Jonathan Davis of Korn performs during Pinkpop Festival on June 22, 2025 in Landgraaf, Netherlands. (Didier Messens/Getty Images)
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will serve as the grand marshal for the upcoming Pennzoil 400 NASCAR race, taking place Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The “Freak on a Leash” rocker will deliver, as a press release puts it, “the most anticipated words in motorsports,” presumably referring to, “Drivers, start your engines.”
“Our concerts are loud, fast, and full of chaos, which sounds a lot like a NASCAR race,” Davis says. “I’m excited to jump into that world and soak up the energy of the track in Las Vegas.”
Davis will stick around in Sin City following the race for Korn’s headlining set at Vegas’ Sick New World festival, taking place April 25. System of a Down will headline as well.
Lola Young covers Rolling Stone’s Future of Music issue (David LaChapelle)
Lola Young covers the new issue of Rolling Stone, and in her story, she opens up about the 2025 incident that sent her to rehab for what she hopes will be the last time.
“It was sad that I had to do that,” she says of her trip to treatment after she collapsed Sept. 27 at New York’s All Things Go festival. “What else was I going to do, die?” she cotinues. “That was the reality of where my addiction was heading.”
Prior to her collapse, Lola had already been in treatment in 2025. A few months later, she returned to the spotlight to promote her album I’m Only F****** Myself, and as she got caught up in doing promo, she started to backslide.
“You want to say yes to everything because everything’s on the table, but then you also have to balance that with your mental health,” Lola tells Rolling Stone. But she didn’t, and that led to her collapse. In rehab, she was on lockdown for two months but received texts, emails and support from Lady Gaga, Elton John, Katy Perry and Charli XCX.
Since leaving rehab — which, unlike past experiences, was focused on therapy as well as the treatment of addiction — she’s been attending AA meetings and has a sponsor, she tells Rolling Stone. She’s also watched the video of her collapse “once or twice.”
“I am very grateful that it happened because it was, what do you call that? Like, a breaking point which allowed me to then be able to be here today,” she says. “[It] allowed me to be better for my fans, better for the future, and better for myself.”
The 1987 album is the latest record to get a Rhino High Fidelity release, with an audiophile-vinyl edition of the album set to drop May 1.
Kick (Rhino High Fidelity) was cut from the original master tapes and will feature new liner notes from journalist David Fricke. The release is limited to just 5,000 individually numbered copies and is available exclusively at Rhino.com.
Released in October 1987, Kick is INXS’ sixth studio album and most successful release. It features four top-10 singles: “Need You Tonight,” “Devil Inside,” “New Sensation” and the Aussie band’s only #1 single, “Never Tear Us Apart.”
The album is certified six-times Platinum by the RIAA.
In other INXS news … The band is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, and INXS bassist Garry Gary Beers has shared his reaction to the news via social media.
“I’ve always downplayed the importance of this to me for a few reasons- the main being that there were always other artists more deserving etc etc,” he wrote on Instagram. “So time has passed and here’s the nomination and I have to say I’m pretty proud of us Aussie boys from the Northern Beaches getting nominated to be in such amazing company.” He then shared the link for the Rock Hall fan vote.
A general view of an oil storage depot March 10, 2026. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — The International Energy Agency on Wednesday said it would release 400 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve, marking the largest oil release in the group’s history as the global economy grapples with fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
Oil prices soared after the outbreak of war as traders feared a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a trading route that facilitates the transport of about one-fifth of the global oil supply.
Before the war, roughly 20 million barrels of oil passed through the strait each day, but tanker traffic has now “all but stopped,” Faithe Birol, executive director of the IEA, said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“The conflict in the Middle East is having significant impacts on global oil and gas markets with major implications for energy security, energy affordability and the global economy,” added Birol, whose organization counts 32 member nations, including the U.S. The release from the IEA’s oil reserve on Wednesday would make up for the lost oil flow for roughly 20 days. Taken together, IEA member countries retained about 1.2 billion barrels of reserve oil prior to the latest release, the group previously said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II speaks onstage during the Marvel Television and Marvel Animation Panel at New York Comic Con at Javits Center in New York, NY on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Disney)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II takes on the role of a former special forces mercenary named John Creasy in the new Netflix series Man on Fire, which fans can now get a glimpse of.
A trailer for the series has dropped and is available to watch on YouTube.
Man on Fire will follow the story of John, who has post-traumatic stress disorder and is in search of a fresh start. While on his journey, he finds himself under fire as he faces personal demons.
The show is based on author A.J. Quinnell’s book series, which includes his 1980 novel Man on Fire. The seriesarrives after the 2004 film of the same name, which featured Denzel Washington as John Creasy.
The new series also stars Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale, Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy and Paul Ben-Victor. It premieres April 30 on Netflix.
A previous version of this story published on March 11 contained a misspelling of Mateen. The text above has been updated to correct the error.
Sombr performs on ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Sombr welcomed Niall Horan onstage to perform the former One Direction member’s hit “Slow Hands” at his March 8 show in London, England. On Tuesday night, he had another boy band member join him onstage: Joe Jonas.
On sombr’s Instagram Story, you can see footage of the two performing “Cake By the Ocean,” Joe’s hit with his side project, DNCE, onstage at London’s O2 Academy. “Thank you Joe Jonas for coming out at tonight’s show,” sombr captioned the video. “What an amazing lad.” Joe also posted footage on his Instagram Story.
Sombr’s tour continues in Manchester, England, on March 12 and then wraps up March 16 in Dublin, Ireland. In April, the “back to friends” singer will play both weekends of Coachella.
As for Joe, he and Jonas Brothers are dropping their new live album, Friends From Your Hometown, on Friday.
