Luke Combs’ My Kinda Saturday Night Tour (Courtesy Luke Combs/Sacks & Co.)
Luke Combs wrapped the North American leg of his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour with a sold-out show June 6 at Rogers Stadium in Toronto.
“[The] tour’s been really, really fun. We’ve been having a good time with it. The stage is huge. The crowds have been huge. Obviously [I’m] very thankful for that,” he says. “And yeah, it’s a new challenge for us. We’re doing center stage in the stadiums and there’s all kinds of fire and, you know, fireworks and crazy stuff.”
“But it’s been just really a lot of fun, honestly. It always is,” he adds.
The “Be By You” hitmaker has a bit of time off before he kicks off the European leg of the tour July 4 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
He’ll finish the run Aug. 2 when he plays his third night at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Sting & Shaggy perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on June 6, 2026 (ABC/Michael J. LeBrecht II)
Twenty-five years ago, if someone had told you the guy who recorded “It Wasn’t Me” would be onstage at New York City’s famed Metropolitan Opera House with the man who sang “Roxanne,” you probably wouldn’t have believed it. This, however, is an actual thing that’s happening Tuesday, as Sting’s musical The Last Ship sails into The Met, after successful runs in Amsterdam, Paris and Brisbane, Australia.
“It’s set in my hometown, I was born in the north east of England on the coast in a shipyard town,” Sting told ABC’s Good Morning America about the musical. “It’s the story of my community and it is a love story. It’s an elegy. It is an allegory, [it has] some great songs — and Shaggy is in it.”
Sting and Shaggy have worked together for years, so when Sting retooled The Last Ship, he brought in his pal to play the mysterious character of The Ferryman, who the rapper says is “really the angel of death.”
“[He’s] the bridge between the present world and the afterlife,” Shaggy says of The Ferryman, who can only be seen by two characters: Sting’s Jackie White and Gideon, the main character.
“But it gives me room to just do Shaggy, because …. I bring the whole sauce, the whole vibe to it, y’know? And Sting likes that.” Sting also likes that Shaggy’s surprising people with his singing voice.
“People are shocked when they hear me [in the show],” says the reggae star, adding that Sting “really pushed” him to use his vocal abilities.
While most musicians would kill for a chance to perform at The Met, Shaggy says for him, “It’s just another show.”
“I’m going out there just rocking it, man, and giving it my best,” he tells ABC Audio. “My main thing is that Sting is beside me, and I gotta show up for him, ’cause he shows up for me.”
‘Bleed American’ album artwork. (Dreamworks/Interscope)
On Jimmy Eat World’s song “A Praise Chorus,” a track off the band’s 2001 album, Bleed American, frontman Jim Adkins sings, “Even at 25, you got to start sometime.” Now 25 years later, Jimmy Eat World is celebrating a quarter-century of their biggest record.
Speaking with ABC Audio, Adkins describes marking the 25th anniversary of Bleed American as “bonkers.”
“It’s so wild and it just hits in a completely different way now,” Adkins says.
“When we made Bleed American, we had really little expectations for what was gonna happen,” he continues. “When things just went nuts, it was, you know, ‘That’s not real.’ Where are you supposed to put that … in your 20s?”
Adkins plans to savor the love around Bleed American more on Jimmy Eat World’s 25th anniversary tour, which launches Tuesday at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. He also feels that he and his bandmates have grown a lot as musicians over the last 25 years.
“I feel like we’re better performers, we’re better players,” Adkins says. “So we can present this material in a way that maybe is probably the best that we’ve been able to do it.”
Along with “A Praise Chorus,” Bleed American features Jimmy Eat World’s signature song, “The Middle,” as well as the singles “Sweetness” and the title track. While all of those songs have long been staples of Jimmy Eat World’s live set, Adkins says relistening to the record’s original multitrack tapes has reminded him of how it all began.
“The measurements and ingredients of the original recipe are laid bare there,” Adkins says. “Some of it isn’t what I remember.”
“Actually digging into the record, the guts of it … it really forced us to look at it in a way that we haven’t really since then,” he adds.
Artwork for Conway the Machine’s ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’ (Drumwork Music Group)
Conway the Machine has released a new mixtape titled I Heard You Paint Houses, a culmination of the freestyles he’s been dropping to meet fans’ demands after his viral “FREE” freestyle.
It’s hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and features 15 tracks, including street narratives, introspection and lyricism, all intended to soundtrack the summer and feed his day-one fans, according to a release.
The mixtape is now available to stream exclusively on laylo.com. Fans can also text Conway at 716-235-2358 for a direct link.
Conway’s mixtape arrives alongside the launch of his CTM Experience tour, which kicked off Monday in San Francisco. His next stop is in LA on Tuesday, followed by Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix, Denver and other cities.
He will head on his Reject 2 – 10 Year Anniversary tour in Europe and the U.K. beginning in October. Tickets are available on his website.
John Fogerty onstage for the 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 10, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)
John Fogerty is set to receive the Johnny Mercer Award, the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s highest honor, on Thursday in New York City. And yet with a career that includes iconic tunes like “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son” and more, Fogerty was recently left off The New York Times’ list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters, something he doesn’t seem too upset about.
