Zach Bryan performs at MetLife Stadium on July 20, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images for ABA)
Zach Bryan has announced a world tour for 2026 that will be his biggest yet.
He wrote on Instagram, “due to popular demand and some life changes as of late, we’re going on tour next year.” He’ll kick off the With Heaven On Tour March 7 in St. Louis, Missouri, and then travel across the U.S., Europe and the U.K. He’ll return to the U.S. for another tour leg in July, and the whole tour wraps up Oct. 10 in Auburn, Alabama.
The tour comes in support of his new album, With Heaven on Top, due Jan. 9. Among the multiple opening acts are rock bands Kings of Leon and Alabama Shakes.
Zach recently set a record for the largest single ticketed concert in U.S. history with his September concert at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready & Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
With Soundgarden now joining Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, three-quarters of the “big four” of grunge have officially been inducted. The odd one out is Alice in Chains, which Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready thinks is an oversight that should soon be corrected.
“Alice is one of the bands that came up with all of us,” McCready told ABC Audio on the red carpet of the 2025 induction ceremony on Nov. 8. “They … kinda hit first out of everyone.”
Indeed, Alice in Chains’ 1990 debut album, Facelift, was the first grunge record to be certified Gold by the RIAA, earning the distinction before Nirvana’s Nevermind or Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger were even released.
“We went on tour with them early on opening up for [Alice] and down the West Coast and had all sorts of crazy stuff going on,” McCready laughed. “It was fun.”
The ultimate argument for Alice’s induction into the Rock Hall is, as McCready put it, that “they’re a f****** great band.”
Both McCready and Alice’s Jerry Cantrell performed with Soundgarden during the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony. Highlights from the event will air as an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
Joe Duplantier of Gojira performs at Canada Life Place on September 22, 2025 in London, Ontario. (Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images)
Gojira will have an extra guitar player on hand for the band’s homecoming tour of France.
Frontman Joe Duplantier shares in an Instagram post that he recently hurt his hand: “After getting minor surgery, I’m on the mend but unfortunately I won’t be able to play all my guitar parts on the next tour.”
“No worries though, we hired our good friend [Greg Kubacki] of the incredible [Car Bomb] to ‘Give us a hand,'” Duplantier writes. “The mood in our camp is up there, as we’re embarking for an interesting experience on our own turf. Show must go ooooon.”
Gojira’s France tour launches Thursday and concludes in mid-December. They’ll be touring throughout Europe in 2026 while opening for Metallica.
Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘WICKED FOR GOOD,’ directed by Jon M. Chu. (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)
Ariana Grande‘s journey down the Yellow Brick Road has finally ended now that Wicked: For Good is in theaters, and she summed up her feelings about it in a lengthy letter on Instagram.
“Oz has been my space safe for as long as I can remember,” she writes, adding that Wicked “has been an escape and a place where I knew I could find comfort and understanding throughout my childhood and adult life.”
“Becoming your Glinda the Good and being asked to join this most wonderful group of human beings on a most creatively and emotionally fulfilling journey was the greatest gift of my life,” she writes. “i have learned more from my time with Glinda than anyone. Now, to see how it has moved and been there for you all in the same way that it has for me over the course of my life has been the most meaningful, moving, and cherished gift of all.”
She concludes, “Before I go, please remember: whenever things get scary or you feel alone, home is whereever and whomever we want it to be, and there’s no place like home. Your chosen Ozian family loves you exactly as you are, and I couldn’t be thankfuller than you exist.”
Wicked: For Good topped the weekend box office with $150 million, breaking the previous film’s record for biggest debut of a Broadway adaptation of all time, according to Variety. It’s also this year’s second-biggest opening behind A Minecraft Movie, which debuted with $162 million back in April.
‘Can’t Get Enough’ album artwork. (Primary Wave Music)
Halestorm has premiered the video for their cover of Bad Company‘s “Shooting Star,” featuring Bad Co. frontman Paul Rodgers.
Lzzy Hale and company put their spin on the 1975 single as part of the Bad Co. tribute album Can’t Get Enough. The video, available on YouTube, shows Halestorm and Rodgers recording their parts from their respective studios.
“Joining a tribute album for Bad Company is more than covering songs; it’s adding a brushstroke to a masterpiece that’s been a part of our DNA for decades,” Hale shares in a Facebook post. “We wouldn’t be the Rockers we are today without these boys.”
Can’t Get Enough was released in October. It also includes contributions from The Pretty Reckless, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, The Struts, Dirty Honey, Def Leppard and Black Stone Cherry.
Bad Company, meanwhile, was among the 2025 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Rodgers did not attend the Nov. 8 ceremony due to health issues, but he recorded a video message that played following the Bad Co. induction.
The ceremony also included an appearance from Hale, who was part of a video montage in honor of another inductee, Soundgarden.
Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air as an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
Clem Burke of Blondie playing the drums during the recording of a pop promo for their single ‘Picture This’ at Isleworth Studios, Isleworth, London on 21 August 1978 for Chrysalis Records. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)
Blondie is paying tribute to their late drummer, Clem Burke, on what would have been the rocker’s 71st birthday.
“We lost our friend and drummer Clem Burke in April of this year,” they wrote on Instagram next to a photo of Clem behind the drum kit. “Clem was the heartbeat of Blondie – vital to our sound, success, and spirit.”