In a statement, Violet says the sound of the album is influenced by the alternative scene of the ’80s and ’90s, mentioning artists and bands including PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and The Breeders.
“There’s something so powerful about that period of music, from the messaging to the visuals, it’s authentic and raw,” Violet says. “I’ve listened to that stuff since I was a kid.”
Violet is set to perform at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.
Meanwhile, Violet’s dad will release a new album with Foo Fighters, Your Favorite Toy, on April 24.
Neil Young hit #1 on the Billboard 200 with his fourth studio album, Harvest. It spent two weeks at the top of the chart.
The album featured guest vocals by Young’s Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmates, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, along with Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor. It also featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two songs.
Songs on Harvest include “Heart of Gold,” which went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Old Man,” which was a top-40 hit for Young.
In 2015 Harvest was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
An employee emerges after being rescued from a Family Dollar store destroyed by a tornado on March 10, 2026 in Lake Village, Indiana. The National Weather Service had issued an urgent warning about a large tornado moving through the area, calling it a “life-threatening situation.” (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — At least two people are dead and multiple others suffered injuries in Indiana due to severe weather overnight that is expected to continue into Wednesday, according to the Lake Township Fire Department.
More than 65 million people are in the path of more severe weather sweeping across parts of the U.S. Wednesday, from Houston to Philadelphia.
The system was forecast to spawn strong tornadoes, destructive winds and hail the size of baseballs.
At least 10 tornadoes were reported from Texas to Indiana. The National Weather Service issued at least 45 tornado warnings across seven states.
The most damage was potentially in Kankakee County, Illinois, and Starke County, Indiana. Hail larger than grapefruit in size fell in Illinois — up to 5.2 inches in diameter.
There were reports of houses that collapsed in Indiana and people stuck in homes but as of Wednesday morning there are no reports of missing people, according to the fire department.
Thunderstorm winds of 60 to 80 mph were recorded from Texas to Indiana.
Wednesday morning, thunderstorms continued to surge east, now forming a line more than 1,600 miles long across America from Canada to Mexico and from New York to Texas.
A level 2 out of 5 slight risk threat is in place Wednesday for more than 65 million Americans from Houston to Philadelphia and includes other cities such as Pittsburgh; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Shreveport, Louisiana; and New Orleans.
The main risks are for tornadoes, damaging wind and large hail.
Flash flooding is possible especially from East Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, and southern Arkansas, where training, or consecutive, thunderstorms could dump multiple inches of rain over localized areas within hours.
Storms will reach Cleveland around 9 am and Pittsburgh around 11 am. Memphis will see storms in the morning and Nashville in the afternoon.
There were numerous reports of damage in Kankakee County, Illinois, where a large and extremely dangerous tornado was on the ground earlier Tuesday evening.
The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office said “extensive damage” was reported in Aroma Park. There were no immediate reports of injuries, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
A tornado watch was issued for North Central Illinois, along with small portions of Missouri, Iowa and Indiana until 11 p.m. local time.
The severe weather is expected to move offshore on Thursday morning, followed by a cold front that is expected to cause temperatures to quickly drop.
There’s a chance that lingering moisture behind the severe weather system may turn to snow for some areas, including Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday.
President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, and boards Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr)
(NEW YORK) — Inflation held steady in February, maintaining price increases at elevated levels in the weeks before the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sent gasoline prices surging and stoked heightened concern about affordability. The reading matched economists’ expectations.
Prices rose 2.4% in February compared to a year earlier, leaving the inflation rate unchanged from January, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed. Inflation stands slightly higher than the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%.
Oil prices have surged since the war with Iran late last month, ratcheting up costs for gasoline and airfare, and threatening to push up prices for a vast array of goods reliant on diesel-fuel transport, some analysts previously told ABC News.
Fuel prices rose in February as traders anticipated the possible outbreak of war with Iran, government data showed. Gasoline prices climbed more than 3% in February from a month earlier, according to the inflation report.
Food prices climbed 3.1% in February compared to a year earlier, registering above overall inflation and maintaining their pace from the previous month.
A lackluster jobs report last week showed the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, which marked a reversal of fortunes for the labor market and erased most of the job gains recorded in 2026.
The unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% in January to 4.4% in February, the BLS said. Unemployment remains low by historical standards.
Sluggish hiring has coincided with elevated inflation, threatening a period of “stagflation.”
Those economic headwinds helped set the conditions before the outbreak of war with Iran, which spiked oil prices and risked price increases for a host of diesel-fuel transported goods.
U.S. crude oil prices hovered at about $86 per barrel on Tuesday, surging more than 30% since a month earlier.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. soared to $3.53 on Tuesday from $2.92 a month prior, AAA data showed.
Still, the overall economic picture remains mixed.
A government report in February on gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy grew at a tepid annualized pace of 1.4% over the final three months of 2025. That reading indicated a dramatic cooldown from the strong annualized growth of 4.4% recorded in the previous quarter, U.S. Commerce Department data showed.
The Iran war threatens to slow U.S. economic growth since oil-driven price increases could weigh on consumers and businesses, analysts previously told ABC News.
The potential combination of higher inflation and slower growth could also pose a challenge for the Fed, putting pressure on both sides of its dual mandate to manage prices and maintain maximum employment.
If the Fed opts to lower borrowing costs, it could spur growth but risk higher inflation. On the other hand, the choice to raise interest rates may slow price increases but risks a cooldown of economic performance.
The central bank held interest rates steady at its most recent meeting in January, ending a string of three consecutive quarter-point rate cuts. Policymakers will make their next interest-rate decision on March 18.
