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‘Here, There, and Everywhere’ by The Beatles Re-Released With A New Music Video

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Watch the new official video for The Beatles’ “Here, There and Everywhere” by Trunk Animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FusIKjztap

Get The Beatles’ Revolver into your life with the new mixes and expanded Special Editions. Available everywhere now across 5CD/4LP Super Deluxe, 2CD Deluxe, Picture Disc, 1LP, 1CD, Download and Streaming. Dolby Atmos Mixes + original mono mix accompany never-before-released session recordings and demos, plus the “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” EP.

The Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver changed everything. Spinning popular music off its axis and ushering in a vibrant new era of experimental, avant-garde sonic psychedelia, Revolver brought about a cultural sea change and marked an important turn in The Beatles’ own creative evolution. With Revolver, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr set sail together across a new musical sea.

Showcasing GRAMMY-winning original album artwork created by Klaus Voormann, the Super Deluxe CD and vinyl house a beautiful book featuring Paul McCartney’s foreword, an introduction by Giles Martin, an enlightening essay by Questlove, and insightful chapters by Kevin Howlett.

Waterparks Announce Massive Spring + Summer Tour Across North America

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On the heels of their fifth full-length studio album announcement, pop/rock three-piece Waterparks are pleased to share that they will be heading back out on the road in 2023 for their much-anticipated “PROPERTY TOUR.” The massive 30-date headline run kicks off in the spring on Friday, April 23 in Anaheim, CA and hits major cities including Chicago, New York, Boston, and more before wrapping in the summer at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on Tuesday, June 13. HUNNY will also provide direct support on all shows.

The general public on-sale begins at 10am local venue time this coming Friday, 12/16, with all tickets available on Waterparks’ official website. The official artist pre-sale will also occur on Wednesday, 12/14 at 10am local.

Waterparks recently revealed that their fifth full-length album INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY will be out in spring 2023 via Fueled By Ramen. To preview the forthcoming project, the trio unveiled a string of high-energy tracks in 2022 in the midst of various global tour dates, including a U.S. cross-country run on theNothing Matters Tour with blackbear. Most recently, the band shared the incendiary “FUCK ABOUT IT” (feat. blackbear), followed by the confessional, diaristic single “SELF-SABOTAGE,” which was given a fresh take with a collaboration featuring Good Charlotte. The track received a dance remix from MCD4 as well. “SELF-SABOTAGE” followed up Waterparks’ debut single with Fueled by Ramen “FUNERAL GREY,” marking the trio entering their newest era – stepping into an elevated sound and enhanced aesthetic that builds upon their half a billion career streams and dedicated, global fanbase. Their last album Greatest Hitsalso earned the no. 5 spot on the Billboard Rock and Alternative chart.

Waterparks—composed of Awsten Knight [vocals, guitar], Otto Wood [drums], and Geoff Wigington [guitar]—manically move forward, shucking and jiving between fits of rock, alternative, and electronic with pop ambition and hip-hop’s bold and blatant disregard for the rules. The Houston trio has landed the covers of Alternative Press, VMAN, KERRANG!, Rock Sound, and more, and have garnered support across DSPs, finding themselves on numerous New Music Fridays and countless rock/alt playlists. In addition to accumulating half a billion total career streams, the band has also topped the Billboard Emerging Artists chart. Waterparks’ unique and genre-blending sound puts them in a lane all their own, melding rock, pop, hip-hop, alternative, indie, electronic, and even R&B.

Additionally, Waterparks will be playing two U.S. festival performances later in the year at When We Were Young in Las Vegas (Oct.) and Adjacent Festival in Atlantic City, NJ (May). A full itinerary can be found below.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICIAL TRACKLISTING:
1. ST*RFUCKER
2. REAL SUPER DARK
3. FUNERAL GREY
4. BRAINWASHED
5. 2 BEST FRIENDS
6. END OF THE WATER (FEEL)
7. SELF-SABOTAGE
8. RITUAL
9. FUCK ABOUT IT (FT. BLACKBEAR)
10. CLOSER
11. A NIGHT OUT ON EARTH

