(L-R) Alex Lifeson, Anika Nilles and Geddy Lee of Rush perform during the opening night of their first American tour in 11 years at The Kia Forum on June 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Rush offered up some more surprises during the second night of their Fifty Something tour stop at the KIA Forum in Los Angeles.
During Sunday’s opening night, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson kicked off the show’s second set with three parts of their seven-part track, “2112.” For Tuesday’s show, according to setlist.fm, they opened the set with all seven parts. They haven’t performed three of those parts — “Discovery,” “Oracle: The Dream” and “Soliloquy” — live since 1997.
While the show had repeat performances of classics like “The Spirit of the Radio,” “Freewill,” “Limelight” and “Tom Sawyer,” Rush did break out some new songs during night two that they haven’t played in a while. Those include “The Trees” and “A Passage to Bangkok,” which they haven’t played since 2008; “Leave That Thing Alone” and “Witch Hunt,” last played in 2011; and “The Analog Kid,” which they haven’t played since 2013.
They also performed “Finding My Way,” the lead-off track from their 1974 debut album, which they played at the 2026 Juno Awards in March, but prior to that hadn’t performed on tour since 1980.
Rush’s Fifty Something tour is their first tour since 2015’s R40 Live, and their first since the 2020 death of drummer Neil Peart. They return to the KIA Forum on Thursday.
A complete list of dates can be found at Rush.com.
William “Billy” Schmidt, 22, was shot in the chest at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in an apparent robbery, according to Philadelphia police.
No arrests have been made, police said on Wednesday.
Billy Schmidt had been watching the NBA Finals game with his friends at a bar and was walking home when he was shot, his father, Bill Schmidt, told Philadelphia ABC station WPVI.
“He was a really good person who cared about everybody,” Bill Schmidt said. “… For him to get shot like that is a travesty.”
The vigil and protest, called “Justice for Billy,” will be held Thursday evening in Philadelphia.
“We are taking our streets back. … we won’t stop until our community is safe,” the flyer said.
The 22-year-old was studying digital journalism and media at Penn State World Campus, according to the university.
“We are heartbroken over the tragic death of William Schmidt, and we share our deepest condolences with his family and friends,” a Penn State spokesperson said in a statement.
ABC News’ Jessica Gorman contributed to this report.
Police are searching for two men suspected of fatally beating a mother-of-four, Keisha Falow, in this alleyway in North Philadelphia, June 7, 2026. (WPVI)
(PHILADELPHIA) — Two suspects are being sought in a horrific homicide in which police allege a mother of four was beaten with bricks and stomped to death during a robbery in North Philadelphia.
The victim, identified as 45-year-old Keisha Furlow, lived near an alley where she was found brutally beaten early Sunday morning, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.
“Investigators also recovered two bloodied bricks on the ground in close proximity to the victim, which are believed to have been used in the assault,” police said in a statement on Wednesday to ABC News.
ABC Philadelphia station WPVI obtained security video that captured the deadly incident. In the grainy video, an individual is seen appearing to throw a woman to the ground in the North Philadelphia alley and then hitting her repeatedly in the head with a brick, kicking her, and stomping her face, WPVI reported.
The suspected attacker and an accomplice fled the scene with Furlow’s purse, which was discovered by officers emptied of its contents a few blocks from where the fatal attack occurred.
Police officers were called to investigate a disturbance in the alley off North Opal Street around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, according to the police statement.
When police arrived, paramedics were already at the scene and pronounced Furlow dead, according to the statement.
“Upon arriving at the location, officers discovered a female victim lying on the ground in the rear alleyway suffering from severe lacerations to her face,” police said in the statement.
Authorities are asking anyone with knowledge of the case to contact Philadelphia homicide detectives.
Neighbors expressed outrage over Furlow’s death, saying she was a mother of four, including an 11-month-old baby.
“I hope whoever did it, I hope that justice will be brought because she didn’t seem to bother anybody in this community, and I just don’t understand it,” neighbor Alexia Zia told WPVI.
