New York natives KISS headlined Madison Square Garden for the very first time.
The show was part of their Rock and Roll Over tour and featured opening act Sammy Hagar, who was also making his Madison Square Garden debut.
According to setlist.fm, the band’s set included KISS favorites like “Detroit Rock City,” “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Beth” and “Black Diamond.” During the show, Paul Stanley was injured when he was hit by a beer bottle thrown by somebody in the audience.
KISS went on to headline MSG multiple times over the years.
They wrapped their last-ever tour, dubbed the End of the Road World Tour, at the historic venue with two shows that took place Dec. 1 and 2, 2023.
Gold medalist Breezy Johnson of Team United States celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Downhill at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Feb. 8, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Olympic skier Breezy Johnson says Taylor Swift is “welcome” to attend her wedding after she responded to her engagement post.
On Feb. 11, Breezy’s boyfriend Connor Watkins proposed to her at the finish line of the super giant slalom race, using a wooden ring box engraved with these lyrics from Taylor’s song “The Alchemy”: “Who are we to fight the alchemy?”
When Breezy posted the moment on Instagram, Taylor commented with another lyric from the song — “Where’s the trophy? He just comes running over to me” — and added, “CONGRATULATIONS!!!”
Johnson told People that the lyrics Taylor used to comment are some of her other favorite lyrics from “The Alchemy,” which appears on The Tortured Poets Department and is widely assumed to be about Taylor’s fiancé, Travis Kelce.
“The Taylor Swift comment was not something that I ever expected,” Breezy added. “It was really cool seeing her comments, seeing her just love love,” Breezy said People.
When asked whether she’s going to invite Taylor to her nuptials, Breezy laughed, “I mean, listen, Taylor can probably go to any wedding in the U.S. and everybody would welcome her with open arms. She is of course welcome to join. I do not expect her to have any time to do that, but…”
By the way, Breezy’s proposal wasn’t a surprise. She’d been telling Connor that she loved the “idea of getting engaged at the Olympics” for more than a year. “Everything kind of went to plan … It was perfect,” she told People.
Artwork for Paul McCartney and Wings Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit (Courtesy of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
Paul McCartney and Wings will be the subject of a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
The exhibit, opening May 15, is described in a press release as “the first major museum exhibit” to explore McCartney’s post-Beatles band, which released its self-titled debut in 1970 and broke up in 1981.
Simply titled Paul McCartney and Wings, the exhibit will feature the largest collection of artifacts from McCartney’s personal archives, including instruments played during recording sessions and concert performances, handwritten lyrics, clothing worn by the band, tour memorabilia and previously unseen photography, plus archival video and audio.
In addition to the exhibit, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is set to host an early screening of the new Paul McCartney and Wings documentary, Man on the Run,on Feb. 21. The documentary, directed by award-winning director Morgan Neville, will hit theaters for one night only on Feb. 19 and debut on Prime Video Feb. 27.
More info on the exhibit and screening can be found at RockHall.com.
As Justin Moore’s latest hit, “Time’s Ticking,” rises into the top 10, he’s reflecting on how far he’s come.
“It’s pretty amazing, man,” the Arkansas native says. “When I moved to Nashville, #1 was never in the equation. [My goal] was just, have a couple of hits and be able to play music and make some money. And to be where we are — you know, to have 20-plus top-10 records and 13 number ones is just ridiculous.”
“[The] point being, I’m very, very humbled with the career that we’ve had, and it’s just ridiculous, to be honest with you,” he adds. “I don’t even know what to say about it, but ‘thank you,’ you know?”
Justin found his first chart success with 2008’s “Back That Thing Up,” though it only made it to #38. The subsequent “Small Town USA,” however, became his first #1.
His most recent chart-topper, “This Is My Dirt,” hit the pinnacle in October 2024.
Bob Weir of The Dead performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 16, 2009 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
The life and career of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who passed away Jan. 10, is celebrated in a new tribute issue of Rolling Stone.
The magazine’s March issue includes exclusive tributes to Weir from bandmates Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. There’s also an interview with Dead & Company’s John Mayer, intimate photos of Weir taken by his daughter, photographer Chloe Weir, and more.
“The Grateful Dead, for Bob, was freedom. It was a place for him to be Bob — his home,” Hart said of his bandmate. “He had a tough time in his early life, but in the Grateful Dead everyone could be what they wanted to be, and that was freedom. It’s everything.”
“Bob wasn’t one to talk a lot, but this was the way for all of us to fly,” he continued. “We all gave each other space, and at the same time, we all were supporting each other, and the music just started to flow. We all believed in the magic.”
Kreutzmann reflected on the surviving members of the band accepting that it was OK to continue playing Grateful Dead music following the 1995 death of Jerry Garcia.
“It took me a few years to figure that out, but I think it took Bob about five minutes — he played a show in New Hampshire the very night Jerry died,” Kruetzmann told Rolling Stone. “That was also his way of processing it.”
And Mayer told the mag about the connection he felt with Weir.
“We were aligned. Bobby and I both had the same clock — where he knew what I was going to do, and he knew I’d give it back and go, ‘All yours,'” he said. “There were times where Bobby started singing as a way of letting me know, ‘That’s the end of your solo, son.”’
