Keke Palmer is back with a third season of her podcast, Baby, this is Keke Palmer, and this go round, “she’s not afraid to dig into the hot takes and the topics that we’re all dying to understand,” a press release states.

“This season feels different, not because the conversations are louder but because they’re deeper. This show has never been about gotcha moments. This season we are choosing curiosity over certainty, context over chaos, conversation over combat,” Keke adds in a video shared to socials. “I’m not here to speak for my guests, and I’m not here to speak over them either. I’m here to ask the questions that let you see for yourself because culture isn’t a headline, it’s a reflection, and this show, it’s the mirror. So let’s get into it.”

The first episode, out now, features Demi Lovato, with future guests including Nia Long, Niecy Nash-Betts, Coi Leray, Ella Mai, Mya, Durand Bernarr and Robin Thede.

New episodes are set to drop every Thursday.

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Twenty One Pilots are headlining the 2026 Oceans Calling festival, taking place Sept. 25-27 in Ocean City, Maryland.

The top of the lineup also features Mumford & Sons, Dave Matthews Band, Gwen Stefani, Matchbox Twenty and Hootie & the Blowfish.

Other artists on the bill include Yellowcard, My Morning Jacket, The Head and the Heart, All Time Low, Third Eye Blind, 311, Liz Phair, Goo Goo Dolls, Jet, OK Go, Violent Femmes, Everlast, Everclear and Dashboard Confessional.

You can sign up now for a presale happening Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit OceansCallingFestival.com.

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Justin Moore, Gavin Adcock and The Red Clay Strays will headline the Born & Raised Music Festival Sept. 17-19 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Tickets go on sale Wednesday. 

Walker Montgomery has signed with Jay DeMarcus’ Red Street Records. The son of John Michael Montgomery and the nephew of Montgomery Gentry’s Eddie Montgomery, Walker’s debut single will be “Saving the Honky Tonks,” which comes out April 3. 

The Band Loula’s new song, “Mother’s Mother,” will drop March 20. 

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Ella Langley’s current victory lap will continue later this month as she headlines a special Spotify South by Southwest concert.

The “Choosin’ Texas” hitmaker’s currently enjoying a second week atop Billboard‘s all-genre Hot 100, as the song returns three weeks after it initially hit #1.

She’ll play Spotify 20: Live at Stubb’s Saturday, March 14, in Austin, co-headlining with ’90s icon Alanis Morissette, who is famous for Jagged Little Pill hits like “You Oughta Know” and “Ironic.”

The show will also feature a DJ set by St. Vincent and will be open to SXSW platinum and music badge holders.

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After being forced to cancel their planned reunion tour due to frontman Dee Snider’s health, the remaining members of Twisted Sister have found someone else to front the band.

Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda announced on Instagram that former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach will be taking over lead singer duties for “a handful of select dates this fall.” The post features a clip of Twisted Sister’s “You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll,” which appears to feature Bach on vocals. 

It also adds that the shows with Twisted Sister “do not affect or conflict with Sebastian’s current or future solo touring schedule, which remains fully intact.”

Dates for Twisted Sister with Sebastian Bach have not yet been announced.

The planned Twisted Sister reunion with Snider was supposed to kick off April 25 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On Feb. 6, the band announced the tour cancelation “due to the sudden and unexpected resignation of Twisted Sister’s lead singer Dee Snider brought on by a series of health challenges.”

A statement released on behalf Snider said that a “lifetime of legendarily aggressive performing has taken its toll” on the singer, noting the 70-year-old suffered from degenerative arthritis and recently found out that “the level of intensity he has dedicated to his life’s work has taken its toll on his heart as well.”

Bach is currently on a solo tour and will play Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday. He has dates confirmed through Oct. 3 in Saint Charles, Missouri.

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If you want to own a special Spice Girls collectible, the British Royal Mint is here to give you what you really, really, really want.

The Mint is issuing a £5 coin in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the iconic group’s debut album, Spice, and their hit “Wannabe.” One side shows all five members of the group in silhouette, along with their autographs; King Charles III is on the flip side.

The coins come in five limited-edition packaging designs, all of which are limited to 15,000 coins worldwide. Each one showcases a different member, allowing fans to choose between Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Posh Spice, Scary Spice and Sporty Spice. 

You can buy a regular coin for about $25, a silver proof one for just under $1,020 and a gold one for just over $1,800.

On Instagram, Mel B, aka Scary Spice, writes, “Back then when we were just five misfit girls starting out We could never have imagined that this would happen to us – the FIRST female group to be given their very own coin…that really is GIRL POWER! My dad would be sooo proud!!!!”

In other Spice Girls news, Mel B will be one of the celebrities competing in the new Netflix series Squid Game: The VIP Challenge. As in the original Squid Game series, the VIPs are the ones who wear masks and watch as the contestants risk death to win millions.

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Demi Lovato and Keke Palmer were both child stars, and on the new episode of Keke’s podcast Baby, this is Keke Palmer, she opens up about a past relationship that she felt was inappropriate due to the age difference between her and her boyfriend. Unfortunately, that’s something Keke had experience with, too.

Demi said being a child star was “challenging,” adding, “There wasn’t a lot of time for play, but when there was, I played pretty hard.” Keke nodded, and said, “I feel like people don’t understand, like, that’s what we was dealing with. You know, I found myself dating … I’m 15. Why is my boyfriend 20?”

To which Demi replied, “Um, why was my boyfriend 30?” To which a shocked Keke could only respond, “GIRL!!!!”

Both women agreed that at the time they felt, “Nobody our age could understand,” but Demi continued, “Then you look back in hindsight, when I turned 30, I was like, ‘That’s not okay.'”

“You realize you were taken advantage of: ‘Oh, I was being exploited,'” Keke said. “Yes!” agreed Demi.

“At 15, I’m thinking, like, my boyfriend’s older because I’m doing an older job … and this is the way that it is and it seemed normal in my mind,” Keke continued, with Demi agreeing. Demi then added, “Especially if you’re an older soul, too. Especially if you’re mature for your age.”

The two then talked about loving the song “Mature” by fellow former child star Hilary Duff. “We all had the same damn life!” said Keke.

Demi also shared that she wrote a song about the experience, called “29.” She didn’t say who it was about, but Demi, 33, dated Wilmer Valderrama, 46, for six years before their 2016 breakup.

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“Clydesdale” and “No K.” collaborators Tech N9ne and E-40 are coming together for a co-headlining trek.

Their Strange Wid’ It Tour is set to kick off on April 12 in La Vista, Nebraska, with following shows set in Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Little Rock, Birmingham and more, with a final stop in Tech’s hometown of Kansas City on May 24.

“ME AND MY RELATIVE HITTIN THE ROAD AND WE HELLA LIT, WE NEVER EMBELLISH IT HOW WE COOK AND THEN SELL THE SH!+,” Tech wrote on Instagram, alongside a poster displaying the tour dates.

Ticket information is now available on strangemusicinc.com.

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