Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne during Ozzfest 2007 press conference at the Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles, California on February 6, 2007. (John Shearer/WireImage for Live Nation)
Sharon Osbourne hopes to keep the legacy of Ozzfest alive following Ozzy Osbourne‘s passing.
“I’ve been talking to Live Nation about bringing [Ozzfest] back recently,” Sharon tells Billboard. “It was something Ozzy was very passionate about: giving young talent a stage in front of a lot of people.”
Sharon first launched Ozzfest in 1996 as a two-day festival before turning it into a full-scale touring event. It became a staple of the hard rock and metal scene, helping propel the careers of bands including Linkin Park, Slipknot and Deftones.
“We really started metal festivals in this country,” Sharon says. “It was [replicated but] never done with the spirit of what ours was, because ours was a place for new talent. It was like summer camp for kids.”
The last Ozzfest was held on New Year’s Eve 2018 in Los Angeles. It marked Ozzy’s final full-length live performance before the 2025 Back to the Beginning concert, during which he played a solo set with the reunited Black Sabbath. Ozzy died just over two weeks later on July 22.
Lady Gaga performs on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ Sept. 8, 2025 (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)
Lady Gaga paused her concert in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 29 to speak out about recent events in Minneapolis and in the U.S.
During the portion of her Mayhem Ball show where she performs solo on piano, Gaga told the crowd, “I want to take a second to talk about something that’s extremely important to me. Something important to people all over the world and especially in America right now.”
As documented in fan-shot video, Gaga continued, “In a couple of days, I’m gonna be heading home and my heart is aching thinking about the people, the children, the families, all over America, who are being mercilessly targeted by ICE.”
“I’m thinking about all of their pain and how their lives are being destroyed right in front of us,” she went on. “I’m also thinking about Minnesota and everyone back at home who is living in so much fear and searching for answers on what we all should do.”
Gaga then said she wanted to dedicate a song that has “some hope” to “everyone who is suffering, to everyone who’s feeling alone and helpless, anyone who’s lost a loved one and is it having a difficult time, an impossible time, seeing when the end will be near.”
Becoming emotional, she added, “I hope our leaders are listening. I hope you’re listening to us ask you to change your course of action swiftly and have mercy on everyone in our country.”
She then performed “Come to Mama” from her album Joanne.
The Japanese leg of Gaga’s tour ends Jan. 30. She’s nominated for seven awards at Sunday night’s Grammys, including album of the year for Mayhem and song and record of the year for “Abracadabra.”
Ice chunks float in the Hudson River in front of the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2026. (Gary Hershorn/ABC News)
(NEW YORK) — A potential blizzard is headed to the Southeast this weekend, impacting the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee.
The storm will begin Fridayevening with snow over Appalachia, along the Tennessee/North Carolina border and western Virginia.
On Saturday, the snow is forecast to spread east into eastern Georgia and much of South Carolina, North Carolina and southern Virginia.
The storm could bring powerful winds, which may lead to blizzard conditions. Visibility could be reduced to less than a quarter-mile.
While it is still too early to predict exact snow totals, it appears that much of northern South Carolina, nearly all of North Carolina and southern Virginia will get 3 to 8 inches of snow between Friday night and Sunday morning. Some areas could even near 1 foot of snow, especially along the North Carolina coast where the heavy snow may last longer.
Along with a full moon causing naturally higher tides, large waves produced by the storm may lead to destructive beach erosion and coastal flooding, with 2 to 4 feet water inundation possible from the South Carolina coast to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the coasts of Virginia and Maryland.
The Northeast coast may escape this storm mostly unscathed.
Those along the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C. to New York City should see little to no snow accumulation, but they will see gusty winds up to 40 mph on Sunday morning.
A few inches of snow is possible on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey, as well as New York’s Long Island and Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.
But if the storm moves slightly west, 3 to 6 inches of snow and blizzard conditions could strike the I-95 corridor from Connecticut to Boston to Maine.