“His extraordinary talent, infectious enthusiasm, and fierce work ethic shaped everything we did,” they continued. “From the moment he answered our Village Voice ad for a ‘freak energy musical experienced drummer,’ our lives changed forever.” The post also included a photo of that ad.
Finally, they note, “We believe his energy lives on—somewhere still vibrant, echoing in ways we can’t yet understand. Happy Birthday, Clem — wherever you are.”
Burke died April 6 following a private battle with cancer.
Blondie is due to release a new record, High Noon, in 2026, which Clem recorded with the band before his death.
Megan Moroney attends the 59th Annual CMA Awards, Nov. 19, Nashville, Tennessee (Disney/Michael Le Brecht)
Megan Moroney‘s new album, Cloud 9, is coming Feb. 20, and while she loves it, she’ll be OK if you don’t.
Speaking to People StyleWatch, Megan says, “This is my best foot forward for where I’m at, and if you don’t like it, then you just don’t like my music, and that’s okay, because I really love it and I’m the one that’s got to get up there and sing it every night.”
Megan calls Cloud 9 her “favorite child” among her albums, joking, “I think I would ditch the first two for this one.” She describes the music as “sassy” with some sarcasm thrown in. Megan also shares that it will include a song she’s been teasing for a few years: “Wedding Dress.”
She explains, “Had [the fans] not been constantly bugging me about it, it probably wouldn’t have made the record, just because I’m so past that feeling.”
While we don’t know yet if there are any featured artists on Cloud 9, Meghan tells People that she’s “going on vacation” with pop star Tate McRae and would love to release a song with her.
“[W]ho knows? Maybe we’ll get some margaritas and want to write something,” she says of Tate, who joined Morgan Wallen for his #1 hit “What I Want.” Plus, Megan says she’s been trying to figure out the perfect song to record with Ed Sheeran, who she’s performed with several times.
But Taylor Swift‘s the pop star she really wants to meet. “I find it so inspiring that she can put out 12 different albums, and they all sound different,” says Megan. “The way that she’s handled all the business side of things is something that I’ve learned from, so I’d like to thank her — and maybe get some drinks or something.”
Fans think A$AP Rocky teased the Don’t Be Dumb release date during his set at Camp Flog Gnaw. He took to the stage wearing a hoodie with the date Jan. 16, 2026, on one of its sleeves. This comes days after Rocky seemingly told Vanity Fair his album would be coming out in 2025. “Danny Elfman, he just did my album with me that I’m putting out this year,” Rocky said. “He scored a bunch of the songs on my album.”
Footage has surfaced of Erykah Badu singling people out for not engaging at one of her shows. “I’m not doing s*** else until these people stand up,” Badu said, after cutting off the mic. “Especially you. You get your a** up. Where she at? Did she leave? Good,” she pointed to someone in the front row. Erykah told another audience member, “Some n**** over here trying to mean mug me the whole time in the front row with his arms folded. You paid your money to do that? Thank you.” She then went on with her performance.
JT has had with it with the lackluster responses she’s received as a surprise guest at shows. She stopped her performance at Jeezy‘s concert in Orlando Saturday to express her feelings. “I can’t hear y’all. I don’t have time for this s*** tonight, OK?” she said. “I need y’all to have fun, like don’t be staring at me, don’t look at my crazy, cause I don’t know what age group I belong with no more. I don’t know if I’m a YN or an OG.” She added, “I think this is the last time. I will not be doing no more shows … I’m done.”
Teddy Swims performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November 8, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Teddy Swims has landed a double milestone.
His smash “Lose Control” has been RIAA certifed Diamond for sales of 10 million units in the U.S. alone. In addition, the track is the 200th song ever to attain Diamond status.
In May, “Lose Control” set a new record for the most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 by a song when it notched its 92nd week on the chart. That’s in addition to the record it set in April for the most weeks in the top 10, with 58.
“Lose Control” then continued to hang on, week after week, extending both those records. It would possibly still be in the top 10, if Billboard hadn’t changed its chart rules in October, removing songs from the Hot 100 that fall below number five after 78 weeks. When “Lose Control” finally departed the Hot 100, it had been there for 112 weeks.
Teddy also recently scored his second Grammy nomination, for best pop vocal album.
Rick Wakeman performs at City Winery on October 25, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman announced back in July that he was postponing his summer tour due to some health issues. Now, he’s giving fans an update on his condition.
Wakeman explains in a post on his website that he had been diagnosed with a neurological disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus, which led to him having surgery last week to put a shunt in his brain.
“I am pleased to say [it] was very successful and I am now recuperating at home being cared for by my lovely wife and our wonderful furry healing animals!” he writes.
Wakeman says that while he has to “take things easy for a while,” his doctors have told him that he should be “perfectly fine” to head to North America for his March tour with son Oliver Wakeman, plus any other shows after that. He also plans to play two charity shows in U.K. on Dec. 19 and 20.
“I am also pleased to say that it doesn’t seem to have affected my piano playing in any way as I still seem to be very capable of hitting the odd wrong note here and there when I lose my concentration!” he adds. “Once again, I’d like to thank everybody who wished me well over the last few months for a speedy recovery as it really did mean a lot to me.”
Wakeman’s tour with his son Oliver is set to begin March 11 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with dates confirmed through March 29 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
A complete list of tour dates can be found at rwcc.com.
