Weekly Music News 08.01.23
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning January 8, 2023
The band "Paramore" reveals another single from its forthcoming sixth album, "This Is Why". Following December's "The News" and the title track released in September, the band now shares "C'est Comme Ça", French for "That's just how it is". Singer Hayley Williams says the idea of imminent doom feels less catastrophic to her than knowing nothing about the future or her place in it. She and the band are in more stable places in their lives than ever before.
This arrived sooner than expected...
The band "Foo Fighters" announces its first 2023 shows following Taylor Hawkins's death last year.
Exciting news after last week's announcement that the band will continue. It is not yet known who will replace Taylor, but there will certainly be a huge buzz around that question!!
Boston Calling in May 2023 is among the first announced festival appearances for the band's return.
The band "Shredhead" unleashes a powerful new single, "44"!!
The single revisits one of the most horrific murder cases: the devastating story of Junko Furuta.
In November 1988, the Japanese schoolgirl was abducted and endured 44 days of unimaginable torture before her tragic death. The case became known in Japan as the "concrete-encased murder" and drew national attention for its sheer cruelty. These shocking events stirred anger, compassion and disgust in the band. Through the music and lyrics, they tried to capture both her perspective and their own feelings about the events, inspiring strong emotions and reflection.
"We hope this serves as a respectful tribute, but also as a powerful reminder of the evil lurking in the world and the need to stand against it."
The band "U2" will release the four-album "Songs Of Surrender" in March. Each album is named after a band member and contains ten classics, newly recorded and rearranged, with some songs even receiving new lyrics. Here is a taste:
The "Puscifer" project led by Maynard James Keenan announces March 31, 2023 as the release date for its new remix album, "Existential Reckoning: Re-Wired", alongside US and European summer tour dates. The tour begins on May 18 at Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach. The band has also released a new video from the remix album: Carina Round's version of "A Singularity", dedicated by Keenan to his late dog MiHo. Maynard says he lost his "muse". He wrote the song for her in 2019, when she first became seriously ill, and says she had been hiding in most of his vocal tracks since 2005. She was in or near the vocal booth, and her sighs, barks, jingling collar and squeaky toys could find their way into the recordings. MiHo appears across Maynard's catalogue, including "Tool" albums.
Remember how our post about John Fogerty described the struggle over his songwriting rights and Fantasy Records? After nearly 50 years, he has now acquired a majority interest in the worldwide publishing rights to the songs he wrote for "Creedence Clearwater Revival". Fogerty, 77, told Billboard he was "still really in shock" after repeatedly trying to buy them back, first from Fantasy's Saul Zaentz and later from Concord, which acquired the company. Fogerty said: "I'm the dad [of these songs]. I created them. They should never have been taken away in the first place. And that kidnapping left such a huge hole in me"...
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