BTS, ‘THE COMBACK LIVE | ARIRANG’ (Courtesy Netflix)
As BTS gets ready to headline their Netflix concert, THE COMEBACK LIVE, on Saturday, one of their members is nursing an injury.
The band’s record label, Big Hit, has announced that RM injured his ankle during rehearsals for the concert and was taken to the hospital. He was diagnosed with a sprain and a partial ligament tear. He will have to wear a cast and “strictly limit movement” for two weeks.
While RM will still take part in the Netflix concert, the statement noted that his “on-stage performance, including choreography, will be partially limited.”
RM shared a photo of the medical walking boot he’s now wearing on his left foot following his injury. During a live session with the group, he told fans, “I’m not able to perform right away, but I’ll be on stage … I’ll be singing and hyping everyone up. I’ll try hard to recover for the [tour], so please don’t worry because it’s not … serious.”
The special, BTS’ first full concert as a group since 2022, coincides with the release of their new album, ARIRANG.
BTS’ THE COMEBACK LIVE debuts Saturday at 7 a.m. ET.
Many people have been inspired by Adele’s vocals, but Shakira has apparently been inspired by her concert venue.
This fall she’ll be performing a three-night residency in Madrid, Spain, at Shakira Stadium, a temporary venue that can hold more than 50,000 fans per night. The space will be similar to the purpose-built stadium space used by Adele when she played her residency in Munich, Germany, in 2024.
The three-night residency runs Sept. 25, 26 and 27, and marks Shakira’s first performances in Spain in eight years. The event will be “an immersive cultural destination,” according to a press release. In addition, Shakira will curate a series of activities across Madrid encompassing concerts, exhibits, talks, workshops, movies, food and literature, called “Es Latina.”
A ticket presale begins Tuesday via Ticketmaster, followed by the general sale March 27 at livenation.es.
The residency will mark the final dates of Shakira’s current tour, which has become the highest-grossing tour ever by an Hispanic artist.
Latto’s Big Mama nickname has taken on a new meaning: she’s expecting her first child.
She revealed the news on her new single “Business & Personal (Intro),” where she reflects on her growth, success and resilience despite critics and humble beginnings.
“Car seat, got a kid on the way (Kid on the way),” she raps, later adding, “This baby ain’t slowing s*** down but the horsepower.” She also mentions the pregnancy in lines about “tryna hide my belly” and taking prenatal vitamins.
The music video further confirms the news, blending childhood home footage with present-day scenes. It opens with Latto painting on her bedroom floor and later shows her preparing a crib, and putting together a scrapbook with baby photos and a positive pregnancy test. In other moments, she flexes her changing body while tending to her garden and counting money.
“Business & Personal” serves as the lead single for Latto’s upcoming album, Big Mama, arriving on May 29. The cover art features her holding a baby cheetah with her baby bump on display.
Latto has not identified the father of her child. She confirmed to TMZ in September that she was in a relationship with 21 Savage, calling him “my man, my man, my man.” Fans believe he’s included in the music video, using his tattoos as clues and pointing to his baby photos in Latto’s scrapbook.
Ali Staking talks about how she and her family reacted to Eric Richins’ sudden death and Kouri Richins’ subsequent murder trial. (ABC News)
(NEW YORK) — After Kouri Richins was charged with murder for fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, a friend of the Utah mother of three had a difficult time reconciling that.
In an exclusive interview with “20/20,” Ali Staking said she and her children were “devastated” about the sudden 2022 death of 39-year-old Eric Richins.
“I said, along the way, ‘Sometimes it looks like Kouri might have done it,'” Staking recalled saying to her children. “Then my kids would say, ‘Well, did she?’ And I’d say ‘I don’t think so. But, you know, it sometimes looks like it.'”
A Summit County jury ultimately found 35-year-old Kouri Richins guilty of aggravated murder on Monday, after prosecutors argued during the three-week trial that she killed her husband for financial gain by giving him a lethal dose of fentanyl in a cocktail.
Eric Richins was found dead in bed on March 4, 2022. An autopsy determined that he died from fentanyl intoxication, and the level of fentanyl in his blood was approximately five times the lethal dosage, according to the charging document. The medical examiner determined the fentanyl was “illicit fentanyl,” not medical grade, according to the charging document.
