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The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen was admitted to the hospital due to the spider bite she suffered while in Mexico City opening for AC/DC.

“Hospital today, show tomorrow, poisonous spiders are NO BUENO,” Momsen writes in an Instagram post published Tuesday alongside a photo of a rash covering her leg. “But the show must go on, see you tomorrow Mexico City!”

In an follow-up post Wednesday, Momsen writes, “Or I just spend the night in the hospital.”

“Thank you to the amazing doctors who, well, they know,” she says.

As previously reported, Momsen shared she was bitten by the spider on April 8, a day after opening for AC/DC in Mexico City. Oddly, it marked the second time Momsen was bitten by an animal while on tour with AC/DC after previously being bitten by a bat during a show in Spain.

The Pretty Reckless are set to play their third and final Mexico City show opening for AC/DC on Wednesday. They’re set to reunite with the “Back in Black” legends for a U.S. stadium tour launching in July.

In other Pretty Reckless news, the band is releasing a new song called “Love Me” on Friday. It will appear on their upcoming album, Dear God, due out June 26.

Dear God marks the follow-up to 2021’s Death By Rock and Roll. It includes the singles “For I Am Death” and “When I Wake Up.”

The Pretty Reckless will launch their own U.S. headlining tour in between the AC/DC dates in July.

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Taylor Swift knows what it’s like to be one of the TIME100 most influential people in the world, having been named to the list in 2019. So it probably should not come as a surprise that she was tapped to write an essay celebrating one of the famous folks named to the list this year.

Dakota Johnson is included on the “artist” section of the list, along with actors like Claire Danes, Benico Del Toro, Jonathan Groff, Noah Wyle and Keke Palmer, and singers like Luke Combs and Noah Kahan. “Nearly 20 years into her fascinatingly varied and eclectic career, everyone is still getting to know Dakota. And it seems the more they learn, the more there is to fall in love with,” Taylor writes of her friend.

After wondering if, because of her “refreshing honesty,” Dakota simply “can’t lie,” Taylor goes on to write, “As her friend, I can vouch for her realness. … And maybe it’s true that she can’t lie. But I’ll tell you a few more things she can’t do.”

“She can’t stop asking people questions about their lives, endlessly curious about everyone else’s human experience. She can’t stop challenging herself, taking newer and bolder risks,” Taylor notes, adding that Dakota’s “unfailing truthfulness helps to shape her ever evolving storytelling into art that feels as real and timeless as she is.”

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HIM frontman Ville Valo is open to getting the “Wings of a Butterfly” outfit back together.

The Finnish rockers broke up after a final show on New Year’s Eve 2017 in their home country, but Valo tells Metal Hammer he “would love to play with the lads again someday.”

“I miss those fellows. They are my brothers,” Valo says. “But there’s also beauty in the fact we didn’t strangle each other at the end, or start travelling in separate limos. So there is that to be said. I felt it was the right way to bury the corpse. HIM was and is my life. It was very hard to let go of that.”

Valo says he hasn’t “really been in touch with [his former bandmates] much,” but noted that they were “still good friends” when HIM ended.

“We’d just grown apart,” Valo says.

Valo has since launched a solo project called VV. The debut VV album, Neon Noir, was released in 2023.

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After taking home a special Grammy award for her songwriting, RAYE has now been named the recipient of a another special honor, this time at the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The Grammys gave RAYE the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change. On June 11, she’ll receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner in New York City. The award, which was created in 2004, honors “young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry with their original songs.”

Past winners include Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Rob Thomas, Gracie Abrams, Sara Bareilles and Alicia Keys.

Music legend Nile Rodgers, chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said in a statement that the “Where Is My Husband!” singer “writes from the deepest, most unguarded part of herself, and somehow makes the whole world feel seen in the process.”

He continued, “What makes her story so remarkable is that long before she was a superstar in her own right, she was already quietly shaping the sound of a generation” — referring to her past career as a writer for artists including Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Charli XCX and Little Mix.

Rodgers added, “This award doesn’t just shine a light on her talent — it illuminates a journey that has been extraordinary from the very beginning.”

Artists being inducted this year include Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS.

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If you’re an Alan Jackson fan and an auto enthusiast, this is the ultimate: AJ’s giving away his personal 2013 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport convertible as part of a fundraiser.

You can also win a VIP trip to Last Call: One More for the Road — The Finale June 27 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. That’s especially significant since Alan’s star-studded final show sold out within a matter of hours. 

A dollar from each ticket’s already going to research for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which played a part in his decision to come off the road. The new contest will benefit the CMT Research Foundation, as well.  

You can find all the info at alltroo.com. 

