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Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline is promoting his new memoir You Thought You Knew, and in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he reveals a surprising detail about what happened the night before he and Britney got married in 2004.

That night, according to Kevin, he noticed Britney seemed upset. “I was like, ‘What’s wrong?’ I thought she was talking to her mom on the phone or something and maybe she was, like, having doubts,” Kevin said. “And she told me that she was on the phone with Justin [Timberlake].”

“And I just kind of stepped back, like, ‘Did I just hear you right?’ Like, what the hell is going on, you know? And I was immediately, you know, was, ‘Okay, we don’t have to do this.’ I didn’t care if we got married or not.”

Kevin said Britney explained, “I just wanted to make sure that everything is done. I want to make sure that I say my final piece.”  

“I’m like, ‘Damn. On the night before our wedding, this is what you decide to do?'” Kevin continued. “You know, I kind of at the time took it with a grain of salt and took her explanation as, okay, maybe she is closing a chapter of her life.”

Kevin also told ET that he’s worried about Britney for the sake of their two sons, Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline.

“I’m absolutely, as a father, terrified that one day I might wake up and my sons are going to have to deal with the unimaginable,” he said.

A rep for Britney, reacting to earlier reports of what Kevin had written about her in his book, told People, “Once again [Kevin] and others are profiting off her and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin. All she cares about are her kids … and their well-being during this sensationalism.”

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If you look at the cover of Morgan Wallen‘s hugely successful I’m the Problem album, you might see a well-drawn picture of a country singer at the top of his game. 

But that’s not what Morgan had in mind. Instead, the artwork was his way of addressing the troubles he was going through at the time. 

“I was in my lawyer’s office and I just saw some like court sketches,” he explains. “And I thought it looked cool, and I thought it felt appropriate for the album title and just with everything that’s been going on in my life. I’ve never really been one to shy away from everything going on, so I thought it was a unique perspective.”

“I hadn’t seen that in an album cover before,” he continues. “And I looked it up, I couldn’t find anything on it. And I’m like, ‘Well, this is cool.’ You know, ‘This is different.’ I’m pleased with how it came about.”

The drawing let Morgan address the issues while still showing some restraint. 

“You know, I didn’t use an actual picture of me in the courtroom. I didn’t want to be like completely on the nose of that, but I wanted it to kind of give a hint of that and those troubles and just things that have been going on,” he adds. 

Morgan spent time at a DUI education center, paid a fine and agreed to two years of probation as part of a plea deal after he was arrested for throwing a chair from the roof of Eric Church‘s bar in April 2024. 

Musically, “I Got Better” is currently at #2, as Morgan prepares to release “20 Cigarettes” as his next radio single. 

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They say parenthood changes you in more ways than you can expect. For Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez, those changes included doing something he’d never done before as a professional musician and hasn’t done again since.

Following the birth of his son, Sanchez decided the next Coheed record would be their first non-concept album and would exist outside of the band’s long-running sci-fi storyline, the Amory Wars. That album, The Color Before the Sun, was released Oct. 16, 2015 — 10 years ago Thursday.

“That was an important record because of the experiences of that time in my life, you know, my son was being born,” Sanchez tells ABC Audio. “I mean, ‘the colors before the sun’ just means the feelings before birth.”

Throughout Coheed’s discography, Sanchez would insert details about his personal life into the lyrics, so in that sense the birth of his son “could’ve easily been in the concept to some degree,” Sanchez says. Still, he wanted to tell this story straight without shrouding it amid an ongoing sci-fi epic.

“I also in a weird way wanted my son to think later in life, like, ‘Oh wow, this moment in their discography is this way because my dad wanted to share with me how important that experience was to his life,'” Sanchez says.

The Color Before the Sun remains the only Coheed album not a part of the Amory Wars concept — the band has since released three more records that continue the storyline. While it may seem like an outlier on the surface, Sanchez feels it still fits within the larger themes of Coheed’s music.

“It doesn’t feel foreign in terms of the overall architecture of what we do,” Sanchez says. “It’s totally at home.” 

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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is movin’ out its Billy Joel exhibit, which has been drawing crowds to the museum in Stony Brook, New York, for the past two years. But unlike most museum exhibits, fans will be able to take home some of the more than 100 items of memorabilia.

The exhibit is closing Oct. 25, and on that day, the museum will host The Billy Joel Collectors Presentation, featuring Paul Fierro and Eric Fellen, two local collectors who loaned many of their own Billy Joel items to the exhibit. They’ll talk about how they obtained the memorabilia, as well as “the art of collecting all things Billy.”

But most exciting for fans is that some of Fierro and Fellen’s collection from the exhibit will be up for grabs in a silent auction designed to raise money for the museum. They include promo items from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s; backstage passes; an original pressing of The Hour of the Wolf, the second album Billy recorded with his old band The Hassles; a poster from Billy’s 100th show at Madison Square Garden; a Billy Joel New York Yankees bobblehead; and many other items.

