Everything I Thought It Was, Timberlake’s sixth studio album, will officially arrive on March 15. It was previewed with an emotional single, “Selfish,” which was written by Timberlake and a handful of collaborators, including Amy Allen, Henry Walter, Louis Bell, and Theron Thomas.

Speaking about the album in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Timberlake said it is his “most straightforward” record and “best work” to date. He also revealed that he made 100 songs for the album but that only 18 made the cut.

After the album comes out, Timberlake will embark on The Forget Tomorrow World Tour. The tour will start on April 29 in Vancouver, Ontario, followed by shows in Seattle, Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York, among other cities. The North America leg of the tour, Timberlake’s first in five years, will wrap up in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 9.

Timberlake also plans on touring the UK and Europe, with the details for those concerts expected to be announced at a later date.

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Dylan will kick off the trip with a pair of shows in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on March 1 and 2. He’ll perform six more shows in Florida, visiting Clearwater, Fort Myers, Orlando, and Jacksonville, before heading to Athens, Georgia, where he’ll perform back-to-back shows. The spring tour wraps up in North Carolina with a show in Charlotte on March 17 and a show in Fayetteville on March 18. The tickets for all the shows are already on sale.

Dylan released Rough and Rowdy Ways to critical acclaim in 2020. The album topped the charts in more than 10 countries while reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 charts. It was also placed in numerous Best Albums of the Year lists.

Dylan recently also shared a collection of live songs titled The Complete Budokan 1978. The four-disc set contains remastered and remixed recordings from Dylan’s shows at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, in early 1978. It comes with 58 tracks, 36 of which were previously unreleased.

Bob Dylan U.S. Tour Dates

March 1 — Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 2 — Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 5 — Clearwater, FL

March 6 — Clearwater, FL

March 7 — Fort Myers, FL

March 9 — Orlando, FL

March 10 — Orlando, FL

March 12 — Jacksonville, FL

March 14 — Athens, GA

March 15 — Athens, GA

March 17 — Charlotte, NC

March 18 — Fayetteville, NC

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The band will play eight shows at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace from August 14 through August 30. The tickets are going on sale for the general public on January 27.

The Killers released Hot Fuss on June 7, 2004, for British indie record label Lizard King Records. The album featured hit singles like “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me”, and was met with positive reviews from the critics and audience. It remained at the top of the UK Albums charts for two weeks and peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard 200. The record was also nominated for the Grammy Award in the Best Rock Album category.

Before they settle in Las Vegas for their Hot Fuss residency, The Killers plan to tour the UK and Ireland in June and July. The group previously planned to release their eighth studio album in 2023 but opted to scrap the record in favor of the greatest hits album Rebel Diamonds.

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Bangalter recounted the story in a recent interview with French media outlet Brut. Daft Punk had a show in London, and Bangalter decided to stretch his legs and buy a sandwich outside the venue. Since Daft Punk was notorious for hiding their identity, no one recognized him.

At one point, Bangalter was approached by a scalper who offered to sell him a ticket for the show. Bangalter was so amused with the conversation that he ended up actually buying a ticket and used it to get back to the venue.

“I thought it would be funny, so I bought the ticket, went to the venue, and waited,” Bangalter shared.

Since Daft Punk, which also consisted of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, announced their breakup, Bangalter was engaged in a number of solo projects. He composed a score for ballet Mythologies, worked on the art project Chiroptera, and scored Quentin Dupieux’s comedy Daaaaaalí!  The 49-year-old musician is also set to contribute to Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür’s upcoming solo album.

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“Shiver” sees The Libertines doing what they do best. A captivating drum beat intertwined with minimalistic but punctuating guitar and bass lines set the stage for the song’s lyrics to paint a vivid story. The band returns to their recurring themes of Albion, unforeseen goodbyes, and utopian dreams of Arcadia.

Giving fans some insights in the making of the track, The Libertines’ Carl Barat and Peter Doherty shared that “Shiver” is actually two songs joined in one. Each of them brought a song to the table and decided to simply “mash them up.”

“I would probably find it difficult to work out who did what because we were both there the whole time through its creation,” Doherty said while adding that the original title of the song was “The Last Dream Of Every Dying Soldier.”

The Libertines will release All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade on 8 March. The album was announced with a single “Run Run Run” followed by a track titled “Night of the Hunter.” This will be the group’s first album since 2015’s Anthems for Doomed Youth.

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Last Days will be performed for the first time in the U.S. on February 6, at the Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall. The tickets are already available for sale.

