Zach Top performs on the 59th Annual CMA Awards, November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Are you tired of bidding online on celebrity memorabilia, only to be outbid by someone else? Here’s an opportunity to buy some outright.
The Concerts 4 A Cause charity is selling — not auctioning off — guitars autographed by country stars to raise funds for individuals and families facing hardship in Middle Tennessee. Each guitar costs $1,000. Among the artists whose instruments you can choose from are Thomas Rhett, Zach Top, Riley Green, Dustin Lynch, Jon Pardi, Chris Young, Gabby Barrett, Wynonna and Ronnie Dunn.
Visit Guitars4ACause.com to purchase, but move fast to score the guitar you want.
Nelly Furtado performs during Manchester Pride 2025 on August 24, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage)
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame is about to induct a “Promiscuous” singer.
Nelly Furtado, who has won 10 Juno Awards — the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys — will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2025 Juno Awards, taking place March 29 in Hamilton, Ontario.
She reacted to the announcement on her Instagram Story, writing, “PINCH ME!!!”
Nelly, who’s from British Columbia, has sold 35 million albums worldwide and racked up 20 billion streams over the course of her career. Her hits include “I’m Like a Bird,” “Promiscuous,” “Maneater,” “Say It Right” and “Turn Off the Light.” Her most recent album, 7, came out in 2024.
Other artists who’ve been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame include Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Neil Young, Nickelback and Joni Mitchell, who is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s ceremony.
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs onstage during a concert at Gunnersbury Park on August 10, 2025 in London, England. (Lorne Thomson/Redferns)
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan appears on the latest episode of the viral online show Track Star.
On Track Star, host Jack Coyne asks guests to identify different songs as quickly as possible.
The songs that Corgan is played include “Shout It Out Loud” by KISS, “Limelight” by Rush and “Disorder” by Joy Division. Toward the end of the episode, Corgan learns that there are two separate bands called Goose and Geese.
“They should have a fight,” Corgan suggests. “It should be Goose versus Geese, and winner take all.”
Corgan is currently playing a run of shows at the Lyric Opera of Chicago celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
‘Christina Aguilera: Live in Paris’ still (Credit: Simon Emmett)
Christina Aguilera will share some of her favorite things on Tuesday night.
She’ll specifically be releasing “My Favorite Things (Live from the Eiffel Tower)” from her upcoming holiday film,Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris. The song drops at 7 p.m. ET. You can see a clip on Instagram now.
As previously reported, the film will premiere exclusively in over 700 theaters in the U.S. on Dec. 14 and Dec. 21 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Christina’s album My Kind of Christmas. Directed by Sam Wrench, who brought you Taylor Swift The Eras Tour, it was filmed in front of 250 guests on the terrace of a Parisian museum, with the Eiffel Tower as the backdrop and additional footage filmed at the famed Crazy Horse cabaret club.
You can now buy tickets for Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris at Fathom Entertainment.
Joni Mitchell performs onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jody Gerson at The Beverly Hilton on February 01, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Joni Mitchell is set to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Juno Awards, happening March 29 at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The 82-year-old singing legend is being celebrated for her “outstanding artistic contributions and enduring impact on global music culture,” according to a press release.
Mitchell is already a four-time Juno Award winner. The Junos, handed out by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, are the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys.
The Lifetime Achievement Award adds to the many honors Mitchell has already received over the course of her career. In her native Canada, she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1981 and received Canada’s highest honor, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, in 1991. She was also named Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2002 and was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.
In the U.S., Mitchell was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. She also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2021 and the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2023.
Lindsey Buckingham performs at The Brown Theatre on October 27, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
Lindsey Buckingham fans can look forward to a new album that’s on the way.
The former Fleetwood Mac star revealed the news in a post on Instagram, which featured a video of him describing what inspired the record.
“This new album is just representative of the culmination of everything that I’ve learned from making solo records over the last 25 years,” he says in the clip. “I feel like this particular album is the culmination of holding a certain line ethically and idealistically that I’ve managed to maintain for many years.”
“So I’m really excited about this piece of work,” he adds.
Buckingham didn’t reveal any other details about this new album, such as a title or a release date.
Whenever it is released, it will be Buckingham’s first solo album since his 2021 self-titled release, which was the first album he released after undergoing open heart surgery in 2019.
Back in September, Buckingham and his former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks reissued their only studio album as a duo, 1973’s Buckingham Nicks, marking the first-ever reissue of the album, which has been unavailable for decades.
Chance the Rapper performs onstage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 02, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/WireImage)
Chance the Rapper, CeeLo Green, Amber Riley and gospel’s Kierra Sheard will help lift up your spirits as part of the lineup for the Essence Holiday Celebration of Joy.
