Rapper Rod Wave performs onstage during his Last Lap tour at State Farm Arena on December 5, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
Rod Waveis headed on the road for the Redemption Experience tour. The trek will see him traveling to seven cities, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, Miami and Atlanta. The tour kicks off on Dec. 7 and comes to an end Jan. 2.
A presale for the tour starts Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time and will run through Wednesday, followed by the general onsale, kicking off Thursday at 10 a.m. local time.
The announcement arrives as Rod releases his new single “Leavin,” an emotionally charged track that finds him discussing the hardships he’s experienced in life and his career.
“It’s so lonely at the top, everything changed on me/ I don’t f*** with them n***** so they hate on me,” he sings on the song. “Mama this your baby, could ya pray for me?/ I’m leavin’ again (Better pray for me), but this time don’t wait on me (On me).”
The song is accompanied by a music video directed by Jerry Production, in which Rod performs his lyrics while looking directly into the camera. The video is now available to watch on YouTube.
Jonathan Davis of Korn performs onstage at Download Festival 2018 at Donington Park on June 8, 2018 in Donington, England. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images )
Korn has announced a tour of Latin American for 2026.
The trek kicks off May 2 in Bogota, Colombia, and will make stops in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil before concluding May 19 in Mexico City.
The bill will also include Spiritbox and System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian‘s Seven Hours After Violet project.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit KornOfficial.com.
‘God Save the Gun’ album artwork. (Loma Vista Recordings)
Militarie Gun has released a new song called “God Owes Me Money,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, God Save the Gun.
“‘God Owes Me Money’ is a focal point of the new album, showcasing a new dimension of Militarie Gun’s catalog with its earworm of a hook, synth melodies and an arena-ready chorus,” a press release reads.
God Save the Gun is due out Friday. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Life Under the Gun, which includes the single “Do It Faster.”
Militarie Gun will launch a U.S. tour in support of God Save the Gun on Oct. 25 in Palm Springs, California. They’ll also hit the road with Joyce Manor in March.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs onstage at SoFi Stadium on July 13, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Mick Jagger has a very unique way of recording music, according Andrew Watt. He produced The Rolling Stones‘last album, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds.
Watt tells People that the more Jagger sings, the more clothes come off.
“Something that I find really funny when he sings … He comes in every day and he’s wearing a T-shirt, a button-down and a cashmere sweater every day, even if it’s hot,” Watt explains. “As he starts singing, and it starts getting good, the layers start shedding. So, he pulls his sweater off, and he starts unbuttoning his shirt and shedding layers.”
Watt says, “By the time he’s in his T-shirt, he’s full-blown Mick Jagger dancing, singing his a** off. So it’s my job to get him down to the T-shirt pretty much.”
And Watt is apparently good at that job. Hackney Diamonds went on earn The Stones a Grammy for best rock album. Plus, Watt has already confirmed that he’s working with the band on their next release.
In a September interview with Rolling Stone he said, “I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman. When the tongue is up in the air, you just go. … I can say we did some recording together, but that’s all I can say.”
Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Megan Thee Stallion has been vocal about her mental health, and on Sunday opened up about the moment she decided to seek therapy during a chat with Taraji P. Henson for the i AM the table benefit brunch.
“Through all of that grief, I was just working and trying to be the best Megan I could be,” she said in a clip shared on social media, likely referring to the loss of her mother and grandmother, which occurred months before she was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez.
“I didn’t know I needed therapy until one day I was just like, ‘Damn, I’m really sad, and it’s really scary how sad I am,'” Megan continued. “And it was like, I didn’t care what happened to me. And I didn’t want to feel like that. Like, I should care about my life.”
Meg’s conversation with Taraji took place during the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation’s Can We Talk? Arts and Wellness Multicultural Summit in Maryland just days after she was named Trevor Project‘s Mental Health Champion of the Year.
“My goal has always been to use my platform to help break stigmas around mental health and provide resources for those seeking safe spaces to have honest and heartfelt conversations. Mental health impacts all of us, so it’s important to lead with love and empathy,” Meg said in a press release. “I’m grateful for organizations like The Trevor Project that are committed to spreading awareness and supporting our LGBTQ+ youth in powerful ways.”
As a mental health advocate, Meg shared her journey on the “Never a Bother” youth suicide prevention campaign with the California Department of Public Health and encouraged the youth to do the same via the Ad Council’s “Seize the Awkward” campaign.
