Yes has announced a half-speed remaster of the band’s 2001 album, Magnification.
The set will be released on Sept. 18 as a two-LP vinyl set and limited-edition cassette.
Magnification marked the 19th Yes album, and their first recorded as a four-piece and without a dedicated keyboardist. The Magnification lineup featured vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White.
Anderson left Yes in 2004, making Magnification his final album with the band.
Sophia Laforteza of KATSEYE attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
KATSEYE used to have six members, but in February Manon Bannerman went on a hiatus that doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. And now the group is down to a quartet, as Sophia Laforteza is also stepping back from the Grammy-nominated group.
A message on the group’s Weverse page states that Sophia is “temporarily unable to participate in upcoming promotional activities” in order to prioritize her “mental health and wellness.” It goes on to say, “Sophia has been receiving the utmost support, and following thorough consultations with medical professionals, it has been advised that she take dedicated time for extended rest and ongoing care to ensure a full recovery.”
“While Sophia herself is eager to perform alongside her members, the health, safety, and long-term well-being of our artists will always remain our highest priority,” the message continues. “We will continue to closely monitor her progress and support her journey. We plan to reassess her condition in September and will share a further update with fans at that time.”
On her own Instagram Story, Sophia writes, “Making this decision wasn’t easy, but I’m learning that health has to come first. I’m realizing that if I don’t take care of my mind and body now, I won’t be able to keep doing what I love the most for so long.”
She adds, “I promise I’m going to work as hard as I can to get through this, heal properly, and come back stronger.”
Sophia’s exit comes at a key time for the group: Their third EP, WILD, is coming out Aug. 14; they just dropped the new single “Animal”; and their world tour is set to begin Sept. 1.
Chappell Roan, The Super Graphic Spectacular (Ramisha Sattar)
Chappell Roan hasn’t been on a concert stage lately, but that will change in October when she plays two special charity shows at The Shrine in Los Angeles.
The Super Graphic Spectacular — a twist on the title of her song “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl” — the Oct. 21 and 22 shows will raise money for Chappell’s nonprofit, The Midwest Princess Project. The shows will mark one full year of the project, while raising funds for programs that support trans youth and the LGBTQ+ community.
To date, the organization has raised over $800,000 through donations and proceeds from Chappell’s Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things pop-up shows.
The Super Graphic Spectacular will give fans the opportunity to volunteer in support of trans youth and LGBTQ+ community organizations. There will also be “live performances, special guest appearances, drag artistry, comedy, community engagement opportunities” and “a special closing performance” from Chappell and “collaborators.”
You can preregister now at SuperGraphicSpectacular.com for a chance to be selected to purchase tickets. Registration closes Aug. 11 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Fans will be notified by email starting Aug. 17 if they’ve been selected to purchase tickets.
Fans who attend Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival on Aug. 29 will also get a chance to see Chappell perform.
Travis Barker attends the Tribeca Festival for the North America premiere of ‘Travis Barker: Louder than Fear’ in New York, NY on June 13th 2026. (Disney/Stephanie Augello)
Say it is so: a new blink-182 album is in the works.
“I’m working on the blink album this year,” Barker says.
The most recent blink-182 album is 2023’s ONE MORE TIME…, which marked the return of vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge following a seven-year absence from the band. A deluxe edition was released in 2024.
Vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus told People in 2025 that he planned to start writing new blink-182 material that summer.
Meanwhile, a new documentary about Barker, Louder than Fear, is set to premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on Aug. 13.
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Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean of The Fugees perform onstage during the 2026 Global Citizen Live Rio de Janeiro Festival on June 6, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images for Global Citizen)
Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill are teasing the possibility of new Fugees music.
In an interview with the BBC ahead of their Diaspora Calling! performance on Friday night in Milton Keynes, England, the two say they are in an “amazing place.”
When asked if they would be making new music together in the future, Hill responded, “Absolutely.”
Wyclef continued, “All I can tell you is, man, we’re in God’s hands,” before singing, “I’m back with my bandmate!”
“So we’re in an amazing place,” he said. “I think the energy is very important.”
“There was an incredible healing process that happened with us as a band and as bandmates, and … we just want to showcase that and give some of that energy to the world as well,” Hill added.
Their third bandmate, Pras Michel, is currently serving a prison sentence on 10 criminal counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
After weeks of teases on social media, Alex Warren has released his new single “Rescuer” which, like many of his songs, is a tribute to his wife, Kouvr Annon Warren.
“When I was at my absolute lowest, my now-wife Kouvr saved me,” he says in a statement. “Nothing I have or have done is possible without her. This song is written to her as a way of expressing that.”
Kouvr co-stars with Alex in the video for “Rescuer,” which finds him trying to sneak into a “Baroque Ball” where everyone is dressed in 17th century costumes. A man tries to throw him out, but Kouvr, dressed like a princess, calls the guy off. The two spend the night being romantic — after she gives him the appropriate clothing — and they plan to meet outside later. But when Alex returns to his car, the man kicks his butt, throws him in the bushes and steals his car.
But still, Kouvr finds a beaten and bruised Alex outside and they kiss.
“Where do you think he put my car?” asks Alex. “Honestly, I don’t know, but it was a piece of junk anyways,” responds Kouvr. “He punched me. Twice,” whines Alex. “Yeah, that sucks,” she replies. “He threw me in a bush. Who throws people in bushes?” “Apparently him,” says Kouvr as the clip ends.
