Futique, the Scottish rockers’ 10th album, has topped the Official Album Chart in the U.K., marking the fourth time they’ve done that. In a statement, the band tells OfficialCharts.com, “Four Official UK Number 1 albums – a Futique moment in real time. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and listened to the album. We appreciate it!”
In a video on Instgram, the band admits, “We can’t quite believe it.”
Biffy Clyro was previously #1 with 2020’s A Celebration of Endings, 2016’s Ellipsis and 2013’s Opposites.
Meanwhile, Lola Young‘s new album I’m Only F****** Myself has debuted at #3.
: Singer and guitarist John Lennon of the rock and roll band “The Beatles” during his “Lost Weekend” period in 1974 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
A unique piece of John Lennon memorabilia is set to go up for auction in October.
The tinted prescription glasses the Beatles legend wore during his “Lost Weekend” era of 1973 to early 1974 are set to go on the auction block as part of Propstore’s Music Memorabilia Live Auction.
Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” was a period of 18 months where he was separated from wife Yoko Ono and in a relationship with his former assistant May Pang.
The round metal frames, known as Windsor Glasses, were first worn by Lennon during the filming of the 1967 Richard Lester movie How I Won The War. They also appeared on the cover of his 1973 single “Mind Games.”
Lennon infamously lost the glasses during a fight at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in March 1974, which started after Lennon and musician Harry Nilsson got drunk and began heckling the Smothers Brothers during their performance at the venue.
The glasses were originally part of a Sotheby’s Collector’s Carousel auction in June 1987. They were then sold again during Christie’s Popular Culture: Rock & Pop Memorabilia Auction in July 2008.
They are estimated to sell for somewhere between $200,000 and $400,000. Bidding will open in person and online on Oct. 23. More info can be found at Propstoreauction.com.
In other Lennon news … A video has been released for the song “Sunday Bloody Sunday” from John and Yoko’s Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory.
The song is part of the upcoming box set Power to the People (Super Deluxe Edition), produced by the couple’s son, Sean Ono Lennon. It will be released Oct. 10, on what would have been John’s 85th birthday.
Mariah the Scientist‘s “Burning Blue” is now certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, becoming her third Platinum single to date. Her first two were “Always N Forever” featuring Lil Baby and “Spread Thin.” “Burning Blue” is the lead single from her latest album, HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY.
In honor of the release of Still Snowin’, his Gangsta Grillz project with DJ Drama, Jeezy is taking it back to pandemic days with IG Live album release party. He’s teaming with DJ D-Nice for the occasion, which will feature a live conversation, a first listen to the album and some surprises. The live takes place on his birthday, Sept. 28, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET.
Cardi B has expanded her Little Miss Drama tour. She’s added second shows at the Kia Forum in LA (Feb. 16) New York City’s Madison Square Garden (March 26) and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta (April 18). Tickets are currently on sale.
Solange Knowles has launched the Saint Heron Community Library, with a goal to provide free access to rare books by Black and Brown authors. Books currently includeOctavia E. Butler‘s Bloodchild and Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes; there are 65 titles to choose from. Borrowers in the U.S. can fill out requests for books via the online registration process, which will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis; only one book can be checked out at a time.
Cyndi Lauper performs at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on July 19, 2025 in Wantagh, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Cyndi Lauper)
Cyndi Lauper has been working on the music for a stage adaptation of the 1988 movie Working Girl for a while now, and the public is finally going to get to see it.
The singer shared on Instagram that Working Girl: The Musical will have its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, on Oct. 28.
Following the premiere, the show, written by award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley, is set to run at the Playhouse through Dec. 7.
The movie Working Girl starred Melanie Griffith as an ambitious secretary from Staten Island hoping to make it in the business world. Sigourney Weaver played her boss and Harrison Ford played her love interest.
Plans to turn the movie into a Broadway musical were first announced in 2017. So far there’s no date for a Broadway run, although Lauper previously told ABC Audio that it’s expected to open on Broadway sometime in 2026.
Lauper is no stranger to Broadway musicals. In 2013 she won a Tony Award for best original score for composing the music to another big-screen-to-Broadway adaptation, Kinky Boots.
Tiara Thomas teams with H.E.R. for “Move.” “’Move’ comes from a place of reclaiming my power and peace,” Tiara shares in a press release. “It’s about not being a hostage to people or circumstances, but rather accepting what is and moving accordingly.“
Ice Spice and producer RiotUSA are back with her first solo release of 2025, “Baddie Baddie.” The song samples M.I.A.’s 2012 hit “Bad Girls.”
Ari Lennox sings about a “Vacancy” she wants filled in her new single. She reunited with “Pressure” producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox for the track.
Toosii has dropped “Please Don’t Go” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The song’s “a cautionary tale of losing your love while navigating through heartbreak,” according to a press release.
Khalid released “out of body” alongside its music video, directed by Levi Turner. “This is me in my fully liberated element,” Khalid says in a press release. His new album, After the Sun Goes Down, arrives Oct. 10.
Syd discusses a relationship gone wrong on her new song, “GMFU.” Rodney Jerkins produced the song, which features Raphael Saadiq on bass.
Ty Dolla $ign dropped “Smile Body Pretty Face” featuring Kodak Black and YG. It’s a preview of his upcoming album, Tycoon, his first full-length project in five years.
Mariah Carey is Here For It All, according to her new studio album. It’s her first in seven years and includes “Play This Song” featuring Anderson .Paak. The song’s music video is now on YouTube.
