Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys performs as the band headline the Pyramid Stage at Day 3 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 23, 2023 in Somerset, United Kingdom. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
The first fresh material from the English rockers in four years is set to arrive Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. The track will support the organization War Child, which “work[s] with children and families in conflict-affected countries to protect, educate, support mental health, and stand up for their rights when they need us most.”
The track will arrive alongside info about an upcoming project spearheaded by War Child Records.
Artists including Paul McCartney, Oasis, Radiohead, Coldplay and Gorillaz have previously released music in support of War Child.
The most recent Arctic Monkeys album is 2022’s The Car.
The 15th studio effort from the Atlanta metallers will be released on May 1. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Truth Killer.
Along with the album news, Sevendust has announced a U.S. headlining tour, running from April 16 in Carterville, Illinois, to May 20 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The bill will also feature Atreyu, Fire From the Gods, and American Adrenalin.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Sevendust.com.
Sevendust’s upcoming live plans also include dates opening for Alter Bridge.
Here’s the One track list: “One” “Unbreakable” “Is This the Real You” “Threshold” “We Won” “Construct” “Bright Side” “The Drop” “Blood Price” “Misdirection”
Rush’s ‘Grace Under Pressure’/(UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)
Rush is set to revisit their 10th studio album, 1984’s Grace Under Pressure.
The band will release Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition on March 13 in five different formats, including a limited-edition four-CD + Blu-ray set with a 52-page hardcover book.
The set features a newly remastered version of the original album and a new stereo mix taken from the original analog recordings. It also includes a two-CD recording of the band’s complete Sept. 21, 1984, concert at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Portions of that show previously appeared on the band’s 1986 Grace Under Pressure Tour home video and CD; the new version, titled Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984, adds 37 minutes of previously unreleased footage.
The Blu-ray includes the Toronto concert on video with upgraded audio, along with new mixes of the album, including a Dolby Atmos mix. It also features remastered videos for songs like “Distant Early Warning,” “Afterimage,” “The Enemy Within” and “The Body Electric.”
Additional highlights include new liner notes from Rush’s Geddy Lee, reimagined cover art and bonus collectibles, like a replica tour book, concert ticket, backstage pass, a poster from the show and more.
Grace Under Pressure:Super Deluxe Edition will also be available digitally and as a five-LP + Blu-ray set. The original eight-track album will be released digitally on Dolby Atmos, and a remastered Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984 video will be released to digital outlets.
Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil perform on November 4, 2017 in Hanging Rock, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images)
Rob Hirst, founding member and drummer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died at age 70.
“After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain – ‘a glimmer of tiny light in the wilderness,'” Midnight Oil writes in an Instagram post published Tuesday. “He died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.”
Hirst had revealed in 2025 that he’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer following the conclusion of Midnight Oil’s farewell tour in 2022.
“We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob,” the Oils add in a separate post. “For now there are no words but there will always be songs.”
Hirst cofounded Midnight Oil in 1976. The band became beloved in their native Australia and broke out worldwide with their 1987 album, Diesel and Dust, which spawned the singles “Beds Are Burning” and “The Dead Heart.”
The Oils were also known for singles including “Blue Sky Mine,” “Forgotten Years,” “King of the Mountain” and “Truganini.”
Thomas Rhett & Jordan Davis’ “Ain’t a Bad Life” (Big Machine)
Jordan Davis has joked that his “Ain’t a Bad Life” collaborator Thomas Rhett is also his therapist.
“We try to go get breakfast whenever we can,” he reveals. “So it’s a good way for us to kinda not talk about music, just talk about life, talk about family. It’s been a cool friendship.”
Seriously, Jordan says Thomas has helped him balance the demands of a music career and a large family with lots of little kids.
“I think the best thing with TR is he’s kind of been where I’m at with the family,” Jordan tells ABC Audio. “You know, [when] things are rocking and rolling, you want to play shows and you want to kinda feed the business side of it. And sometimes when you do that — you know, you can’t have both of them. One of ’em’s gotta rise, the other one’s gotta sink.”
“And Thomas is always a good one in that he always reminds me, like, ‘Man, hey, first and foremost, we’re dads and husbands. And then after that, we write songs and we go out and we sing them.’ He’s always the guy that can kind of bring me back to level ground on that,” he says.
Jordan has four kids, ages 6 and under, while TR has four that are 10 and under, with another on the way.
Steve Stevens, Billy Idol and The Warning Rock Band with Alejandra Villarreal, Daniela Villarreal and Paulina Villarreal perform during the GRAMMY celebration of Latin Music on October 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images)
Billy Idol‘s longtime guitarist and collaborator Steve Stevens has worked with him since the early ’80s and has a good idea as to why Idol’s popularity has lasted as long as it has.
“I think it’s always been cool to like Billy Idol, and our records were never something you could pigeonhole,” he says in a new interview with Guitar World.
