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Ariana Grande is everywhere right now. She’s in the charts, all over social media, she’s a coach on social media. And now, she’s set to fulfil a dream, starring as Glinda in the cinematic version of the Broadway hit Wicked.
Grande was all over late-night TV on Thursday (Nov. 4), when she Zoomed in for a chat on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
On this occasion, witchy stuff wasn’t a topic of conversation. Instead, Ari looked ahead to her next venture, Adam McKay’s film Don’t Look Up (“it was cool” to be a part of it) while Fallon took us for a trip back in time to the “thank u, next” singer’s very first gig.
Thanks to Ari’s mom, we got a glimpse of the-then eight-year-old singing the national anthem at a Florida Panthers hockey game.
On seeing the clip, Grande’s response was a mix of shock and horror.
The pop superstar also walked viewers through her experience as a coach on The Voice. Those contestants she selects and mentors, they’re like her kids. “I’m their stage mother,” she said.
Grande and Fallon will team up once again for the first episode of the talk-show host's spin-off "That's My Jam," airing Monday, Nov. 29, at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
Watch the interview below.
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Rise Against have released a new single, ‘Nod’, their first new music since 2022.
The new track kicks off the punk band’s “inspired next chapter” and was produced by Catherine Marks. “I swear to God this can’t wait,” vocalist and lyricist Tim McIlrath sings at the top of the song’s chorus. “Not one more minute, one more day.”
“Nod is about the solace we find in community,” said McIlrath in a press release. “It’s about the comfort in knowing that we are not alone. This comfort can temper our anger and our frustration, at least temporarily.”
‘Nod’ follows the band’s 2021 album ‘Nowhere Generation’. It was followed by an EP titled ‘Nowhere Sessions’ which included live versions of songs from the album.
Tracks such as ‘Talking To Ourselves’, ‘Broken Dreams, Inc.’ and the LP’s titular single were re-imagined as live recordings, as well as a cut of their 2008 song ‘Savior’ and covers of Misfits‘ ‘Hybrid Moments’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s ‘Fortunate Son’.
Check out ‘Nod’ below:
the release of ‘Nod’ arrives just before Rise Against head out on a UK and European tour alongside L.S. Dunes and Sondaschule.
They’ll kick off the shows on January 28 in Dublin, before heading to Belfast on 29. Then, in February, they’ll head to Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Zurich and more, before wrapping up the tour in Vienna on February 22.
The tour also includes stops at London’s O2 Brixton Academy, Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse and Birmingham’s O2 Academy on February 6, 8 and 9 respectively. You can find a full list of dates further down. You can find tickets to the UK and Ireland dates here.
JANUARY
28 – 3Olympia – Dublin, Ireland
29 – Telegraph – Belfast, Northern Ireland
FEBRUARY
2 – L’Olympia – Paris, France
4 – O13 – Tillburg, Netherlands
5 – Forrest National – Brussels, Belgium
6 – O2 Brixton Academy – London, UK
8 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, UK
9 – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK
12 – Velodrom – Berlin, Germany
14 – Mitsubishi Electric Hall – Düsseldorf, Germany
15 – Sporthalle – Hamburg, Germany
17 – Zenith – Munich, Germany
18 – myticket Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
21 – Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
22 –Stadthalle – Vienna, Austria
