Even if Jordan Davis had to Learn the Hard Way, it seems to be paying off, as his new album enjoys a top-10 debut on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Jordan’s third studio album emerges at #6, racking up 19,000 units during its first week out. His previous two records both made the top 10 as well, with his debut Home State starting at #6 in 2018. Bluebird Days began its run at #3 in 2023.
At the same time, the second single from Learn the Hard Way, “Bar None,” has just become the Louisiana native’s 10th top-10 single on Billboard’s Country Airplay ranking. It follows “I Ain’t Sayin’,” which made it to #2 on the chart back in March. Jordan’s chart history started with 2018’s “Singles You Up,” which made it all the way to the top.
He sets out on his Ain’t Enough Road Tour Sept. 11 in Greater Palm Springs, California.
Jon Batiste’s The Big Money Tour: Jon Batiste Plays America (Courtesy of ID)
Jon Batiste is bringing some special guests with him on tour.
Andra Day and singer-songwriter and actress Diana Silvers will be joining him on The Big Money Tour: Jon Batiste Plays America. Day will appear on select stops while Silvers will join for all dates, with the exception of St. Louis.
The St. Louis show on Wednesday will be a co-headliner with Diana Ross.
The trek, in support of Batiste’s Big Money album, kicks off Wednesday at The Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, and will hit 30 cities nationwide.
Day features on the Big Money track “Lean on My Love,” which was recently released as a single.
cover of Bon Jovi’s ‘Forever (Legendary Edition)’/Island Records
Bon Jovi has enlisted some of their superstar friends for a new take on their 16th studio album, Forever.
The band is set to release Forever (Legendary Edition) on Oct. 24, which has them collaborating with an A-list lineup of artists to reimagine songs on Forever, which was released in 2024. Guests appearing on the new release include fellow New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Jelly Roll, Ryan Tedder, AvrilLavigne, Jason Isbell, James Bay and Lainey Wilson.
And Bon Jovi is set to preview the album on Friday by dropping two songs — the lead-off single, “Red, White & Jersey,” which was not a part of the original album, and a new take on “Hollow Man,” featuring Springsteen.
“This album is more than just a collection of collaborations, it is an album born out of necessity,” Jon Bon Jovi shares, noting it was made while he was still recovering from vocal chord surgery.
“Without an ability to tour at that time, I continued working in the studio and called on some friends, great singers, artists, musicians and also just great people,” he says. “The result is an album with a new viewpoint and new spirit — a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends.”
Jon adds, “I feel tremendous joy and gratitude releasing this album and I think it shows in the music. I can say with certainty that there is always something bigger than ME, and that’s WE.”
Forever (Legendary Edition) is available for preorder now. Here is the track list: “Red, White, and Jersey” “Legendary” (with James Bay) “We Made It Look Easy” (with Robbie Williams) “Living Proof” (with Jelly Roll) “Waves” (with Jason Isbell) “Seeds” (with Ryan Tedder) “Kiss The Bride” (with Billy Falcon) “The People’s House” (with The War & Treaty) “Walls Of Jericho” (with Joe Elliott) “I Wrote You A Song” (with Lainey Wilson) “Living In Paradise” (with Avril Lavigne) “My First Guitar” (with Marcus King) “Hollow Man” (with Bruce Springsteen) “We Made It Look Easy / Hicimos Que Pareciera Fácil” (with Carin León)
John Fogerty performs during the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 24, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)
John Fogerty is heading out on the road again this fall.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced dates for The Legacy Tour, which is set to kick off Sept. 29 in Mexico City, Mexico. The tour will make stops in Atlantic City, Nashville, Atlanta, Virginia Beach and more before wrapping Nov. 14 in Boston.
The tour is in celebration of Fogerty’s recent release, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, which had him rerecording his Creedence Clearwater Revival classics. Songs on the album include “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Born on the Bayou.”
Up next for Fogerty, he’s set to play Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday. A complete schedule and ticket information can be found at JohnFogerty.com.
Chris Martin of Coldplay and actor Simon Pegg pose backstage at the O2 arena before Coldplay go onstage on December 16, 2008 in London, England. Dave Hogan/Getty Images
Coldplay‘s concert at London’s Wembley Stadium Tuesday featured a surprise appearance by actor Simon Pegg.
The Star Trek and Mission Impossible actor rocked a tambourine during a rendition of “A Sky Full of Stars.” He posted a photo and video from the concert on his Instagram Story alongside the caption, “Rejoined the band.”
Pegg has played with Coldplay multiple times over the years, so much so that he’s considered an “honorary member” of the band. He also contributed background vocals to the B-side “1.36,” and he and frontman Chris Martin are godparents to their respective children.
Coldplay will play seven more shows at Wembley through Sept. 8.
‘Don’t Go in the Forest’ album artwork. Black Waltz Records
Avatar has announced a new album called Don’t Go in the Forest.
The 10th studio effort from the Swedish metallers will arrive on Halloween. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Dance Devil Dance, which spawned the single “The Dirt I’m Buried In.”
“The secret ingredient is that we still feel like we’re just getting started,” frontman Johannes Eckerström says of the upcoming record. “Don’t Go in the Forest is an album filled to the brim with stuff we’ve never done before. It’s all songs and concepts we haven’t been close to [touching] until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.”
