‘Tis the season for some holiday joy! Jimmy Fallon announced on Thursday (Oct. 10) that his festive comedy album, Holiday Seasoning, will be arriving on November 1 via Republic Records.
The album is a collection of all original songs and star-studded collaborations, and will include previously released singles “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, “Almost Too Early For Christmas” featuring Dolly Parton and “Wrap Me Up” with Meghan Trainor.
Most recently, during an appearance from Justin Timberlake on The Tonight Show, the duo teased a collaboration they recorded for Holiday Seasoning, tracked at New York’s Electric Lady studio. “You’ll Be There,” described as a a “holiday bromance” song, mixes sleigh bells and ukulele, with JT singing, “The only thing on my wish list/ Is that you’ll be home for Christmas.”
The full track listing will be announced in the coming weeks. Holiday Seasoning will be available for anyone on the nice (or naughty) list on all digital streaming platforms. Additionally, a D2C exclusive CD will come with a signed insert, and the standard LP features a custom Peppermint Swirl vinyl, while they deluxe LP package includes a “blizzard” vinyl that includes a sticker sheet, holiday table topper, and pop-up vinyl gatefold. For those shopping at Target, the store will offer an exclusive ruby red vinyl edition of Holiday Seasoning.
Pre-order Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning album here.
If you’ve noticed that since announcing their Live ’25 world reunion tour Oasis have not done a single interview, well, get used to it. According to singer Liam Gallagher, he and older brother Noel Gallagher are not interested into being baited by reporters into re-igniting the sibling rivalry that broke up the band and led to a 16-year lay-off, so they’re keeping mum.
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“We don’t want to do interviews coz we’re scared of the media asking us intrusive questions and trying to pick holes in our relationship,” wrote Liam early Thursday morning (Oct. 10). When a fan cheekily responded with some Liam-boosting flattery, the “Wonderwall” vocalist was totally there for it.
“I think Noel doesn’t want to do interviews with you because you’re funnier,” the fan wrote, with Liam responding, “RESPEK.” He had a cheekier response to another X user to asked about a potential joint interview. “Can’t be arsed,” Liam explained, adding “we’re not doing any” and “they ain’t getting 1” as fans persisted with the same line of questioning.
Liam’s cheeky X persona has been wholly in evidence since the brothers reunited, including last month when a fan asked if he was going to stop “tweeting s–t about Noel” now that they’ve made up. “Nope it’s all done, peace has prevailed, he’s the man,” Liam wrote. “I can’t wait to be on stage with him blowing him kisses in between each song.”
Oasis, who split in 2009, recently expanded their 2025 reunion tour, announcing two stadium dates in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. “People of the land down under. You better run – you better take cover… We are coming. You are most welcome. Oasis will tour Australia in 2025!” the band announced earlier this week.
The Gallaghers will kick off the North American leg of their tour with a two-night stand at Toronto’s Rogers Stadium (Aug. 24-25), followed by a gig at Chicago’s Soldier Field on August 28. They’ll then move on to two nights at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (August 31, Sept. 1), before winding down the U.S. run with two shows at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles (Sept. 6- 7).
The tour will kick off with a run of UK/Irish dates, beginning on July 4-5 with two shows at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, followed by a five-night stand in their hometown Manchester at Heaton Park (July 11, 12, 16, 19, 20).
Check out Liam’s comments below.
We don’t want to do interviews coz we’re scared of the media asking us intrusive questions and trying to pick holes in our relationship
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The ASCAP Lab, ASCAP’s innovation program, has announced this year’s cohort for their AI and the Business of Music Challenge. Featuring CRESQA, Music Tomorrow, RoEx, SoundSafe.ai and Wavelets AI, these start-ups will take part in a 12-week course, in partnership with NYC Media Lab, led by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, to receive mentorship and small grants to develop their ideas.
As part of the initiative, the start-ups will receive hands-on support from the ASCAP Lab, as well as ASCAP’s network of writer and publisher members, to help them optimize their products for the music creator community.
