Singers Kiki Dee and Elton John perform at the Dr Pepper Music Festival at Central Park, New York City, 2nd August 1977 (Bettmann / Contributor)
Fifty years ago Friday, Elton John’s duet with Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” became his first #1 hit in his native U.K., and it stayed on top for six weeks. To mark the occasion, Elton’s Rocket fan club has posted to YouTube for the first time a performance of Elton and Kiki performing the song back in November 1977.
The performance was filmed at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England. Elton says in the video, “We weren’t gonna do this number. [But] we found out that a certain person was in the country, so we panicked and we said, ‘Well, we must do it.’ So she has agreed to come on and sing it. It’s Kiki Dee, ladies and gentlemen.”
The crowd goes crazy as the two perform the hit, which Elton and Bernie Taupin wrote under the fake names Ann Orson and Carte Blanche. It also spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Over the years, Elton and Kiki have sung the song together live more than 10 times, including at his final U.S. tour stop at LA’s Dodger Stadium in November 2022. Elton has also sung the song with Miss Piggy, RuPaul, Minnie Mouse, the Spice Girls and Ed Sheeran.
Charli XCX’s new album, Music, Fashion, Film, is out now, and she’ll be talking about the latter during a livestream Friday.
At 3:30 p.m. ET, Charli and filmmaker Gregg Araki, who directed her in the upcoming movie I Want Your Sex, will be talking about “film and other things we love,” according to her Instagram Story. The conversation will take place at the Music, Fashion, Film pop-up on Beverly Boulevard in LA, but you can watch it live on YouTube.
After the chat, Charli wrote, “I’m gonna play the album film after to celebrate and I’ll stick around and sign some vinyl too.” The “album film” is a 30-minute visual piece Charli created and directed to promote the album; she’s been screening it in movie theaters in select cities.
: David Lee Roth performs in concert at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on April 29, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images)/Sammy Hagar at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/ (Disney/Michael Le Brecht II)
David Lee Roth has appeared to cancel all but one of the remaining dates on his Don’t Love Me, Rent Me Tour.
Although there’s been no official announcement, the only show still listed on Roth’s website is his Aug. 7 concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.
News of the cancellation quickly spread on social media, which prompted a response from Roth’s Van Halen replacement, Sammy Hagar.
“Hey Dave, Sammy here. I just got a call from Michael Anthony … about your tour getting canceled. And I want to say from the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry,” Hagar said in a video posted to social media. “I hope you’re well. I hope there’s not a physical problem.”
“Honestly, Mike and I love the fact that you’ve been out there doing it, supporting the greatest band in the world that we were both part of … supporting what we did in this band to keep this music alive,” he added.
Hagar also invited Roth to join him at his The Best of All Worlds residency in Las Vegas in September.
“Sing a couple songs, emcee the damn show, come out and just do what the f*** you do, which is pretty damn entertaining,” he said.
In the caption to the post, Hagar wrote that he hoped the news of the tour cancellation wasn’t AI, noting, “if it is, my post is still coming from my heart and soul.”
“It is so important that this music carry on especially with the AI music out there. those of us that can still go out and play. should do it as long as they can physically and emotionally carry that torch,” he added. “@vanhalen was, should be, and hopefully always will be real live music, not just for our fans, but for the future fans of real rock music.”
Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet performs live on stage during Lollapalooza Brazil at Autodromo de Interlagos on March 24, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images,)
Greta Van Fleet has announced an intimate underplay show at Chicago’s Metro venue.
The “Highway Tune” rockers will play the 1,100-capacity room on July 31, the same day their new single, “Saw You Stand,” is set to drop.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 2 p.m. CT. For more info, visit MetroChicago.com.
Greta Van Fleet played a similarly small show at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom in May around the release of their song “Play Your Games.”
The most recent Greta Van Fleet album is 2023’s Starcatcher.
Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Sean “Diddy” Combs was involved in a fight at a federal prison where he is currently serving a 50-month sentence for transporting prostitutes, a source familiar with the incident told ABC News.
The other inmate involved in the altercation made a remark to Combs, which instigated the event, the source said. Combs was sent to solitary confinement, according to a source.
It is unclear if he will be temporarily in solitary confinement or if it will be long term.
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said the agency does not comment on the “conditions of confinement, disciplinary matters, or other information regarding individual inmates due to privacy, safety, and security concerns.”
Combs is expected to be released in 2028.
