Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Foo Fighters took a moment to give a shoutout to Turnstile during their show in Manchester, England, on Friday.
As seen in footage posted by the U.K.’s Absolute Radio, frontman Dave Grohl dedicated a performance of “My Hero” to the “NEVER ENOUGH” outfit.
Having gotten his start in the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, Grohl told the crowd he was happy to see a successful new hardcore band from nearby Baltimore, where Turnstile formed.
“Whenever I see someone from Baltimore doing something really great and enjoying the successes of their hard-earned work, I like to shout ’em out,” Grohl said.
Turnstile, by the way, was in England over the weekend to attend the 2026 BRIT Awards, where they were nominated in the international group category. The prize ended up going to Geese.
‘These Are Going Nowhere: A Mixtape by Koe Wetzel’ (Columbia Records)
Koe Wetzel got a big surprise Saturday, as his hometown of Pittsburg, Texas, declared Feb. 28 Koe Wetzel Day.
The “High Road” hitmaker also picked up a key to the city during a celebration that included a marching band, cheerleaders and the unveiling of his own mural.
“My family sitting here – my mom, my dad, my sisters, my grandparents – my girls here, they’ve always been my #1 fan and they’ve gotten me where I am by doing so, but also with the help from Pittsburg, Texas and all the great people here that have made everything happen,” he told the crowd, according to a press release. “No matter where I go in this life, no matter what country, state or city I’m in, I always know Pittsburg, Texas is home for me. And whenever I come back, you all make sure to remind me of that and treat me like I never left, and I always appreciate that.”
The event was timed to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of his song “February 28, 2016.”
Koe also unveiled a new collection of music over the weekend, titled These Are Going Nowhere: A Mixtape by Koe Wetzel, describing it as “some of my favorite Koe s*** from the vault to hold you over until my new album comes out this summer.”
It includes the songs “Feel Better,” “GTFO,” “Run Away,” “College,” “Lonesome Dove” and “Sweet Texas Strange.”
Matt Berninger & Roseanne Cash ‘Who Loves the Sun’ single artwork. (Concord Records)
The National frontman Matt Berninger has released a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Who Loves the Sun” in collaboration with Roseanne Cash.
Berninger and Cash recorded their version for the series Sunny Nights, starring Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden.
“I’ve been a Trent O’Donnell fan for a long time,” Berninger says, referring to the Sunny Nights director. “We became good friends when he cast my brother, Tom, in an episode of his show No Activity, and we’ve had a close, creative bond ever since.”
Berninger adds that he immediately thought of Cash and her husband, producer John Leventhal, when approached about recording the cover.
“We recorded it in their Chelsea brownstone last summer,” Berninger says. “John did most of the work while Rose and I drank chardonnay in the garden in the sun.”
Sunny Nights premieres on Hulu on March 11.
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March 13 will certainly be a day to remember for Bilmuri.
That’s when the “MORE THAN HATE” artist will drop a collaboration with A Day to Remember. The joint song is called “ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN” and will appear on Bilmuri’s upcoming album, KINDA HARD.
You can presave the track now by commenting or sending Bilmuri a DM on Instagram.
Bilmuri previously teased in 2025 that he was in the studio with ADTR frontman Jeremy McKinnon, as well as Noah Sebastian of Bad Omens.
KINDA HARD is due out April 10. It includes the singles “MORE THAN HATE,” “HARD2TELL” and “TWICE.”
Bilmuri will launch a U.S. tour April 17 in Denver.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle attends A Craft Syndicate Music Collaboration Unveiling Event at Opera Atlanta on December 10, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.(photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
Nipsey Hussle’s legacy now lives on via a street in his hometown of Los Angeles. The corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue, where Nipsey used to sell copies of his mixtapes, is now Nipsey Hussle Square. Former partner Lauren London said during the dedication ceremony Saturday that it was something Nipsey actually predicted would happen.