Along with the album news, Avatar has dropped a new song called “Tonight We Must Be Warriors.” The track’s video is available on YouTube.
The full track list for Don’t Go in the Forest has yet to be revealed. Avatar’s released two other songs in 2025: “In the Airwaves” and “Captain Goat.”
Travis Denning (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BMI)
Even though Travis Denning co-wrote the Cody Johnson/Carrie Underwood smash “I’m Gonna Love You,” he admits he didn’t fully understand it until the arrival of his daughter, Charlotte Lane Denning, on July 13.
It’s something that was top of mind for the “After a Few” hitmaker at the song’s recent #1 party in Nashville, attended by Charlotte and Travis’ wife, Madison Montgomery.
“It has been truly the most fun I’ve ever had in my life,” he says of fatherhood. “I don’t wanna talk about it too much cause I’ll probably cry. We’re five weeks in and it’s just awesome. It’s just so cool.”
Travis couldn’t help but reflect on how his outlook has changed.
“I wrote that song in my 20s when I was like, ‘I’m never gonna get married, I’m gonna be a troubadour,'” he recalls. “So we wrote this love song about the most profound feeling. I’m like, ‘I can’t totally relate to it yet.’ And now I’m like, ‘That was a sprinkle of like, in the future, you’ll get this.’ And now every day I think about it.”
Charlotte’s first #1 party was also attended by her grandfather John Michael Montgomery, who is Madison’s dad.
Travis is booked to play his father-in-law’s The Road Home The Final Concert Dec. 12 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, alongside Montgomery Gentry‘s Eddie Montgomery and Travis’ brother-in-law Walker Montgomery.
Ringo Starr poses in front of his artwork/Photo credit: Photo by Scott Robert Ritchie
Ringo Starr is getting ready to showcase his art for the public.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s artwork will be on display at the Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas starting Sept. 5, which coincides with Ringo’s upcoming residency with his All-Starr Band.
The Starr Art exhibition, which runs through Oct. 15, is Ringo’s first art show since 2019, with 100 percent of all proceeds going to Ringo’s Lotus Foundation charity. The exhibition will be the first time Ringo will be displaying his original paintings and will feature a collection of Ringo’s Spin Art pieces.
“I loved Spin Art the first time I saw it,” Ringo says. “I saw a video of some kids doing it and I thought I’m going to try that. … You know it is always a surprise what you end up with and of course I love that part of it.”
He notes, “One of the great surprises has been that I started putting canvases around the room to capture the overflow and whatever paint the spinning threw off and those became their own art.”
The Starr Art exhibition will be open to the public and Ringo will attend a private event for collectors who purchase any pieces prior to the event.
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band — Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work‘s Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson — will kick off their latest Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Sept. 17, with dates confirmed through Sept. 27. Their next show is Sept. 10 in Chicago. A complete list of dates can be found at RingoStarr.com.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are seen on September 7, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by PTR/Star Max/GC Images)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce hadn’t even been publicly engaged for 24 hours before online betting sites started weighing in with odds on their wedding.
Alex Murphy, oddsmaker at Casinos.com, has come up with some fun and totally hypothetical odds, similar to the prop bets offered during the Super Bowl. For example, the favorite for location is Lake Como or Tuscany in Italy.
According to Murphy, the favorite time frame would be sometime during the NFL offseason. The favorite to be a bridesmaid is Selena Gomez, while Jason Kelce is a lock for best man. The favorite time frame for the arrival of the couple’s first child is 2027 or later.
Murphy has also laid odds on details about Taylor’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, offering 5 to 6 odds on there being a wedding-inspired lyric, and 5 to 1 odds on Travis appearing in one of Taylor’s music videos. The longest odds, though, are Taylor actually mentioning Travis in a lyric: that’s 10 to 1 odds.
“Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding will be one of the biggest celebrity events of the decade, and the books know it,” Murphy says in a statement. “Fans aren’t just speculating on the date, they’ll want to bet on the guest list, the bridal party, the honeymoon. … It’s the rare cultural moment where sports, entertainment, and betting all collide.”
Meanwhile, in all the engagement excitement on Tuesday you may have missed that, on that same day, the Taylor episode of Travis and Jason’s New Heights podcast has been officially granted a record with the Guinness World Records. The record is “Most concurrent views for a podcast on YouTube”: 1.3 million people tuned in to watch Taylor spill on her new album, her baking hobby and her relationship with Travis.
Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects performs onstage during the Jonas Brothers: JONAS20 Greetings From Your Hometown tour kick off at Met Life Stadium on August 10, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation
The All-American Rejects have inspired the design of a race car set to take part in the upcoming Music City Grand Prix IndyCar Series race.
The car is the Juncos Hollinger Racing team’s No. 76 Chevrolet, driven by Conor Daly. It features the AAR logo, along with the title of their latest single, “Easy Come, Easy Go.”
With the Rejects’ help, we’re guess that Daly hopes his car gives the other racers hell come race day. The Music City Grand Prix takes place Aug. 30-31 in Nashville.
The All-American Rejects are also set to perform during a pre-race party taking place Aug. 31.
“Easy Come, Easy Go” was released in June and is set to appear on the upcoming AAR album, their first since 2012.
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