“All My Friends” single artwork. (Sumerian Records)
Hollywood Undead has premiered a new single called “All My Friends.”
The track features Jeris Johnson, who previously collaborated with Papa Roach on a new version of “Last Resort.” It also references Hollywood Undead’s song “Everywhere I Go,” which appears on their 2008 debut album, Swan Songs.
“All My Friends” follows Hollywood Undead’s March single, “1×1,” which samples the Slayer song “Raining Blood.” The group also put out a song called “SAVIOR” in 2025.
The most recent Hollywood Undead album is 2022’s Hotel Kalifornia.
Hollywood Undead is playing a number of upcoming U.S. festivals, including Welcome to Rockville, Inkcarceration and Rocklahoma.
Lady Gaga performs onstage during The MAYHEM Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden on August 22, 2025 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Lady Gaga has just achieved something only four other female artists have done before her.
She hit #1 on Billboard‘s monthly Top Tours chart for March, thanks to some of the final shows of her Mayhem Ball tour, which wrapped on April 13. In March she took in $45.6 million over 12 shows, playing for over 154,000 fans. The only other female artists who’ve been #1 on that chart, which started in 2019, are Pink, Spice Girls, Beyoncé and Shakira.
And in case you’re wondering about Taylor Swift, she never topped the chart because she didn’t officially release box office figures for her Eras Tour.
As previously reported, Gaga’s Mayhem Ball, plus the extra shows she played in Mexico and Singapore before the official tour started, earned a total of $419.5 million in 12 months. It’s now one of the top 10 highest grossing tours by women, according to Billboard, and one of the highest-grossing pop tours ever.
In other Gaga news, we’ve got two new songs from her to listen to, thanks to The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack, which is out now. In addition to her collab with Doechii, “Runway,” you can now hear “Shape of a Woman” and “Glamorous Life.” She worked on the songs with her MAYHEM collaborators.
And in one final bit of news, on Thursday the performing rights organization ASCAP named Gaga’s Bruno Mars Grammy-winning duet “Die with a Smile” its Pop Music Song of the Year.
Britney Spears attends the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 29 (Image Group LA/Disney Channel via Getty Images)
Britney Spears has officially been charged with driving under the influence after being arrested in March, according to the Ventura County District Attorney, who says the singer will be offered probation for a first-time offense.
The singer will be arraigned on May 4 on the misdemeanor charge, but she does not have to appear for her court hearing.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Spears for comment.
Spears was arrested on March 4 on suspicion of driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs, according to the California Highway Patrol at the time.
A BMW 430i, which was reported for driving erratically at high speed, was located and stopped by CHP officers, according to CHP.
Once stopped, Spears, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, showed signs of impairment and took field sobriety tests, CHP said.
Following her arrest, she was released the following morning.
In a statement to ABC News at the time, a representative for the singer called it an “unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable.”
“Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long-overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life,” the statement continued. “Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.”
Shortly after she was released, Spears voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility.
The DA’s office said it would offer Spears a deal, known as a “wet reckless,” which allows a defendant to plead guilty to reckless driving involving drugs or alcohol and serve a sentence of 12 months probation.
“This type of resolution is common, particularly when a defendant demonstrates self-motivation to address underlying issues through rehabilitation or a drug and alcohol treatment program,” the office said.
The DA’s office said the offer is typically extended to defendants without a prior DUI history, a low blood-alcohol level and in cases with no crash or injury.
Tucker Wetmore’s mom interrupted his London show to tell him he’s the ACM new male artist of the year.
“Mom, what are you doing here?” Tucker said as Sia Gould took over the stage to introduce a video clip from Thomas Rhett, who took Tucker on tour last summer.
”I’m at a loss for words right now for the first time in a long time,” Tucker said. “I can’t do any of this without you guys. I can’t do any of this without that woman [mom] right there… Y’all made this possible. Every single person in this venue. And there’s countless more outside of this venue that I can’t sit here and name because I’d be here all night. Thank y’all so much and thank you ACMs for this amazing honor.”
The moment, which you can check out on Instagram, took place on the final night of his three sold-out shows in the U.K., where “Brunette” just spent three weeks at #1.
Tucker’s current single seems to be on track for similar success in the States, following his previous two chart toppers, “Wind Up Missin’ You” and “3,2,1.”
The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Prime Video on May 17 from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Cover of Peter Gabriel single “Won’t Stand Down.” Artwork by Shirin Neshat (Real World Music Ltd / Sony Music Publishing/Peter Gabriel Ltd.)
Peter Gabriel is out with the fifth single off his upcoming album o/i.
The latest track is “Won’t Stand Down,” which Gabriel notes is “a song to encourage some sort of activism.”
Gabriel says the song was initially inspired by TheElders.org, a group of people whose “currency is not based on military power, economic power or political power, but just the moral authority they have from having lived extraordinary, selfless lives.” With the song, he notes he wanted to offer “a hope that can help us start envisioning a just, peaceful and fairer world.”
“I think people generally respond much better to positive pictures of what’s coming than they do when they are bombarded and scared by negative ones,” he says. “We are much more likely to engage if we feel hope.”
Gabriel adds, “Right now, we don’t see so many positive visions of the future, at least they’re not being projected so strongly as the negative, so I think it’s really important that we start looking for visions to which we can aspire and looking for people who can provide that.”
As he did with his last album, 2023’s i/o, Gabriel is releasing a new song from o/i with each full moon of the year. The entire album will be released by the end of 2026, along with Dark-Side and Bright-Side mixes handled by Tchad Blake and Mark “Spike” Stent, respectively.
