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      Eddie Van Halen's Son Announces Tribute Song for Late Father

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      Wolfgang Van Halen remembers his late father in a new solo song called ‘Distance’ which is coming out more than a month after the Van Halen rocker passed away.

      Nov 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Wolfgang Van Halen is dedicating his debut solo single to his late father, Eddie Van Halen.
      The guitar great lost his battle with cancer on 6 October (20), aged 65 and, in a statement announcing new track “Distance”, he revealed the tune is dedicated to the rocker.
      “‘Distance’ is a song that was initially written for the debut album, but was going to be held for a later time,” he said. “As my pop continued to struggle with various health issues, I was imagining what my life would be like without him and how terribly I’d miss him.”

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      “While this song is incredibly personal, I think anyone can relate to the idea of having a profound loss in their own life,” concluded the Van Halen bassist, adding that he “never anticipated ‘Distance’ would be the first song of mine that people would hear, but I also thought my father would be here to celebrate its release along with me.”
      Wolfgang has been working on a solo album for the past five years and, in 2018, producer Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette revealed they’d completed the project. A release had been set for this year but, amid the pandemic, it has yet to materialise.
      “I’m working on it! The state of the world has really thrown a wrench into how I saw this releasing (given that no touring is able to happen until this all blows over), but I have a few ideas that I’m really excited about, so stay tuned!” he tweeted in July, responding to a fan question.
      Back in 2015, Eddie enthused that his son’s album sounds “like AC/DC meets Van Halen meets aggressive pop,” adding, “The riffs are catchy. It’s a little of everything and sounds like a freight train coming at you. I’ve never heard anything quite like it. It’s so powerful that I’m jealous.”

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      Niall Horan Descends Into 'Toxic' Songwriting Phase During Lockdown

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      The One Direction member admits to writing ‘absolute, toxic, toxic stuff’ after releasing his second solo album on what he described as the ‘worst week in music history.’

      Nov 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Niall Horan went through a phase of writing “toxic” songs after struggling with the disappointment of releasing an album at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
      Niall debuted his second solo record, “Heartbreak Weather”, back in March – just as the world was heading into lockdown – in what he describes as the “worst week in music history.”
      The “Slow Hands” hitmaker confesses he’s not quite been himself while writing music since, but is now rejuvenated and starting work on his next record.
      “I’d like to release stuff next year, I doubt it would be this year, and just kind of writing some bits getting in the studio when I can here,” he tells Britain’s Music Week magazine. “I went through a stage of writing absolute, toxic, toxic stuff. I’m looking forward to kind of getting into the room with some people and recording some stuff.”

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      Explaining how he has gradually come to terms with writing in lockdown, he adds, “I started doing a bit of writing in the last sort of eight weeks or so and I didn’t want to force that at the start.”
      “It was alright once I had my head wrapped around the fact that I wasn’t touring and the album was released on that particular time. I just realised, right we’re going to be in this for the long haul and kind of enjoyed the time at home.”
      However, he’s determined to perform his next record on the road.
      “I would like to come back with a bang,” Niall explains. “I don’t know if I’d like to just throw a song out in the middle of this. I like the idea of getting around the planet and I’ve learned that the hard way this year! So I would like the world to be at a point where I can get out about and do the promo.”

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      Clint Black and Wife Announce New Duet Following 'The Masked Singer' Elimination

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      Clint Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black are releasing a new single called ‘Til the End of Time’, only a few days after they were eliminated from ‘The Masked Singer.

      Nov 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Clint Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black are releasing a duet following their appearance on U.S. TV competition “The Masked Singer”.
      The pair were unveiled as the Snow Owls on the latest episode of the programme on Wednesday (11Nov20), when the couple was sent home. And despite their time on the show coming to an early end, Lisa has credited “The Masked Singer” for helping her become more comfortable with singing with her spouse again – so much so that they’re releasing duet “Til the End of Time” on 3 December (20).

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      “(I decided) I’d write a new duet, and it was three days and I’m thinking of the songs that I’ve already written for us, and it was three days of banging my head against the wall and I was about to decide that this is hard, I can’t just do this now,” Clint told Entertainment Tonight. “And then I came upon the idea for the song and the opening line – which really inspired the rest of it – which was, ‘I can tell you how the story never ends.’ ”
      “And that’s us. So the song is Til the End of Time. She sang great on it and people are going to love hearing her voice in it.”
      In their last stint on “The Masked Singer”, the duo did a cover of “The Prayer” by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. They were then pitted against the Popcorn in the Smackdown to determine who stayed and who went home.

