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Ghost‘s scheduled concert in Mexico City on Tuesday night was canceled due to illness.

Shortly before the show was due to start, a post on the Swedish rockers’ socials announced, “It is with deep regret that we must inform you the ghost show tonight, September 23, has been cancelled. Tobias Forge is suffering from food poisoning, which makes it impossible for the band to perform.”

The show was the first of three Mexico City concerts; the Wednesday and Thursday concerts are set to go on as planned. Fans who bought tickets online will automatically get refunds.

One fan complained in the comments, “There’s nothing wrong with cancelling a show, what’s wrong [is] doing it 10 minutes before it’s supposed to start.” Most fans, though, defended the band, noting that food poisoning can strike suddenly.

Ghost has spent 2025 on their Skeletour in support of their #1 2024 album, Skeletá. The tour wraps Thursday.

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On This Day, Sept. 24, 1979…

The Eagles released their sixth studio album, The Long Run, which hit #1 on the Billboard Albums chart.

The album featured the singles “Heartache Tonight,” which went to #1, as well as the title track and “I Can’t Tell You Why,” which were both top-10 hits.

The Long Run was the Eagles’ first album to feature Timothy B. Schmit, who replaced founding member Randy Meisner, who left the group during their Hotel California tour in 1977. Schmit wrote and sings lead on “I Can’t Tell You Why.”

The album was also the last full album to feature Don Felder, who was fired from the group in 2001.

The Eagles would break up less than a year after the release of The Long Run, although they would reunite in 1994. It took them until 2007 to release a new album, Long Road Out of Eden, which would go on to hit #1.

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Oasis has released yet another unplugged track from their upcoming 30th anniversary deluxe edition of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, which is due Oct. 3.

This time, it’s the song “Morning Glory,” which is the album’s de facto title track, since it features Liam Gallagher singing, “Well/ what’s the story/ Morning Glory?”

The deluxe edition features the original album, plus five unplugged tracks in all: In addition to “Morning Glory” and the previously released “Acquiesce,” there are also unplugged versions of “Cast No Shadow,” “Wonderwall” and “Champagne Supernova.”

While their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, made Oasis stars in their native U.K., (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? marked the band’s international breakthrough thanks to singles “Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” It’s since gone on to sell 22 million copies worldwide.

Oasis’ ongoing reunion tour next travels to London’s Wembley Stadium for two shows on Sept. 27 and 28. From there, the band will perform in Asia, Australia and South America, with the tour wrapping up Nov. 23 in Brazil.

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A$AP Rocky already has two sons with Rihanna, so he’s manifesting a girl for Rihanna’s third pregnancy.

“I hope it’s a girl. I really do. We’re praying for a girl,” he shares in a cover story interview with Elle. “Our first time, we wanted to know the sex of the baby. The second time, we didn’t want to know. Third time, we don’t want to know until, you know.”

“I feel like it’s going to be a girl,” he continues, noting that Rih’s third pregnancy is “so different” from her first two pregnancies. “You can tell from the experience. I hope it’s a baby girl, man. I need that.”

Rocky and Rihanna have been public since 2019. They welcomed sons RZA Athelston Mayers and Riot Rose Mayers in May 2022 and August 2023, respectively, and announced they were expecting their third child at the 2025 Met Gala.

The pregnancy, he shares, is part of the reason for the delay of his other baby, the highly anticipated album Don’t Be Dumb.

“We don’t plan on having children, but when it happens, you gotta adjust and move with it. I gotta be present for my family, because that’s first,” Rocky says, adding that leaks and his felony assault trial also contributed to pushing back the release.

Though the wait for Don’t Be Dumb continues, Rocky makes one thing clear: his love for hip-hop remains.

He tells Elle, “It’s my career. Do I depend on that to get my money? No. And that’s what people should appreciate about me.”

“That’s not my cash cow. I treat it with way more spirituality,” Rocky continued. “It’s sacred.”

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The final trailer for Wicked: For Good is here, and it reveals more of what’s happened to Ariana Grande‘s Glinda and Cynthia Erivo‘s Elphaba since the end of the last film.

Glinda has been recruited by Michelle Yeoh‘s Madame Morrible to be a mouthpiece for the Wizard, and equipped with a magic bubble and a wand to sell her role as Glinda the Good. Elphaba, meanwhile, has been hiding out in the woods, and has been demonized as an enemy of the people as she works to reveal the truth about the Wizard, played by Jeff Goldblum.