WATERPARKS | THE PROPERTY TOUR | NORTH AMERICA:
4/28/23 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
4/29/23 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
5/1/23 – Portland, OR Wonder @ Ballroom
5/2/23 – Seattle WA @ The Showbox
5/3/23 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
5/5/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
5/6/23 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
5/9/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
5/10/23 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
5/12/23 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
5/14/23 – Detroit, MI @ Crofoot
5/16/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
5/17/23 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
5/19/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
5/20/23 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
5/23/23 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
5/24/23 – Harrisburg, PA @ Club XL Live
5/26/23 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
5/27-28/23 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Adjacent Music Festival
5/30/23 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
5/31/23 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
6/2/23 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
6/3/23 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
6/4/23 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
6/6/23 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live – Ballroom
6/7/23 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
6/8/23 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory
6/10/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
6/11/23 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
6/13/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
10/21/23 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival

The Rolling Stones Announce Online Concert On February 2

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The Rolling Stones today announced a new online concert event celebrating the release of GRRR Live!. The concert will take place February 2 at 8PM GMT / 8PM Eastern / 8PM Pacific / 8PM AWST (February 3).

Recorded on the band’s 50 & Counting Tour, the GRRR Live! concert featured guest appearances by The Black Keys (Who Do You Love?), Gary Clark Jr & John Mayer (Going Down), Lady Gaga (Gimme Shelter), Mick Taylor (Midnight Rambler) and hometown hero Bruce Springsteen (Tumbling Dice), and proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band’s history. It has not been available to fans since it originally aired on pay-per-view in 2012.

The GRRR Live! experience will bring this history-making concert to fans around the world on RollingStonesNewark.com via interactive video company Kiswe’s global live streaming technology. The concert features some of the greatest songs of all time including It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), Honky Tonk Women, Start Me Up, Gimme Shelter, Sympathy For The Devil and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. Unlike viewing performances on other platforms, Kiswe Live allows the fans to be part of the experience. Fans from all over the world will be able to upload short video selfies of themselves to celebrate the band, the performances, see themselves on the screen and be seen by others across the globe, alongside the performance.

Tickets are on sale December 15 at RollingStonesNewark.com.

The Weeknd Named 2022 Recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award

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Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye has received the 2022 CMW Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award in recognition of his longstanding commitment to charitable initiatives. The CMW Allan Slaight Humanitarian Award is presented to a Canadian artist, duo or group, in recognition of their social activism and benevolent support of humanitarian interests and causes. As recipient of this Award, The Slaight Family Foundation will make a donation of $50,000 towards a charity of Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s choosing.

“That this is a Canadian award sits deep with me. Allan and The Slaight Family Foundation are known across the country for their generous philanthropy, and it means a lot to be acknowledged, and is an honour to be recognized along with the legendary Canadian artists who received this award before me,” said Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye.

Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is the first musician to receive both the Allan Slaight Impact Award, and the CMW Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye received the Allan Slaight Impact honour at Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2014, which is presented to a remarkable musician, duo or group that continues to make a positive impact with their talent and benevolence in the field of music.

Throughout his career, Abel “The Weeknd’ Tesfaye has donated over 3.7 million dollars to important causes and has used his massive platform to speak out and take action on pressing social issues. In 2012, Tesfaye was honoured with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at the inaugural Music in Action Awards.

In 2014 Tesfaye donated $50,000 to the University of Toronto to fund a new course on Ge’ez, an ancient language of Ethiopia. In 2016 he then funded a new Ethiopian studies program at the University of Toronto, and gave $50,000 to the St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, a church he attended growing up in Toronto. In 2017, Tesfaye donated $100,000 to the Suubi Health Center, a maternity and children’s medical facility in Uganda.

In 2016 Tesfaye donated over $250,000 to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. In 2020, Tesfaye donated $500,000 to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, and the National Bail Out. He then urged other music executives, major record labels, and streaming services to donate to the cause as well.

In 2020, Tesfaye launched a line of non-medical face masks with all proceeds going to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. In addition, Tesfaye donated $500,000 to MusiCares and $500,000 to the Scarborough Health Network.