The opera, just like the movie, tells a fictionalized story about Cobain’s last days. Oliver Leith serves as the composer, with Matt Copson and Anna Morrissey directing. Titane star Agathe Rousselle stars as the main character, a musician named Blake. The piece received universal critical acclaim during its run in Linbury Theatre.

“This new opera plunges into the torment that created a modern myth,” it says in the description of the opera.

Kurt Cobain’s estate wasn’t fond of the opera when it came out, calling it an “unauthorized attempt that seeks to profit and benefit from a brief meeting that took place thirty years ago.” Royal Opera House defended itself by saying that the opera adapts Van Sant’s movie and represents a “fictionalized account.

The movie Last Days never mentions Cobain, but the main character’s physical appearance and life story made it clear that he is based on Cobain. The feature received mixed reviews when it first came out but has since developed a cult following.

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Back in May, Sum 41 announced they intended to release one final album before ceasing to exist. The record, titled Heaven :x: Hell,  is coming on March 29 and will be accompanied by the Tour of the Setting Sum, which will see the band performing a series of shows in Asia, North America, and Europe.

The tour kicks off in early March with shows in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. The band will then head to Japan for a six-date trip.

After the Asian leg of the tour, Sum 41 plans a series of concerts in April and May in North America before spending the majority of the summer playing in Europe. The second half of 2024 is reserved for another batch of dates in the United States and Canada.

Sum 41 will play their final show ever in Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on January 30, 2025.

Speaking about the band’s decision to split, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley said that they want to focus on other projects and believe they will be leaving the stage while at their best.

“I felt this is probably the best record we’ve ever made,” Whibley shared in an interview with Metal Injection. “And I think this version of the band is the best we’ve ever been live. And I thought, what a way to just go out on this one.”

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The track saw its debut at Williams’ Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2024 Show in Paris on Tuesday, January 16. The trio and Williams got together on stage to perform the track live for 1,300 guests while being joined by The Native Vocalists choir.

Speaking about the collaboration in a chat with GQ magazine, Marcus Mumford said there was “just a lot of mutual respect and admiration” between the band and Williams after they connected through performing at the same festivals throughout the years. After meeting each other again at the Something In the Water festival in early 2023, they decided they should do a song together.

Sharing similar church upbringings and fascination with gospel music, they naturally gravitated to writing a song that contained some of these elements. 

“We’d all had experience with that, and it felt like we were ready to write a song that felt quite connected to how we were feeling and reaching into some soulful level,” said Mumford.

Following its live debut, the studio version of “Good People” was also shared on streaming services.

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Madonna, who performed two nights in Boston before the Toronto concert, immediately recognized her mistake and corrected herself.

Later, during the show, Madonna addressed her mishap.

“Are you guys mad at me ’cause I said ‘Hello, Boston!’?” the “Vogue” singer said at one point. “That would be like if you guys were saying, ‘Hey, Lady Gaga’s playing tonight!’… I wouldn’t like that. I mean, you know, nothing against Lady Gaga. Love her. I do! I love anyone shorter than me.”

After two shows in Toronto, Madonna is also scheduled to perform two dates in Montreal. She then returns to the United States for a series of shows that include stops in New York City, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Madonna officially announced The Celebration Tour in early 2023 with plans to perform 35 dates across the world as a way to celebrate 40 years of her career. Due to overwhelming demand, the tour saw multiple additional shows added in cities like London, New York City, and Inglewood. The tour is currently set to wrap up with a five-date run in Mexico City, Mexico, in April 2024.

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In a recent chat with Revolver Magazine, bassist Justin Chancellor and drummer Danny Carey discussed Tool’s plans for the future and the possibility of recording new music. According to the duo, the group wants to speed up the process this time.

“Time is precious now, so you try and look for ways to be more efficient with the process,” Chancellor said. “We’ve had a lot of discussion about that and how we can bring a new record to fruition in a slightly different way.”

Carey added that recording new music is a “painstaking process” for Tool as the whole band, which also consists of vocalist Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones, needs to like a particular song to move forward with it. This “pays off in the long run” because that way, the band doesn’t get tired of playing their songs during live shows.

One way Tool will try to get their music faster to fans without compromising their creative process is by releasing an extended play (EP) rather than an entire album. This is something that the band is strongly considering, according to Carey.

“We’re free agents now,” he explained. “We aren’t signed to a label anymore. We are free to do whatever we want.”

Tool topped the US Billboard 200 charts with Fear Inoculum, while the release received critical acclaim. The 15-minute long track “7empest” was recognized with a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

The post Tool are Thinking About Releasing an EP Rather Than an Entire Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Everything I Thought It Was, Timberlake’s sixth studio album, will officially arrive on March 15. It was previewed with an emotional single, “Selfish,” which was written by Timberlake and a handful of collaborators, including Amy Allen, Henry Walter, Louis Bell, and Theron Thomas.

