(NOTE LANGUAGE) Jonas Brothers are taking their Greetings From Your Hometown tour to South America: They’ve just announced three shows in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. “Ahhhh we can’t wait to bring the Greetings From Your Hometown show to Buenos Aires, Santiago and São Paulo,” they wrote on Instagram, adding, “We’ve missed you, see you THIS MAY.” The group last played in South America in April 2024.
Last year, Alex Warren and Luke Combs released a live duet version of “Ordinary” recorded at Lollapalooza. You can now watch the “Fast Car” singer perform a solo version of the track at a special concert he did in Athens, Georgia, for Columbia Sportswear. “Didn’t have @alexwarren with me this time but hopefully I did Ordinary justice,” Luke wrote on Instagram. Alex commented, “ITS YOUR SONG NOW LUKE.”
The 10th annual LOVE ROCKS NYC benefit concert, featuring Goo Goo Dolls, Hozier, Linda Perry, Nile Rodgers & CHIC and The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, will be a one-time livestream event onVeeps.com. The concert, taking place March 5 at 8 p.m. ET, raises money for God’s Love We Deliver, the charity that delivers meals to New Yorkers who are too sick to prepare them themselves.
’80s rocker Billy Idol was featured on Miley Cyrus’ 2020 album, Plastic Hearts, and now, she pops up in the trailer for his new documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead. “I, like, watch Billy Idol footage like it’s porn,” Miley says in the trailer, adding, “There’s no one hotter than Billy f***** Idol.” The documentary is in theaters now.
Violet Grohl performs onstage with Dave Grohl during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID)
At least two members of the Grohl family are readying new albums.
Dave Grohl is putting out a new Foo Fighters record, Your Favorite Toy, on April 24. Meanwhile, his daughter Violet Grohl has been working on her debut album after signing with Republic Records.
While Violet may be following in her father’s artistic footsteps, Dave says her music influenced him on Your Favorite Toy.
“It really inspired me to make this record,” Dave tells the U.K.’s Radio X. “The way that they made the record and the energy of it, I was like, ‘Oh man, I’ve just been inspired by my daughter’s debut album.’ It’s cool.”
Dave adds that he was “totally uninvolved” with Violet’s album, and only learned she had a record deal when she told him.
“She met the producer, and they would go to the studio every day and make songs, and she would send me songs when she was finished,” Dave says. “But I had absolutely nothing to do with this record at all. And I had no idea.”
While he may be biased, Dave says Violet’s album is “an amazing record.”
Poster for Love Rocks NYC concert (Courtesy of God’s Love We Deliver)
The 10th annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert will take place March 5 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, but you don’t have to be in the Big Apple to enjoy the show.
The concert, featuring performances by Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons, will stream live on Veeps.com.
Other artists on the bill include Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes, Goo Goo Dolls, Hozier, Linda Perry, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Jon Batiste, Susanna Hoffs, Mary J Blige, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Trombone Shorty, plus special surprise guests.
All artists will be backed by a house band, led by bassist Will Lee, best known as a member of the Late Show with David Letterman band.
Love Rocks NYC is a benefit for the nonprofit God’s Love We Deliver, which delivers meals to people who are too sick to prepare them themselves.
The Love Rocks concerts, which first launched in 2017, have raised $65 million — enough to fund 6.5 million meals for New Yorkers in need, according to the nonprofit.
Tickets for the livestream are on sale now at Veeps.com.
The construction for the ballroom on the White House’s East Wing as seen from the top of the Washington Monument, Nov. 17, 2025. (ABC News)
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to impose a preliminary injunction that would have blocked construction of the White House ballroom.
While finding that the National Trust has raised “novel and weighty” arguments against the ballroom construction, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, says he does not have the power to halt it under the arguments the group has raised.
Leon’s ruling suggests an amended complaint by the historic preservationists, raising so-called ultra vires claims — effectively, that Trump has operated outside the law — would be a better basis for a cause of action.
“Unfortunately, because both sides initially focused on the President’s constitutional authority to destruct and construct the East Wing of the White House, Plaintiff didn’t bring the necessary cause of action to test the statutory authority the President claims is the basis to do this construction project without the blessing of Congress and with private funds,” Leon said.
A statement from the National Trust expresses disappointment over the judge’s decision but adds that the group is “pleased” that Leon encouraged the organization to file an amended complaint claiming that Trump has acted beyond his legal authority. The group says it will do so “promptly.”
Leon pledged to “expeditiously consider” an amended complaint from the National Trust raising ultra vires claims. But until one is filed, he wrote he has “no choice but to deny” the group’s request for a preliminary injunction.
Not long after, Trump falsely claimed that a federal judge “completely erased” a lawsuit seeking to stop the construction of the White House ballroom.
