Dua Lipa performs at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. (Courtesy of Disney+ & the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
Dua Lipa had a cameo in the 2023 blockbuster Barbie, but her next film, 2024’s Argylle, didn’t do that well. Now she’s aiming to split the difference with a role in a third film.
The “Levitating” singer has joined the cast of A24’s upcoming comedy Peaked, which is about two high school mean girls who “try to relive their glory days at their 10-year-reunion,” according to the studio.
The cast also includes Oscar winner Laura Dern, Heated Rivalry‘s Connor Storrie, Bridgerton‘s Simone Ashley, Gabby Windey from The Traitors, Emma Mackey from The Chronicles of Narnia and Saturday Night Live cast member Emil Wakim.
A24 has a history of featuring musicians in its films. Among those who have appeared over the years are Charli XCX, The Weeknd, Linkin Park’s Fred Durst, Phoebe Bridgers, Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, Janelle Monáe and rappers Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler, The Creator and Kid Cudi.
Bruce Springsteen performs during the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn. on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Bruce Springsteen hasn’t made it a secret that his upcoming Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour is going to get political, and he doesn’t care if that ruffles a few feathers.
In an interviews with the Minnesota Star Tribune, The Boss comes right out and says, “The tour is going to be political and very topical about what’s going on in the country,” noting he doesn’t concern himself about possible blowback for taking a stand.
“My job is very simple: I do what I want to do, I say what I want to say and then people get to say what they want to say about it,” he says. “Those are the rules of my game. That’s fine with me.”
He adds, “I don’t worry about if you’re going to lose this part of your audience. I’ve always had a feeling about the position we play culturally, and I’m still deeply committed to that idea of the band. The blowback is just part of it. I’m ready for all that.”
For Springsteen, speaking out is more important than ever considering the current climate.
“I don’t know of another time when the country has been as critically challenged and our basic ideas and values as critically challenged as they are right now,” he says. “It’s a critical, critical moment.”
And fans can expect the rocker to get his message across through the songs he chooses to play each night.
“The E Street Band is built for hard times. It always was,” he notes. “These are the moments when I think we can be of real value and real worth to the community. These are moments that fill the band with purpose, so I try to fill the set list around those ideas.”
Niall Horan appears on ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Niall Horan may be a big pop star and all, but he evidently doesn’t know that much about himself.
The former One Direction star appeared on ABC’s Jimmy KimmelLive! on Wednesday night and took part in a game called “Who Knows Niall?” He had to face off against a superfan named Rachel answering trivia questions about himself.
How big a fan is Rachel? Well, on her way to one of his concerts, she got into a car crash, was taken to the hospital and put in a neck brace. She took off the brace and checked herself out of the hospital against doctors’ advice just so she wouldn’t miss the concert. Niall claimed he recognized her right away because at that particular concert she held up a sign reading, “I’ve just been in a car crash. I shouldn’t be here.”
Rachel then proceeded to kick Niall’s butt, answering super-detailed questions — like how many concerts he played on his last tour, which month and year he got his braces off and what was in the first photo he ever posted to Instagram — correctly.
Niall, who only managed to get two questions right, lost to Rachel, 60 to 20. “I’m so sorry I’m so bad at that game,” Niall said.
Rachel’s prize was a stage-worn ensemble from Niall’s last tour. Niall has announced a new tour in support of his upcoming album, Dinner Party, due out in June.
ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash (Academy of Country Music)
The Opry’s heading to the wave pool, as members of the NextStage Class of 2026 play poolside May 16 in Las Vegas.
Hudson Westbrook, Vincent Mason, Tyler Braden, Emily Ann Roberts, Alexandra Kay, Graham Barham and Willow Avalon will all take the stage at ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash at Mandalay Bay Beach and Wave Pool.
NextStage is the Grand Ole Opry’s yearly initiative to promote up-and-coming country artists. Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Riley Green, Ella Langley, Nate Smith and Parker McCollum are just some of the big-name artists who’ve been part of the program.
The Vegas show takes place on Saturday, May 16, before the 61st ACMs take over MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17. Look for the host and nominations to be revealed in the coming weeks.
Cover art for Akon’s ‘Beautiful Day’ album (Konvict Kulture)
It’s a Beautiful Day, as Akon has new music on the way. He’s set to release a new album, Beautiful Day, on April 22.
The album will feature lead single “Akon’s Beautiful Day”; “Never Really Mattered” with rising sister group SIMIEN; “Que Calor” with DJ/producer OCHOK; and guest appearances from Stephen Marley, Tears of Joy, Ozuna and more.
Akon last released two studio albums in 2019 — the Latin-focused album El Negreeto and the Afrobeats album Akonda — which he’s followed with some EPs, the most recent being 2023’s Afro Freak.
He’s set to hit the road with Ne-Yo as part of their Nights Like This tour. They are scheduled to perform in over 50 cities across the globe.
Train’s ‘Drops of Jupiter’ 25th anniversary show poster (Courtesy of Train)
Train’s album Drops of Jupiter, which features the Grammy-winning title track, was released on March 27, 2001, which is why this Friday the band will play a unique gig to mark the album’s 25th anniversary.
Train will perform a pop-up show at the Sigma Chi frat house at San Diego State University. It will be livestreamed on Instagram starting at 6:30 p.m. PT. While the band is generally associated with San Francisco, they have a connection to the university through a family member, hence the choice of venue.
