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Nashville Arena Rockers Rebels Opera Turn Up the Voltage on New Single “Love Like A Live Wire”

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Rebels Opera have released “Love Like A Live Wire,” the third single from their upcoming debut album and the clearest statement yet of what this Nashville quartet brings to the table. The track is a straight-ahead, hook-driven arena rock anthem that hits the accelerator from the opening riff and does not let up. Big chorus, raw energy, zero filler.

“It’s electrified rock at its core, massive hooks, raw power, and that timeless edge we’ve been hunting,” says bassist Paul Klein. “It’s your fist-pumping, inner rock star anthem, ready to ignite you.” The band draws from the mid-to-late 80s arena rock platform, citing AC/DC, Def Leppard, Cinderella, and Kix as touchstones while building something that connects with contemporary audiences on its own terms.

The band is brothers Tate Richardson on vocals and Clint Richardson on guitars, alongside Klein on bass and Grady Steel on drums. “Love Like A Live Wire” was produced by Tuk Smith at Sienna Studios Nashville and mastered by Anthony Focx, whose resume includes Buckcherry, Beautiful Creatures, and Alice Cooper. The music video was directed, shot, and edited by Kendall Johnson, with band performance footage captured at Warren Studios in Nashville.

The single follows “Smile Now, Cry Later” and “Down With The City,” building a debut album that the band treats as a full statement of intent rather than a collection of tracks. Rebels Opera made their live debut at Rock Fest 2025 and are booking select dates for 2026 as the album release approaches.

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Midge Ure Announces First Album of New Material in Over a Decade, ‘A Man Of Two Worlds’

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Midge Ure has announced ‘A Man Of Two Worlds’, his first album of new material since 2014’s ‘Fragile’. Due May 8 on Chrysalis Records, the album arrives after years of relentless touring that kept him away from the studio, and the wait has produced something genuinely distinctive. This is not a record that sounds rushed or obligatory. It sounds considered, patient, and deeply felt.

The album divides into two clear halves. World One: Music delivers eight instrumental pieces, while World Two: Songs presents eight vocal tracks. The concept grew out of the stillness of lockdown, during which Ure immersed himself in instrumental music and drew inspiration from his time presenting THE SPACE on Scala Radio in the UK. Those listening sessions sparked a desire to let melody carry the weight without lyrics to guide it. The instrumentals that resulted are shaped by reflection, uncertainty, and a rare kind of quiet.

The vocal half emerged as the world reopened, and it arrived into a harder, more divided landscape. These eight songs are sparse and meditative, built around the frailty of the human condition and Ure’s genuine concern for the discord infecting global life. They share an atmosphere with the instrumentals while carrying an urgency the instrumental pieces deliberately avoid.

Lead track “Just Words” takes direct aim at those in power who lie and deny in plain sight. “The Man Who Stole Your Soul” laments the current state of the United States. “Shouting At The Moon” speaks to the power of unity. “Caught In The Middle” examines human fallibility, while “Ordinary Man (Precious Moments)” reflects on time and mortality. The most tender moment is “The Pictures You Carry With You,” built from a melody Ure originally sang to his daughters as babies.

“Almost every album I’ve made over the past 40+ years has featured at least one instrumental track,” Ure says. “For this album I wanted to explore this further, showing two sides of what I do.” The ‘A Man Of Two Worlds’ Tour reflects that philosophy, placing instrumentals alongside songs, album tracks, and fan favourites to take audiences on a complete journey through his work.

Ure will tour the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in support of the album, with North American dates to be announced.

Glam Psych Rocker Catdraggon Takes Aim at Toxic Workplaces on New Single “Devious Serpent”

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Catdraggon has released “Devious Serpent,” her second single of 2026 and one of the more creatively charged workplace revenge anthems you will hear this year. Following “Call My Soul Back,” the new track blends glam psych rock with neo-cumbia, layered vocals, and earworm guitar riffs that move at an energetic, relentless pace. Retro 60s textures sit alongside modern psych rock instincts, drawing comparisons to Tame Impala while remaining entirely her own.

The song targets toxic workplace culture with precision, calling out backstabbing coworkers, performatively supportive bosses, and the burnout that comes from grinding through systems designed to wear you down. The inspiration was painfully direct. While working in the corporate world, Catdraggon’s appendix ruptured while she was still trying to push through a work call with her boss. That moment became the seed of the song.