On Friday, the the wind chill — what temperature it feels like — is forecast to hit minus 13 degrees in Minneapolis. On Saturday, the wind chill is forecast to drop to 2 degrees in Atlanta and minus 1 in New York City.
That cold is also spreading south to Florida.Record lows are possible across the Sunshine State on Sunday, including 20 degrees in Tallahassee, 23 degrees in Jacksonville and 25 in Orlando.
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) attends a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building on January 16, 2026 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK)– Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced on Thursday her candidacy for governor of Minnesota, saying her home state was in need of a leader who could “fix things in our state” and who would “stand up and not be rubber stamps” to the Trump administration.
“I believe we must stand up for what’s right and fix what’s wrong,” Klobuchar said in a video message announcing her run. “That’s why today, I am announcing my candidacy for governor of the state of Minnesota.”
“I like my job in the Senate,” she added. “But I love our state more than any job.”
The announcement arrived at a turbulent time in Minnesota, where thousands of federal agents have been carrying out Operation Metro Surge, a Trump administration operation with the stated goal of detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants.
Federal agents have been involved this month the fatal shootings of two protesters in Minneapolis, incidents that have spurred further protests in the state and around the country.
That ongoing operation has been decried by local leaders, including Tim Walz, the current governor, who on Jan. 5 ended his bid for reelection.
Walz, who served as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in 2024, said as he bowed out that he would not be able to give a campaign all of his attention as he worked to defend Minnesota against allegations of fraud and right-wing attacks — including from President Donald Trump.
Prior to his announcement, Walz came under fire amid allegations of fraud by child-care centers in Minnesota. The governor had said the state was investigating alleged fraud and he slammed rhetoric targeting the state’s Somali community, saying those allegations could put people at risk.
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement entered Minnesota to begin their operation in December, prior to Walz’ campaign departure. Hundreds more agents arrived in the first weeks of the year, federal officials said. Minnesota officials filed on Jan. 12 a federal lawsuit calling for an end to the surge.
Klobuchar has been outspoken throughout the past year against what she has framed as the overreach of the Trump administration and throughout turmoil in Minnesota, including amidst the recent shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
“We cannot sugarcoat how hard this is, but in these moments of enormous difficulty, we find strength in our Minnesota values of hard work, freedom, and simple decency and good will,” Klobuchar said in the video message released on Thursday.
She added, “These times call for leaders who can stand up and not be rubber stamps of this administration. But who are also willing to find common ground and fix things in our state.”
Klobuchar, who is also seen as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, was first elected to the Senate in 2006 as the first female U.S. senator elected from Minnesota. She is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and is a key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The senator had filed paperwork to create a campaign committee to run for governor last week. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Klobuchar had previously met with Walz about a possible bid for governor, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
She told ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday that ICE, one of the federal agencies operating in Minnesota, is “making us less safe, and they need to get out of our state.”
A huge banner displayed in Revolution Square depicts a missile attack on board a US Carrier painted in US flag colors in the Persian Gulf on January 26, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
(LONDON) — Iranian military forces are prepared to “immediately” retaliate against any U.S. attack, Tehran’s top diplomat warned on Wednesday, as more American military assets arrived in the region and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to launch a new attack on the country.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a post to X on Wednesday that Iran’s “brave Armed Forces are prepared — with their fingers on the trigger — to immediately and powerfully respond to ANY aggression against our beloved land, air and sea.”
“Valuable lessons learned” during the 12-day conflict with Israel and the U.S. in June “have enabled us to respond even more strongly, rapidly and profoundly,” Araghchi wrote.
“At the same time, Iran has always welcomed a mutually beneficial, fair and equitable NUCLEAR DEAL — on equal footing, and free from coercion, threats, and intimidation — which ensures Iran’s rights to PEACEFUL nuclear technology, and guarantees NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” the foreign minister added.