Andrew McMahon performs onstage at Summerfest 2025 at Henry Maier Festival Park on June 19, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
Andrew McMahon has announced a new run of his Three Pianos concerts, featuring his projects Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
The shows take place Aug. 8 in Philadelphia, Aug. 14 in Chicago and Aug. 22 in Long Beach, California. They follow the debut Three Pianos concert, which took place in 2025 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
“Last summer’s Three Pianos show was life changing,” McMahon says in a statement. “Nothing could have prepared me for the magic I felt that night. Sharing the stage with the members of all three of my bands and getting to weave a lifetime’s worth of songs and memories into a single show is something I’d wanted to do for years but was too scared to try.”
He continues, “Having done it once, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a moment deserving of a few more stages and a few more nights with my friends and collaborators and the fans that gave our music a home.”
In between the Three Pianos shows, McMahon has also scheduled solo performances in Philadelphia on Aug. 6 and Chicago on Aug. 12.
Presales for all dates are open now, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Since Billboard first launched its Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 1981, the ranking has never seen a song led by three female artists hit #1. Forty-five years later, that has finally changed with “End of You,” the collaborative single featuring Poppy, Amy Lee of Evanescence and Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox.
Before hitting #1 and making Billboard history, “End of You” began with a simple idea from Poppy and her producer, former Bring Me the Horizon keyboardist Jordan Fish.
“We thought that it would be a really interesting take to have three women in rock music come together on a song,” Poppy tells ABC Audio. “Fortunately, [Lee and LaPlante] were both down for the idea.”
Poppy recorded with Lee in the “Bring Me to Life” singer’s house, and with LaPlante remotely. The track was a fitting full-circle moment for Poppy and LaPlante, who were confused for each other in a viral interview during the 2025 Grammys.
Working with Lee was also exciting for Poppy as a longtime Evanescence fan.
“Her voice is so epic,” Poppy says. “To hear it in a room when she was recording, it was definitely something I was blown away by.”
While they may not have predicted achieving an unprecedented chart feat, Poppy had an early inkling that “End of You” was special.
“I think for all of us, separately and together, it was a big moment,” Poppy says. “It feels like quite a statement piece.”
Lee will reunite with Poppy and LaPlante on Evanescence’s 2026 world tour, which will feature support from Spiritbox on the U.S. leg and Poppy on the European leg.
Zara Larsson performs on ABC’s ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,’ Dec. 31, 2025 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
As Zara Larsson prepares to kick off the North American leg of her Midnight Sun tour later this month, her song of the same name is climbing the charts. While the song has a specific meaning, Zara says its title also reflects her general outlook on life these days.
“It’s about just really my love for nature and, like, to be alive and to see a beautiful cloud or to have the wind in my hair and, like, all the small stuff,” she told ABC Audio of the song “Midnight Sun.” “And I think that also represents me where I’m at right now. It’s something that is a bit of the lightness in the dark, y’know, always finding like the positive things, just keeping the spirits up, I think.”
The phrase “Midnight Sun” refers to the fact that her home country of Sweden gets almost 24 hours of daylight during the summer months. Zara, 28, said she chose the title for her album in part because the phenomenon makes her think of her early life in Stockholm.
“It’s something that I grew up with. I had the best, most beautiful, bright summers,” she explained. “And it’s about [those] very, very strong polar opposites of the winter and the summer [in Sweden] that really makes me savor the good moments. I think a lot of people in Sweden do that.”
“And now I feel like I can be nostalgic about my childhood and stuff,” she added. “I feel I reached that age where I’m like, ‘Right, yeah.’ So there’s some of that in there too.”
Train, ‘Sail Across the Sun’ fan cruise (Sixthman)
Tell me, did you sail across the sun? If you never have, now’s your big chance to join Train on their popular fan cruise.
The ninth installment of the band’s Sail Across the Sun trip will embark from Miami on Feb. 11, 2027, aboard the Norwegian Jewel. It’ll return Feb. 15 after visiting Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
During the cruise, Train will give three completely different concerts, including a fan-selected request set, and bring along multiple performers to entertain their guests. This year’s lineup includes Lisa Loeb, KT Tunstall, Jet, Yacht Rock Revue, Pat McGee Band and Emerson Hart, among others.
In addition to the music, the cruise features comedy, a yoga instructor and a tattoo artist, plus activities ranging from wine tastings to silent discos. There’s also all the typical cruise hallmarks, like hot tubs, a casino, a spa, a fitness center and more.
More information on how to get access to presales for the cruise are available at SailAcrossTheSun.com.
Train plans to release new music this spring. The band will then hit the road this summer for their Drops of Jupiter: 25 Years in the Atmosphere tour, which kicks off on July 8.
Artwork for Gunna’s ‘The Last Wun’ album (A Young Stoner Life/300 Entertainment)
Gunna has released the music video for his song “Forever Be Mine.”
It captures him and guest feature Wizkid performing to an audience of women. Wizkid is also seen shooting a scene in front of a beach backdrop, while Gunna is spotted sharing intimate moments with various women, one of whom wakes up to discover that he is no longer by her side.
“Forever Be Mine” appeared on Gunna’s latest album, The Last Wun, which was released in August and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200.
