King Ultramega “Loud Love” single artwork. (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale sings on a new cover of the Soundgarden song “Loud Love.”
The recording is part of the King Ultramega project, spearheaded by Mark Menghi of the band Metal Allegiance in honor of the late Chris Cornell. It also includes Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick and original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen.
“I feel like I’m always learning something from Chris,” Hale says in a statement. “Every few years I’ll discover something deeper in his lyrics, or higher in his range. But there is an authenticity that comes with Chris that can’t be taught or trained for. I believe every word he writes. I’m inspired by his control over his animalistic vocal range, and his poetry, but also how honestly he sings.”
You can watch the video for the “Loud Love” cover on YouTube.
Hale has previously covered Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days” with Halestorm, as well as Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike,” in which she sings both Cornell and Eddie Vedder’s parts.
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James has announced a new solo album called WowedOut.
The record is due out Aug. 28. It marks James’ fourth solo effort and is the follow-up to 2018’s Uniform Distortion.
“There’ve been times in my life where I’ve felt lost or depressed, but music has always been the thing that pulls me back,” James says in a statement. “When I think about making this album, it almost feels like I was in some kind of dream and now I’m trying to remember what the dream was about. The whole thing brought me a lot of joy and comfort while I was making it, and I hope it brings everyone else a little joy and comfort too.”
The first single off Wowed Out is called “Come Again” and is out now.
My Morning Jacket’s most recent album is 2025’s is.
Clive Davis speaks onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Avery Lipman & Monte Lipman on January 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Billy Joel and Aerosmith are among the latest artists sharing tributes to legendary music executive Clive Davis, who passed away Monday at the age of 94.
Joel shared a clip on Instagram from a 1974 interview where Davis talks about signing him.
“Clive Davis convinced me to sign with Columbia Records many years ago,” Joel wrote in the caption. “He recognized the talent of great musicians and understood the power of contemporary music,” noting, “I will always be grateful to Clive for his recognition of the critical importance of songwriting.”
Aerosmith shared a clip of the song “No Surprize,” about how they got their big break. In the track, they sing about Davis telling them he was going to make them a star.
“Our hearts are with the friends and family of Clive Davis, and all the artists and music lovers whose lives he changed with his vision, talent, and generosity,” they wrote. “He discovered Aerosmith, an unknown bar band, in 1972 and swiftly signed us to Columbia Records. He stood by us through our resurgence in the 1980s when our future wasn’t promised.”
They added, “He was a great man whose life’s work became the melody of modern culture and whose memory will always be a blessing.”
In addition, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton each shared their own tributes to Davis, with Tyler calling him, “The man with golden ears and Infinite Wisdom.”
Others paying tribute to Davis include Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Kenny Loggins and Dionne Warwick, who released a statement in which she called Davis “one of a kind.”
“I can think of no other record man that seemed to have that magical ability to know a hit when he heard a song,” Warwick added.
Heather Donohue, star of ‘The Blair Witch Project,’ backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards at Lincoln Center. (Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
We now have the release date for the upcoming The Blair Witch Project film.
Lionsgate has announced that the new horror movie will arrive in theaters on Sept. 24, 2027. The studio shared the release date in a post to Instagram on Tuesday.
The post featured a short video of the release date written in tree branches with eerie music playing in the background. Its caption simply reads, “9.24.27.”
Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Atomic Monster’s James Wan are set to produce the film. YouTube horror filmmaker Dylan Clark will direct it.
Clark took to Instagram back in May to share what the opportunity to helm a The Blair Witch Project movie means to him.
“The Blair Witch Project is one of the films that got me into filmmaking. To have the opportunity to step into that world with some of the people responsible for its creation is an absolute dream,” he wrote. “Can’t wait to see everyone in the woods soon.”
Clark recently partnered with Universal Pictures to adapt his horror short film Portrait of God, which is being produced by Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele.
The original Blair Witch Project debuted to theaters in 1999. A sequel, titled Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, arrived in 2000. The franchise was rebooted by Lionsgate in 2016 with the Adam Wingard-directed movie Blair Witch.
