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LOCASH’s latest top-30 hit, “Wrong Hearts,” is a tip of the hat to classics by Garth Brooks and Rascal Flatts, according to Preston Brust and Chris Lucas, who helped co-write the tune. 

“This song is basically a journey to find the right one. I mean, you’re gonna go through lots of stuff,” Chris says, as Preston interjects: “Broken hearts!”

“Some ex-girlfriends and like, ‘Ah, man, it’s horrible,'” Chris continues.

“You’re gonna find some ex-girlfriends!” Preston picks up, as Chris echoes his sentiment: “You’re gonna find some ex-girlfriends! Yep, glad that didn’t work out, you know.”

“But it’s almost like the Garth Brooks song, you know, ‘God’s greatest gift[s] are unanswered prayers,'” Chris continues.

“Bless the broken road. You know, that kind of a sentiment,” Preston agrees.

“[That] led the way to [where] we are today,” Chris finishes.  

“Wrong Hearts” is the follow-up to “Hometown Home,” which topped the chart for two weeks last April. 

It’s from their latest album, Bet the Farm. 

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During sombr’s performance of “Undressed” at the BRIT Awards on Saturday night, some guy ran onstage and pushed him off the podium he was standing on.  While security guards removed the person — who was wearing a t-shirt reading, “Sombr is a homewrecker” on the back — the unbothered singer got back up on the podium and started singing “back to friends.” Was it an actual attack? Nope.

On Instagram, sombr posted a photo of the moment, with the guy’s t-shirt clearly visible. He captioned it, “He should’ve pushed me harder. My first @brits, thank you. The shirt he’s wearing is available now x.” Sombr’s current single, in case you didn’t know, is called “Homewrecker.”

Sure enough, the same photo is on sombr’s official website. You can buy the tee for $40, and you’ll get it in three to four weeks.

If that wasn’t enough proof for you, a rep for sombr confirmed to Variety that the entire thing was staged.

At the BRITs, which took place in Manchester, England, sombr was nominated for international artist of the year and international song for “Undressed.” He lost in the latter category to “APT.” by Rosé and Bruno Mars, and in the former category to Rosalía.

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Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder are releasing two new CDs exclusively in Japan to celebrate Vedder’s upcoming debut solo tour in the country.

One of the CDs is a reissue of Pearl Jam’s 2003 live album recorded at the famed Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. The set includes performances of songs such as “Even Flow,” “Alive,” “Better Man,” “Corduroy” and “Daughter.”

The other CD is an expanded edition of Vedder’s 2022 solo album, Earthling, which also includes his 2020 Matter of Time EP, and his 2024 covers of “Room at the Top” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and “Save It for Later” by The English Beat.

If you don’t live in Japan, limited quantities of both CDs are available to preorder for members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club.

Vedder’s Japan tour kicks off in April.

In related news, Vedder’s Ohana Festival has announced the date for its 2026 event. It will return to Dana Point, California, Sept. 25-27.

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Hozier made a surprise appearance during Saturday’s episode of Saturday Night Live alongside musical guest Mumford & Sons. 

Together, they performed a rendition of their collaborative song “Rubber Band Man,” which appears on the new Mumford & Sons album, Prizefighter.

Mumford’s SNL set also included a performance of the Prizefighter song “Here” alongside singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell. Both “Rubber Band Man” and “Here” featured Aaron Dessner of The National, who produced Prizefighter, as well.

Additionally, Mumford & Sons appeared in a sketch in which they provided music for a dance held in an office to boost morale at work.

Prizefighter is out now. Mumford & Sons will launch a North American tour in June.

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Black excellence was celebrated at the 57th annual NAACP Image Awards Saturday.

Host Deon Cole kicked off the night with a comedic prayer, which included a request for more pettiness from 50 Cent and poked fun at Nicki Minaj’s support of President Donald Trump. He also made reference to the incident at the BAFTA Film Awards, during which John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, yelled racial slurs as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on the stage.

Regina Hall praised Jordan and Lindo for responding with class, before presenting Sinners star Miles Caton with outstanding breakthrough performance (motion picture). Lindo later thanked everyone who showed him and Jordan support in the wake of the incident.

Quinta Brunson received the award for outstanding actress in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary. Angela Bassett won outstanding actress in a drama series for 9-1-1, and Sterling K. Brown took home the male equivalent for Paradise, shouting out Black women for supporting him throughout his journey.

