When Jordan Davis made his third album, Learn the Hard Way, his intention was clear: to color outside the lines a bit.
As his latest hit, “Turn This Truck Around,” becomes his 10th career #1, he can rest assured his efforts paid off.
“I think the overall inspiration for this album really was to do something different, to do something that me and [producer] Paul [DiGiovanni] haven’t done, to kind of show influences instead of just talk about them,” Jordan says. “And I think we did that with a few different songs in this: ‘Son of a Gun,’ ‘Louisiana Stick,’ ‘Turn This Truck Around.'”
“I feel like it’s stuff that we haven’t done before,” he continues. “It’s a different sound for us, so that was really what we wanted to do, and I think we accomplished it.”
Learn the Hard Way marks its first birthday on Aug. 15, and featured his previous hits “I Ain’t Sayin'” and “Bar None.”
The album cover for Charli XCX’s new album Music, Fashion, Film features rocker John Cale, designer Marc Jacobs and director Martin Scorsese, three giants in their respective fields. Charli says being present while they were photographed together made her finally understand the word “shook.”
Speaking to Shaad magazine, Charli says, “You know how people use the term ‘shook?’ … I never really have felt genuinely shook before, I think. And once we finished that shoot, me and [photographer] Aidan [Zamiri] were just … it was like this out-of-body experience and I turned to him and I was like, ‘I think this is what shook means.'”
“Just to have these three legends in this room being willing to come together for this album cover … it was really cool,” Charli continues, adding, “It felt quite magical, and not something that I think I’ll ever really experience again.”
As for why Charli chose those three men, she tells the magazine she wanted to feature people she had “personal connections with.” She collaborated with John Cale on the soundtrack for the movie Wuthering Heights earlier this year, and she’s done three fashion campaigns with Marc Jacobs, the first person to ever ask her to do one.
As for Scorsese, she says, “I’ve been lucky enough to be able to sit down and have a few conversations with him about film, about his films and his encyclopedic knowledge of films.”
Charli then adds, “I mean, he doesn’t really need an explanation, he’s f****** Martin Scorsese and the fact that he wanted to do this … I felt really honoured.”
The 25th anniversary edition of New York’s Tribeca Festival gets underway on Wednesday with the debut of a documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire, followed by a performance by the legendary band. The festival closes with an Alicia Keys documentary, and in between, there are films focusing on everyone from Madonna, Sara Bareilles and Katy Perry to Peter Frampton, Travis Barker and Mumford & Sons, all of whom will make appearances.
“Musically related projects in movies or just doing concerts, it’s all great. Music is great, and the more we get, the better,” Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro told ABC Audio.
“And there are amazing stories about artists and their longevity and what they’ve gone through to be able … to sing their songs,” festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal adds. “And you just learn about different musicians and who they are as people and how they all work together.”
During one of the festival’s closing events, U2’s Bono will present the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award to Bruce Springsteen for using his platform to “advance equality, dignity, and human rights.” Patti Smith will perform.
“What he’s doing is great,” De Niro says of Springsteen. “And he has a voice that’s very big … and he’s enraged the way … many of us [are]. So God bless him.”
The festival’s head of music programming, Vincent Cassous, says tapping stars like Madonna to do Q&As after their screenings, and acts like Earth, Wind & Fire to perform after theirs, is part of the festival’s plan to “make it something that you can’t miss.”
Cassou says the Frampton documentary will be a highlight, since the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will make an appearance despite living with a degenerative muscle disease.
“I think it’s going to be one of the most emotional moments at the festival, for sure.”
A$AP Rocky on cover of ‘Vibe’ (Photo Credit: Jamil GS)
A$AP Rocky is a fan of his latest album, Don’t Be Dumb, although he believes people don’t fully realize how good it is.
“That s*** was fire, bro. They still sleep on it,” he says in an interview with Vibe, which marks its return to print for the first time in more than a decade. “I had to throw them off. The whole album ain’t ‘Punk Rocky.’ The whole album ain’t ‘Helicopter.’ The whole album ain’t just one kind of sound. Just play it, sit down, enjoy it, and shut the f*** up.”
Later in the interview, Rocky says he isn’t interested in conforming to people’s expectations.
“If they don’t get it, f*** it,” he says. “I’m making what I f*** with. I’m a chef. I’m cooking you these five-star dishes. If you don’t have this acquired taste, don’t listen to this s***. I’m not giving y’all McDonald’s and s*** no more.”
A tour, however, is where he knows his music will be appreciated.
“Imagine putting out a product, and then thousands and thousands of people [are] coming together to celebrate that product,” Rocky says. “That’s the s*** that I live for.” His Don’t Be Dumb World Tour is currently underway.
Don’t Be Dumb marked Rocky’s first album in eight years. Asked how he’s changed since 2018, he says, “a little bit of evolution and time.”
Although he doesn’t know what the next decade looks like, he tells Vibe, “Hopefully, knowing me, more than likely it’s still going to be music.”
He continues, “I don’t know what that’s going to look like, what that’s going to sound like, what my vibe is going to be, but it’s not going to be what I’m on today.”
Amy Lee from Evanescence performs at Marvel Stadium on Nov. 8, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images)
Sanctuary, the new album from Evanescence, officially comes out on Friday, but you can hear it today if you want.
The band has teamed up with Volume.com to host an album listening party, which starts at 2 p.m. ET. All you need to do is create an account and claim your free ticket. You’ll also be able to ask the band questions, which they’ll answer during a live Q&A after the stream.