In August 2020, Tesfaye held “the Weeknd Experience”, an interactive virtual concert on TikTok that raised over $350,000 for the Equal Justice Initiative. He also donated $300,000 to Global Aid for Lebanon in support of victims of the Beirut explosion.

In 2021 Tesfaye announced a $1,000,000 donation through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to relief efforts in Ethiopia for people affected by the Tigray War. He met with the United States Agency for International Development to discuss the humanitarian crisis of the Tigray War and Tesfaye was then appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the World Food Programme. He also partnered with the WFP to launch the XO Humanitarian Fund where Tesfaye will donate $1 from every ticket sold at his 2022 After Hours til Dawn Tour, in addition to a $500,000 donation to the WFP.

Each year, Slaight Communications and Canadian Music Week awards an outstanding Canadian artist, in recognition of their contribution to social activism and support of humanitarian causes. Previous CMW Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award recipients include Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gord Downie, Arcade Fire, RUSH, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk & Raine Maida, Simple Plan, Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado.

Billie Eilish “Live At The O2 (Extended Cut)” Coming to Movie Theaters January 27

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Academy and multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, global superstar Billie Eilish is releasing a visual record of her formidable live performance in movie theaters worldwide for the first time in her career. For one night only, on Friday, January 27, fans can experience Billie Eilish Live at The O2 (Extended Cut), the breathtaking live concert film captured at The O2 in London in cinematic 4K with Dolby Atmos sound (where available). The never-before-seen Extended Cut version of this compelling concert film takes viewers on a visually captivating journey from beginning to end, to the heart of Eilish’s record-breaking sold-out “Happier Than Ever, The World Tour.”

Tickets for Billie Eilish Live at The O2 (Extended Cut) go on sale beginning Wednesday, December 21 at 6am PST / 9am EST. Visit BillieAtTheO2.com for ticketing and the most up-to-date information about participating theaters globally.

Eilish said, “I’ve always wanted to make a music film that truly captures the energy of my live show. These past 16 months have been so special to me, to be able to be back out on the road, performing live and sharing rooms with so many amazing people all over the world. This film is a visual live experience and keepsake for us all, celebrating everything that I love about this tour, and most of all, everyone who came out to see me. This is my thank you.”

Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing said, “We are pleased to present Billie Eilish for the first time in cinemas worldwide. The Extended Cut of her brilliant Live at The O2 concert film is a visual spectacle that looks and sounds incredible on the big screen. Audiences in movie theaters worldwide will be thrilled to experience the full-length concert performance among fellow fans.”

Directed by Sam Wrench, who captured the concert with 20 full-sensor cameras with cinematic glass, this visual extravaganza features the full-length concert performance as well as intimate and unforgettable moments between Billie and her audience. In just over 95 minutes the concert film features 27 songs, including hits and fan favorites “bad guy,” “Therefore I Am,” “bury a friend,” “my future,” “Happier Than Ever,” “everything i wanted,” “Your Power,” and many more.

Billie Eilish Live at The O2 was originally livestreamed as part of the Apple Music Live series and was recently nominated for Best Music Film for the upcoming 2023 GRAMMY Awards. Now, the Extended Cut featuring six previously unreleased performances will be available exclusively in cinemas to audiences worldwide.

With the release of her sophomore album Happier Than Ever debuting at No. 1 in the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and in 19 countries across the globe, the 20-year-old Los Angeles native remains one of the biggest stars to emerge in the 21st century. Since the release of her debut single “ocean eyes” in 2015, Eilish continues to shatter the ceiling of music with her genre-defying sound. Fast forward from her humble breakout, her album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S as well as 17 additional countries around the world upon release in 2019 and was the most streamed album of that year. Both albums were critically acclaimed worldwide and were written, produced and recorded entirely by Billie Eilish and brother FINNEAS. Billie Eilish has made history as the youngest artist to receive nominations and win in all the major categories at the 62nd GRAMMY® Awards, receiving an award for Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album, and is also the youngest artist to write and record an official James Bond theme song, “No Time To Die,” which won an Academy Award for Best Song this year. Billie Eilish is currently on her sold-out arena world tour.