Kouri Richins, who self-published a children’s book on grief following her husband’s death, was arrested in May 2023 following a lengthy investigation.
The charges alleged that she spiked his drink with a lethal dose of fentanyl that she purchased illicitly, and that she also gave her husband a sandwich laced with fentanyl on Valentine’s Day two weeks before his death in an initial, failed attempt to kill him.
Prosecutors argued that Kouri Richins wanted a “fresh start” and to leave her husband, but didn’t want to leave his money. They said she was in “financial desperation” due to her house flipping business’ debts and needed a significant influx of cash immediately.
According to prosecutors, she believed she would have financially benefited from her husband’s death — without realizing that his assets were in a trust overseen by one of his sisters.
A jury found her guilty of all five counts, including aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, after about three hours of deliberations on Monday. She was also found guilty of insurance fraud for taking out a $100,000 insurance policy on her husband’s life with his forged signature and also for submitting a claim following his death.
Kouri Richins, who had pleaded not guilty and asserted her innocence from jail, did not testify during the trial and the defense called no witnesses. Her sentencing has been scheduled for May 13. She faces 25 years to life in prison.
Staking, who testified during the trial, said she was “very surprised that there was no defense.”
ABC News contributor Brian Buckmire suggested this was a reflection of the defense’s confidence.
“They may believe the prosecution didn’t make out their case, that having any witness on the stand wouldn’t make sense because they’ve already won their case,” he told “20/20.”
Staking said it was “surreal” learning that Eric Richins had died, describing him as a “dedicated dad” and a “goofy cowboy dude who loved to dance.”
“He had so much more life to live and he wanted so much for his boys,” she said. “I’m gonna remember just how much he loved them.”
Kouri Richins also faces more than two dozen charges in a separate case filed last year, including allegations that she committed mortgage fraud in 2021. The charging document alleges she submitted falsified bank statements in support of mortgage loan applications for her realty business, committed money laundering and issued bad checks.
The charges in the case also allege she murdered her husband for financial gain as she “stood on the precipice of total financial collapse.”
She has not yet entered a plea to those charges.
Staking said she wants Eric Richins to be remembered as a “loving dad.”
“I believe Eric is with his kids all the time every day,” she said. “I don’t think there’s anywhere else he’d wanna be.”
2026 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees (Country Music Association)
Tim McGraw will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2026, along with singer/songwriter Paul Overstreet and bluegrass legends the Stanley Brothers.
Tim is the 2026 modern era artist, with 60-plus top-10 hits to his credit and nearly 30 number ones.
“Everything good in my life has come from country music,” he says. “From my best memories as a kid, to meeting my wife, to this music community, to the friendships I’ve made along the way. To represent country music at the highest level is the greatest honor anyone could bestow on me.”
“I admit, I’ve imagined this moment many times through my career,” he continues, “worked towards it, thought of how I could be the kind of artist who was worthy of it. But my imagination didn’t do it justice. As I stand here, I’ll be the first to tell you I’m only worthy of it because it’s not mine alone.”
Paul will be inducted in the songwriter category, awarded every third year. He found his first success in 1982 with George Jones’ “Same Ole Me,” and notched his first #1 with the Forester Sisters’ “I Fell in Love Again Last Night.” “On the Other Hand” was the first of four number ones for Randy Travis.
His “When You Say Nothing at All” was a hit for both Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss, and he wrote more recent hits like Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach.” He also scored his own number ones with “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love” and “Daddy’s Come Around.”
Ralph Stanley and Carter Stanley go in the hall as the 2026 veterans era artist. Starting their career in 1946, they became bluegrass pioneers, known for standards like “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” “Rank Stranger” and “Angel Band.”
Rainbow Kitten Surprise has released a new song called “Sixteen.”
The track follows the band’s 2025 album, bones, which spawned the single “Dang.”
“This track is slightly different from a lot of what bones carries, so we didn’t actually include it on the record but we’re happy that people are going to hear it,” RKS says in a statement.
You can watch a visualizer for “Sixteen” on YouTube.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise is currently on a U.S. tour, which concludes March 25 in Austin, Texas. They’ll launch another leg in July.
