Kip Moore will release his new track, “Levee,” on Friday, with a promise of more new music to come.
The family of Toby Keith appeared at the Tuesday meeting of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, in recognition of the state Legislature’s February resolution to name a new 28-mile Oklahoma City area turnpike the Toby Keith Expressway. Attendees raised red Solo cups in Toby’s honor, alongside the unveiling of an official road sign.
You can check out Hunter Hayes’ performance of “Too Late” from his recent appearance on Live with Kelly & Mark. It’s from his new album, Evergreen, which comes out Friday.
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden performs at London Stadium on June 28, 2025 in London, England. (Jo Hale/Redferns)
Iron Maiden’s scheduled concert at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles has been pushed back one day due to a scheduling conflict with a college football game.
The show, originally set for Sept. 26, was set to take place on the same day that the USC Trojans take on the Oregon Ducks at nearby Memorial Coliseum stadium. It’s now been moved to Sept. 27.
“We were completely shocked when we were told about this unique situation affecting our sold out LA show on the Saturday night,” says Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. “We have worked with the team at Live Nation and rather than cancelling this second show we were thankfully able to move the show to the following night.”
Smallwood adds, “We are naturally mortified at the issues and inconvenience raised for our fans who hold tickets but there is sadly nothing we can do other than move the show a day later.”
Iron Maiden is also set to play BMO Stadium on Sept. 25; that date remains unaffected.
The LA shows are part of Iron Maiden’s Run for Your Lives tour, which celebrates the band’s 50th anniversary and focuses on their first nine albums.
: Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds ’24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
Mick Jagger is giving fans a little look at his latest Egyptian vacation.
The Rolling Stones frontman posted a carousel of vacation photos on Instagram, captioning the shots, “Wandering through Egypt.”
Photos include Jagger posing in the dessert; several of him in front of the pyramids and other archaeological sites; and one of him on a boat with an image of Bob Marley in the background.
This isn’t the first time Jagger has posted photos from his travels on Instagram. In November he posted photographs from “Somewhere on the Med,” and in August he shared photos from his “summer break in Portugal.”
In other Rolling Stones news … guitarist Keith Richards is going to be a great-grandfather. The rocker’s granddaughter Ella Richards, daughter of Marlon Richards, Keith’s son with Anita Pallenberg, announced on Instagram that she’s expecting. She posted a black-and-white photo showing off her baby bump, tagging the baby’s father, photographer Sascha von Bismarck, who, according to People, is her boyfriend.
Keith commented on the post, “Sending love and looking forward to welcoming my first great grandchild!”
George Birge & Luke Bryan’s “Ride, Ride, Ride” (RECORDS Nashville)
There are a couple of wardrobe changes and a horse, but other than that, George Birge and Luke Bryan simply rely on the strength of their performance in the new music video for “Ride, Ride, Ride.”
The duo delivers a high-intensity version of the song as the sun streams into an enormous barn in the new clip.
“Luke brings positive energy and star power to everything he does,” George says. “I was so thankful he agreed to be part of this music video. The grit and the visuals really helped bring the song to life, and I can’t wait for fans to see it.”
Even with hits like “Mind on You,” “Cowboy Songs” and “It Won’t Be Long,” “Ride, Ride, Ride” is the fastest-rising single of George’s career.
George and Luke got acquainted on last summer’s Country Song Came On Tour. Currently on his Cowboy Songs run, George will join Darius Rucker on his Songs of Summer trek later this year.
Zane Lowe and Harry Styles (Courtesy Apple Music/The Zane Lowe Show)
In 2024, Liam Payne died at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Harry Styles and his One Direction bandmates attended the funeral, but Harry hasn’t really spoken publicly about how Liam’s death affected him — until now.
In a sit-down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Harry says he felt that fans expected him to express his feelings about losing Liam publicly in some way.
“I think there was a period when he passed away where I really struggled with kind of like acknowledging how strange it is to have people kind of like own part of your grief in a way,” Harry says.
“I have such strong feelings around my friend passing away. And then suddenly being, you know, like, aware [that] there’s maybe like a desire from other people of you to convey that in some way, or it means you’re not feeling what you’re feeling or something, you know?”
“It’s so difficult to lose a friend. It’s difficult to lose any friend, but it’s so difficult to lose a friend who is, like, so like you in so many ways,” Harry continues. “It’s like, I saw someone with the kindest heart who just wanted to be great.”
Harry also shares that Liam’s death changed the way he lives his own life.
“It was a really important moment for me in terms of taking a look at my life and being able to say to myself, ‘OK, what do I want to do with my life? How do I want to live my life?’” he continues. “And I think the greatest way you can honor your friends who pass away is by living your life to the fullest.”
Portrait of American blues musician John Hammond Jr, New York, USA, 16th March 2013. (Photo by Mick Gold/Redferns)
Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood and Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen are among the artists paying tribute to blues singer and guitarist John Hammond, who passed away Feb. 28.
The Grammy-winning Hammond, who over the years played with such artists as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Levon Helm, Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan, was the son of record producer and talent scout John H. Hammond Jr., who signed artists like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Columbia Records.