“Great news for America, and our wonderful White House! The Judge on the case of what will be the most beautiful Ballroom anywhere in the World, has just thrown out, and completely erased, the effort to stop its construction,” Trump wrote in the post on Truth Social.
The president then continued to claim that “not one dollar” of taxpayers’ money is being used and that the project was “ahead of schedule, and under budget.”
At a hearing last month, the judge aired his sharp skepticism about what he called a “Rube Goldberg contraption” of raising private money to fund the ballroom construction, adding he believed it was designed to avoid congressional oversight.
The Trump administration preemptively asked Leon in early February to stay any injunction he might issue, warning that the project is “imperative for reasons of national security.”
The government’s filing also says halting the construction would “leave an unsightly excavation site in President’s Park indefinitely.”
Trump initially said in July that the $400 million ballroom project would not interfere with the existing White House structure. Later, when crews began tearing down the East Wing, an official said the “entirety of the East Wing will be modernized” as the massive 90,000 square foot ballroom is built.
Earlier in February, the Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve Trump’s design plan.
The panel, made up entirely of new members appointed by Trump, did so near unanimously without further review over the “vast, vast majority” of public comments opposing the project.
Columbia University. (Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — A Columbia University student who was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents Thursday morning after the school claimed agents allegedly made “misrepresentations” to enter a dorm was released later in the day after New York City’s mayor spoke with the president.Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday afternoon that President Donald Trump informed him that the student, Elaina Aghayeva, would be “released immediately” after the mayor said he spoke with the president.
Previously, following the Mamdani’s meeting, Claire Shipman, the school’s acting president, sent a letter to the school community informing them that the DHS agents entered an unspecified dorm on the campus around 6:30 a.m. and detained the student.
“Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a ‘missing person.’ We are working to gather more details,” she said.
A statement from a DHS official identified Aghayeva as an Azerbajani native, and alleged her “student visa was terminated in 2016 under the Obama administration for failing to attend classes.”
“The building manager and her roommate let officers into the apartment. She has no pending appeals or applications with DHS,” the statement further said.
The statement did not address the allegations that DHS agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building.
Mamdani, who met with Trump at the White House Thursday, posted a statement on social media in the afternoon in which he said he spoke with the president about the incident.
“In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elaina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning. He has just informed me that she will be released imminently,” Mamdani said.
Aghayeva made a story on her Instagram page shortly after Mamdani’s announcement, in which she expressed gratitude for the support.
“I just got out a little while ago. I am safe and okay. In an uber (on the way) back home,” she said. “I am so sorry, but I am in complete shock over what happened.”
Aghayeva was seen by ABC News exiting a vehicle and entering building. She did not give a statement.
An attorney representing Aghayeva filed a petition in federal court Thursday asking a judge to order her release.
Carl Hurvich said in court documents that the student was unlawfully detained and was being held “without justification.”
The habeas petition said agents “represented they were searching for a missing person to gain entry” and did not have a warrant for Aghayeva’s arrest. Hurvich requested a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from transferring Aghayeva outside of New York.
Aghayeva is described in court documents as an undergrad student at Columbia’s School of General Studies pursuing a degree in neuroscience and political science. She entered the U.S. around 2016 on a visa, the filing says.
Protests took place on the school’s campus on Thursday following the news of the student’s detention, but there were no reported incidents or arrests.
The school was “working to reach the family, and providing legal support,” the Shipman said in her letter.
“It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access,” the letter said.
“If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety,” Shipman wrote. “Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University’s response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a statement condemning the federal agents’ alleged actions.
“Let’s be clear about what happened: ICE agents didn’t have the proper warrant, so they lied to gain access to a student’s private residence,” she said.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler echoed the governor’s statement.
“Law enforcement agents should not, under no circumstance, misrepresent their identity to gain entrance into a residence. These actions do not keep us safe, they only sow distrust and fear into our community. ICE is terrorizing our neighbors and ripping students from their homes,” Nadler said in a statement, in part. “We are doing everything in our power to help bring the student home.”
Thursday’s incident is not the first encounter between the Trump administration and Columbia.
Last year, pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and held for 104 days on immigration charges.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz issued an order on June 20 granting Khalil’s release on bail after determining that he presented neither a danger nor a flight risk and that extraordinary circumstances justified his temporary release while his habeas case proceeded.
The federal government has been appealing its case against Kahlil, a green card holder.
Columbia also reached a $200 million agreement with the Trump administration last July, after it threatened to remove federal funding over what it called Columbia’s “continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”
Joan Jett of Joan Jett and The Blackhearts performs onstage during The Stadium Tour at Truist Park on June 16, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Joan Jett is a guest on the latest episode of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Music Makes Us podcast, where she opened up about musicians not being afraid to speak out when they see injustices in the world.
