Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, avoided jail time after being granted a two-year mental health diversion by an L.A. judge on Thursday (September 25). The ruling is related to an incident where she fired a gun at LAPD officers during an April 2025 manhunt for hit-and-run suspects near her Eagle Rock home.…… read more »
Papa Roach’s current single, “Braindead,” featuring H2O’s Toby Morse, moves up two spots this week to claim No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. This marks the band’s 12th career chart-topper and gives them sole possession of the 10th-most No. 1s in the chart’s 44-year history, surpassing Volbeat, with Shinedown holding the all-time record…… read more »
Scotty McCreery and Hootie & the Blowfish’s new collaboration, “Bottle Rockets,” which reworks the band’s ’90s hit “Hold My Hand,” moves up two spots to reach No. 1 on this week’s Country Airplay chart. This marks McCreery’s sixth career chart-topper while becoming Hootie’s first No. 1 hit on the tally. The achievement also places Darius…… read more »
Paul McCartney kicked off his 2025 North American tour on Friday night (September 26) with an intimate, surprise show at Santa Barbara Bowl in California. In addition to the scaled down venue featuring only 4,562 lucky fans – instead of the large sports stadiums featured on the rest of his tour – the 83-year-old McCartney…… read more »
Cardi B claims her second No. 1 album of her career as her sophomore release, Am I The Drama?, debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart. Am I The Drama? earned 200,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week, marking 2025’s biggest week for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman, while serving…… read more »
On Thursday (September 25), event organizers revealed the lineup for the 2026 Stagecoach Festival, which is set to take place from April 24–26 in Indio, California. The event will be headlined by Lainey Wilson, Post Malone, and Cody Johnson, who will all be marking their first time topping the bill at the popular country music-based…… read more »
During their show on Wednesday night (September 24) at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, Sleep Token shocked fans by performing a stripped-down solo keyboard cover of Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 classic, “Dancing in the Dark.” This marked the very first time that the masked UK rock band played the song live, likely inspired by the city’s proximity…… read more »
Rockabye Baby has transformed 13 of Linkin Park’s most popular songs into soothing lullaby versions featured on their new release, Lullaby Renditions of Linkin Park, which is out on Friday (September 26). Replacing Linkin Park’s signature guitars and intense production with gentle instruments like bells and xylophones, the album includes tranquil versions of that band’s…… read more »
Limp Bizkit’s new single, “Making Love to Morgan Wallen,” has debuted at No. 1 on multiple Billboard charts, after receiving 2.6 million US streams and 639,000 radio audience impressions, while selling 2,000 downloads in the week ending September 18th. The nu-metal band claims the top spot on Hot Hard Rock Songs, Alternative Digital Song Sales,…… read more »
On Thursday (September 25), The Replacements shared the previously unreleased track, “Street Girl (Takes 1 and 2),” which will be featured on an expanded deluxe box set of their iconic 1984 album, Let It Be, set for release on November 21. The collection features rare outtakes and additional unheard material like “Who’s Gonna Take Us…… read more »