Cover of Aerosmith’s self-titled debut album (Capitol Records / UMe)
Aerosmith’s new box set, Aerosmith (Legendary Edition), celebrating their self-titled debut album, is out now. To mark the occasion, the Boston rockers have dropped a new lyric video for their iconic tune “Dream On.”
The trippy video features archival images and footage from the band’s early days.
Aerosmith (Legendary Edition) comes in variety of formats, including a limited-edition five-LP collector’s set. This edition includes the original album remastered on clear vinyl, along with a 2024 Album Mix on translucent red vinyl.
The set features a 1973 live performance at the Boston venue Paul’s Mall on black vinyl, as well as previously unreleased studio tracks, also on black vinyl. Additionally, it includes a UV cloud-effect 12-inch vinyl, featuring both the 2024 remaster and 2024 mix of the band’s iconic single “Dream On.”
It even comes with a hardcover book featuring never-before-seen photos, plus liner notes with new interviews with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer.
Aerosmith (Legendary Edition) is also available digitally, as four-LP and three-CD sets, as well as a single LP (in both black and translucent red vinyl) and a single CD.
Released in January 1973, Aerosmith was not an immediate hit for the band but eventually peaked at #21 in 1976. Aerosmith’s now-signature tune “Dream On” is one of the tracks on the record, though it wasn’t a hit when it came out. It reached the top 10 when it was rereleased in December 1975.
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Boxer (LHD 4) departs from Naval Air Station North Island January 14, 2004 in San Diego, California. (Tiffini M. Jones/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Three Navy ships carrying 2,200 Marines left San Diego earlier this week for a previously scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific, but two U.S. officials tell ABC News their ultimate destination is likely the Middle East.
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is aboard the USS Boxer, the USS Comstock and the USS Portland — along with 2,000 sailors.
If it receives final orders to the Middle East, joining the 31st MEU, it will be an increase of close to 9,000 additional forces to the region.
The 31st MEU is still on its way to the Middle East from Asia after receiving orders from the Pentagon last Friday. Those Marines and ships are likely to arrive in the region sometime next week.
It will take two weeks for the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group to get to southeast Asia, then additional time to make its way to the Middle East if it gets final orders to go there.
Included in the MEU: ground forces, a logistical element and aviation units that include fighter jets, MV-22 Ospreys and attack helicopters.
Last week’s deployment of the 31st MEU to the Middle East has sparked speculation as to whether they might be used to seize Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf — crucial to Iran’s oil trade — or carry out raids on the Iranian shoreline around the Strait of Hormuz.
For now, the U.S. Navy Third Fleet says the 11th MEU is conducting routine operations in its area of operations.
“An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific to conduct routine training that ensures the continued warfighting readiness of Navy and Marine forces operating in the area,” the U.S. Navy Third Fleet said in a statement.
‘Victory Garden’ album artwork. (Fearless Records)
Young the Giant has shared a new song called “Bitter Fruit,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Victory Garden.
‘Bitter Fruit is a song about the struggle of being calloused by adulthood with a yearning to see the world fresh, through the eyes of a child: To feel alive and present with wonder and awe,” the “Cough Syrup” outfit says in a statement. “When we wrote the line, ‘I wanna laugh and cry just like a child again,’ our engineer’s kids walked into the studio at that exact moment. It felt strangely fated.”
You can watch the “Bitter Fruit” video streaming now on YouTube.
Victory Garden, the follow-up to 2022’s American Bollywood, is due out May 1. It also includes the single “Different Kind of Love.”
The Hu has released two new songs, “The Men” and “Warrior Chant.”
“The Men,” which is accompanied by a video, reflects the “Mongolian philosophy of ‘Man’s Inner Spirit,'” band member Galaa says in a statement.
“Energy of men should always be reinforced with positiveness, strength and generosity, so this song try to encapsulate that ancient wisdom and share to the rest of humanity,” Galaa says.
Galaa adds that “Warrior Chant” “has our signature rhythm that our fans fell in love with and everyone who will listen and know us will say that it is ‘our song.'”
“The Men” and “Warrior Chant” follow The Hu’s January single, “The Real You.” The band’s been working on a new album to follow 2022’s Rumble of Thunder.
The Hu will launch a U.S. tour with Apocalyptica in May before hitting the road with Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson in August.
