The iconic ’90s clip, which was first uploaded to YouTube in 2009, is Nirvana’s first to cross the 2 billion views threshold. It previously hit 1 billion views in 2019.
In the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are seen rocking out in a grimy gymnasium alongside anarchist cheerleaders and moshing teens. The song, which was released as the lead single off Nirvana’s 1991 album, Nevermind, and its video came to represent the angst felt by the generation’s youth.
In February, Grohl and Novoselic reunited for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” with Post Malone taking on the role of the late Cobain.
Nicki Minaj was missing from Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter VI album, but she appears on a newly released remix of its song “Banned from NO.”
The song finds her throwing a few jabs, with the most noticeable being a dig toward podcaster/former NFL player Shannon Sharpe.
“‘Bout to cop you slides, all you do is flip-flop, if I send a pic of Shannon, you ain’t that Sharpe,” she raps.
In a post on social platform X, she implied the lyric was her response to the time Shannon tweeted, “Nicki Who?” She also said Chad Ochocinco nearly caught a stray for simply associating with him on their podcast Nightcap.
Elsewhere in the “Banned from NO (Remix),” Nicki raps a line telling the NFL to “fire some n***** and then call us.” Some assume it’s a jab at Jay-Z for choosing Kendrick Lamar over Wayne as the headliner for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show.
The iconic ’90s clip, which was first uploaded to YouTube in 2009, is Nirvana’s first to cross the 2 billion views threshold. It previously hit 1 billion views in 2019.
In the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are seen rocking out in a grimy gymnasium alongside anarchist cheerleaders and moshing teens. The song, which was released as the lead single off Nirvana’s 1991 album, Nevermind, and its video came to represent the angst felt by the generation’s youth.
In February, Grohl and Novoselic reunited for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” with Post Malone taking on the role of the late Cobain.
Founding Beach Boys singer, songwriter and creative mastermind Brian Wilson has died. He was 82.
“We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now,” read a post on Wilson’s Facebook page. “Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world,” with the post signed, “Love & Mercy.”
One of the most significant figures in pop music’s acceptance as an art form, Wilson wrote the music to nearly all of his famous band’s best-known songs, from their early surf-rock classics to their more complex recordings of the mid-1960s and beyond. Wilson’s catalog includes the timeless hits “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Surfer Girl,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around,” “Help Me, Rhonda” and “California Girls.”
With his gift for vocal harmonies and musical arrangements, Wilson helped craft one of the most celebrated albums of all time, The Beach Boys’ 1966 release Pet Sounds, as well as its follow-up single, “Good Vibrations.” Paul McCartney has said that Pet Sounds was a huge influence on The Beatles‘ 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
But Wilson’s work with the Beach Boys was severely impacted by the mental health issues he’d experienced since his 20s. In 1975, those issues, combined with over-indulgence in food, alcohol and drugs, led him to come under the care of controversial psychologist Dr. Eugene Landy, who ultimately became Wilson’s therapist, business manager, executive producer and even co-songwriter.
Wilson’s family, concerned about Landy’s undue influence on the musician, the fees he charged and the amount of medication he’d prescribed, moved to sever Landy’s relationship with Wilson. In 1989, Landy’s license was revoked due to alleged ethical violations, but he worked with Wilson until 1992, when he was legally barred from contacting him again. Their relationship was documented in the 2014 biopic Love & Mercy.
Wilson’s relationship with his bandmates was difficult for decades. His last album with The Beach Boys, That’s Why God Made the Radio, was released in 2012, coinciding with the band’s 50th anniversary. In recent years, Wilson focused on his solo career; his last studio album, At My Piano, was released in November 2021 and featured solo piano versions of many classic Beach Boys songs. Starting in 1999, he also toured on and off as a solo artist.
In early 2024, Wilson was placed under a conservatorship after the death of his wife, Melinda Wilson, who he married in 1995 and with whom he had adopted five children. “This decision was made to ensure that there will be no extreme changes to the household and Brian and the children living at home will be taken care of and remain in the home,” his manager said in a statement. Melinda was credited with helping separate Wilson from Landy.
Wilson was the subject of three authorized documentaries: 2021’s Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, 2004’s Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of ‘Smile’ and 1995’s Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times. In 2024 he participated, along with his former bandmates, in the Disney+ documentary The Beach Boys.
His many career achievements included induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with The Beach Boys in 1988, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 and being recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007.
Wilson’s daughters Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson are also chart-topping musicians, having made up two-thirds of the bestselling ’90s pop group Wilson Phillips.
After getting together for a performance at the BET Awards 2025, B2K has announced a reunion tour in partnership with The Black Promoters Collective. They’ll be coming to a city near you in spring 2026.
“This is for the fans,” J-Boog said in a press release. “The best time is when we’re on stage together.”
Speaking to Vibe, Omarion adds that the trek will include more B2K deep cuts than their reunion for the Millennium Tour in 2019.
“I would say we’re going to go deeper into our bag and really bring back that energy that people saw when they first was introduced to [us],” he says. “We realize and we recognize that where we are in our career and all of the people that has ever supported us, what time we in. We’re in a special time in music, and it’s so cool. We honor that, our fans, and the people that started on our journey with us. So it is that time again.”
