Paul McCartney surprised 50 fans at Abbey Road Studio Two today, revealing “Home to Us,” his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr. Out Friday May 8, it’s the 2nd single from ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’, McCartney’s forthcoming album due May 29 via MPL/Capitol Records, and it carries the kind of backstory that makes the song mean even more before you’ve heard a note. Pre-order starts now.
Photo Credit: Credit Sonny McCartney / MPL Communications
Paul McCartney surprised 50 fans at Abbey Road Studio Two today, revealing “Home to Us,” his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr. Out Friday May 8, it’s the 2nd single from ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’, McCartney’s forthcoming album due May 29 via MPL/Capitol Records, and it carries the kind of backstory that makes the song mean even more before you’ve heard a note. Pre-order starts now.
Built around a drum track Ringo recorded with producer Andrew Watt, the song grew from a conversation about where both men came from. McCartney explained it plainly: “Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home, because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us.” What started as Paul writing around that idea became a genuine back-and-forth after a phone call cleared up a miscommunication about how much Ringo was meant to sing. Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri round out the track with backing vocals, both described simply as “mates.”
‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ is McCartney’s first solo album in over 5 years. Largely self-performed in the spirit of his 1970 debut ‘McCartney’, the 14-track record turns inward, revisiting post-war Liverpool, his parents, and early adventures with John Lennon and George Harrison long before Beatlemania. It’s the story before the story, and based on today’s Abbey Road playback, the fans who heard it first described it as an inconceivable dream come true.
“Home to Us” arrives Friday May 8. ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ follows May 29.
Track List:
As You Lie There
Lost Horizon
Days We Left Behind
Ripples in a Pond
Mountain Top
Down South
We Two
Come Inside
Never Know
Home to Us
Life Can Be Hard
First Star of the Night
Salesman Saint
Momma Gets By
From soap star to global pop icon, Kylie Minogue has spent nearly 4 decades defying every expectation placed on her. She first broke through on the Australian series Neighbours in the mid-1980s before launching a music career that produced era-defining hits including “Locomotion,” “Hand on Your Heart,” “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” and “Padam Padam.” She’s survived industry skepticism, a breast cancer diagnosis in 2005, and more reinventions than most artists attempt in a lifetime, emerging each time with her fanbase not just intact but fiercely devoted. Now, Netflix is giving her story the full treatment. ‘Kylie’, a 3-part documentary series, arrives May 20 and promises an unfiltered look at the woman behind the sequins, the comebacks and the catalog.
Altadena’s okay coleman! has released “Let Me Go,” his latest single via Art Club, the label behind landmark releases from Jhené Aiko and Anderson .Paak. Produced by Angelo LeRoi, Micha Cooper and okay coleman! himself, the track lands as the 8th floor of ‘001,’ his forthcoming 11-track EP built around an elevator concept where each song represents a different emotional level of love, attachment and release. Listen here.
Sonically, “Let Me Go” sits deep in a soulful R&B pocket, navigating the emotional gray area of a connection that keeps pulling him back despite the cost to his peace. Coleman wanted it that way from the start. “I wanted to lean into that soulful R&B pocket that fans gravitate toward, like ‘Agave.’ As soon as we recorded it, it just felt right. I knew it needed to be on the project.”
The single follows “Did U Even Notice,” his April release that earned a spot in The FADER’s Songs You Need In Your Life This Week. Both tracks are featured on ‘001,’ which marks okay coleman!’s first full-length release and his most fully realized statement yet, traversing Soul, R&B and Hip-Hop across a project produced entirely with childhood friend Angelo LeRoi.
“Let Me Go” is out now via Art Club. ‘001’ is coming.
FX didn’t wait for Season 5 to give The Bear fans something to chew on. A surprise standalone episode titled “Gary” dropped this week, arriving ahead of the fifth and final season’s June premiere. Written by its 2 stars and directed by series creator Christopher Storer, it’s a flashback following Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) on a work trip to Gary, Indiana.
According to the official description, the episode digs into the complicated relationship between the 2 characters, uncovering new layers of Mikey’s mental state while recontextualizing who Richie is when audiences first meet him in Season 1. Moss-Bachrach announced it on Instagram with characteristic energy: “COUSINS! PRIMOS! CUGINI!!! Get ready for GARY!!!!”
Season 5, the final chapter of one of the most acclaimed series on television, premieres on FX on Hulu in June. An exact date has yet to be announced.
“Gary” is streaming now on FX on Hulu. Season 5 of The Bear arrives in June, and it’s the last one.
Paris hard rockers HARSH have released “Don’t Mess With Me,” the latest single from their upcoming album ‘Feels’, due July 3 on Fireflash Records. The band describes the track as a study in emotional duality, opening on a bold guitar riff that carries two contrasting atmospheres through the song. “Don’t mess with me… but don’t leave me be,” they explain. It’s tense, direct and built around a chorus that functions as both warning and plea.
‘Feels’ arrives as their second full-length, following 2022’s ‘Out Of Control’ and more than 300 shows across Europe and the UK alongside The New Roses, Anvil and Chris Holmes. Hannes Braun of Kissin’ Dynamite mixed and mastered the record, a pairing the band called “kind of a dream.” The album covers emotional ground ranging from falling in love and breaking up to guilt, identity and grief, all delivered with the theatricality and melodic punch HARSH have built their live reputation on.
‘Feels’ is available for pre-order now on CD, limited blue-marbled-opaque vinyl and digital.
