Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of KISS perform during KISS: End of the Road World Tour at Madison Square Garden on December 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
KISS has announced some of the activities fans will get to enjoy at the 2026 KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, taking place Nov. 13-15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
It was previously revealed that the weekend will include two unmasked KISS shows featuring Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, as well as an all-star tribute to KISS founding member Ace Frehley, who passed away in 2025.
Now it’s been revealed that Simmons will also be hosting Gene Simmons’ Private KISS Collection Show & Tell, giving fans a look at rare pieces of his personal memorabilia, as well as sharing the untold stories behind them. Stanley is also set to host a KISS Cook Off, where participants will be challenged to recreate one of his signature dishes.
Other activities include KISS Army Live Band Karaoke, hosted by Thayer, and the KISS Kruiser Drum Off Competition and Q&A with Singer.
The weekend will also include performances by Night Ranger, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat. There will also be a preparty on Nov. 12 featuring the Ace Frehley Band, Enuff Z’Nuff and others.
In other KISS news, in honor of the 30th anniversary of KISS’ MTV Unplugged live album, the band is set to release two limited-edition vinyl editions of the record: a deluxe two-LP picture disc and a premium two-LP yellow and red swirled color vinyl. In addition, KISS has been posting remastered clips of their Unplugged performances on YouTube, including a making-of video.
KISS’ MTV Unplugged, recorded in August 1995, reunited Simmons and Stanley with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. The performance led to a full reunion tour.
Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of KISS perform during KISS: End of the Road World Tour at Madison Square Garden on December 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
KISS has announced some of the activities fans will get to enjoy at the 2026 KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, taking place Nov. 13-15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
It was previously revealed that the weekend will include two unmasked KISS shows featuring Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, as well as an all-star tribute to KISS founding member Ace Frehley, who passed away in 2025.
Now it’s been revealed that Simmons will also be hosting Gene Simmons’ Private KISS Collection Show & Tell, giving fans a look at rare pieces of his personal memorabilia, as well as sharing the untold stories behind them. Stanley is also set to host a KISS Cook Off, where participants will be challenged to recreate one of his signature dishes.
Other activities include KISS Army Live Band Karaoke, hosted by Thayer, and the KISS Kruiser Drum Off Competition and Q&A with Singer.
The weekend will also include performances by Night Ranger, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat. There will also be a preparty on Nov. 12 featuring the Ace Frehley Band, Enuff Z’Nuff and others.
In other KISS news, in honor of the 30th anniversary of KISS’ MTV Unplugged live album, the band is set to release two limited-edition vinyl editions of the record: a deluxe two-LP picture disc and a premium two-LP yellow and red swirled color vinyl. In addition, KISS has been posting remastered clips of their Unplugged performances on YouTube, including a making-of video.
KISS’ MTV Unplugged, recorded in August 1995, reunited Simmons and Stanley with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. The performance led to a full reunion tour.
Joe Jonas plays in-game ‘Hay Day’ Country Music Festival (Courtesy Hay Day)
Joe Jonas’ latest solo song will take you down on the farm.
“The Cozy Anthem” was created especially for the mobile farming game Hay Day and is now playing across every farm in the game. It’s based on the game’s theme tune, which Joe has turned into a full-fledged song. The unveiling of the song marks the start of a two-week virtual music festival in the game, which Joe will headline.
Players will also be able to create their own versions of the song and download decorations inspired by the song, including an in-game jukebox.
“With everything I’ve got going on, it’s not always easy to find a moment to disconnect. Hay Day has become one of those little escapes where I can relax, have fun, and recharge,” Joe says in a statement. “There’s something strangely satisfying about checking on your farm before checking your emails.”
But Joe isn’t the only Jonas Brother doing something solo. Nick Jonas will perform on the upcoming special Disney Celebrates America: Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash, which airs live July 4 on ABC and multiple streaming channels. Other performers on the special include Boyz II Men, Lauren Daigle, The All-American Rejects, NE-YO, and country stars Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw.
‘Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward’ (Courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum)
Kenny Chesney was officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2025, and in 2026 he’ll get his own exhibit.
Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward is set to open July 23 at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.
“When you’re so busy living life – literally in fast forward – you rarely pause to think about all the miles traveled, the faces you’ve met along the way,” Kenny says. “Trying to decide what things to send to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum that represent a whole lot of dreams, living, songs, the work and things you don’t dare imagine was as hard as anything I’ve ever done.”
