Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Iron Maiden, Carole King and Dionne Warwick lead nominees for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021 – Music News

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The former’s frontman, Dave Grohl, was previously inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of Nirvana in 2014, but it’s the first time Foo Fighters have been nominated.

And the ‘Learn to Fly’ hitmaker has revealed he would like The Police drummer Stewart Copeland to induct the band should they be chosen to enter the Hall of Fame, because he inspired him to start Foo Fighters as a solo project after Nirvana dissolved in 1994.

He told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show, he recalled: “One of the reasons why I did that is because when I was young someone gave me a record by an artist named Klark Kent, right?

“It was this kind of weird, fringe thing. Klark Kent? Who’s Klark Kent? It sounded a lot like The Police. It sounded a lot like The Police, because it was actually Stewart Copeland. The drummer of The Police made this record under the name Klark Kent. He didn’t put his name on the record.”

Dave added: “If you’ve ever hung out with Stewart Copeland, he can make a f****** speech.”

As for Carole, she was previously inducted as a songwriter along with Gerry Goffin in 1990.

Tina Tuner is also up for the honour and had been inducted in 1991 with Ike Turner.

Rage Against The Machine have also received their second nod, having previously being nominated in 2019.
LL Cool J has been nominated for a sixth time, while it’s Chaka Khan’s third time as a solo artist.

Other nominees included Kate Bush, New York Dolls and Todd Rundgren.

John Sykes, chairman of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, commented: “This remarkable ballot reflects the diversity and depth of the artists and music the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrates. These nominees have left an indelible impact on the sonic landscape of the world and influenced countless artists that have followed them.”
The class of 2021 will be unveiled in May.

The 2020 ceremony, which was held virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saw the likes of Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., T. Rex, Whitney Houston and The Doobie Brothers honoured.

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Robin Thicke was ‘chasing’ fame and success in the early years of his career – Music News

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The ‘Blurred Lines’ hitmaker has admitted to “losing” himself in the process of seeking fame and that, ultimately, it left him feeling a bit empty.

He explained: “I started to chase it more and need it more and think that that was what was going to make me happy.

“Ultimately, of course, it never does. It didn’t. I lost myself in the process chasing something that I never had and never needed, but then once I got some of it, I thought I needed it.”

Robin – who has Julian, 10, with ex-wife Paula Patton, and Mia, two, and 23-month-old Lola with April Love Geary – thinks his life has become more fulfilled since he decided to “slow down”.

The singer told Zane Lowe on Apple Music: “For me, it wasn’t until I actually went to Malibu, slowed down, focused on my son, and then my father passed and I focused on having more kids and more of a family and taking my time with the writing, because I was writing so much, but nothing was really saying anything that mattered to me as a whole, as a whole.

“Bits and pieces. Then I just kind of started to realise that I always wanted to be an artist’s artist, a singer-songwriter, and all I cared about was my catalogue, was the songs. Then I got into all this other stuff that you just get caught up in, man.

“Then I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t happy. I had bad routines, and I lost myself.”

Robin even admitted to losing faith in himself as a musician.

He shared: “Then, even worse, I lost the music. I lost my trust and my confidence in my own music.”

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Dr. Dre’s estranged wife requests his ‘mistresses’ sit for depositions – Music News

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Dr. Dre’s estranged wife Nicole Young has requested three women who she claims her husband was intimate with during their marriage sit for depositions as part of the former couple’s bitter divorce case.

According to new documents obtained by TMZ, Young is keen to ask the women if Dre lavished them with money and presents during their time together, as well as questioning one as to whether the rapper provided her with the money she used to buy a $2.15 million (£1.5 million) house in 2019.

Young filed for divorce from the rap mogul, real name Andre Romelle Young, in June after 24 years of marriage.

Since her filing, the former couple has been embroiled in a bitter row about the validity of their prenup agreement, with Young alleging that while she signed the document, Dre ripped it up as a romantic gesture.

In the latest documents, Young claims the lawyer for the three women is attempting to delay their depositions until the validity of her prenuptial agreement with Dre is decided.

However, she says the outcome of the case with the three women could affect her spousal support, and the validity of the prenup, so she wants the depositions to happen sooner rather than later.

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Dionne Warwick series in the works with Teyana Taylor attached – Music News

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A new series based on Dionne Warwick’s life will star Teyana Taylor, according to the legendary singer.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Warwick revealed the project is “in the works”, adding that Taylor may also direct.

“Teyana is certainly a talented young lady with whom I’ve had the pleasure of interfacing,” Dionne told the publication.

“She’s very excited about the prospect of being involved and she’s also going to be very, very much involved in directing it and putting together parts and parcel of how we see this going,” she went on.

Dionne first teased the project via Twitter in December, asking fans if they’d “really watch” a series about her life, adding: “This is a case for @netflix. Please don’t ask who I would cast to play me as it would obviously be @TEYANATAYLOR.”

Taylor responded with a number of ‘raising hands’ emojis, while Netflix bosses retweeted the post and added: “Taking notes”.

Warwick has yet to confirm Netflix will be the home for the project, telling EW: “They’re not the only place that we’re looking at but Netflix seems to be the leading episodic (platform) to do something similar to what I want to do. There’s a lot of very exciting stuff going on right now!”

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Yutaka Yokokura is a veteran Japanese pianist, keyboardist, koto player, arranger, and composer who became famous during the early 1980s. He is best known in the U.S. for the 1981 hit, “Love Light,” performed with Patti Austin.

