Travis Scott speaks onstage during the FIFA World Cup 2026 press conference at Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 at Jacob Javits Center on July 17, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)
He may have landed a role in Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, but Travis Scott isn’t leaving music behind. He tellsVariety in a new cover story that he’s hard at work on a new album.
Scott says that for the follow-up to 2023’s Utopia, he’s “constantly pushing myself to push the sonics to try to make something that I haven’t made before.”
He tells Variety he’s been making music with his stage show in mind. “I’m like, OK, I need to double down on trying to make something that can reach the person that’s all the way back in the bowl, so how do I reach them like the person that’s right next to me,” he says. “So that’s what I’m on — trying to elevate the show to a more theater aspect.”
“Stay tuned on how that’s going to happen,” he adds. “Utopia was supposed to be a play. I want to try to bring back true experiences before they try to take them all down and make everything digital.”
The Odyssey, which also features Travis’ song “When I’m Home” in the end credits, is in theaters now.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready will be at San Diego Comic-Con in support of his upcoming graphic novel, Farewell to Seasons.
The book tells an alternate history of the Seattle music scene that birthed Pearl Jam, along with bands including Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. McCready tells ABC Audio that the idea for the project came to him during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
“I had a few dreams, one with Layne [Staley] and one with Chris Cornell,” McCready says, referring to the respective late Alice in Chains and Soundgarden singers. “They were really dark and kinda strange.”
“I want to explore the reason why the Seattle music scene happened and my point of view of it, and why all these guys died, and was it worth it,” he continues. “I don’t know the answer to that question.”
With Farewell to Seasons, McCready also hopes to convey the collaborative and communal spirit of the Seattle scene, as evidenced by his own career of playing in bands including Temple of the Dog and Mad Season alongside Pearl Jam.
“We all played on each other’s records and went to each other’s shows,” McCready says. “[Seattle is a] small big city, I don’t know how to explain it other than that. You would run into people all the time.”
Coming from that kind of scene, McCready says he relates to the artists and creators of the graphic novel world.
“I love the artistry of it, I love how they push boundaries,” McCready says. “I love that there is a do-it-yourself ethic to these stories. I love how well-written the stories are.”
Farewell to Seasons will be released in October alongside a collection of original music.
San Diego Comic-Con is held Thursday through Sunday.
Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Jack White has announced a livestream of his upcoming solo show Saturday at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, located outside of his hometown of Detroit.
The show will available for subscribers to the streaming platform Nugs. For a limited time, you can sign up for three months of a Nugs subscription for $5 a month.
Saturday’s concert marks the final U.S. date of White’s summer tour in support of his new album, Frozen Charlotte, which dropped July 10. A fall leg will kick off in September.
Taboo, Apl.de.Ap, Fergie and Will.I.Am perform on stage at the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards 2005, November 3, 2005 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Getty Images/Getty Images for MTV)
Two very different songs have both joined YouTube’s Billion Views Club.
The video for Black Eyed Peas’ goofy hit “My Humps,” from their 2005 album Monkey Business, has reached 1 billion views. It’s the group’s third video to hit that milestone, following “Where is the Love” and “RITMO.” The video for “I Gotta Feeling” has yet to reach 1 billion.
“My Humps” was originally written by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am for the Pussycat Dolls, but he changed his mind and gave them “Beep” instead. “My Humps” became their third single from Monkey Business and their second single to hit the top three. The video won an MTV VMA and the song itself won a Grammy.
Meanwhile, the 1987 hit “It Must Have Been Love,” by Swedish duo Roxette, has also reached the 1 billion views milestone; it’s their first visual to do so. The video includes clips from the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, because a later version of the song, which appeared on that movie’s soundtrack, was the one that became a #1 hit in the U.S.
In addition to “It Must Have Been Love,” Roxette topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart” and “Joyride.”
Poster for ‘If These Walls Could Rock’ (Credit: Sean Pierce)
Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl are among the musicians featured in a new film about Los Angeles’ iconic Sunset Marquee Hotel.
If These Walls Could Rock, directed by Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams, tells the story of the Sunset Strip hotel using archival footage, animation and interviews. According to a press release, the film will give fans insight into a hotel that “became more than a place to stay while on tour.”
“It became a creative sanctuary where songs were written, debauchery was shared, and music history unfolded behind closed doors,” the description adds.
It also tells the tale of the hotel’s founder, George Rosenthal, and his son Mark Rosenthal, who turned a one-time motel into “one of the most iconic destinations in music history.”
The film also features contributions from The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow, Morrissey, Billy Bob Thornton, KISS’ Gene Simmons, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and more.
If These Walls Could Rock is set to open Aug. 14 at the Landmark Theatres Sunset in Los Angeles, and will debut on Apple TV and Amazon on the same day. The LA screening will be followed by a Q&A with the directors and guests.