“Such weapons have no place in our security calculations and we have NEVER sought to acquire them,” he wrote.
Araghchi issued the warning after Trump touted what he called a “massive armada” heading toward Iran, which he said was “ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary.”
Trump urged Iran to make “a fair and equitable deal” regarding its nuclear program, key facilities and personnel of which were among the targets attacked by Israel and the U.S. in June.
“Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal — NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS — one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!,” Trump said a social media post.
Trump referred to the strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites last summer. “As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again,” Trump added.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by three destroyers, arrived in the Middle East earlier this week, bolstering the U.S. military presence in the region.
The carrier is carrying a complement of strike aircraft, while the accompanying destroyers are armed with Tomahawk missiles.
The naval buildup adds some 5,000 American troops to the region, swelling an already robust American military footprint spread across multiple bases across the Middle East, such as Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
In total, more than 30,000 U.S. troops are deployed across the Middle East. The USS Abraham Lincoln is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to operate in the region since last summer.
Araghchi on Wednesday denied any request for new talks Tehran and Washington, D.C., though said Iran was in touch with “various intermediaries.”
“Our position is clear. Negotiations cannot take place under threats, and any talks must be conducted in conditions where threats and excessive demands are set aside,” Araghchi said.
The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Thursday that Iran is “ready for sincere and genuine negotiations with America,” as quoted by the state-aligned Tasnim News Agency. Ghalibaf warned that though Trump “may be able to start a war,” he cannot foresee how it will end.
Trump’s latest threats focused on Iran’s nuclear program, which — alongside Tehran’s ballistic missile arsenal and its use of regional proxy forces — has been a key and longstanding concern for the U.S., Israel and their regional partners.
Trump’s Wednesday social media post did not mention Tehran’s bloody suppression of nationwide anti-government protests over the past month. The demonstrations began in late December in response to the collapsing value of the national currency — the rial — before morphing into a wider anti-regime movement which drew backing from dissidents abroad and Western governments.
Trump lent his support to protesters in mid-January, urging them to “KEEP PROTESTING — TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” He added, “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”
The president then appeared to back off the prospect of imminent U.S. strikes on Iran, saying Tehran had informed him that the killing of protesters and executions of those arrested had stopped.
The major security crackdown appears to have suppressed the massed demonstrations. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) — which relies on a network of activists in Iran for its reporting and has been accurate during previous unrest — said Wednesday that at least 6,373 people had been killed in the protests.
The dead included 5,993 protesters, 113 people under the age of 18, 214 government-affiliated personnel and 53 non-protesting civilians, HRANA said. The organization said it is still reviewing 17,091 reports of other deaths.
A total of 42,486 people have been arrested in the demonstrations since they began on Dec. 28, including 11,018 injured protesters with serious wounds, according to HRANA.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. regional buildup represents a “baseline” for defense.
“We have to have enough force and power in the region just on a baseline to defend against that possibility that at some point, as a result of something, the Iranian regime decides to strike at our troop presence in the region,” Rubio said.
Rubio also said that it was an “open question” and “no one knows” who would fill a leadership void in Iran if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was removed from power.
Rubio asserted that protests across Iran due to a free-falling economy show “that [the] regime is probably weaker than it has ever been.”
If the regime were to fall, he said the U.S. could “hope” for a “transition” like the one it is attempting to facilitate in Venezuela.
But Rubio added that he “would imagine it would be far more complex … because you’re talking about a regime that’s been in place for a very long time.”
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People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement as they march toward the South Texas Family Residential Center, January 28, 2026 in Dilley, Texas. (Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images)
(HOUSTON) — Law enforcement deployed tear gas during a clash with protesters outside a Texas detention facility on Wednesday, where a 5-year-old boy and his father are being held.
At least two protesters were detained, according to ABC News’ San Antonio affiliate KSAT.
Both U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were on the scene during the protest, according to KSAT.
Video of the encounter showed troopers pushing back protesters as tear gas was deployed.