“But in the end,” he continues, “I feel like every piece of who I am is represented – and I hope that for someone who’s thinking about chasing their own crazy dreams, this may be the spark to get them on their way.”
The artifacts Kenny delivered may make it seem like a trip to Mecca for members of his devoted No Shoes Nation: There’s the varsity jacket and jersey he wore in the mid-’80s while playing football as one of the Gibbs High School Eagles, as well as the guitar he played in college at East Tennessee State University.
The mythic “Old Blue Chair” that’s inspired so much in Kenny’s career will also be on display.
Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward will run through June 2027.
Joe Locke as Charlie Spring and Kit Connor as Nick Nelson in ‘Heartstopper Forever.’ (Netflix)
Heartstopper may be coming to an end, but Nick and Charlie are forever.
The trailer for Heartstopper Forever, the movie conclusion to the popular Netflix teen romance series, has officially been released.
In it, we see Kit Connor’s Nick Nelson and Joe Locke’s Charlie Spring grappling with what happens to their relationship after Nick leaves for university.
“Everyone thinks teenage relationships don’t last,” we hear Charlie say in voice-over. “Guess I’m an optimist then.”
The trailer — soundtracked to Olivia Rodrigo’s “stupid song” — includes scenes of their friend group making memories together at prom and a Pride parade, Nick struggling with his identity outside of his relationship with Charlie, and Charlie thinking about the future for the first time.
“We look after each other, don’t we?” Charlie asks Nick as they sit on a beach. “Always,” Nick replies.
Returning cast members include Will Gao, Yasmin Finney, Tobie Donovan, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell and Jenny Walser.
The film debuts on Netflix July 17, 10 days after the release of series creator Alice Oseman’s final volume of the Heartstopper graphic novel, which comes out on July 7.
Future attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Fresh off his FIFA World Cup performance with Tyla, Future has announced that a new album is on the way. Taking to his Instagram Story on Monday, he posted a graphic featuring the words “Future The Real Me” in black against a red background. The image, now his profile picture on the platform, has also appeared on Spotify billboards.
Future then confirmed The Real Me is indeed the title of his upcoming album, writing on X, “Album title: THE REAL ME.”
The project will mark Future’s first full-length release since teaming with Metro Boomin in 2024 for We Don’t Trust You and its sequel, We Still Don’t Trust You.
Although he hasn’t released a solo project since then, Future has been active musically. He appears on Drake’s “Ran to Atlanta” from Iceman and is featured with Tyla on the FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem, “Game Time.” The two debuted the song live at SoFi Stadium during the United States’ opening ceremony for the World Cup.
Mike Patton of Faith No More performs ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ at Rockefeller Center on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’)
If you want it all, all being a Faith No More reunion, then it appears you might actually be able to have it.
The long-dormant “Epic” rockers, who haven’t performed live since 2016, have fans speculating about a possible comeback after a posting an image to Instagram featuring the year 2027 and the FNM logo superimposed over a photo of a crowd.
Faith No More had been set to return to the live stage in 2021 for a run of shows that were later canceled due to frontman Mike Patton dealing with mental health issues. In a 2022 Rolling Stone interview, Patton shared that he’d been diagnosed with the anxiety disorder agoraphobia.
While Patton returned to the road with his project Mr. Bungle, Faith No More stayed inactive. In the Rolling Stone piece, Patton said the tour cancellation led to “broken feelings on both sides,” and keyboardist Roddy Bottum said in 2024 that the band was on “semi permanent hiatus.”
In separate 2025 interviews, drummer Mike Bordin said he felt Patton demonstrated that he was “unwilling to do shows with us,” while Bottum said he doesn’t “think anyone’s sort of up for [a reunion] at this point.”
We’ll see if this new teaser means that the Faith No More members have changed their minds. In the meantime, Patton has been playing select Faith No More songs on tour with AVTT/PTTN, his collaboration with the folk band The Avett Brothers.
Lenny Kaye, the longest-serving member of the Patti Smith Group, is getting ready to release his debut solo album, Goin’ Local, and he’s offering fans another preview of the record.
The rocker has dropped the track “The Things You Leave Behind,” described in a press release as “a meditation on collecting, memory and legacy.”