Moore Ave’s Cover Of Sublime’s “Santeria” Out Now

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It’s difficult to make a cover sound like a unique production that does justice to its origins, but Moore Ave have done just that with “Santeria.”

The 1997 Sublime hit has transcended generations and continued as a valuable tune in the cultural zeitgeist. Aylmer, Ontario’s Moore Ave put their own indie punk spin on the track as part of its upcoming debut album, “Turn Around.”

Bringing another level of energy and intensity to a track that’s traditionally performed in a more laid back, campfire-y sort of tone adds another layer to the lyrics of the song, which center around a man’s feelings toward his lover and the man she’s cheating on him with.

The idea to put this cover on the album came while Moore Ave were sitting around a fire, a very appropriate setting to discuss “Santeria.” The success of the band’s singles “Beanies And Plaid Jackets” and “6 Feet” had its members – brothers Josh, Joe, and Jack Gaudette and brother-in-punk Shawn MacDonald – excited to take the next step. But what should it be?

“At that time, all the songs we were playing together were released, and Josh had a solid collection of partially written tunes just waiting around for us to tackle,” the band said. “As the night went on and Josh was showing everyone demos of some new tunes, Shawn stopped the conversation and suggested we write and release our first full-length album.

“This was never something we would have ever entertained before for whatever reason,” the band continued. “We thought the single game was what we were playing now just being an indie punk band from a small farm town in Ontario.”

That night, the band decided an album was in its future. The musicians elected to include one cover on the project, and “Santeria” was the quick favorite.

Moore Ave’s cover of the Sublime creation kicks off the countdown for the release of the band’s debut album and provides a taste of what’s to come from its original music. In this take on “Santeria,” Moore Ave pushes the tempo and blends the words of the legendary band with the aura of an early-2000s pop punk aesthetic. Considering the band’s named influences of NOFX, Alexisonfire, Rancid, Sum 41, and Blink-182, plus their reputation for high-octane live performances, it only makes sense. In fact, Alexisonfire has had a direct impact on the production of this project.

During the pandemic, Josh Gaudette took the liberty of sending some demos to Wade McNeil of Alexisonfire on a whim, taking a shot in the dark at his favorite band might find his work to be interesting. Shortly after, McNeil got back to him with positive comments, and the relationship began.

Over the summer of 2021, McNeil set Moore Ave up with a studio and an engineer, and now more than two years and plenty of mixing and mastering later, it’s nearly time for the album’s release.

Keep an eye out for Moore Ave.’s album “Turn Around” in the spring of 2023 and enjoy the band’s cover of Sublime’s “Santeria” – available now.

Lady Charles Channels The ‘70s In Stripped-Down Cover of Sparklesaurus’ “Flower Boy”

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Synth explorer, producer extraordinaire, and versatile vocalist Lady Charles, revisited “Flower Boy,” a retro ode from the retired band, Sparklesaurus. “Flower Boy” falls into listeners’ laps roughly a month after Lady Charles’ single release, “Noella (Can’t Get Enough of You),” an artsy descent into internal fondness.

Lady Charles noted they produced the original “Flower Boy,” along with close friend Fliss, or Felicity DeCarle, who composed and concocted the wistful lyrics.

“I was bored one night and decided to check out a local showcase because one of the artists, Sparklesaurus, had an intriguing name. I was instantly impressed with their retro-flavoured musicality and the songwriter Fliss’ compositions,” they said.

Blown away with initial impressions, Lady Charles asked Sparklesaurus for permission to produce their debut album. The band responded with an enthusiastic yes, and although the troupe no longer remains intact, Lady Charles and Fliss kept in contact.

A few years later, Lady Charles decided to revisit life-altering tunes from musical acts, drawing inspiration from Sparklesaurus’ “Flower Boy” resting in the top spot.

“Flower boy, what are you dancing to?
I hear nothing, no rhythm, no blues
Ride me high, I crave the thrill
In a couple of days I’ll be down, you know I will.”

Lady Charles’ voice floats into the first verse as opposed to Sparklesaurus’ deep, driving, synth-rippled vocals. Lady Charles allows the vocals to meander through the song, building up toward a satisfying electric guitar and drum riff, paying off in the second quarter of the track.