Michelle Branch, ‘Everywhere and Back Again’ (BMG)
Fans “Everywhere” want to see Michelle Branch in concert.
The “Game of Love” singer recently announced the Everywhere and Back Again Tour, her first headline trek in several years. The entire 20-date run, which starts in September, has already sold out. “I’m so completely overwhelmed by all the love in response to my sold out tour,” Michelle says in a statement.
“It’s any artist’s dream come true to still have fans showing up and caring 25 years in. There’s more to come and I can’t wait for this next chapter.”
On social media on Wednesday, Michelle told fans that she’s going to release a limited number of tickets that she’d held back for friends and family so that fans can have them. “If you’re friends and family, I’m sorry,” she laughed. “I’m releasing these tickets. There’s not a lot but we have ’em.”
You can sign up for the wait list at MichelleBranch.com and then choose your preferred date to get a chance to access them. Michelle also said there’s another leg of the tour coming, which will visit additional cities.
As previously reported, the tour comes in support of Michelle’s upcoming Everywhere and Back Again EP, which comes out Nov. 6. It features reimagined versions of her hits, like “Everywhere,” “All You Wanted,” “Breathe” and more, recorded as collaborations with different artists.
So far, she’s released a reworking of “The Game of Love” recorded with New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander, who co-wrote the tune.
Gerry Beckley “Norwegian Wood’ cover art (Blue Élan Records)
America co-founder Gerry Beckley has released another preview of his upcoming solo album, Merciful.
The latest is a cover of of The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood,” featuring a guest appearance by two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash.
“I’ve always loved the song,” Beckley says. “Graham’s one of my true heroes going back to his days with the Hollies. When this recording came together, I knew he would bring something special to it.”
This is the second track Beckley has released from Merciful, following “Get it Right.” The album, the follow-up to Beckley’s 2024 self-titled solo album, is due out Aug. 28. It features a combination of previously unfinished material with newly written songs.
The trailer for Chris Rock’s film Misty Green has arrived.
A24 has released the trailer for the upcoming drama film that was written and directed by Rock. Rosalind Eleazar stars as the titular actress Misty Green in the movie.
“Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act,” according to the film’s official description.
The movie also stars Rock, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick and Topher Grace.
Its trailer finds Misty in search of an acting job despite opportunities being few and far between.
“You’re not exactly an unknown, Misty,” Grace’s character tells her. He then says Hollywood is a little racist, it’s a little sexist, “But don’t act like you never had a shot.”
Rock most recently directed the film Top Five, which was released in 2014. He wrote and starred in the movie, which also starred J. B. Smoove, Kevin Hart, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Che, Tracy Morgan, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler and Whoopi Goldberg.
His other directorial efforts include 2007’s I Think I Love My Wife and 2003’s Head of State. He also starred in both of those films.
Misty Green will be released in theaters this October. It is set to debut at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival.
Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits compilation has been named the biggest album of all time by the U.K. Official Charts, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary.
Greatest Hits, which features such Queen classics as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions,” has sold 7.8 million album units to date.
Coming in at #2 is ABBA’s Gold – Greatest Hits, with Oasis’ What’s the Story Morning Glory, Adele’s 21 and The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band rounding out the top five.
Several other classic albums have landed in the top 10: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours at #6, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at #7, Michael Jackson’s Thriller at #8, Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Legend at #9 and Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms at #10.
Melissa Etheridge and country music legend Wynonna Judd have done the “impossible”: They’ve spent the summer sharing a stage on their joint Raised on Radio Tour.
“They don’t know how hard it is to coordinate two artists to get together and do something. It’s almost impossible,” Melissa told ABC News’ Ashan Singh in an interview that aired Tuesday on Nightline. “Where we’re at in our life right now, this is something we want to come out and do.”
“We were all raised on radio,” Wynonna added. “I remember hearing my song for the first time on the radio. Everybody has a memory. And everybody in the audience, when I sing ’80s and ’90s, they go nuts.”
And Melissa, who came out publicly in 1993, loves hearing about their fans’ memories during that time.
“Thirty-three years later, I still have people telling me that in high school it meant so much that there was someone who was out,” she said. “You can’t take that away from me.”
Wynonna and Melissa have both experienced devastating lost. Wynonna’s mother and musical partner, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in 2022. Melissa’s son Beckett Cypher died in 2020 at age 21 from causes related to opioid addiction.
“Losing a child is devastating. There’s not even a word for it in the English language,” Melissa said. “The best thing you can do for your child, or for the memory of that child, is to take care of yourself, to find your joy, because they’re out of pain now.”
And for Melissa, finding her joy means making music.
“Music is never over. I don’t understand how people say they retire, because I don’t think that’s a word,” she said. “That’s like saying I’m going to stop using my right arm. And you don’t. We’ll just make music till we can’t.”
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