Cynthia Erivo was named outstanding actress in a motion picture for Wicked: For Good. Michael B. Jordan was named Entertainer of the Year and won outstanding actor in a motion picture for Sinners, where he paid homage to Chadwick Boseman in his speech. Sinners later took home the award for outstanding motion picture.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson paid tribute to the late Jesse Jackson, with Samuel L. Jackson sharing how Jesse inspired him to believe in himself with the famous chant, “I am somebody.”

Viola Davis was honored with the Chairman Award; she acknowledged “the people that we forget, the people that we don’t think about” and “those caring for her mother who has dementia,” among others.

Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella received the Hall of Fame award, and Colman Domingo was honored with the President’s Award. An in memoriam tribute remembered late Black entertainers including Malcolm Jamal Warner, D’Angelo, Angie Stone, Roberta Flack and Sly Stone.

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Olivia Dean went four for five Saturday night at the BRIT Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys.

After winning the Grammy for best new artist, Olivia was nominated in five categories at the BRITs, held in Manchester, England. She took home four: artist of the year, pop act, Mastercard album of the year for The Art of Loving and song of the year for “Rein Me In,” a collaboration with singer/songwriter Sam Fender that’s currently #1 on the U.K. singles chart. She also performed “Man I Need” during the show.

Lola Young, who was also up for five trophies, won breakthrough artist, accepting the trophy from Myles Smith.

Opening the show, Harry Styles gave the first live performance of his #1 single “Aperture.” It was a huge number with a full chorus of background singers and more than a dozen male dancers, and featured some fancy footwork from Harry himself.  He wore black-and-white pinstriped trousers, a pinstriped shirt, a striped tie and bow-trimmed ballet flats, all by Chanel, according to People.

The winner for international song of the year was “APT.”  by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, marking the first-ever BRIT Award for a K-pop artist. And speaking of K-pop, the voices of KPop Demon Hunters’ HUNTR/X — EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami — were also seen performing “Golden” on the show.

Mark Ronson won the outstanding contribution to music award, and performed a career-spanning medley, during which he was joined by frequent musical collaborator Dua Lipa, among others.

The late Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honored with a BRITs Lifetime Achievement award, introduced by Dolly Parton via a pre-recorded message. His widow, Sharon Osbourne, accepted the trophy.

Alex Warren, RAYE and sombr also performed during the ceremony.

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Noel Gallagher and Ozzy Osbourne were honored Saturday at the 2026 BRIT Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys.

The Oasis guitarist received the songwriter of the year award despite not having not released a new song in the past year, though it’s hard to deny the impact of his and his brother Liam Gallagher’s reunion tour in 2025.

In accepting the prize, Noel thanked his aforementioned brother as well as the rest of Oasis for bringing “those songs to life.”

The late Prince of Darkness, meanwhile, was posthumously honored with the BRIT lifetime achievement award. The ceremony also featured a performance of the song “No More Tears” featuring Ozzy band members including Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, guitarist Zakk Wylde, keyboardist Adam Wakeman and drummer Tommy Clufetos. The rendition was fronted by English pop star Robbie Williams.

The night’s winners included Sam Fender for alternative/rock act and song of the year for his collaboration with Olivia Dean, “Rein Me In,” Wolf Alice for group of the year, Lola Young for breakthrough artist and Geese for international group.

Wolf Alice also performed, as did sombr, who was seemingly accosted by a stage-rushing fan during his set. However, a rep for sombr confirms to Variety that the incident was staged and was intentionally part of the production.

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Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins are now the parents of a baby boy, the two revealed on Instagram Friday evening. 

“Oh. my. goodness. Our hearts are just in a big ole puddle with this precious baby BOY,” Lauren begins, leading with a photo of the little one, who has a full head of dark hair, with his arms wrapped around a stuffed duck. 

“Brave Elijah Akins was born last week at almost 10 pounds and almost 2 weeks early-thank you Jesus this big boy didn’t wait another 2 weeks to be born,” she says. “Thomas Rhett was my biggest champion in labor & delivery.”

“He helped deliver him,” she continues, adding a crying emoji, “was the first one to see and *tearfully*, mixed with a bit of shock announce to us all in the room ‘It’s a BOY.’”

“We are so grateful God chose us to have YOU cutie pie,” she closes. “Your four sisters are smitten and we are completely over the moon in love with you big Brave boy.”

The post includes a full carousel of photos of the whole family, including his sisters, Willa Gray, Ada James, Lennon Love and Lillie Carolina, who range in age from 10 to 4.  

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