Asked by host Kathleen Hanna whether music can still make a difference with how people respond to the world, Jett pointed to Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl halftime show.
“Even if he’s not saying something specifically with his lyrics, he’s using this huge platform that he’s been given to discuss issues that are really important to Americans, and to more and more Americans as they’re realizing what’s happening,” she said.
Jett noted that she and the Blackhearts recently got back from doing shows in New Zealand, where people were asking them about what was going on in the U.S. She said she feels that as someone with a platform she needs to be able to address it.
“I’m not saying you have to go all in the way you would if you were sitting down having a face-to-face conversation. You can’t, you can’t utilize your time like that,” she said. “But I think you can certainly have a few well thought out sentences to let people know … what’s going on and whatever it is you wanna say.”
She added, “But saying ‘shut up and sing’ has never really been what musicians or artists do, from way on back.”
“When people talk to me about other songs, you know, that touched them, whether it was really bad times the music got them through or really good times, it shows that the music really connects and fills an important space, if you allow it, in people’s capacity to deal with all this stuff that we’re dealing with,” she said.
Matchbox Twenty’s album North came out in 2012, but some songs that didn’t make the final cut are hitting streaming on Friday for the first time.
The band announced on Instagram Thursday, “The lost North sessions, finally in one place. We’re bringing 5 tracks together tomorrow … available on all streaming platforms for the very first time. See you at midnight.”
The songs in question are “Don’t Wanna Be Loved,” “Waiting on a Train,” “I Believe in Everything,” “Help Me Through This” and “Straight For This Life.” And they aren’t exactly lost — they were originally released as bonus tracks on a deluxe edition of the album, a Target exclusive edition of the album and a Japanese version of the album.
However, as the band notes, all five tracks never appeared together on any of those editions, so this new release does indeed put them “in one place” — and on streaming services, where they never were available previously.
Matchbox Twenty has been teasing the release on Instagram for the last couple of days, most recently via a video of the band working in the studio, paired with a voice-over from singer Rob Thomas that was recorded live at a concert.
After reminiscing about the days when a B-side meant the flip side of a 7-inch vinyl single, Rob goes on to tell the audience, “Now a B-side means something that didn’t make your record. You put out a record, you only have so much space on it, and you have all these little songs, your little children that are homeless out in the world and don’t really get a lot of love.”
North was Matchbox Twenty’s first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.
Maddie & Tae discuss putting their career as a duo on pause in the latest edition of The Dr. Phil Podcast. You can watch the conversation on YouTube.
You can check out Filmore’s performance of “Yeehaw” on The Kelly Clarkson Show on YouTube. It’s from his new album, Atypical.
“Didn’t have [Alex Warren] with me this time but hopefully I did Ordinary justice,” Luke Combs wrote on his socials, referring to his 2025 collab with the pop star at Lollapalooza. Luke’s solo version from the Georgia Theatre is available on YouTube.
Tiwa Savage attends the launch of her new album ‘This One Is Personal’ at The Standard, London, on August 29, 2025, in London, England. (Photo by Aimee Rose McGhee/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Tiwa Savage is ready to unlock talent back home in Africa. She’s launched the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation to help empower “the next generation of African creatives — through music, education, and opportunity,” according to the foundation’s website. The goal is to provide access to training, mentorship and other resources to aspiring musicians throughout Africa, especially those in underrepresented and underserved communities.
Its first initiative comes in the form of a partnership with Tiwa’s alma mater, Berklee College of Music. Berklee in Nigeria: Tiwa Savage Intensive Music Program is a four-day program, the first to bring Berklee’s wealth of knowledge to Lagos, Nigeria. It will give aspiring musicians in the city hands-on experience and resources in the music industry, as well as a chance to connect with leaders in the West African music marketplace. Students will learn about “the interconnection of all aspects of professional musicianship, including performance, songwriting, production, and music business,” according to the program’s description.
The Tiwa Savage Intensive Music Program will take place from April 23 to 26. Applications are open through March 20.
Poster for ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’ (Live Nation Studios)
A new trailer has just dropped for the Billy Idol documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which opened in theaters on Thursday.
The film, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, explores the rock star’s career and personal life, and features never-before-seen archival and personal interviews with Idol. The trailer opens with an early Idol interview in which he’s asked what he’d do with his money if his music took off and went to #1 in America and England. Idol replied, “I’d spend it on drugs.”
The film also features interviews with Idol’s family, peers and collaborators; the trailer features clips of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, The Who’s Pete Townshend and Miley Cyrus all talking about the rocker.
