Offset says he’s not taking shots on his upcoming album, ‘Kiari’

Offset says he’s not taking shots on his upcoming album, ‘Kiari’
Offset says he’s not taking shots on his upcoming album, ‘Kiari’
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Offset will get personal on his upcoming album, but he won’t include shots toward his estranged wife, Cardi B. During his appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast, he said the project is a form of therapy rather than a way to clap at someone.

“The shots? I ain’t doing that. I might speak on life situations, but I’m not doing that,” he said. “That ain’t the way to do it.”

“There’s too much involved, family, kids. That s*** gonna be lame 10 years from now,” he continued. “I ain’t on that, but I’ll be expressing some feelings of how I feel about certain things.”

Offset was also asked about his opinion of Cardi B’s song “Outside,” and he revealed that he had prior knowledge of the track. 

“I actually knew about the song before the song came out, like prior to the bulls*** that was happening. If it is stuff at me … everything is a timing thing,” he said. “That record’s been done. I know about the record. It look like how it look.”

After nearly seven years of marriage, Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset in the summer of 2024. She’s now reportedly dating NFL player Stefon Diggs.

Kiari is set to arrive on Aug. 22.

 

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John Mayer calls playing with Dead & Company ‘the great honor of my life’

John Mayer calls playing with Dead & Company ‘the great honor of my life’
John Mayer calls playing with Dead & Company ‘the great honor of my life’
(L-R) John Mayer and Bob Weir perform onstage during the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead/Amy Sussman/Getty Images

John Mayer is sharing his feelings about getting to be a part of Dead & Company’s recent three-night stand at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.

“No matter how many shows we play as a band, I will always be a guest in this musical world, and I’ll never lose sight of what is the great honor of my life,” he writes on Instagram. “Happy 60th, Grateful Dead, and long may you run.”

While Mayer says that he’ll “never come close to playing” like the band’s late singer/co-founder Jerry Garcia, he tells fans, “if I can somehow get you closer to him – and to the spirit he created 60 years ago – then I suppose I’ve done my job. Thank you for accepting me.”

The three Dead & Company shows took place Aug. 1, 2 and 3 and featured guest appearances by Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Phil Lesh‘s son Grahame Lesh, as well as Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson.

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Watch the trailer for David Gilmour’s ‘Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome’ concert film

Watch the trailer for David Gilmour’s ‘Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome’ concert film
Watch the trailer for David Gilmour’s ‘Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome’ concert film
Offiicial concert poster for’ Live at Circus Maximus, Rome’/ courtesy of Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing

We’re getting another preview of the upcoming David Gilmour concert film, Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome. After initially sharing a performance of the Pink Floyd track “Sorrow,” the official trailer for the film has now been released.

Live at Circus MaximusRome, hitting theaters and IMAX on Sept. 17, captures one of Gilmour’s Luck and Strange concerts at the famed Italian venue set against the backdrop of the ancient ruins of Rome. The trailer showcases snippets of the concert, including performances of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb” and more.

Tickets are on sale now at DavidGilmour.film.

Luck and Strange, released in 2024, was Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The album debuted at #10 in the U.S. and at #1 in the U.K. The subsequent tour included rehearsal shows in Brighton, England, followed by multinight stands in Italy, London, New York and Los Angeles.

In addition to the film, on Oct. 17, Gilmour will release The Luck and Strange Concerts, a four-LP or two-CD set featuring 23 tracks recorded during the tour. There will also be a super deluxe edition that includes a 120-page book, David Gilmour Luck and Strange Live, featuring tour photos taken by Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson.

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Jack Osbourne shares tribute to dad Ozzy Osbourne: ‘He lived — and he lived fully’

Jack Osbourne shares tribute to dad Ozzy Osbourne: ‘He lived — and he lived fully’
Jack Osbourne shares tribute to dad Ozzy Osbourne: ‘He lived — and he lived fully’
Ozzy Osbourne and son, producer Jack Osbourne visit the Tribeca Film Festival 2011 portrait studio on April 25, 2011 in New York City. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival

Ozzy Osbourne‘s son Jack Osbourne has shared a tribute to his late father.