The music mogul began his stay at New Jersey’s FCI Ft. Dix in October 2025, which where he will serve out his sentence.
At the time of his arrival, Combs was not being housed in the prison’s general population but in the special drug program unit, sources told ABC News.
After a high-profile trial last year in Manhattan federal court, jurors convicted Combs of transportation to engage in prostitution, centering on allegations of drug-fueled, days long sex romps called “freak offs” or “hotel nights” with former girlfriends and male sex workers. Combs was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Combs is appealing his conviction and his four-year sentence.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Combs for more information on the alleged fight.
Oliver Tree performs during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2026 in Indio, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)
A celebration of life event honoring the late Oliver Tree will take place Saturday in Santa Cruz, California.
The event will include “live music, tribute videos from Oliver’s life, and various speakers from Oliver’s friends and family,” according to a post on the “Life Goes On” artist’s Instagram. The post’s accompanying flyer lists Logan Paul and Diplo as among the guest speakers.
Tickets are available to attend the celebration in person and to watch it via livestream. For more info, visit OliverTree.live.
Tree died June 14 in a helicopter crash in Brazil. He was 32.
KATSEYE has landed a movie icon as a co-star in their new video, “Animal” — none other than Oscar-nominated star Demi Moore.
The video, which plays with gender roles, shows the girls in a boardroom dressed in suits and ties, watching themselves through a one-way mirror. In the other room, they’re dancing in sexy outfits. But toward the end of the clip, the girls are all in a room frantically sorting through racks of clothes while Demi sits in the corner looking frustrated.
The music stops as KATSEYE member Lara Raj models her outfit for Demi: “Do you like?” she asks. “No,” says Demi. She then says to Megan Skiendiel, “Is that the shoe? I don’t think so.”
Demi goes on to criticize several more outfits, telling the girls, “Tuck, tie, fab.” As clothes fly everywhere and the girls start screaming, Demi sits watching the chaos. The screen cuts to black, then cut back to Demi, who says, “All right. Let’s get wild.”
The girls then appear dressed in suits, which they rip off to show even more glamorous fits than they had on earlier. They sing, “Nobody knows you’re outta control/ But I see a side behind the closed doors/ They get a glimpse here on the dance floor/ You move like an animal.”
This isn’t KATSEYE’s first video to feature a well-known actress: Jessica Alba starred in the video for “Gabriela,” which also featured the girls in a boardroom.
Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix and U2 have teamed up for a brand-new song.
The artists have just released the track “Fireflies,” which Garrix debuted July 17 at the Tomorrowland in Belgium festival, with U2’s The Edge making a surprise appearance.
While Bono and The Edge previously teamed with Garrix for “We Are the People,” the official song for UEFA Euro 2020, “Fireflies” marks the first time all four members of the band have appeared on a Garrix track.
“’Fireflies’ has a very unique mood and it’s a special song we started working on six summers ago,” says Garrix. “I’ve worked with Bono and Edge before, but working with the whole band I got to get a glimpse of their chemistry and why U2 are who they are. They are incredible friends and collaborators, and it has been an absolute honor to work with them again.”
“We go back a long way with Martin, and there’s always a sense of adventure whenever we get together,” says The Edge. “Playing ‘Fireflies’ for the first time at Tomorrowland, in front of one of the most passionate festival crowds anywhere, was such a rush … in fact I might have enjoyed it a bit too much. It reminded me of why I love playing outdoors. I like it better when there’s no ceiling.”
This isn’t the first new music we’ve gotten from U2. Earlier in July the band released “Street of Dreams,” the first single off their upcoming new album, which so far does not have a release date.
‘Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)’ album artwork. (Cleopatra Records)
Ministry is closing up shop.
Al Jourgensen’s long-running synth-pop-turned-industrial-metal outfit will release one final album called Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery) on Oct. 30.
You can listen to the first single, “Burned Out,” out now.
“I’m f****** done,” Jourgensen says in a statement. “I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. I’m amazed at the path that it’s taken, from [Ministry’s 1983 debut] With Sympathy to where we’re at today, and all points in between.”
“It’s been quite a ride, but I’m completely at peace with the fact that it’s done,” he adds. “It’s time to herd goats.”
Ministry has also announced the first leg of a farewell tour, set to kick off April 2027 in Europe. That will be followed by a U.S. leg, the details of which have yet to be announced.
For the full list of announced dates and all ticket info, visit MinistryBand.com.
