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R.E.M./Athens LLC/Craft Recordings R.E.M. has put together a best-of playlist to celebrate the renewed interest in their music thanks to the recently premiered second season of The Bear. The playlist, which was made exclusively for NME, consists of 40 songs, with each member — frontman Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry — hand-picking their 10 favorite songs from their entire discography. Stipe leads off the […]

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images  Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has caused a bit of controversy after suggesting in a recent interview that not many of his fellow guitarists could handle working with Rihanna like he has. It all started when Bettencourt gave an interview with Planet Rock in which he commented about working with Rihanna. “Most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig” because of all her different musical styles, he said. He specifically mentioned Guns […]

Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BMI Hailey Whitters has dropped a breezy new song, "Tie'r Down." Of the nostalgic track, Hailey shares, "It's no secret I grew up a kid on '90s country radio, and so when I went in one day to write with Rodney Clawson and Chris LaCorte, I was reminiscing about Trisha Yearwood's song 'XXX's & OOO's.'" "I was thinking a lot about the way that song made me feel – strong and like I […]

When the next Judas Priest album finally arrives, the metal legends will be following their highest-charting U.S. release. Rob Halford and company's last record, Firepower, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 upon its release in 2018 — a career-best in the States. Speaking with ABC Audio, guitarist Richie Faulkner shares that the chart success of Firepower "means a lot" to him as a member of Priest, and as a superfan of heavy metal. "Priest, to me, has always been […]

Courtesy of BMLG Records After several teases on social media, Brett Young has finally released his new breakup song, "Let Go Too Soon." Brett penned the track with Jon Nite and Chris LaCorte, and the tear-soaked tune finds the persona pondering his recent romantic split. "I’ve beеn going out wіth friends/ I’ve been drinking too much whiskеу/ Вurnіng candleѕ аt both ends/ But nothing seems tо fiх mе ‘сause no matter what І do/ I ѕtill wake […]

Redwing Records Joni Mitchell’s upcoming live album, Joni Mitchell At Newport, is set to drop July 28, and now, fans are getting to hear another track from the record. The latest is Joni’s performance of the George Gershwin classic “Summertime,” which was actually the first song she sang during the Joni Jam at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, her first live performance in 20 years. Joni Mitchell At Newport, produced by Joni and Brandi Carlile, […]

Queen Production Ltd. Queen loves to keep their audience guessing at their live shows; that’s the subject of "Expect the Unexpected," episode 26 of their weekly YouTube series Queen the Greatest Live. In the episode, Brian May and Roger Taylor discuss their desire to throw in surprises in order to keep the audience engaged and keep things fresh for themselves on long tours.  Some of the ways they’ve done that is with acoustic sets, medleys of their hits and […]

When Minx returns with its sophomore season on July 21, it’s bringing a bunch of changes along with it. The series, which was initially an HBO Max original, now airs exclusively on Starz. In an interview held before the SAG-AFTRA strike, star and producer Jake Johnson told ABC Audio that the former HBO Max made a “corporate decision and a financial decision to move on from a lot of shows.” In fact, Minx was in the […]

Legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who made teenyboppers scream in the 1950s and toured with Lady Gaga in the 2000s, has died at age 96. Bennett, who passed away in his hometown of New York City on Friday, July 21, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, but he didn't reveal it until February 2021. Born Dominick Benedetto in Queens, New York, Bennett was blessed with the ability to sing pop hits, jazz […]