Speaking about the album in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Timberlake said it is his “most straightforward” record and “best work” to date. He also revealed that he made 100 songs for the album but that only 18 made the cut.

After the album comes out, Timberlake will embark on The Forget Tomorrow World Tour. The tour will start on April 29 in Vancouver, Ontario, followed by shows in Seattle, Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York, among other cities. The North America leg of the tour, Timberlake’s first in five years, will wrap up in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 9.

Timberlake also plans on touring the UK and Europe, with the details for those concerts expected to be announced at a later date.

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Dylan will kick off the trip with a pair of shows in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on March 1 and 2. He’ll perform six more shows in Florida, visiting Clearwater, Fort Myers, Orlando, and Jacksonville, before heading to Athens, Georgia, where he’ll perform back-to-back shows. The spring tour wraps up in North Carolina with a show in Charlotte on March 17 and a show in Fayetteville on March 18. The tickets for all the shows are already on sale.

Dylan released Rough and Rowdy Ways to critical acclaim in 2020. The album topped the charts in more than 10 countries while reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 charts. It was also placed in numerous Best Albums of the Year lists.

Dylan recently also shared a collection of live songs titled The Complete Budokan 1978. The four-disc set contains remastered and remixed recordings from Dylan’s shows at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, in early 1978. It comes with 58 tracks, 36 of which were previously unreleased.

Bob Dylan U.S. Tour Dates

March 1 — Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 2 — Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 5 — Clearwater, FL

March 6 — Clearwater, FL

March 7 — Fort Myers, FL

March 9 — Orlando, FL

March 10 — Orlando, FL

March 12 — Jacksonville, FL

March 14 — Athens, GA

March 15 — Athens, GA

March 17 — Charlotte, NC

March 18 — Fayetteville, NC

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The band will play eight shows at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace from August 14 through August 30. The tickets are going on sale for the general public on January 27.

The Killers released Hot Fuss on June 7, 2004, for British indie record label Lizard King Records. The album featured hit singles like “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me”, and was met with positive reviews from the critics and audience. It remained at the top of the UK Albums charts for two weeks and peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard 200. The record was also nominated for the Grammy Award in the Best Rock Album category.

Before they settle in Las Vegas for their Hot Fuss residency, The Killers plan to tour the UK and Ireland in June and July. The group previously planned to release their eighth studio album in 2023 but opted to scrap the record in favor of the greatest hits album Rebel Diamonds.

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Bangalter recounted the story in a recent interview with French media outlet Brut. Daft Punk had a show in London, and Bangalter decided to stretch his legs and buy a sandwich outside the venue. Since Daft Punk was notorious for hiding their identity, no one recognized him.

At one point, Bangalter was approached by a scalper who offered to sell him a ticket for the show. Bangalter was so amused with the conversation that he ended up actually buying a ticket and used it to get back to the venue.

“I thought it would be funny, so I bought the ticket, went to the venue, and waited,” Bangalter shared.

Since Daft Punk, which also consisted of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, announced their breakup, Bangalter was engaged in a number of solo projects. He composed a score for ballet Mythologies, worked on the art project Chiroptera, and scored Quentin Dupieux’s comedy Daaaaaalí!  The 49-year-old musician is also set to contribute to Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür’s upcoming solo album.

The post Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Once Bought a Ticket for His Own Show From a Scalper appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

“Shiver” sees The Libertines doing what they do best. A captivating drum beat intertwined with minimalistic but punctuating guitar and bass lines set the stage for the song’s lyrics to paint a vivid story. The band returns to their recurring themes of Albion, unforeseen goodbyes, and utopian dreams of Arcadia.

Giving fans some insights in the making of the track, The Libertines’ Carl Barat and Peter Doherty shared that “Shiver” is actually two songs joined in one. Each of them brought a song to the table and decided to simply “mash them up.”

“I would probably find it difficult to work out who did what because we were both there the whole time through its creation,” Doherty said while adding that the original title of the song was “The Last Dream Of Every Dying Soldier.”

The Libertines will release All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade on 8 March. The album was announced with a single “Run Run Run” followed by a track titled “Night of the Hunter.” This will be the group’s first album since 2015’s Anthems for Doomed Youth.

The post Listen to The Libertines’ Riveting New Single “Shiver” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Last Days will be performed for the first time in the U.S. on February 6, at the Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall. The tickets are already available for sale.

