Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs at Nissan Stadium on August 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
The Strokes have premiered the video for “Going Shopping,” the lead single off the band’s upcoming album, Reality Awaits.
The clip stars Justified and The White Lotus actor Walton Goggins alongside frontman Julian Casablancas as they reference the famed Paul Simon video for “You Can Call Me Al.” Casablancas plays Simon’s part while Goggins steps in for the role played by Chevy Chase.
In between that, The Strokes also slip in some political commentary.
You can watch the “Going Shopping” video streaming now on YouTube.
Reality Awaits, the seventh Strokes album and their first in six years, is due out July 24.
The Strokes will resume their U.S. tour July 12 in Richmond, Virginia.
Stevie Nicks performs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, November, 2023 (Disney/Michael J. LeBrecht II)
More details are leaking out about Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce, which is allegedly taking place this weekend at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
A source has confirmed to Rolling Stone that Stevie Nicks will attend the wedding and is “expected to” perform. Page Six,meanwhile, says its been told that not only will Stevie perform, but so will Tim McGraw, the country superstar who inspired the title of Taylor’s very first single.
Page Six also says several other major country stars will be attending. One industry insider told the outlet, “I’ve heard Taylor invited so many people it’s going to be bigger than the Met Gala.”
The presence of both of the singers is no surprise, since Taylor has been friends with them for years, and has shared a stage with them in the past. In particular, Stevie wrote a poem for Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Society album, and Taylor namechecked Stevie in a song from that album, “Clara Bow.”
Taylor also told Stephen Colbert last year of Stevie, “I feel very lucky that she’s lent her very magical, wonderful, wise approach to life to me.” During the NBA Finals, Taylor wore a t-shirt that said, “Stevie Knicks,” in honor of the singer and the New York team.
Stevie told Rolling Stone in 2024 of Taylor and Travis, “I hope they fall deeper and deeper in love and ride off into the sunset … and get married and have babies if she wants that. I just want all of that for her.”
According to a New York Timesreport, Taylor and Travis will hold an intimate gathering on Thursday, followed by a massive party on Friday.
Neither Taylor nor Travis have confirmed any of this, and the entire thing may be a ruse to throw people off.
Bruce Springsteen kicked off the Born in the U.S. A. tour in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The tour featured the E Street Band debuts of guitarist Nils Lofgren, who replaced Stevie Van Zandt who left to record a solo album, and Springsteen’s future wife Patti Scialfa.
During opening night, director Brian De Palma shot the video for the Born in the U.S.A. single “Dancing in the Dark.” The performance clip ends with Springsteen pulling a fan onstage to dance with him. In reality, the woman, a then unknown actress named Courteney Cox, was placed in the front row so Bruce could pull her onstage to dance.
The video became a huge MTV hit and the song became Bruce’s biggest-ever single, spending four weeks at #1 and selling over a million copies.
Cox went on to become a huge star, thanks to the successful NBC series Friends, the Scream movie franchise and more.
The tour wrapped in October 1985, after hitting North America twice, Asia, Australia and Europe.
Carly Pearce’s ‘Honest Woman’ (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)
Carly Pearce’s pivotal 2021 album, 29: Written in Stone, painted an unflinching picture of a young woman in the aftermath of a very public divorce from fellow star Michael Ray.
On 2024’s hummingbird, she began to spread her wings, somewhere between the breakup angst of “We Don’t Fight Anymore” and the revenge anthem “Truck on Fire.”
Now, as her fifth album waits for it Aug. 28 release, its cover shows her confidently smiling over her shoulder as she forges ahead, a wide, sunny field calling in the distance.
This time, she’s making bold statements with songs like the already-released “Church Girl,” which dares to challenge some long held religious norms. It ignited such a lively discourse on her socials, Carly herself stepped in to turn down the temperature.
“I named it Honest Woman,” she says of the record, “because, first of all, being a woman is something to be celebrated, and life experience comes with age. And I’m tired of living in a society where I shouldn’t say that I’m 36 years old, because I’m in the prime of my life.”
