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Lola Young covers the new issue of Rolling Stone, and in her story, she opens up about the 2025 incident that sent her to rehab for what she hopes will be the last time.

“It was sad that I had to do that,” she says of her trip to treatment after she collapsed Sept. 27 at New York’s All Things Go festival. “What else was I going to do, die?” she cotinues. “That was the reality of where my addiction was heading.”

Prior to her collapse, Lola had already been in treatment in 2025. A few months later, she returned to the spotlight to promote her album I’m Only F****** Myself, and as she got caught up in doing promo, she started to backslide. 

“You want to say yes to everything because everything’s on the table, but then you also have to balance that with your mental health,” Lola tells Rolling Stone. But she didn’t, and that led to her collapse. In rehab, she was on lockdown for two months but received texts, emails and support from Lady Gaga, Elton John, Katy Perry and Charli XCX.

Since leaving rehab — which, unlike past experiences, was focused on therapy as well as the treatment of addiction — she’s been attending AA meetings and has a sponsor, she tells Rolling Stone. She’s also watched the video of her collapse “once or twice.”

“I am very grateful that it happened because it was, what do you call that? Like, a breaking point which allowed me to then be able to be here today,” she says. “[It] allowed me to be better for my fans, better for the future, and better for myself.”

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Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will serve as the grand marshal for the upcoming Pennzoil 400 NASCAR race, taking place Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The “Freak on a Leash” rocker will deliver, as a press release puts it, “the most anticipated words in motorsports,” presumably referring to, “Drivers, start your engines.”

“Our concerts are loud, fast, and full of chaos, which sounds a lot like a NASCAR race,” Davis says. “I’m excited to jump into that world and soak up the energy of the track in Las Vegas.”

Davis will stick around in Sin City following the race for Korn’s headlining set at Vegas’ Sick New World festival, taking place April 25. System of a Down will headline as well.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II takes on the role of a former special forces mercenary named John Creasy in the new Netflix series Man on Fire, which fans can now get a glimpse of.

A trailer for the series has dropped and is available to watch on YouTube. 

Man on Fire will follow the story of John, who has post-traumatic stress disorder and is in search of a fresh start. While on his journey, he finds himself under fire as he faces personal demons.

The show is based on author A.J. Quinnell’s book series, which includes his 1980 novel Man on Fire. The series arrives after the 2004 film of the same name, which featured Denzel Washington as John Creasy.

The new series also stars Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale, Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy and Paul Ben-Victor. It premieres April 30 on Netflix.

A previous version of this story published on March 11 contained a misspelling of Mateen. The text above has been updated to correct the error.

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Sombr welcomed Niall Horan onstage to perform the former One Direction member’s hit “Slow Hands” at his March 8 show in London, England. On Tuesday night, he had another boy band member join him onstage: Joe Jonas.

On sombr’s Instagram Story, you can see footage of the two performing “Cake By the Ocean,” Joe’s hit with his side project, DNCE, onstage at London’s O2 Academy. “Thank you Joe Jonas for coming out at tonight’s show,” sombr captioned the video. “What an amazing lad.” Joe also posted footage on his Instagram Story.

Sombr’s tour continues in Manchester, England, on March 12 and then wraps up March 16 in Dublin, Ireland. In April, the “back to friends” singer will play both weekends of Coachella.

As for Joe, he and Jonas Brothers are dropping their new live album, Friends From Your Hometown, on Friday.

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Violet Grohl, the eldest daughter of Dave Grohl, has announced her debut album.

The record is called Be Sweet to Me, and is due out May 29. It includes the previously released songs “THUM” and “Applefish.” 

A third cut, titled “595,” is out now.

In a statement, Violet says the sound of the album is influenced by the alternative scene of the ’80s and ’90s, mentioning artists and bands including PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and The Breeders.

“There’s something so powerful about that period of music, from the messaging to the visuals, it’s authentic and raw,” Violet says. “I’ve listened to that stuff since I was a kid.”

Violet is set to perform at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.

Meanwhile, Violet’s dad will release a new album with Foo Fighters, Your Favorite Toy, on April 24.

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Jennifer Lopez’s The JLo Show residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is now underway, and she says that it finds her in what she calls her “happy era.”

Speaking with ABC News’ Juju Chang in an interview that aired Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America, JLo said, “I’m in my happy era. I think for the first time in my life, I feel like I’m free. I am on my own. And it feels really good.”

She continued, “I didn’t really know what that felt like since I was in my early 20s. And even before that, you know, I’ve always had a boyfriend. There was always kind of, like, someone in my life and so many other things that I felt like were out of my control, and I just am at a point in my life … where I really trust myself.”

The residency is structured in four parts, and features the entertainer performing reimagined versions of her songs backed by a full orchestra. It also incorporates elements of Broadway, her first love as a performer.

“It’s a celebration,” Lopez said of the show. “That life is so precious. And, you know, even my kids going off to college now, it goes so quickly, and it’s like … you have to cherish and live every single moment.”

Ultimately, Lopez said she hopes audiences leave the show with a simple lesson.

“It’s definitely ‘Get up no matter what happens and dance again,'” she said. “Because you will … life kind of will throw things at you, but dance. Keep dancing, keep finding the joy in every moment, in every day. Because it’s there.”

The residency comes after the highly publicized 2024 breakup of Jennifer’s marriage to Ben Affleck, which she said forced her to slow down and focus on herself and her family.

“I had stop everything. And I took a year off. I canceled tours. I decided to just be home and sit in what had happened without running away from it. Through work, through another person, through anything. Just sit,” she said.

That process, she said, helped her learn something she once feared — being comfortable on her own.

Asked if she is currently dating anyone, she replied, “No. No, I’m not. God forbid. I don’t want to ruin anything. It’s so nice right now. I’m so happy. It’s the best. I just feel really good right now.”

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Thanks to Russell Dickerson’s devoted fanbase, he says picking the latest single from Famous Back Home wasn’t really that hard.  

“It’s kind of a song the fans just kind of spoke for themselves,” he tells ABC Audio. “Like as soon as the album came out, obviously ‘Happen to Me’ was the biggest [according to consumption], but, like, if you look at the numbers behind it, it’s like ‘Worth Your Wild’ was, that was the standout for easy choice.”

Having had success with songs like “Yours” and “God Gave Me a Girl,” Russell has a history of favoring his more romantic tracks. 

“[My wife] Kailey, she’s just like, ‘Bro, we get it, like, the love songs. Everybody knows you love me. Great.’ So I was like, ‘Alright. Fair enough,'” he adds. “So you know, we’ll just keep the pedal down, high energy, up tempo. … I want to play that song every night, you know? I look forward to it.”  

Russell’s Worth Your Wild EP came out March 6, featuring the title track and three new tracks.

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The new Judas Priest documentary, The Ballad of Judas Priest, is set to have its Canadian premiere at the 2026 Hot Docs Festival.

The film, co-directed by Sam Dunn and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, chronicles the band’s five-decade career. It includes interviews with the band and previously unpublished footage from their personal archives. It also boasts appearances from fellow rockers Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Black and others.

The film had its world premiere in February at the Berlin International Film Festival, with Morello, Dunn and Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford in attendance. The first clip of the film was shared on YouTube ahead of the Berlin premiere.

“Heavy metal music is the music that made me love music,” Morello said at a Berlin press conference, “and Judas Priest are culturally really the creators of heavy metal, co-creators of it musically with Black Sabbath. But as far as a cultural force, creating a community that is metal, that is Judas Priest.”

The Hot Docs Festival will be held in Toronto April 23 to May 3. Information on tickets is available online at hotdocs.ca.

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