Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery (Courtesy Chipster P.R.)
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett has teamed with Steve Rothery, the original guitarist for progressive rock band Marillion, for a brand-new instrumental album, The Roaring Waves.
The album, being released Aug. 28, is made up of seven songs that are described in a statement as ranging “from the dexterously ridiculous to the brilliantly sublime, though with one common theme: the profundity of the sea.”
Hackett and Rothery first had the idea of making an album together about 11 years ago, although they’ve been working on it for the past eight, getting together for months at a time when their schedules allowed.
“It was a bit old school our approach, like the idea of mates getting together in the garage and playing and hanging out,” says Hackett.
They plan to release the first single from the record on June 26, which is also when the album will be available for preorder.
Hackett toured Europe in May and June, and has U.K. dates booked in October. A complete list of dates can be found at HackettSongs.com.
Christopher Jackson of ‘Hamilton’ performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
He taught them how to say goodbye, and now he’s back again.
Christopher Jackson will be reprising his role of George Washington in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Hamilton. He originated the role in 2015 and was nominated for a Tony.
His limited run of shows begins Tuesday, Sept. 8, and goes through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.
“Returning to Hamilton as George Washington is a deeply meaningful homecoming,” Jackson says in a statement. “This show changed my life, and it remains one of the great honors of my career to be part of telling this story. To step back into this room, with this company and this audience, is something I will never take for granted.”
His return follows Leslie Odom Jr.’s own return to the show last year to reprise his role as Aaron Burr for the show’s 10th anniversary. Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, officially opened on Broadway August 6, 2015.
Tickets for Jackson’s run of shows are on sale now.
Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud is joining the cast of the Lindsay Lohan Hulu series Count My Lies, Deadline reports. He’ll play Danny, a friend of Lohan’s character, Violet. The project, based on the 2025 book of the same name by Sophie Stava, also stars Shailene Woodley and Kit Harington …
Get ready for more rumors and romance. Rivals, starring David Tennant and Alex Hassell, has been renewed for a third season. You can catch the first two seasons on Hulu in the U.S. …
The first trailer has been released for Disney’s new animated feature Hexed. The magical coming-of-age story features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Rashida Jones, Tracey Ullman and Stephen Fry. The film hits theaters Nov. 25 …
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Teyana Taylor on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Teyana Taylor wants to set the record straight: She says she was not prevented from joining the New York Knicks on the court following the team’s championship win.
A video of the moment surfed online with the caption, “They wasn’t tryna let Teyana Taylor on the court. San Antonio Trippin!”
“A few things here,” Taylor wrote in the comments. “I was minding my business on FaceTime then I start walking towards the proper entrance and was actually stopped by the first young lady you see talking to me.”
“Thennnn KAT’s dad and a few others told me to come in right there where they seen me,” she continued. “Then the other lady came over.”
“I think she was just a little overwhelmed, lol. It was a lot happening,” Teyana went on. “She was def over doing her job but at least she was doing it!”
Teyana added that it was difficult for anyone to access the court that night and clarified she had the credentials necessary to be there but wasn’t “willing to rush or trample my way in.” According to Teyana, she made it onto the court about a minute after the video was recorded.
“I was perfectly fine,” she said. “I had an absolute blast.”
Teyana has postedphotos of her from the celebration. She reflected on the Knicks’ championship run and described the team’s journey as one of resilience, much like her own.
The band ME., featuring former Taking Back Sunday members Mark O’Connell and Eddie Reyes, has released a new song called “Grown Man.”
“The song isn’t just about love. It’s about trust,” O’Connell says of “Grown Man.” “It’s about second chances. It’s about finding someone who believes in you when you’ve forgotten how to believe in yourself.”
You can watch the “Grown Man” lyric video streaming on YouTube.
“Grown Man” will appear on the debut ME. album, titled All Good Things, due out July 24. The record also includes the previously released song “Special.”
“We are not the same guys we were 25 years ago,” Reyes says. “ME. is about growth. It’s about creating something new.”