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      Sons of Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N' Roses and Metallica Stars Form Band and Debut First Single

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      The sons of Slash, Robert Trujillo, and Scott Weiland announce their band Suspect208 and offer the first taste of their music with a single called ‘Long Awaited’.

      Nov 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Slash and Metallica star Robert Trujillo’s sons have formed a new group with the late Scott Weiland’s kid.
      Suspect208 dropped their debut single, Long Awaited, on Friday (13Nov20).
      London Hudson, Slash’s 18-year-old son, announced the group on Instagram by posting a picture of himself, Tye Trujillo, and Noah Weiland along with guitarist Niko Tsangaris.
      “Me and the boys from @suspect208 released our first single ‘Long Awaited,’ ” he wrote. “Out everywhere now! Link in bio, check it out, we got more s**t coming soon!”

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      London Hudson also has another band, playing in Classless Act along with Niko Tsangaris. They opened for London’s famous dad on a 2018 tour.
      London explained in an interview why he chose drums instead of picking up guitar like his father. “I don’t want to live in his shadow, when I started playing in the band. That’s the main reason I don’t play guitar or stringed instruments,” so he said.
      Meanwhile, Tye Trujillo previously performed live with Korn and Suicidal Tendencies.
      In a 2016 interview, Robert Trujillo said he never forced Tye to follow in his footsteps. “I always felt that if he wanted to embrace an instrument, great; I’d try to help him with it.” In another interview, he gushed about his son being “an amazing bass player and a really great writer. The bass lines that he’s writing and the riffs, I’m like, ‘Man, I wish I had written that.’ ”

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      Maren Morris Hits Back at CMA Critics for Saying She's Not Truly Country

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      The ‘I Could Use a Love Song’ crooner has responded to the internet trolls finding fault with her multiple triumphs at the recent Country Music Association Awards.

      Nov 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Maren Morris has slammed critics insisting she isn’t truly a country music artist.
      The 29-year-old musician won three awards at the 2020 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards this week (begs09Nov20), including Female Vocalist of the Year, but that hasn’t stopped trolls questioning whether she’s deserving of the victory.
      Taking to her Twitter page, the “GIRL” star fired back at the negativity, insisting she “still can get hurt when people claim I’m ‘not country,’ ” and insisting the recognition from the organisation means more than the words of a handful of haters.

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      “When I stood there accepting @cma Song of the Year, I realized it is much harder to forge your own path & sound than attempt to be a knock off of someone who’s already pioneered the genre,” she penned, adding, “Thank you for accepting me.”
      Maren also picked up the Single of the Year and Song of the Year for “The Bones” at the ceremony, and was also a performer at the CMAs, which took place at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee in front of a live, socially-distanced audience filled with nominees and their guests.
      During her acceptance speech at the CMAs, Maren Morris shone a light on black female country musicians Linda Martell, Yola, Mickey Guyton, and Brittney Spencer. “There are so many amazing black women that pioneered and continue to pioneer this genre, and I know they’re gonna come after me, they’ve come before me, but you’ve made this genre so, so beautiful. I hope you know that we see you. Thank you for making me so inspired as a singer in this genre,” she said.

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      Jason Isbell and Wife Amanda Shires Leave CMA Over John Prine In Memoriam Snub

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      The former member of Drive-By Truckers and his wife decide to return their Country Music Association memberships after the organization failed to pay tribute to John Prine at awards show.

      Nov 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have relinquished their Country Music Association (CMA) memberships after the organisation apparently failed to recognise the deaths of John Prine and others at the 2020 awards show.
      In a statement on Twitter, Isbell insisted the “failure to mention John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver at the CMA’s” was behind the pair’s decision to “return our membership cards.”
      Prine died in April (20) at the age of 73 after he contracted the coronavirus in March and, while late country stars Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers, and Joe Diffie each received tributes, Prine, along with Walker and Shaver, did not.