While last year’s cohort of companies focused on AI for music creation and experience, the 2024 AI and the Business of Music Challenge is much more focused on commercial solutions that can help the music industry better manage data and improve workflows.
ASCAP Chief Strategy and Digital Officer Nick Lehman says of the 2024 cohort: “ASCAP’s creator-first, future-forward commitment makes it imperative for us to embrace technology while simultaneously protecting the rights of creators. The dialogue, understanding and relationships that the ASCAP Lab Challenge creates with the music startup community enable us to drive progress for the industry and deliver on this commitment.”
Meet the ASCAP Lab Challenge teams for 2024 below:
CRESQA: An AI social media content assistant designed for songwriters and musicians that automates the process of social media strategy development and helps generate fully personalized post ideas and schedules for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Facebook and more.
Music Tomorrow: Analytics tools that monitor and boost artists’ algorithmic performance on streaming platforms, using AI for advanced audience insights and automation that improve an artist’s content discoverability, listener engagement and team efficiency.
RoEx: AI-driven tools for multitrack mixing, mastering, audio cleanup and quality control, designed to streamline and enhance the final steps of the creative process by delivering a professional and balanced mix with ease.
SoundSafe.ai: Robust, state-of-the-art audio watermarking using AI to enhance security, reporting and the detection of real-time piracy and/or audio deepfakes.
Wavelets AI: Tools for artists, labels, copyright holders, content distributors and DSPs that help reduce IP infringement by detecting AI vocals in music.
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The Velveteers are opening the campaign for their sophomore album, A Million Knives, on a bit of a historic note.
The just-released first single, “Go Fly Away,” is a collaboration with the Black Keys — and, in fact, marks the first time Dan Auerbach, who signed the Denver trio to his Easy Eye Sound label and produces the group, and Patrick Carney have produced something together for another act. “Pat’s played drums on some records I (produced) and stuff,” Auerbach tells Billboard. “With the Velveteers he was very hands-on, and it was all of us working in the studio.”
Velveteers frontwoman Demi Demitro says Carney was a periodic visitor to the A Million Knives sessions, which took place last December at Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in Nashville. “We didn’t know it was that first time, but it was really cool to work with both Dan and Patrick,” Demitro says. Carney, in fact, started the songwriting process off with the opening keyboard line, which Auerbach says came from a music sample library. “We just kind of worked off it from there,” Demitro recalls. “Patrick’s drumming on the song, both of the drummers in my band (Baby Pottersmith and Jonny Fig) are playing, then I added this heavy guitar for the after-chorus. After we sat with the song for a little bit we added some overdubs, just to kind of put the little sparkling touches to it.”
Auerbach says the idea of a Velveteers-Black Keys combination was organic — and perhaps inevitable. “We’d done some touring together and all of us are friends,” he says, “and I think Pat was excited to get in the studio, too, and work on a song with them. That was a really cool experience.”
“Go Fly Away,” however, is the only song constructed like that for A Million Knives. The rest of the 13-song set — due out Feb. 14 — comes from a prolific spate for the trio, while and after touring to support its 2021 debut Nightmare Daydream, which included stadium dates opening for Guns N’ Roses and Smashing Pumpkins.
“We were on tour for what seemed like two years straight,” Demitro says, “so every chance we would get when we were at home we were writing. We probably had 30 songs that were written. We had about a month before we were going into the studio, so we just narrowed them down to the ones that felt like they were coming in best.” Auerbach adds that “you just have to go with your gut” in the selection process. “I tried to help them, but they have very strong opinions about what they do and how they want it represented. I’m only there to make recommendations. They had all these tremendous songs with big, giant hooks and they were feeling very ambitious and confident. That really just made it fun.”
Much of A Million Knives is, as Auerbach describes, aggressive and heavy, while “Go Fly Away” marks a transition into four more measured and melodic songs — a kind of calm after the storm.
“You could say that,” acknowledges Demitro, adding that the songs mostly deal with “the different forms of heartbreak, in a lot of different ways…It was definitely a purposeful decision for the sequence; it felt like all those (later) songs — like ‘Heaven,’ ‘Go Fly Away,’ ‘Up Here’ — it felt like those songs were meant to be next to each other. Once you get to that part of the album it felt like this big, emotional release.”