“And it’s funny that you would say ‘bold,'” she reacts to the “Church Girl” characterization, “because with this album, when I went in to write it and pick songs for it, it was like ‘I want to be bold and I want show other things that mean something to me and things that I want to stand on unapologetically in the way that my heroes did.'”
Immediately after its release, Carly’s taking the album to her fans, performing two shows each in seven major cities. Honest Woman: Up Close kicks off Sept. 10 in Detroit and wraps Oct. 22 in New York City.
Cover of Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery’s ‘The Roaring Waves’ (InsideOutMusic)
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery, the original guitarist for progressive rock band Marillion, have shared the first single off their upcoming instrumental album, The Roaring Waves.
The track, ”The Black Sea,” is described by Rothery as “the perfect introduction to the sonic world we’ve created between us,” adding, “We have a very special chemistry.”
“For ‘The Black Sea,’ our joint guitar sounds with the keys created a strong vibe of intrigue along with a sense of a musical dark sea adventure,” Hackett adds.
The Roaring Waves, dropping Aug. 28, is made up of seven songs that are described as ranging “from the dexterously ridiculous to the brilliantly sublime, though with one common theme: the profundity of the sea.”
In other Steve Hackett-related news, Genesis has announced they’re releasing their 1974 album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, in Dolby Atmos as a standalone Blu-ray audio disc for the first time. The Blu-ray was previously only available as part of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition box set, which was released in September.
Phillip Phillips has released a new single, and it’ll be followed by a new EP and then a tour.
The song, “Let’s Go Far,” is out now, and the EP, Let’s Go Far: Vol. 1, is due Sept. 4. It’s his second new song of 2026, following “Homesick,” which he put out right after he ended his run as “Pugcasso” on The Masked Singer in April. Phillip tells ABC Audio that appearing on the show was just the “jump start” that he needed to get the musical ball rolling again.
“I’ll just write music and not release it and just be at home, be with my family. Like, that’s just me,” says Phillip, who’s dad to son Patch, 6, and daughter Isla, 1. “It kinda gave [me] a reason to [be] like, ‘Hey, let’s try to get on this, and let’s get the career back on track a little bit.'”
Phillip says with his new EP, fans should get ready for a new level of honesty.
“A lot of stuff I’ve been writing about is about what’s been going on in my life, even dealing with some things from my past that I’ve written about, but I’ve always been a little more — not as ‘on the nose’ about,” he explains. “And for me, it’s been very vulnerable to be able to do that. And … therapeutic, you know what I mean?”
Tickets are on sale now for the American Idol winner’s Let’s Go Far tour, starting Sept. 10 in Dallas, Texas.
“It’ll be smaller venues, you know, just easing back into it,” he says. “I’ve really gotten picky on how long I want to be gone on the road and away from my family.”
“And I’ll be super stressed leading up to the tour and then hopefully everything falls into place very nicely.”
Noah Kahan performs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on The Great Divide world tour (Patrick McCormack)
Vermont may have Stick Season, but that doesn’t mean it’s open season on signs — specifically, the sign marking the road in Strafford, Vermont, where Noah Kahan used to live.
In his song “The View Between the Villages,” Noah sings, “Past Alger Brook Road/ I’m over the bridge/ A minute from home/ But I feel so far from it.” On his Instagram Story Friday, Noah wrote, “I’ve been informed that Alger Brook Road sign in Stafford has been repeatedly stolen. It is total disrespect to the folks who live on that road and a headache for the town to deal with.”
He goes on say, “I hate that because I put the road name in a song that some people have taken that as an invitation to disrupt the lives of the hardworking and kind people who frequent it.”
Noah then offers to pay for any replacement signs, and asks the townspeople or the town’s board members to get in touch him or his mom. He adds, “I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this.”
“The Great Divide” singer concludes by reminding his fans “how deeply protective I am over my family’s privacy, and of the sanctuary of where I am from,” noting, “Please don’t disturb these places or people.”
