Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe perform at GIANTS Stadium on November 11, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/WireImage)
Mötley Crüe will be celebrating America’s birthday up north in Canada.
The “Home Sweet Home” rockers will headline Winnipeg’s Rockin’ Thunder concert series on July 4. The bill will also include Three Days Grace, Halestorm and Canadian musician JJ Wilde.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. CT. For all ticket info, visit Motley.com.
Mötley will return to the U.S. later in July to launch the Return of Carnival of Sins tour celebrating the band’s 45th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of their 2005-06 Carnival of Sins tour.
‘Tenterhooks’ album artwork. (New Machine Recordings)
The Silversun Pickups‘ new album, Tenterhooks, is out Friday. It marks their third collaboration with Garbage drummer and Nevermind producer Butch Vig.
“The new album’s great,” Vig tells ABC Audio of Tenterhooks. “Some very powerful songs on it.”
Vig adds that he feels Tenterhooks “has a quite eclectic feel to it.”
“Yet it still sounds like Silversun Pickups,” Vig continues. “They have something in their DNA, the way they play together and [frontman] Brian [Aubert]’s guitar playing and his singing, and the way he and [bassist] Nikki [Monninger] sing, ’cause Brian can sing really high, as can Nikki, and sometimes, their voices, you can’t even really tell who’s singing what.”
Vig also produced the last two SSPU albums, 2022’s Physical Thrills and 2019’s Widow’s Weeds, making them his most frequent collaborator outside of Garbage in recent years.
“I love how they approach their music,” Vig says of the Pickups. “We don’t do demos and rehearse, we just start recording and see what happens.”
Silversun Pickups will play an album release show in Los Angeles on Friday, which will stream live on Veeps. They’ll launch a full U.S. tour Feb. 19 in Santa Ana, California.
Cover of ‘R.E.M. at the BBC’ box set (Craft Recordings)
R.E.M. fans will once again be able to get their hands on the band’s 2018 live album box set R.E.M. at the BBC.
The band announced on Instagram that the box set is “Back by demand” and will be available again starting March 6.
The eight-CD/one-DVD set features rare live and in-studio recordings taken from the BBC archives, with all the performances recorded between 1984 and 2008.
The compilation includes a 60-minute Later … with Jools Holland performance, plus performances from Radio 1’s Live Lounge and John Peel Studio Sessions. There are also recordings of several live U.K. broadcasts, including R.E.M.’s 1999 set at the Glastonbury Festival, a 2004 show at St. James’s Church in London and a 1995 broadcast from Milton Keynes.
The set features performances of such R.E.M. classics as “Losing My Religion,” “Man on the Moon,” “Radio Free Europe,” “Drive,” “Everybody Hurts” and “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”
The set also includes a DVD with the short film Accelerating Backwards and the Later … with Jools Holland performance, plus three bonus videos: “I’ve Been High,” “Nightswimming” and “Bad Day.”
Cobie Smulders and Jason Segel in ‘Shrinking’ season 3. (Apple TV)
Jason Segel worked with Cobie Smulders for nine years on How I Met Your Mother. Now, the pair star together in season 3 of the Apple TV comedy Shrinking. Smulders made her season 3 debut in Wednesday’s episode, where her character, Sofi, shared flirtatious banter with Segel’s Jimmy.
Segel spoke to ABC Audio about how working with Smulders on Shrinking is both the same and different to working with her on How I Met Your Mother, where they played friends Marshall and Robin.
“The way it is the same is that Cobie Smulders is like the nicest human being on Earth. And not just cause she’s Canadian. She is just like to the core, a wonderful human being,” Segel said. “We didn’t have much overlap on How I Met Your Mother despite working together for almost a decade because our storylines were always — Marshall was usually paired with Lily.”
Segel said that what’s special about doing Shrinking with Smulders now is that they have shared history.
“We’ve known each other for 20 years, 25 years, maybe something like that. Both been through a bunch of life stuff and the twisty-turny road that being in this business is about … and we’ve stayed in touch that whole time,” Segel said.
This, Segel said, helps the audience feel that Jimmy and Sofi have a real connection.
“I think when these two characters look at each other, it seems like they’ve known each other forever. Even though story-wise, they’ve only known each for a little bit,” Segel said. “It reads like soulmate because of that. That’s sort of like what a soulmate is supposed to feel like. Like, you’ve only just met, but you’ve known other forever. So I think that that was the magic trick of the casting.”
New episodes of Shrinking release every Wednesday on Apple TV.
The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has more than 5 billion streams on Spotify, while its music video has officially crossed the 1 billion-view mark on YouTube. It’s his seventh video to reach the milestone, reaching the milestone following hits including “The Hills,” “Die for You” and “Starboy,” which, while successful, didn’t reach the same level as “Blinding Lights.”