In addition to Auerbach and Carney, A Million Knives includes other guests, particularly on guitar, including regular Easy Eye cohort Tom Bukovac, Cage the Elephant’s Nick Bockrath, and the Reigning Sound’s Greg Cartwright. “It was just my experience and my gut and what I thought might help the song or a situation,” Auerbach explains. “We don’t always use the stuff we try, but you’ve got to throw things at the wall and see what sticks.”
Demitro says she “felt less confident” in making a second album, explaining that “once people start listening to your music and you have an audience, you have the tendency to second-guess yourself a little more.” Nevertheless, she considers A Million Knives to be “a lot more honest than its predecessor,” which is something she was wanting to accomplish, “just being a little more vulnerable with how I actually felt. I think on our last album there are a lot of metaphors, and on this album I wanted to say things more as they are, which I think I did.”
The Velveteers are currently on the road with headlining dates through Oct. 25, with plans for “a lot more touring” during 2025, according to Demitro. In the meantime, the trio will be working on setting up A Million Knives for release, including more singles and, Demitro promises, “a lot of visual art pieces coming. I think we’re really excited to share everything we’ve been working on.”
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The end is near. October Prime Day comes to an official end on Wednesday (Oct. 9) at 11:59 p.m. PT, giving you just a few more hours of discounts shopping.
Every second counts when you’re scoping out the best deals, which is why we perused through Amazon’s deals page for you, and collected a list of the 12 best, last-minute deals to shop before October Prime Day ends.
But first, a quick review of Prime Big Deal Days. Amazon’s annual, fall sale offers discounts on electronics, premium skincare and other beauty finds, must-shop toys, fall fashions and footwear, fitness gear, décor items and more from brands such as YETI, Igloo, Nike, Hydro Flask, NordicTrack, ASUS, Samsung, Sonos, Apple, Bissell, Breville, Bose, Shark, Dyson, Levoit, PuroAir, HP, Garmin, Roku, Epson, Philips Sonicare, Ninja, Laneige and Nutrafol. How much can you save during October Prime Day? Some of the deals include up to 35% off TVs and phone accessories, up to 35% off footwear, up to 25% off furniture, up to 50% off coats and other cozy wear.
Over in the tech department, Amazon knocked back prices on TVs, speakers, laptops, tablets, soundbars, microphones and other electronics. Additionally, Prime members can save on Prime Video channels, Audible and Amazon Music.
If you’re not a Prime member, there’s still time to join for free, so you don’t miss out on Prime Day.
What makes October Prime Day worth it? Think of Prime Big Deal Days as a precursor to the official holiday shopping season. The sale serves up some of the best Amazon deals ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Ready to shop? See below for a dozen, lightening deals that are worth shopping before the clock strikes midnight (on the West Coast).
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UPDATE (Oct. 9): Shawn Mendes announced Wednesday (Oct. 9) on X that his upcoming fifth studio album Shawn will now be released Nov. 15 instead of its original Oct. 18 release date. “Hey guys,” Mendes wrote alongside a heart emoji. “My team and i have decided to push the album release date to November 15th. We just need a little bit more time to bring some new inspiration and ideas to life. I love you guys thank you for being so patient, I can’t wait to see you guys at the next few shows.”
The pop superstar took to Instagram on Wednesday (July 31) to announce that his self-titled album, Shawn, will be arriving on October 18. He also revealed the 12-song tracklist, adding that the first two singles “Why Why Why” and “Isn’t That Enough” will be arriving on August 8.
Mendes also shared an album trailer, featuring the 25-year-old playing guitar in a forest, and at a campfire surrounded by friends singing “Isn’t That Enough.” He wrote in the caption, “Music really can be medicine. 2 years ago I felt like I had absolutely no idea who I was. A year ago I couldn’t step into a studio without falling into complete panic. So to be here right now with 12 beautiful finished songs feels like such a gift.”