Drops of Jupiter, Train’s second album, is their bestselling release to date. A summer tour celebrating the anniversary will kick off July 8 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Train plans to release a new album later this year; earlier in March they previewed it with the release of the song “The Weekend.”
Brian Bell, Rivers Cuomo, and Scott Shriner of Weezer perform during 2025 When We Were Young festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
Weezer has announced a U.S. tour dubbed The Gathering.
The arena trek kicks off Sept. 8 in Sacramento, California, and will travel throughout the country before wrapping up back on the West Coast Oct. 24 in Los Angeles. The bill will also include The Shins and Silversun Pickups.
Presales begin March 31 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Weezer.com.
Weezer is celebrating the tour announcement with a week of events in Los Angeles dubbed Weezer: The Gathering – Initiation Week. Events include a trivia night at the restaurant Barney’s Beanery, taking place Thursday, and a pickleball tournament featuring the Weezer members held March 30.
In other Weezer happenings, a new song called “Shine Again,” which the band previously teased, will premiere on April 1. It will mark the first single from Weezer’s next album, release date and title TBD.
The upcoming record will be the follow-up to Weezer’s two 2021 albums, OK Human and Van Weezer. They also put out four EPs in 2022 as part of their SZNZ project.
Meanwhile, the Weezer single “Go Away,” which originally appeared on their 2014 album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End,is currently charting on the Billboard Alternative Airplay ranking after going viral on TikTok.
Chappell Roan attends the McQueen Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show on March 8, 2026 in Paris, France. (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
The bodyguard who allegedly made 11-year-old Ada Law cry by scolding her for walking past Chappell Roan in a hotel restaurant is now telling his side of the story. The takeaway is that, as Chappell originally noted, he wasn’t acting on her orders.
Ada is the daughter of actor Jude Law and stepdaughter of soccer star Jorginho Frello, who is married to Ada’s mother, Catherine Harding.
To recap, Jorginho said that he, Catherine and Ada were recently staying in the same Brazilian hotel as Chappell. Jorginho said that Ada spotted Chappell in the hotel restaurant, “passed by the singer’s table, looked over to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to the table with her mom.” He added, “She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.” Jorginho alleged that a security guard then confronted his family and spoke “extremely aggressively” to Catherine and Ada, which ended with the girl in tears.
Chappell subsequently denied that the security guard worked for her and noted, “I did not ask [him] to go up and talk to this mother and child.” She also apologized if they “felt uncomfortable,” adding, “You did not deserve that.”
The guard, Pascal Duvier, posted on Instagram Wednesday, “I take full responsibility for the interactions on March 21st. I was at the hotel on behalf of another individual, and I was not part of the personal security team of Chappell Roan. The actions I took were not on behalf of Chappell Roan, her personal security team, her management, or any other individuals.”
He wrote that he “made a judgement call” and took action based on “information we obtained from the hotel, events I had witnessed in the days prior and the heightened overall security risk of our location.”
“My sole interaction with the mother was calm and with good intentions, and the outcome of the encounter is regretful,” he concluded.
Paul McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ (MPL/Capitol Records)
Paul McCartney is back with his first solo album in over five years.
The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will release The Boys of DungeonLane on May 29, described in a press release as “a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs.”
The songs have a reflective McCartney writing about his childhood in Liverpool, early adventures with future Beatles bandmates George Harrison and John Lennon, and more.
“Looking back on your life, you go, ‘Wow, did we really do that?'” he writes on Instagram. “All of that comes flooding back… it’s like a dream.”
And fans are getting their first preview of the album with the release of the song “Days We Left Behind,” which is now available via digital outlets.
“This is very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track,” McCartney says. “I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else?”
The Boys of Dungeon Lane, produced by Andrew Watt, is McCartney’s first solo album since 2020’s McCartney III. It is available for preorder now.
And it’s possible some lucky fans may soon hear McCartney’s new music live. He’s set to headline two shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday.
Here is the track list for The Boys of Dungeon Lane: “As You Lie There” “Lost Horizon” “Days We Left Behind” “Ripples in a Pond” “Mountain Top” “Down South” “We Two” “Come Inside” “Never Know” “Home to Us” “Life Can Be Hard” “First Star of the Night” “Salesman Saint” “Momma Gets By”
Corey Kent’s “Something’s Gonna Kill Me,” the follow-up to his #1 “Wild as Her” didn’t seem to find the same success as its predecessor. But it turns out it just took a little longer: It’s just hit a million in sales, according to the RIAA.
“‘Something’s Gonna Kill Me’ going platinum is so special to me and something that I have to thank the fans for,” Corey says in a statement. “This song is a huge part of my world view. Living life fully. Not allowing fear, even the fear of death, to stop you from doing the things that make you feel most alive. It means so much that the message resonated so deeply with fans. Their support made this a platinum record.”
Just like the triple Platinum “Wild as Her,” “Something’s Gonna Kill Me” is from Corey’s 2023 Blacktop album.
He followed it up with his #1 “This Heart,” from his Black Bandana record.
Right now, fans are waiting for news of his next album, which will feature his current top-20, “Rocky Mountain Low” with Koe Wetzel, as well as the recently released “Empty Words.”