In case you missed it, Lady Gaga has now shared her reimagined Grammys performance of “Abracadabra” on Instagram. She revealed that her outfit, featuring an intricate basket-like headpiece, was archival Alexander McQueen from the late designer’s Fall/Winter 2009 The Horn Of Plenty collection. Gaga noted that the performance was “In memory of and inspired by Lee,” which is McQueen’s nickname.
Glossy.com reports that Selena Gomez‘s Rare Beauty cosmetics line has become Ulta Beauty’s largest brand debut in the retailer’s history.
A remix of Tame Impala‘s hit “Dracula,” featuring BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, is set to drop on Feb. 6.
‘Kerplunk’ album artwork. (Lookout Records/Reprise Records)
The cover of Green Day‘s Kerplunk is coming to life with the Kerplunk girl action figure.
A toy based on the cover of the punk trio’s 1991 sophomore album is being released by the company Super7.
The figure recreates the Kerplunk girl’s hair and daisy T-shirt, and comes with a smoking gun accessory.
The cover of Kerplunk features a drawing of a girl based on a character named Laurie L. created by Larry Livermore, founder of the label Lookout Records. The original album featured an insert purported to be written by Laurie L., an obsessed Green Day fan who murders her parents to go on tour with the band.
You can order your Kerplunk girl action figure now via Super7.com.
Meanwhile, you can catch Green Day perform ahead of Super Bowl 60 on Sunday during the game’s opening ceremony, airing at 6 p.m. ET on NBC.
Cover art for J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ (Dreamville Records/Interscope Records)
With The Fall Off arriving Friday, J. Cole has shared the album’s back cover, revealing the track lists for both sides of the double disc. As he’s done with each reveal tied to the project, he also provided some context, describing the album as a full-circle moment connected to his very first release, The Come Up.
“Some of the very first verses for The Come Up were written when I was just 19 years old,” he wrote on his socials. “The title of that project—the first one I would ever release—had a double meaning. There was the obvious one: my ambitions to ‘come up’ in the rap game.”
The second had to do with his decision to leave Fayetteville, North Carolina, and “‘come up’ to New York City on a dream-chasing mission.”
As Cole notes, The Come Up finds him “telling the world how he’s going to make it and proudly put his unknown city on the map,” complete with skits of phone calls home to his mother and friends ahead of holiday breaks.
Disc 29 tells the story of his return to Fayetteville at age 29, when he was “at a crossroads with the three loves of my life: my woman, my craft, and my city.”
Disc 39 is about his trip to the city at age 39, when he was “older and a little closer to peace.”
The back cover features a photo of Cole’s bedroom walls when he was 15 years old. That image and all other photos included on that version of the album were taken by Cole.
Cole also took a moment to thank “every artist and photographer that cleared these pictures.”
“When this album releases,” he added, “please know that you…are in the music too.”
Singer Barry Manilow performs onstage during the “Manilow: The Last Seattle Concert” at Climate Pledge Arena on July 12, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images)
Barry Manilow has postponed February dates of his Las Vegas residency in order to focus on his health.
Manilow announced in December that he was undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous spot doctors found on his left lung. In a post on social media, Manilow says he’s “doing great and recovering well from his surgery,” noting he’s “been getting exercise and spending some time in the studio, which has been fantastic.”
However, based on the recommendation of his doctor, he’s decided to reschedule his shows at the Westgate Las Vegas so he can stay “focused on healing.”
Postponed shows run from Feb. 12-21, with refunds available to those who can’t make the new dates.
Manilow will then launch his 2026 arena tour on Feb. 27 in Tampa, Florida. He’s scheduled to return to the Westgate from March 26-28.
Taylor Frankie Paul and 18 other former leads of ‘The Bachelorette’ in ‘The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose.’ (John Fleenor/ Disney)
Bachelor Nation, get ready to welcome a brand-new Bachelorette to the franchise.
ABC has announced that a special preview of Taylor Frankie Paul‘s upcoming season of The Bachelorette is coming very soon. The special, which is called The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, will debut on ABC and Hulu immediately after the Oscars live telecast on March 15.
The new special will find 18 former Bachelorettes gathered together to look back on all of their respective journeys and offer advice to the newest leading lady, Paul.