“I haven’t really wanted to post anything since the passing of my father,” Jack writes. “My heart has hurt too much. I’ll keep this short because he hated long, rambling speeches.”

“He was so many things to so many people, but I was lucky and blessed to be part of a very small group who got to call him ‘Dad,'” the younger Osbourne continues. “My heart is heavy with sadness and sorrow, but also full of love and gratitude. I got 14,501 days with that man, and I know what a blessing that is.”

Jack remembers some of those 14,501 days in an accompanying video titled “Some memories of my father,” which features home video footage of him growing up with Ozzy, as well as more recent film of the “Iron Man” rocker spending time with his grandchildren. You can watch the video, which is set to the Ozzy solo song “So Tired,” streaming now on YouTube.

Jack concludes his statement with a quote from late writer Hunter S. Thompson, which he feels “best describes” his dad: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body … but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a ride!'”

“That was my dad,” Jack writes. “He lived — and he lived fully. I love you Dad.”

Ozzy died July 22 at age 76. He’d just played his final show with his original Black Sabbath bandmates at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5.

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(Trash)Basket Case: Green Day turned into Garbage Pail Kids cards

(Trash)Basket Case: Green Day turned into Garbage Pail Kids cards
(Trash)Basket Case: Green Day turned into Garbage Pail Kids cards
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong on ‘Good Morning America.’ ABC/Paula Lobo

Befitting of a band known for an album called Dookie, Green Day has officially been turned into Garbage Pail Kids.

The Topps trading card company has announced a run of Garbage Pail Kids cards inspired by the “American Idiot” rockers, featuring punny and gross recreations of members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

“This special collab features a full 100-card A & B Name Base Set, all inspired by our history as a band,” Green Day says. “Billie Boogers. Burnt Dirnt. Tricky Tre. Yeah, we went there.”

You can visit Topps.com for more info, though the Green Day Garbage Pail Kids packs are currently sold out.

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Megan Moroney’s secret for staying sane amid whirlwind career

Megan Moroney’s secret for staying sane amid whirlwind career
Megan Moroney’s secret for staying sane amid whirlwind career
Megan Moroney (Disney/Connie Chornuk)

How do you stay sane while having a whirlwind country music career? 

For Megan Moroney, it means bringing loved ones from back home in Georgia along for the ride. 

“To stay grounded and focused, I just surround myself with my family and friends as much as I can. I always have them out on the road with me. They’re here now,” she said earlier this summer before her CMA Fest performance. “My whole family’s in town.”

“I call my mom a lot,” she continues. “My mom keeps me sane and grounded. And then I’ve had the same friends that I’ve had since college and even before that. So it’s just, I feel [like] the same me, even though my life is a lot crazier.”

So crazy, in fact, that the CMA new artist of the year happens to have two songs on the chart right now, “You Had to Be There” with Kenny Chesney and “6 Months Later.”

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Earth, Wind & Fire/Sabrina Carpenter Lollapalooza collab came together in 24 hours

Earth, Wind & Fire/Sabrina Carpenter Lollapalooza collab came together in 24 hours
Earth, Wind & Fire/Sabrina Carpenter Lollapalooza collab came together in 24 hours
Philip Bailey performs with Earth, Wind & Fire during Beale Street Music Festival 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images); Sabrina Carpenter performs onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards, 2025 (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

During her headlining set at Lollapalooza Sunday, Sabrina Carpenter surprised the crowd by bringing out Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Earth, Wind & Fire to perform two of their big hits: “Let’s Groove” and “September.” But according to the R&B group, the entire thing came together in a single day.

Speaking to Vulture, Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey says the idea for the collab came from Sabrina’s agent. They were in Detroit for a show on Aug. 2 and had two days off before their next gig, so they were able to squeeze in the Aug. 3 trip to Chicago. But, Bailey notes, “It was one of those kinds of things that happened in 24 hours. We had to really turn this thing around.”

