Joni Mitchell’s ‘Court and Spark’ High Fidelity audiophile reissue. (Rhino)
Classic albums by Joni Mitchell, Dusty Springfield and Cher are the latest to get an audio upgrade as part of Rhino’s High Fidelity audiophile series.
The reissues include Mitchell’s album Court and Spark, Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis and Cher’s 3614 Jackson Highway.
Originally released in 1974, Court and Spark was Mitchell’s biggest commercial hit, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Albums chart, thanks in part to her highest-charting single, “Help Me.” Meanwhile, 1969’s Dusty in Memphis, a fusion of pop and R&B, would go on to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry. Cher’s 3614 Jackson Highway had the superstar covering several well known songs, and while it wasn’t a commercial hit when it was released in 1969, it did receive positive reviews from critics.
All three reissues have been cut from the original master tapes and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Each are limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies.
These albums are just the latest in a string of releases that have been part of the Rhino High Fidelity audiophile series. Others include Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna, The Cars’ 1978 self-titled debut, INXS’ Kick, The Velvet Underground’s Loaded and The Stooges’ Fun House.
The title track of Chris Janson’s latest album, Wild Horses, will be featured in Sunday’s episode of Marshals on CBS and Paramount+.
“Traitor (Roles Reversed),” previously available only as the bonus track from the Target edition of Megan Moroney’s third album, Cloud 9, has now made its way to streaming services.
Keith Urban’s cover of Robbie Dupree’s 1980 hit, “Steal Away,” is available now. It’s the latest preview of the Aussie superstar’s yacht rock covers album, Flow State, due June 12. He’ll present the album of the year trophy at Sunday’s 61st ACM Awards in Vegas.
Luke Bryan is midway through the three-night kickoff of his 2026 Farm Tour in Clovis, California, but he’s already looking ahead to three more dates in the fall.
“‘Bout time we told y’all in the Midwest when we’re comin to town,” he posted on his socials Friday afternoon. “#FarmTour2026 is heading back to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana this September. Tickets go on sale 5/21 at 9am EST. Nut House, y’all get first access on 5/19 at 9am EST.”
Luke will play 1846 Farms in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 17, followed by Miller Family Farm in Millersport, Ohio, on Sept. 18. On Sept. 19, he’s due in Brookston, Indiana, at Prairie Views Farms.
Luke wraps up the first leg of the 2026 Farm Tour Saturday in Elk Grove, California. He kicks off his Word on the Street Tour May 29 in Gilford, New Hampshire.
GIVĒON has released the deluxe edition of his 2025 album, Beloved. Beloved: Act II features the 19 original tracks plus five new ones. Kehlani, Teddy Swims, Leon Thomas and Sasha Keable appear on the album. “if you thought the story was over… listen again,” GIVĒON writes on Instagram while announcing the album’s release. The video for “Jezebel” is now available to watch on YouTube.
After months of teasing, Mýa is back with Retrospect, a tribute to the ’70s and ’80s. “We created this project with the intention to transport us back to a special time in music and culture that brought so much love, laughter, joy and reflection to our lives,” she said in a statement. “The days of cassette tapes, vinyl, the most amazing gatherings, concerts, house parties, skate nights and date nights. A good time was certainly had & will forever be a part of me. Who’s ready to go back?!” 21 Savage, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, D-Nice, Joyner Lucas, Dizzy Wright and Phil Adé are featured on the album.
Kelsea Ballerini is seen in Midtown on April 15, 2026 in New York City. (TheStewartofNY/GC Images)
Kelsea Ballerini’s Legends fan club will now make its home in her new app.
The “Love Me Like You Mean It” hitmaker announced the Kelsea Ballerini app Friday in a video message posted to her socials.
“I really love seeing what you guys are saying, whether it’s about shows or what to wear to shows or what your favorite lyric is or what you think is about to drop and when and what merch you want, what merch you like,” she said. “And so we wanted to curate this really fun, safe atmosphere for all of us to just kinda kiki together whenever we want.”
“And it’s gonna be where I show you things first, where I announce things first,” she added. “There’s gonna a forum where we can all talk. I will be lurking. It’s gonna be a really safe, fun spot to move into this next chapter and season of music together. See you there.”
If you’re not a Legend, you can become one by downloading the app, creating an account and buying a membership.
The group, of course, is named after “Legends,” Kelsea’s #1 from 2018.
Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Resnikoff and Bruce Johnston attend the Beach Boys 60th Anniversary of ‘Pet Sounds’ at Capitol Records Building on May 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for UMe)
Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ iconic album Pet Sounds, and ahead of the milestone, the album has ben certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
Not only that, the album’s hit singles received new certifications: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” has now been certified four-times Platinum, while “God Only Knows” is now two-times Platinum and “Sloop John B” has gone Platinum.
Beach Boys founding members Mike Love and Al Jardine, as well as Bruce Johnston and the families of the late Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson, were on hand for a special ceremony at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California, on Monday, where they received plaques celebrating the new certifications. Capitol Records is also flying a Pet Sounds flag on its tower to mark the anniversary.
Another way the anniversary is being celebrated is with the just-released The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights, featuring material from the 1997 four-CD box set The Pet Sounds Sessions. The set contains 25 alternate takes, a cappella versions and tracking sessions, all of which are making their vinyl debut.
Released May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds is often considered one of the best albums of all time. Recorded a year after Brian Wilson quit touring and suffered a breakdown in 1964, the album peaked at #10 on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2004 it was chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.
John Travolta accepts his honorary Palme d’or during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Plage Macé on May 15, 2026, in Cannes, France. (Aurore Marechal/Getty Images)
John Travolta has been awarded a surprise honorary Palme d’or.
The honor was given to Travolta before the world premiere of his directorial debut film, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival.
