If you’ve been meaning to check out the Lainey Wilson exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum but haven’t done it yet, time is running out. Lainey Wilson: Tough as Nails is scheduled to finish its run Sunday, June 28, after its July 2025 opening.
The first independent album from singer, songwriter and musician Charlie Worsham is set to arrive Aug. 7, titled Once Upon a Second Time Around.
Niall Horan is set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut July 7, before he plays Nashville’s Geodis Park July 9 with Thomas Rhett.
Aicia Keys performs during the New York Knicks Championship ticker tape parade and victory rally celebrating winning the 2026 NBA Finals on June 18, 2026 in New York City. The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in five games to win their first NBA Championship in 53 years. (Angelina Katsanis/Getty Images)
The night the New York Knicks won the NBA Championship, Alicia Keys was onstage at the afterparty for the premiere of her new documentary and performed “Empire State of Mind” onstage. She gave an encore performance Thursday afternoon in New York City, at the end of the Knicks’ victory parade in lower Manhattan.
“This is our time! This is our time! We are champi-ONS!” she yelled to the cheering crowd as she stood on the stage with Knicks players in front of City Hall.
“Me and my son Egypt, we thought that we would do it like this,” she continued. Egypt stood at the piano and began to play Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind” as Alicia sang the first verse of that classic tune.
“I’m in a New York State of Mind,” she finished, then yelled, “Let’s gooooo! OK!” as the drum beat of “Empire State of Mind” started up. “We here right now! This is our time right now! We’ve been waiting over 50 years for this moment and we never gonna stop!”
Alicia then sat at the piano and completed the song, as the players danced and sang behind her, along with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Jay-Z, who appeared on the original song, didn’t make an appearance.
“Congrats, New York City, I love you!” she said as she left the stage. On her Instagram Story, she posted video of herself hanging out backstage with Knicks Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges.
Toosii participates in the BET Experience Celebrity Basketball Game on June 29, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for BET)
Toosii’s time as a college football player has already come to an end. He had joined the Louisiana State University Tigers as a wide receiver but had to pull out due to NCAA violations.
Speaking on the In the Bayou with Tyrann Mathieu podcast Wednesday, LSU Tigers football head coach Lane Kiffin reflected on Toosii joining the team, noting he initially wondered if it was a stunt.
“I met with him. He’s awesome,” Kiffin said. “He is an awesome person, figured out life, going through a lot of stuff like a lot of us, in a really good spot, and he just wanted to try.”
When asked if Toosii was still on the team, Kiffin confirmed that he isn’t. “He just recently, like, after seeing it all and kinda like going through it, he was doing well. I think he just had to balance everything, and then there’s little limitations on what he can make and do,” Kiffin explained.
“I think he did, he signed with like one of the, I don’t know what they’re called, the gambling company thing where you do the commercials for him and stuff, and that shouldn’t work in the NCAA, you know,” he continued. “So he went back to his professional career.”
Despite Toosii’s departure, Kiffin maintained that he “really enjoyed being around him.”
“It wasn’t a stunt at all,” he said. “He really wanted to see if he could do it, and I like how he impacted some of our guys.”
The news arrives days after Toosii released his new single, “Yesterday.”
Sabrina Carpenter attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
A judge has granted Sabrina Carpenter a restraining order against a man who has repeatedly shown up at her home and who, in May, allegedly attempted to force his way in.
The order bars William Applegate, 31, from contacting the singer, her sister Sarah Carpenter and her sister’s significant other, George Smith, who both live with her, for five years. The order is set to expire June 17, 2031, according to documents obtained by ABC News.
According to the order, Applegate cannot “contact” Sabrina Carpenter, Sarah Carpenter or George Smith, and is prohibited from “disturbing their peace.” In addition, he must stay 100 yards away from them, their home, their workplace and their vehicles. If he doesn’t obey, he faces a possible fine of up to $1,000, a possible one-year jail sentence or both.
According to The Associated Press, Applegate appeared at the hearing on Wednesday in LA and said that he and Sabrina Carpenter were part of a classified military program that required them to “be together as soon as possible” for “national and global security.” He also stated that he’d be “more than willing” to stay away from Sabrina Carpenter if she told him herself. She was not present.
As previously reported, the “Espresso” artist, 27, filed a civil harassment restraining order on May 29 against Applegate. In her declaration, she alleged that he went to her Los Angeles home on May 23 “unannounced and uninvited” and “physically grabbed the lever of my front door and forcefully pushed it down, actively trying to force his way inside my home without any invitation, permission, or consent whatsoever.”