Sanctuary, the follow-up to 2021’s The Bitter Truth, drops June 5. It includes Evanescence’s hit Devil May Cry song, “Afterlife.”
Amy Lee and company will launch a U.S. tour in June. Spiritbox and Nova Twins will also be on the bill.
Bruce Springsteen on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(Disney/Randy Holmes)
The 25th anniversary edition of New York’s Tribeca Festival gets underway on Wednesday with the debut of a documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire, followed by a performance by the legendary band. The festival closes with an Alicia Keys documentary, and in between, there are films focusing on everyone from Madonna, Sara Bareilles and Katy Perry to Peter Frampton, Travis Barker and Mumford & Sons, all of whom will make appearances.
“Musically related projects in movies or just doing concerts, it’s all great. Music is great, and the more we get, the better,” Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro told ABC Audio.
“And there are amazing stories about artists and their longevity and what they’ve gone through to be able … to sing their songs,” festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal adds. “And you just learn about different musicians and who they are as people and how they all work together.”
During one of the festival’s closing events, U2’s Bono will present the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award to Bruce Springsteen for using his platform to “advance equality, dignity, and human rights.” Patti Smith will perform.
“What he’s doing is great,” De Niro says of Springsteen. “And he has a voice that’s very big … and he’s enraged the way … many of us [are]. So God bless him.”
The festival’s head of music programming, Vincent Cassous, says tapping stars like Madonna to do Q&As after their screenings, and acts like Earth, Wind & Fire to perform after theirs, is part of the festival’s plan to “make it something that you can’t miss.”
Cassou says the Frampton documentary will be a highlight, since the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will make an appearance despite living with a degenerative muscle disease.
“I think it’s going to be one of the most emotional moments at the festival, for sure.”
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal speak during the 25th Tribeca Festival Bloomberg reception on June 1, 2026 in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
The 25th anniversary edition of New York’s Tribeca Festival kicks off Wednesday night with a screening of a new Earth, Wind & Fire documentary, followed by a performance by the legendary band. The festival, which runs through June 14, features TV, movie and documentary screenings, plus premieres, panels, reunions and stars galore. Not bad for an event that started as a one-off.
The festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal as a way to revitalize downtown New York City after the 9/11 terror attacks. “It was only, how could we bring people back downtown, how we could give our neighbors something to look forward to. As far as I was concerned, it was one and done,” Rosenthal told ABC Audio. “Bob always believed we were gonna do it again, though.”
“I felt very positive about it once it happened,” De Niro said. “My feeling was it’d be great if it could be part of the fabric of New York, a New York tradition that just goes on forever, you know?”
De Niro will also appear at one of this year’s special events: a 50th anniversary Taxi Driver screening and conversation with him, director Martin Scorsese and co-star Jodie Foster. De Niro said celebrating any of his films — even a classic like Taxi Driver — after the fact isn’t something he ever thought would happen.
“When you’re doing a movie, a project, you don’t ever think that it would be received in the way you’re saying Taxi Driver’s been received, ever,” he told ABC Audio. “You just don’t think that. So it’s nice, but you just don’t ever expect it … it’s just, you do the project and that’s it.”
The festival will close with the documentary Alicia Keys: Girl from Hell’s Kitchen; Keys will appear after the screening.
Peabo Bryson performs onstage during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund 28th Annual Awards Gala at Washington Hilton on November 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for Thurgood Marshall College Fund)
Legendary singer and songwriter Peabo Bryson has died. He was 75.
The Grammy Award winner, known for his hit songs and duets, including “Beauty and the Beast,” “A Whole New World” and several R&B classics, died on Tuesday, according to a statement from his family.
“He transitioned peacefully at 5:00 p.m. ET on the evening of Tuesday, June 2, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family and those closest to him,” according to the statement.
The statement continued, “In this deeply difficult moment, the family asks for privacy as they mourn the loss of a beloved husband, father, family member, friend and artist whose impact extended far beyond the stage.”
The statement went on to say: “We are tremendously moved by the outpouring of love, prayers and support from fans, friends, and colleagues around the world. While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit. His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”
The news of Bryson’s death comes days after a representative for the singer confirmed to ABC News that he had suffered a stroke and was receiving medical care.
Bryson was known for two hit Disney duets: “Beauty and the Beast” with Céline Dion, from the film of the same name, and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle, from Aladdin. “Beauty and the Beast” hit the top 10 in 1992; “A Whole New World” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993, becoming the first Disney movie theme to do so. Both songs earned Bryson and his duet partners Grammys for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals.
He is also known for songs including his first top 10 pop hit “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again,” as well as “Can You Stop the Rain,” “Feel the Fire,” “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” and “You’re Looking Like Love to Me.” Among his many collaborations were duets with Roberta Flack, including “Born to Love” in 1983, and “For You and I” with Angela Bofill.
The Who has shared another performance from their recently released album, Live at Eden Project.
The latest is a video of the band performing their iconic track “Won’t Get Fooled Again” from their fifth studio album, Who’s Next.
Live at Eden Rock is a recording of the band’s July 2023 concert at Cornwall’s Eden Project, the home of a sustainable network of biomes in the English countryside. The concert was part of The Who Hits Back! tour, which saw Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend backed by the Heart of England Philharmonic Orchestra.
While The Who has no current plans to tour, Daltrey is set to kick off a summer solo tour Aug. 23 in Mesa, Arizona. He recently added a new date to the tour, Oct. 2 in Brookville, New York. A complete list of dates can be found at TheWho.com.
In other Who news … Townshend will sit down for a conversation at London’s Opera Holland Park theater on July 2. The event will benefit the U.K. HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust.
