Cover of Portugal. The Man’s ‘SHISH’/(KNIK/Thirty Tigers)
Portugal. The Man is set to release a brand-new album, SHISH, on Nov. 7, and they’re giving fans a preview of what to expect.
The “Feel It Still” outfit has released two singles off the album: “Tanana,” which frontman John Gourley says “voices a generational sadness, searching for fleeting meaning in a world on edge,” and “Mush,” which Gourley says has a simple message of “don’t give up, want more, and fight for it.”
SHISH follows Portugal. The Man’s release of the EP uLu Selects Vol #2 over the summer. It will be their first full-length record since 2023’s Chris Black Changed My Life.
Portugal. The Man is set to kick off a new tour, dubbed the Denali tour, on Nov. 6 in Portland, Oregon. The trek runs through Dec. 12 in Austin, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at PortugaltheMan.com.
Nicki Minaj has something coming up in 2026. She took to X early Wednesday morning and posted the date “3.27.26” alongside a CD emoji. Fans believe it may be the release date for a brand-new single or album.
Ice Spice has also been cooking stuff up for her fans. She shared the cover art for her upcoming single “Baddie Baddie” on Instagram Monday. The artwork is a close-up headshot of Ice Spice with her signature ginger-colored curls. “Baddie Baddie” is set to arrive on Friday; it’s now available for presave on Apple Music and Spotify.
Stevie Wonder has joined the group of artists who will be paying tribute to Minnie Riperton Wednesday evening at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Perfect Angel: The Definitive Minnie Riperton Tribute will celebrate Riperton’s career and the 50th anniversary of Perfect Angel, her first album release on a major label. It will feature performances from Chanté Moore, Alex Isley, Aloe Blacc and more, who will reimagine songs from her career.
Kid Cudi is on Letterboxd, the social media app where film enthusiasts can log, rate and review films. He says it’s his latest obsession. He shared that his favorite films are Last Dragon (1985), Stand By Me (1986), The Cable Guy (1996) and Life (1999). He also reviewed a few movies, including Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners. “Incredible. Ryan Coogler is a master. Thats all I can say. If u havent seen it, stop lunchin’ and get on that,” he wrote. “One of the best original films of the year.”
Kendrick Lamar‘s Grand National tour resumes with its South American leg. He performed in Mexico City Tuesday night, with Argentinian duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso as his opening act. They’ll perform in Bogotá, Colombia; São Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile.
Ghost’s Tobias Forge performs onstage in Austin, Texas, August 2025 (Amy E. Price/Getty Images)
Ghost‘s scheduled concert in Mexico City on Tuesday night was canceled due to illness.
Shortly before the show was due to start, a post on the Swedish rockers’ socials announced, “It is with deep regret that we must inform you the ghost show tonight, September 23, has been cancelled. Tobias Forge is suffering from food poisoning, which makes it impossible for the band to perform.”
The show was the first of three Mexico City concerts; the Wednesday and Thursday concerts are set to go on as planned. Fans who bought tickets online will automatically get refunds.
One fan complained in the comments, “There’s nothing wrong with cancelling a show, what’s wrong [is] doing it 10 minutes before it’s supposed to start.” Most fans, though, defended the band, noting that food poisoning can strike suddenly.
Ghost has spent 2025 on their Skeletour in support of their #1 2024 album, Skeletá. The tour wraps Thursday.
Cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Black and Blue’/(Interscope/UMe)
The Rolling Stones are revisiting their 1976 album Black and Blue ahead of its 50th anniversary.
The band is set to release a five-LP or four-CD super-deluxe box set on Nov. 14, with both versions also coming with a Blu-ray. The set includes a 2025 remix of the album by producer Steven Wilson, along with an album of outtakes and jams. It also includes a recording of a 1976 concert at Earls Court in London, which was part of a six-night residency at the venue.
