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Pink is going to be hosting a week of The Kelly Clarkson Show in March, so on Friday’s episode she popped in to learn the ropes.

Kelly was talking about the guests on the episode when Pink appeared, clipboard in hand, ready to take notes. She then brought out her best friend, actress and comedian Kerri Kenney-Silver, who’s going to co-host at least one episode with her. Kerri also had a clipboard and declared, “We’re so ready.”

The video cuts to Pink and Kerri watching Kelly, clipboards in hand. “I feel like I’m back on American Idol and, like, Randy [Jackson] and Paula [Abdul] and Simon [Cowell], and they have clipboards, they’re watching,” Kelly laughed. “I’m gonna be so great.”

Pink’s hosting stint begins Monday in honor of Women’s History Month.

On Thursday, Pink refuted reports that she and her husband, Carey Hart, had split. According to Page Six, Pink has been in New York City, where The Kelly Clarkson Show films, quite a bit lately. The outlet speculates that this may have led to the erroneous reports.

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Nine Inch Nails have released a companion album to their Tron: Ares soundtrack.

The set, dubbed Tron Ares: Divergence, features 20 tracks, including remixes by Boys Noize, who previously worked with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on their remixed Challengers soundtrack, and Charli xcx collaborator The Dare.

You can listen to Tron Ares: Divergence on digital outlets. It’s also available to preorder on vinyl and CD via the Nine Inch Nails web store.

The original Tron: Ares soundtrack was released in 2025 and marked the first new NIN music in five years. It includes the single “As Alive as You Need Me to Be,” which won best rock song at the 2026 Grammys.

Nine Inch Nails are currently on the 2026 U.S. leg of their Peel It Back world tour, which continues Friday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Running a billion-dollar beauty and fashion empire and taking care of three young children keeps Rihanna busy, but we now have proof that she’s actually carving out time for the studio, too.

In an Instagram video, Rihanna documents a night in her life, which begins at 9 p.m. and then segues to a 10 p.m. meeting for her Savage X Fenty lingerie brand. After looking at sketches and autographing vinyl copies of her albums, she and her team get the giggles and announce that everything is “approved.”

“I have to go to the studio after this,” Rihanna declares. “And I have to make a Mardi Gras costume for my son, after the studio. Longest day ever.”

At 2:18 a.m., we see the word “Sleep?” being crossed out and replaced with “Studio.” Rih is then seen in the studio with collaborators at 5 a.m., vibing out to what we assume is music, but we can’t hear it. 

“We in business, Kuk,” someone says. “Yes, let’s go,” Rih replies. It’s possible that “Kuk” refers to Kuk Harrell, who did vocal production on Rihanna’s hits “Only Girl (In the World)” and “Umbrella,” among many other songs.

At 6:45 a.m., Rihanna heads off for “mom duties” and “still no sleep.” We see her with a hot glue gun creating a fancy parasol, as well as putting embellishments on a denim jacket and jeans for the Mardi Gras costume. At 8 a.m. we get the reveal as her son shows off his new fit and parasol.

Finally, at 9:41 a.m., Rihanna, wearing a Mardi Gras mask and Savage X Fenty sweats, signs off to the tune of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman.”

Rihanna’s last album, ANTI, came out in 2016.

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My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way guests on a new song from the death metal band Frozen Soul.

The track is called “No Place of Warmth” and will appear on the upcoming Frozen Soul album of the same name. Way’s voice shows up about two-thirds of the way into the song in a screeching style in keeping with the extreme genre.

The video for “No Place of Warmth” is now streaming on YouTube. The album No Place of Warmth is due out May 8.

Way will be back singing with MCR on the band’s upcoming U.S. stadium tour, which launches in August. The trek celebrates the 20th anniversary of My Chem’s 2006 album, The Black Parade.

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Gorillaz has premiered an animated short film to accompany their new album, The Mountain.

The nine-minute video features the band’s four cartoon members — Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D — as they take a journey through a jungle toward the titular mountain, all animated in a style very reminiscent of the original Jungle Book Disney movie. Along the way, you’ll hear three songs off The Mountain: “The Moon Cave,” “The Sad God” and the title track.

You can watch the film on YouTube.

The album The Mountain is out now. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Cracker Island.

You can catch Gorillaz make their debut on Saturday Night Live on March 7. They’re also headlining the 2026 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in September.

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Beartooth has premiered a new single called “Free.”

“‘Free’ is the start of the next chapter of my music and my life,” says frontman Caleb Shomo. “The emotional roller coaster that is living can be very complicated at times. In one day you can equally experience pure fear and pure joy.”

He adds, “This song shows a glimpse of what is to come from the next Beartooth album, which is the most honest depiction of my soul I will most likely ever make.”

You can watch the “Free” video streaming now on YouTube.

Beartooth’s most recent album is 2023’s The Surface, which spawned two #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in the singles “Might Love Myself” and “I Was Alive.”

In between, Beartooth linked up with Tom Morello for the 2025 single, “Everything Burns.”

Beartooth is currently touring the U.S., opening for Bad Omens.

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Atreyu has announced a new album called The End Is Not the End.

The milestone 10th studio effort from the “Becoming the Bull” metallers is due out April 24. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s The Beautiful Dark of Life.

The End Is Not the End includes the previously released songs “Dead” and “Ego Death.” A third cut, “All for You,” is out now alongside a video, which is now streaming on YouTube.

Atreyu will launch a U.S. tour in April, which includes dates opening for Sevendust.

Here’s the track list for The End Is Not the End:

“The End Is Not the End”
“Dead”
“Break Me”
“All for You”
“Ghost in Me”
“Glass Eater”
“Wait My Love, I’ll Be Home Soon”
“Ego Death”
“Death Rattle”
“Children of Light” ft. Max Cavalera
“In the Dark”
“Afterglow”
“Break the Glass”

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A deluxe edition of the 2004 Beastie Boys album, To the 5 Boroughs, will be released as a new box set.

The package will be available as a three-LP and two-CD collection on April 17. Both versions include the original album plus 11 bonus tracks consisting of B-sides and remixes.

The deluxe To the 5 Boroughs was previously released digitally in 2019. This marks the first time it will be available on physical formats.

To the 5 Boroughs marked the sixth Beastie Boys album and spawned the singles “Ch-Check It Out,” which became their first, and only, song to hit #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart.

The Beasties followed To the 5 Boroughs with two more albums, 2007’s The Mix-Up and 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. The group disbanded after the 2012 death of founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch.

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When Chris Young was creating his Black River debut, I Didn’t Come Here to Leave, there was one song he had to have: “Til the Last One Dies.”

“It’s one of the few songs on the album that I didn’t have a hand in writing,” he tells ABC Audio. “But I just fell in love with this song and wanted it before anybody else got ahold of it.”

Though the top-25 hit is familiar territory for Chris, it still breaks new ground.

“[It’s] definitely a straight down the middle love song, which a lot of people go, ‘Well, you’ve got a bunch of love songs over the course of your career,'” he says. “But this was the first time in a long time I’d done a, like, ‘could be your first dance’ version of a love song. So I just thought it was a really amazing way to say that and turn a phrase.”  

Chris currently only has a handful of dates on his concert schedule, as he hasn’t announced any 2026 tour plans yet. 

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