We see Glinda and Elphaba clash, literally, until the two former friends join forces to fight to save Oz and its silenced animals — and mend their friendship. 

According to the film’s synopsis, “The aftershocks will transform Boq and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.” 

That girl is original Wizard of Oz character Dorothy, and in the trailer, we see glimpses of her, as well as the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. We also hear the fan-favorite song “For Good.”

Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters Nov. 21, 2025. The soundtrack features two brand-new songs written especially for the film: “The Girl in the Bubble,” sung by Grande, and “No Place Like Home,” sung by Erivo.

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Riley Green‘s quick to admit songs like “I Wish Grandpas Never Died,” “If It Wasn’t for Trucks” and “Different ‘Round Here” were all heavily influenced by his hometown: Jacksonville, Alabama. 

Even as the 36-year-old ages, he expects that will be a mainstay.

“Obviously, I guess as I get older and some things in my life change, you know, my songs are gonna start to kinda grow with me,” he reflects. “But I spend most of my time at home in Alabama, and when I go home, [it’s the] same things, you know, the same folks and we still have the same values.”

“So, it’s pretty easy for me to write from that place,” he continues. “That’s just where I grew up and where I live. So, I don’t see it changing too much overnight.”

Still, Riley’s always working to keep his music fresh.

“[I] definitely try to come up with new ideas and things that are gonna be musically different to fans,” he adds. “Lyrically, I’m always gonna kinda come from the same place.”

Riley’s currently climbing the chart with fellow Alabama native Ella Langley and “Don’t Mind If I Do.”

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Chappell Roan welcomed Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson onstage at her Forest Hills, New York, concert on Sunday to join her for a cover of Heart’s 1977 classic “Barracuda,” which she often plays live.  In an interview with Vulture, Nancy says that Chappell is “one of the great pop songwriters,” and that she believes Chappell’s hit “Pink Pony Club” will outlast us all.

The Rock & Roll Hall Famer says of Chappell, “She’s a shining light and a beacon of positive energy in the really dark time that we’re in.” She notes, “The song structure of ‘Pink Pony Club’ is perfect.”

In fact, Nancy tells Vulture, “‘Pink Pony Club’ and a lot of Chappell’s songs are already beloved in the world. There are marching bands performing it and choirs singing it in cathedrals in Europe. That song will never die. We’ll all be gone, and ‘Pink Pony Club’ will still be there.”

Chappell feels the same way about “Barracuda.” She’s described it as “the coolest song ever,” and it was even her top song on her Spotify Wrapped last year. “Barracuda,” co-written by Nancy and her bandmate and sister Ann Wilson, was inspired by their anger at their record company, which had invented a salacious story about them in an attempt to get them more press.

“I think she relates to the song for the reason of what it’s all about — the song kicks the a**** of slimy guys in the culture,” Nancy says of Chappell’s love of the song. “They’re still everywhere. They haven’t gone away. If anything, it’s worse now than it was in the ’70s.”

“I think she’s really reactionary and intelligent about her own sexuality and her place in a culture regarding her individual personhood,” Nancy adds. “‘Barracuda’ speaks to her, and she’s a radical and intelligent thinker.”

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Another year, another Lil WeezyAna Fest broadcasting performances curated by Lil Wayne. The event is set for Nov. 1 at the Smoothie King Center in his hometown of New Orleans, marking its 10-year anniversary. An artist presale starts Wednesday at 8 a.m. PT/10 a.m. CT; tickets then go on sale to the general public Friday at 8 a.m. PT/10 a.m. CT.

You can hear Cardi B on the radio, on streaming services and now on the MTA subway in New York City. She teamed with the MTA for some new public safety announcements. “Steps are for stepping, not sitting,” she can be heard saying. “These trains don’t move without you, so make sure you pay that fare and keep it real.”

Nelly wants to clarify one thing: he does change his youngest son’s diapers. He told his truth to People after facing backlash for saying he “ain’t changing” Kareem Kenkaide Haynes‘ diapers an episode of his show, Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together. “Excuse me, I’ve always changed diapers,” he says. “I think people took a joke and made it into a debate.” He continues, “My thought process wasn’t like, ‘Yo, I’m not changing the diaper.’ Our conversation was like, ‘Listen, I’ll do whatever needs to be done, but what I’m saying is that I’m giving you the best help I can get with me and a 24-hour nanny.’ See, everybody forgets that part.”

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