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Tim McGraw’s Pawn Shop Guitar Tour is now fully underway, after its kickoff Thursday at New Jersey’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. 

He also played the first of three stadium dates with The Chicks and Lady A Saturday in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The other two are July 30 at Boston’s Fenway Park and Aug. 23 at Target Field in Minneapolis. 

Regular tour openers 49 Winchester and Timothy Wayne are on the stadium dates, as well. 

The first half of Tim’s show features an unplugged set with his full band, meant to evoke the clubs he played early in his career. Full production returns in the second act, with a setlist that includes his biggest hits, a few deep cuts and his two newest songs, “Pawn Shop Guitar’ and “Song for America.”

Also during his shows, Tim’s giving a young audience member a pawn shop guitar he bought in their city. That’s significant since the tour’s namesake song is about the instrument Tim used to start his career.

This week the Pawn Shop Guitar Tour plays Toronto on Thursday, with stops in Ohio on Friday and Pennsylvania on Saturday. The trek wraps Sept. 26 in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

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Daughtry has released a new compilation titled There and Back Again.

The record features newly rerecorded versions of 11 of the Chris Daughtry-fronted band’s biggest hits, including “It’s Not Over,” “Home,” “Over You,” “What I Want,” “No Surprise” and “What About Now.”

“We decided it would be fun to go back in the studio and rerecord some of our older hits and recreate them note for note,” Chris said in a video explaining the project. “It was a lot of fun.”

There and Back Again is out now via digital outlets.

Daughtry’s most recent release is their 2025 EP SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART TWO), which includes the single “THE BOTTOM.”

You can catch Daughtry live on their 20th anniversary unplugged tour kicking off in October.

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The Beaches have premiered the video for their song “Edge of the Earth.”

The track originally appears on The Beaches’ 2023 album, Blame My Ex, but received a second life when it was featured on the Prime Video series Off Campus, which premiered in May.

On the show, protagonist Hannah Wells, played by Ella Bright, shows love interest Garrett Graham, played by Belmont Cameli, The Beaches’ set at Coachella and tells him it will “change your life.” It’s basically this generation’s version of when Natalie Portman told Zach Braff that The Shins will change your life in Garden State.

The “Edge of the Earth” video cuts between footage of The Beaches performing on a fog-filled stage and shots of young couples in intense conversations and making out. You can watch it on YouTube.

The Beaches’ most recent album is 2025’s No Hard Feelings. A deluxe version was released in June.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani might have missed the Jay-Z concerts at Yankee Stadium, but he understands what the performances meant to fans.

“I was not there this weekend, though I know that it was a moment that many New Yorkers are going to hold dear for years,” he said at a press conference Monday. “Nas and Jay-Z performing together—it’s incredible, and I know that there’s just so many more moments that we could be listing.”

He also addressed the lengthy delay before Sunday’s Extra Innings show, which followed a security breach that involved people without tickets.

“I know that there are many New Yorkers who were delayed after there was a breach of security by those that didn’t have tickets and then it resulted in a multiple hour delay for many others so that’s something we’ll follow up on,” he said.

Asked to name his favorite Jay-Z album, Mamdani picked The Blueprint.

“The first album I was ever given was a clean version of The Blueprint, which is unfortunate,” he joked. “I learned about the importance of freedom of expression.”

Jay-Z celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint during the second night of his Yankee Stadium run, with appearances from Eminem, Slick Rick and Pharrell Williams. The first night celebrated Reasonable Doubt with guests including Nas, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and Memphis Bleek.

The delayed Extra Innings show also featured Beyoncé, Jeezy, The-Dream and Teyana Taylor, among others.

Speaking to TMZ, Memphis Bleek said Jay-Z was initially “stone-faced” and “wasn’t talking to nobody” during the wait.

Teyana also reflected on the night, acknowledging the technical issues during her performance on Instagram.

“The sound & in-ears said ‘Not today.’ But guess what?? The gratitude was louder than any mic could ever be,” she wrote. She then thanked Jay-Z “for allowing me to be a part of such an iconic night.”