Of course, Noah can’t go back home to deal with this, since he’s currently on his sold-out The Great Divide world tour. He played at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Sunday and is set to play the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday.
Lauryn Hill performs onstage during the BET Awards 2026 at Peacock Theater on June 28, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
The BET Awards 2026 returned Sunday night, honoring Black excellence across music, television, film and more.
T.I. kicked off the show fresh off the release of his final album, Kill the King. Host Druski then took the stage to revive his viral church skit and lay out the rules, including a 30-second speech limit.
Throughout the night, he also spoofed the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher, brought his Coulda Been Records auditions to the stage and shared a comedic moment with Martin Lawrence.
Leon Thomas took home best male R&B/pop artist, while Kehlani won best female R&B/pop artist after performing a stripped-down rendition of “Folded” alongside Jamie Foxx on piano and his daughter Anelise on guitar. Doechii and SZA accepted the BET Her Award, with Doechii teasing new music. Other winners included Clipse, whose Let God Sort Em Out earned album of the year, and Cardi B, who won best female hip hop artist.
Among the night’s special honors, music executive Sylvia Rhone received the Ultimate Icon Award following a speech by Kelly Rowland.
Teyana Taylor was presented the Icon of the Year by Janet Jackson. She hugged Janet, telling her, “There is no me without you,” before reflecting on her career, saying she had “worked my a** off” to be honored as an Icon.
The evening ended with a tribute to Living Legend Icon recipient Ms. Lauryn Hill, featuring The War and Treaty, SZA, Doechii, Tems, Doja Cat, Nas, Lizzo, Queen Latifah, Common and others. Lauryn then surprised the audience with performances of “Ex-Factor” and “Everything Is Everything,” and encouraged fellow Black artists not to “sell your gift short.”
Additional performances came from Don Toliver, RAYE, Cardi B, French Montana, Max B, Rick Ross, Tems, Baby Keem, KWN, Kenny Iko and Erica Campbell during the in memoriam, with Ari Lennox, George Clinton, Durand Bernarr, and BJ the Chicago Kid paying homage to D’Angelo.
‘Touch and Go’ album artwork. (Fuzze-Flex Records)
Collective Soul has announced the wide release of the band’s new album, Touch and Go.
The “Shine” outfit’s 13th studio effort, which was previously released as an exclusive for the 2026 Record Store Day, will be available via your music listening outlet of choice on July 31.
In first detailing Touch and Go, Collective Soul described the record as being influenced by new wave music.
Touch and Go is the follow-up to 2024’s Here to Eternity. Here is the track list:
“Rainbow” “Eye on You” “Uh Oh” “All My Days on Thru” “Heavy Load” “Fun” “Again” “Feel” “Shooting for You” “Love Your Way”
Singer/songwriter D’Angelo performs onstage during the Samsung Supper Club at SXSW 2015 on March 15, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung)
BET has announced the artists who will come together for its all-star tribute performances during Sunday night’s BET Awards.
Helping honor Ms. Lauryn Hill, who will receive the Living Legend Icon Award, are Alexia Jayy, Common, Doechii, Doja Cat, Lizzo, Nas, Queen Latifah, Rapsody, selah, Tierra Whack, The War and Treaty, Zion Marley, YG Marley and more.
Ari Lennox, BJ the Chicago Kid, Durand Bernarr, George Clinton and RAYE will unite to pay tribute to the late D’Angelo, alongside his children.
Erica Campbell and Le’Andria Johnson will also take the stage during the in memoriam segment, which will be anchored by the music of late gospel star Richard Smallwood.
The BET Awards 2026 will air live on BET at 8 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation at 8 p.m. PT.
The performance lineup also includes Baby Keem, Cardi B, Don Toliver, French Montana, Kehlani, Max B, Rick Ross, Tems, T.I. and more. Teyana Taylor will be honored as Icon of the Year, and Sylvia Rhone will receive the Ultimate Icon Award.