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      Fellow country music artist Greg Freeman asked Isbell if he would consider staying on in order to work on change from within the institution, explaining that, “Calling it quits might not shake things up. Using your power as an influential artist and voting member could, though.”
      However, Isbell was unconvinced, writing, “I feel my energy is best spent elsewhere,” with officials remaining adamant in a statement to Fox News that “The CMA Awards broadcast historically does not include an In Memoriam segment.”
      “An In Memoriam did air in 2017 to honor the victims of the tragic shooting at Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas,” they shared. “In order to recognize those we have lost each year, the CMA does include an In Memoriam tribute on our website and in our annual CMA Awards Program Guide, which was mailed to CMA members ahead of this year’s broadcast.”
      “To note, this year’s In Memoriam includes those lives lost prior to the program guide’s printing deadline of October 14, 2020.”

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      Lzzy Hale Calls 'The Magic of Christmas Day' Collaboration With Dee Snider 'Insanely Epic'

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      The Halestorm frontwoman has replaced Tarja Turunen on Twisted Sister singer’s holiday single, which was originally a hit for Celine Dion titled ‘God Bless Us Everyone’.

      Nov 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Halestorm star Lzzy Hale has replaced Tarja Turunen on Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider’s “The Magic of Christmas Day” holiday single.
      The track was originally a hit, titled “God Bless Us Everyone”, for Celine Dion, but songwriter Snider has reclaimed it for the 2020 festive season.
      Earlier this year (20), he announced ex-Nightwish singer Turunen would be joining him on the track he wrote as a gift for his wife, but the tune dropped on Friday (November 13), with Hale dueting with Dee.

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      “I knew I needed to bring in a young powerhouse vocalist to not only duet with me, but light a Yuletide fire under my a**,” Snider explains. “I only knew of one rock vocalist who could deliver on all those fronts, and she did in spades: the incredible Lzzy Hale.”

      “If you’re ever, in your life, gonna go full-on, all-gas, no-brakes… you do it Dee Snider-style,” his Christmas song partner adds. “I was so honoured to get the call from Dee on his holiday classic ‘The Magic of Christmas Day’. After exchanging a few very affectionate ‘f**y yous’ as we rediscovered our respect and admiration for each other’s talent, the final recording is insanely epic.”
      The 37-year-old singer and rhythm guitarist continues, “Thank you so much to everyone for having me. And considering we will all be experiencing a very different holiday season in 2020, I hope that this song brings you joy and puts a smile on your face. God bless us everyone!”
      It hasn’t been explained why Hale replaced Turunen.

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      Taylor Swift Reveals How Aaron Dessner Played Big Part in Early Release of 'Folklore'

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      When speaking to Paul McCartney about her collaboration with The National co-founder, the ‘Cardigan’ singer spills the idea began with their conversation during a chance encounter in 2019.

      Nov 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift was compelled to write and record her new album “Folklore” following a conversation with The National’s Aaron Dessner.
      The superstar, who unexpectedly released her eighth LP in July, tells Paul McCartney in an interview for Rolling Stone that her collaboration with Dessner came about following a chance encounter in 2019.
      “I had met him at a concert a year before, and I had a conversation with him, asking him how he writes. It’s my favourite thing to ask people who I’m a fan of. And he had an interesting answer,” she explains.
      “He said, ‘All the band members live in different parts of the world. So I make tracks. And I send them to our lead singer, Matt (Berninger), and he writes the top line.’ I just remember thinking, ‘That is really efficient’,” recalls the ME! singer. “And I kind of stored it in my brain as a future idea for a project.”

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      When the pandemic hit, Taylor emailed Aaron Dessner and asked, “Do you think you would want to work during this time? Because my brain is all scrambled, and I need to make something, even if we’re just kind of making songs that we don’t know what will happen…”.
      “And it turned out he had been writing instrumental tracks to keep from absolutely going crazy during the pandemic as well, so he sends me this file of probably 30 instrumentals, and the first one I opened ended up being a song called Cardigan,” she shares, referring to the first single from “Folklore”.

      “It really happened rapid-fire like that. He’d send me a track; he’d make new tracks, add to the folder; I would write the entire top line for a song, and he wouldn’t know what the song would be about, what it was going to be called, where I was going to put the chorus,” she remembers. “I had originally thought, ‘Maybe I’ll make an album in the next year, and put it out in January or something’, but it ended up being done and we put it out in July.”
      The experience, she says, has completely altered her view on songwriting, because “there are no rules anymore”. Taylor smiles: “If you take away all the parameters, what do you make? And I guess the answer is ‘Folklore’.”

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