HARSH 2026 Tour Dates:
May 16 – Savigny Le Temps, FR – L’empreinte
June 26 – Dammartin Sur Tigeaux, FR – Damfest
July 31 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
August 1 – Alloa, UK – The Auld Gambling Hoose
August 15 – Coalville, UK – Savfest
w/ The New Roses:
November 13 – Osnabrück, GER – Rosenhof
November 14 – Köln, GER – Kantine
November 19 – Aschaffenburg, GER – Colos Saal
November 20 – Pratteln, CH – Z7
November 21 – Saarbrücken, GER – Garage
The Chainsmokers brought their full-scale live show to the inaugural The Town festival in São Paulo, Brazil in 2023. With drummer Matt McGuire anchoring the performance, the Grammy Award-winning duo delivered the kind of high-energy set that has made them one of the most in-demand festival headliners on the planet, turning one of Brazil’s biggest new festivals into a full-scale party for tens of thousands of fans.
Finland’s The Ghoulstars have been haunting their home turf since 2021 without releasing a single track. That changes May 15, when their debut album ‘The Dark Overlords of the Universe’ drops on Season of Mist. Ten tracks, 34 minutes, and a monstrously catchy collision of horror punk, heavy metal and cult cinema obsession.
Assembled by guitarist Markus “Daddy Ghoul” Laakso, the lineup carries serious underground weight. Laakso and drummer Toni “Ghoulio” Ronkainen previously charted together in Finnish death-doom outfit Kuolemanlaakso. Bassist Markus “Hella Ghoul” Makkonen comes from Season of Mist labelmates Hooded Menace, and vocalist Arthur “LL Ghoul A” Thure fronts stoner rockers Thermate. This isn’t a novelty project. It’s a supergroup with a genuine horror fixation and the riffs to back it up.
Laakso describes the album as “a love letter to our fifteen-year-old selves,” crammed with headbanging metal riffs, shout-along punk choruses and B-movie easter eggs. The influences are worn proudly: The Misfits, White Zombie, Murderdolls, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister and a VHS collection that would make any horror hound jealous. Lead single “Too Ghoul for School” channels ’80s high school films with the energy of Saturday detention and zero intention of behaving.
The title track, inspired by the many-teethed mutants from 1986 cult classic Howard the Duck, crosses surf beats with heavy riffing and a chorus that lodges itself permanently in your skull. “Graverobbers from Outer Space” pays tribute to Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space with a headbanging chorus and a doomy C-part punctuated by güiro. “The Dead in Purgatory” rides a Morricone-influenced galloping melody into Volbeat territory, while carrying an emotional core about feeling helpless when someone close refuses your help.
Mixed and mastered by V. Santura of Triptykon at Woodshed Studio in Germany, ‘The Dark Overlords of the Universe’ sounds as sharp as its concept. Santura himself called it “unique, catchy and a really fun listen,” and he’s not wrong. Guest appearances from Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns of Finntroll and Tommi “Tuple” Salmela of Tarot add extra bite.
‘The Dark Overlords of the Universe’ arrives May 15 on Season of Mist, available on digital download, CD digipack, black vinyl and yellow, red and white marbled colored vinyl.
Tracklist:
Hanson are coming to Niagara Falls. The pop trio performs at OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino on Friday, December 18, with showtime at 8pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 8 at 10am through ticketmaster.ca.
Twenty-eight years into their career, brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson have built something genuinely rare: a global fanbase that has stayed connected through every chapter. Their 1997 debut single “MMMBop” launched one of the most recognizable careers in pop music, followed by a string of consecutive top 40 hits including “Where’s the Love,” “I Will Come to You” and “This Time Around.”
Six studio albums, multiple Grammy nominations and over 16 million in album sales later, Hanson still operates on their own terms, running an independent label while maintaining direct ties to their audience. “Hanson’s long career speaks to their connection with fans and their craft as musicians,” said Cathy Price, Vice President of Marketing and Resort Operations for Niagara Casinos. “Fans have been requesting them and we are happy to deliver.”
Hanson plays OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino on December 18. Tickets on sale Friday, May 8 at 10am through ticketmaster.ca.
Country hitmaker Ella Langley is coming to Hamilton. TD Coliseum hosts the only Canadian stop on The Dandelion Tour on July 16, making this a rare opportunity for Canadian fans to catch one of country music’s most in-demand live performers right now.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 8 at 10am EST. An Artist Fan Club presale runs Wednesday, May 6, with a venue presale following Thursday, May 7.
Langley arrives on the strength of ‘Dandelion’, her sophomore album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and held the top spot for two consecutive weeks. Executive produced alongside Miranda Lambert and Ben West, the record has generated two massive hits: “Choosin’ Texas,” currently in its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Be Her,” sitting at No. 5.
Full routing covers arenas and amphitheatres across North America through August, with Hamilton sitting as the lone Canadian date on the entire run.
The Dandelion Tour Dates:
May 7 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
May 8 – St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena
May 14 – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena
May 15 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena
June 18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre
June 19 – Independence, MO – Cable Dahmer Arena
June 25 – Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center
June 26 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park
July 16 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum
July 23 – Pikeville, KY – Appalachian Wireless Arena
July 24 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 25 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Coliseum
July 30 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
July 31 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC
August 13 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
August 14 – Corpus Christi, TX – Hilliard Center
August 15 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
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