(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that dismissed the criminal human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Robert McGuire, the federal prosecutor in Tennessee, filed a notice on Monday to U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw that the government is appealing the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
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Adele’s been out of the spotlight lately, but she emerged a few days ago to check out a rising star: Lola Young.
Adele attended one of Lola’s concerts at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and posed with her backstage. Lola posted video of herself freaking out as she tells someone else that “Adele’s here.” She wrote in the caption that “it was so surreal” to have one of her “favourite artists ever” show up.
Céline Dion will release a new song called “Bonjour, Pardon, Merci” on July 3; it’s available for presave now. It’ll be the second new song she’s released since announcing her Paris residency, set to take place this fall. She put out a song called “Dansons” in April.
New mom Carly Rae Jepsen is birthing another project: a double album. Called Day and Night, it features 24 tracks, 12 for day and 12 for night. The first single, “On Wires,” is out on Friday. Her first live performance of 2026 will take place Sept. 27 at New York City’s All Things Go Festival.
Pink shared a Father’s Day tribute on Monday to her husband, Carey Hart, with whom she shares daughter Willow Sage Heart and son Jameson Moon Hart. She wrote, “I miss my Dad. But I get to see this guy do it. It is such a gift to see a father love their children. To be stretched to the limits by that love, to show up in any and every way they can. These two are very lucky, and very loved.”
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Devo and The B-52s are once again teaming up for some North American tour dates.
The bands have announced a set of fall Cosmic De-Evolution Tour dates, starting Sept. 17 in Tinley Park, Illinois. The tour will hit cities in Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and more before wrapping Oct. 31 in Palm Desert, California.
Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Devo and The B-52s launched the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour in September 2025.
Devo is set to join Billy Idol for several dates of the It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again tour, starting Aug. 7 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The next leg of their Mutate, Don’t Stagnate tour begins Aug. 25 in New Orleans. A complete list of shows can be found at clubdevo.com.
Despite wrapping a farewell tour back in January 2023, The B-52s have continued to perform live. Their next show is Wednesday in Berlin, Germany. A complete list of dates can e found at TheB52s.com.
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Joan Jett says she has no plans to stop playing “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah).” The song was co-written by Gary Glitter, who was convicted in the U.K. of sex offenses, including attempted rape of a girl under 13.
Jett initially covered the song for her 1973 debut solo album, Bad Reputation, and still performs the song in concert. In an interview with The Telegraph, Jett was asked if “what we now know about Glitter” doesn’t bother her and she replied, “Of course it bothers me.”
“But that’s not the context in which I’m singing it, number one,” she said. “Number two, if we want to start investigating everybody … [o]ne of my favorite bands is the Rolling Stones. Go listen to Starf*****, about a 15-year-old. I’m not condoning it at all,” referring to The Stones’ 1973 track, now called “Star Star.”
“And if you listen to the words I sing, I’m singing different words from what he’s saying. I try to make it my own,” she continued. “But am I going to drop it after the fact, after I’ve had my own career with the song? No. And if people want to come at me for that, do it. I’ve been come at for [more].”
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are set to kick off a U.K. tour on July 2 in Glasgow, Scotland. A complete list of show dates can be found at JoanJett.com.
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A second ransom note received by a Tucson, Arizona, television station following the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie said she died shortly after her abduction, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Feb. 1.
In the days after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, various ransom notes were sent to the media.
The Guthrie family received two notes that were sent to Tucson media outlets that investigators deemed potentially credible and the FBI had tried to trace their origin.
The first note demanded cryptocurrency for Nancy Guthrie’s return. The second note, according to sources, said she had died shortly after she was taken and was buried in nature.
The notes were received within days of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, but ABC News has not previously disclosed the contents of the second note.
Shortly after receiving the second note, Savannah Guthrie posted a statement in a Feb. 7 Instagram post.
“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie said at the time. “We beg you now to return our mother to us. … This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”
Images from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera showing a masked man at her house were released early on in the investigation, but the 84-year-old’s whereabouts remain unknown and the suspect remains unidentified.
In March, Savannah Guthrie spoke out in her first interview, telling her friend and former co-host Hoda Kotb, “Honestly, we don’t know anything.”
Savannah Guthrie said her family “cannot be at peace” without answers and she pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
“Someone can do the right thing, and it is never too late to do the right thing,” she said.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911, the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.
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The release of Brantley Gilbert’s eighth studio album is still a little more than a month away, but he’s just released two new songs early.
The first is the title track, “Sins of the Father,” which he calls the “most country song on the album.”
“I’ve done my dirt/ And I’ve been washed in the water/ Lord I go to church/ And I’m still learning the gospel,” Brantley sings on the track. “But tonight Lord I pray for our sons and our daughters/ Don’t make ‘em pay for the sins of the father.”
At the other end of the spectrum, Brantley estimates that “Good Ol’ Boys” “goes harder than probably anything I’ve ever written.”
In the end, the “Bottoms Up” hitmaker knows where he fits.
“As long as there’s a box in country music, I know where I belong,” he says. “And that’s right on the outside of it. All of my albums are a chapter of my life and this one’s no different. I don’t have skeletons in the closet – my s***’s out in the open. So if there’s any piece of my story that could help somebody, I’m cheating them if I keep it to myself.”
Sins of the Father arrives July 24, featuring Brantley’s current hit, “Good Damn.”
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In his decadeslong career in the music industry, legendary record executive Clive Davis, who died Monday at age 94, worked with dozens upon dozens of major artists. Some of them have taken to Instagram to pay tribute to him.
