VOX LUX, A 20th Century Portrait, begins in 1999 when teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste’s meteoric rise to fame dovetails with a personal and national loss of innocence, consequently elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar.
Ariana Grande Announces “Sweetner World Tour”
Ariana Grande announced the dates for her upcoming Sweetener World Tour, with more than 40 North American performances on the schedule for early 2019.
The tour kicks off in Albany at the Times Union Center on March 18th and runs through the mid-next year concluding at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York on June 18th.
In addition to the North American tour segment, Grande is expected to announce additional international dates soon.
Grande is touring in support of her latest album Sweetener which she released in August to much fanfare. The album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 and has provided Grande with two #1 hits so far — “God Is A Woman” and “No Tears Left To Cry.”
Ariana Grande Tour Dates
March 18 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
March 20 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
March 22 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
March 25 – Washington, DC @ Capitol One Arena
March 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
March 28 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
March 30 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
April 1 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
April 3 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
April 5 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
April 7 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
April 10 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
April 12 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
April 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
April 15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
April 17 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
April 18 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center
April 20 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
April 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
April 25 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
April 27 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
April 30 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
May 2 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
May 3 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
May 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
May 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
May 14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 17 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
May 19 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
May 21 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
May 23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
May 25 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
May 28 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
May 29 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
May 31 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
June 4 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
June 7 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
June 8 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 10 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
June 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
June 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
June 18 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Everything 80’s Compilation CD Commercial, 1994
Advertising retro songs from 4 years ago? OK!
Who Will Be The Next Big Bird? Kanye West? Alex Jones? Donald Trump?
Some of the biggest names in politics and entertainment audition to replace Caroll Spinney as the puppeteer for Sesame Street’s Big Bird.
Watch Melissa Villaseñor Do Impressions Of Bjork And Gwen Stefani In “A Wheel of Musical Impressions”
Jimmy Fallon challenges Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor to a game of random musical impressions like Gwen Stefani singing “Three Blind Mice” and Post Malone singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider.”
Paul McCartney Releases Deluxe Editions Of Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, And Paul McCartney And Wings 1971-73 Available December 7
Paul McCartney proudly announces the 11th and 12th classic works from his revered catalogue to be remastered, reissued and expanded across multi-format installments of his GRAMMY-winning Archive Collection, to be released December 7, 2018 via MPL/Capitol/Ume/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.
First up is the four-disc (3CD, 1DVD) limited deluxe edition of Wild Life, the debut album from Wings, originally released in December of 1971. Written by Paul and Linda McCartney (with the exception of a cover of Mickey & Sylvia’s “Love Is Strange”), Wild Life is beloved by fans for its raw and direct vibe – having been recorded in just over a week with the majority of tracks laid down in a single take. Wild Life’s limited deluxe edition treatment features the full album remastered at Abbey Road plus 25 bonus audio tracks including rough mixes of the album, original single edits, B-sides, home recordings and other previously unreleased material across three CDs. The set’s DVD features rare footage of acoustic home videos, rehearsals and more. The Wild Life deluxe package includes a 128-page book written by David Fricke telling the story behind the album – including track-by-track information and new interviews with McCartney and key album personnel, a 48-page scrapbook of tour diaries, lyrics and set lists, unpublished Polaroids, lyrics, notes and memorabilia from the MPL archives. Wild Life’s download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versions. Pre-order the deluxe edition of Wild Life HERE.
Next up is a six-disc (3CD, 2DVD + 1Blu-ray) numbered limited deluxe edition of the second Wings album and first credited to Paul McCartney and Wings, Red Rose Speedway. Released in April 1973 and featuring the #1 single “My Love”, Red Rose Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road, no less than 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. The 2DVD + Blu-ray portions of the deluxe are packed with rare and previously unseen footage, including the James Paul McCartney TV Special, interviews and music videos, as well as the never before seen film The Bruce McMouse Show—fully restored and remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand drawn original character sketches by McCartney and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album — including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel — and track-by-track information, written by Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets and photo print, a 64-page Wings In Morocco photo book, all housed in a numbered outer slipcase. The Red Rose Speedway download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versions. Pre-order the deluxe edition of Red Rose Speedway HERE.