Olivia Rodrigo during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC)
You’d think Olivia Rodrigo’s life would be interesting enough to inspire her songs, but apparently, for her new album, she turned to the plotline of a TV show for inspiration.
On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Olivia said that “multiple songs” on the album are inspired by the relationship between the characters Miranda and Steve on HBO’s Sex and the City, a show that ended in 2004, when Olivia was a baby. “It’s my favorite show. I love Sex and the City,” she told Jimmy. “I think I watched every single episode maybe three times.”
In particular, Olivia pointed to a scene where Miranda and Steve — played by Cynthia Nixon and David Eigenberg — are getting back together: Miranda is crying and saying, “Steve, any time something funny happens, I just want to tell you.”
Olivia said, “I remember watching that and being like, ‘Oh, my God, I have to write a song about this!'”
Olivia and Jimmy also talked about her upcoming gig hosting and being the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. She said that her musical hero, Jack White, left a note in her dressing room, hidden in a secret location. He texted her and told her to look for it: Jimmy showed video of Olivia discovering it taped to the top shelf of a cabinet.
When Olivia opened the envelope, she found a yellow rose and a piece of paper on which the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer had written, “Kill it, kid. Love, Jack White.” “It’s my good luck charm!” Olivia told Jimmy.
Olivia revealed that on SNL, she’ll be singing her #1 hit “drop dead,” but also a brand-new song we’ve never heard before.
Metallica on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Like time, you too can march on with Metallica’s new Wolverine boot.
The metal legends’ latest collaboration with the footwear brand, not to be confused with the X-Man, is called the Wolverine x Metallica Scholars Maker Wedge.
“Featuring reflective leather panels and laces, ruby red lining and details, and a metallic silver sole graphic stamped with ‘Full Speed or Nothing,’ the Wolverine x Metallica Scholars boot is designed to make a statement with every step,” the band says.
Fifty percent of sales will be donated to the Metallica Scholars initiative, which supports workforce education for community college students.
Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers (Photo Credit: Stephanie Pistel)
Duran Duran just dropped the new song “Free to Love,” featuring Nile Rodgers, which puts a message of positivity and love out in the world. Bassist John Taylor tells ABC Audio he “100%” believes the song’s message is one that’s particularly important right now.
“I mean, look, we’ve never been a political band,” he says. “But sometimes just dancing is a political statement.”
Taylor says the groove for the song came out of a recording session with Rodgers two years ago. Now that it’s finally out, he almost can’t believe it.
“I think whenever we’re able to pull something off like this we’re all a bit taken aback that we actually did it,” Taylor says. “But, you know, I couldn’t be happier with this song.”
Accompanying the single is a video directed by Jonas Åkerlund, which Taylor says was “so much fun to shoot.”
“It was really done as an homage to the great British pop music TV show Top of the Pops,” he says, noting the program “was the great democratizing music show of the ’70s and into the ’80s. And everybody did it.”
Duran Duran will next headline BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, California, on Friday. Taylor says he loves playing festivals, where the audience may not be filled with only Duran Duran fans.
“I love the opportunity to play for people that … have a, you know, half-formed idea of what the band is about,” he says, adding that the festival audience experience is “just different.”
“People need to get together. They need to occupy the same space,” he says. “I just think people will appreciate any kind of opportunity to get together and just hang out and have a good time.”
Keith Urban’s getting into a Flow State, as he prepares for the arrival of his 13th studio album on June 12.
If you weren’t expecting his next record to be a collection of yacht rock covers, well, you’re probably not alone.
But what is yacht rock, anyway?
“It’s really a genre that’s been sort of created or criteriaed or whatever you want to call it by some guys, maybe in the 2000s or something, that had a YouTube channel,” Keith explains. “They just sort of put together the fact that there’s a whole bunch of songs that came out in the late ’70s, early ’80s in a soft rock kind of vein that all seem to fit the vibe of being out in the water, kinda yacht rock vibe.”
“They don’t have to be songs about sailing and water and waves and all that nonsense,” he clarifies. “There’s just a vibe about them that just fits really good. And so this record called Flow State came about.”
While it remains to be seen whether Keith will tour to support the album, he’s already played a concert full of its songs. His pop-up show Wednesday at The Mil at Cannery Hall was a sell-out.
You can check out Flow State‘s one original, “We Go Back” featuring Michael McDonald, and Keith’s cover of “Summer Breeze” now.
Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns)
Like a lot of people, Paul McCartney likes to share his musical discoveries with his family, and in the latest edition of his You Gave Me the Answer series on his website, McCartney reveals that one of the ways he does that is by making playlists.
“If we’re having a party and I want a dance list, I’ll make one,” he says. “I’ve also done it with my grandson, Arthur, which has been really nice. We sort of cobbled one together; a mix of old rock ’n’ roll favourites and some newer tracks. It turned out pretty good.”
McCartney says the playlist he created with Arthur starts out with Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville,” noting he was “big friends” with the late singer. It also features songs from Daft Punk and Tame Impala, which are bands Arthur likes.
Other songs on the playlist include The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” and Donovan’s “Sunny Goodge Street,” along with Dominic Fike’s version of “Kiss of Venus,” a song from McCartney’s 2020 solo album, McCartney III.
As for whether he and Arthur have similar tastes, or if they’re introducing each other to new music, McCartney says it’s “a bit of both.”
“I’ll show him things I think will work, and then he adds to it, we’ve got a collaborative playlist,” he says. “A friend of his who’s a painter even knocked up a little cover for it.”
McCartney is getting ready to release his new solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, on May 29. He’s also set to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on May 16.
