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MELISSA AUF DER MAUR Announces ‘Bass Womb Room’ Exhibition Soundtrack Featuring Previously Unreleased Music

  • Melissa Auf Der Maur announces first new music in 15+ years
  • "Bass Womb Room" features unreleased '90s four-track demos, out 4 September
  • Ties into AGO photography exhibition and photobook launching in September

Melissa Auf Der Maur, best known as bassist for Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins in the 1990s, has announced "Bass Womb Room: My '90s 4-Track Demos X Field Recordings", her first new music release in over 15 years. The record combines seven previously unheard four-track demos she wrote…

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Lizzy McAlpine Announces New Album Angel

  • Lizzy McAlpine announces fourth album Angel, releasing September 18 via RCA Records with pre-orders available
  • Lead single 'The light in the painting' was the first song written and introduces the album's theme of new romance
  • McAlpine describes the track as perfectly capturing the euphoric feeling of a romantic connection's beginning

Available September 18th via RCA Records. Lizzy McAlpine Announces New Album Angel Wren Graves

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Ella Langley extends Choosin’ Texas record run atop Hot 100

  • "Choosin' Texas" ties record for longest No. 1 run by an all-female act
  • 14 weeks atop Hot 100, level with Carey and Houston classics
  • Stella Lefty and Olivia Dean also notch chart milestones this week

Ella Langley's country hit "Choosin' Texas" completed a 14-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, matching Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" and Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" for the longest reign among non-holiday songs credited solely to women. Including Carey's Christmas perennial "All…

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Cancel Newport Appearance After Susan Tedeschi Needs Surgery

  • Tedeschi Trucks Band cancels Newport Folk and FloydFest performances after Susan Tedeschi requires appendix removal surgery
  • Tedeschi describes the procedure as routine and promises to reschedule the cancelled festivals once recovered

The singer-guitarist says she "had an appendix scare" that will also require the group to miss their slot at this weekend's FloydFest in Virginia

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Burnham turns Labour Red: Ed Miliband walks into No10 with Shabana Mahmood amid claims they are both in the frame for Chancellor under new PM

  • Andy Burnham becomes PM, sacks Rachel Reeves as Chancellor
  • Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood tipped for Chancellor role
  • Burnham backs "death tax" and 50p top tax rate return

Andy Burnham has taken over as Prime Minister and Labour leader, immediately launching a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle. Rachel Reeves has been sacked as Chancellor, alongside several Keir Starmer loyalists including David Lammy, Steve Reed and Peter Kyle, while Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood are both being tipped as…

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“These sounds are the quiet and private side of the girl who joined the big American major label rock band.” Former Hole, Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur announces Bass Womb Room, her first new music in over 15 years

  • Melissa Auf der Maur announces first new music in 15+ years
  • Album mixes unreleased '90s demos with new "interlude" tracks
  • New pieces tie in with an upcoming photography exhibition

Former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur has announced her first new music release in more than 15 years, an album titled Bass Womb Room: My '90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings. The project blends previously unheard material from her early career with newly written…

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Mötley Crüe Kick Off 2026 North American Tour with 17-Song Set: Photos, Video + Setlist

  • Mötley Crüe opened their 33-city North American tour on Friday in Pennsylvania
  • Set featured 17 songs, leaning on early albums like Shout at the Devil
  • Extreme and Tesla support; tour runs through 26 September in Washington state

Mötley Crüe launched their "Return of the Carnival of Sins Tour" on Friday in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, opening a 33-city North American run with support from Extreme and Tesla. The band performed a hits-heavy, 17-song set, marking the start of a summer trek that underscores their continued draw as…

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3 Early Eddy Arnold Songs Every Self-Respecting Country Music Fan Needs To Hear at Least Once

  • Article lists three essential early Eddy Arnold country hits.
  • "What Is Life Without Love" (1946) was Arnold's first No. 1 single.
  • "Anytime" (1956) was later also recorded by Patsy Cline.

An American Songwriter feature spotlights three early singles from Eddy Arnold, the country star known as the "Tennessee Plowboy," presenting them as essential listening for country music fans. The piece traces the origins of each song, noting their commercial success and, in some cases, their later life as…

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10-Year-Old Theo Leber Lands Lead Role Opposite Dwayne Johnson In Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ For Amazon MGM & United Artists

  • Theo Clark Leber, 10, cast as lead in Dwayne Johnson's *Lizard Music*
  • Benny Safdie directs the Amazon MGM/United Artists adaptation
  • Marks Leber's feature film debut after months-long casting search

Ten-year-old Chicago-area actor Theo Clark Leber has landed the lead role opposite Dwayne Johnson in Benny Safdie's *Lizard Music*, an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater's 1976 novel being made for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists. The casting marks the feature film debut for the fourth-grader, following a lengthy…

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On This Day in 1965, Bob Dylan Released a Hank Williams-Inspired Song That Broke All the Rules and Made Him an International Star

  • Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" released 20 July 1965, became a global hit
  • Columbia Records initially resisted its unusual length and rock sound
  • Inspired by Hank Williams, unrelated to the Rolling Stones' name

On 20 July 1965, Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone" as a single from his forthcoming album Highway 61 Revisited, a track that helped cement his shift from acoustic folk singer-songwriter to electric rock musician. Although its unconventional length and dense lyrics unsettled his record label and…

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