Rather than staying quiet about it, she turned the experience into something loud and pointed. “Devious Serpent” zeroes in on the smiling assassin, the coworker who lies, cheats, and climbs by tearing others down. The message is clear without ever losing the playfulness that makes the track so effective as a piece of music.

Alongside the release, Catdraggon introduces a series of stylized characters based on classic TV villains, each representing a different type of toxic workplace archetype. “Devious Serpent” is streaming everywhere now.

Memphis-Born Soul Singer Bailey Hyneman Finds Light in the Grey on New Single “Better Days”

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Bailey Hyneman has released “Better Days,” a warm, brass-driven soul single that sits in the emotional space between grief and renewal. The Memphis-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter wrote the track during a period of personal transition in the summer of 2024, and the honesty behind it comes through in every note.

“Not all bad days have silver linings, not all good friends are here to stay,” Hyneman says, identifying the line that cracked the song open for her. Rather than reaching for easy resolution, “Better Days” accepts that life exists in shades of grey. The most honest response, the song suggests, is simply to keep going and lean into the love that remains. It is a harder and more meaningful kind of optimism than the genre typically offers.

Musically, the track draws from the warmth of Stevie Wonder, the spirit of gospel, and the soulful foundations laid by Kirk Franklin, John Legend, and The Roots. Bold brass arrangements and feel-good melodies carry Hyneman’s voice through the track with genuine emotional weight. Her background reflects exactly those influences: raised on her mother’s country storytelling and her father’s steady diet of Barry White, The Manhattans, and Al Green, she has been absorbing and processing this music her entire life.

The single artwork features a photo of her father, a quiet tribute to the man whose record collection helped shape who she is as an artist. Hyneman has toured with Joss Stone and continues building a catalog defined by sincerity and emotional depth. “Better Days” is a strong addition to both.

U.K. Underground Phenom Feng Announces First-Ever Global “Weekend Rockstar Tour”

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Feng is taking the Weekend Rockstar Tour worldwide. The 19-year-old U.K. artist has announced his first-ever global run, covering North America and Europe behind his buzzing debut album ‘Weekend Rockstar’. Presale begins tomorrow at 10 AM local time, with general on-sale Friday, March 13 at 10 AM local.

The North American leg opens May 9 at Rolling Loud Orlando, Feng’s U.S. festival debut, before launching into a proper headline run starting May 19 in Vancouver. The routing hits Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, West Hollywood, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Boston, Brooklyn, and Toronto. The European leg follows in September, sweeping through Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, and closing September 29 at Electric Brixton in London.

The momentum behind this tour is real and building fast. Last week Feng sold out London’s Islington Assembly Hall for a packed homecoming show. Days before that, he was at Milan Fashion Week, part of what Complex called “the next wave showing out in full force” at the Gucci show alongside peers including Nettspend and fakemink. He entered 2026 leading The FADER’s Artists to Watch lineup and landed on similar lists from Complex, Pigeons & Planes, and Ones to Watch.

‘Weekend Rockstar’ is out now via Feng’s homegrown label Regularisperfect. The 13-song debut was almost entirely written, recorded, and mixed by Feng himself, with co-production from Bilal Hamdi. It channels the joyous messiness of youth with a mellow delivery and genuine optimism running through every track.

Feng, North America Tour Dates:

May 9 | Orlando, FL @ Rolling Loud Orlando

May 19 | Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl

May 20 | Seattle, WA @ Neumos

May 21 | Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

May 23 | San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

May 26 | West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy

May 28 | Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

May 31 | Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston

June 1 | Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas

June 3 | Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage, The Loft

June 5 | Washington, D.C. @ The Atlantis

June 7 | Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

June 9 | Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

June 11 | Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club

Feng, Europe Tour Dates:

September 8 | Paris, FR @ Trabendo

September 10 | Munich, DE @ Hansa39

September 11 | Prague, CZ @ Rock Cafe

September 12 | Berlin, DE @ Columbiatheater

September 14 | Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin

September 15 | Brussels, BE @ Botanique

September 16 | Cologne, DE @ CBE

September 18 | Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol

September 19 | Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy 2

September 21 | Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street

September 23 | Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall

September 24 | Leeds, UK @ Project House

September 25 | Glasgow, UK @ QMU

September 27 | Brighton, UK @ Concorde

September 29 | London, UK @ Electric Brixton

Hilary Duff Performs “Roommates” on Fallon and Announces Global Arena Tour “lucky me”

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Hilary Duff Performs “Roommates” on Fallon and Announces Global Arena Tour “lucky me”


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Hilary Duff stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week for a performance of fan-favorite single “Roommates,” along with a chat and comedy segment with Jimmy. The appearance comes at one of the most momentum-filled moments of her career, and the energy in that room reflected it.

