Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesSo long ago, we don’t remember when, The Wallflowers released a new album. The wait for another record will end this summer with the arrival of Exit Wounds, the latest effort from the Jakob Dylan-led outfit.

Exit Wounds, the seventh studio Wallflowers album, is due out July 9. Dylan and company debuted the record’s first single, “Roots and Wings,” during ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night, and you can listen to the studio version now via digital outlets.

“I think everybody — no matter what side of the aisle you’re on — wherever we’re going to next, we’re all taking a lot of exit wounds with us,” Dylan says. “Nobody is the same as they were four years ago. That, to me, is what Exit Wounds signifies.”

For what it’s worth, we actually do remember when the last Wallflowers album was released — that would be 2012’s Glad All Over — but we’ve had “One Headlight” stuck in our heads since it was used in last year’s Judd Apatow movie The King of Staten Island.

The Wallflowers are set to tour with Matchbox Twenty this summer. The run was originally scheduled for 2020 before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here’s the Exit Wounds track list:

“Maybe Your Heart’s Not In It No More”
“Roots and Wings”
“I Hear the Ocean (When I Wanna Hear Trains)”
“The Dive Bar in My Heart”
“Darlin’ Hold On”
“Move the River”
“I’ll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You Up)”
“Wrong End of the Spear”
“Who’s That Man Walking ‘Round My Garden”
“The Daylight Between Us”

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Credit: Ross HalfinMetallica fans are in a frenzy after the metal legends posted a hashtag related to their iconic 1991 self-titled release, aka The Black Album.

On their Instagram, Metallica shared a video from a 2012 live performance of the Black Album closer “The Struggle Within.” The caption includes a quote from the song — “Boredom sets into the boring mind” — as well as the hashtag #BlackAlbum2021.

It’s that list bit that’s got everyone worked up. Since The Black Album turns 30 this year, fans are speculating that Metallica might be planning an anniversary tour.

Also of note, the video in the Instagram post comes from a show in Nickelsdorf, Austria, during which ‘Tallica performed all of The Black Album in reverse order.

Nothing’s been officially announced yet, though, so stay tuned.

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ABCTravis Barker‘s relationship with Kourtney Kardashian has now reached the tattoo stage.

On Friday, the reality star posted an Instagram photo the Blink-182 drummer’s newest ink: her first name in cursive script on his chest.

Barker, of course, has many, many tattoos. In a recent video he made with his daughter, Alabama, he revealed that his favorite tattoo is the one of the word “blessed” underneath his left eye.

Rumors of Barker and Kardashian’s relationship first popped up this past January. They pair went Instagram official in February.

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Credit: Jacob BollAFI has shared two more previews of the band’s upcoming album, Bodies.

The latest tracks are titled “Dulcería” and “Far Too Near,” and you can listen to them now via digital platforms. “Dulcería,” which was co-written by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, is accompanied by a video, streaming now on YouTube.

“Billy and I have a great creative connection when we’re writing together,” says guitarist Jade Puget. “It was inspiring to work with such a talented and legendary songwriter and ‘Dulcería’ is a testament to that.”

“Dulcería” and “Far Too Near” are the fifth and sixth songs to be released from Bodies, meaning that over half the album is already out. The whole record is set to arrive June 11.

Bodies is the follow-up to 2017’s AFI, aka The Blood Album.

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Credit: Olivia BeeNot many artists can say they saved their first major paycheck, but The Killers‘ drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. did and he has the photographic evidence to prove it.

The “Mr. Brightside” hitmakers took to Twitter on Thursday to reminisce about the first paycheck that let the band know they finally made it.

“18 years ago today,” The Killers tweeted, sharing a photo of their first paystub that was stamped with the date April 8, 2003. “Our first 25 bucks in the big time. We each got one. Ronnie saved it for Instagram.”

“Shoutout to Warner Bros for giving us a shot,” the band noted.

The tweet caught the attention of Paula Moore, who served as the former A&R executive at Warner Media Group and helped arrange the band’s demo performance.

Taking to her LinkedIn, she reminisced about being one of the forces behind the Killers’ rise to superstardom, writing, “So happy to be the first to believe in these guys, and bring them out to showcase for me and my A&R colleagues at Warner Music Group.”

“I’m so proud of what they’ve accomplished,” she continued. “The scouting program I created that discovered them then was so special when I was an A&R executive at WMG.”

Since releasing their breakout hit “Mr. Brightside,” the American rock band continued to shake up the charts after all six of their albums became top 10 hits on the Billboard 200 chart.

Besides their debut single, The Killers also enjoyed success with their songs “Somebody Told Me,” “When You Were Young” and Human.”

Their latest album, Imploding the Mirage, made it to No. 8 on the chart, which produced the 2020 alternative hit “Caution.”

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