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The Chicago-set series The Chi will end after eight seasons, creator Lena Waithe said in a statement to Deadline Wednesday. She said it’s “the right thing” to do “for the sake of our story and our characters.”

“When I created The Chi, it wasn’t just about making a TV show — it was about owning our narratives and telling our stories with truth, care, nuance and complexity. It was about showing the soul of the South Side — the beauty, the pain, the grit, and the magic that lives in every block, and in every family,” Lena explained. She promised fans “a final season that our Chi Family deserves.”

She called the experience the “honor of my life to build a platform for artists to shine” and thanked all those who helped in the show’s success.

“I’m deeply grateful to every single person who helped build this world — our writers, actors and crew who give so much of themselves to make this show what it is,” Waithe said.

The Chi is the longest-running Black drama on premium cable/streaming, according to Deadline, and the second-longest-running series in Showtime’s history, along with Dexter, Homeland and Weeds.

It centers on a group of residents from Chicago’s South Side who become linked by a series of coincidences, tragic events, and the desire for community and redemption. 

Jacob Latimore, Yolonda Ross, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Birgundi Baker, Luke James and Hannaha Hall star in the ensemble series.

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A Replacements biopic is apparently closer than you know.

Variety reports that Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard will cowrite the screenplay for an upcoming ‘Mats film, based on the 2016 biography of the band, Trouble Boys.

Wolfhard’s father, Eric Wolfhard, will be his writing partner on the project.

“One of my parents’ first dates was to a Replacements concert,” Finn writes in an Instagram post alongside a screenshot of the Variety article. “Then I was born!”

In addition to his adventures in Hawkins, Indiana, Finn is a musician and released his debut solo album, Happy Birthday, in June. He also appeared in the video for Weezer‘s cover of a-ha‘s “Take on Me.”

The Replacements, meanwhile, recently announced a deluxe reissue of their seminal 1984 album, Let It Be, due out Nov. 21.

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Tyler Rich‘s second children’s book, Leave the Wolf Wild, is inspired by his Gold-certified song “Leave Her Wild.”

Caroline Jones‘ new track, “All the Things,” was inspired by her life as a new mother while touring as a member of Zac Brown Band.

The 25-song orange vinyl edition of Thomas Rhett‘s About a Woman (Deluxe) drops Friday exclusively on Amazon.

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Even Alex Warren couldn’t have predicted that his song “Ordinary” would spend 10 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and be declared the Song of the Summer by Billboard. Speaking to the publication, Alex reflected on his unlikely success, noting, “The last six months of my life have been really weird.” 

“It’s surreal. I haven’t caught up with it yet,” Alex says. “I don’t look like a pop star. I think I look like, literally, the most average white dude you could ever think of. If you walk into a Buc-ee’s at 3 a.m., there’s four dudes who look just like me.”

“When I get done touring and I take a month or so off, I think I’m going to have a day of reckoning where I just start bawling my eyes out, going, ‘What is life?’”

But with success comes hate, and Alex wishes he didn’t have to work so hard to convince people that he’s not an industry plant.

“It bothers me when people make things up. One of the popular ones for a long time was ‘This guy buys his streams.’ And ‘His label buys his tickets; that’s why he sells out arenas,’” Alex says.

“I’m like, ‘Damn, I worked my booty off.’ These are people looking for reasons not to like you, and if they choose to believe something that’s not true, I mean, I can’t stop them from believing that.”

Meanwhile, Alex is trying not to be affected by the trappings of fame, like the fact that he has a card that allows him to eat at Chipotle for free for the rest of his life.

“I don’t even use the card because I’ll be like, ‘Is this douchey if I hand them a card and be like, “My meal’s free”?'” he says. “I pay.”

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Judas Priest is not going to Kansas anymore.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are currently on a co-headlining tour with Alice Cooper, but they just announced that their Oct. 8 show in Wichita, Kansas, won’t go on as planned.

“Due to unforeseen circumstances the October 8th performance is cancelled,” reads a post on Instagram. “All tickets can be returned at point of purchase, all digital tickets will be automatically refunded. We apologize for any inconvenience.”

No other reason for the cancellation was given.

Judas Priest and Alice Cooper kicked off their tour on Sept. 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Their next show is Wednesday in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. A complete list of dates can be found at JudasPriest.com.