Finally, the 11-disc Paul McCartney and Wings 1971–73 numbered limited edition super deluxe compilation features not only the entire contents of the Wild Life four-disc numbered limited deluxe edition and all of the Red Rose Speedway 6-disc numbered limited deluxe edition—but also the exclusive live album, Wings Over Europe. This exclusive collection features 20 previously unreleased, newly mixed live tracks recorded over the course of five shows, an introduction featuring McCartney recounting memories of the 1972 tour, a 96-page photo book including previously unreleased images by Linda McCartney and Captain Snap, a replica of the 1972 Wings Over Europe tour program, and access to downloadable 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio versions. Pre-order Paul McCartney and Wings 1971–73 HERE.
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection debuted with the November 2, 2010 re-release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 milestone Band on the Run, which won the 2010 GRAMMY Award for Best Historical Album, while the Archive Collection’s Deluxe Edition Box Set of the 1976 classic Wings Over America took the 2013 GRAMMY for Best Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package. The most recent previous installment was 2017’s reissue of McCartney’s eighth studio album Flowers In The Dirt, which Rolling Stone called “spectacular… an extraordinary document,” and the Observer hailed as “perhaps the greatest record to emerge from the world of AOR in 1989… an absolute pleasure to rediscover today.”
Every release in the ongoing Paul McCartney Archive Collection is supervised by McCartney himself, who oversees all aspects of each and every title from remastering to the curation of lost tracks, outtakes, artwork, photographs and video from his personal vaults, and much more. The result is one of the most ambitious and personal undertakings of its kind, one that encompasses more than 40 years of cherished, classic material from the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history.
See below for the Deluxe Edition track listings.
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: WILD LIFE
Paul McCartney Archive Collection Limited Deluxe Edition
Numbered heavy weight kraft board slipcase. Cover silkscreen printed.
128-page essay book written by David Fricke.
Folio containing; 48-page facsimile notebook, 12 replica medium format Polaroid pictures, plus
“The Ball” album launch party invite.
CD portfolio containing 3CDs & 1DVD.
CD1 – Remastered Album
1. Mumbo
2. Bip Bop
3. Love Is Strange
4. Wild Life
5. Some People Never Know
6. I Am Your Singer
7. Bip Bop (Link)
8. Tomorrow
9. Dear Friend
10. Mumbo (Link)
CD2 – Rough Mixes
1. Mumbo [Rough Mix]
2. Bip Bop [Rough Mix]
3. Love Is Strange (Version) [Rough Mix]
4. Wild Life [Rough Mix]
5. Some People Never Know [Rough Mix]
6. I Am Your Singer [Rough Mix]
7. Tomorrow [Rough Mix]
8. Dear Friend [Rough Mix]
CD3 – Bonus Tracks
1. Good Rockin’ Tonight [Home Recording]
2. Bip Bop [Home Recording]
3. Hey Diddle [Home Recording]
4. She Got It Good [Home Recording]
5. I Am Your Singer [Home Recording]
6. Outtake I
7. Dear Friend [Home Recording I]
8. Dear Friend [Home Recording II]
9. Outtake II
10. Indeed I Do
11. When The Wind Is Blowing
12. The Great Cock And Seagull Race [Rough Mix]
13. Outtake III
14. Give Ireland Back To The Irish
15. Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Version)
16. Love Is Strange [Single Edit]
17. African Yeah Yeah
DVD – Bonus Video
1. Scotland, 1971
2. The Ball
3. ICA Rehearsals
4. Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Rehearsal)
Plus 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio download of the remastered album and bonus audio
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: RED ROSE SPEEDWAY
Paul McCartney Archive Collection Limited Deluxe Edition
Numbered edition, colour printed silver metalized board slipcase.
128-page essay book written by Amanda Petrusich. Including 5 replica handwritten lyric sheets, and a photo print.
64-page Wings Over Morocco photo book.
The Bruce McMouse Show folio containing; 14 replica hand drawn sketches by Paul
McCartney, facsimile dialogue sheets and the unreleased film restored and remixed on DVD
and 5.1 HD Blu-Ray. CD portfolio containing 3CDs & 1DVD.
CD1 – Remastered Album
1. Big Barn Bed
2. My Love
3. Get On The Right Thing
4. One More Kiss
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly
6. Single Pigeon
7. When The Night
8. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
9. Medley:
a) Hold Me Tight
b) Lazy Dynamite
c) Hands Of Love
d) Power Cut
CD2 – “Double Album”
1. Night Out
2. Get On The Right Thing
3. Country Dreamer
4. Big Barn Bed
5. My Love
6. Single Pigeon
7. When The Night
8. Seaside Woman
9. I Lie Around
10. The Mess [Live At The Hague]
11. Best Friend [Live In Antwerp]
12. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
13. Medley:
a) Hold Me Tight
b) Lazy Dynamite
c) Hands Of Love
d) Power Cut
14. Mama’s Little Girl
15. I Would Only Smile
16. One More Kiss
17. Tragedy
18. Little Lamb Dragonfly
CD3 – Bonus Audio
1. Mary Had A Little Lamb
2. Little Woman Love
3. Hi, Hi, Hi
4. C Moon
5. Live And Let Die
6. Get On The Right Thing [Early Mix]
7. Little Lamb Dragonfly [Early Mix]
8. Little Woman Love [Early Mix]
9. 1882 [Home Recording]
10. Big Barn Bed [Rough Mix]
11. The Mess
12. Thank You Darling
13. Mary Had A Little Lamb [Rough Mix]
14. 1882 [Live In Berlin]
15. 1882
16. Jazz Street
17. Live And Let Die [Group Only, Take 10]
DVD 1 – Bonus Video
1. Music Videos
2. James Paul McCartney TV Special
3. Live And Let Die [Live In Liverpool]
4. Newcastle Interview
DVD 2 – Bonus Film
1. The Bruce McMouse Show
5.1 Surround Dolby Digital, 16bit 48kHz/PCM Stereo, 24bit 48kHz
Blu-ray – Bonus Film
1. The Bruce McMouse Show
5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 24bit 96kHz/PCM Stereo 24bit 96kHz
Plus 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio download of the remastered album and bonus audio
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS: WINGS 1971-1973
Paul McCartney Archive Collection Limited Super Deluxe Edition
Both Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway Limited Deluxe Editions, plus:
Exclusive numbered boxed edition, 7-colour screen print on corrugated board.
Exclusive Wings Over Europe 96-page photo book with screen printed cover.
Facsimile of the Wings Over Europe 1972 European tour programme.
Brand new stereo mix of tracks played on the 1972 tour on CD.
1. Big Barn Bed [Live In Newcastle]
2. Eat At Home [Live At The Hague]
3. Smile Away [Live In Berlin]
4. Bip Bop [Live At The Hague]
5. Mumbo [Live In Antwerp]
6. Blue Moon Of Kentucky [Live At The Hague]
7. 1882 [Live In Berlin]
8. I Would Only Smile [Live In Antwerp]
9. Give Ireland Back To The Irish [Live In Groningen]
10. The Mess [Live In Berlin]
11. Best Friend [Live In Antwerp]
12. Soily [Live In Berlin]
13. I Am Your Singer [Live At The Hague]
14. Seaside Woman [Live In Groningen]
15. Wild Life [Live At The Hague]
16. My Love [Live At The Hague]
17. Mary Had A Little Lamb [Live At The Hague]
18. Maybe I’m Amazed [Live In Groningen]
19. Hi, Hi, Hi [Live At The Hague]
20. Long Tall Sally [Live In Groningen]
Plus 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio download of the remastered album and bonus audio
Dan Mangan Is Celebrating His New CD With A Variety Show On Instagram Featuring His Mom…Wait…What?
On Sunday October 28th, a few days before the release of his upcoming LP, More or Less, Dan Mangan will launch a live, split-screen, multi-stage variety show hosted by comedian Charlie Demers. The show will take place on Mangan’s Instagram Live account and will include live performances, interviews, game show quizzes, and prizes. Fans and viewers can control the entertainment by demanding ‘MORE’ or ‘LESS’ of what they are watching.
Dan will also be joined by a packed roster of special guests including comedians Nima Gholamipour, Carla Mah, Ronald Dario, and Colin Cowan. Other guests will include everyone from CBC’s Grant Lawrence to Dan’s own mother, Louise Mangan.
