Jordan Davis performs in Berlin, Germany. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns)
Jordan Davis is quite the world traveler these days.
He recaps his half a dozen international shows so far this year in a new Instagram video set to his #12 hit “Turn This Truck Around.”
“Ripped through Europe and the UK on the Ain’t Enough Road Tour with [Avery Anna] and [Solon Holt],” he captioned the post. “Kicking off the next leg of tour in New Zealand Thursday. Let’s ride.”
The footage also includes Jordan leading a backstage toast to his biggest show yet, selling out London’s OVO Arena Wembley.
On Sunday Jordan plays the first of three Australian shows in Willowbank, Queensland, before heading to Sydney and Melbourne.
The Irish rockers have announced that subscribers can now purchase a special bundle featuring a CD copy of their recently released EP, Days of Ash, which is the first physical version of the EP they’ve released.
The bundle also comes with a print edition of their magazine Propaganda, as well as one of seven limited-edition posters, featuring an image from the magazine.
The special edition of Propaganda was dedicated to Days of Ash and includes interviews with all the members of the band, with Bono’s interview offering up in-depth insight into making the songs on the EP.
While the bundle is only available to U2.com subscribers, those who aren’t members can still subscribe in order to purchase the bundle. More info can be found at U2.com.
Released on Feb. 18, Days of Ash features five new U2 songs and a poem, with a guest appearance by Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier Taras Topolia.
It was described in a press release as “an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.” It comes ahead of a new U2 record, expected in late 2026.
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday at its first meeting since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran drove up gasoline prices and risked a wider bout of inflation.
The central bank’s move marked the second consecutive time it has opted to maintain interest rates at current levels since the outset of 2026. Before that, the Fed cut interest rates a quarter-point three straight times. The decision on Wednesday matched market expectations.
“The implications of developments in the Middle East for the U.S. economy are uncertain,” the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a policymaking body at the Fed, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Elevated price increases have coincided with a slowdown of economic growth, threatening to intensify an economic double-whammy known as “stagflation,” which poses difficulty for the Fed.
If the Fed opts to lower borrowing costs, it could spur growth but risk higher inflation. On the other hand, the choice to raise interest rates may slow price increases but raises the likelihood of a cooldown in economic performance.
The benchmark rate stands at a level between 3.5% and 3.75%. That figure marks a significant drop from a recent peak attained in 2023, but borrowing costs remain well above a 0% rate established at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A lackluster jobs report last week showed the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, which marked a reversal of fortunes for the labor market and erased most of the job gains recorded in 2026.
The unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% in January to 4.4% in February, the BLS said. Unemployment remains low by historical standards.
A revised government report last week on gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy grew at a sluggish annualized pace of 0.7% over the final three months of 2025.
Those economic headwinds helped set the conditions before the outbreak of war with Iran, which spiked oil prices and risked price increases for a host of diesel-fuel transported goods.
U.S. crude oil prices rose to about $97 per barrel on Wednesday, marking a surge of more than 50% since a month earlier.
Since the military conflict began, U.S. gas prices have gone up 86 cents to an average of $3.84 per gallon as of Wednesday, according to AAA.
The rate decision on Wednesday marked the first such move since a federal judge blocked Justice Department subpoenas to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors after determining the government “produced essentially zero evidence” to support a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, according to an unsealed court opinion.
“A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning,” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in his opinion on Friday.
Acting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro blasted Boasberg as an “activist” judge and pledged to appeal his ruling.
ABC News’ Alexander Mallin, Allison Pecorin, and Jack Date contributed to this report.
Jane Fonda attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)
Jane Fonda is set to star in a film adaptation of the bestselling book The Correspondent.
Lionsgate made the announcement to its social media on Wednesday. The studio shared a screenshot of Deadline‘s article on the subject.
“#TheCorrespondent – based on the best-selling novel by @virginia.l.evans. Coming soon,” Lionsgate’s caption reads.
In addition to starring, Fonda will produce the film alongside Todd Lieberman for his company Hidden Pictures. Cat Vasko will write the film’s script and executive produce the movie.
The Correspondent is the debut novel by Virginia Evans. It was published in April 2025 and has since sold over 1 million copies. Evans will also executive produce the film.
The novel’s plot follows an opinionated, retired lawyer named Sybil Van Antwerp who writes letters every single day to a litany of different people in her life. When she one day receives letters from someone in her past, she’s forced to examine one of the most difficult times in her life.
Lorde performs during day three of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 27, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
Lorde may never be royal, but she is now an official member of YouTube’s billion views club thanks to “Royals.”
The U.S. video for the New Zealand artist’s breakout hit has officially reached the 1 billion views milestone, marking a career-first for Lorde.
The video premiered on YouTube in June 2013, when Lorde was 16 years old. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 months later in October 2013.
“Royals” appears on Lorde’s debut album, 2013’s Pure Heroine. She’s since put out three more albums, 2017’s Melodrama, 2021’s Solar Power and 2025’s Virgin.