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Zac Brown Band continues to expand its upcoming residency at Sphere Las Vegas. 

Initially announced in July, the four original dates are all sold out. The residency launches Dec. 5, the same day the new Love & Fear album arrives. 

ZBB has now added shows on Jan. 16 and 17, 2026, alongside the previously announced Jan. 9 and 10, 2026, performances. 

The Sphere boasts “the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over, and around the audience creating a fully immersive visual environment,” as well as “the world’s most advanced concert-grade audio system, Sphere Immersive Sound,” all combined with visuals created by each headliner.

Earlier this year, Kenny Chesney became the first country artist to play the innovative venue during his May/June residency. 

Presales for the new ZBB dates start Oct. 6, before tickets become available to the public on Oct. 9. 

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The lawsuit filed by Nevermind cover baby Spencer Elden against Nirvana has once again been dismissed.

As previously reported, Elden first sued Nirvana in 2021, alleging that the Nevermind cover artwork constitutes child pornography. The now-iconic cover of the 1991 hit album features a photo of Elden at 4 months old, swimming naked in a pool while reaching for a dollar bill on a fishhook.

The suit has been dismissed multiple times, which Elden has responded to by filing amended complaints and appeals. In ruling on the case once more in a filing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin maintained that it be dismissed with prejudice.

“Neither the pose, focal point, setting, nor overall context suggest the album cover features sexually explicit conduct,” Olguin writes in the ruling, obtained by ABC Audio.

Olguin also points to Elden having “embraced and financially benefitted from being featured on the album cover” for years before filing the suit, including “being paid to reenact the photo, selling autographed album-related posters and memorabilia, participating in interviews about the album cover, and even referring to himself as the ‘Nirvana baby.'”

“Plaintiff’s actions relating to the album over time are difficult to square with his contentions that the album cover constitutes child pornography and that he sustained serious damages as a result of the album cover,” the ruling reads. “In short, the foregoing factors are relevant considerations in the overall context of the photo’s creation, intended purpose, and subsequent use, and further support the court’s finding that the album cover does not constitute child pornography.”

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A Day to Remember has announced a reissue of their 2010 album What Separates Me from You in honor of its 15th anniversary.

The package will be available on vinyl and CD on Nov. 14. The track list includes a bonus acoustic version of the song “All I Want.”

You can preorder your copy now. Select retailers will be offering exclusive vinyl variants.

The original What Separates Me from You was A Day to Remember’s highest-charting record at the time, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200. “All I Want,” the album’s lead single, became the first ADtR song to chart on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay ranking.

A Day to Remember put out their latest album, Big Ole Album Vol. 1, in February. They’ll resume their Maximum Fun tour with Yellowcard Oct. 22 in Ontario, California.

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If there’s anyone eager to reconcile Drake and Future, it’s Young Thug. He recently appeared on Adin Ross‘ livestream, where he revealed he’s “been trying” to fix the relationship between his rapper friends.

“Listen, I’m trying. I can show y’all text messages in my phone. I have been trying this s***. I was trying this s*** in jail,” he said. “Like, the s*** in the song [‘Miss My Dogs’ about] trying to get him, Metro [Boomin] and Pluto on the same page? That really happened. Actually happened. That ain’t no cap.”

“That’s real. That really happened. I just try to make it work,” Thugger continued. “Some of y’all’s biggest hits were together.”

Thug’s comments about Future mirror sentiments previously expressed by DJ Khaled, who spoke to Joe & Jada about his neutral stance in the feud and his desire to bring all parties together.                          

“A lot of this s*** is a misunderstanding and a lot of not [communicating]. And that’s what it be about,” Khaled said. “When it comes down to DJ Khaled, I’m gonna be the one that tries to fix it. I love my brothers and my brothers know that. I would love to squash it.”

The tension between Drake and Future reportedly started after Future seemingly took shots at Drizzy on Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” The current status of their friendship is unknown, though journalist Elliott Wilson said they’d quietly resolved their beef.

Elsewhere in Adin’s livestream, Thug confirmed his breakup with Mariah the Scientist following the leaked jail calls where he’d admitted to cheating on her.

“I got broke up with,” he said to Adin. “I still got a girl. She probably don’t got a boyfriend, but I got a girlfriend.”

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