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Kelvin Evans, the man accused of stealing unreleased Beyoncé music in Atlanta, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday, avoiding an impending trial.

During the hearing, Evans accepted responsibility and was sentenced to five years, with two years to be served in custody and the remaining time on probation. A second charge was merged into the first count as part of the plea agreement.

As part of his probation, Evans was ordered to avoid the location tied to the case, have no contact with the victim and commit no further violations of the law.

Evans faced charges of criminal trespass and entering a vehicle with intent to commit theft, according to the October 2024 indictment.

The indictment stated that Evans allegedly entered a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer, the rental property of Christopher Grant, a choreographer for Beyoncé, on July 8 “with the intent to commit theft.”

A report filed July 8, 2025, by the Atlanta Police Department states that Grant returned to his vehicle after the alleged incident and noticed a damaged window, as well as several missing items, including two suitcases and hard drives for Beyoncé’s upcoming Cowboy Carter Tour show in Atlanta, among other things.

“The hard drives contained water marked music, some un-released music, footage plans for the show, and past and future set list,” the incident report stated.

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Modest Mouse has released a new song called “Third Side of the Moon,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, An Eraser and a Maze.

The language used will be familiar to longtime fans who remember Modest Mouse’s 2000 album The Moon & Antarctica and its opening track, “3rd Planet.”

An Eraser and a Maze, the follow-up 2021’s The Golden Casket, is due out June 5. It also includes the previously released songs “Look How Far…” and “Picking Dragons’ Pockets.”

Modest Mouse will launch a U.S. tour Tuesday in Spokane, Washington. The band currently has live dates scheduled into October.

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Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain has announced his autobiography.

The book, titled Hello Boys and Girls!, is due out Nov. 10 in the U.S.

“I’m very excited and honoured to be working with the wonderful HarperNonFiction Team on my very own book full of lots of fun stories, anecdotes and of course my incredible experiences with some of the greatest musicians and performers from the 70s, 80s and beyond!” McBrain says in a statement. “I am blessed to be able to finally share my path to where I am today, in my own words, with the world.”

McBrain joined Maiden in 1982 in place of drummer Clive Burr and made his recorded debut with the band on 1983’s Piece of Mind. He’s remained a member of Maiden ever since, though he retired from touring in 2024 due to health issues.

McBrain will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Maiden as part of its 2026 class. The induction ceremony takes place Nov. 14 in Los Angeles.

For more on the history of Iron Maiden, you can check out the band’s new documentary, Burning Ambition, which is in theaters now.

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Gracie Abrams’ new album, Daughter From Hell, has been quite a few years in the making.

Gracie’s producer, Aaron Dessner, shares on Instagram that they started working on Daughter From Hell on the same day they recorded “That’s So True” at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. That song, her breakthrough single, was released in the fall of 2024.

“Multiple songs on this album were made in that time,” Aaron writes. “Since then we have searched and searched for songs in [my studio] Long Pond, in London and back at Electric Lady.”

He adds that on the album, “You’ll hear us expanding our musical vocabulary and pushing into uncharted waters sonically, and most of all the sharpening and deepening of Gracie’s lyricism and expression in ways that continue to astound me.”

Describing the album as “absolutely the most moving and powerful work we have done together,” Aaron writes that “it feels elevated in every way.”

“We will share more details soon on all the dear friends who helped us along the way.”

Aaron also writes, “I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since Gracie and I started making songs together. I’m deeply grateful for every song we have made and the way we have kept challenging ourselves and growing together as collaborators and friends, sometimes hitting the wall, and then pushing and breaking through.”

Daughter From Hell comes out July 17. The first single, “Hit the Wall,” will arrive Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

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Ashley Cooke will launch the baby blues world tour this fall, with an itinerary set to take her both across the U.S. and across the pond. 

The 28-date trek kicks off Sept. 17 in Cleveland, Ohio, and will pass through Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles before wrapping Feb. 25 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. 

In January, the “your place” hitmaker will play half a dozen dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 

Timmy McKeever, McCoy Moore, Just Jayne, Aniston Pate and Hannah McFarland will join her at different times on the run, named after a track on her self-titled sophomore album that arrives Aug. 14.

Tickets for Ashley’s baby blues world tour go on sale Friday. 

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For Lady Gaga, doing a regular concert film is so “been there done that.” That’s why, when it came time to document her Mayhem Ball tour, she went in a different direction.

Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem is a film of a one-night-only show that Gaga did Jan. 14 at LA’s Wiltern Theater. It’s described as a “celebration and musical reimagining” of her album Mayhem and features her performing rearrangements of the album’s songs, surrounded by what’s designed to look like the ruins of the Mayhem Ball’s opera house set.

You can get a sneak peek of Gaga’s performance of the song “Shadow of a Man” now. Other songs she performs include “Abracadabra,” “Die With a Smile” and “Disease.”

You can register online to get free tickets to one of 15 one-night-only screenings of the film, which will take place Thursday at 11 p.m. ET in cities including New York, Nashville, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Orlando and Washington, D.C.

If you want to watch it in the comfort of your own home, it will premiere on Apple Music on that same day and time, and you won’t need a subscription to watch the premiere live. If you’re a subscriber, you’ll be able to listen to a live album version of the film on-demand starting Thursday.

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Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder has announced the lineup for the 2026 edition of his Ohana festival, taking place Sept. 25-27 in Dana Point, California.

Both Pearl Jam and Vedder will headline, with the latter’s solo set billed as “Eddie Vedder & Friends.” 

The bill also includes Fontaines D.C., Alabama Shakes, Billy Idol, Bad Religion, Pixies, Rilo Kiley, The Format, Courtney Barnett and Sugar.

You can sign up now for a presale taking place Thursday at 10 a.m. PT. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday at noon PT.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Ohanafest.com.

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For the fifth week in a row, Luke Combs is still waking up the Billboard Country Airplay chart by keeping “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” at #1.

While that’s plenty impressive, it’s just par for the course for a Luke Combs hit. It’s his third-longest stay atop the tally so far, matching the performance of 2023’s “Fast Car,” 2021’s “Better Together” and 2019’s “Even Though I’m Leaving.”

“Forever After All” made it six weeks in 2021, while Luke’s all-time record-holder so far is “Beautiful Crazy,” which reigned for seven weeks in 2019. 

Over on the comparable Mediabase chart, “Sleepless” is enjoying its second week of all-nighters. 

In all, that means Luke has spent 42 weeks at #1 as a soloist, matching Keith Urban’s record.

If you wonder where that puts them in history, the Aussie and the North Carolinian are at 13th place overall when it comes to their time at the top. 

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