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Foo Fighters Kick off 2026 North American Tour with Queens of the Stone Age: Photos, Video + Setlists
Foo Fighters opened their North American “Take Cover” summer tour on 4 August at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, supported by Queens of the Stone Age and Mannequin Pussy. Dave Grohl and his bandmates played a 26-song set spanning their catalogue, opening with “All My Life” and closing the main set with “Best of You” before…
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DAVE MUSTAINE On MEGADETH Lineup Changes: ‘For Almost 50 Years, The Amount Of People That We Have On Record Is Really Pretty Small’
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has defended the thrash metal band’s history of lineup changes, telling Fox Radio host Terrence Long that the number of musicians who have genuinely recorded with the group over nearly 50 years is “really pretty small” compared with perceptions of high turnover. He argued that thrash metal is “a young man’s…
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Alabama Shakes – “Garden”
Alabama Shakes have shared “Garden”, the latest single from their upcoming comeback album I Must Be Dreaming. The song is a soft, sultry Southern soul track, with singer Brittany Howard voicing genuine distress over how a woman is being mistreated by another and pledging to treat her better herself. The band premiered “Garden” on Zane…
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Elton John’s First No. 1 Single in His Home Country Isn’t What You Think It Is
Elton John’s first UK solo No. 1 single wasn’t one of his best-known 1970s hits like “Rocket Man” or “Your Song”, but the 1990 ballad “Sacrifice”, from the 1989 album Sleeping With The Past. Written with longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin, the song is notable because it initially flopped commercially before being revived by a BBC…
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UK’s new foreign minister ignores questions about calling Trump ‘racist’
I wasn’t able to access the actual article content — the page returned an “access denied” block (likely a bot/JavaScript check) rather than the story text, so I only have the headline to go on. From the title alone, it appears UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband declined to answer questions about past comments calling Donald…
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NIKKI SIXX Explains MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Use Of Backing Tracks During Live Shows: ‘We Do Play 100% Live’
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has pushed back against long-running claims that the band do not perform live, insisting during a fan Q&A session on X that they “play 100% live”. He explained that the band began using backing tracks after seeing Queen do so during “Bohemian Rhapsody”, allowing them to bring in orchestral or…
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Cheers to International Beer Day! Here Are the 13 Best Songs About Crackin’ Open a Cold One (Staff Picks)
Billboard has put together a playlist to mark International Beer Day, which falls on Friday 7 August 2026, rounding up 13 of what its staff consider the best songs about drinking beer. The feature spans multiple genres and decades, celebrating beer’s role as a near-universal social ritual across cultures and countries. The list mixes classics…
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Tyla Talks World Cup Collab With Future But Shoots Down Romance Rumors: ‘Calm Down!’
South African singer Tyla appeared on Quen Blackwell’s YouTube series “Feeding Starving Celebrities”, where she discussed her FIFA World Cup collaboration “Game Time” with rapper Future while denying rumours of a romance between the pair. The interview also touched on her new album “A*Pop”, the lasting impact of her breakout hit “Water”, her views on…
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Watch A$AP Rocky React to Never-Before-Seen Footage of Daughter Rocki’s First Crawl
A$AP Rocky reacted to previously unseen footage of his daughter Rocki crawling for the first time during a lengthy interview on The Jason Lee Show, in a moment that turned into a broader conversation about his approach to fatherhood. The BET-exclusive interview, aired on Wednesday 5 August, also touched on his Harlem upbringing and his…
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Jack White’s Third Man Records announces UK and Ireland pop-up store tour
Jack White’s Third Man Records label has announced a run of pop-up stores across the UK and Ireland, taking over five independent record shops between 28 August and 20 September. The tour will offer exclusive vinyl, limited edition merchandise, posters, books and a series of homemade “bootleg” records tied to the artwork of White’s new…