She also launched BadBitchesHaveBadDaysToo.com, providing a list of platforms, mental health resources, directories, hotlines and podcasts to those in need.
If you are in crisis or know someone in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or by visiting 988lifeline.org. You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.
The stage of the Grand Ole Opry (Chris Hollo/Grand Ole Opry)
Hallmark Channel is taking over the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday.
The day starts with a free Opry Plaza event with Hallmark stars Jonathan Bennett, Lacey Chabert and Nikki DeLoach, who’s the leading lady in the new A Grand Ole Opry Christmas movie.
The Opry: Hallmark Takeover continues that evening, as the artists featured in the film play the legendary stage — Rhett Akins, Maggie Baugh, Drew Baldridge, Tigirlily Gold, Mickey Guyton, Bill Anderson, T. Graham Brown and Gary Mule Deer among them.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas is set to air during this year’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel.
Posdnuos of De La Soul performs at “The Sixth Borough” premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 11, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur may be resting in peace, but his spirit is something De La Soul feels in his absence. While promoting Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series at New York Comic Con, member Posdnuostalked about the process of recording the new album without Trugoy, who is featured on some of the songs.
“Yo, for me, and I’m sure there are people here who are spiritual and understand what I’m saying, it feels like, ‘Dave’s here for me. He’s here.’ There are times where I’m writing rhymes and I’m getting goosebumps ’cause I feel like Dave would be saying, ‘Yo, that’s dope!’” he told moderator Rob Markman.
Posdnuos notes he felt similarly when he came up with the title of the new album, Cabin in the Sky, inspired by the 1943 film that featured an all-Black cast, including Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
“We’re working and working, and I come across this movie. And I’m like, ‘Yo, this title is crazy!’ Cabin in the Sky. Immediately, I felt Dave,” he said.
Dave passed away of undisclosed causes in February 2023, roughly seven years after De La’s last new album, 2016’s And the Anonymous Nobody.
They’ve released anniversary projects in the year since, but Cabin in the Sky marks their return.
The album is also one of the upcoming releases that is part of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series, which sees new projects from some New York hip-hop legends drop throughout 2025. Slick Rick, Mobb Deep and Ghostface Killah already released their records, with albums from Big L, Nas and DJ Premier on the way.
Ilan Rubin attends Playlist 2022: A Netflix Film & Series Music Showcase on November 07, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Netflix)
As Foo Fighters wrapped their tour of Asia Friday in Japan, drummer Ilan Rubin marked the end of his first live run with his new band.
“First @foofighters tour was absolutely fantastic!” Rubin writes in an Instagram post reflecting on the experience. “Every audience was incredible and such a pleasure to perform for.”
The post also includes video of Rubin performing a drum solo from the tour’s closing show in Japan.
Rubin, who’d played in Nine Inch Nails for over 10 years, joined the Foos in place of drummer Josh Freese, who was let go from the band in May after joining in 2023 following the death of Taylor Hawkins. In a fitting twist, Freese has gone on to rejoin NIN, who he’d previously played with from 2005 to 2008.
Foo Fighters will return to the live stage in November for a pair of shows in Mexico.
Taylor Swift, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ cover image (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot)
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is showing off on the Billboard charts.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, marking Taylor’s 15th #1 album on the chart. She now surpasses Drake and JAY-Z for the most #1 albums among solo artists. She’s second only to The Beatles overall, who have 19 number ones.
The Life of a Showgirl sold just over 4 million equivalent album units in its first week, according to Luminate, with pure album sales totaling just under 3.5 million. That breaks Adele’s record with her 2015 album, 25, which sold 3.482 million units, of which 3.378 million were pure album sales.
All 12 tracks from The Life of a Showgirl take the first 12 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, with “The Fate of Ophelia” landing at #1. The album is the first ever to place all its songs uninterrupted in the top spots.
Taylor celebrated the chart achievements with a post on Instagram, writing in part, “I have 4 million thank you’s I want to send to the fans, and 4 million reasons to feel even more proud of this album than I already was … I’ll cherish this feeling forever.”
Earlier on Monday, Taylor announced Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era (Docuseries), a six-part docuseries on Disney+, and Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, a concert film captured at the final stop of the Eras Tour in Vancouver. Both projects debut Dec. 12.