And if you don’t want to pony up cash for the auction, there will also be door prizes, including promotional items from 1987, 1990 and 2006, giveaways from Billy’s 70th concert at the Garden and more. Admission to the event is free. 

Many of the items will, of course, be returned to Billy himself, and others who loaned them. 

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It’s been nearly a year since Khalid‘s ex-boyfriend Hugo D Almonte outed his sexuality on social media, and the singer is opening up about how he felt when it happened.

“I feel like, when it happened, it was random as f***,” he said during his appearance on the Zach Sang Show. “When you’re like half a decade removed from a situation from someone and it comes back the way that it did, it’s just confusing. … I was a little distraught, a little confused when it happened.”

Despite Almonte’s apparent intention to upset him, Khalid shares he’s making the situation work in his favor.

“I’m going to turn everything that’s weaponized against me and use it for my own ammunition,” he said. “I feel like there’s a group of people in this world that feel like being gay is a really bad thing. And I’m like, to say that being myself is bad would be limiting myself from having so much f****** fun.”

Khalid adds that having his privacy “weaponized against me on a global public scale” has only made him “want to be more open,” hence the lyrics about his sexuality on his new album, After the Sun Goes Down.

“I knew that I wanted it to be upbeat, and to me, upbeat music just feels like liberation and freedom,” he shared of the project, noting it was in the works before he got outed.

Asked whether he planned on coming out before the incident, Khalid answered, “I intended on being completely honest.”

He added, “It’s unfortunate that someone got to expose something so personal to me, but maybe it sped up the process.”

After the Sun Goes Down is now available on streaming services.

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Fozzy‘s Chris Jericho has announced the 2026 edition of his Rock n’ Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise.

The ship will set sail Nov. 7 from Miami and will make a stop in the Bahamas before returning Nov. 11. Presales begin Oct. 20, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Oct. 28.

As its name suggests, the Rock n’ Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise combines Jericho’s two careers, as a pro wrestler and a band frontman. It’ll feature a headlining performance from Fozzy, plus appearances by a plethora of wrestlers.

For more info, visit ChrisJerichoCruise.com.

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Dropkick Murphys have announced a full U.S. tour for 2026.

The outing, dubbed the For the People…In the Pit tour, kicks off Feb. 9 in Portland, Maine, and concludes with the band’s previously announced St. Patrick’s Day show on March 17 in Boston.

Tickets to the newly announced dates go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit DropkickMurphys.com.

The tour will support the latest Dropkick Murphys album, For the People, which was released in July.

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Kelly Clarkson will headline the 2026 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, which is the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s season opener. It takes place Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 in Orlando; Kelly will perform during the concert finale on Jan. 31. The Beach Boys and country singer Ella Langley are also part of the event, which features LPGA Tour winners from the previous two seasons competing for a $2.1 million purse. Weekend play will air on NBC and stream on Peacock.

The Roku Channel has teamed with Demi Lovato to offer streamers an exclusive mini-concert as part of its new Live from Roku City series. You can select an interactive building in Roku City and will be taken to an exclusive stage where Demi will be seen singing her new single, “Here All Night,” and a cover of Whitney Houston‘s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”

Niall Horan is teaming up with country superstar Thomas Rhett for a remix of Thomas’ song “Old Tricks.” The two have performed and written songs together, but this is their first official release together. It’s out on Friday. 

Laufey will publish her first children’s book in April 2026. Called Mei Mei The Bunny, it’s about “a little bunny who dreams of making the world happy with her music,” the singer writes on Instagram. “The story of Mei Mei has been a part of my life over the last few years and opening up the world around her has been the most beautiful exploration!” The book is available for preorder. 

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With Halloween just days away, Megan Thee Stallion shared details of how she’s celebrating the holiday. She’s announced that she’s hosting her annual Hottieween party on Oct. 31, taking place in her native Texas “HOUSTON HOTTIES IM COMING HOME FOR HALLOWEEN,” she wrote to Instagram. “This year Hottieween is gonna be BIGGER than ever!!! Tickets go on sale Wednesday October 15th.” Proceeds will benefit her Pete & Thomas Foundation.

Nelly took some time Tuesday to wish wife Ashanti a happy 45th birthday. “Happy Birthday to the most beautiful and amazing woman in this world,” he wrote next to a throwback photo of him and the singer on the beach. “Marrying you wasn’t just finding love — it was finding home. Love you mama @ashanti.”

A$AP Rocky is through with talking about the release date for his highly anticipated, Don’t Be Dumb. “To be honest, I don’t want to talk about release dates anymore. I’d rather let the music speak for itself,” he shared in an interview with Numero magazine. “One day, you’ll wake up and see what’s coming up. I was a bit foolish giving dates last time… Today, I want to make it clear. You’ll just have to wait and enjoy the record when it’ll come out.”

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