during holiday seasons in the 1990s.