Clive signed Barry Manilow to his record label Arista Records and gave him his first #1 hit, “Mandy.” Barry wrote on X, “My heart is heavy with the loss of my friend Clive Davis. For fifty years we worked together, created together, argued together, and celebrated together. Yes, some would say it was business. But to Clive, it never was. It was family. And I was honored to be a part of his. Thank you Clive. I wish we could do it all again.”
Bruce Springsteen wrote on Instagram, “At 22 years old, he changed my life when he signed me to Columbia Records. He treated me with the same respect and kindness as a 22-year-old nobody as he did after all my success. A great man. All our prayers and love.”
Clive helped revitalize Rod Stewart’s career by signing him to his record label J Records and encouraging him to release The Great American Songbook series of albums. Rod wrote on Instagram, “Lost for words! A day I’ve been dreading! A giant of a man in the music business. I owe Clive so much. … [H]e was the only one who believed a rock singer could sing the standards with conviction.”
“Other labels rejected the idea, and so The Great American Songbook was born, selling close to 40 million copies,” Rod continued. “We had some wonderful, unforgettable times together, but for now, Mr. Davis, it’s goodbye, my dear friend.”
Clive also rebooted Santana’s career with the all-star collaborations album Supernatural and its world-beating smash hit “Smooth.” Rob Thomas, who co-wrote the song and sang on it, wrote on Instagram, “For the last 27 years Clive Davis has been a friend and mentor to me. We started our working relationship when we released Smooth and continued on.” Rob added, “There are still a lot of good people in the music industry but with him goes the end of an era.”
Carlos Santana said in a statement, “Clive understood that music is more than entertainment. Music is a healing force. It brings people together beyond fear, beyond separation, beyond borders. He dedicated his life to championing artists and helping them share their gifts with the world.”
Others who paid tribute include Diane Warren, Josh Groban and Michael Buble.
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Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow are among the many artists paying tribute to legendary music exec Clive Davis, who passed away Monday. He was 94.
“Over here on E Street, we mourn the death of the great record man and close friend Clive Davis,” Springsteen, who Davis signed to Columbia Records in 1973, wrote on Instagram. “At 22 years old, he changed my life when he signed me to Columbia Records. He treated me with the same respect and kindness as a 22-year-old nobody as he did after all my success. A great man. All our prayers and love.”
Santana, who signed with Columbia in 1969, released a statement calling Davis “a visionary.”
“He could hear the intangible before anyone else could see it. He believed in Santana from the beginning, and years later he believed in us again,” he wrote. “That kind of faith is a beautiful blessing, and I will always be grateful.”
Davis was also responsible for bringing Santana to Arista Records in the ’90s, which resulted in his multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning album Supernatural.
“I thank Clive for his friendship, his trust, and his belief in Santana,” he added. “We celebrate his extraordinary journey and the legacy of joy, inspiration, and possibility that he leaves behind.”
Stewart, who released his The Great American Songbook albums on Davis’ J Records, called the music exec a “giant of a man in the music business” in a post on Instagram.
“I owe Clive so much,” he continued, noting Davis was the only one who believed he could sing “standards with conviction.”
“Other labels rejected the idea, and so The Great American Songbook was born, selling close to 40 million copies,” Stewart added. “We had some wonderful, unforgettable times together, but for now, Mr. Davis, it’s goodbye, my dear friend.”
Manilow, who signed to Columbia Records in 1969, wrote on X that his “heart is heavy with the loss of my friend Clive Davis.”
“For fifty years we worked together, created together, argued together, and celebrated together,” he shared. “Yes, some would say it was business. But to Clive, it never was. It was family. And I was honored to be a part of his. Thank you Clive. I wish we could do it all again.”
Others paying tribute to Davis include Patti Smith, The Grateful Dead, KISS’ Paul Stanley, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Stephen Bishop and The Kinks’ Dave Davies.
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Taylor Swift has the #1 song in the country to go along with the #1 movie in the country.
“I Knew It, I Knew You,” which she wrote and recorded for Toy Story 5, tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week. The movie debuted at #1 at the box office with $160 million, the year’s biggest domestic debut and the biggest debut ever for the Toy Story films.
Meanwhile, Olivia Rodrigo has taken over the top 10 with four new songs from her album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, which entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #1. The highest-charting song is “stupid song” at #3, followed by her former #1 hit, “drop dead,” at #4, “the cure” at #6 and “honeybee” at #9.
Olivia also scored four top-10 hits from her debut album, SOUR, and two from her sophomore album, GUTS.
The rest of the top 10 is rounded out by Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” at #2 and “Be Her” at #5, Ariana Grande’s “hate that i made you love me” at #8 and Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” at #10. The only male artist in the top 10 is Drake, at #7 with “Janice STFU.”
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It’s been a quarter-century since Reba McEntire made her celebrated Broadway debut in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun.
Though her five-month run replacing Bernadette Peters in 2001 remains her only stint on the Great White Way so far, there are a couple new souvenirs you can experience.
“I took my final bow in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway 25 years ago today,” Reba posted on Monday. “During my run, I recorded two songs that were released on a promotional CD and we were finally able to get those songs released on streaming services.”
Reba McEntire: Songs from Annie Get Your Gun features “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun” and “I Got Lost in His Arms” from her performances as sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Meanwhile, Reba continues marking 50 years as a recording artist with monthly music capsules showcasing a new song alongside similarly themed catalog tracks. The latest, Hurt Like That, came out in May, along with the accompanying The Rise of Reba playlist.
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