If you enter by June 5, you’ll be eligible to win two premium tickets, airfare, hotel and the car Alan drove for many years. After that, the sweepstakes continues through July 10, but only the Corvette is on the table. 

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Noah Kahan, JENNIE, Hilary Duff and Anderson .Paak have made the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people of 2026, and each of them has been honored in an essay written by another celebrity.

Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford penned Noah’s essay, writing, in part, “He’s generous, he’s respectful without sycophancy, and he’s f****** funny. There’s no gloss, and people love it. Noah is not the most glamorous person in the room. He’s the most honest. And that’s why so many of us have connected with him as an artist.”

In an essay about JENNIE, Gracie Abrams wrote, “The power that draws you into ‘Jennie the Artist’ when you’re watching her onscreen or as one of 100,000 people in a stadium — is identical to the power she carries when you find her in the corner of a party or run into her in a backstage hallway.”

Nicole Richie penned Hilary’s essay. “She is the girl we danced with in our bedrooms then and the woman we all want to have dinner with now,” Nicole wrote. “Grounded, glowing, and fully herself. Somehow mothering four children, leading a massive pop resurgence, and still making time for a fun night with her girlfriends for a glass of wine (or seven).”

Natasha Lyonne paid tribute to Anderson .Paak or, as she calls the Silk Sonic member, “Andy.” “Basking in Andy’s golden glow is a gift for anyone in his orbit. The song said to leave the door open … so, you know, pretty sound advice, turns out,” she writes. “Andy’s the whole constellation.”

The 2026 TIME100 will be celebrated at the TIME100 Summit and TIME100 Gala events, taking place April 22 and April 23, respectively, in New York City.

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Noah Kahan, JENNIE, Hilary Duff and Anderson .Paak have made the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people of 2026, and each of them has been honored in an essay written by another celebrity.

Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford penned Noah’s essay, writing, in part, “He’s generous, he’s respectful without sycophancy, and he’s f****** funny. There’s no gloss, and people love it. Noah is not the most glamorous person in the room. He’s the most honest. And that’s why so many of us have connected with him as an artist.”

In an essay about JENNIE, Gracie Abrams wrote, “The power that draws you into ‘Jennie the Artist’ when you’re watching her onscreen or as one of 100,000 people in a stadium — is identical to the power she carries when you find her in the corner of a party or run into her in a backstage hallway.”

Nicole Richie penned Hilary’s essay. “She is the girl we danced with in our bedrooms then and the woman we all want to have dinner with now,” Nicole wrote. “Grounded, glowing, and fully herself. Somehow mothering four children, leading a massive pop resurgence, and still making time for a fun night with her girlfriends for a glass of wine (or seven).”

Natasha Lyonne paid tribute to Anderson .Paak or, as she calls the Silk Sonic member, “Andy.” “Basking in Andy’s golden glow is a gift for anyone in his orbit. The song said to leave the door open … so, you know, pretty sound advice, turns out,” she writes. “Andy’s the whole constellation.”

The 2026 TIME100 will be celebrated at the TIME100 Summit and TIME100 Gala events, taking place April 22 and April 23, respectively, in New York City.

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Noah Kahan, JENNIE, Hilary Duff and Anderson .Paak have made the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people of 2026, and each of them has been honored in an essay written by another celebrity.

Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford penned Noah’s essay, writing, in part, “He’s generous, he’s respectful without sycophancy, and he’s f****** funny. There’s no gloss, and people love it. Noah is not the most glamorous person in the room. He’s the most honest. And that’s why so many of us have connected with him as an artist.”

In an essay about JENNIE, Gracie Abrams wrote, “The power that draws you into ‘Jennie the Artist’ when you’re watching her onscreen or as one of 100,000 people in a stadium — is identical to the power she carries when you find her in the corner of a party or run into her in a backstage hallway.”

Nicole Richie penned Hilary’s essay. “She is the girl we danced with in our bedrooms then and the woman we all want to have dinner with now,” Nicole wrote. “Grounded, glowing, and fully herself. Somehow mothering four children, leading a massive pop resurgence, and still making time for a fun night with her girlfriends for a glass of wine (or seven).”

Natasha Lyonne paid tribute to Anderson .Paak or, as she calls the Silk Sonic member, “Andy.” “Basking in Andy’s golden glow is a gift for anyone in his orbit. The song said to leave the door open … so, you know, pretty sound advice, turns out,” she writes. “Andy’s the whole constellation.”

The 2026 TIME100 will be celebrated at the TIME100 Summit and TIME100 Gala events, taking place April 22 and April 23, respectively, in New York City.

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