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.
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury passed away at his home in Kensington, England. He was 45.
The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Mercury confirmed in a statement about 24 hours prior to his death that he had tested positive for HIV and had AIDS, although reports had suggested he was diagnosed as early as 1987.
Mercury was laid to rest three days later, with his Queen bandmates Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon in attendance for the funeral, as well as musician Elton John. Mercury’s cremated remains were given to his friend Mary Austin, who buried them at an undisclosed location.
The surviving members of Queen celebrated Mercury’s life five months later with The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness at Wembley Stadium in London, featuring appearances by such artists as John, Roger Daltrey, David Bowie, George Michael and Annie Lennox.
Sabrina Carpenter performs during her Short n’ Sweet tour at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, October 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEG)
Before Sabrina Carpenter sings “Juno” on her Short n’ Sweet tour, she makes it a habit of “arresting” someone in the audience who she declares to be “too hot.” That person is very often a famous woman, but on Sunday, the final night of the tour, that person was a famous pig.
During the show at LA’s Cryto.com Arena, Sabrina said, “Some of you guys are so beautiful, it should be a crime. Like you, gorgeous: I’d know that face anywhere!” Cut to none other than Miss Piggy in the audience.
“What is your name?” Sabrina asked Piggy. “Ahem. Miss Piggy,” the Muppet declared as the audience screamed. “Are you enjoying the show?” Sabrina asked. “Uh, YES! I’m loving it!” Piggy yelled.
“You know, it’s been a tradition on this tour, we’ve arrested so many beautiful individuals,” Sabrina continued. “But I feel like tonight is your night.”
Another Muppet, Bobo the Bear, who was providing “security” for Piggy, chimed in, “Excuse me, Miss Carpenter, did you say she was being arrested?”
“Yeah, but it’s kinda fake,” Sabrina explained. She then offered a pair of fuzzy pink handcuffs to Bobo, who said, “I don’t need those. I brought my own. Let’s go, Pig. Tell it to the judge, sister!”
The moment was likely a promotion for the fact that Sabrina will be guest-starring in The Muppet Show special in 2026, which will celebrate the series’ 50th anniversary.
Sabrina previously “arrested” Maya Rudolph, SZA, Dakota and Elle Fanning during her six shows in LA.
Post Malone signs autographs at the grand opening of Posty’s Bar on October 08, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Carly Mackler/Getty Images)
Post Malone‘s Nashville eatery, Posty’s Bar, is giving men and women in uniform something to be thankful for this weekend.
“To the ladies and gentlemen who keep Nashville safe each day, we’d love to thank you for your service!” the bar’s Instagram feed announced. “On-duty, uniformed first responders are invited to please join us Wednesday, November 26, through Friday, November 28, to enjoy a complimentary meal at Posty’s!”
One fan wrote in the comments, “Being a retired first responder, this means so much to those away from their families during the holidays. At least they can eat with their work families. THANK YOU.”
Post Malone opened Posty’s Bar in early October and won his first-ever CMA Award on Nov. 19: musical event of the year for “Pour Me a Drink,” his collaboration with Blake Shelton. His album F-1 Trillion, which was up for album of the year, lost to Lainey Wilson‘s Whirlwind.
Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip)
Welcome to 2026, it’s got Guns N’ Roses tour dates.
The “Welcome to the Jungle” rockers have announced a worldwide trek for 2026, including a U.S. leg running from July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Sept. 18 in Atlanta. Additionally, they’ll play a one-off show in Hollywood, Florida, on May 5, and the Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 7.
A presale begins Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. local time, and you can register for access now through Dec. 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GunsNRoses.com.
Along with the tour dates, GN’R has announced the premiere of two new songs, “Nothin” and “Atlas,” which will premiere Dec. 2. The tracks follow the 2023 singles “The General” and “Perhaps.”
The most recent Guns N’ Roses album remains 2008’s Chinese Democracy, which was released before Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined Axl Rose in the band in 2016.
The 3D film was co-directed by James Cameron and Billie herself, and filmed during the singer’s just-concluded HIT ME HARD AND SOFT world tour. It’ll be in theaters March 20, 2026 via Paramount Pictures.
On Instagram, Billie wrote, “this has been one of my favorite tours everrrrrr and being able to capture it and co-direct this film with @jamescameronofficial has truly been a dream come true. can’t wait for you all to see it :’).”
The movie was filmed, at least in part, during Billie’s show in Manchester, England, which is when Billie first teased the project by warning fans they’d be seeing more cameras than usual. Then, in an interview with WSJ. Magazine for its Innovator Issue, Billie said of the film, “I haven’t seen anything, really, like it, and I’m just kind of blown away at every step of the process.”
She added that one reason she was excited about the project was that she never gets to watch her own concerts — at least, not in high quality — and this will give her an opportunity to do so.
“If you do something amazing, like a f****** backflip, and nobody’s filmed it, I can’t ever really have proof that I did it,” she explained. “So it’ll be nice to have that.”