“When me and Nip first started dating, we would drive by over here, and he would be like, ‘You know, Boogie, one day they gonna name this whole section after me,’” she said. “And here we are today.”
Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom also took the mic, sharing what it means to have a street named after his brother in the area where Nipsey Hussle Square is located.
“I think that everybody who knew Hussle knows that Hussle loved the area. Crenshaw and Slauson meant everything to bro,” he said. “This corner has a lot of memories.”
Blacc Sam continued paying homage to Nipsey on Sunday, when he partnered with Snoop Dogg to open up another Marathon Burger location in Long Beach. Stevie Wonder and YG were among those who attended the grand opening.
Gunfire erupted near the new restaurant Sunday afternoon. ABC7 reports one man was fatally shot, and two were shot and remain in stable condition. A spokesperson for Marathon Burger told Eyewitness News the incident was not connected to the restaurant’s grand opening. An investigation into the case is ongoing.
If they laugh, we’ll say, we’re getting a fifth Zombies movie someday.
A fifth film in the hit Zombies franchise has been greenlit for Disney+ and Disney Channel. It will begin production in New Zealand in the spring, with its official title to be announced at a later date.
Malachi Barton and Freya Skye are set to star in this new movie after joining the franchise as characters Victor and Nova in the fourth film. Original stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly will not return as Zed and Addison, although they will remain involved as executive producers.
Also returning for the fifth film is Trevor Tordjman, who will reprise his role as Bucky, Addison’s cousin and the beloved cheer captain from the original trilogy.
Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires stars Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner and Mekonnen Knife will also make up this new movie’s cast.
As far as plot goes, Zombies 5 will feature the introduction of mermaids into the Zombies universe.
There is peace between the Daywalkers and Vampires following the events of the fourth film. But it is “put to the test when a band of fierce mermaids arrives in Rayburn, making waves and casting a persuasive siren song to lure in new allies,” according to an official description. “Nova and Victor must unite their groups once more to discover what the mermaids are really after in order to protect the fragile harmony they worked so hard to build.”
New cast members include Diaana Babnicova as Pearl, Taylor Oliver as Fin and Olive Mortimer as Sandy, who are a trio of mysterious mermaids. Emily Costtrici also joins the cast as Izzy, a zombie who is Zed’s cousin and a new transfer student.
Paul Hoen, who has directed all of the films in the Zombies franchises, returns to helm this fifth installment.
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L-R: Dominic Miller, Sting, Chris Maas (Photo Credit: Carter B. Smith)
Sting has announced some new North American dates for his Sting 3.0 tour.
The new fall leg will launch with a two-night stand in Vancouver, Canada, on Oct. 5 and 6, with the first U.S. shows happening Oct. 8 and 9 in Seattle.
The new leg includes a six-night mini residency at the historic Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn, New York, running from Nov. 11 to 18, with special guests Fiction Plane, which features Sting’s son Joe Sumner. The tour wraps Nov. 24 in Tampa, Florida, which is a rescheduled show.
Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. local time. A complete list of dates and info on presales can be found at Sting.com.
The Sting 3.0 tour has Sting backed by longtime guitarist and collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas.
Sting is currently in the middle of an eight-show residency in Paris, with his next show happening Monday. A North American spring leg of the tour kicks off May 6 in Hollywood, Florida.
Tucker Wetmore’s The Brunette World Tour (Courtesy Tucker Wetmore)
Tucker Wetmore’s extending The Brunette World Tour, adding 17 new dates, including stops in Los Angeles and Chicago.
“This tour has already been more than I ever imagined,” he says. “Getting to add more dates and head back out West to play some bucket-list venues is something I’m really grateful for and I can’t wait to keep it rolling.”
The new additions start June 21 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and wrap Oct. 27 with his recently announced show at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Maddox Batson, William Beckmann, George Birge, Jacob Hackworth, Braxton Keith and Stella Lefty will join him on the trek. Presales start Wednesday, before tickets become available to the public on Friday.
