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Sid Wilson swaps Slipknot chaos for a ring, pops question at Ozzy’s finale
Sid Wilson, the masked turntablist from SLIPKNOT, takes a detour from pulverizing beats to stage a personal crescendo.
He proposes to Kelly Osbourne, daughter of heavy metal legacy incarnate Ozzy and Sharon, in a not-so-coincidental backstage setting—namely, Ozzy's final BLACK SABBATH concert at Birmingham’s Villa Park.
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Young Thug rewrites genre politics: snitches, he says, should just go gospel
Interpolating street ethics with a wry sense of genre politics, Young Thug takes to X and declares that any rapper who cooperates with law enforcement should “just go gospel,” lacing disdain with genre exile.
Referencing the Diddy trial with a since-deleted jab at Kid Cudi and rekindling tensions with Gunna—who accepted a plea deal—Thug distances himself, coolly tweeting, “I don’t know you my guy,” while reacting to Gunna’s symbolic YSL tattoo cover-up and courtroom remorse.
Source: Billboard – Published on July 8, 2025
Streisand Hits Billboard for 55th Time—Just a Few Friends and Seven Decades In
Barbra Streisand enters the Billboard 200 for the 55th time, as The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two lands at No. 31 on the July 12 chart, extending her all-time record among women. She remains the only woman to chart top 40 albums across seven decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
The new release, a sequel to 2014’s Partners, gathers a roll call of guest voices—Mariah Carey, Bob Dylan, Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney, and Sting—while debuting at No. 4 on the Top Album Sales chart.
Source: Billboard – