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& Juliet Sets Toronto Return for December 2025 at Royal Alexandra Theatre

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& Juliet Sets Toronto Return for December 2025 at Royal Alexandra Theatre

David and Hannah Mirvish announced today that tickets for the highly anticipated new Canadian production of the internationally acclaimed, hit musical comedy & Juliet will go on sale to the public at 10AM on Monday June 2, 2025.

Performances will begin December 3, 2025 at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre.  Tickets will be on sale for performances through March 22, 2026.

Tickets will be available online at mirvish.com or by phone at 1-800-461-3333.

The cast of the new production will be announced at a later date.

With a book by Toronto’s own David West Read, the Emmy Award-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, and music from legendary five-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Max Martin, & Juliet uses some of the most beloved pop songs of the last three decades to tell a multi-generational story of self-discovery, empowerment and love.

& Juliet flips the script on the greatest love story ever told, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn’t ended it all over Romeo, and got a second chance at life and love – on her terms. Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “I Want It That Way,” “Confident,” and more.

The production’s full creative team includes: Luke Sheppard (Direction), Jennifer Weber (Choreography), Bill Sherman (Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements), Soutra Gilmour (Scenic Design), Paloma Young (Costume Design), Howard Hudson (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Andrzej Goulding  (Video & Projection Design),  J. Jared Janas (Hair, Wig & Makeup Design), and Dominic Fallacaro (Co-Orchestrations and Arrangements) and casting by Stephanie Gorin, CSA, CDC.

& Juliet premiered at the Manchester Opera House in September 2019, before transferring to the West End in November 2019. At the 2020 Laurence Olivier Awards, & Juliet received 9 nominations and won 3 awards. Following a pre-Broadway summer run in 2022 in Toronto, & Juliet opened at New York’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre in November 2022, where it continues to play to sold-out crowds and break box office records.

By Spring 2025, & Juliet will have played in nine countries and on four continents since its West End Premiere in 2019. The first North American tour of the musical kicked off its route last fall and will continue its run of more than 30 US cities this year, joined by the UK Tour (which began in July 2024), and a German production (October 2024).

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of & Juliet was released in October 2022 on Atlantic Records and is available wherever streaming music is played.

& Juliet is produced on Broadway by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd and Eva Price.

 

Twenty One Pilots Announce New Album ‘Breach’ and June 12 Single “The Contract” Following Clancy Tour

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Twenty One Pilots Announce New Album ‘Breach’ and June 12 Single “The Contract” Following Clancy Tour

GRAMMY-winning rock sensation Twenty One Pilots have announced their seventh full-length album, Breach, arriving September 2025 via Fueled By Ramen. Along with the album, the duo announced the first single off the record, “The Contract,” which is set for release on June 12. In true Twenty One Pilots fashion, the band teased the announcement through a series of cryptic clues on tour and across social media for fans to piece together, which ended up being revealed as the album and single titles this morning. The announcement was accompanied by the launch of an early pre-order of the Breach Vinyl and CD [First Pressing Edition] available  HERE through June 12.

Breach arrives at a career peak for the band, who just wrapped The Clancy World Tour earlier this month which saw them play to over 1.1 million fans around the world. Of the lauded live show, which wrapped last week with two sold-out shows at the O2 in London, Dork raved, “..their motto of, ‘We are Twenty One Pilots, and so are you’ has never felt more brilliantly accurate,” while Kerrang! shared, “The closing trio of Midwest Indigo, Stressed Out and Trees exemplify what’s special about this twenty one pilots live show. As if it was ever going to be a challenge, they find a way to neatly tie together multiple eras, lore and imagery under the same two-hour umbrella.” The tour came following 2024’s album Clancy, which sold over 143 million copies in its first week alone and has amassed more than 1 billion global streams.

Just last week, Twenty One Pilots celebrated the 10th anniversary of their chart-topping and record-breaking album, Blurryface. Along with producing mega-hits “Stressed Out” and “Ride,” Blurryface made history by earning a Guinness World Record for being the first album to notch a RIAA Gold or Platinum certification for every one of its songs. The record has amassed over 15 billion streams and was the #1 rock album of the 2010’s, cementing Twenty One Pilots as one of the most influential modern acts in the genre.

Most recently, Blurryface track “Doubt” went viral online, with a demo version generating over 1.8 billion views. In response to the massive fan demand, the band added the track to the Clancy World Tour setlist and surprise-released the demo last month, which has amassed over 20M global streams and counting.

25 Hilariously Misheard Lyrics That Made You Love the Song Even More

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25 Hilariously Misheard Lyrics That Made You Love the Song Even More

Let’s be honest—we’ve all done it. You’re singing your heart out to a song you’ve loved for years when someone turns to you and says: “Wait… what did you just say?” And that’s when it hits you. You’ve been belting the wrong lyrics since middle school, and no one had the heart to correct you.

Don’t worry. You’re in great company. Misheard lyrics, or mondegreens (yes, there’s a word for it!), are a rite of passage for music lovers. And sometimes, the wrong words are just better. Here are 25 of the funniest, most wholesome, and wonderfully bizarre misheard lyrics I’ve come across—along with the real ones, just in case you want to, you know, get it right.

Adele – “Chasing Pavements”
Misheard: “Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing penguins?”
Actual: “Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements?”
Penguins. Always more inspiring than sidewalks.

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies”
Misheard: “All the single lettuce”
Actual: “All the single ladies”
A salad-based empowerment anthem? Yes, please.

Bon Jovi – “Living on a Prayer”
Misheard: “It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not”
Actual: “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not”
Plot twist: It actually might make a difference.

Celine Dion – “My Heart Will Go On”
Misheard: “My hot dog goes on and on”
Actual: “My heart will go on and on”
Titanic, but snackier.

Elton John – “Tiny Dancer”
Misheard: “Hold me closer, Tony Danza”
Actual: “Hold me closer, tiny dancer”
Who’s the boss? You already know.

Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
Misheard: “Sweet dreams are made of cheese”
Actual: “Sweet dreams are made of this”
Honestly? Still checks out.

Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze”
Misheard: “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy”
Actual: “’Scuse me while I kiss the sky”
Romantic or psychedelic? You decide.

Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Misheard: “Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit”
Actual: This one’s real—but Detroiters still debate whether “South Detroit” even exists.

Madonna – “Like a Virgin”
Misheard: “Touched for the thirty-first time”
Actual: “Touched for the very first time”
More accurate, maybe. Less iconic? Definitely.

Maroon 5 – “This Love”
Misheard: “This llama has taken its toll on me”
Actual: “This love has taken its toll on me”
Emotional support llamas are real.

Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
Misheard: “Just beat it, beat it, no one wants to feed a fetus”
Actual: “Just beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated”
Suddenly, it’s a very weird PSA.

Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Misheard: “Here we are now, in containers”
Actual: “Here we are now, entertain us”
Grunge. But make it storage-friendly.

OutKast – “Hey Ya!”
Misheard: “Shake it like a Polaroid pitcher”
Actual: “Shake it like a Polaroid picture”
Both are incorrect. But now it’s a baseball reference.

Paul Young – “Everytime You Go Away”
Misheard: “Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you”
Actual: “You take a piece of me with you”
Now we’re hungry and heartbroken.

Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Misheard: “Spare him his life from this monstrosity”
Actual: Correct as-is!
I included this one because no one sings it the same way twice anyway.

R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion”
Misheard: “Let’s pee in the corner, let’s pee in the spotlight”
Actual: “That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight”
Bathroom confusion meets existential crisis.

Rihanna – “We Found Love”
Misheard: “We fell in love in a homeless place”
Actual: “We found love in a hopeless place”
Touching either way, tbh.

Shakira – “Whenever, Wherever”
Misheard: “Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don’t confuse them with mountains”
Actual: This one is real, and still unmatched in metaphor and modesty.

Starship – “We Built This City”
Misheard: “We built this city on sausage rolls”
Actual: “We built this city on rock and roll”
UK Twitter once made this version a Christmas #1. True story.

Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Misheard: “Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll all tell you I’m a goat”
Actual: “…they’ll tell you I’m insane”
Honestly, same difference.

The Beatles – “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Misheard: “The girl with colitis goes by”
Actual: “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes”
I hope she’s feeling better.

The Police – “Message in a Bottle”
Misheard: “A year has passed since I broke my nose”
Actual: “A year has passed since I wrote my note”
Sting, but slapstick.

Toto – “Africa”
Misheard: “There’s nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do”
Actual: “There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do”
Space conquest? Sure. But the rains are still winning.

Van Halen – “Panama”
Misheard: “Animal! Animal!”
Actual: “Panama! Panama!”
Shouted incorrectly in thousands of cars and gyms since 1984.

So next time you catch someone singing “hold me closer, Tony Danza,” just smile and join in. Because sometimes, the wrong lyric is just so right.

Bassoons and Bops: The Breaking Winds Quartet Deliver Whimsical Cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”

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Bassoons and Bops: The Breaking Winds Quartet Deliver Whimsical Cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”

If your Monday needed a burst of espresso and joy, this is it. The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet take Sabrina Carpenter’s breezy hit “Espresso” and turn it into a whimsical woodwind wonder. It’s unexpected, it’s delightful, and it proves once again—music has no limits, only possibilities.

Dream Theater Announce Fall 2025 ‘An Evening With’ Tour Celebrating Chart-Topping Album ‘Parasomnia’

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Dream Theater Announce Fall 2025 ‘An Evening With’ Tour Celebrating Chart-Topping Album ‘Parasomnia’

On the heels of their successful 2025 40th Anniversary sold-out North American tour that wrapped at Radio City Music Hall in March, GRAMMY-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are announcing another run of dates in the United States.

As referenced nightly from the stage on the last run, the upcoming tour will be An Evening With Dream Theater that will celebrate the band’s recent chart-topping 16th studio album, Parasomnia. More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found at https://dreamtheater.net/tour/.

The tour is scheduled for 30 cities across the United States and kicks off September 5th in Reading, PA and runs through October 25th where it wraps in Long Island, NY. The tour will make stops in Orlando, FL; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO and Providence, RI among others.

Dream Theater will be performing their latest album in its entirety as well as classics and fan favorites from their catalog in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of music.

An album that was fifteen years in the making, Dream Theater released their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia on February 7, 2025, via their longtime label home, Inside Out Music/Sony Music. From the opening track “In The Arms Of Morpheus” to the closer of “The Shadow Man Incident,” Dream Theater returned with a collection of songs that showcased what has earned the band a loyal following for four decades.

Clocking in at 71 minutes, Parasomnia debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums, the Hard Music Albums and Current Rock Albums chart selling over 18,000 combined units the first week. It also debuted at #41 on the Billboard 200 which is notable for a progressive metal band and shows the bands devout fanbase. Parasomnia is a term for disruptive, sleep-related disturbances including sleepwalking, sleep paralysis, and night terrors. The album was produced by Petrucci, engineered by James ‘Jimmy T’ Meslin, and mixed by Andy Sneap. Hugh Syme returns once again to lend his creative vision to the cover art.

An Evening With Dream Theater Parasomnia 2025 Tour:

September 5 – Reading, PA – Santander PAC
September 6 – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric
September 9 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston PAC
September 10 – Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound Amphitheater
September 12 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
September 13 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
September 14 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy (40th Anniversary Tour Rescheduled Date)
September 16 – Charlotte, NC – Owens Auditorium
September 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center
September 19 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life (Festival)
September 21 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
September 22 – Peoria, IL – Prairie Home Alliance Theater
September 24 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre
September 25 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
September 27 – Des Moines, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
September 29 – Colorado Springs, CO – Pikes Peak Center
October 3 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock (Festival)
October 4 – Oceanside, CA – Frontwave Arena
October 5 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Terrace Theater
October 7 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
October 8 – El Paso, TX – Abraham Chavez Theatre
October 11 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater
October 13 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
October 14 – St. Louis, MO – The Factory
October 17 – Hammond, IN – The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond
October 18 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
October 20 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theatre
October 22 – Providence, RI – Veterans Memorial Auditorium
October 23 – Schenectady, NY – Proctor’s Theatre
October 25 – Long Island, NY – Nassau Coliseum

We Came As Romans Drop New Single “No Rest for the Dreamer” Ahead of 2025 Bad Luck World Tour

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We Came As Romans Drop New Single “No Rest for the Dreamer” Ahead of 2025 Bad Luck World Tour

Fresh off their explosive performance at Welcome To Rockville, metalcore vanguards We Came As Romans have released their brand new single, “no rest for the dreamer,” today. Debuted live in front of a sea of delighted fans this past weekend, the track continues the band’s powerful new era-first introduced by their previously released anthem “Bad Luck” -and further sets the stage for the band’s upcoming Bad Luck World Tour.

The track continues the defiant, emotionally charged new chapter the band kicked off with “Bad Luck”- their first release of 2025- and raises the stakes yet again. Rooted in perseverance, ambition, and the refusal to be broken, “no rest for the dreamer” is a raw and unrelenting anthem for anyone still clawing toward something better.

“This song is for the ones still fighting for their future,” says frontman Dave Stephens. “The ones who can’t sleep because they’re not done yet. It’s about carrying the weight of your past, knowing you’re still not where you want to be-but refusing to stop anyway.”Built on a pummeling riff and one of the band’s most hauntingly melodic choruses to date, the song’s lyrics confront internal trauma, self-doubt, and the compulsion to run straight into the storm: “So why are you standing in the rain? What do you want to wash away?”

The release follows the huge momentum of “Bad Luck”, which launched the band’s new 2025 chapter with a thunderous statement of resilience. With a stacked schedule of touring, festival appearances, and more new music ahead, “no rest for the dreamer” is both a battle cry and a brutal reckoning.

We Came As Romans hit the road this summer for the Bad Luck 2025 World Tour, beginning with a huge North American run on July 22 in Toronto and wrapping August 23 in Detroit, followed by an extensive European/UK leg in the fall. North American support includes After The Burial, Currents, and Johnny Booth, with Brand of Sacrifice joining for Europe.

The band will also appear at major festivals Warped Tour, Inkcarceration and When We Were Young, reinforcing their role as one of heavy music’s most vital live acts.

BAD LUCK WORLD TOUR – NORTH AMERICA
With special guests
After The Burial, Currents & Johnny Booth

July 22 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
July 24 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
July 25 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
July 26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
July 27 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
July 29 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
July 30 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
August 1 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
August 2 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
August 4 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
August 5 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
August 6 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
August 8 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
August 9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
August 10 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
August 12 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
August 13 – Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre
August 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
August 16 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
August 17 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
August 19 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
August 20 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
August 22 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
August 23 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

 

Enter Shikari Announce ‘Live at Wembley’ Album and Film as Bootleg #13 Featuring Jason Aalon Butler and Sam Ryder

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Enter Shikari Announce ‘Live at Wembley’ Album and Film as Bootleg #13 Featuring Jason Aalon Butler and Sam Ryder

Enter Shikari have announced the release of their newest “Bootleg Series” of releases, with the unveiling of Bootleg #13, the Live at Wembley album and accompanying full show film, both scheduled for release for 11th July via SO Recordings / Ambush Reality.

Captured live from Wembley Arena on the final stop of the band’s triumphant 2024 UK arena tour, Live at Wembley archives their biggest headline show to date, as they embarked on a fitting victory lap in celebration of the release of their first UK #1 album A Kiss for the Whole World.

The twenty song setlist showcases songs from across the band’s seven studio albums, with songs on the night given live remix treatments, and featuring special guest appearances from Fever 333 / LetLive frontman Jason Aalon Butler and Eurovision star Sam Ryder. The Guardian raved about the tour in their review, saying it “feels like the beginning of Enter Shikari’s greatest chapter.”

It was a show that will live long in the memory of Enter Shikari fans, and be celebrated as one of their greatest ever live performances.

Lead vocalist and producer Rou Reynolds comments: “Our Wembley show last year was one of my favourite in Shikari’s existence thus far. I’m so glad we captured it and can now relive that special evening.

We put a lot of time, energy, and money into the production, and gave our supporters the show they deserved. Despite some technical issues (like losing a couple of cameras’ footage completely!) we hope that the resulting film reflects what an incredible night it was. The swooping drone footage gives people a perspective you don’t often see, and we think our old friend Oleg Rooz on the edit really elevates it above “just another live video”.

Dave Wilkie has excelled himself with the audio. He’s captured the excitement and energy in that arena, which isn’t easy in such a huge space. He was doing the sound for us when we used to play the Milton Keynes Pitz back in the day, and has recorded and mixed a few of our Bootleg Series live albums over the years, so it was great to have him onboard again.”

For the remainder of year Enter Shikari will play European festivals, plus their only UK shows of 2025 on the main stage of Reading / Leeds Festival. In the Autumn they head out on a tour of European countries less frequently visited by the band, including their first headline shows in Spain and Portugal since 2016, before ending the year with a special show at Paris, France’s legendary Batalcan.

The vinyl edition of the album is limited edition of 3000 copies worldwide, with the band’s online store, Germany, North America, Australia and four UK indie stores (Banquet in Kingston, London, Jacaranda in Liverpool, Jumbo in Leeds, Assai in Scotland) all having their own exclusive colour variants.

 

Country Music Hall of Fame Opens ‘Dolly Parton Journey of a Seeker’ Exhibit With Special Performances by Alison Krauss & Union Station

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Country Music Hall of Fame Opens ‘Dolly Parton Journey of a Seeker’ Exhibit With Special Performances by Alison Krauss & Union Station

On Monday evening, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the opening of its newest exhibition, Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker. The evening included special tribute performances of Parton’s songs “Coat of Many Colors” and “The Seeker” by Alison Krauss & Union Station. Parton concluded the evening with remarks of her own.

The exhibit focuses on turning points throughout Parton’s more than 60-year career where she overcame obstacles and ignored naysayers to become one of the most beloved and widely recognized celebrities across the world. It is open now until September 2026. The museum will hold a variety of programs throughout the life of the exhibit, including public programs and arts and crafts programming for families. Visitors can find more information on the exhibit and upcoming related programming on the museum’s website.

Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker includes clothing, awards, handwritten lyrics, instruments, photographs, exclusive interview footage and more. Examples of displayed items include:

Parton’s first draft of handwritten lyrics to her classic song and #1 country hit “Jolene.”

A custom-built Gibson five-string banjo with a white metallic finish, rhinestone embellishments and butterfly motifs used by Parton at performances in 1992 and on her “Halos & Horns Tour” in 2002.

A cowgirl outfit Parton wore in the 1980 Hollywood film “9 to 5.”

Hand-painted and beaded boots, designed by Bambi Breakstone, which Parton wore at the photoshoot for her 2002 album, Halos & Horns.

The Kennedy Center Honors medallion Parton was presented in 2006 to honor her lifetime of contributions to American culture.

A Tony Chase-designed lace dress, embellished with pearl beading, Parton wore when she performed the R&B classic “I’m a Hog for You Baby” as a duet with the Muppets character Miss Piggy on an episode of Parton’s ABC-TV variety series, “Dolly!,” in 1987.

The Gibson L-30 archtop acoustic guitar, built around 1935 – given to Parton as a gift from her brother Floyd Parton – which she played in the 1991 music video for “Silver and Gold,” from her album Eagle When She Flies.

The dress, with balloon sleeves, chiffon skirt, bugle beading and rhinestone accents Parton wore at a 1978 photoshoot by celebrity photographer Harry Langdon Jr. The likeness of her on a Dolly Parton-themed pinball machine, made by Bally in 1979, was based on one of Langdon’s photos of her in this dress.

Designed for Parton by Lucy Adams, a pantsuit with bell sleeves, bell bottoms and rhinestone-and-bead embellished floral shapes, worn by Parton when she toured with her Traveling Family Band in 1975, and on the cover of Dolly, her 1975 album also known as The Seeker/We Used To.

An illustrated and in-depth exhibit companion book supplements the gallery presentation, featuring historical photographs and artifacts from the exhibit. The book is now available to purchase here or in the museum’s store. It will also be made available in bookstores and online outlets through a distribution partnership with the University of Illinois Press.

An additional display that celebrates Parton’s community of literacy, created through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, is presented in the museum’s Taylor Swift Education Center.

Access to the Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker exhibit is included with museum admission. A limited number of timed tickets for the exhibit are available each day. Advance reservations are encouraged and ticket availability can be found on the museum’s website.

Even among living legends, Dolly Parton’s star shines with unusual brilliance. Her fame casts a wider, brighter light today than at any time in her career of sixty-plus years. The Country Music Hall of Fame member has enjoyed seemingly effortless success as a singer, songwriter, movie and television actor, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist ever since she first hit the record charts in 1967. In truth, however, her achievements required determination to get past those who tried to limit the scale of her dreams.

This exhibition focuses on turning points in Parton’s life and career through the decades, where she overcame obstacles and ignored naysayers to become one of the most beloved and widely recognized celebrities across the world.

Access to the Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker exhibit is included with Museum admission. A limited number of timed tickets for the exhibit are available each day. Advance reservations are encouraged.

Scotty McCreery Scores Most Added Song at Country Radio With “Bottle Rockets” Featuring Hootie and the Blowfish

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Scotty McCreery Scores Most Added Song at Country Radio With “Bottle Rockets” Featuring Hootie and the Blowfish

Scotty McCreery has the Most Added Song at Country radio this week with his latest release, “Bottle Rockets,” featuring the 2-time GRAMMY-winning Hootie & the Blowfish. The breezy new single garnered 110 radio adds at Country radio upon release – marking McCreery’s second single to achieve the honor following 2024’s “Cab in a Solo.”

“I am thrilled and thankful to country radio for making ‘Bottle Rockets’ the Most Added Song this week,” said McCreery. “It’s a dream come true to sing with Hootie and the Blowfish. They are royalty in the Carolinas where I grew up and ‘Hold My Hand’ has been one of my favorite summer songs since I first heard it as a kid. What a way to start the week before I travel to the UK!”

“It’s quite a thrill to have a cherished, old song of ours take flight again,” shares Hootie’s Jim Sonefeld. “Even more special to have a Carolina guy like Scotty reshaping it in such a beautiful way.”

Hootie & the Blowfish re-recorded “Hold My Hand” this spring just for McCreery’s “Bottle Rockets.” (The original version of “Hold My Hand” is on their RIAA 22x-Platinum Cracked Rear View). The track was co-written by McCreery, Brent Anderson, Derek George, Jeremy Bussey, Monty Criswell, Frank Rogers, Bobby Hamrick, Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld, and produced by Rogers.

Attack Attack! Announce ‘One Hit Wonder Tour’ and New Album ‘Attack Attack! II’ Featuring Will Ramos of Lorna Shore

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Attack Attack! Announce ‘One Hit Wonder Tour’ and New Album ‘Attack Attack! II’ Featuring Will Ramos of Lorna Shore

Metalcore titans ATTACK ATTACK! are hitting the road this fall for their latest headlining run, the “One Hit Wonder Tour”, bringing their chaotic new era to cities across the U.S. in celebration of their upcoming record, “Attack Attack! II”, set for release on August 8, 2025 via Oxide Records. Fans can purchase tickets to the “One Hit Wonder” tour on Friday, May 23.

Today’s announcement follows the release of two massive new singles, “Dance!” featuring Will Ramos of Lorna Shore and “Chainless”. After blindsiding fans with a fake-out country remix, the real version of “Dance!” delivers sheer chaos and pit-stirring aggression as they teamed up with one of deathcore’s most recognizable voices, Will Ramos, for their first ever official feature. On the other hand, “Chainless” offers a powerful, anthemic counterbalance that’s wrapped in explosive riffs with unshakable momentum.

Coming off a successful appearance at Welcome To Rockville, the announcement of their first full-length record since 2012, and their ongoing Roadside Rumble Tour, ATTACK ATTACK!  are ready to shift into high gear: “We’re elated to announce our first full US tour in over 12 years and you can expect our most ferocious set-list we’ve ever performed.”

The band states: “We’re elated to announce our first full U.S. tour in over 12 years and you can expect our most ferocious setlist we’ve ever performed.”

Formed in 2007, ATTACK ATTACK! has become a staple in the metalcore scene, amassing over 100 million streams across major streaming platforms on multiple chart-topping records. As torchbearers of the genre, the band continue to push the boundaries of metalcore while solidifying their place in its ever-growing legacy. Known for their no-holds-barred approach, ATTACK ATTACK! remain unpredictable as ever, with more bold twists in store for the year ahead.

If you went to Warped Tour in the mid 2000s, shopped at Hot Topic, or were active on MySpace, then you have heard the name ATTACK ATTACK! While the band’s early career was relatively short-lived, their reputation has done nothing but grow since the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2013. Known for incorporating dance/electronica music with metal, the band consistently bent the rules of songwriting. They took the sounds they liked and crafted seemingly incompatible genres into anthems for local Ohio scene kids, and later, audiences across the globe. After years of silence, ATTACK ATTACK! exploded back on to the scene in 2020. They’re here to remind you that rules are made to be broken, adversity is meant to be overcome, and that legends never die.

“One Hit Wonder Tour” dates:

Aug 12 | Atlanta, GA | The Masquerade Hall
Aug 13 | Winter Park, FL | Conduit
Aug 14 | Charleston, SC | Music Farm
Aug 15 | Richmond, VA | Canal Club
Aug 16 | Reading, PA | Reverb
Aug 17 | New York, NY | Racket
Aug 19 | Buffalo, NY | Rec Room
Aug 20 | Pittsburgh, PA | Crafthouse
Aug 21 | Detroit, MI | The Shelter
Aug 22 | Cleveland, OH | Globe Hall
Aug 23 | Joliet, IL | The Forge
Aug 24 | Minneapolis, MN | Fine Line Music Cafe
Aug 26 | Des Moines, IA | Wooly’s
Aug 27 | Omaha, NE | The Waiting Room
Aug 29 | Colorado Springs, CO | Black Sheep
Aug 30 | Denver, CO | Marquis
Aug 31 | Salt Lake City, UT | Metro Music Hall
Sep 2 | Seattle, WA | The Crocodile
Sep 3 | Portland, OR | The Nova PDX
Sep 5 | Roseville, CA | Goldfield’s
Sep 6 | Los Angeles, CA | Echoplex
Sep 7 | Phoenix, AZ | The Rosetta Room
Sep 9 | San Antonio, TX | The Rock Box
Sep 10 | Houston, TX | Scout. Bar
Sep 11 | Dallas, TX | Puzzles
Sep 12 | Tulsa, OK | The Vanguard
Sep 13 | Wichita, KS | Wave
Sep 14 | Springfield, MO | The Regency
Sep 16 | St Louis, MO | Red Flag
Sep 17 | Nashville, TN | The Basement East
Sep 18 | Fort Wayne, IN | Piere’s
Sep 20 | Louisville, KY | Louder Than Life

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That Eric Alper

Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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