“It’s like an album release party online,” says Mangan. “It also might be a trainwreck, in which case there’s even more incentive to scope it out.” Watch Mangan and friends experiment with the highs and lows of live television on his Instagram Live at 3:00pmET on Sunday, October 28th.
Set for release on November 2 via Arts & Crafts, More or Less is an album that Mangan claims “feels more like ‘me’ than ever. More sparse. Less meticulous. More kids. Less time. More direct. Less metaphor. More discovery. Less youth. More warmth. Less chaos.”
More or Less is about “witnessing birth, and in some ways rebirth,” says Mangan. “It’s about feeling disconnected from a popular identity and becoming acclimated to a new one. It’s about raising kids in a turbulent world. It’s about unanswerable questions and kindness and friendship and fear.”
This January, Mangan will take to the road throughout Canada for a nation-wide tour, starting in Newfoundland making his way back home to BC. Full tour dates can be found below, with more dates to be added in the near future. Mangan has already been on tour with Stars and Kaleo earlier this year and will continue on with Snow Patrol in North America and Laura Gibson in Europe this fall.
Recently, Mangan shared the first two episodes of his More or Less Songwriting Series. Released over the next twelve months, Mangan and Stuart Gillies take you behind the scenes of his craft to discuss the songs and events that have had the biggest impact on him as a songwriter. The playlist of songs will also be featured on Spotify and Apple Music. In the first two episodes, Mangan discusses the process behind “So Much For Everyone”, a track from his first LP, Postcards And Daydreaming, and “Just Fear”, his most recent single from the upcoming More or Less.
WATCH SONGWRITING SERIES EPISODES 1 & 2
“SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE” & “JUST FEAR”
More or Less follows up 2016’s EP Unmake and 2015’s collaborative art-rock album Club Meds. In 2012 Mangan won two JUNO Awards for his sophomore LP, Oh Fortune, and his 2010 album, Nice, Nice, Very Nice, was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.
DAN MANGAN ON TOUR
Nov 7 – Berlin, DE – Festsaal Kreuzberg ^
Nov 8 – Hamburg, DE – Mojo ^
Nov 10 – Weissenhauser Strand, DE – Rolling Stone Weekender
Nov 11 – Cologne, DE – Gebaude 9 ^
Nov 12 – Brussels, BE – Botanique Rotonde ^
Nov 13 – London, UK – Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank ^
Nov 15 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord ^
Nov 16 – Paris, FR – Petit Bain ^
Nov 17 – Rust, DE – Europa Park – Rolling Stone Park Festival
Nov 20 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F ^
Nov 22 – Vienna, AT – Blue Bird Festival – Porgy And Bess
Nov 23 – Dornbirn, AT – Conrad Sohm ^
Nov 24 – Prague, CZ – Meet Factory ^
Nov 26 – Washington, DC – DC9 ^
Nov 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade ^
2019 TOUR DATES
Jan 23 – St. John’s, NF – George Street United
Jan 24 – Halifax, NS – The Marquee Club
Jan 25 – Moncton, NB – Tide & Boar Gastropub
Jan 26 – Fredericton, NB – Boyce Farmer’s Market / Shivering Songs
Jan 28 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Jan 29 – Ottawa, ON – Algonquin College
Jan 31 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Feb 1 – Hamilton, ON – New Vision United
Feb 2 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwell’s
Feb 4 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
Feb 5 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
Feb 6 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
Feb 7 – Saskatoon, SK – Broadway Theatre
Feb 8 – Edmonton, AB – Winspear Centre
Feb 9 – Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre
Feb 12 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
Feb 13 – Kelowna, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre
Feb 14 – Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall
^ With Laura Gibson
Leonard Solomon Plays A Cover of ‘Brandy’ On His Bellowphone
Leonard Solomon, the whimsical and creative instrument builder and musician, performed a wicked cover by Looking Glass called “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” on his Bellowphone.
This Home Boasts The Greatest Halloween Light Show Synchronized To Michael Jackson Songs
Tracy, California music teacher Tom BetGeorge and the team at Magical Light Shows decorated BetGeorg’s house with tens of thousands LED lights to put on his annual Halloween show using a number of hit songs from Michael Jackson.
I hope their neighbours like it, too. I would!