According to Deadline, Travolta received a standing ovation and called the Palme d’or “an honor beyond the Oscars.”
A sizzle reel showing moments from Travolta’s film career was also shown. After watching the clips, the outlet reports Travolta said, “You see your whole life before you like I did in this. I feel a mixture of things, every image has memory and it’s very emotional. And the soundtrack that goes with all those memories. I’ve been doing film most of my life. Eighty-five percent of my life, so it was really nice to see that.”
Propeller One-Way Night Coach is an adaptation of the 1997 book that Travolta also wrote. An official description of the film from the Cannes Film Festival describes it as being inspired by Travolta’s childhood memories, “from his first airplane flight to the unforgettable people and stories he has collected over the years.”
It follows a young airplane enthusiast named Jeff (Clark Shotwell) and his mother (Kelly Eviston-Quinnett), who set off on a one-way cross-country trip to Hollywood.
Propeller One-Way Night Coach will debut to Apple TV on May 29.
“Me, personally, I feel like I got everything I got out of it,” he said. “I’ve been smoking so much, and smoking, like, 20 times a day. At some point, it ain’t really doing nothing. You just got this oral [fixation]. You’re just constantly doing it. … But it was mainly for my daughters, my kids. Just to let them know you can do anything.”
He said he’s been preaching messages of resilience to his oldest daughter, who is almost 17 and has been dealing with challenges in her life.
“It was just, like, me constantly telling her you can do anything. Like, don’t even trip.”
Quitting was his way of backing his words with action and serving as living proof that she can do anything.
“Now it’s like, ‘Now what you got? Give me something back,'” he continued. “I’m doing it. We gon’ do this s*** together.”
Schoolboy Q said he hasn’t gone back since.
In a 2016 Coveteur interview, he said weed helped him cope and kept him from trouble in the streets.
“I’d probably be dead if I didn’t pick up weed. I come from a life of gang bangin’,” he said. “Being out a lot gets you crossed up in the wrong mix and … [b]ecause I’m a big weed head, I’m not even trying to go nowhere else outside my vicinity. I’m high and feeling good and I’m not even gonna get into any trouble.”
The full podcast interview is available to watch on YouTube.
(HARRISON COUNTY, Ind.) — Three people were found dead in a murder-suicide after the shooter expressed suicidal thoughts to a family member, according to authorities.
Harrison County deputies responded to a welfare check on Wednesday at a residence in southern Indiana after a Mississippi man reported that his brother expressed suicidal thoughts to him in a phone call earlier in the day, according to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies found a dead man on the front porch, identified as 36-year-old Brett Dixon, the sheriff’s department said.
Inside the residence, two additional people were found dead, Melissa Cochran Dixon, 54, and Paul Dixon, 61, according to the sheriff’s office.
Brett Dixon was shot twice — in the chest and head — Melissa Cochran Dixon suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and Paul Dixon sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said it believes Paul Dixon is responsible for the shootings and said there is no threat to the community and no suspect at large.
“This incident is a tragic loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family, extended family, and friends of those involved,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is pictured with the late Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. (Dept. of Justice)
(NEW YORK) — An Iraqi national carried out 20 reported terrorist attacks in Europe and Canada against U.S. and Israeli interests, including the stabbing of a Jewish-American citizen, in retaliation for the war in Iran and in an effort to halt the conflict, a federal criminal complaint alleges.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly firebombed a Bank of New York Mellon building in Amsterdam, tried to detonate improvised explosives at the Bank of America building in Paris, coordinated an attack against Jewish institutions in the United States and stabbed two people in London, the complaint alleges.
The defendant made an initial appearance Friday in Manhattan federal court on charges he conspired to provide material support to terrorist groups, conspiracy to bomb a place of public use and other offenses.
Al-Saadi was apprehended in Turkey and passed to American authorities. His lawyer, Andrew Dalack, a federal defender, said he was unaware of any extradition proceedings.
“This is a bit of an unusual case,” Dalack said.
During his appearance, Al-Saadi spoke quietly, but animatedly, to his lawyer to make sure the lawyer understood his connection to the late Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike in Iraq, and referred to himself as a prisoner of war and political prisoner.
Al-Saadi was ordered detained. He is next in court May 29.
Federal prosecutors said in addition to the terror attacks in Europe and Canada, al-Saadi also allegedly spoke to an FBI undercover — and paid $3,000 — to plan attacks in California, Arizona and a synagogue in Manhattan.
Al-Saadi is a high-level member of the Kata’ib Hizballah paramilitary group and has ties to the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah, according to federal prosecutors.
Since the onset of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, Al-Saadi “has directed and urged others to attack U.S. and Israeli interests, including by killing Americans and Jews, in retaliation for the Iranian Military Conflict and to further the terrorist goals of Kata’ib Hizballah and the IRGC,” the criminal complaint alleges.
The complaint adds, “Al-Saadi and his associates have planned, coordinated, and claimed responsibility for at least 18 terrorist attacks in Europe as well as two additional attacks in Canada, in the name of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, a component of Kata’ib Hizballah.”
The defendant allegedly pledged thousands of dollars to someone he thought would carry out an attack against a synagogue in New York, according to prosecutors. The individual turned out to be an undercover law enforcement officer.
At least one associate of al-Saadi is expected to be brought back to the U.S. and charged, the complaint says.
“This case puts into stark relief the global threats posed by the Iranian regime and its proxies like Kata’ib Hizballah — Foreign Terrorist Organizations that have repeatedly targeted Jewish communities across Europe and the United States since the war began,” said New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “Working with our law enforcement partners, we disrupted a plan to attack a Manhattan synagogue, and in partnership with the synagogue’s leadership, ensured its security when the threat was elevated.”