Darnel Henry, another North Philadelphia resident, said Furlow’s death is a reminders that “There are demons out here.”
“She didn’t cause no problems with nobody. She did what she did; that was how she lived. But she was at peace with it,” Henry said told WPVI. “But for her to be dead in that alleyway, nobody should go out like that.”
ABC News’ Jessica Gorman contributed to this report.
Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Selena Gomez is in London filming the new season of Only Murders in the Building, and she misses her husband, Benny Blanco. But maybe it would help if she watches the new ad for Jennifer Aniston’s haircare line, because they’re both in it.
Sharing a carousel of photos of them together, Selena wrote to Benny on Instagram, “distance means so little when someone means so much….@itsbennyblanco mish you bb.” Benny wrote in the comments, “I fall more and more in love with you everyday” and “time stands still when i’m in ur arms.”
But meanwhile, in a new ad for Jennifer’s Lolavie hair care line, Benny unexpectedly shows up at her house so she can do his hair. They walk into another room, only to find Selena sitting there, which also surprises Jen.
“What are you doing here?” Selena asks Benny. “My appointment,” Benny explains. Selena says she’s there to bring Jen some gifts from her Rare Beauty line.
As Jen attempts to tame Benny’s unruly mop of curls, Selena raids Jen’s closet and runs out with a couple of blazers. “Is this on the giveaway pile? Cause I see about eight more things,” she says. “Take whatever you want,” Jen says. Benny, meanwhile, grabs a pair of Jimmy Choo heels for himself.
As they leave Jen’s house, the Friends star closes the door in relief and says, “That was so weird.”
Someone wrote in the comments, “THIS needs to be a Netflix show!”
Roger Taylor’s ‘Violence Insane in a Beautiful World’ (Columbia Records)
Queen’s Roger Taylor is set to release the new solo album, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, on Sept. 18. The record is his seventh solo album, and his first since 2021’s Outsider.
“There is a theme, you know, it’s in the title really, what a beautiful world we live in, don’t f*** it up,” Taylor says of the record. “There seems to be all this insanity at the moment. The violence in the world seems to be as bad as it ever was, at any point, and certainly in my lifetime. It’s just horrific, a lot of insane violence. And we do seem to be f***** up the world, plastics in the sea, you know, and all these awful wars everywhere and hatred born of different religions.”
Despite that, Taylor notes, “It’s a beautiful world, you know. And kindness is very important, I think, it seems to be forgotten quite a lot. So, that is basically the sort of underlying theme.”
Taylor offers up the first preview of the record with the release of the single “Come On Summer (It’s Time To Party)” featuring The Ndlovu Youth Choir from Limpopo, South Africa. It is available now via digital outlets.
Taylor has also announced a set of U.K. tour dates in support of the album. It begins Sept. 21 in Newcastle, with stops in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester, Swansea and London. A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at rogertaylorofficial.com.
Below is the track list for Violence Insane In A Beautiful World track list:
“A Beautiful World” feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir “Violence Insane” “What Really Matters” “Don’t Photograph Food” “I See You Now” “Chump” “Spit In His Eye” “ Jealous Guy” “Come On Summer (It’s Party Time)” feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir “A Great Big Beautiful World (reprise)” feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
Facebook is facing the music in the new trailer for The Social Reckoning.
The companion film to 2010’s The Social Network will tell the true story of young Facebook engineer Frances Haugen, played by Mikey Madison, who enlists the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White, to blow the whistle on Facebook’s questionable practices.
Their work ultimately culminated in a 2021 exposé known as The Facebook Files, which exposed the inner workings and harms caused by Facebook.
In the clip, we see the two going up against the social network giant, headed by Jeremy Strong’s Mark Zuckerberg.
“I’m a free speech absolutist and I’m not the one who’s lying,” Strong as Zuckerberg says as he’s accused of injecting a “fire hose of bad information” into society.
The film was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, who previously wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Social Network. It also stars Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen and Bill Burr.
Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates stops to speak to the media as he arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee probing the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein that Gates “never victimized anyone” and that meeting with Epstein “was a grave error in judgment,” according to his prepared opening remarks.
Gates is facing questions Wednesday about his relationship with the late financier, marking one of the most high-profile interviews conducted by the Oversight Committee since it began probing the government’s handling of its investigations into the notorious sex offender.
“I never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct. I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone,” Gates testified in his closed-door appearance, according to a copy of his prepared opening statement.
Gates said that Epstein sought to “foster a personal relationship” with him, but said his focus remained on using Epstein to recruit new donors for Gates’ global health initiative.
“My interactions with Epstein began with a limited number of preliminary meetings — three in 2011 and two in 2012 — during which I talked about the goals of my work,” Gates said, according to his statement. “We began more extensive conversations in 2013 and 2014. The discussions focused on identifying potential giving structures, such as donor-advised funds, and how to enroll individuals he claimed were interested in making significant contributions.”
Gates said he can “recall being aware that Epstein had faced prior legal issues” but added he “did not fully understand the extent of the crimes he committed,” per the statement.
He also told the committee that he Epstein learned “sensitive information about my personal life” — including that he had been unfaithful in his marriage to Melinda Gates.
“These affairs had nothing to do with my interactions with Epstein, but they were painful for my family,” Gates said, according to the statement. “As the public can now see, based on what has been released in the files, Epstein was working to use information about my infidelities — in addition to many lies that he layered on top — to pressure me to re-engage with him. He was unsuccessful in this effort, but it shows some of the ways he tried to leverage his interactions with me to further his agenda.”
In brief remarks to reporters on his way in Wednesday morning, Gates said, “I’ll start with an opening statement in the hearing room. I hope my testimony is helpful to the work, important work of the committee to find justice for the victims.”
Gates’ association with the late financier has roiled his nonprofit and reshaped the public perception of the tech billionaire who was once the world’s richest man.
“I was foolish to spend time with him. I was one of many people who regret ever knowing him,” Gates said in February.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) first reached out to Gates in March to schedule the behind-closed-doors interview, writing in a letter that the tech billionaire might “have information that will assist in its investigation.” In recent weeks, the Committee has conducted similar transcribed interviews with former Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Epstein’s longtime executive secretary Lesley Groff.
“Gates welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee,” a spokesperson for Gates said in March. “While he never witnessed or participated in any of Epstein’s illegal conduct, he is looking forward to answering all the committee’s questions to support their important work.”
Gates’ relationship with Epstein faced a new wave of scrutiny earlier this year when the Department of Justice’s release of Epstein files included correspondence between the two men, as well as cryptic notes drafted by Epstein that hinted at Gates’ extramarital affairs.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Gates apologized to the staff of his nonprofit during a town hall in February and acknowledged that he had affairs with two Russian women that Epstein later discovered. A spokesperson for Gates in a 2023 statement said that Epstein “tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates.”
“In the town hall, Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail, and took responsibility for his actions,” a spokesperson for the Gates Foundation told ABC News.
Melinda French Gates — who previously said her 2021 divorce from Bill Gates was driven in part by his association with Epstein — said earlier this year that the documents brought back memories of “some very, very painful times” in their marriage.
“Whatever questions remain there … those questions are for those people, and for even my ex-husband,” she said on NPR’s Wild Card podcast about what she described as a societal “reckoning” over the Epstein files. “They need to answer to those things, not me.”
Members of the Oversight Committee have expressed a desire to learn whether Epstein used his sex trafficking network to lure in wealthy and influential men to blackmail — allegations that the DOJ and FBI said they found “no credible evidence” of last year.
Neither of the women who Gates acknowledged having affairs with — a Russian bridge player and nuclear physicist — were said to have been introduced to Gates by Epstein, though a spokesperson later said that Epstein sought to “leverage” his knowledge of one of his past relationships to “threaten” Gates.
The interview is also likely to touch on how Epstein was able to ingratiate himself with Gates just three years after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution. Gates has previously said he was aware of an “18-month thing” that limited Epstein’s travel, and he regrets not further investigating Epstein’s background.