They’ll be participating in the special, which will also see Lena Byrd Miles, Susan Carol,T.A. Thomas and more performing some holiday tunes, including classics and original tracks. There will also be segments from Shannon Thornton, as well as Heiress Harris, VanVan, Ms. Shirley and a Sesame Street ventriloquist. Devon Franklin will bless fans with words of reflection, while Aaron N. Swain, chairman of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc., will discuss his organization’s community work.
“Our goal with this special was to create something that feels familiar yet fresh — a space where our community could see itself reflected through sound, storytelling, and joy,” said Michele Ghee, Essence chief concert officer,in a press statement. “The artists, the audience, and the partners who made this possible all share one purpose: to remind us that celebration is a language we all understand.”
The ESSENCE Holiday Celebration of Joy, hosted by DC Young Fly and Kat Graham, will take place Thursday before live studio audiences in Atlanta and Los Angeles. It will also be available for fans to watch at 7 p.m. ET on YouTube and Essence.com.
In other Chance news, he’ll be hosting and performing during ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026, reporting from his hometown of Chicago. The countdown begins Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Flea at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Ser Baffo)
Flea is finally ready to see what the fuss with this whole YouTube thing is all about.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist has launched his own channel on the video sharing platform. His first video is called “thinkin” and contains a minute of him playing a trumpet for a delighted toddler.
In addition to being known for his bass skills, Flea is adept at the trumpet. In fact, according to Nick Cave, Flea has a trumpet album in the works and the two collaborated on a song together for the project.
Along with playing trumpet for a variety of audiences, Flea played the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Nov. 8 in honor of the late Sly Stone. Highlights from ceremony will air during an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
The Chili Peppers, meanwhile, had a relatively quiet 2025 after a whirlwind few years touring in support of their two 2022 albums, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen. They did, however, perform at the FireAid benefit concert in January.
AJ McLean attends Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event, May, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Backstreet Boy AJ McLean is releasing his new solo EP, hi, my name is Alex, on Thanksgiving Day, but don’t expect him and his family to listen to it all day while sitting around the table with a turkey and all the trimmings.
“We are going to be at the happiest place on Earth, because it is also my daughter’s 13th birthday — oh, God!” Alex laughs. “Her birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year, so we’re gonna … drop [the EP] on Thanksgiving, on my daughter’s birthday. And that is me giving something to the fans that have been patiently waiting. And hopefully, they’re thankful.”
Turkey, though, will still be on the menu.
“Well, turkey legs, my kids love the turkey leg [at Disneyland],” says AJ. “I mean, it’s not exactly Thanksgiving, but it’s a lot easier than having to clean up all the dishes and all that stuff!”
hi, my name is Alex was sparked by a song called “Arizona,” which AJ wrote after his journey of self-discovery following the conclusion of Backstreet’s most recent world tour in 2023.
“When I got home, I told my wife, I was like, ‘Look, I am going to go on a little road trip to this place in Scottsdale, Arizona called The Meadows. I’m going to do an intensive outpatient program just to kind of get to the roots of my addiction,'” he explains.
Though he’d been sober for two years, AJ spent 10 weeks in Arizona, where he learned that “AJ is a character in a band. He’s a persona I play. But Alex is who I am at the root of it all. And they can both coexist. But as soon as the lights are off, I’m Alex.”
In addition to the self-reflection on “Arizona,” the six-track EP includes some fun, sexy songs. It’ll be followed by a full-length album in January with eight more tracks.
Of the EP, AJ says, “I wanted to give people just a little taste of what’s to come.”
D’Angelo performs live on the main stage during Day Two of the Lovebox festival at Victoria Park on July 20, 2013, in London, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)
D’Angelo‘s estate wants fans to help in the fight against pancreatic cancer, which took the late singer’s life in October. His estate has teamed with the Black Boy Joy Foundation for the launch of the D’Angelo Pancreatic Cancer Fund, which raises pancreatic cancer awareness and funds for research, while paying homage to D’Angelo and his legacy.
“My dad was my inspiration, my hero, and a truly one-of-a-kind soul. Losing him to pancreatic cancer last month shattered our world. But even in this dark time, we hold on to hope: by sharing his story and fighting back, we can save other families from experiencing this same loss,” D’Angelo’s daughter, Imani Archer, says in a press release. “My father’s passing will not be in vain, and through this work, his light will continue to guide and uplift others.”
Donations will go toward medical research and programs for families in high-risk communities. The fund will also support advocacy and awareness initiatives focused on Black men and boys.
“Black men are disproportionately affected, facing higher incidence and mortality rates, compounded by systemic inequities that delay diagnosis and limit access to treatment,” Jean-Claude Kali, founder of Black Boy Joy Foundation, says in a statement. “By raising awareness and funding research, we can begin to change this reality.”