Asked about the snub by The Hollywood Reporter, Fogerty replied, “I mean, I would’ve been shocked but a lot of people weren’t mentioned. There’s only 30, and you have to be alive. It’s pretty tough.”
Along with Fogerty, artists like Billy Joel, Randy Newman and Stevie Nicks were left off the list.
“The funny thing is that everybody sees this through their own lens,” he continued. “There were all kinds of other really deserving people that weren’t on that list either.”
“It happens,” he adds. “Rolling Stone releases a list of the greatest records of all time. As time goes on, the records that I love or the artists that I love, more and more of them would be dropped away for newer things because the voters get younger and they vote for what they like. It’s kind of a natural progression.”
John Fogerty’s Legacy tour hits Lincoln, California, on June 26, and he has September dates booked with Steve Winwood. A complete list can be found at JohnFogerty.com.
Jacob Elordi as Hig in ‘The Dog Stars.’ (20th Century Studios)
The trailer for director Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars has arrived.
20th Century Studios released the official trailer for the upcoming film, which stars Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin. The film is based on Peter Heller’s bestselling book. It’s described as “a riveting, epic thriller set in a world where survival is instinct, but humanity is a choice,” according to the studio.
Elordi plays Hig in the film, “a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world,” according to an official description. “But when Hig receives a mysterious radio transmission, he ventures into the unknown in search of the hope and humanity he still believes exist.”
Alongside Elordi and Brolin, the film stars Margaret Qualley, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong and Guy Pearce.
The trailer finds Elordi’s Hig speaking with Qualley’s character.
“So what did you do before the world ended?” she asks him.
“I was kissing my wife, playing with my dog, and wondering every day how I got so lucky,” he says.
Mark L. Smith adapted the film’s screenplay from Heller’s novel. Heller executive produces while Scott produces the movie.
The Dog Stars arrives in theaters on Aug. 28.
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R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, onstage at the John Varvatos celebration of ‘Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me’ film premiere July 1, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for John Varvatos)/Chuck Leavell attends Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song at The Fox Theatre on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and Allman Brothers Band’s Chuck Leavell will headline an upcoming concert celebrating the music of Georgia.
A Night of Georgia Music will be held July 25 at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium in New York. It will have the pair, along with violinist Robert McDuffie, performing the music of artists native to the Peach State, including R.E.M., the Allman Brothers, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The B-52s and Outkast.
The evening will also feature students from Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, with all the artists backed by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by Ward State.
An artist presale for tickets begins Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 11 a.m. ET.
It seems a new Kodak Black album is on the way. He shared a photo of the album artwork on Instagram. The cover features him sitting on a tree branch with eyes resembling those of a vampire or demon while holding a bitten apple. “IM FINNA TEAR THIS S*** UP RIGHT KWIK JUST FWM,” he captioned it. He later followed up with a behind-the-scenes video from the photoshoot. The album is called Kodak the Blessing.
Rihanna graces the cover of EE72 magazine’s summer 2026 issue. She shared some of her looks on Instagram — visions that came to life thanks to the magazine’s editor Edward Enninful. “Rihanna and I share a deep, instinctive creative shorthand, honed for over fifteen years. Every single time we collaborate, it is about challenging what a ‘fashion editorial’ can and should actually achieve, and meeting creativity where it is today,” Ed said in a statement. “Rihanna doesn’t follow trends; she defines the culture we live in.”
Tamar Braxton and Dallas Austin — who produced songs including TLC’s “Creep” and “Unpretty,” and Brandy & Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” — will be among the performers/presenters at the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame event. It takes place Thursday in New York City.
Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on Nov. 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Billy Joel is in a New York sports fan state of mind.
The New York Knicks come home to Madison Square Garden Monday night to continue their quest for their first championship since 1973. And since Billy spent 10 years as one of the Garden’s most high-profile residents, he’s posted a video message on Instagram cheering them on.
“Hi, the New York Knicks,” he says. “I’ve seen a lot of magic happen in this building for many years. But now it’s your turn to bring the championship back to the greatest city in the world: New York. Go for it!”
As he and the people surrounding him begin to clap and cheer, we see the words “Knicks in 4!”
On Saturday night, Billy was back home in Long Island, New York, helping to induct his longtime booking agent, Dennis Arfa, into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. Billy was a surprise guest, and in his speech, he said Arfa was the one who came up with the idea to have him play Carnegie Hall and Yankee Stadium, the idea of him doing the final shows at Shea Stadium prior to its demolition, the idea of him doing co-headline tours with Elton John and the concept of his Madison Square Garden residency.
The induction was part of the Hall of Fame’s Billy Joel Symposium, which featured two days of speakers.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 03, 2026, in Washington, DC. Trump signed executive orders related to strengthening customs enforcement and reforms to federal work laws. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the $100,000 fee the Trump administration imposed on new H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers.
In a 42-page decision, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin vacated the policy nationwide, concluding that the federal government overstepped its authority by imposing the fee without approval from Congress.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
