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Joe Walsh and Zac Brown are joining season 28 of “The Voice” as mega mentors. Brown will team up with Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg, while Walsh joins Niall Horan and Reba McEntire for the Knockouts, starting this coming Monday. Each coach will guide eight artists with no saves or steals allowed, making the competition even more high stakes. The show is also introducing a new “Mic Drop” button, letting coaches highlight a standout performer from their team; viewers will vote for the top “Mic Drop” winner from the four performers chosen, and the winner will earn a spot performing at the Rose Parade on January 1st next year. Brown, frontman of the GRAMMY-winning Zac Brown Band, will soon lead the first country residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. Walsh is a Kennedy Center Honoree and Eagles member.
He's been gone for over 23 years, but Waylon Jennings still has some pull with music fans. The recent release of a collection of previously unheard songs, "Songbird," made a huge splash on several album sales charts. According to "Billboard," the album debuted in the Top Ten on five different charts. "Songbird" lands his first top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, coming in at number six; it also debuted at number six on the Top Current Album Sales chart, number seven on the Indie Store Album Sales chart, number eight on the Americana/Folk Albums chart and number nine on the Vinyl Albums Sales chart. Outside the Top Ten, it comes in at number 17 on the Top Country Albums chart, number 18 on the Independent Albums chart and number 116 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. The album's producer (and Waylon's son), Shooter Jennings, says the album is the first of three to be released from the vaults.