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Iron Maiden is the latest artist to sell a stake in their catalog.

The band has signed a partnership with Pophouse, the Swedish company behind ABBA’s London hologram show, Voyage, and the same company that purchased KISS’ catalog in 2024. The deal has Pophouse acquiring a stake in Maiden’s music catalog, including master recordings and publishing rights, as well as rights to their brand name, image and likeness.

Iron Maiden’s co-manager Andy Taylor and Pophouse have actually been working together since last year, with the partnership resulting in the creation of the Infinite Dreams Museum Experience, which debuted at the band’s recent EddFest concert at Knebworth Park, U.K.

Future plans include a film of the band’s current Run For Your Lives World Tour. They also aim to bring the band’s mascot Eddie into the digital universe.

“I am very excited about our relationship with Pophouse and the ability we now have to pursue, facilitate, and finance our many plans and dreams quicker than we ever hoped,” says Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. “The fans can be assured there is a great deal more to come for Maiden, and Eddie will rule, OK!!”

“Iron Maiden is a band whose remarkable longevity and rich catalogue open up countless creative possibilities,” Pophouse CEO Jessica Koravos adds. “With Pophouse’s partnership, the band now has the investment and creative firepower to keep evolving for decades to come.”

Iron Maiden, who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, is currently on their Run For Your Lives World Tour. It hits the U.S. starting Sept. 5 in Harrison, New Jersey. A complete list of dates can be found at IronMaiden.com.

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She’s so grateful for her ex, but could they be back together? Ariana Grande continues to tweak the lyrics of “thank u, next” during her live shows, fueling speculation she might be rekindling things with ex Ricky Alvarez.

During her Brooklyn stop on the Eternal Sunshine tour Monday night, she changed the lyrics from “Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh” to “Wrote some songs about Ricky/ We always find our way back.”

She previously changed them during her June 24 show in Austin, singing, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now they kinda slap,” and again during her June 26 show where Ricky was in the audience, singing, “Wrote some songs about Ricky/ I know he still got my back.”

The two, who split back in 2016 after dating for about a year, have been spotted hanging out recently. They were reportedly in Ariana’s hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, for July Fourth weekend.

Ariana broke up with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater earlier this year after three years of dating.

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The All American Rejects’ 2005 album, Move Along, is officially old enough to drink, and the band is celebrating with a deluxe reissue.

The 21st anniversary edition of Move Along will be released Sept. 4. It includes three bonus B-sides: “Kiss Yourself Goodbye,” “Bite Back” and “Eyelash Wishes.”

Along with the reissue news, the Rejects have premiered a new live video for the song “Move Along,” which was recorded at The Wiltern in Los Angeles in 2005. You can watch that streaming now on YouTube.

The original Move Along marked the sophomore AAR album and spawned singles in the title track, “Dirty Little Secret” and “It Ends Tonight.” It’s certified triple-Platinum by the RIAA.

The All-American Rejects just released a new album called Sandbox in May, marking their first full-length effort in 14 years.

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As Brothers Osborne recently pointed out on social media, it’s been more than 1,000 days since they put out their most recent album, their eponymous effort from 2023. 

“We’ve been working for a long time to get new music out. We almost put music out, but it didn’t feel right, so we went back in the studio,” TJ Osborne recently said backstage at CMA Fest. 

He went on to echo the other aspect revealed in their Instagram post: It’s a return to their roots.

“It’s an album that’s really kinda dedicated to our hometown where we’re from, which is Deale, Maryland. It’s a small water town, and so a lot of the songs are really kinda based around that, telling the story not only of our town, but kinda letting people know what we’re about,” he added.

“I think, even though we’ve been doing this for as long as we have, some people are confused why we’re from Maryland and play country music. So hopefully this answers those questions.”

If you simply can’t wait for the new Brothers album, you can check out TJ and John Osborne’s cover of Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” which came out in June and is from a new racing documentary. 

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