He continued his message, “Honestly thank god for my friends and family. Life can be brutal but having a small group of people you deeply trust to walk you through makes it so much better. I have no idea how I would have made it through the last couple years let alone make an album without you.”
After thanking his friends and family for sticking by his side, Mendes shouted out his fans. “And to you guys who have been so unbelievably supportive and patient and loving thank you from the bottom of my heart. I really hope you love this album, I do. I really really do. I hope it makes you feel warm and close to the earth like it does for me.”
Shawn is the star’s fifth studio album and follows 2020’s Wonder as well as Mendes’ previous self-titled project, 2018’s Shawn Mendes. The album was written and co-produced by Mendes, along with collaborators Scott Harris, Mike Sabath, Nate Mercereau and Eddie Benjamin, with additional songs co-written by Amy Allen and Ethan Gruska.
The new album also marks Mendes’ first full-length release since he canceled his 2022 Wonder tour to focus on his mental health.
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Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are demanding an investigation into whether federal authorities leaked evidence of the racketeering and sex trafficking case to the media, including the infamous surveillance video of Combs assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie in 2016.
In a scathing court filing late on Wednesday (Oct. 9), Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo claims there has been “a series of unlawful government leaks, which have led to damaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr. Combs of his right to a fair trial.”
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Agnifilo calls the leak of the Cassie video the “most egregious example” of the problem, but says it was just “one of a long and documented history of leaks and false statements made with one purpose: to savage Mr. Combs’ reputation prior to trial.”
“While the government’s misconduct in this case is particularly egregious, it is unfortunately part of a trend in this district — the government has learned that it can strategically leak information with impunity,” Agnifilo wrote.
The filing asks the judge overseeing the case to order a hearing into the allegations and to allow Combs’ lawyers to seek out evidence of such leaks from prosecutors and law enforcement. It also asks the judge to issue a gag order barring any further leaks, and to prevent prosecutors from citing any leaked evidence during the eventual trial.
Combs, also known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, was once one of the most powerful men in the music industry. But last month, he was indicted by federal prosecutors over accusations of sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson and bribery. If convicted on all the charges, he potentially faces a sentence of life in prison.
Prosecutors allege that Combs ran a sprawling criminal operation aimed at satisfying his need for “sexual gratification.” The charges detailed “freak offs” in which Combs and others would allegedly ply victims with drugs and then coerce them into having sex with male sex workers, as well as alleged acts of violence and intimidation to keep victims silent.
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“For decades, Sean Combs … abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct,” prosecutors wrote in the indictment. “To do so, Combs relied on the employees, resources and the influence of his multi-faceted business empire that he led and controlled.”
That indictment was preceded by repeated media reports that a federal criminal probe of Combs was underway, as well as well-publicized law enforcement raids on his Miami and Los Angeles homes. In the filing on Wednesday, Agnifilo said that media coverage had been fed by “a steady stream of false and prejudicial statements” and leaks from federal agents at the Department of Homeland Security.
The filing also alleges that government employees had “repeatedly leaked grand jury information and materials to the press to raise public hostility against Mr. Combs.” Agnifilo pointed specifically to the Cassie video, which showed Combs striking his then-girlfriend in the hallway of a hotel and made headlines when CNN released it in May
“The videotape was leaked to CNN for one reason alone: to mortally wound the reputation and the prospect of Sean Combs successfully defending himself against these allegations,” Agnifilo wrote. “Rather than using the videotape as trial evidence, alongside other evidence that gives it context and meaning, the agents misused it in the most prejudicial and damaging way possible. The government knew what it had: a frankly deplorable video recording of Sean Combs in a towel hitting, kicking and dragging a woman in full view of a camera in the hallway of the hotel.”
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During the pop superstar’s Short n’ Sweet Tour stop at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, Carpenter stepped onstage to perform “Espresso” in a bedazzled Philadelphia Phillies jersey with her name on the back, along with the fittingly cheeky number 69.