The Blu-ray includes the Wilson remix and the Earls Court concert in Dolby Atmos, plus an unreleased TV broadcast of the band’s 1976 concert at Les Abattoirs in Paris.
The six-track album of outtakes include four Stones instrumental jams from the 1975 recording sessions, plus a previously unreleased track, “I Love Ladies,” written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. There’s also a take on Shirley & Company’s “Shame Shame, Shame,” which is out now via digital outlets. A video for the track will be released Thursday.
The set also includes a 100-page hardcover book and replica tour poster.
The Black and Blue reissue will also be released in a variety of other formats, including a limited-edition five-LP black and blue marbled vinyl set; two-disc and one-disc formats on both vinyl and CD; and a limited-edition zoetrope vinyl.
Released in April 1976, Black and Blue was The Stones’ 13th studio album and the first since guitarist Mick Taylor left the group. His eventual replacement, Ronnie Wood, is featured on three songs. The Stones used the recording sessions as auditions for Taylor’s replacement, with other guitarists like Jeff Beck, Robert A. Johnson and Wayne Perkins taking part.
The Eagles released their sixth studio album, The Long Run, which hit #1 on the Billboard Albums chart.
The album featured the singles “Heartache Tonight,” which went to #1, as well as the title track and “I Can’t Tell You Why,” which were both top-10 hits.
The Long Run was the Eagles’ first album to feature Timothy B. Schmit, who replaced founding member Randy Meisner, who left the group during their Hotel California tour in 1977. Schmit wrote and sings lead on “I Can’t Tell You Why.”
The album was also the last full album to feature Don Felder, who was fired from the group in 2001.
The Eagles would break up less than a year after the release of The Long Run, although they would reunite in 1994. It took them until 2007 to release a new album, Long Road Out of Eden, which would go on to hit #1.
Oasis, ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ (Big Brother Recordings)
Oasis has released yet another unplugged track from their upcoming 30th anniversary deluxe edition of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, which is due Oct. 3.
This time, it’s the song “Morning Glory,” which is the album’s de facto title track, since it features Liam Gallagher singing, “Well/ what’s the story/ Morning Glory?”
The deluxe edition features the original album, plus five unplugged tracks in all: In addition to “Morning Glory” and the previously released “Acquiesce,” there are also unplugged versions of “Cast No Shadow,” “Wonderwall” and “Champagne Supernova.”
While their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, made Oasis stars in their native U.K., (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? marked the band’s international breakthrough thanks to singles “Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” It’s since gone on to sell 22 million copies worldwide.
Oasis’ ongoing reunion tour next travels to London’s Wembley Stadium for two shows on Sept. 27 and 28. From there, the band will perform in Asia, Australia and South America, with the tour wrapping up Nov. 23 in Brazil.
Rihanna and ASAP Rocky pictured at the red carpet during the global premiere of the movie Smurfs on June 28, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, 28/06/2025 ( Photo by Jan De Meuleneir / Photonews via Getty Images)
A$AP Rocky already has two sons with Rihanna, so he’s manifesting a girl for Rihanna’s third pregnancy.
“I hope it’s a girl. I really do. We’re praying for a girl,” he shares in a cover story interview with Elle. “Our first time, we wanted to know the sex of the baby. The second time, we didn’t want to know. Third time, we don’t want to know until, you know.”
“I feel like it’s going to be a girl,” he continues, noting that Rih’s third pregnancy is “so different” from her first two pregnancies. “You can tell from the experience. I hope it’s a baby girl, man. I need that.”
Rocky and Rihanna have been public since 2019. They welcomed sons RZA Athelston Mayers and Riot Rose Mayers in May 2022 and August 2023, respectively, and announced they were expecting their third child at the 2025 Met Gala.
The pregnancy, he shares, is part of the reason for the delay of his other baby, the highly anticipated album Don’t Be Dumb.
“We don’t plan on having children, but when it happens, you gotta adjust and move with it. I gotta be present for my family, because that’s first,” Rocky says, adding that leaks and his felony assault trial also contributed to pushing back the release.