Fetty Wap celebrates 10 years of his self-titled debut album with an expanded double-LP vinyl. It includes the original songs, his hit “Jimmy Choo” and the three bonus tracks on 2015’s Fetty Wap (Deluxe Edition).
Jaden Smith dropped his three-song EP, 2025: A Surrealist Ball or Elephants Reflecting Swans. It features the previously released “RED CLOAKS” with Rich The Kid.
Ace Frehley performs in concert at Haute Spot Event Venue on July 13, 2023 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
KISS founding member Ace Frehley has canceled a Friday concert appearance in California after injuring himself in a fall.
“Dear Rock Soldiers, Ace had a minor fall in his studio, resulting in a trip to the hospital,” read a post on the guitarist’s social media pages. “He is fine, but against his wishes, his doctor insists that he refrain from travel at this time.”
“As a result, he is forced (to) cancel his performance at the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster, California on Friday, September 26th,” the post continues.
Frehley’s page encourages fans to go to the show anyway and check out Quiet Riot and Vixen, who are also on the bill.
The post also gave fans an update on what Ace has been up to, noting he “looks forward to continuing on his tour and finishing work on his next album, Origins Vol. 4.”
Origins Vol. 2 is a covers album that was released in 2020. Origins Vol. 3 is expected out sometime in 2025, although no release date has been revealed.
Frehley’s next scheduled concert is Oct. 11 in Decatur, Illinois. A complete list of dates can be found at AceFreheley.com.
The debut album from Robert Plant and Saving Grace, titled Saving Grace, is out now, and to mark the release the artists have shared a video for one of the tracks.
The clip is for their cover of Moby Grape’s “It’s a Beautiful Day Today,” a track penned by Bob Mosley for the album Moby Grape ’69.
Plant and Saving Grace — drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, cellist Barney Morse Brown and vocalist Suzi Dian — have been touring together since 2019, but this is their first album.
Plant describes Saving Grace as “a song book of the lost and found.” In addition to the Moby Grape tune, it has them covering songs by Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie Johnson and Low.
Robert Plant and Saving Grace are set to kick off a North American tour Oct. 30 in Wheeling, West Virginia, wrapping Nov. 23 in Valley Center, California. A complete list of dates can be found at RobertPlant.com
You can relive the 18th ACM Honors when it airs as a special three-hour edition of CMT Hot 20 onSaturday, Sept. 27.
Carly Pearce and Russell Dickerson hosted the show, which took place Aug. 20 at The Pinnacle in Nashville.
They team up to recreate Johnny & June Carter Cash‘s “Jackson,” while Little Big Town‘s Karen Fairchild and newcomer Carter Faith recreate Morgan Wallen‘s “Lies, Lies, Lies.”
Jamey Johnson interprets Randy Travis‘ “Three Wooden Crosses,” while Tucker Wetmore delivers his contribution to the Twisters soundtrack, “Already Had It.”
The tributes continue, as HARDY takes on Eric Church‘s “Homeboy” and Ashley McBryde sings a medley of Luke Combs hits. Luke Bryan closes the show with his version of Cody Johnson‘s “‘Til You Can’t.”
CMT Hot 20: ACM Honors Edition premieres Saturday at 9 a.m. ET.
Hozier, Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons perform during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, June, 2015 (Douglas Mason/Getty Images)
Take me to church, little lion man.
Hozier and Mumford & Sons have teamed up to release a song called “Rubber Band Man,” which will be out Oct. 24. The song is not a cover of The Spinners‘ 1976 funky #2 hit “The Rubberband Man.” Based on an Instagram clip of the two acts working on the song, it sounds like a folky, acoustic guitar-based tune, which is pretty much what you’d expect. Even Marcus Mumford is seen describing part of the song as “the strummy strummy thing.”
“You’re a world away/ but you’re still the same/ I know you by heart and I will call you by your name,” the two acts sing. “And it’s a long way from the crack to the grave/ you know that I remember everything.”
“Yeah, that’s gonna be so dope,” exclaims Marcus.
The two acts have previously performed together onstage at Bonnaroo in 2015 and at the Austin City Limits festival in 2023, but this is their first recorded collaboration.
Hozier will perform at Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, on Sunday, and at this year’s Austin City Limits festival on Oct. 3. Mumford’s next live show is Oct. 8 in Chicago.
Cover of Spinal Tap charity tribute album ‘The Majesty of Rock’/(courtesy of Teen Cancer America)
Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters and Foreigner are among the artists contributing songs to The Majesty of Rock, a digital tribute album to the mock-rock band Spinal Tap.
The officially sanctioned album, which also features contributions from Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down, The Go-Go’s, Kyuss, Robyn Hitchcock, Soul Asylum and more, is raising money for the nonprofit Teen Cancer America, which aims to improve the lives of teens and young adults who have cancer.
“The spirit of Spinal Tap has always been about turning it up to 11, and that’s exactly what we aim to do for young people with cancer,” Shannon Sullivan, executive director of Teen Cancer America, says. “This tribute album is a fun, powerful way to raise crucial funds and awareness for the unique challenges facing this age group.”
She adds, “We are incredibly grateful to the brilliant artists who have lent their talents to this project and to the creators of Spinal Tap for allowing us to celebrate their genius for a cause that is so important.”
The Majesty of Rock features 32 covers from the Spinal Tap catalog, including a performance from Teen Cancer America’s Play It Back Players. Only 5,000 digital copies are available for download for a minimum donation of $19.84, a tribute to the year the original This is Spinal Tap was released.
This is Spinal Tap was directed by Rob Reiner and starred Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. It followed a fictional heavy metal band being filmed for a documentary.
The film’s sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, is in theaters now.
