(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JINGLE BELL ROCK") BOBBY HELMS: (Singing) Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. ANNIE ZALESKI: You have this great opening guitar riff, and then it gives way, and jingle ...

Howard tried to get his son into music from a young age; Carpenter told The Ringer in 2023 that “he made me sing in the choir. I wasn’t very happy doing it. Wednesday night choir practice.

This isn’t the first time the feel-good pop rock of Coldplay has headlined the Jingle Bell Ball – the band ... Katy Perry still boasts a heap of sing-your-heart-out pop gems under her belt ...