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Pop charts debut year: 1981

Years active: 1978 – present

Genres: Jazz, Latin, pop/rock

Labels: Alfa, GRP Records

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Escaped pet python made Lionel Richie a ‘nervous wreck’ writing We Are the World – Music News

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Lionel Richie was a “nervous wreck” writing charity hit We Are the World with Michael Jackson because the King of Pop had misplaced his pet python somewhere in his bedroom.

The Easy singer was invited to Michael’s California mansion to work on the 1985 song, but he felt unsettled the whole time knowing there was a snake slithering around the place.

“It was one of those things where I’m at Michael’s house, and the obstacle of writing the song was not writing the song; the obstacle of writing the song was he had the albino python that he lost in the bedroom,” Lionel recalled on The Drew Barrymore Show.

“We’re writing the lyrics, and all of a sudden the albums fall over, ’cause he put his albums against the wall, and I’m lying on the floor and I hear this little sound,” he went on.

“I look over my shoulder, and there’s this albino python head looking at me… I was screaming like the last horror movie that you’ve ever seen in your whole life (sic)! And (Michael) kept saying, ‘Lionel, he loves you, he just wants to say he loves you!'” the artist recalled.

The close call left Lionel freaked out, but he was still able to complete the collaboration with the Bad hitmaker.

“So, to make a long story short, right after that, we put the snake away, I’m a nervous wreck, and we write the lyrics to We Are the World,” he smiled, adding: “writing the song was just glorious, but that (snake scare) was the thing that was happening while we were writing the song.”

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Christine McVie doesn’t think Stevie Nicks will tour with Fleetwood Mac again – Music News

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The 77-year-old singer and guitarist has revealed her bandmate no longer wants to perform live, while bassist John McVie is feeling “frail” after he battled cancer and other health issues last year.

Appearing on BBC Radio 2, Christine was quizzed on whether the band – which also currently includes Mick Fleetwood, Mike Campbell and Neil Finn – would hit the road for another run.

She said: “That’s an impossible question to even answer. If we do, it will be without John and without Stevie.
“I think I’m getting a bit too old for it now, especially having had a year off. I don’t know if I can get myself back into it again.

“I know Mick would do it in a lightning strike. But I couldn’t possibly say. We’re certainly not touring this year either.”
However, Stevie, 72, previously insisted she has missed performing live for her fans during the coronavirus pandemic.

Back in October, she said: “Well, this was meant to be a year off for me, but I was still performing six shows and we probably would have added six more. I do miss it – I don’t feel like myself.

“I look at these next six or so years as my last youthful years, when I’m going to feel like putting on six-inch heels and dancing across a stage for the world.

“Because, really, at some point you have to go, “OK, you’ll be 80 – just exactly how long can you cartwheel across the world?” I don’t have that much time left to be a rock star.”

Meanwhile, Christine also gave an update on her ex-husband’s health, and explained he simply “hasn’t got the heart” for touring at this point.

She added: “He is feeling a little bit frail. You know he was ill. He’s fine, but he just hasn’t got the heart for it any more.

“He wants to get on his boat. You reach a certain age where you go, ‘Hey, I’m not going to bust a gut doing this anymore.’ ”

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Avril Lavigne’s seventh studio album is ‘done’ – Music News

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The ‘Complicated’ hitmaker told a fan on Instagram that her follow-up to 2019’s ‘Head Above Water‘, which will see her return to her pop-punk roots, is finished and will be out in the summer.

Responding to a comment by a follower, which read: “Yassssss mfp can’t wait for #AL7, hurry upppp (sic)”, she replied: “it’s done !!! Music coming soon. For sure summer. (sic)”

The 36-year-old star has been in the studio with the likes of Mod Sun, Machine Gun Kelly and producer John Feldmann.

And she recently joined forces with the former on his song ‘Flames’.

Studio wizard, John – who has produced and co-written tracks for the likes of Blink-182, Good Charlotte and Ashlee Simpson – previously revealed Avril is making pop-punk again.

He said in December: “I’m working on making an album with Avril Lavigne right now who I just love. I love making this album, I love her and I’m having the best time.”

And when quizzed on whether she’ll be “bringing back her pop-punk roots” on the hotly-awaited LP, he replied: “F*** yeah!”

Avril also revealed that same month that she had been in the studio “every day for the last two weeks”.

The ‘Sk8er Boi’ hitmaker took to Instagram to show off her new motorcycle and said she’s been splitting her time between “riding and writing”.

She said in a video update: “I have been in the studio for the last two weeks every day.”

Introducing her new ride, which has a lyric from her 2007 hit ‘Girlfriend’ emblazoned across it, she said: “This is my new cake bike. It was custom built for me by Revival Motorcycles. It says MFP, Mother F***** Princess.”

Avril captioned the post: “Writing and Riding into 2021 like … (sic)”

The ‘When You’re Gone’ singer also shared a series of snaps from the studio with John and rapper-and-rocker Mod Sun.

She wrote: “JAM FAM @johnfeldy @modsun.”

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Selena Gomez recorded new album over Zoom – Music News

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Selena Gomez used Zoom technology to record her new Spanish-language album.

The singer hardly left home amid the Covid pandemic to record tracks for Revelacion and reveals almost every song was recorded with the virtual meeting software.

In a new behind-the-scenes video for Vevo, Gomez said: “The project just kind of happened really quickly and organically.

“As for the process, we actually recorded almost the entire EP on Zoom due to Covid.”

Selena also has high praise for aspiring Venezuelan American singer-songwriter Elena Rose, calling her one of the album’s “biggest” collaborators.

“She is an incredible female writer who I think really understands my heart and what I wanted to say in this project,” she smiled.

The first song from the album, De Una Vez, was released on 14 January and is already a huge Latin hit.

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