“I see ‘The Things You Leave Behind’ as something that resonates with anyone who collects cultural objects and memorabilia,” says Kaye. “It reflects that instinct to gather things and the question of what to do with them over time.”
This is the third track Kaye has released from Goin’ Local, following the title track and “Solstice,” which he co-wrote with Patti Smith.
Next up, Kaye will sit down for a conversation with The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli for a special Grammy Museum evening in New York City on June 23. Tickets and info can be found at GrammyMuseum.org.
An exterior view of the Department of Education building on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education is expected to announce a major step in the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency — moving special education services and civil rights responsibilities to the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Justice (DOJ), respectively, according to sources familiar.
The sources told ABC News the HHS is expected to receive the Offices of Special Education Programming (OSEP) and Rehabilitative Services Administration (RSA). The Justice Department will be responsible for the agency’s civil rights oversight. Transferring the offices will impact millions of students and families, including 7 million people who receive around $15 billion in grants through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law creating free and appropriate education for children with disabilities.
President Donald Trump campaigned in 2024 on closing the agency.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(NEW YORK) — Gulf Coast states already dealing with massive floods are bracing for even more extreme weather as the first tropical storm of the season could form as early as Tuesday night.
Tropical Storm watch issued for 2 states
The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch on Tuesday for the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas –including the cities of Brazosport, Galveston and Port Arthur– to parts of southwestern Louisiana.
Potential Tropical Cyclone One, the name of the low-pressure system developing, is forecast to become a tropical storm later Tuesday or early Wednesday along the Gulf Coast.
A hurricane is not expected to form, according to the latest forecast.
Very heavy rain is forecast for New Orleans as early as Wednesday evening or as late as Thursday morning, depending on how quickly the storm develops. New Orleans is under a flood watch.
Winds will gust over 40 mph at times along the coast and coastal flooding may also become an issue, according to the forecast.
Deadly flash flood threat continues in the South
A woman in Bandera County, northwest of San Antonio, Texas, called 911 on Monday morning, saying her car was being swept away into a creek by floodwaters, the county’s sheriff’s office said on social media.
Within moments, the call dropped, the office said, and hours later the woman was found dead in the vehicle “several miles downstream” of its initial entry point, the sheriff’s office said. The woman was not immediately identified.
In San Antonio, Houston and Waco there were stalled vehicles due to high waters on roads. In Shreveport, Louisiana, there were water rescues and water entering buildings.
In St. Martin, Mississippi, ramps to I-10 and I-110 were closed due to high waters. South of there, at Kessler Air Force Base, several roads became impassible.
More than 17 million Americans remain on Tuesday under a flood watch from Texas to Mississippi.
Heavy rainfall may lead to localized significant flash flooding from Corpus Christi to Houston to Lafayette and Alexandria, Louisiana, and McComb, Mississippi. A level 3 of 4 threat for flash flooding is in place there.
The greatest risk is likely along a frontal boundary laid over central Louisiana and into southeast Mississippi — rainfall may be heavy for a few hours in this area on Tuesday and could lead to significant flooding.
Rains closer to the coast are going to be more difficult to sustain but there is certainly enough ingredients there that if they get going, localized instances of significant flash flooding are possible.
Tomorrow, the level 3 of 4 flood threat is for Houston, Beaumont, Lake Charles, and Lafayette.
On Thursday, the level 3 of 4 flood threat moves to Baton Rouge through Jackson, MS, Montgomery, AL and Birmingham, AL.
This heavier rain for Wednesday and Thursday will come from a developing tropical low over the western Gulf.
The National Hurricane Center gives it a 60% chance of forming into a tropical storm later on Tuesday or on Wednesday. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Arthur, the first of the season.
Severe weather outbreak in the Midwest on Wednesday
About 40 million Americans are in the storm zone where a severe weather outbreak is expected on Wednesday
The greatest likelihood for a destructive outbreak is in Illinois and Indiana, and possible for parts of Missouri, Iowa and Ohio, too.
A level 4 of 5 moderate risk for destructive storms is in place for central Illinois and northern Indiana on Wednesday. This includes Springfield, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign and Bloomington, Illinois, along with Rensselaer, Indiana.
Large and long-lived tornadoes are possible, along with destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and hail up to the size of baseballs.
The level 3 of 4 risk includes Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Fort Wayne.
-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.
