‘NEVER ENOUGH’ album artwork. (Roadrunner Records)
Turnstile has premiered the video for “LIGHT DESIGN,” a track off the band’s new album, NEVER ENOUGH.
Befitting of the song’s title, the clip follows a spotlight that showcases the different Turnstile members. It’s co-directed by frontman Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory.
The “LIGHT DESIGN” video is now streaming on YouTube.
NEVER ENOUGH, the follow-up to 2021’s GLOW ON, was released in June. It was accompanied by a visual album that premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival.
NEVER ENOUGH is nominated for best rock album at the 2026 Grammys, while songs from the record will compete in the best rock song, best rock performance, best alternative music performance and best metal performance categories. Turnstile is the first act to receive nominations for rock, alternative and metal categories all in the same year.
Beyoncé performs with daughter Blue Ivy during the halftime show for the Baltimore Ravens/Houston Texans game at NRG Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Beyoncé invited the whole world to her hoedown in 2025.
Pollstar, which tracks the touring industry, has put Queen B on top of its year-end chart of the Top 200 Worldwide Top Touring Artists and the same chart for North America, thanks to her Cowboy Carter tour. The rankings are based on how much each artist made on the road from Nov. 14, 2024, through Nov. 12, 2025.
Worldwide, Bey was tops with $407.6 million; roughly $306 million of that came from North America alone. Other artists who made the top 10 on Pollstar‘s worldwide chart include Coldplay, Shakira, The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons, Lady Gaga and Post Malone.
In North America, the top 10 list also includes The Weeknd, Post Malone and Shakira, plus the Eagles and Taylor Swift.
Bey has also done a rare Q&A for Pollstar‘s year-end issue, in which she discusses her Cowboy Carter tour. The issue will be available on Dec. 15.
Disney World announces closing date for Rock ‘n’ Roller featuring Aerosmith
Disney World has announced the last date of operation for the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith.
It was previously reported that Aerosmith’s video intro for the ride, which featured Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, had been removed in order for construction to start on a Muppets revamp of the roller coaster. Disney World’s website has since revealed that the last day of operation for the ride will be March 1.
It was announced in November 2024 that Aerosmith was being replaced by The Muppets on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. When The Muppets take over the ride, guests will go on a search for the Electric Mayhem crew, who go missing ahead of a gig headlining a big Hollywood concert.
The decision to change the ride came after Disney decided to replace Muppet Vision 3D with Monsters Inc. land. It will mark the first time Jim Henson‘s lovable characters are the focus of a Disney ride.
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (then named Disney-MGM Studios) in July 1999. It started with the band in the studio before taking off to a concert, and bringing the riders along with them. It featured iconic tunes from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, including “Walk This Way,” “Love in an Elevator” and “Sweet Emotion.”
Beyoncé performs with daughter Blue Ivy during the halftime show for the Baltimore Ravens/Houston Texans game at NRG Stadium on December 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Yee-haw! Beyoncé is the #1 touring artist in the world and North America, according to Pollstar, a trade publication for the concert and live music industry. She secured the top position thanks to her 2025 Cowboy Carter tour, grossing nearly $400 million worldwide with 1,596,165 tickets sold. In North America, she earned nearly $306 million, selling a total of 1,105,741 tickets.
Other artists to make the top 10 on Pollstar‘s Top 200 Worldwide Top Touring Artists are Kendrick Lamar and SZA at #4, The Weeknd at #6 and Chris Brown at #7.
Kendrick and SZA, who launched their Grand National Tour in 2025, are also in the top 10 on the list of top 200 North America touring artists; they are at #3. They follow #2 artist The Weeknd, while Chris, who traveled for his Breezy Bowl in 2025, secures the fifth spot.
“The 2025 Year End charts highlight both the remarkable power of today’s top touring artists and the evolving dynamics of the global marketplace,” Andy Gensler, Pollstar’s editor-in-chief, said in a statement. “While overall grosses eased slightly after last year’s record-setting peak, the strength of this year’s Top 10, led by Beyoncé’s dual number one finish and groundbreaking ‘Cowboy Carter Tour,’ showcase the artists who broke through, pushed boundaries and kept live music at the center of culture.”
When the Eras Tour shattered international music records, grossing more than $2 billion in ticket sales, Taylor Swift decided to increase bonuses for the hardworking crew who helped make her shows a reality. You can watch her do it in episode two of her new docuseries, The End of an Era, now streaming on Disney+.
Everyone who played a part in pulling off the Eras Tour — from truck drivers and sound technicians to production staff and choreographers — received a handwritten thank-you note and a bonus from Taylor, who says, “These people just work so hard, and they are the best at what they do.”
As seen in the docuseries and confirmed by People, Swift paid out $197 million in bonuses to her expansive team over the course of the tour.
Taylor says in the doc that she created a handwritten note for every person who worked on the tour, acknowledging that they’ve given up time with their families to join her on the road.
“Making that worthwhile for them feels like Christmas morning, when you finally get to say thank you,” she says.
