Jon Pardi’s Gamblin’ Man Tour (Courtesy Jon Pardi/The GreenRoom)
From the name of Jon Pardi’s fall tour, you’d think he’s headed to Vegas.
Inspired by a fan-favorite song from 2025’s Honkytonk Hollywood, he’ll launch the Gamblin’ Man Tour Sept. 17 in Richmond, Virginia. He’ll hit 19 arenas and amphitheaters before wrapping Nov. 14 in Independence, Missouri.
Alexandra Kay, who currently has her first hit with “Straight for the Heart,” will join him on the trek, along with newcomer Sadie Bass.
Presales start Tuesday, before tickets become available to the public Friday.
Jon’s closing in on the top 20 right now with his latest single, “Boots Off.” And so far, there’s no Sin City stop on his tour.
Cover art for ‘The Real Me’ by Future (Sahluna Management Company, Inc.)
Future has earned his 12th #1 album with his latest release, The Real Me.
The project debuted atop the Billboard 200 after earning 131,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the week ending July 16, according to Luminate. The milestone gives Future the third-most #1 albums among rappers. Overall, only The Beatles (19), Drake and Taylor Swift (15), and Jay-Z (14) have more chart-toppers, according to Billboard.
Released on July 9, The Real Me features the lead single “Radio” and marks Future’s 10th studio album. It also debuted at #1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart, with 118,000 of its total units coming from streaming.
Elsewhere on the Billboard 200’s top 10 are Drake’s Iceman at #6 and Michael Jackson’s Thriller at #8.
Following Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, screens display ‘JusT&T Married!’ outside Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3, 2026. (Sara Konradi for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Now that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been married for a couple of weeks, people who attended the July 3 nuptials at New York’s Madison Square Garden are sharing some of the details of the massive event.
While appearing on The Compound podcast, American Century Investments CEO Jonathan Thomas, a friend of Travis’, detailed the mystery that surrounded the event. “It was February or March, I got this text that said: ‘This is from Taylor and Travis. I promise it’s not spam,’” he said. He deleted it, and when he kept getting the same texts, he blocked the number.
Finally, Travis called him and asked him why he hadn’t responded. Thomas admitted he’d deleted it and blocked the number, so Travis resent it to Thomas’ wife’s phone. The couple then had to go through two-factor authentication and then sign an NDA before receiving a watermarked digital invitation.
Additional details were doled out bit by bit, but Thomas said it wasn’t until 4 a.m. on the day of the wedding that the guests were informed of the location.
Thomas said when Adam Sandler appeared to officiate at the ceremony, guests thought it was a joke. “But he actually spoke for 20 or 30 minutes,” he revealed. Sandler also “sang a few things,” Thomas said, and offered the couple this advice: “Kiss each other every day: in the morning, at night, after dinner — just kiss often.”
After the vows, everyone walked through “this massive castle” and were able to play “all sorts of games” with “amazing giveaways.” Thomas also confirmed that Taylor, Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks performed, and then people “just popped up onstage and sang songs.”
“I’ve never seen a wedding that was so designed to delight the guests and make sure they have a lot of fun,” he concluded.
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Tedeschi Trucks Band has been forced to cancel some upcoming appearances as Susan Tedeschi undergoes surgery to have her appendix removed.
“I had an appendix scare and I’ve been told I need surgery to have it removed,” Tedeschi writes on Instagram. “It’s a very common procedure, or course, and I’ll be okay, but sadly it does mean we have to cancel our appearances at Newport Folk and Floyd Fest.”
“I’m incredibly disappointed. I never cancel shows and I don’t like inconveniencing our fans, band and crew,” she continues. “So I need to take care of this now so it doesn’t become something more serious later.”
Finally she writes, “Thank you for your understanding and support. We promise we’ll make it up to y’all as soon as we can. I’ll be back on my feet before you know it, and we’ll see you out there soon.”
Tedeschi Trucks Band was due to play FloydFest in Check, Virginia, on July 24 and Newport Folk Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 26.
Their next scheduled shows are July 31 and Aug. 1 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
The Muppets didn’t just appear at the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime show on Sunday — some of them also made an appearance at Noah Kahan’s concert at Citi Field in Queens, New York, that night.
During various tour stops Noah has been taking onstage “phone calls” from different people, like his mom and various sports stars, who then appear on the stadium video screen. Sunday night it was Elmo and Cookie Monster, who Noah introduced as “some friends who live here in this area.”
“Wow, look at all those people! Hi, everybody!” yelled Elmo. “Hi Noah, me just wanted to know if you sang ‘Cookie Season’ yet,” added Cookie Monster.
“It’s ‘Stick Season,’ Cookie Monster!” scolded Elmo. “Oh, right. Sorry,” the blue furry creature replied.
“We wanted to call and wish you a great concert,” Elmo continued. “We’re very proud of you, and we hope that you’re proud of yourself, too.”
“Yeah, what about ‘She Calls Me Cookie’?” asked Cookie Monster. “No, it’s ‘She Calls Me Back,'” explained Elmo. “Oh. Well, Noah, if you ever need a cookie, just call me back!” Cookie added. Elmo signed off by saying, “We love you, Noah. Have a great show!”
