The track has nothing to do with the musical Little Shop of Horrors, and instead finds the “Lydia” rockers commenting on the the Israel-Gaza war.
“Big Shop of Horrors” marks the third new Highly Suspect single of 2026, following “Yellow Roses” and “Wasted.” The band’s most recent album is 2024’s As Above, So Below.
Highly Suspect will launch a U.S. headlining tour May 17 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Big Mama, no more albums is unfortunately the update for Latto fans. She’s announced that her upcoming album, Big Mama, will be her last. “5/29,” she wrote on X Friday. “My retirement album. Thank you for everything.”
Rihanna’s latest tattoo is one of her children’s artwork. Celebrity artist Keith McCurdy, aka Bang Bang, shared photos of the tat he gave the singer behind her knee. While the original scribbles were done in colorful markers, her tat simply recreates them in black ink. In the caption, he wrote, “Designed by her babies.” Rihanna has three children, RZA, Riot and Rocki Mayers, who she shares with A$AP Rocky.
6lack has shared the story behind his latest single, “Ashin the Blunt” featuring Young Thug. Alongside a clip of the video, he wrote, “Ashin the Blunt, the oldest song on the new album but n**** knew it would stand the test of time. It’s been leaked, it’s almost made a few albums over the past 5+ years, the feeling of it reflects some of the journey along the way, love, confinement, and reintroducing yourself to the world… but the vault has finally been cracked & it’s out today.” He continued, “I always felt like this song captured my brother @thuggerthugger1 in a vintage form & i’m happy to share something that the ppl have been asking for.”
Now that Olivia Rodrigo has added 25 additional dates to her sold-out Unraveled World Tour, she’s broken some records in the process.
Olivia will now do a 10-show run at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center breaking the record of eight nights previously held by Jay-Z. In LA, she’ll also do 10 shows, setting a new record that was previously held by herself. She initially set the record when she sold out the first five shows.
In London, Olivia will now be the first ever solo female artist to exceed 10 performances at the O2 arena during a single tour; she’ll play that venue for a total of 11 nights.
And in Barcelona, Spain, Olivia has now become one of only four artists to sell out four nights at the city’s Palau Sant Jordi, and one of only two non-Spanish acts to do it, following U2.
Speaking of Barcelona, Liv is there right now, recording a Billions Club Live performance for Spotify. She has nine songs in Spotify’s Billions Club, including “vampire,” “good 4 u,” “drivers license” and “deja vu.”
The Unraveled Tour will launch Sept. 25 in Hartford, Connecticut.
L-R Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen of Van Halen circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (photo by Ann Summa/Getty Images)
In a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar said that he hasn’t spoken to his Van Halen bandmate Alex Van Halen in 21 years. But that distance didn’t stop Sammy from wishing Alex a happy 73rd birthday on Friday.
“Alex, I know these wonderful magical times have passed, and of course will never happen again,” Hagar wrote on Instagram next to a video of Van Halen’s final bows at a 1995 show in Austin, Texas. “But I want to wish you all the peace, love and happiness in the world as well as a happy birthday.”
The post included a comment from former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who wrote, “Definitely good times!! Happy Birthday Al.”
While Alex has never come out and said what his issues are with Sammy, he did seem to diss him in his 2024 book Brothers, by not even acknowledging the years Sammy was frontman of Van Halen, which produced four #1 albums for the band.
In fact, the book focused on only the David Lee Roth years, and Alex only sort of acknowledged Hagar and their third frontman Gary Cherone, by writing, “we had a lot of other singers over the years.”
‘My Mess, My Heart, My Life.’ album artwork. (Sony Music UK/RCA Records)
Myles Smith has released a new song called “Hold Me in the Dark,” a track off his full-length debut album, My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
Smith previously called “Hold Me in the Dark” “one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written.” You can watch its lyric video streaming now on YouTube.
My Mess, My Heart, My Life. is due out June 19. It was originally set to drop on June 12, but Smith delayed the release by a week due to feeling “close to burning out.”
The track list also includes Smith’s breakout hit, “Stargazing,” as well as the single “Nice to Meet You” and the Niall Horan collaboration “Drive Safe.”
Barry Manilow, ‘What A Time.’ (STILETTO Entertainment)
Barry Manilow is giving fans one final preview of his upcoming album, What a Time.
The latest track released is “Another Life – 2026,” a reimagined take on his 1992 song, which originally appeared on his box set, TheComplete Collection and Then Some….
This is the third track Manilow has released from What a Time, following “Sun Shine” and “Once Before I Go.” The record, Manilow’s first album of new material in close to 15 years, will be released June 5.