“Rescuer” is from Alex’s new album. WILDCHILD, due Aug. 28.
FLO has released their sophomore album, Therapy at the Club, along with a music video for the track “Cry Ugly.” The trio said the album is “super personal” for them, adding, “For us, the club is more than just a night out, it’s like therapy. I mean, where else do you feel more understood than in a girls bathroom on a night out…that’s the vibe!”
Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck has dropped a new solo album called Dragon’s Breath. “Dragon’s Breath was designed to bring the culture and the true hip-hop experience of beats and rhymes back to the listener,” Deck says. “It is also a testament to the OG’s [sic] and the legacy artists who have been told to hang up the gloves. Inspectah Deck is still spitting fire 30-years later.”
Ravyn Lenae is out with her third studio album, Blue Island. The track list features Dominic Fike on “Reputation” and Doechii on “Babygirl.”
North West, the 13-year-old daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, has released the music video for her song “Aishite.” The song’s title translates from Japanese to “love me.” It’s a single off her debut EP, N0rth4evr, released in May.
Pooh Shiesty debuted a new surprise album,All Eyes on Shiest, featuring the bonus track “MANE” with GloRilla and “FDO.” Fans who purchase on iTunes will get an exclusive extra bonus track: the seven-minute freestyle “Contraband 2.5.”
It’s the moment that dance music fans have been waiting for: Madonna and Kylie Minogue have teamed up for a record. “Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)” puts the two divas together on a new version of a song from Madonna’s current album, Confessions II. The two debuted the song live at World Pride Amsterdam on Aug. 1. The original version has already hit #1 on dance radio.
Audrey Nuna, the singing voice of HUNTR/X’s Mira in KPop Demon Hunters, has dropped a solo single called “superHuman.” Audrey says in a statement, “I wrote this song in a time in my life where a lot was changing very quickly, and I felt more perceived by the world than I ever had before.” She adds, “I wanted to quietly remind myself and others to stay human, stay open, to flow like water through all of the changes & that being more human will always be a superpower if we allow it.”
“Boston” singer Stella Lefty has released “Lean In, Kiss Me,” a new track from her upcoming debut, Long Way Home, due Aug. 21.
Carly Rae Jepsen has released another new track from her upcoming album, Day and Night: “Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor.” She says it was inspired by seeing the ABBA hologram show Voyage in London and wanting to write “a perfect pop melody.” The album’s due Sept. 18.
“If the World Was Ending” singer JP Saxe has teamed up with brother and sister-fronted pop group Lawrence for “Feel Like That,” a song from Lawrence’s upcoming EP, Office Party. JP says in a statement, “It’s about how terrifying it is to feel like you don’t have the capacity to be overwhelmed by love anymore. very creepy stuff. I’m so happy Lawrence and I get to be scared together.”
Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson of Heart perform onstage during the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala 2026 at The Beverly Hilton on May 08, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
It’s been 10 years since Heart put out a new album, but the drought is coming to an end: Nancy Wilson tells Gold Derby that recording on a new album is complete — and it’s just one of several projects coming from the band.
“The Heart album is almost finished up now … the recording’s all done,” says Wilson. “It’s really, really strong. I think it’s going to be great. We wrote a bunch of new songs and recorded down in Nashville with the players that we just played the last tour with. … [T]he album was pretty much recorded live.”
Nancy adds, “I’m really happy. It really feels like a Heart record.” She says a world tour will follow, as well as a Heart documentary and the long-in-the-works Heart biopic, which has yet to be cast. The Heart documentary, Nancy says, will be about the band, unlike her sister Ann Wilson’s recent documentary. In My Voice, in which Nancy did not appear.
“We were waiting for that to get done before we proceeded with the larger one — put the Heart train back on track for next year,” Nancy notes. “Hopefully ‘27 and ’28 will be the year for Heart world domination, basically.”
Nancy also says she and Ann feel “super-reconnected now,” especially after Ann’s recent cancer diagnosis. “I think she actually beat it,” says Nancy, who notes that the health scare made her realize that music is “what we were born to do, and do together.”
“It’s what we’ve always done together, and it’s second nature,” she adds. “So, getting back into that with Ann one-on-one was extremely meaningful and really fulfilling for me. … It made me extremely happy to make this album.”
Gavin Adcock’s ‘The Day I Hang It Up’ (Warner Records Nashville)
Gavin Adcock’s got a song for the “Workin’ Man” — and a video, too.
It’s something the “Wannabe” hitmaker knows well, since he was raised on a cattle farm in Watkinsville, Georgia.
“This song is for working people. The kind of people who put in long hours, take pride in what they do and make time for the people they love,” Gavin says. “My fans live that life. They work hard all week and come to our shows ready to have a good time.”
“It’s also about knowing what you deserve,” he adds. “If somebody isn’t treating you right, there’s someone else out there who will. There’s nothing like having a good, hardworking person by your side.”
“Workin’ Man” is the latest preview of Gavin’s third studio album in three years, The Day I Hang It Up, which comes out Oct. 2.
An Instagram request for fan submissions for the music video netted nearly 4,000 clips, with 500 or so featured in the finished product. You can catch the “Workin’ Man” premiere Friday at 5 p.m. CT, appropriately right at the end of the work week.