Ahead of the protest, community organizers said in a press release they were gathering at the facility to hold “a vigil to amplify the voices and protests of children and families held in detention against their will.”
The facility in Dilley, Texas, is located about 85 miles southwest of San Antonio.
The protest took place on the same day that Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, met with 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander, at the center.
Castro said he was able to meet with him and his father for 30 minutes in the facility’s courtroom.
The lawmaker told reporters that he was told by the father that the 5-year-old has “been depressed and has not been eating well” since being detained.
“His father said that Liam has been sleeping a lot, that he’s been asking about his family, his mom, and his classmates, and saying that he wants to go back to school.”
Castro added that there are other children at the detention center, including several under the age of five and a two-month-old baby.
The father and son were detained on Jan. 20 as part of the federal government’s ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Images from the young boy’s detainment garnered international attention when he was apprehended by immigration officials shortly after arriving home from preschool while his father was in their driveway, school officials said last week.
The Department of Homeland Security said at the time that “ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, an illegal alien from Ecuador who was RELEASED into the U.S. by the Biden administration.”
“As agents approached the driver, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot — abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.”
DHS’ account differed from what the family’s attorney and school officials said occurred.
“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let them take care of the small child, but was refused,” officials from Conejo Ramos’ school said.
A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the removal of Alexander and Ramos, saying that the father and son cannot be removed from the district in Texas pending the habeas case challenging their detention.
At the time of their detention, they had a pending asylum case but no order of deportation directing that they be removed from the United States.
“It’s a special song to me,” he tells ABC Audio. “One, I’ve got my little brother, he’s a co-writer on the song. He’s my lead guitar player. It’s his first-ever song that’s being recorded. Top 40, top 20 now. So it’s fun watching him get excited about all this stuff, you know. It makes me happy.”
Dylan’s brother, Logan Robinson, can be even more excited now, since “What He’ll Never Have” just broke into the top 15.
What mystifies Dylan about his hit, however, is how his muse, wife Blair Robinson, feels about the tune.
“Here’s what I don’t understand about the song,” he reveals. “I’ve written all these love songs, right? ‘My Girl,’ ‘Nobody,’ ‘Can’t Have Mine,’ all these brownie-point songs for my wife. And then I write this song and it’s her favorite one, the one about me dying. Can you explain that to me?”
“She said, ‘What female [doesn’t] want to hear that? “If I was to die, just know that whoever you find, the love I have for you, he’ll never have.”‘ Like, what?” he asks. “I don’t know. She was right, though. It’s a big hit for us.”
Dylan sets his Till I Can’t I Will Tour in motion March 12 in Syracuse, New York.
Spiritbox at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. (Phil McCarten/CBS)
Spiritbox is headed back to the Grammys for the third straight year.
After being previously nominated in 2024 and 2025, the Canadian metallers are once again up for best metal performance for the 2026 ceremony with their song “Soft Spine.” For guitarist Mike Stringer, getting nominated for a Grammy feels like being “invited to the big kids table.”
“It’s a huge honor,” Stringer tells ABC Audio. “It’s something that you think about your entire life, and then when it happens, you’re like, ‘Holy s***.’ It’s very unbelievable.”
That feeling is only amplified once you actually arrive at the Grammys.
“It’s just a whole thing, it’s crazy,” Stringer says. “It’s something that you never think that you’re gonna be involved in, and then you get there, and it’s just, like, go go go. There’s all these people you never thought in a million years you’d be in the same room with, all these cameras, everyone’s dressed to the nines.”
We’ll see if the third time is the charm for Spiritbox, but Stringer says he’ll be happy either way.
“Honestly, if we’re invited, that’s incredible,” Stringer says. “If we win, that’s also incredible, but just being asked to go and being recognized by that whole board is just nuts.”
The 2026 Grammys will air Sunday starting at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Spiritbox will be performing during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony, which streams on YouTube Sunday beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
