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Foo Fighters and All Time Low have earned new #1 hits on the Billboard rock charts.

Dave Grohl and company’s latest single, “Asking for a Friend,” has reached the top of the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, giving them a total of 15 leaders on the ranking.

The Foos now claim sole possession of the fourth-most #1s in the history of Mainstream Rock Airplay, behind only Shinedown, Three Days Grace and Five Finger Death Punch. They were previously tied with Metallica, who have a total of 14 #1s.

“Asking for a Friend” marks the second new Foo Fighters single of 2025, following “Today’s Song.” The band’s most recent album is 2023’s But Here We Are.

All Time Low, meanwhile, conquers the Alternative Airplay chart with “The Weather,” the current single off the band’s new album, Everyone’s Talking!

“The Weather” gives All Time Low a total of three #1 Alternative Airplay hits, following the blackbear-featuring “Monsters” and the single “Sleepwalking.”

Everyone’s Talking!, the follow-up to 2023’s Tell Me I’m Alive, dropped in October.

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Michael B. Jordan will need no introduction when he appears as a guest on David Letterman‘s talk show. He’s officially been announced as a guest on season 6 of the Netflix show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.

Michael’s episode will find him playing darts with the former late-night host. “I never played a video game in my life,” David tells Michael in the newly released trailer. When Michael questions whether he played Pac-Man, David acknowledges that he did, prompting Michael to say, “I knew I would catch you on something.”

Other season 6 guests are MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson and Jason Bateman. 

Season 6 of Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction premieres on Netflix Dec. 16.

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On her Peace, Love and Cowboys EP, Lainey Wilson sings a posthumous duet of “Let It Snow” with the late Bing Crosby. In a new Claymation-style animated video for the track, which doubles as an ad for Hershey’s, Lainey battles chaos in her house as she tries to enjoy some chocolate treats.

Throughout the clip, Lainey attempts to drink some hot chocolate and make s’mores, but she can’t, for reasons including a blackout, some mischievous mice, her French bulldog Hippie Mae and a duck, which may or may not be a stand-in for her fiancé, Devlin “Duck” Hodges. 

She also keeps getting interrupted by Bing, who’s first seen singing on her TV, before appearing frozen solid at her doorstep. After she thaws him out with her hot chocolate, he comes back with some mistletoe — and she closes the door in his face.

Finally, Lainey gets her chocolate fix by simultaneously pouring Hershey’s syrup and milk into her mouth.

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Kenny Chesney is a big Bruce Springsteen fan; he even mentions The Boss several times throughout his bestselling book, Heart Life Music. That’s why he’s pretty excited to be doing a podcast taping at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, located at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

Kenny will appear on an episode of Conversations with Our Curator, a chat that was arranged after the center noted how often Kenny mentioned Bruce in his book. 

“I love that Bruce is using his archives to create a space to honor American music, open up conversations about how it’s all interconnected,” Kenny says in a statement. “When I recorded [Bruce’s song] ‘One Step Up,’ I didn’t think about genre, just heart and how human the experience in the song was.”

“As it says in the book, when Bruce responded to my version of it, I realized all that passion, all that church revival energy Bruce brings onstage is the same thing as me singing what was a rock song,” he continues. “Good music really is all tangled up together, but united by its honesty and willingness to get real.”

Kenny continues his book tour with an event in New York City Tuesday.

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Rosé, Addison Rae and Role Model are among the 2025 Variety Hitmakers honorees. Rosé was named Global Hitmaker of the Year, Addison is getting The Future Is Female Award and Role Model will receive the Triple Threat of the Year Award. Previously announced honorees include Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, Alex Warren and the three women who provide the singing voices of HUNTR/X, the animated group from KPop Demon Hunters. The 2025 Variety Hitmakers ceremony will take place Saturday in Los Angeles.

Madame Tussauds Las Vegas has debuted a new Lady Gaga wax figure, inspired by her Jazz & Piano Vegas residency. The figure depicts Gaga in a “blowing a kiss” pose, dressed in a rose gold gown, and sporting red lips and a blond bob.

Alex Warren tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in a new interview that he had an hourlong FaceTime call with his fellow best new artist Grammy nominees — including Addison Rae and sombr — after they got the news.

Charli XCX, along with Jack Antonoff and FKA twigs, contributed original music for the upcoming film Mother Mary. In a trailer released Tuesday, we see Anne Hathaway as a pop star who reunites with her former costume designer before a comeback performance. The film hits theaters in spring 2026.

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50 Cent, Chance the Rapper, BigXTthaPlug and Ciara will be celebrating the start of 2026 with ABC. They’re announced as part of the lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026. 

Other artists slated to perform include Leon Thomas, Lil Jon, Mariah Carey, plus a set from DJ Cassidy featuring Busta Rhymes, T.I. and Wyclef Jean.

The special airs on Dec. 31 starting at 8 p.m. ET, with live broadcasts taking place in New York’s Time Square, Las Vegas, Chicago and Puerto Rico.

Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora will host from New York, while Chance will take on hosting duties in Chicago. In Sin City, Julianne Hough and football star Rob Gronkowski will entertain the crowd as they count down to the new year.

Details for the Puerto Rico celebration have not yet been announced.

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Artists including AJR, The All-American Rejects and 4 Non Blondes will perform during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026.

The ABC TV special airs on Dec. 31 starting at 8 p.m. ET and will feature performances from Las Vegas, Chicago and Puerto Rico, along with the broadcast from New York City’s Times Square.

The bill also includes 50 Cent, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, Mariah Carey and Post Malone, among many others.

Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora will host from NYC. Chance the Rapper will host from Chicago, while Julianne Hough and football star Rob Gronkowski will host from Vegas. More details for the Puerto Rico festivities will be announced shortly.

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Kelsea Ballerini wants fans to know that just because she isn’t sharing every detail of her life with them doesn’t mean she doesn’t love them.

While doing an “Ask Me Anything” session on her Instagram Story, Kelsea chose to answer the question, “How are YOU? You heal a lot of us. What do YOU need?” 

“Thank you for saying this and asking,” Ballerini replied. “I’m in a steady and happy place right now.” But, she added, “If I had one favor, it would be honoring that I’m trying to make my personal life personal for now. Unless it comes from me, it’s not from me, and that is really important in protecting my peace right now.”

Kelsea also gave an update when a fan asked her about her dog Dibs, who is battling cancer.  

“Baby boy is hanging tough,” she wrote. “Leaving him this morning for our two-week Australia stint was *very* tough, but he’s steady, still fighting the cancer and has incredible doctors and care (and grandma who is going to give him extra treats while I’m gone). All of the good, healing energy you can send his way is appreciated, as always.”

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The 50th anniversary of Iron Maiden is being celebrated with a new line of guitars from Fender.

The company has unveiled a new guitar collection to honor the heavy metal legends, including a limited-edition Masterbuilt Dave Murray Stratocaster from Fender Custom Shop, which mirrors guitarist Dave Murray’s favorite touring axe.

The line also includes two other limited-edition 50th anniversary Statocasters in honor of Murray and Janick Gers, as well as a bass for Steve Harris and a Jackson SC1 guitar in honor of Adrian Smith.

“Honoring Iron Maiden’s fifty years of pushing heavy metal forward, this collection brings together the signature instruments that helped define their unmistakable sound,” says Max Gutnik, chief product officer for Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. “These anniversary models are more than tributes, they are stage-ready tools built to inspire today’s players and the next generation.”

More info on the guitars can be found at fender.com.

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