Lorde is headlining a number of upcoming U.S. festivals, including Lollapalooza, New Orleans Jazz Fest and Governors Ball.
Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
The Pretty Reckless has premiered the video for “When I Wake Up,” which features frontwoman Taylor Momsen reuniting with her former Gossip Girl co-stars Jessica Szohr and Connor Paolo.
The NSFW clip follows Momsen over a night of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, and also features cameos from Pat Smear and Ilan Rubin of Foo Fighters.
“l wanted the video to reflect where the song came from – a time in my life when I was out of control, not caring whether I lived or died,” Momsen says in a press release. “We shot it raw, with no grade, no filter. Reality doesn’t come color-corrected, and I didn’t want to change what we captured. The imperfection is the grade.”
“This is where life can take you when you play too close to the edge, chasing substances, sex, and dopamine highs to escape depression,” she continues. “It led me down a rabbit hole of self-destruction that leaves you emptier than where you began.”
Momsen concludes, “With all that being said…enjoy.”
The “When I Wake Up” video is now streaming on YouTube.
“When I Wake Up” appears on The Pretty Reckless’ upcoming album, Dear God, due out June 26. The record also includes the single “For I Am Death.”
The Pretty Reckless will launch a U.S. headlining tour in July. They’re also playing shows opening for AC/DC.
Bailey Zimmerman’s collab with Brandon Lake was just released on Friday, but the response has been so great that they’ve already released a new live version.
“SPEECHLESS… thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to ‘Just Believe’ over and over,” Bailey wrote on his socials. “I did not expect y’all to blow this song up like you have” is written over a video in which he sings along to the track.
The live take was captured at Brandon’s King of Hearts Tour stop at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on March 8.
Bailey resumes his Different Night Same Rodeo Tour March 27 at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Cover art for Nas and DJ Premier’s ‘Light-Years’ album (Mass Appeal)
Nas and DJ Premier came together in New York to shoot the newly released visual for their “GiT Ready” collaboration.
The music video, directed by Jean-Charles “JC” Charavin, “draws inspiration from contemporary architecture and the worlds of finance and technology,” according to a press release. It captures the two doing what they do best, with Premier flexing his skills on the 1s and 2s and Nas rapping, as subtle details of their success are shown throughout.
“GiT Ready” is one of the songs on Nas and Premier’s album Light-Years, which was released a little more than 30 years after they first collaborated on Illmatic hits “N.Y. State of Mind,” “Memory Lane” and “Represent.”
It was the last album released from Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It…, a seven-album series honoring him and six other hip-hop legends via the release of their new albums. Nas’ features on the other projects were compiled into the Legend Has It… Nas Feature Presentation project, complete with his commentary offering insight into those collaborations.
The “GiT Ready” music video is now available to watch on YouTube.
‘Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition’ film poster. (Trafalgar Releasing; Art by Albert “Akirant” Quirantes)
Iron Maiden has premiered the trailer for their upcoming documentary, Burning Ambition.
The career-spanning film follows the band’s five-decade journey, and all the ups and downs that led to them becoming metal icons.
Along with interviews with Maiden members, the trailer teases appearances by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Anthrax’s Scott Ian, rapper Chuck D and actor Javier Bardem.
You can watch the Burning Ambition trailer on YouTube.
Burning Ambition will premiere in theaters on May 7. Tickets are on sale now.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an X5.8 solar flare peaking at 9:23 p.m. EDT, May 10, 2024. (NASA)
(NEW YORK) — A moderate geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights displays to U.S. states further south than usual, forecasts show.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a storm watch for a G2 geomagnetic storm due to a coronal mass ejection expected to begin Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET and continue until Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
A coronal mass ejection is a massive eruption of solar material and magnetic field from the sun’s outer atmosphere.
Auroras can occur when the charged particles from the sun clash with the atoms and molecules in Earth’s upper atmosphere — causing those atoms and molecules to emit a glow that appears as a spectrum of light in the night sky.
In the U.S., northern lights could be visible in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine, according to the NOAA aurora viewline map.
A G2 storm can also impact high-latitude power systems, spacecraft operation and high frequency radio propagation, according to NOAA. Fluctuations to weak power grids and minor impacts on satellite operations can occur as well.
Migratory animals could possibly be affected by geomagnetic storms, according to NOAA. A 2023 study found that inclement space weather may cause fewer birds to migrate during the disturbances — likely due to more difficulty in navigating — and NASA has researched whether solar storms cause an increase in marine mammal strandings, possibly due to similar navigation issues.
The month of March is often an active month for northern lights displays.
The weeks before and after the spring equinox on March 20 are considered “aurora season,” as geomagnetic storms are more likely due to the way solar wind interacts with the Earth’s magnetosphere, according to EarthSky.org.
The spring equinox comes as the solar maximum comes to a close. The sun’s 11-year cycle peaked around late 2024 and has continued to emit strong solar activity and geomagnetic storms, leading to an increase in aurora displays.
The best time to see the northern lights in the U.S. is generally between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. local time, and traveling to the darkest location possible is recommended for the best viewing, according to NOAA.