“They sent a private plane for us and our entourage,” Bailey says, adding that the rehearsal was “very quick and kind of sketchy. I was almost concerned about it.” 

But, he says, “By that evening, they had dialed everything in, and she did her homework on what verses she was going to take. We went out there and floated on all that energy.”

Bailey tells Vulture Sabrina is “very cordial, very kind, and very approachable. … Her energy and our energy were very compatible.” While the two acts didn’t have a lot of time to hang, Bailey says Sabrina was, as Vulture puts it, “well-versed in the band’s deeper discography.”

Sabrina wrote on Instagram after the show that Earth, Wind & Fire “raised me on the greatest songs of all time, true soul moving timeless music.”

Sabrina isn’t the only chart-topping pop artist Bailey has sung with, either. In 1984, he and Phil Collins teamed up for the hit “Easy Lover.

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New charity sweepstakes offering VIP Farm Aid experience

New charity sweepstakes offering VIP Farm Aid experience
New charity sweepstakes offering VIP Farm Aid experience
(L – R) Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews on stage during Farm Aid 2024 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on September 21, 2024 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images

John Mellencamp and Neil Young with Chrome Hearts are among the artists headlining the 40th anniversary edition of Farm Aid in September, and they are giving fans a chance to win a VIP trip to the festival.

Farm Aid will take place Sept. 20 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The organization has just launched a new sweepstakes, with a grand prize of two round-trip tickets to Minneapolis with hotel accommodations, along with two Hi-Fi Experience passes to the festival, which will also feature performances by Willie NelsonDave Matthews with Tim Reynolds and Margo Price.

The package includes access to the photo pit, seats within the first 12 rows, passes to a Farm Aid event the night prior to the concert, passes to the Farm Aid press event before the concert and more.

The raffle is open now until Sept. 10 via Fandiem. Proceeds will go to help keep farmers on their land.

The first Farm Aid concert was held on Sept. 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, and the Farm Aid organization has raised nearly $80 million since then. Other artists on this year’s bill include Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsBilly StringsBlack Pumas’ Eric Burton and Waxahatchee. A complete lineup can be found at FarmAid.org.

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Trivium announces new single, ‘Bury Me with My Screams’

Trivium announces new single, ‘Bury Me with My Screams’
Trivium announces new single, ‘Bury Me with My Screams’
Matt Heafy of Trivium performs in concert at Palacio Vistalegre Arena on February 27, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Mariano Regidor/WireImage

Trivium has announced a new single called “Bury Me with My Screams.”

The track will premiere on Thursday, and you can hear an exclusive preview by texting the number 407-305-3593.

“Bury Me with My Screams” will mark the first new music from Trivium to follow their 2021 album, In the Court of the Dragon. It arrives as the band is set perform at England’s Bloodstock festival on Friday.

Trivium will launch a U.S. headlining tour in October.

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Music Notes: Tyla, Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist and more

Music Notes: Tyla, Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist and more
Music Notes: Tyla, Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist and more

Tyla released the music video for “Dynamite” featuring Wizkid. Directed by Nabil, the video captures them hanging out and dancing both in an apartment and outdoors in Morocco. It is now available to watch on YouTube.

Wizkid also seems to be featured on Gunna‘s upcoming album, The Last Wun, as he was heard in a preview Gunna played while in the studio. Their collaboration is seemingly titled “Forever.”

Freddie Gibbs has announced he’s going on tour with The Alchemist. Alfredo The Tour will kick off Sept. 20 in Philadelphia and wrap up in San Francisco on Nov. 9. General tickets go on sale Friday, but Freddie is sharing the link for early access with those who request it in the comments of his announcement post. 

The Alchemist, who will also go on tour this year with Erykah Badu, has also announced Mobb Deep has a new project in the works. “The new Mobb Deep album is done. Produced entirely by Havoc and The Alchemist,” he wrote on X.

 

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