Though the wait for Don’t Be Dumb continues, Rocky makes one thing clear: his love for hip-hop remains.
He tells Elle, “It’s my career. Do I depend on that to get my money? No. And that’s what people should appreciate about me.”
“That’s not my cash cow. I treat it with way more spirituality,” Rocky continued. “It’s sacred.”
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked: For Good’ (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)
The final trailer for Wicked: For Goodis here, and it reveals more of what’s happened to Ariana Grande‘s Glinda and Cynthia Erivo‘s Elphaba since the end of the last film.
Glinda has been recruited by Michelle Yeoh‘s Madame Morrible to be a mouthpiece for the Wizard, and equipped with a magic bubble and a wand to sell her role as Glinda the Good. Elphaba, meanwhile, has been hiding out in the woods, and has been demonized as an enemy of the people as she works to reveal the truth about the Wizard, played by Jeff Goldblum.
We see Glinda and Elphaba clash, literally, until the two former friends join forces to fight to save Oz and its silenced animals — and mend their friendship.
According to the film’s synopsis, “The aftershocks will transform Boq and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.”
That girl is original Wizard of Oz character Dorothy, and in the trailer, we see glimpses of her, as well as the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. We also hear the fan-favorite song “For Good.”
Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters Nov. 21, 2025. The soundtrack features two brand-new songs written especially for the film: “The Girl in the Bubble,” sung by Grande, and “No Place Like Home,” sung by Erivo.
Riley Green‘s quick to admit songs like “I Wish Grandpas Never Died,” “If It Wasn’t for Trucks” and “Different ‘Round Here” were all heavily influenced by his hometown: Jacksonville, Alabama.
Even as the 36-year-old ages, he expects that will be a mainstay.
“Obviously, I guess as I get older and some things in my life change, you know, my songs are gonna start to kinda grow with me,” he reflects. “But I spend most of my time at home in Alabama, and when I go home, [it’s the] same things, you know, the same folks and we still have the same values.”
“So, it’s pretty easy for me to write from that place,” he continues. “That’s just where I grew up and where I live. So, I don’t see it changing too much overnight.”
Still, Riley’s always working to keep his music fresh.
“[I] definitely try to come up with new ideas and things that are gonna be musically different to fans,” he adds. “Lyrically, I’m always gonna kinda come from the same place.”
Riley’s currently climbing the chart with fellow Alabama native Ella Langley and “Don’t Mind If I Do.”
Cover of David Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’/(Parlophone)
The original artwork for David Bowie’s iconic album Aladdin Sane, shot by photographer Brian Duffy aka Duffy, is going up for auction.
The original dye transfer artwork print will be part of The Mona Lisa of Pop: The Duffy Archive auction, taking place Oct. 22 through Nov. 5 at Bonhams in London and bonhams.com. The print is expected to sell for somewhere between $340,000 and $400,000.
The cover art is one of many Aladdin Sane-related pieces that will be part of the auction. Others include the original dye transfer print of the album’s inside cover; the original Hasselblad camera used by Duffy to shoot Aladdin Sane and 1980’s Scary Monsters; the stool Bowie sat on for the Aladdin Sane photo; contact sheets from the photo shoot; and a handwritten note by Duffy explaining the cover’s lightning bolt design.
“Duffy’s iconic photography, paired with Bowie’s incomparable artistic vision, captured the spirit of a generation and cemented their place in cultural history,” Claire Tole-Moir, head of Bonhams’ Popular Culture Department, says. “As collaborators, they produced a body of work that defined the visual language of the 1970s and beyond, influencing music, fashion, and photography.”
She adds that the auction “will be a rare and thrilling opportunity for collectors and fans to own a piece of Duffy/Bowie history.”
Aladdin Sane was released in April 1973. The cover featured a red-haired Bowie, with a red-and-blue lightning bolt down the middle of his face.