According to documents released earlier this year by the Department of Justice, Gates first met Epstein in 2011.
“I won’t have time to do another meeting and I won’t be able to do the dinner with Jeff Epstein,” Gates wrote in a 2010 email to Boris Nikolic, his former science advisor. “I was looking forward to the dinner.”
Gates later said he hoped he could leverage Epstein’s relationships with “very rich people” to support his global health philanthropic efforts.
“The focus was always: he knew a lot of very rich people, and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health. In retrospect, that was a dead end,” Gates told 9News Australia in February.
According to documents released by the DOJ, both men continued to communicate for at least three years, with Epstein at one point urging Gates to use a specific philanthropic vehicle known as a “donor advised fund” to make charitable contributions. At the time, Epstein compared donor advised funds to “cloud computing for the giving world.”
“It is a good analogy,” Gates wrote in a February 2014 email. “It is clearer to me now than before and it could be a great thing.”
But by December 2014, Gates appeared to cool on Epstein’s proposal, suggesting in an email that the plan was not viable for him.
“In terms of the DAF I don’t think we have any people at this point who will move to do something soon,” Gates wrote. “It is a good idea, but it won’t come together with 4-6 partners anytime soon.”
In a statement earlier this year, the Gates Foundation said it did not move forward with Epstein’s fund and never transferred any funds to the disgraced financier.
“On the basis of Epstein’s claims that he could mobilize significant philanthropic resources for global health and development, a small number of foundation employees interacted with Epstein to try to secure this potential funding. Ultimately, the foundation did not pursue any collaboration with Epstein and no fund was ever created,” a spokesperson for the Gates Foundation said in February.
By March, the Gates Foundation commissioned an external review to assess its past engagement with Epstein as well as its policies for vetting philanthropic partnerships. Foundation officials said in a statement they expected to get an update about that review later this summer.
‘Frozen Charlotte’ album artwork. (Third Man Records)
Jack White has officially announced his new album, Frozen Charlotte.
As previously reported, a preorder link for the album quietly went live Tuesday on the Third Man Records site. White has now confirmed that the album is indeed called Frozen Charlotte and is due out on July 10.
The release date coincides with the start of White’s upcoming U.S. solo tour, which kicks off the same day in Washington, D.C.
Frozen Charlotte is the follow-up to 2024’s No Name, which received a similarly stealthy rollout. The album was initially sold without any label at Third Man Records store before it was officially announced.
The track list includes the previously released songs “Derecho Demonico” and “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs.” A third cut, titled “Dollar Bill,” is out now.
Here’s the full track list:
“G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” “Derecho Demonico” “There’s Nobody There” “Raising the Grain” “You’ll Never Fix Me” “Nobody Knows” “Dollar Bill” “I Can’t Believe What I’m Hearing” “Thick as Thieves” “All Alone Again” “She’s in a Frenzy” “Making Contact” “Neighbors Blues”
‘Frozen Charlotte’ album artwork. (Third Man Records)
Jack White has officially announced his new album, Frozen Charlotte.
As previously reported, a preorder link for the album quietly went live Tuesday on the Third Man Records site. White has now confirmed that the album is indeed called Frozen Charlotte and is due out on July 10.
The release date coincides with the start of White’s upcoming U.S. solo tour, which kicks off the same day in Washington, D.C.
Frozen Charlotte is the follow-up to 2024’s No Name, which received a similarly stealthy rollout. The album was initially sold without any label at Third Man Records store before it was officially announced.
The track list includes the previously released songs “Derecho Demonico” and “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs.” A third cut, titled “Dollar Bill,” is out now.
Here’s the full track list:
“G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” “Derecho Demonico” “There’s Nobody There” “Raising the Grain” “You’ll Never Fix Me” “Nobody Knows” “Dollar Bill” “I Can’t Believe What I’m Hearing” “Thick as Thieves” “All Alone Again” “She’s in a Frenzy” “Making Contact” “Neighbors Blues”