(NEW YORK) — A wildfire burning in Utah tripled in size overnight, prompting mandatory evacuations of homes and campgrounds and completely closing a highway in the mountainous area.
Fueled by drought conditions and wind gusts up to 50 mph, the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County started Monday afternoon and spread rapidly overnight, according to Utah Fire Info.
As of Tuesday morning, the blaze has burned more than 10,000 acres and was 0% contained, officials said.
The Cottonwood Fire ignited around 3:36 p.m. on Monday, threatening populated areas in Beaver County, according to officials.
Just after 9 p.m. local time on Monday, residents in the Eagle Point and Merchant Valley areas of Beaver County were ordered to evacuate immediately as flames bore down on the area, authorities said.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
The Cottonwood Fire is one of 342 wildfires currently burning across Utah, consuming more than 64,000 acres combined, according to Utah Fire Info.
The biggest active fire is the Iron Fire burning in Juab County, about 28 miles southwest of Provo. As of Tuesday morning, the Iron Fire had burned 31,304 acres and was 9% contained, said Al Nash, public information officer for the Great Basin Team 3, a federal agency in charge of the incident.
Nash told ABC News that firefighters battling the Iron Fire are bracing for another day of hot, dry and windy conditions.
The fire has prompted numerous evacuations in the area, including the complete evacuation of the town of Eureka, which has a population of just over 600.
“Our firefighters are expecting to have another challenging day,” said Nash, adding that humidity is expected to drop into the single digits.
Kelly Wicken, a spokesperson for the Utah Division of Forestry, said the blaze started on private land and has now spread across Juab and two other counties, crossing onto federal land and shutting down a highway.
Before the fire, the National Weather Service had issued red flag fire danger warnings for a large part of the state.
Red flag warnings for fire weather danger are in place across southern Utah and through much of western and central Colorado. Strong winds and low humidity are expected to fuel the existing fires and enable new fires to spark and spread rapidly.
(NEW YORK) — A wildfire burning in Utah tripled in size overnight, prompting mandatory evacuations of homes and campgrounds and completely closing a highway in the mountainous area.
Fueled by drought conditions and wind gusts up to 50 mph, the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County started Monday afternoon and spread rapidly overnight, according to Utah Fire Info.
As of Tuesday morning, the blaze has burned more than 10,000 acres and was 0% contained, officials said.
The Cottonwood Fire ignited around 3:36 p.m. on Monday, threatening populated areas in Beaver County, according to officials.
Just after 9 p.m. local time on Monday, residents in the Eagle Point and Merchant Valley areas of Beaver County were ordered to evacuate immediately as flames bore down on the area, authorities said.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
The Cottonwood Fire is one of 342 wildfires currently burning across Utah, consuming more than 64,000 acres combined, according to Utah Fire Info.
The biggest active fire is the Iron Fire burning in Juab County, about 28 miles southwest of Provo. As of Tuesday morning, the Iron Fire had burned 31,304 acres and was 9% contained, said Al Nash, public information officer for the Great Basin Team 3, a federal agency in charge of the incident.
Nash told ABC News that firefighters battling the Iron Fire are bracing for another day of hot, dry and windy conditions.
The fire has prompted numerous evacuations in the area, including the complete evacuation of the town of Eureka, which has a population of just over 600.
“Our firefighters are expecting to have another challenging day,” said Nash, adding that humidity is expected to drop into the single digits.
Kelly Wicken, a spokesperson for the Utah Division of Forestry, said the blaze started on private land and has now spread across Juab and two other counties, crossing onto federal land and shutting down a highway.
Before the fire, the National Weather Service had issued red flag fire danger warnings for a large part of the state.
Red flag warnings for fire weather danger are in place across southern Utah and through much of western and central Colorado. Strong winds and low humidity are expected to fuel the existing fires and enable new fires to spark and spread rapidly.
Stock image of car air conditioning ventilation grille. (aire images/Getty Images)
(RIVERVIEW, Fla.) — A 3-year-old boy died after being left in a hot car in Florida, according to authorities.