“I came from the rock side with guitar heroes like Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix, a little prog, some new wave and New York punk,” he says. “Then you have Billy with the punk-rock/Elvis thing, and our early producer Keith Forsey came from working with [Italian composer] Giorgio Moroder on dance records like Donna Summer. So, because we’ve always had this gumbo of different styles, we were never pigeonholed when it came to writing music.”
Stevens notes that while Idol’s biggest hits, like “Rebel Yell,” “White Wedding” and “Eyes Without a Face,” came in the ’80s, “Billy’s roots go back to 1977 London.”
“I think that’s served us really well. He’s got a timeless image and people appreciate that,” Stevens adds. “He’s a real-deal rock ’n’ roll star. Honestly, we sound better now than we did back then.”
Idol released his last album, Dream Into It, in 2025. A documentary on his life, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, was recently acquired by Evan Saxon Productions and is expected to have a theatrical release in early 2026.
Jonah Kagen performs at The Chapel on March 29, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images)
Jonah Kagen will launch a U.S. tour Tuesday in Indianapolis in support of his new album, Sunflowers and Leather. The record follows Kagen’s breakout single, “God Needs the Devil,” which hit #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in 2025.
As “God Needs the Devil” was making its chart ascent, Kagen tells ABC Audio he started to notice people getting more and more into the song in real time as he was playing shows.
“It’s been so, so weird,” Kagen says. “And it keeps happening, too, ’cause it’s still going.”
Kagen recalls being particularly struck while playing a show in Australia and seeing some 2,000 people all sing along to “God Needs the Devil.”
“It was like, ‘When did that happen? What are we talking about?'” Kagen says. “It feels like every show that I do there’s a new chunk of people that know it.”
Kagen’s also noticed a demographic change in his crowds since “God Needs the Devil” took off, particularly an increase in families coming to his shows.
“I was getting a lot of moms at the shows,” Kagen says. “Which, honestly, great. They’ve been very rowdy and wonderful.”
“Now they’re getting their kids into my music, and then their kids are like, ‘I already knew about him, god!'” he adds. “You know, they’re doing that whole thing.”
The Pretty Reckless on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
The Pretty Reckless has launched their own shop on Reverb, the online gear marketplace.
Available items include various guitars and amps personally used by Taylor Momsen and company.
“Every item sold is something that was either used in the studio or live by members of the band and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Taylor herself,” reads a post to the Pretty Reckless Facebook. “These instruments are hard to part with but it’s time to put them in some new hands to enjoy.”
The band adds, “We will be adding more items often so keep checking back to see what new goodies we’ve put up.”
Meanwhile, The Pretty Reckless has been working on more new music to follow their last album, 2021’s Death By Rock and Roll. They put out a new single, “For I Am Death,” in 2025, along with a holiday EP, Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas.
Jermelle Simon attends the 2025 Out100 Celebration at Nya Studios on November 21, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Out.com)
Jermelle Simon says playing a closeted character on The Upshaws helped to shape his career and ultimately changed his life.
Jermelle, who stars as Bernard in the Netflix show, said he was drawn to character because Bernard was closeted and struggling with his sexuality, something he was experiencing at the time.
“They just told me that he was closeted, he was fighting his sexuality, and so was I at the time. I felt very connected to it, but very afraid of it,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I cried in my car because I [knew] this was going to be a thing that pushes me.”
He said the first three years of portraying Bernard forced him to face some of his real-life fears, including saying things like “I’m gay” or “I like a man.”
As Bernard’s storyline expanded and he eventually came out, Jermelle told THR it challenged him to grow.
“Year after year, Bernard just kept growing,” he explained. “It felt like in the beginning we were on the same playing field. We were both struggling. And then he came out, and I’m like, ‘Bro, whoa, whoa, I’m not [ready], hold on,’ and he just kept going.”
“Parts of me felt like I had to catch up with Bernard’s expansion because Bernard is also me,” he continued. “I can’t do him justice if I’m not free myself because he deserves to be able to express himself.”
Jermelle came out on National Coming Out Day in 2024 — a moment he described as liberating.
He said, “That was the first moment where I realized, this is really freeing, and there’s no limit to how far I can go.”
Jermelle married content creator Obio Jones in October.
The Upshaws’ final season is available on Netflix.
‘Bleed American’ album artwork. (Dreamworks/Interscope)
Jimmy Eat World has announced a show in Toronto celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 2001 album, Bleed American.
The concert will take place at the RBC Amphitheatre on Aug. 23, and will feature a performance of Bleed American in full.
The bill also includes the Toronto punk band PUP, who will be playing their 2016 album The Dream Is Over in full in honor of its 10th anniversary.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET. For all ticket info, visit JimmyEatWorld.com.
Jimmy Eat World will also be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bleed American, which features the band’s signature song, “The Middle,” on a run of U.K. dates in August. As for if they’ll be playing any Bleed American shows in America, no U.S. dates have been announced yet, though they did recently tease possible future plans.
Jimmy Eat World will be back stateside in September to play a show opening for My Chemical Romance.