Detective Peter Doomanis, of the Los Angeles Police Department, wrote that Sabrina Carpenter was “in genuine fear for her personal safety” at the time of the incident. Applegate was released after his May 23 arrest, and returned to Sabrina Carpenter’s home on May 24 and May 25, according to the singer’s private security guards in court docs.
Hasan Brown, a private security guard for Sabrina Carpenter, wrote in a separate declaration that he had noticed Applegate’s vehicle parked in the vicinity of her home on multiple prior occasions beginning sometime after April 19 through at least May 25, “with the vehicle progressively parking in closer proximity” to the singer’s residence over time.
Ozzy Osbourne performs during half-time of the 2022 NFL season opening game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on September 08, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Harry How/Getty Images)
A new statue of the late Ozzy Osbourne has been unveiled at the France’s Hellfest.
Sharon Osbourne has posted an Instagram video of the statue, which shows the Prince of Darkness stretching his arms forward with his palms up.
In the post’s caption, Sharon calls the statue “absolutely stunning.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t be at Hellfest for the unveiling of Ozzy’s statue,” Sharon writes. “Unfortunately I had an unexpected trip to the hospital earlier in the week.”
Hellfest is also home to a statue of Ozzy’s longtime friend and collaborator, late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
The Neighbourhood on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
The Neighbourhood has premiered the video for “Planet,” a track off the band’s latest album, 2025’s (((((ultraSOUND))))).
The clip might trigger anyone with entomophobia, or the fear of insects, as it includes close-up shots of ants, cockroaches and a praying mantis.
If you can stomach that, you can watch the “Planet” video on YouTube.
(((((ultraSOUND))))) marked the fifth Neighbourhood album and their first in five years. A deluxe version, dubbed (((((ultraSOUND)))))+, dropped in February.
The Neighbourhood will launch a U.S. headlining tour in October.
Grateful Dead ‘Steal Your Face’ (Rhino Entertainment)
Grateful Dead has released another track off the upcoming 50th anniversary remaster of their Steal Your Face live album.
The latest is a performance of the song “Big River,” a cover of Johnny Cash’s 1958 tune. They previously released a performance of “Black Throated Wind.”
“I’ve never met a ‘Big River’ I didn’t like,” writes Dead archivist David Lemieux in the description of the release. “Widely considered to have hit its peak in 1974, the Grateful Dead picked a perfect version of ‘Big River’ to act as its definitive recorded rendition on Steal Your Face.”
Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Remaster) is set to drop June 26, 50 years to the day of the album’s original release. It will be released as a two-LP set in The Dead’s official Pantone colors, Grateful Red and Stealie Blue; the vinyl will split the colors half and half, with the addition of some black splatter.
The album will also be available for streaming and digital download.
Originally released June 26, 1976, Steal Your Face captures performances from The Dead’s five-show run at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in October 1974. The tour was a farewell of sorts, as the band would go on an indefinite hiatus after the shows. The tour hiatus eventually ended in June 1976.
The Pearl Jam frontman recorded the track in collaboration with the organization Guitars Over Guns, which provides musical instruments and instruction to young people from vulnerable communities.
Vedder debuted “Better Believe” alongside Guitars Over Guns students Thursday at the opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Following the performance, the studio version officially debuted on digital outlets.
All of Vedder’s royalties will be donated to Guitars Over Guns.
Eric Church’s Red Rocks livestreams on nugs (Courtesy nugs)
If you couldn’t get tickets to Eric Church’s three sold-out concerts at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July, there’s now a way for you to see the shows.
All three nights will stream live on the concert platform nugs; each show is expected to be completely different, though they all celebrate the 20th anniversary of Eric’s time as a recording artist.
The July 6-8 livestreams are on sale now and are available individually or as a set. HD versions go for about $25 each or $60 for all three, while 4K quality will be $30 each or $75 for the package. Members of Eric’s Church Choir fan club will get a $10 discount.
The Rolling Stones pick ‘Jealous Lover’ as next Foreign Tongues single
The Rolling Stones are getting ready to release another track off their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues.
The rockers have announced that the next single from the album will be “Jealous Lover.” A press release notes that the track “combines infectious melodies, rich musicianship and sharp lyrical observations,” with frontman Mick Jagger delivering “a pointed warning to an over-inquisitive lover, bringing humor, attitude and vivid imagery to the song’s narrative.”
“Jealous Lover” will be released June 26; the band offered up a short snippet of the track on Instagram. The song will be available as a vinyl and CD single, with the track “Divine Intervention” on the B-side.
This will be the third song The Rolling Stones have released from Foreign Tongues, following “Rough and Twisted” and “In the Stars.”
Foreign Tongues, produced by Andrew Watt, will be released July 10. It is available for preorder now.