In a post on Instagram, Raitt revealed that the younger Hammond “was the inspiration for teaching myself blues guitar and learning how to sing these songs we loved so much. He made it cool and all right.”
“Not only was he a virtuoso on guitar, harp, singing and choosing songs, to me it felt like he was totally possessed by the blues,” she added. “I’ve never witnessed anyone as swept up and away as John playing his music live.”
Thorogood called Hammond “an icon, a professional role model and, most importantly, a friend.” He added, “While we mourn his passing, we celebrate what the man and his music meant to us, and to so many.”
Kaukonen wrote a long tribute to Hammond on Instagram, describing their first meeting at Antioch College.
“As an artist, John seemed to have sprung full grown from the womb. He might have been inspired by tradition but he was never a replicator… he always did things his way,” he wrote. “As a blues singer, he was always nonpareil. You can recognize John’s voice anywhere, any time! I know a lot of great guitar players but no one, and I mean no one, played like John!”
Monaleo performs during Monaleo: Who Did The Body Tour at Tabernacle on February 25, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Getty Images)
Monaleohas been forced to cancel a pair of shows following emergency surgery. She took to social media Tuesday to explain the series of events that led to her decision.
“Unfortunately, due to a sudden medical emergency that required immediate surgery, I have to cancel my upcoming Memphis and New Orleans shows,” she wrote on X. “I’m beyond disappointed, but right now I need to prioritize my health and recovery to prevent any further complications.”
She later revealed that she went to the emergency room after medication failed to ease a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. Doctors discovered she “had an inflamed cyst the size of a softball that had twisted and cut off blood flow and caused bleeding in my abdomen.”
“Had to have emergency surgery and unfortunately lost an ovary and fallopian tube in the process… listen to your body!!!!!!! If something feels off IT IS!!!!!” Monaleo warned her fans.
She added that she is “currently sorting through the refund process and looking at rescheduling dates as promised” and doesn’t know “how long this healing process will take.”
“I do want to say this though: listen to your body when things are off. As a person who hates ERs and never wants to go, this could’ve been a lot worse,” she continued. “Love y’all lots. Wait up for me — the Pimpcess will be back and better!!!!!”
Monaleo’s Memphis and New Orleans shows were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. It remains to be seen whether additional dates will be affected as she recovers.
Monaleo is currently on her Who Did The Body Tour and is also scheduled to join Summer Walker as an opening act on the Still Finally Over It arena tour beginning in June.
My Chemical Romance, Tool, Pierce the Veil and Limp Bizkit are headlining the 2026 Aftershock festival, taking place Oct. 1-4 in Sacramento, California.
The bill also includes Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, Sublime, A Day to Remember, The Pretty Reckless, Coheed and Cambria, Black Label Society, Sleeping with Sirens, AFI, The Used, Stone Temple Pilots, Highly Suspect, Wolfmother, Nothing More, Underoath, Killswitch Engage and Sevendust, among many others.
“This year’s Aftershock marks a bold new chapter for the festival,” says Danny Wimmer, of festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents. “We’ve brought together metal, punk, emo, and nu-metal to create a lineup that’s raw, youthful, and unapologetic. With Tool anchoring the weekend and Pierce the Veil making their headlining debut, we’re breaking boundaries and redefining what Aftershock can be.”
Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit AftershockFestival.com.
Niall Horan on live finale of ‘The Voice,’ December 2025 (Griffin Nagel/NBC via Getty Images)
After new music from Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and ZAYN, it’s Niall Horan’s turn.
The former 1D member has announced that his new single will be called “Dinner Party” and will be out March 20. He writes on Instagram, “this song is about a really happy and big moment in my life. an evening at a simple dinner party that changed the course of my life.”
“after writing the song, the words ‘dinner party’ became the nucleus for the rest of the record. that once in a lifetime moment that i am grateful for and for everything that came after that night.”
Niall previously said that the life-changing event that took place at the dinner party was meeting his girlfriend.
Niall performs the song on Instagram, singing, “I’m done looking for somebody/ behind closed doors/ things I never felt before/ crashing lights/ when you first saw me/yeah, I met you at a dinner party.”
CMA Triple Play Awards (Country Music Association)
The Country Music Association will shine a light on songwriters with its Triple Play Awards April 13 in Nashville.
The annual gathering honors tunesmiths who’ve racked up three #1 hits over a 12-month period.
Morgan Wallen, Riley Green, Ella Langley and John Morgan will pick up their first Triple Play Awards in 2026, with ERNEST adding to his collection, as well.
Ashley Gorley lands a 27th Triple Play honor this year.
“Songwriters are the heartbeat of Country Music, and the CMA Triple Play Awards give us the opportunity to celebrate the creativity and hard work it takes,” CMA CEO Sarah Trahern says.
Andy Albert, Louis Bell, John Byron, Jessie Jo Dillon, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Chase McGill, Blake Pendergrass, Taylor Phillips and Austin Post complete the roster of 16 recipients.