Reyes, a founding member of Taking Back Sunday, parted ways with the band in 2018. O’Connell had drummed in TBS since 2000 before announcing his departure in early 2025.
Taking Back Sunday’s most recent album is 2023’s 152.
Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Marc Anthony, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, U2’s Bono and The Edge are all set to perform at the Grand Opening Ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center. The event will be livestreamed globally at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday. Barack and Michelle Obama will be giving speeches.
Teddy Swims has shared a live performance of a new song called “Break Up in Reverse,” which is likely to appear on his as-yet unannounced new album. “So excited to share this song with you !!” he wrote on Instagram. Teddy also recently announced the opening acts for his upcoming Ugly Tour, which include Natasha Bedingfield.
Lola Young’s hit “Messy” was named song of the year and top streaming song at the ASCAP London Music Awards, held in the British capital on Tuesday.
Former President Barack Obama on April 18, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Angelina Katsanis – Pool/Getty Images)
Former President Barack Obama has confirmed the performance lineup for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
In a post on Instagram that included a video of a proposed group chat with all the performers, Obama reveals that Bruce Springsteen, U2’s Bono and The Edge, and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder are among those confirmed for the event.
Other performers include Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Common, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Marc Anthony, The Roots and Tems.
In the video, Obama texts, “Thanks again for performing at the Grand Opening!” Springsteen replies, “Is this really happening??” And Vedder adds, “So it’s official then?”
Michelle Obama later chimes in “Thank you all for agreeing to perform!” Bono and The Edge text, “It’s an honor to stand with you!”
The Obama Presidential Center opens Friday in Chicago. The opening ceremony will take place Thursday starting at 11 a.m. CT and will stream live online.
tewart Copeland speaks onstage during the “An Audience with Stuart Copeland” panel discussion on day two of SXSW London 2025 at Shoreditch Town Hall on June 03, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images for SXSW London)
A new documentary about The Police drummer Stewart Copeland is getting its world premiere in London.
The film, Copeland, will premiere as part of the Raindance Film Festival, with screenings on Friday and Saturday.
According to U.K. outlet The Independent, Copeland talks in the film of being “heartbroken” by what happened when The Police were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
While Copeland, Sting and Andy Summers did reunite to perform three songs together at the ceremony, afterward Sting and Summers simply walked off the stage, with Copeland noting, “I never saw The Police again that night.”
“I was heartbroken,” he says. “Does that mean nothing? Come on, guys. And I never saw them again.”
“It was strange that we came together and went apart, you know?” Copeland tells The Independent. “I hung out with The Clash instead … I felt more bonhomie with The Clash than I did [with] my own band.”
The trio did eventually get back together for a reunion tour in 2007, which lasted until 2008.
Copeland is currently on his Have I Said Too Much? – The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures spoken word tour. His next show is Tuesday in Phoenix. A complete list of dates can be found at StewartCopeland.net.
Sea ice concentration, June 14, 2026. (National Snow and Ice Data Center)
(ANTARCTICA) — A massive chunk of sea ice in West Antarctica has not refrozen following a winter heatwave in the region – a dramatic change that could further contribute to global sea level rise, experts told ABC News.
Graphics based on satellite imagery from the University of Colorado Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center taken on Sunday show a large portion of sea ice measuring approximately 150,000 square miles – roughly the size of Montana – is not included in what is typically already frozen at this time of year, which is mid-winter in the Southern Hemisphere, experts told ABC News.
Every winter, Antarctic sea ice grows and decays, Peter Neff, a glaciologist at the University of Minnesota who specializes in ice core records, told ABC News. But since 2015, Antarctic sea ice has entered a “new, much reduced state,” in which less and less is re-freezing due to rising air and sea temperatures, Neff said.
This year, the level of sea ice in West Antarctica is about 50% lower than average, Neff estimated.
“This is a dramatic but not surprising observation in the context of the huge changes that have been occurring in Antarctica, particularly in this region of Antarctica, over the past decade,” Chuck Amsler, a professor of biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told ABC News.
If the West Antarctica Ice Sheet were to collapse in its entirety, it has the potential to contribute more than 10 feet in sea level rise, according to a 2025 study by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, a partnership between U.S. and U.K. agencies.
