Chino Moreno and company have been working on new music to follow their 2020 album, Ohms, and they appeared to tease a possible title and release date during their show in London on Sunday.
Video screens displayed at the concert showed the words “Private Music” alongside the Roman numerals for 10, seven and 2025. Depending on how your country of residence reads dates, that could either mean July 10, 2025, or Oct. 7, 2025.
Notably, neither date is a Friday, which is the worldwide album release day, so perhaps we’ll just be getting a song premiere or an album announcement.
Deftones played London after pulling out of their Glastonbury set scheduled for Saturday, citing an illness in the band.
Myles Smith has been going nonstop, opening for Ed Sheeran in between playing his own gigs — and it seems to have caught up with him.
Myles performed in Stuttgart, Germany, on Sunday night and then wrote on his Instagram Story, “Hey everyone I just wanted to let you know that I’m okay. I nearly fainted on my way off stage after the show today and I know it looked a bit scary. I’ve had an IV and other bits. I’ve seen two doctors who both said it’s nothing serious just heat exhaustion and a viral bug.”
The “Stargazing” singer went on to say that he’s “already starting to feel better” after “resting up.”
Myles also hit a career milestone on Friday: He performed at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival, which is a major deal for any British artist. He wrote on Instagram, “I had a small cry after this set. Never in my wildest dreams did I think this stage would be full. Just before we went on I was told that they shut off the stage for overcrowding. The support overwhelmed me in all the best ways. … Still doesn’t feel real and I never want it to.”
The singer’s next gigs are supporting Ed for three shows in Hamburg, Germany, starting July 4.
The superstar embraces artificial intelligence in the new clip, which traces the life of a family home across seven generations, using technology to morph both the home and a tree in the front yard over time.
As for the song itself, Blake says it reminds him of some of his earlier hits.
“When I heard ‘Stay Country or Die Tryin’,’ it took me back to the first time I heard ‘Ol’ Red’ or ‘God’s Country.’ It’s full of energy and packed with those sayings and moments that feel like home to me,” he says. “I love singing this one live — it’s a blast.”
“Stay Country or Die Tryin'” follows Blake’s 30th #1, “Texas,” both from his ForRecreational Use Only album.
America’s fifth studio album, Hearts, is being celebrated with a new reissue.
An expanded edition of the album, their second with producer Sir George Martin, will be released Aug. 8 and feature six bonus tracks, five of which are previously unreleased alternate takes. The sixth is a Spanish version of their #1 hit, “Sister Golden Hair” (“Con Tu Pelo Tan Dorado”), which is getting its first-ever release on CD.
Released in March 1975, Hearts was a top-five hit for America, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Album chart. In addition to “Sister Golden Hair,” it spawned two other hits, “Daisy Jane” and “Woman Tonight.” The cover of the album was designed by future Saturday Night Live comedian Phil Hartman, before he went on to pursue an acting career.
Black Sabbath was honored in their hometown of Birmingham, England, Saturday with the Freedom of the City award.
All four original members of the pioneering metal band — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — attended the ceremony, and received scrolls and medals from Birmingham’s lord mayor.
“The Freedom of the City honor is the [sic] one of the oldest traditional ceremonies in the country and recognizes people’s exceptional service to the city,” reads a post on Sabbath’s Instagram. “This honor recognizes Black Sabbath’s significance to the cultural and musical identity of Birmingham, their strong association with the city and continued influence as pioneers of heavy metal in both Birmingham and beyond.”
Black Sabbath will soon be rocking Birmingham during their Back to the Beginning reunion/farewell concert, taking place on Saturday. Those who aren’t attending the sold-out show can stream it online.
In other Black Sabbath-related news, the label Big Bear Records is releasing a compilation of the band’s early recordings from when their name was Earth.
The release, titled The Legendary Lost Tapes 1969, is due out July 25 and is available to preorder now.
Kenny Chesney‘s The Road and the Radio is finally landing on vinyl.
Released in November 2005, nearly half of the songs on the 11-track album were hits. “Living in Fast Forward,” “Summertime” and “Beer in Mexico” all made it to #1, while “Who You’d Be Today” and “You Save Me” made it into the top five.
Kenny’s 10th studio effort also debuted atop both the country albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200. It’s since gone on to be certified triple Platinum.
You can preorderThe Road and the Radio now, ahead of its Aug. 15 release.
Actor Louis Partridge was the very picture of the supportive boyfriend on Monday when he took to Instagram to praise his girlfriend Olivia Rodrigo‘s headlining performance at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival on Sunday.
“I hope you caught Olivia’s show last night,” he wrote, captioning several photos of Liv before and during her performance. “A truly special performance on such a huge scale. She worked her a** off for it and couldn’t be more deserving of all her success and for the great crowd that was watching. What a moment.”
He ended with “#glastonberry,” misspelling the name of the festival. Olivia noticed and responded in the comments, “glastonBERRY ilysm,” followed by the laughing/crying emoji.
Olivia’s friend Tate McRae also commented with a series of hearts and laughing/crying emojis.
On his Instagram Story, Louis shared footage of Olivia’s performance, including the moment she welcomed Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Robert Smith of The Cure onstage to perform two of that band’s big hits. On her own TikTok, Olivia posted a clip of the performance and wrote, “one of the coolest moments of my life!!!! thank u glasto and thank u Robert for being the best there ever was!”
Foo Fighters have shared a cover of the song “I Don’t Wanna Hear It,” originally by the influential hardcore outfit Minor Threat.
The instrumentals for the Foos version were first recorded in 1995, while the vocals were recorded 30 years later in 2025. It’s accompanied by a video featuring a slideshow of Foo Fighters photos over the last three decades, which you can watch now on YouTube.
The cover arrives as Foo Fighters have been looking back at their career leading up to the 30th anniversary of their 1995 self-titled debut album. As previously reported, the band launched a Substack account with photos and notes about each of their records, and have also been posting throwback photos and video on social media.
The most recent Foo Fighters album is 2023’s But Here We Are. The band has been through some turmoil since then, including Dave Grohl‘s 2024 infidelity scandal and the firing of drummer Josh Freese in May.
Foo Fighters are set to return to the live stage in October for a tour of Asia.
With the 40th anniversary of Live Aid coming up on July 13, Queen is giving fans a chance to relive their electric set.
The band just announced that on the day of the anniversary they’ll be showing their set on their YouTube channel for 24 hours starting at 6:41 p.m. BST, the same time Queen took the stage at Wembley Stadium.
Live Aid, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, took place at London’s Wembley Stadium and Philly’s John F. Kennedy Stadium. The benefit concerts, which raised more than $150 million for Ethiopian famine relief, were watched by about 2 billion people in more than 100 countries.
“Of the 16 hours of playing out on over 500 million TV sets, it was Queen’s magical 21-minute set which has come to epitomize Live Aid,” the band says in their announcement. “And when Freddie Mercury, at the climax of his famous call-and-response ‘Ay-oh’ segment, he struck what would become known as ‘The Note Heard Around the World.'”
Remembering the event, guitarist Brian May shares that Mercury “was our secret weapon,” explaining, “He was able to reach out to everybody in that stadium effortlessly, and I think it was really his night.”
Drummer Roger Taylor adds, “The whole day was one of those stand out wonderful days. A great credit to music which can move mountains if it has to! It’s beyond politics and politicians!”
Queen’s Live Aid set included performances of some of their biggest hits, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Radio Ga-Ga,” “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
Critics and fans alike seemed to love Charli XCX‘s Saturday set at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival — but some fans evidently had an issue with her use of AutoTune during her performance, which she employs as an effect. That’s why she’s dismissed that criticism as the ravings of old people who don’t understand current pop music.
Charli took to social platform X on Sunday to write, “really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me.”
“but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse,” she continued. “imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.”
She then suggested that accusing her of being inauthentic because she uses AutoTune is just a tired old trope.
“like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a ‘real artist’ is like, the most boring take ever,” she snarked. “yawn sorry just fell asleep xx.”
Charli concluded by sharing a great review from the U.K. paper The Guardian, writing, “ps thanks for the 5 star reviews hehe <3.”
During her performance, Gracie Abrams had the honor of performing the “Apple Dance.” Charli posted footage of the moment on her Instagram Story.