Tucker will also release his new track, “Sunburn,” on March 13, promising it’s the first in a steady stream of new music to come this year.
John Francis Bongiovi Jr. was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, later changing his name to Jon Bon Jovi for his musical career.
In 1983 he formed Bon Jovi with keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres; they were later joined by guitarist Richie Sambora. They released their self-titled debut album in 1984, which featured the top-40 hit “Runaway.”
The band has gone on to release 16 studio albums, including 1986’s Slippery When Wet, which spent eight weeks at number one, and 1988’s New Jersey, which also went to number one and produced five top-10 hits, including two #1 songs: “Bad Medicine” and “I’ll Be There for You.”
Bon Jovi released their latest album, Forever, in 2024.
Bon Jovi is set to return with their Forever tour, which kicks off July 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It is the band’s first tour since Jon underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday defended the ongoing U.S. attack on Iran as necessary because of Tehran’s missile arsenal and nuclear ambitions, calling it “our retribution” for its yearslong role in sponsoring terrorism.
Hegseth declined to say how long the operation would last or rule out the potential of sending U.S. troops on the ground.
“We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it. Their war on Americans has become our retribution against their Ayatollah and his death cult,” Hegseth said.
Hegseth’s press conference was his first since the large-scale operation began two days ago. The attack resulted in the death of Iran’s supreme leader and some of its senior leadership.
President Donald Trump in recent days told reporters he expect the operation could last four to five weeks — a timeline Hegseth wouldn’t commit to.
Four U.S. service members have died, with several more severely wounded, according to U.S. Central Command.
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who also briefed reporters on Monday, said the U.S. is sending additional forces into the region, primarily aviation assets.
“We expect to take additional losses and, as always, we will work to minimize U.S. losses,” Caine said, later adding, “this is major combat operations.”
When pressed on the missions objectives, Hegseth insisted the goals were clear.
“The mission of Operation Epic Fury is laser-focused,” Hegseth said. “Destroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy their navy and other security infrastructure, and they will never have nuclear weapons. We’re hitting them surgically, overwhelmingly and unapologetically.”
Critics of the administration have questioned the timing of the operation though because of U.S. intelligence that has found the threat from Iran was not imminent. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran is working on developing a missile capable of reaching the U.S. by 2035.
The U.S. also bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites last year. Experts say there are recent signs of Iran trying to rebuild its program and begin again enriching uranium, but that there was no evidence they were close to building a bomb.
Trump said over the weekend that a preemptive attack on Iran was justified by “imminent threats” from the Iranian guard, though he provided no evidence, and to topple the Iranian regime.
Hegseth said Monday that Iran was “stalling” during recent negotiations with U.S. officials to buy time to build up its ballistic missile program and restart its nuclear ambitions.
“Their goal: hold us hostage, threatening to strike our forces. Well, President Trump doesn’t play those games,” Hegseth said.
Iran has responded with a massive attack on U.S. allies across the Middle East, targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and Gulf nations. Four U.S. service members have been killed, which Hegseth said occurred when Iran hit a tactical operations center that had been fortified.
The attack resulted in the death of Iran’s supreme leader and some of its senior leadership.
In a phone call with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, Trump said the “attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates” to lead Iran.
Hegseth, though, on Monday said the operation was not a “so-called regime-change war.”
“Turns out the regime who chanted ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel’ was gifted death from America and death from Israel. This is not a so-called regime-change war, but the regime sure did change, and the world is better off for it,” Hegseth said.
The defense secretary rejected that the U.S. would be involved in another “forever war” in the region, though he gave little detail on what comes next.
Hegseth declined to give a timeline on how long the military operation could last, after Trump told ABC News the attacks could last four or five more weeks.
“President Trump has all the latitude in the world to talk about how long it may or may not take. Four weeks, two weeks, six weeks. It could move up, it could move back. We’re going to execute at his command the objectives we’ve set out to achieve,” Hegseth said.
ABC News’ Alexandra Hutzler contributed to this report.