It is possible that this year’s June sea ice level in the area may surpass last year’s record low, Rose Malanga, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who conducted field research in Antarctica earlier this year, told ABC News. In June of both this year and 2025, the region had some of the lowest sea ice levels on record, Ellen Buckley, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, told ABC News.
Data gathered by the Copernicus Earth observation program in June 2025 showed there was 12.6 million square kilometers of Antarctic sea ice, which is about 1.3 million square kilometers less than the 1991-2020 average.
Contributing factors likely include strengthening westerly winds, a phenomenon that’s connected to global warming due to climate change, as well as how the ocean is responding to those surface winds, Neff added.
A low-pressure anomaly north of the Bellingshausen Sea, which is adjacent to West Antarctica’s Antarctic Peninsula, is likely causing warm air from higher latitudes to warm the region and prevent sea ice formation, Buckley said.
“Winds drive how the ocean moves, but satellites can’t see into the ocean, so without being able to get down there, especially during the wintertime, we have very limited ability to do research,” he said.
The news of the lack of sea ice comes on the heels of above-average temperatures in the region, records show.
From January through April, the Bellingshausen Sea, where the ice would typically form, has seensea surface temperatures anywhere from 1.8 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit above average, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. Throughout May, the sea surface conditions cooled slightly but remained about 1.8 to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above average temperatures.
In June, the Bellingshausen Sea surface temperature varied by as much as 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Air temperatures over the Bellingshausen Sea are forecast to be up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit above average from Tuesday through the weekend.
The area that has not yet refrozen is located upwind of the regions on the Antarctic Peninsula that just experienced this warming. The heat wave can contribute to the lack of sea ice extent because there is not reflective white ice surface to keep it cold, Neff said.
“With this kind of situation where there isn’t sea ice forming in the winter, that means in the spring there will be less sea ice to melt,” according to Buckley.
The question of why the Antarctic sea ice freeze and thaw cycle has been behaving differently in the last 10 years, compared to the previous 30 years, is a “huge area of research” right now, Neff said, especially in the western region of the continent, which is being monitored closely by scientists.
Glaciologists have taken a particular interest in Antarctica’s western shelf due to its potential to cause a severe rise in sea levels. Thwaites Glacier, also known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” already contributes to 4% of overall sea level rise, while Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers.
Deterioration of the remaining portion of the Thwaites Glacier’s floating ice shelf has been accelerating in recent months and is likely to break off in the coming weeks or months, Neff said, adding that while it won’t completely destabilize the glacier it will contribute significantly to global sea level rise.
The Antarctic Peninsula is warming about five times faster than the global average. The most severe heat event occurred in March 2022, when the continent recorded temperatures between 54 degrees and 72 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
“The warm events are expected to be coming more frequently,” Neff said.
ABC News’ Kenton Gewecke and Sam Wnek contributed to this report.
First responders at the scene of a reported acid attack in Jersey City, New Jersey, June 15, 2026. (WABC)
(NEW JERSEY) — Six people were injured, including three teenagers, in an apparently targeted acid attack in New Jersey, police said.
A juvenile has been arrested in connection with the incident, with charges pending, a police spokesperson said Tuesday.
The incident occurred Monday night in a residential area of Jersey City, officials said.
The victims were outside when “individuals riding in a vehicle drove up and threw what is believed to be sulfuric acid at them,” Kim Wallace Scalcione, a spokesperson for Jersey City’s Department of Public Safety, said in a statement.
“The incident appears to have been targeted and may have stemmed from a dispute between a large group of people earlier in the day,” she said.
The victims were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including skin burns and peeling. One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was transferred to a burn unit on Tuesday to be treated for second-degree burns to her face and scalp, Wallace Scalcione said.
Jersey City Mayor James Solomon said he has directed police to “use its full resources” on the investigation, which remains ongoing.
“My thoughts are with those hurt in this horrific attack, and I want our communities to know that violence like this has absolutely no place on our streets,” Solomon said in a statement.
