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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Carrie Underwood Covers Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty During Impromptu Bar Performance

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood surprised everyone present at a Tennessee bar after she joined a band called The Heartshakers for an impromptu cover of a Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty classic.

In a video shared on social media, Underwood, who was with some friends at the restaurant/bar Fox and Locke in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, on Saturday evening, August 6, was invited to the stage to sing with a local Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers tribute band called The Heartshakers.

Underwood joined The Heartshakers to sing "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," a duet that originally featured Nicks and Petty.

"Had fun @foxandtrout watching @theheartshakers!!!" Underwood shared in her Instagram stories.

"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" was released as the first single from Nicks' debut solo album Bella Donna in 1981. The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.

(Photo: Randee St. Nicholas)

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Roger Waters Doubles Down After Calling Biden A 'War Criminal'

In a recent interview with CNN, Roger Waters explained why he labelled President Joe Biden a "war criminal" in a video he projected to the audience before a show during his current "This Is Not a Drill Tour."

Biden is fueling the war in the Ukraine, according to the Pink Floyd founding member.

"That is a huge crime. Why won't the United States of America encourage [Volodymyr] Zelensky to negotiate, obviating the need for this horrific, horrendous war?" Waters said while answering a question from CNN's Michael Smerconish.

In Waters' opinion, it was NATO which was responsible for the root cause of the war.

"Well, any war, when did it start? What you need to do is look at the history, and you can say, 'Well, it started on this day.' You could say it started in 2008," he said. "This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border, which they promised they wouldn't do when [Mikhail] Gorbachev negotiated the withdrawal of the USSR from the whole of Eastern Europe."

When Smerconish noted that China is "too busy encircling Taiwan as we speak," Waters replied, "They're not encircling Taiwan! Taiwan is part of China! That has been absolutely accepted by the whole of international community since 1948."

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Darius Rucker To Headline 'CMT Storytellers' Episode

Darius Rucker will headline a new episode of "CMT Storytellers" that will premiere on August 31 at 10 pm ET/PT on CMT.

The one-hour "CMT Storytellers: Darius Rucker" special will include exclusive stories about how the singer's hits were born, including songs from his solo country career and from Hootie & the Blowfish.

"There have been so many nights when someone comes up to me after a show and tells me what a song means to them, when they first heard it or how it became a song at a pivotal moment in their life, played at a wedding or even a memorial," Rucker said.

He added, "The way music connects and how the story evolves for each person differently is perhaps the coolest aspect of music, which is what makes a show like 'CMT Storytellers' so special as I think we can always use more moments of connection."

Additional encores of the show will air on CMT on Wednesday, August 31 at 11p/10c and Sunday, September 4 at 12p/11c and on CMT Music on Friday, September 9 at 8p/7c and Saturday September 10 at 10a/9c and 6p/5c.

Brooks & Dunn kicked off the revival of "CMT Storytellers" this spring, performing hits including "Neon Moon," "Red Dirt Road" and "Boot Scootin Boogie."

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Whitesnake Cancel North American Tour With The Scorpions Due To Health Issues

Whitesnake have canceled their North American tour with the Scorpions due to singer David Coverdale's health issues.

"It is with profound disappointment and a heavy heart that I must announce that Whitesnake will no longer be able to join The Scorpions on their US and Canadian tour due to my continued treatment for a persistent upper respiratory infection that affects my ability to perform," Coverdale said in a statement. "This includes the cancellation of our own headlining shows as well."

"While Whitesnake will no longer be on the tour, the Scorpions will be continuing on. We Wish Our Good Friends, The Scorpions Every Success," added the founder of the hard rock band.

Despite Whitesnake pulling out of the North American tour, Scorpions will carry on with the tour, featuring support from the Swedish band Thundermother.

The trek will kick off on August 21 in Toronto, Canada, and wrap up two months later in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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