The opera, just like the movie, tells a fictionalized story about Cobain’s last days. Oliver Leith serves as the composer, with Matt Copson and Anna Morrissey directing. Titane star Agathe Rousselle stars as the main character, a musician named Blake. The piece received universal critical acclaim during its run in Linbury Theatre.

“This new opera plunges into the torment that created a modern myth,” it says in the description of the opera.

Kurt Cobain’s estate wasn’t fond of the opera when it came out, calling it an “unauthorized attempt that seeks to profit and benefit from a brief meeting that took place thirty years ago.” Royal Opera House defended itself by saying that the opera adapts Van Sant’s movie and represents a “fictionalized account.

The movie Last Days never mentions Cobain, but the main character’s physical appearance and life story made it clear that he is based on Cobain. The feature received mixed reviews when it first came out but has since developed a cult following.

The post Kurt Cobain-Inspired Opera “Last Days” is Coming to the U.S. appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Back in May, Sum 41 announced they intended to release one final album before ceasing to exist. The record, titled Heaven :x: Hell,  is coming on March 29 and will be accompanied by the Tour of the Setting Sum, which will see the band performing a series of shows in Asia, North America, and Europe.

The tour kicks off in early March with shows in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. The band will then head to Japan for a six-date trip.

After the Asian leg of the tour, Sum 41 plans a series of concerts in April and May in North America before spending the majority of the summer playing in Europe. The second half of 2024 is reserved for another batch of dates in the United States and Canada.

Sum 41 will play their final show ever in Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on January 30, 2025.

Speaking about the band’s decision to split, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley said that they want to focus on other projects and believe they will be leaving the stage while at their best.

“I felt this is probably the best record we’ve ever made,” Whibley shared in an interview with Metal Injection. “And I think this version of the band is the best we’ve ever been live. And I thought, what a way to just go out on this one.”

The post Sum 41 Detail “Tour of the Setting Sum” and Announce Final Show appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The track saw its debut at Williams’ Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2024 Show in Paris on Tuesday, January 16. The trio and Williams got together on stage to perform the track live for 1,300 guests while being joined by The Native Vocalists choir.

Speaking about the collaboration in a chat with GQ magazine, Marcus Mumford said there was “just a lot of mutual respect and admiration” between the band and Williams after they connected through performing at the same festivals throughout the years. After meeting each other again at the Something In the Water festival in early 2023, they decided they should do a song together.

Sharing similar church upbringings and fascination with gospel music, they naturally gravitated to writing a song that contained some of these elements. 

“We’d all had experience with that, and it felt like we were ready to write a song that felt quite connected to how we were feeling and reaching into some soulful level,” said Mumford.

Following its live debut, the studio version of “Good People” was also shared on streaming services.

The post Listen to Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams Collab “Good People” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Madonna, who performed two nights in Boston before the Toronto concert, immediately recognized her mistake and corrected herself.

Later, during the show, Madonna addressed her mishap.

“Are you guys mad at me ’cause I said ‘Hello, Boston!’?” the “Vogue” singer said at one point. “That would be like if you guys were saying, ‘Hey, Lady Gaga’s playing tonight!’… I wouldn’t like that. I mean, you know, nothing against Lady Gaga. Love her. I do! I love anyone shorter than me.”

After two shows in Toronto, Madonna is also scheduled to perform two dates in Montreal. She then returns to the United States for a series of shows that include stops in New York City, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Madonna officially announced The Celebration Tour in early 2023 with plans to perform 35 dates across the world as a way to celebrate 40 years of her career. Due to overwhelming demand, the tour saw multiple additional shows added in cities like London, New York City, and Inglewood. The tour is currently set to wrap up with a five-date run in Mexico City, Mexico, in April 2024.

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In a recent chat with Revolver Magazine, bassist Justin Chancellor and drummer Danny Carey discussed Tool’s plans for the future and the possibility of recording new music. According to the duo, the group wants to speed up the process this time.

“Time is precious now, so you try and look for ways to be more efficient with the process,” Chancellor said. “We’ve had a lot of discussion about that and how we can bring a new record to fruition in a slightly different way.”

Carey added that recording new music is a “painstaking process” for Tool as the whole band, which also consists of vocalist Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones, needs to like a particular song to move forward with it. This “pays off in the long run” because that way, the band doesn’t get tired of playing their songs during live shows.

One way Tool will try to get their music faster to fans without compromising their creative process is by releasing an extended play (EP) rather than an entire album. This is something that the band is strongly considering, according to Carey.

“We’re free agents now,” he explained. “We aren’t signed to a label anymore. We are free to do whatever we want.”

Tool topped the US Billboard 200 charts with Fear Inoculum, while the release received critical acclaim. The 15-minute long track “7empest” was recognized with a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

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