David Bowie released his fifth studio album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The album featured such future Bowie classics as “Starman” and “Suffragette City.”
The tale of a bisexual alien rock star sent to save mankind initially received mixed reviews, but it was later hailed as one of the greatest, most influential albums of all time.
Bowie remained in character as Ziggy for his Ziggy Stardust Tour until it ended July 3, 1973, at London’s Odeon Theater. The final performance was filmed for a documentary/concert film, which was released in August 1979.
In 2023, to mark the 50th anniversary of that final show, a special world premiere screening of a restored version of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture took place at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, formerly known as the Odeon.
Eddie Vedder is teasing a performance during the upcoming opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center.
The Pearl Jam frontman posted a screenshot on his Instagram Story of a text message seemingly from former President Barack Obama, which reads, “Would you do me the honor of performing at our Grand Opening Ceremony?”
The exchange also includes a partying face emoji reaction to the message.
The Obama Foundation Instagram also posted a screenshot of the text without mentioning Vedder, adding in the caption, “The invitation has been sent,” alongside the looking eyes emoji.
The Obama Presidential Center opens Friday in Chicago. The opening ceremony will take place Thursday starting at 11 a.m. CT and will stream live online.
Vedder has long been a supporter of Obama. He performed ahead of his farewell address at the end of his presidency in 2017. Like Obama, Vedder also has roots in Chicago, having been born in Evanston, Illinois.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend Game Three in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Rocket Arena on May 23, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift didn’t attend the live taping of her fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast on Monday, but she did appear in a prerecorded segment.
Several weeks ago on New Heights, Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, and Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, said that Taylor had helped Travis, a picky eater, to become more adventurous with food. That conversation led the podcast’s producer, Brandon Borders, to joke that Taylor feeds Travis by making “little airplane noises,” as parents sometimes do with toddlers.
As per People,during the live taping, the audience was shown that particular segment, followed by a humorous prerecorded video in which Taylor appeared to feed Travis a forkful of food while making airplane noises.
Taylor wasn’t at the LA taping. For the past week, she has been in New York City, where she watched Game 4 of the NBA Finals, got inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, saw the Broadway play Oh, Mary! and may possibly be recording new music. E! Onlinereports that Taylor went to Electric Lady Studios at 8:30 p.m. Monday and didn’t emerge until 6 a.m. the following morning, accompanied by her pals Alana and Danielle Haim of the band HAIM.
Meanwhile, her Toy Story 5 song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lainey Wilson’s “Phone, Keys, Wallet” (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)
Lainey Wilson’s got her “Phone, Keys, Wallet” and she’s getting ready to unlock the new music she’s been working on for quite awhile.
And it sounds like her new radio single featuring John Mayer is just the beginning.
“To tell you the truth, we were already in the kitchen cooking it up before Whirlwind was even out,” Lainey reveals. “I feel like we’re always writing because I don’t feel like I’m myself if I’m not creating and writing. I feel that’s the thing that like gets me through all the busyness and all the other parts of the job that exist.”
Whirlwind came out in August 2024, which would mean she’s already been crafting her new music for nearly two years.
“I think people are really gonna love what we’ve been working on,” she continues. “I mean, of course I’m partial, but I think it definitely is gonna like show another side of my artistry while always staying true to myself. But the more life I live, the more experience I have, the more I realize I’ve got more to say and share, and it’s gonna be good.”
“Phone, Keys, Wallet” is already a top-30 country hit.
‘Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul’ (Subtext/Rolling Stone Films)
The new documentary Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soulopens in theaters Wednesday, giving fans insight into the legendary Allman Brothers Band frontman.
For the film’s producer Michael Lehman, a good friend of the rocker’s, getting Gregg’s life on the big screen was important in order to show fans who he really was.
“The story about Gregg Allman is incredible,” Lehman tells ABC Audio, noting while fans saw Gregg as a rock star, “that’s really not who Gregg was.”
“Gregg was a quiet, shy, Southern gentleman [who] was the furthest thing in his mind from a rock star,” he says. “And I wanted the world to have the opportunity to learn about the man.”
The film’s centered around a previously unseen 2014 interview with Gregg. Lehman says it was shot after he knew he was sick with cancer and was “entering what would be the final stages of his life.”
The film’s director, James Keach, says as a filmmaker, the interview was “pure gold.”
