Brandon Lake’s new album, King of Hearts, achieves numerous Billboard chart milestones this week. The record debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, while also premiering at No. 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 tally, marking the 35-year-old singer/songwriter’s first career Top 10 entry on the chart. In addition to those accolades,…… MORE
On Wednesday (June 25), Good Charlotte debuted their brand new single, “Rejects,” the band’s first new song in five years. The track is the lead offering from their upcoming album, Motel Du Cap, which is set for release on August 8. This marks their first new studio record in seven years, following 2018’s Generation Rx.…… MORE
Van Halen’s 1995 album, Balance, is set to receive a 30th anniversary expanded reissue on August 15 through Rhino, with the collection available in 2-LP and 2-CD editions. The band also shared an album teaser for the release, which will feature remastered audio sourced from the 2023 box set, along with three non-album tracks and…… MORE
Coldplay’s 2000 song, “Sparks,” is making its surprising debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. The track jumps all the way up to No. 93 due to a viral sensation on TikTok, 25 years after its original release on the British band’s 9x-platinum, Grammy-winning debut album, Parachutes. The social media resurgence was triggered…… MORE
The Rolling Stones are paying homage to the late zydeco master, Clifton Chenier, by covering his classic, “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés,” for an upcoming tribute album. A Tribute to the King of Zydeco is a Chenier covers album featuring contributions from Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Steve Earle, Jimmie Vaughan, Marcia Ball, Charley Crockett, Molly Tuttle,…… MORE
Olivia Rodrigo surprised fans at her sold-out show in Dublin’s Marlay Park on Tuesday night (June 24) by performing a cover of Fontaines D.C.’s “I Love You.” Rodrigo’s Ireland show was part of her ongoing Guts World Tour, and served as a warm-up for her largest U.K. gig to date, a sold-out headline show at…… MORE
U2 guitarist The Edge, who has lived in Ireland for over six decades, was officially granted Irish citizenship on Monday (June 23). The Edge was born David Howell Evans in Essex, England to Welsh parents, though he was raised in Ireland. “I guess, you know, I’m a little tardy with the paper work,” joked the…… MORE
On Tuesday (June 24), Jack White announced the forthcoming publication of his new book, Jack White Collected Lyrics and Selected Writings Volume 1. The collection – which will be published by Third Man Books – will contain lyrics, poems, and writings from White’s solo career and beyond, including his work with The Raconteurs and The…… MORE
On Tuesday (June 24), Simon & Schuster announced that they will be publishing a book featuring 100 black-and-white drawings by Bob Dylan titled Point Blank (Quick Studies), on November 18. This marks the first major publication of Dylan’s artwork in over a decade, and features drawings that were completed between 2021 and 2022, alongside vignettes…… MORE
Steven Van Zandt will miss a few upcoming Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concerts after the guitarist underwent successful surgery for appendicitis. “Got a sharp pain in my stomach, thought it was food poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis,” Van Zandt wrote in an Instagram post on Monday (June 23). “Got lucky with…… MORE
