Sting on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark.’ (Disney/LORENZO BEVILAQUA)
Sting has announced a 2026 leg of his Sting 3.0 tour.
The newly added dates run from May 9 in Durant, Oklahoma, to May 25 in Richmond, Virginia. Members of the Sting fan club will have access to a presale beginning Tuesday. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Sting.com.
On the Sting 3.0 tour, the ex-Police frontman performs alongside guitarist and longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. A live album recorded on an earlier leg of the tour was released in April.
You can also catch the end of the 2025 U.S. Sting 3.0 tour, running through November.
Metallica on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Exit light, enter … trespassers?
Two attendees of Metallica’s show at Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, on Saturday were arrested after allegedly climbing a tower at the venue, News.com.au reports.
According to the publication, a police spokesperson says, “It will be alleged the men climbed up the central tower inside the bowl at the Metallica concert held at Optus Stadium on Saturday.”
The two men, aged 20 and 23, have been charged with trespassing.
Saturday’s concert marked the first on Metallica’s 2025 M72 tour of Australia and New Zealand. During the show’s soundcheck, frontman James Hetfielddressed as a kangaroo in honor of Halloween.
The Grateful Dead, Santana and a reunited Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the artists who performed at Laughter, Love and Music, a free concert at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to honor the late music producer Bill Graham.
Graham, known for booking such venues as the Fillmore and the Winterland Ballroom, died in a helicopter crash on Oct. 25, 1991, on the way home from a Huey Lewis and the News concert.
An estimated 30,000 people attended the concert, which also featured performances by John Fogerty, Jackson Browne,Journey and Joan Baez.
New photos of Sean “Diddy” Combs are circulating, giving the public a chance to see him for the first time since his conviction in July. Diddy was photographed Friday in the yard at Fort Dix, where he was recently transferred to complete his 50-month sentence. He was photographed wearing a dark blue jacket and a red beanie, with another photo capturing him in a gray beanie as he spoke with fellow inmates. “He look happy to me, with all them handsome men around. GOOD MORNING NEW YORK CITY!” 50 Centreacted to the photos. “I just thought about it, [they’re] thanking him for doing the laundry. LOL,” he continued, referencing reports about Diddy’s job in jail.
Brandy and Ray-J displayed some sibling love Friday during the Atlanta stop of The Boy is Mine tour. A video from the night shows Ray coming out onstage and sharing a hug with his sister. He then took to social media to reshared the video, adding the caption, “family > everything.” This moment comes after rumors that the two are at odds, partly stemming from a post Ray wrote in April that read, “My sister hates who I am!” Other surprise guests at the Atlanta show were Ludacris, Tank, Missy Elliott and Jermaine Dupri.
Shenseea samples Blu Cantrell‘s 2001 hit, “Hit ‘Em up Style (Oops!),” on her song “Boss Up.” Speaking on an Instagram Live, she says Blu turned down being in the video but gave her stamp of approval for the song. “We spoke to Blu Cantrell. She said she felt the song,” Shenseea said. “You know, because I really wanted her to do a cameo in the video. But, yeah. She’s like, ‘Nah, f*** it.’ … She said she’s proud of what I did with the song still.”
Brian Johnson and Angus Young from AC/DC performs on stage at the Bjerke Travbane on August 05, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)
AC/DC is powering up for a return stateside.
The “Back in Black” rockers have announced a 2026 U.S. leg of their Power Up tour, running from July 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Sep. 29 in Philadelphia.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time with the exception of the dates in Denver, Las Vegas and Philadelphia, which go on sale Friday at noon local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ACDC.com.
The Power Up tour, which takes its name from AC/DC’s 2020 comeback album, launched in 2024 before coming to the U.S. in 2025.
The band lineup for the 2026 dates will feature guitarist Angus Young and vocalist Brian Johnson, plus guitarist Stevie Young, drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney.
‘The Cure: The Show of a Lost World’ film poster. (Lost Images/Polydor/Capitol Records/Mercury Studios/Trafalgar Releasing)
The Cure has announced the theatrical premiere of their concert film The Show of a Lost World.
The 31-song set, which was filmed at London’s Troxy venue in November 2004, will screen in cinemas around the world on Dec. 11. Tickets go on sale Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. ET.
