The “American Idiot” rockers will play shows in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Paraguay in August and September.
“South America, you’ve been oh so patient now we’re here to make those dreams come true,” Green Day says. “We’re making our way down to you this August + September for what are going to be some truly epic shows!!”
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GreenDay.com.
Green Day will be supporting their latest album, 2024’s Saviors, on the tour. A deluxe edition of the record drops on Friday.
In his classic song “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters,” Elton John sang, “Now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City.” But London is another story.
An Elton John-branded rose will make its debut May 20 at London’s Chelsea Flower Show, organized by the Royal Horticultural Society, the U.K.’s leading gardening charity. The flower, created by Harkness Roses, is a hybrid tea rose with a pearly pink hue that intensifies to a cherry color.
For every potted rose bush sold, Harkness Roses will donate about $6.70 to The Elton John AIDS Foundation.
The rose is just one of many ways that Elton has raised money for his AIDS Foundation over the years. He’s also teamed with department stores, candle companies and makeup brands for special collections, and auctioned off his own belongings multiple times to benefit the charity. The proceeds from his 2021 Christmas single with Ed Sheeran also went to the foundation, and of course, his annual Oscar viewing party has raised millions for the cause over the years.
Fans at Jim Morrison’s grave with bust, 1983; Illustré/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty Images
A sculpture of Jim Morrison, which went missing from his Paris gravesite in 1988, has been found.
French police found the marble bust of the singer while carrying out a search in an unrelated fraud case. A photo on Instagram shows the sculpture much as it appeared when it disappeared: It’s covered in graffiti and is missing a piece of its nose.
According to the U.K. paper The Guardian, the sculpture was carved by a Croatian artist and placed on Morrison’s grave at Paris’ Père-Lachaise cemetery in 1981. Morrison died in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27.
As for who originally stole the bust, that’s never been determined, though there had been reports that two fans carried it away on a moped in the dead of night. In 1994, a Utah man and his nephew were arrested at the cemetery for trying to attach a bronze replica of the bust to Morrison’s headstone.
On Monday, the curator of the cemetery told a French paper that he wasn’t sure whether or not the bust will be returned. Morrison’s grave is the most visited at the famed cemetery, which contains 70,000 tombs. Years ago, a security guard had to be hired to stop visitors from smoking pot and even reportedly having sex at the grave.
When drummer Josh Freeserevealed the news Friday that he’d been let go from Foo Fighters, he signed off by writing, “Stay tuned for my ‘Top 10 possible reasons Josh got booted from the Foo Fighters’ list.” As it turns out, he wasn’t kidding.
Freese has now unveiled a David Letterman-esque list of 10 explanations for his Foos departure, including “Once whistled ‘My Hero’ for a week solid on tour,” “Metronome-like precision behind the kit deemed ‘soulless,'” “Never even once tried growing a beard” and “Promised Noodles he could be the 4th guitarist,” referring to his former bandmate in The Offspring.
For the #1 reason, Freese writes, “The whole poodle thing was getting to be a bit much.” Outside of his drumming, Freese is known for having multiple poodles.
As for why Freese was actually fired, he wrote in his initial statement that “no reason was given,” only that the Foos told him they were going “in a different direction with their drummer.” Freese added he didn’t feel angry, “just a bit shocked and disappointed.”
Freese was announced as the new Foo Fighters drummer in 2023 following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins. His replacement has yet to be revealed.
Welcome to the Guns N’ RosesInstagram, it’s got footage of Axl Rose falling down.
The rock icons have shared a video compiling clips of their lead singer wiping out onstage over the years, set to their hit “Welcome to the Jungle.” The footage ranges from GN’R’s early days in the ’80s to their more recent tours with Slash and Duff McKagan back in the band.
“Guns N’ Roses Greatest Hits!” the post’s caption reads.
GN’R is currently on a world tour making stops in Asia and Europe.
A movie about the life of Ozzy Osbourne will have its theatrical premiere in the Prince of Darkness’ hometown, a day before his final concert with Black Sabbath.
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbournewill screen July 4 at Millennium Point in Birmingham. There will be two screenings, with all profits donated to charity. Ozzy’s son, Jack Osbourne, will also be doing a live Q&A after the later screening.
The film traces Ozzy’s story from his childhood through his years with Black Sabbath, his success as a solo artist and his reinvention as a beloved reality star. It was first released in 2020, but this is the first time the movie will be shown in a theater.
The final Black Sabbath concert, dubbed Back to the Beginning, will take place July 5 and will be headlined by original Sabbath members Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, playing together for the first time in 20 years. Ozzy, whose health issues have kept him from doing a full live show for nearly seven years, will also play a solo set.
Those performances will be part of an all-star festival. The lineup includes Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Pantera and Gojira.
Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd has revealed the name of a song off the band’s unreleased album, which they’d been working on leading up to the 2017 death of frontman Chris Cornell.
In an Instagram post marking the anniversary of Cornell’s May 18 death, Shepherd shares that he’s been thinking of a song called “The Road Less Traveled,” which Chris and drummer Matt Cameron had written “for our album that has yet to be named.”
“Just hearing Chris’ voice helps,” Shepherd writes. “I know he did that for everyone he knew.”
The status of the Soundgarden album has remained in limbo for several years due to disagreements between the band and Cornell’s estate. In 2023, Soundgarden and Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, announced that they’d reached a reconciliation that would allow new music to be released, but in an interview later that year, Cameron said that a dispute was still ongoing and that the project continued to be “on hold.”
Meanwhile, Soundgarden is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.
After Bruce Springsteen denounced President Donald Trump onstage in the U.K., Trump fired back on Truth Social, warning The Boss to “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country.” Now, Trump is calling for an investigation into Springsteen’s support of Kamala Harris, as well as the support of other celebrities.
According to Rolling Stone, on Saturday at his second concert in Manchester, England, Springsteen once again criticized Trump from the stage, saying, “In America, my home, they’re persecuting people for their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. That’s happening now.”
On Monday, Trump posted on Truth Social, “HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO??? I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter.”
He then accused Harris of paying celebrities for endorsements, adding, “IT’S NOT LEGAL!”
Celebrities who endorsed Harris have denied claims that they were offered money to do so.
In case it needed to be said, Dave Navarro has confirmed that Jane’s Addiction is indeed done for good.
You probably already thought that when frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at Navarro onstage during a September 2024 show in Boston, after which the band announced that they were taking “some time way as a group.”
In an interview with Guitar Player about the best and worst gigs of his career, Navarro understandably picks the last Jane’s show for the latter category.
“It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life,” Navarro says. “And there’s no chance for the band to ever play together again.”
He adds, “I have to say that’s my least favorite gig, without throwing animosity around, and without naming names and pointing fingers, and coming up with reasons.”
As for the best show if his career, Navarro picks when his band Camp Freddy performed alongside late Velvet Underground icon Lou Reed.
Former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel released his fifth solo album, So, produced by Daniel Lanois.
The album became Gabriel’s biggest commercial success, moving over 5 million copies in the U.S. and peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
So featured the #1 song “Sledgehammer,” as well as hits like “Big Time,” “In Your Eyes” and “Don’t Give Up” with Kate Bush.
“Sledgehammer” earned Gabriel three Grammy Award nominations — for best male rock vocal performance, record of the year and song of the year. Its innovative video won nine MTV Video Music Awards, including video of the year.