Former Bachelorettes who will be featured on the special event are Trista Sutter, Meredith Phillips, DeAnnaPappas, Ali Fedotowsky-Manno, Ashley Hebert-Rosenbaum, Emily Maynard-Johnson, Desiree Siegfried, Andi Dorfman-Hart, Kaitlyn Bristowe, JoJo Fletcher, Rachel Lindsay, Becca Kufrin, HannahBrown-Woolard, Tayshia Adams, Katie Thurston, Rachel Recchia, Charity Lawson and Joan Vassos, who is the franchise’s first-ever Golden Bachelorette.
“Consider this our first date. Watch The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, a special preview of Taylor’s season following the live telecast of The Oscars March 15,” the official Bachelorette account posted to Instagram on Wednesday.
The Bachelorette‘s new season premieres March 22 on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.
Fencing surrounds the perimeter of the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on January 20, 2022 in St Paul, Minnesota. Jury selection begins today in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis Police officers who are accused of violating George Floyds civil rights when he was killed in their custody on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — An exasperated and frustrated Department of Homeland Security attorney declared in a stunning moment in court that her job “sucks,” the existing legal process “sucks,” and that she sometimes wishes that the judge would hold her in contempt so she “can have a full 24 hours of sleep.”
Julie Le, who according to public records is a Department of Homeland Security attorney that had been detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s office, was called to testify Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn., about why the government has been nonresponsive to judicial orders regarding people in ICE detention.
“What do you want me to do? The system sucks,” Le told Judge Jerry Blackwell, according to a court transcript obtained by ABC News. “This job sucks. And I am trying [with] every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need.”
Blackwell said the administration has routinely not been following court mandates, ignoring multiple orders for detainees to be released that has resulted in their continued detainment for days or even weeks.
“The overwhelming majority of the hundreds [of individuals] seen by this court have been found to be lawfully present as of now in the country,” said Blackwell. “In some instances, it is the continued detention of a person the Constitution does not permit the government to hold and who should have been left alone, that is, not arrested in the first place,” according to the transcript.
Operation Metro Surge has “generated a volume of arrests and detentions that has taxed existing systems, staffing, and coordination between DOJ and the DHS,” Blackwell acknowledged, but said that was no excuse for the government’s lack of response to court orders.
“The volume of cases and matters is not a justification for diluting constitutional rights and it never can be” said Blackwell. “It heightens the need for care. Having what you feel are too many detainees, too many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough infrastructure to keep up with it all is not a defense to continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning sign.”
Blackwell also questioned Le regarding why the Donald Trump administration should not be held in contempt for violating court orders.
“I am here as a bridge and a liaison between the one that [is] in jail, because if I walk out – sometimes I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep. I work day and night just because people are still in there,” Le said.
Le also told the judge that she had previously submitted her resignation from her DHS post, “but they couldn’t find a replacement. So I gave them a specific time … to get it done. If they don’t, then by all means, I’m going to walk out,” she said.
An official confirmed to ABC News that Le is no longer detailed to the U.S. attorney’s office. Le did not immediately respond to an ABC News request for comment.
Le further told Blackwell in court that it was like “pulling teeth” to get a response from ICE regarding judicial orders.
Le said she “stupidly” volunteered for the assignment with DHS because they were “overwhelmed and they need help” and that she has only been in the job for a month.
“When I started with the job, I have to be honest, we have no guidance on what we need to do,” Le told the court.
“You received no proper orientation or training on what you were supposed to do?” Blackwell asked.
“I have to say yes to that question,” Le responded.
Blackwell also questioned Le about concerns he had regarding ICE detainees who were ordered released but that had already been moved to facilities in El Paso or New Mexico, and people who had been unlawfully detained but were told they had to wear an ankle monitor as a condition of their release, “which the court didn’t order because the person was unlawfully detained in the first place.”
“I share the same concern with you, your honor,” Le responded. “I am not white, as you can see. And my family’s at risk as any other people that might get picked up, too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern to heart.”
“Fixing a system, a broken system,” Le said. “I don’t have a magic button to do it. I don’t have the power or the voice to do it.”
Judge Blackwell began the hearing with a stern admonition that “a court order is not advisory, and it is not conditional,” and “it is not something that any agency can treat as optional while it decides how or whether to comply with the court order.”
“Detention without lawful authority is not just a technical defect, it is a constitutional injury that unfairly falls on the heads of those who have done nothing wrong to justify it. The individuals affected are people. The overwhelming majority of the hundreds seen by this court have been found to be lawfully present as of now in the country. They live in their communities. Some are separated from their families,” Blackwell said.
“The DOJ, the DHS, and ICE are not above the law. They do wield extraordinary power, and that power has to exist within constitutional limits. When court orders are not followed, it’s not just the court’s authority that’s at issue. It is the rights of individuals in custody and the integrity of the constitutional system itself.”
Blackwell adjourned the hearing saying he would all that he heard under advisement.