Manilow recently had to postpone the May shows of his Las Vegas residency at the Westgate as he continues to recover from surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung. He did reveal that his doctor said he should be good to go for his planned arena shows in the U.K. in June.
George Birge is about to release a duet with Priscilla Block. You can hear a snippet of “You Ain’t” on his Instagram now. “I’m only outta my mind, baby, because you ain’t,” they sing in the heartbreak tune, which arrives May 15.
Parmalee will perform a headlining concert during The National Salute to America’s Heroes, which will stream on Fox Nation live from Miami Beach on May 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
Vince Gill’s seventh EP in the 50 Years from Home series, titled Nobody Held Her Like Me, is out now. It features six new songs, plus a version of his hit “Whenever You Come Around.” While the title track sounds like it’s about a girl, it’s actually about a guitar.
Kameron Marlowe is out with a new single, “Running,” which he says is about “the one that got away and the definition of passion and pain knowing that they aren’t coming back.”
Tigirlily Gold has a new track called “I Do or Die,” which they say was influenced by “songs by confident women like The Chicks, The Band Perry, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert.” In the song, the sisters sing, “Your new three-piece suit’ll look great getting married in/ But if you mess this up, it’ll be what you’re buried in.”
Ashley Cooke’s new single “high school sweetheart,” from her upcoming self-titled sophomore album, is out now.
Lenny Kravitz on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’/(ABC/Randy Holmes)
Lenny Kravitz is featured on the just released reimagination of DE’WAYNE’s track “highway robbery” with the “Are You Gonna Go My Way” singer appearing in the song’s new video, directed by Joe Mischo.
“I first became aware of DE’WAYNE on Instagram and I was immediately drawn in to his expression,” says Kravitz. “After I started following him, he reached out, and our conversations naturally grew into both this collaboration and friendship.”
He adds, “DE’WAYNE is refreshing and dynamic and I am here to support a young black rock and roll musician.”
The song first appeared on DE’WAYNE’s 2025 album june, and he notes that with Kravitz’s contribution, the song “is a rock ’n’ roll glam–inspired record born from a simple intention: put more love back into the world,” adding, “In a way, it feels like my introduction. So… hello.”
Kravitz is set to play Atlantic City, New Jersey, on May 16, followed by two shows in California. He’ll then launch a European tour in Florence, Italy, on July 12. A complete list of dates can be found at LennyKravitz.com.
Koe Wetzel’s ‘The Night Champion’ (Columbia Records)
When Koe Wetzel announced his new album The Night Champion earlier this week, he said he’d be releasing a new song called “Hurts Like You” on Friday. Well, he did, but he also gave fans a bonus.
In addition to “Hurts Like You,” Koe released a second song, “Dollar and a Bottle,” which was such a surprise that even some of his team didn’t know he was doing it. “F***, here’s two,” he wrote on Instagram.
Explaining the title of The Night Champion, which is coming out June 12, Koe says, “I feel like right now I’m the best version of myself I’ve ever been. I survived the night side of me. I’m coming out of it a champion. That’s the essence of this record.”
Koe’s most recent album, 9 Lives, was certified Gold and spawned the five-week #1 “High Road,” which went on to become the most-played country song of 2025. Meanwhile, “Rocky Mountain Low,” his duet with Corey Kent, is just outside of the top 10.
Koe’s currently touring in Australia, but he’ll bring The Night Champion tour to North America starting July 8 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
(Video for “Dollar and a Bottle” contains uncensored profanity.)
Olivia Dean is ruling the charts in the U.S. with “Man I Need” and “So Easy (To Fall in Love),” but back home in the U.K., it’s another song that’s led to her setting a new chart record.
Olivia joins fellow British singer/songwriter Sam Fender on a duet version of his song “Rein Me In,” and that song has just spent a tenth week at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart. That means Olivia is now the British female artist who has spent the most weeks at #1 with a single song, ever.
Plus, “Rein Me In” is now tied for the longest-running #1 song by a man and a woman, matching the record set by “Umbrella” by Rihanna and Jay-Z back in 2007. Sam recently joined Olivia onstage at London’s O2 Arena to perform the song with her live.
Olivia just finished up four sold-out nights at the O2. She’ll bring her The Art of Loving tour to the U.S. starting July 10 in San Francisco.
Meanwhile, on the U.K. album chart, The Essential Michael Jackson greatest hits compilation has just returned to #1 for the first time in 17 years, thanks to the hit biopic Michael.Two of the late King of Pop’s other albums, Thriller and Bad, are both in the top 10.