But the Muppets weren’t the only special guests at the show: During the song “End of August,” Noah brought out Aaron Dessner, who co-produced Noah’s album The Great Divide. Aaron posted footage of the moment on his Instagram Story. “@NoahKahan you’re frickin incredible,” he captioned the video.
As previously reported, Noah was forced to cancel the first of two planned shows at Citi Field due to inclement weather. The tour’s next stop is Washington, D.C., on July 22.
Ahead of the release of his third studio album, Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen launched a new tour at the Palace Theater in Providence, Rhode Island.
The show marked Steve Van Zandt’s first official gig as a member of The E Street Band and also the live debut of the future classic “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” Other songs in the set included “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Rosalita” and more.
Born to Run was released August 25, 1975, and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It has gone on to be considered one of the greatest albums of all time and has been certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA.
Van Zandt is still a member of The E Street Band, although he left in 1984 shortly before the Born in the U.S.A. tour. He returned when Springsteen reunited the group in 1995 after a six-year breakup.
Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit performs at Madison Square Garden on May 13, 2022 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Limp Bizkit definitely got into some shenanigans during their performance at the Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival over the weekend.
The set featured a surprise appearance by the cast of Super Troopers 3, the upcoming threequel to the 2001 cult comedy.
As seen in video posted to the Super TroopersInstagram, the cast members showed up onstage in full costume while telling the crowd they were there to shut the show down. While Fred Durst maintains he and the Bizkit haven’t broken any laws, a trooper then discovers a comically large bag of weed hidden near the drums.
Eventually, Limp Bizkit and the Super Troopers come to a truce and decide to rock “Break Stuff” together.
Super Troopers 3 hits theaters Aug. 7.
Limp Bizkit, meanwhile, will be back onstage in the U.S. in September to headline the Louder than Life festival.
Melanie C and Chris Dingwall pose during the New York City premiere of the film ‘Wicked: For Good!’ on November 17, 2025 in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
Nearly all of the Spice Girls were together on Saturday as Sporty Spice — Melanie “Mel C” Chisholm — married her boyfriend Chris Dingwall during a ceremony in England’s Lake District, Vogue reports.
Mel’s bandmates Melanie “Mel B” Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Geri Halliwell Horner (Ginger Spice) attended the wedding. Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham was busy at the World Cup Final in the U.S., though she was present in spirit: Mel wore dresses designed by her in both of her wedding ceremonies.
“I was actually having dinner with Melanie and asked her what she was up to,” Victoria told Vogue. “She very casually told me she was leaving for Australia in two days and getting married!”
Mel and Chris, who is Australian, had a legal ceremony in Australia ahead of Saturday’s event. While Mel has a teenage daughter from a previous relationship, this marks her first marriage.
Victoria explained, “When I asked what she was wearing, [Melanie] mentioned she had actually ordered one of my dresses but that it didn’t quite fit, and she didn’t have time to get it altered before leaving. I happened to have that exact dress in my own wardrobe and offered to lend it to her.”
“Victoria’s dress was my something borrowed. It was very special, having her there,” Melanie told Vogue of the legal ceremony.
For Saturday’s event, Victoria offered to make Melanie “her dream dress.” Inspired by the original design, the gown featured more lace, a different color, different back and a train.
“Victoria was so excited about being able to do this for me, and having her and [my daughter] Scarlet there… every step of the way has been very special,” Melanie says. “Plus, I just love her clothes.”
The Edge and Martin Garrix at Tomorrowland in Belgium (Photo Credit: Louis van Baar)
U2’s The Edge made a surprise appearance during Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix’s set at Tomorrowland in Belgium Friday to debut a new Garrix/U2 collaboration.
The guitarist came out to play guitar to Garrix’s upcoming song “Fireflies,” which will feature the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band.
According to Garrix’s Instagram, the song is “coming soon.”
This isn’t the first time U2 and Garrix have collaborated. Bono and The Edge were featured on Garrix’s song “We Are The People,” the official song for UEFA Euro 2020.
U2 recently released “Street of Dreams,” the first single off their upcoming new album, which so far does not have a release date. The band recently posted some behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the song’s video in Mexico City, adding in the caption, “Mexico city, thank you for your hospitality.”
Jennifer Finch of L7 performs onstage at Hollywood Palladium on January 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for The Art of Elysium)
Artists including Hole’s Courtney Love, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Garbage have paid tribute to late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch.
The “Pretend We’re Dead” outfit announced late Saturday night that Finch, 59, had died, just days after it was announced she’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Love, who previously called Finch “a founder of … one of the most important bands in history,” posted an image of Finch to her Instagram.
Morello left a comment on L7’s post announcing Finch’s death. It reads, “God bless her. An important fixture of the LA scene, a super cool person, a true artist with a kind and welcoming heart. I loved, respected and admired her greatly. She will be missed.”
“Rest in power beautiful Jennifer Finch,” reads a post to Garbage’s Instagram. “I’m so relieved to know you are no longer suffering. Our sincere condolences to @l7theband and everyone who ever loved you. Family, fans, friends and fellows. This is a terrible loss for music and our musical community.”