Raz-B added that the tour will “encapsulate the essence of B2K” and said the group wants to get fans’ input when planning it.
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Eric Clapton is shooting down rumors about his health.
A story on Radar claims that the three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has been using a wheelchair due to a nerve disease, but the report is now being shot down.
“There is no validity to the false information circulating online claiming Eric is reliant on a handicap-equipped van and wheelchair to attend his shows,” reads the post on Clapton’s Facebook page. “Eric has just finished a residency at The Budokan in Tokyo, and a highly successful tour in England, Italy, and France and is in excellent physical condition, singing and playing better than ever.”
The post even adds a photo of Clapton performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall in May as proof he’s doing OK.
Clapton is scheduled to play several shows in the U.S. this fall. His tour kicks off Sept. 8 in Nashville, with shows in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston and New York before wrapping Sept. 20 in Uncasville, Connecticut. A complete schedule can be found at EricClapton.com.
Snoop Dogg already juggles many projects, but he has another venture in mind. Speaking to the Sunday Mail, he said he wants to bring a burger van to the Celtic Football Club’s stadium in Scotland. “I would love to bring a pop-up burger [van] to a sports stadium to show fans that food at stadiums can be good. It’s got to be Celtic Park, man,” he said, sharing that “the secret to a good burger is the love in the preparation.”
With all the attention that comes with fame, Chris Brown has shared how he manages to keep sane. “Fun fact: I like to sneak out by myself when I’m in different cities,” he wrote on Instagram. “It helps me feel human and normal. That’s really important for my mental [health] due to the fact that I just can’t walk around freely during the day. Keeps me grounded. Being secluded from some parts of everyday life activities will drive you insane being isolated all the time. Cook, remain humble and grateful!” Chris is currently on his Breezy Bowl XX Tour.
Roddy Ricch’s contribution to the F1 soundtrack will be released in a few days: “Underdog” is set to arrive on Friday. F1 The Album, which also features songs from Sexyy Red, Burna Boy, Don Toliver and Doja Cat, will drop on June 27. Meanwhile, Roddy’s own The Navy Album has a July 18 release date.
The Atlantic City Police Department announced on Facebook that they have recovered the rocker’s custom purple sparkle baritone Telecaster, which had been stolen from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City following Heart’s performance there May 31.
Garfield Bennett was arrested for the theft on June 5. The statement from the ACPD says officers had tracked his movements using surveillance cameras, which showed that he gave the guitar to a woman. They then ran the woman’s license plate and were able to locate the guitar, which was voluntary surrendered. The woman said she had purchased the guitar from Bennett.
“The guitar has been turned over to representatives of the Hard Rock Atlantic City who will be turning the instrument over to the Heart band members,” the statement says.
“I’m incredibly grateful to the Atlantic City Police Department for recovering my guitar—it means so much to have it back in my hands,” Wilson says in a statement obtained by ABC Audio. “Their dedication and quick action are deeply appreciated.”
The investigation into the other missing instrument, a vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin belonging to band member Paul Moak, continues.
Wilson notes that they are still “hoping for the safe return” of Moak’s instrument, sharing, “This instrument holds tremendous sentimental and musical value. A reward is still being offered—no questions asked—for its return. We just want to see it come home where it belongs.”
Bennett has been charged with burglary and theft in connection with the case.
Mantra of the Cosmos also includes Oasis bassist Andy Bell, who will be joining Noel and Liam Gallagher on the “Wonderwall” band’s upcoming reunion tour, plus Shaun Ryder and Mark “Bez” Berry of Happy Mondays.
“It’s Dylan, Dali, Ginsberg and a bit of cosmic jibber-jabber,” Noel previously told the U.K.’s The Times of the song. “Add in Bez, who dances on the tunes like Zak plays the drums and Andy Bell plays all things stringed, and you have it.”
Meanwhile, Noel and Liam are gearing up for the aforementioned Oasis tour, which begins in July in the U.K. before coming to the U.S. in August. It will mark the first time the formerly estranged Gallagher brothers have shared the live stage since 2009.
Zach Bryan is returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, this summer for a special show for fans. He’ll be performing at Red Rocks on Aug. 10, according to an announcement this week.
Bryan took to Instagram on Monday to share the news, writing in the caption, “Wasn’t planning on playing this, but a spot opened up and I wanted to play an affordable show for fans.”
“None of these tickets will be more than 50 bucks plus the fees,” he added.
The “Dear Miss” singer said fans can register now through Friday, June 13, at 5 p.m. MT, to purchase tickets via Fair AXS. More information is available at zachbryan.com.
Bryan last performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in November 2022 during his American Heartbreak Tour. There, he recorded his 24-song live album, All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster.
The singer has long been vocal about issues with fair ticket prices.
In a statement shared on Instagram in December 2022, he wrote, “Seems there is a massive issue with fair ticket prices to live shows lately. I have met kids at my shows who have paid upwards of four hundred bucks to be there and I’m done with it.”
“I’ve decided to play a limited number of headline shows next year to which I’ve done all I can to make prices as cheap as possible and to prove to people tickets don’t have to cost $450 to see a good and honest show,” he continued, adding, “I believe working class people should still be able to afford tickets to shows … I am so tired of people saying things can’t be done about this massive issue while huge monopolies sit there stealing money from working class people.”