In the episode, Taylor asks everyone to open their cards and read her message, which was the same for everyone. Kam Saunders, one of Taylor’s dancers, reads it out loud; it says, in part, “My full gratitude doesn’t come from a bank, but here’s (bleep) dollars just to say thanks. Love, Taylor.” The amount was bleeped out.
Mike Scherkenbach, CEO of Shomotion Trucking Company, which served as the logistics partner on the Eras Tour, says in the episode that Swift’s father, Scott Swift, “was the one that presented the checks to our drivers.”
“He presented handwritten letters from Taylor. It’s incredible,” he says.
American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston (1949-2006), circa 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
A documentary on Grammy winner Billy Preston is coming to theaters in February.
Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It was directed by Emmy winner Paris Barclay andpremiered at South by Southwest. It’s set to open Feb. 20 at the Film Forum in New York City, with plans to release it in select theaters in North America sometime in 2026.
“We are more than thrilled that the soul of Billy Preston will be reborn thanks to our friends at Abramorama — and in the theater, where everyone can experience it,” said Barclay. “His story has reverberated with festival audiences, in part because we illuminate Preston’s brilliance — and also because it has so much to say about the world we live in today.”
The film will give fans insight into the six-decade career of the legendary singer and keyboardist, known for such hits as “Nothing From Nothing,” “Will It Go Round in Circles” and “Space Race.” He also co-wrote and recorded the classic “You Are So Beautiful,” which became a hit for Joe Cocker.
Preston, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, is also known for his association with other artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton and Aretha Franklin.
Bruno Mars performs onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards, April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Sure, we’ve all seen Bruno Mars sing pop and R&B classics, but it turns out he’s pretty good at rock, too.
Bruno was one of the many stars who performed at a private company party Thursday at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The lineup also included Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, and Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Footage on a company employee‘s Instagram Story shows Bruno singing Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Other footage on social media shows him belting outLed Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love,” The Police‘s “Roxanne,” Jimi Hendrix‘s “Fire” and Michael Jackson‘s rocking track “Dirty Diana.”
There was apparently a least one star in the audience, as well. Orlando Bloomposted footage on his Instagram Story of the whole all-star group, including Bruno singing Chuck Berry‘s “Johnny B. Goode.”
As for why all these A-list stars agreed to perform at some company party,Parade reports that the company in question, Eldridge Industries, is an investment and asset management firm that specializes in sports and entertainment.
Kelsea Ballerini‘s getting ready for her final show of 2025, as she plays Brisbane, Queensland, on Saturday.
“MELBOURNE I THINK IM IN LOVE WITH YOU?!” she shared on Instagram, along with a carousel of pictures and video from her latest stop Down Under. “thank you for two incredible nights and an unforgettable first time in this beautiful place. one show left this year- see you tomorrow Brisbane…we promise to make it special.”
Kelsea released her surprise six-song EP, Mount Pleasant, in November and performed the lead track, “I Sit in Parks,” on the CMA Awards.
She’s nominated for best contemporary country album for Patterns at the 68th Grammys, which take place Feb. 1. Meanwhile, the album’s latest hit, “Baggage,” continues its climb up the country chart.
Cover of Freddie Mercury’s ‘Mr Bad Guy’/(Hollywood Records)
The second episode of the three-part YouTube series looking back at Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album, Mr Bad Guy, has just been released.
Archival footage of Mercury’s 1985 interview with journalist David Wigg looks at the Queen frontman’s approach to songwriting, with Mercury noting “the actual structure of the melody comes easy to me, it’s the lyrical content I find hard.”
“I like to write nice little catchy tunes, but in terms of the lyrical content it’s difficult. So I have to work on that part of it,” he says. “I’m not a poet and I hate writing lyrics anyway. I wish somebody else could do it.”
Mentioning Elton John’s songwriting partner, he jokes, “I wish I had a Bernie Taupin, but I’m not like that. I like to do it all myself, I’m a greedy b****.”
He later says that all his songs are about “emotion and feeling.”
“I’d love to write songs about something totally different, but they all seem to end up in a very emotional and tragic way,” he says. “Maybe I’m a very tragic person. I don’t know why, but there’s an element of humor at the end. I’m a very loving person, you know.”
The video also features footage from the Dante-inspired music video for the album’s second single, “Made in Heaven.” At one point in the clip Wigg asks Mercury, who died in 1991, if he thinks he’s going to heaven.
“No, I don’t want to,” Freddie says, joking, “Hell is much better. Look at the interesting people that you’re going to meet down there.”
Backstreet Boys ‘Into The Millennium — Homecoming: Live in Germany’ (Live Nation)
Just as Backstreet Boys had to add dates to their Las Vegas residency at Sphere, they’ve now had to expand their upcoming 2026 residency in Düsseldorf, Germany.
As previously reported, the group is doing a run of shows at that city’s Merkur Spiel-Arena to thank their German fans, who were the first to support them and their music back in the late ’90s. The shows will be the only ones the group will do in Europe in 2026.
The residency starts Sept. 25, and they’ve added Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 to the schedule. Just as in Las Vegas, fans who attend Into the Millennium – Homecoming: Live in Germany will see the group celebrating the songs on their biggest album, Millennium, as well as other hits.