Jimmy Cliff performs live on stage on Day 1 at the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit at the Padang on September 18, 2015 in Singapore. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)
Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, who helped Jamaican reggae music find its place within global pop culture, is dead at 81.
“It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” Latifa Chambers, Cliff’s wife, said in a post on his official Instagram account.
Cliff’s award-winning career as a musician spanned decades and included some of reggae’s most memorable hits, including “Many Rivers to Cross.” He was inducted in 2010 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which described him as reggae’s “first champion.”
“Jimmy Cliff was instrumental in spreading reggae beyond Jamaica,” the Hall of Fame said on its site . “A self-proclaimed shepherd of reggae, Cliff has gone all over the globe to pass on the mellow, sun-drenched sound.”
“Many Rivers” and two other hits — “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The Harder They Come” — were standouts on the official soundtrack for a 1972 film, also titled The Harder They Come, that featured Cliff as its star.
Cliff played a young reggae artist who’s drawn into what’s portrayed as the often-seedy world of music production in Jamaica.
“Cliff’s portrayal is riveting and authentic,” the Grammy Awards wrote in an appraisal of the soundtrack marking 50 years after the movie’s release. It noted that Cliff, who was born James Chambers, had seen at least some of what was portrayed in the film.
“While pursuing a career as a singer, Cliff saw firsthand the crime, violence and the survival of the fittest mindset within the ghetto areas where reggae was birthed,” the appraisal said.
Cliff was born on July 30, 1944, during a hurricane in the Somerton District of St. James, Jamaica, according to his official biography. Fourteen years later, he had his first hit, “Hurricane Hattie,” beginning a career that stormed on far into this century.
He won the Grammy for best reggae album in 1986 for Cliff Hanger and again in 2013 for Rebirth. He was nominated several other times.
His songs often touched on freedom from burdensome surroundings and authority figures — and, fittingly, noting his birth during a hurricane, also included references to nature and storms.
On “The Harder They Come” he sung of fighting “as sure as the sun will shine,” adding a few lines later, “But I’d rather be a free man in my grave/Than living as a puppet or a slave.”
His wife in a note to fans posted on Monday said she was thankful for all the friends and artists Cliff held dear.
“To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career,” Chambers wrote. “He really appreciated each and every fan for their love.”
After a whirlwind year that gave him his first #1 in the U.S. with “Single Again,” Josh Ross may just take it easy during the holidays.
“No plans yet. It’s crazy,” he tells ABC Audio. “Everybody’s asking me that. It’s like, I don’t even know what I’m doing for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I’m probably just gonna lay low, honestly, stay in the Nashville area and relax.”
Josh admits that’s not something he’s particularly good at, however: “I say that I’m looking forward to sitting on the couch and then I sit on the coach for five minutes. I’m like, ‘Oh, what do I do? What am I doing?’ So we’ll figure it out.”
Since Josh is from Waterdown, Ontario, and Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October, you’d think turkey day in the States wouldn’t be a big deal for him. But you’d be wrong.
“Cool fact is like most of my family’s in the U.S., so actually my family from the U.S. drives to Canada for American Thanksgiving,” he reveals. “So they’re all celebrating Thanksgiving, but in Canada. We just grew up like always celebrating American Thanksgiving because all of the family there, so it’s interesting. I get to do both, which is awesome.”
“Hate How You Look,” Josh’s second single from his debut album, Later Tonight, has just started its climb on the U.S. country chart.
‘The Best of The Band’ (Capitol/UMe); ‘Filmworks: Insomnia’ (Omnivore Recordings)
Fans of The Band have multiple vinyl releases to choose from this holiday season.
Available for preorder now is the Vinylphyle pressing of1975’s Northern Lights, Southern Cross, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. Featuring classics like “Ophelia,” “It Makes No Difference” and “Acadian Driftwood,” the 180-gram black vinyl LP was mastered from the original analog sources, and includes gatefold packaging and new liner notes.
Then on Record Store Day Black Friday, Nov. 28, you can grab The Band’s 1993 reunion album, Jericho, appearing on vinyl for the first time, as well asFilmworks: Insomnia, a companion LP to Robbie Robertson‘s new book, Insomnia.
The book details the start of Robertson’s creative partnership with Martin Scorsese, which culminated in an Oscar nomination for his Killers of the Flower Moon score. The album features music Robertson composed and/or produced forThe Last Waltz, Raging Bull and Carny. Of note, Robertson recorded the Raging Bull pieces with bandmates Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson.
According to Robertson’s longtime manager, Jared Levine, Filmworks: Insomnia is a sidebar to a much larger future project, which began prior to Robertson’s death in 2023.
“He very much wanted, and we were working on before he died, a collection of his movie music,” Levine explains. “And so we were putting together all the pieces that he had done for film and kind of trying to figure out how we would go about it.” The Insomnia LP, he says, is something “that we’re really proud of and really just includes pieces that Robbie details in the book.”
And finally, the long-out-of-print greatest hits albumThe Best of The Bandreturns to vinyl on Dec. 12; it’ll also be available on CD.