The Show of a Lost World includes a full-album performance of The Cure’s comeback album, 2024’s Songs of a Lost World, as well as classics including “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven.”
“The Cure’s impact cannot be underestimated and this film is a testament to the artistry and depth of their music,” says Marc Allenby, CEO of distributor Trafalgar Releasing. “It’s a pleasure to bring The Show of a Lost World to cinemas globally and give fans everywhere the opportunity to experience together this extraordinary concert on the big screen.”
Jessica Simpson on ‘American Idol.’ (Disney/Stewart Cook)
Jessica Simpson is marking a sobriety milestone.
The singer took to social media over the weekend to celebrate eight years sober in a reflective social media post, where she described gaining strength through sobriety.
Simpson began her post, “8 years ago today I made the choice to confront, to confess and to let go of the self sabotaging parts of my life that I was choosing.”
“Making that decision allowed me to fully live in the pursuit of God[‘]s purpose for my life,” she wrote.
Simpson continued, “Alcohol silenced my intuition, blocked my dreams and chased my circulating fears of complacency.”
The singer said now she is “clear” and “driven by faith.”
“Both fear and faith are something that we feel and may not see, I’m so happy I chose faith over fear,” wrote Simpson.
She finished with a thought on the process of finding strength, writing, “It was not in the fight that I found my strength, it was in the surrender.”
ABC News has reached out to a rep for Simpson for additional comment on the milestone.
The “I Wanna Love You Forever” artist opened up in her 2020 memoir Open Book about using alcohol to self-medicate and dull the pain of her being sexually abused when she was a child, as well as to cope with the stress of fame.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Foo Fighters turned some Korn cosplay into a surprise show announcement.
On Saturday, Dave Grohlposted a photo of him wearing a Korn-branded adidas tracksuit, which the “Freak on a Leash” metallers are famous for wearing. They then announced a last-minute concert taking place on Monday in Korn’s hometown of Bakersfield, California.
“This time of year always makes me think of Kornfields,” Grohl wrote in the initial post. Korn frontman Jonathan Davis then responded, “[I’ll] send you one of mine” along with a heart and laughing emoji.
The Foos played a run of pop-up concerts in September, marking their first live shows with new drummer Ilan Rubin. They’ll launch a full North American stadium tour in 2026.
In this Nov. 6, 2024, file photo, Mariah Carey performs onstage during Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time Tour Kick Off at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel, in Highland, Calif. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Mariah Carey, FILE)
The holiday season has officially begun, at least according to Mariah Carey.
Right at midnight on November 1, the pop icon released her latest “It’s Time” video, marking the unofficial start of Christmas festivities.
The annual clip, which has become a viral tradition in recent years, features Carey declaring the end of Halloween and the arrival of her favorite time of year.
This year, the singer teamed up with comedian and actor Billy Eichner for a new take on the holiday countdown, created in partnership with Sephora.
The video opens with Carey in an angel costume announcing that Halloween “slayed,” before adding with a wink, “But now … it’s time.”
Her moment is interrupted when she discovers her vanity in disarray and calls out, “Spill the tea, who’s the thief?”
Eichner then appears, dressed as an elf and holding her beauty products. “Bad news, Mariah Carey,” he says. “The elves are striking this year. Elf revenge for putting us through holiday hell. Santa’s helper quit, and I’m pawning all this so I can afford elf therapy.”
Carey isn’t fazed. “You can’t cancel Christmas,” she fires back, before freezing Eichner in place and declaring, “It’s time!” as the familiar notes of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” begin to play.
Even though Halloween is only a few days in the rearview mirror and Thanksgiving’s about a month away, Thomas Rhett‘s preparations for the most wonderful time of the year are fully underway.
That’s because TR and his wife, Lauren Akins, typically start their yuletide rollout on Oct. 31.
“Christmas is my wife and [my] favorite time of the year. We love it so much,” TR says. “We literally put lights up on Halloween, actually, so that once Halloween [is] over, we just crank the lights on.”
“I’m sure our neighbors hate us,” he continues. “I’m not kidding, I think if you were to Google Image our home, you could see it from space. I mean, it is very, very bright.”
If you’re like Thomas and can’t wait any longer for yuletide cheer, you can check out his Merry Christmas, Y’all EP from 2022, which showcases four classics, as well as his original “Christmas in the Country,” which dates back to 2019.