Deputies responded to a home in Riverview, just outside of Tampa, at about 10:40 p.m. Saturday after the boy’s father found him unresponsive in a parked car, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
The boy was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office said.
The temperature hit a scorching 95 degrees in Riverview on Saturday, and with humidity, it felt hotter than 100 degrees.
It’s not clear how long the boy was in the car.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister called the death a “tragedy” and warned, “A vehicle can reach lethal temperatures within minutes.”
“We urge every parent and caregiver in our community to make hot vehicle safety a priority,” the sheriff said in a statement. “Never leave a child unattended in a vehicle, even for a moment.”
No charges have been filed at this time and the investigation is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.
At least eight children have died in hot cars so far this year in the U.S., according to national nonprofit KidsAndCars.org. Last year, at least 37 children died in hot cars across the country, KidsAndCars.org said.
Click here for what to know to keep your children safe.
ABC News’ Kenton Gewecke contributed to this report.
Este Haim, Taylor Swift, and Mariska Hargitay attend Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2026 in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
When Taylor Swift and her pals attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals on June 10, they made headlines not just because people were accusing Taylor of not being a “real” fan, but because of the custom shirts they were wearing.
The tees, worn by Taylor, Mariska Hargitay, and Este Haim and Alana Haim of the band HAIM, featured the names of famous people misspelled with a “Kn,” in honor of the New York Knicks, like “Stevie Knicks,” “Knickole Kidman” and the band “Knickelback.”
Now, Este tellsPeople, “Taylor is a genius. She was the one that came up with the idea, and Alana was the one that executed it.” Alana custom-made the shirts by hand and said Taylor came up with “Stevie Knicks” specifically.
As for Nicole Kidman, Este tells People, “I mean, it’s no secret that we love her, we’re huge fans of hers. And it kind of lent itself to the T-shirt. It was the first name that came to mind when we were all brainstorming what Knicks-themed names we would use.”
After seeing Este in the “Knickole Kidman” shirt, Nicole shared a photo of the trio at the game to her Instagram Stories and wrote, “Right there with you girls!”
The third member of HAIM, Danielle Haim, was also at the game that night — she wore a shirt that said “Knickolas Cage.” And later that same night, Taylor’s friend sombr was seen out at a club in a “Stevie Knicks” shirt.
In other Taylor news, on Monday she supported her fiancé Travis Kelce at his annual Tight End University training camp in Nashville by attending the opening night party.
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden performs at London Stadium on June 28, 2025 in London, England. (Jo Hale/Redferns)
Iron Maiden fans had to confront their “Fear of the Dark” when the power went out during the band’s show in Paris on Monday.
According to fan reports and a recap from the site SortiraParis.com, the Paris La Défense Arena went dark in the middle of a performance of the song “2 Minutes to Midnight.” The outage happened as France is dealing with an extreme heat wave.
Unfortunately, fans had to wait for much longer than two minutes for the show to resume. Maiden eventually retook the stage after about an hour, but due to the delay and the venue’s curfew, the set’s encore was cut from the show.
Ahead of the Paris show, Maiden announced that they were filming the concert to document their Run for Your Lives tour, and that all fans standing in the floor section would be required to lock their phones in Yondr pouches. We’ll see if the power outage impacts the planned film at all.
The Run for Your Lives tour, which celebrates Maiden’s 50th anniversary, will continue through Europe into mid-July before coming to North America in late August.
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has announced a new solo album called Thrasher.
The “Mr. Brightside” singer’s third solo effort, and his first since 2015’s The Desired Effect, is due out Aug. 21. The lead single, titled “Plans,” will premiere on Friday.
In a trailer for Thrasher, streaming now on YouTube, Flowers previews the upcoming record’s country music influence.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found my way back to my father’s music – ‘Country-Western’ (as he called it) – and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,” Flowers says in a statement.
The Killers’ most recent album is 2021’s Pressure Machine.
Here’s the Thrasher track list:
“Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?” “One of Us” “Tiger’s Blood” “Plans” “Paradise” “Miss America” “Angel” “The Red Ground” “In a Heartbeat” “An American Dream”