“I decided to strip the verses back to their barest form and then have the verses burst forth into a full-band arrangement. I decided to draw from a bunch of different classic rock influences,” Lady Charles beamed.

They shared that some of the most influential sonics sprouted from Elton John’s booming symphonics, Kate Bush’s otherworldly orchestral arrangements, and Pink Floyd’s ethereal synth dances.

“I wanted to take the 1970’s influences already present in the song and push them to their extreme,” Lady Charles shared. From the distinct guitars to the jacket Lady Charles’ wears in the accompanying music video, they drive home fleeting atmosphere of the soundscapes.

Along with a drive to attain an immaculate vibe, a cryptic undercurrent weaves throughout Flower Boy as an allusion to a plant lovers’ paradise.

“This is a vacation from everything we hated
Flower boy, flower boy, flower boy
Now I hear your music, the song we’re dancing to
Flower boy, flower boy, flower boy.”

“I find there’s a dark sensuality to Flower Boy that recalls poppies or devil’s trumpet – beautiful yet dangerous. I kept those plants in the back of my head while working on the arrangement and I think the dark, distant synths really grew from that floral undertone,” Lady Charles mentioned.

Lady Charles’ reimagined “Flower Boy” is out now.

JUNO Award Winner / Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee Shirley Eikhard Passes Away At Age 67

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Shirley Eikhard, writer of the Grammy-Award winning “Something To Talk About” as well as a two-time JUNO and multi-BMI Award winner and inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame, has died. She passed away at the Orangeville Hospital surrounded by wonderfully caring staff and dear friends at age 67.

Born in Sackville, New Brunswick, Eikhard loved her Canadian roots and over the past 43 years, has travelled the world both as a performer and writer.

Eikhard’s songs have been covered by the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Anne Murray, and Ginette Reno to name but a few of the incredible artists who have enjoyed success with Eikhard’s writing and she had written well over 500 songs to date.

Raitt’s recording of Eikhard’s composition “Something to Talk About” proved a spectacular success. The single, off Raitt’s Luck of the Draw album, peaked on Billboard’s Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts at #5 in October 1991, and at No. 8 on Cashbox. It placed even higher in Canada, at #3 on the RPM Top 100 chart and #4 adult contemporary and made the top 20 on RPM’s 1991 year-end chart.

At home in Canada, “Something to Talk About” also earned Eikhard a JUNO nomination as songwriter of the year, and later SOCAN Classics and BMI awards for its status as a radio favourite heard still to this day.

Shirley was a veteran musician who plays various instruments including guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion, chromatic harmonica and sax. Over the past decade, she added dobro, banjo, and mandolin to the mix. She loved a challenge and picking up a new instrument helps shape her songwriting skills and kept her inspiration flowing. Her last nine CDs, including her most recent On My Way To You from 2021, were completely performed and sung by Shirley in her home studio.

Shirley’s songs have appeared in numerous international films and television shows and among them, she sung theme songs for two movies, “The Domino Principle” and “The Passion Of Ayn Rand” featuring Oscar-award winning Helen Mirren.

My Next Read: “The Creative Act: A Way of Being” by Rick Rubin

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Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn’t, he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output, it’s about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities.

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.

I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be,” says Rick Rubin.

The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime’s work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments—and lifetimes—of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us.

Fleetwood Mac Releases “The Alternate Collection” Of Biggest Albums

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Fleetwood Mac has released The Alternate Collection features alternate versions of their six biggest albums: ‘Fleetwood Mac’, ‘Rumours’, ‘Tusk’, ‘Fleetwood Mac Live’, ‘Mirage’ and ‘Tango In The Night’. These curated albums feature unique alternate takes of each song taken from the original album sessions. They are sequenced to mimic the original tracklisting of each album, thus creating an ‘alternate’ version of the album.

Many of these versions appeared on Super Deluxe packages on CD but have only ever been put together as individual albums on vinyl for various Record Store Day events over the past decade. This box set brings them all together.

Exclusive 8LP CRYSTAL CLEAR vinyl box set produced by Warner Records in celebration of RSD Black Friday 2022. Only 13000 copies worldwide.