The timing could not be better. Duff’s album ‘luck… or something’ debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, her highest chart position since 2007 and the second-largest debut by a female artist this year. The record also landed at number two on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart and cracked the Top 5 in six countries internationally, hitting number one in both Canada and Australia. It is Duff’s sixth career Top 5 entry and her first studio album since 2015’s ‘Breathe In. Breathe Out.’

She also just wrapped the Small Rooms, Big Nerves Tour, a string of sold-out global dates that included a standout night at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. That run proved the demand was real and the audience had grown with her. Now the scale expands considerably.

Duff has announced the lucky me tour, a global arena run that includes stops at Madison Square Garden and The Kia Forum. Tickets are on sale now.

Rising Pop Songwriter Ava Della Pietra Releases Hypnotic Late-Night Single “3am”

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Ava Della Pietra has released “3am,” a new single and music video that showcases exactly where she is as a songwriter right now. Built around a late-night voice memo and the phrase “nothing bad’s gonna happen at 3am,” the track moves through reassurance, doubt, and quiet resolution with a confidence that belies her age.

The song began after a friend told Della Pietra to take the night and think things over. That phrase became the emotional anchor of the track, and producer Alex Koste’s gentle, unhurried production gives her voice the space to carry the narrative from fragile optimism to something closer to clarity. By the final chorus, the comfort of that opening promise has shifted into something more complicated and more honest.

The music video matches the song’s atmosphere precisely. Della Pietra drifts through dimly lit spaces where moments repeat like memory fragments, clocks and shadowed corridors reinforcing the sense of emotional loops that refuse to break. It is the kind of visual that earns a second watch.

At 20, Della Pietra has already released more than 20 singles, written over 150 songs, and accumulated more than 37 million streams. Her early years in musical theatre, including Broadway’s School of Rock and a touring production of Les Misérables, shaped her instincts as a storyteller. “3am” reflects all of that experience arriving at once.

Italian-Turkish Punk Outfit Gentilesky Announce New Album ‘Dream’ and Single “Chasing The Light”

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Gentilesky have announced ‘Dream’, their second full-length album, due April 3 via Slovenly Recordings. Alongside the announcement comes lead single “Chasing The Light,” an aggressive, staccato-driven track that pays direct homage to the jagged post-punk legacy of the late Andy Gill. Pre-orders are live now on the Slovenly Recordings Bandcamp page.

The Turkish-Sardinian quartet takes their name from Baroque master Artemisia Gentileschi, and that lineage is not decorative. Just as Gentileschi’s art reclaimed the female narrative through visceral, unflinching imagery, the band uses a hard-edged sonic approach to navigate the current sociopolitical landscape. ‘Dream’ builds on their debut with sharper rhythmic intensity and a more muscular profile, drawing connections from Gentileschi’s impact to contemporary figures including Nan Goldin and the late Kathy Acker.

“Dream is a continuation of Ways of Seeing, but taking a year to plan and write the record really highlights its maturity,” says vocalist Yaprak Kırdök. “Recording it with Piff played a big part as well. I love how similar yet different each one is.” The album was recorded and mixed at Smoking Fridge Studio in Cagliari and mastered by Nene Baratto of Movie Star Junkies.

Razorcake described the band’s sound as “shards of Gang of Four, Minutemen, Pere Ubu, Kleenex melted together and reforged into tuneage that is angular yet catchy, bleak yet danceable.” European tour dates are coming soon.

‘Dream’ Tracklist:

  1. “Chasing The Light”
  2. “Money Making”
  3. “One Way Out”
  4. “Morning Regret”
  5. “Heavenly Body”
  6. “Dreamland”
  7. “Back In The Days”
  8. “1,000 Kez”
  9. “Why”

Photo Gallery: Journey at Hamilton’s TD Coliseum on March 9, 2026

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