“You get to see Gregg Allman without any secrets,” he says. “He’s at a time in his life [when] he doesn’t have to hide anything. So as an audience, he doesn’t hide anything from us.”
The film delves into the early days of the Allman Brothers, as well as the death of Gregg’s brother and bandmate Duane Allman in 1971, and how that affected the rocker’s life. It also explores Gregg’s many marriages, his addiction problems and what Keach calls the “beautiful redemption” of Gregg cleaning up his life.
It also features interviews with artists like Warren Haynes, Jackson Browne and Jaimoe, the last surviving founding member of the Allman Brothers. Keach calls it “a great tribute” to Gregg.
“I never got the feeling that anybody was ever jealous,” he says. “They were very grateful that they got to play with him.”
Foo Fighters are currently on tour in Europe in support of their new album, Your Favorite Toy, which dropped in April. They’ll launch a North American stadium tour in August.
K Camp has a new album out titled Giant. Speaking to ABC Audio, he says the title reflects how he sees himself and the legacy he’s building.
“What I stand for, the culture, my impact in the culture. How I carry myself on the music side, on the personal side and the business side. I feel like I’m a giant,” he says.
The album follows previous projects Kiss 6 and Built Different, which he says are all part of a larger story.
“When I made Built Different, I was like … I’m doing this independent s*** for real, like on a high level. So I got to be built different. I got be moving a different way from these n***** who say they doing it, but ain’t really doing it.”
That mindset eventually led to Giant.
“Now I’m like, OK, I really do what I said I was doing and what I wrote on them vision boards,” he says. “I put my money where my mouth is, I invest in everything I do, and I stand on 10 when it comes to my business and my music, so I feel like that’s just giant s***.”
Giant is a collaboration with producer Zaytoven and features fellow Atlanta artists, including 2 Chainz, as a tribute to his hometown.
“I got the free range and creativity to do what I want, how I want to,” he says of why he decided to honor his city with the project. “When I get that feeling, I don’t really go against it. … I feel like it’s the right thing to do at that moment, I got to do it.”
Poster for Cash Money x No Limit Tour (BMN Entertainment)
Cash Money Records and No Limit Records are joining forces for a 17-city tour.
Cash Money’s Birdman, Juvenile, Mannie Fresh and B.G. will take the stage with support from Boosie to perform hits from the label’s catalog. Representing No Limit will be Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Mac, Fiend, Choppa Style and Mr. Serv-On.
“The fans have been waiting for a tour like this for a long time,” Master P said in a statement. “We came from New Orleans and built something the world had never seen before — movements that changed music, hip hop culture, and the business forever.”
The tour kicks off Sept. 11 at Toyota Center in Houston and wraps Nov. 15 at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Other stops include Atlanta, Dallas, Memphis, Detroit and Chicago.
A presale for tickets begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. General ticket sales then start on Friday at 10 a.m. CT.
The event will air from Music City on Independence Day from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.
Others on the lineup include Boyz II Men, Brothers Osborne, Lauren Daigle, Little Big Town, NE-YO, Nick Jonas, Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw. Ryan Seacrest will host.
Both Sublime and The All-American Rejects recently put out new albums with Until the Sun Explodes and Sandbox, respectively.
Sam Smith will release a new song called “My Guy” on June 24. On Instagram, he writes, “A song that I feel I have been waiting a lifetime to write and sing. … [T]his one fell out of the sky. In this sometimes cold and distant world, I hope you can feel the love and the closeness of this recording. I tried to capture the glow and the warmth of love in this one, it makes me cry, maybe it will make you feel a little love too.” “My Guy” is available to presave now.
Ariana Grande is using her live shows to reveal the track list of her new album, petal. Her current single, “hate that i made you love me,” is listed as the #2 track on the project on streaming services. She later revealed at her most recent concerts that track #1 is called “kiss me” and track #3 is the title track.
When Katy Perry performed at the United States’ World Cup opening game in LA on Friday, her boyfriend Justin Trudeau was in attendance. After he noticing he’d been called out for watching the game in Inglewood rather than Canada’s first game in Toronto, the former prime minister of Canada responded on X, “Sometimes supportive boyfriend duties call. But you know who I’m rooting for to take the Cup.” He added a Canadian flag emoji.
Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough will release his first-ever Spanish-language single, “Coqui,” on June 18. On Instagram, he wrote that he was thankful for his fans’ support “on my Spanish language journey thus far.”