“Hometown show!!! I can’t believe I played the arena I grew up going to,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories before taking the stage. The singer grew up in Quakertown, Pa., which is about 40 miles north of Philadelphia. Carpenter’s Phillies jersey was also fitting, given that the team was up against the New York Mets in the National League Division Series — though the team ultimately lost a season-ending game on Wednesday (Oct. 9).
Earlier this week, Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet returned atop the Billboard 200, after it previously reigned at No. 1 for three consecutive weeks. Featuring hits like “Please Please Please,” “Espresso” and “Taste,” the LP is the Girl Meets World alum’s first No. 1 album and sold 362,000 equivalent album units in its first week.
Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour will continue to travel across the U.S. and Canada through mid-November, with stops in Montreal, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Dallas, Vancouver, Seattle, San Diego and Phoenix before winding down Nov. 15 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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Karol G claims a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” rules the chart dated Oct. 19. The single enters a tie with Luck Ra and KHEA’s “Hola Perdida” for the fourth-most weeks at the summit in 2024.
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Here’s a recap of the songs with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart this year:
Weeks at No. 1, Song, Artists 11, “Hoy,” Valentino Merlo & The La Planta 10, “Una Foto (Remix),” Mesita, Nicki Nicole, Tiago PZK & Emilia 5, “Bésame (Remix),” Bhavi, Seven Kayne, Milo j, Tiago PZK, KHEA & Neo Pistea 4, “Hola Perdida (Remix),” Luck Ra & KHEA 4, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” Karol G
Valentino Merlo and The La Planta’s “Hoy” remains at No. 2 for a fifth week, after the song’s 11-week domination which began as the song jumped 2-1 on the July 6-dated ranking.
The Hot Shot Debut of the week goes to Lali’s “Fanático,” which opens at No. 5, for her second top 10 among 22 chart performances. Lali last landed in the upper region through “N5” in 2022.
Omar Courtz and De La Rose join for their second collab and highest-charting visit as “Qué Vas A Hacer” debuts at No. 30.
Plus, Shakira captures her second entry as a soloist, unaccompanied by any other act, with the No. 31 launch of “Soltera.”
Elsewhere, Billie Eilish takes the weekly Greatest Gainer honors –awarded weekly to the song with the largest jump among the 100 songs on the tally– as “Birds Of A Feather” climbs 42 spots, from No. 93 to No. 51.
One other song debuts this week, Sebastian Yatra’s “Los Domingos” at No. 89, for the Colombian’s 28th career entry.
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RAYE shares five — well, technically six — things you didn’t know about “Genesis.,” including how many versions were made, how long it took to create and more!
RAYE:
Hi, I’m RAYE, and here are five things you didn’t know about my song “Genesis.” The first thing you didn’t know is probably that when we performed it at the Brits, the song was not done. It wasn’t even remotely done at all. And in fact, yeah, everyone was like, “Release it. Release it.” Because I really wanted to play it at the Brits, but it just wasn’t ready. And it continued to not be ready for several months. And as soon as it was ready, then we put it out. So it took me a long time to finish. The second thing you didn’t know about that song is it was originally just two parts. Third thing, it was written not with me in mind originally, and then I decided, actually, do you know what? I really love this song, and I really need to get this kind of emotion off my chest now. So we went with it as a RAYE song. The fourth thing you didn’t know about “Genesis.” is I re-recorded my vocals about 12 times in four different countries because I was so particular about how I wanted it to sound and feel. The fifth thing you maybe didn’t know about “Genesis.” is I wrote it on the road whilst I was on tour, so it took a long time, and I never put myself through such agony creating a song. It was really tricky, and I had to get to a point where I just said, stop now, because there was so many different versions, so many scrap verses, but I’m really proud of it. But once I put it out, also, actually, here’s another thing, once I put it out, I haven’t actually listened to it since we’ve put it out, except for playing it live. I was like, I’m done. It’s yours now. It’s not mine anymore. Hi, I’m RAYE and that was five things you didn’t know about “Genesis.” Six things you didn’t know about “Genesis.”! Thank you.
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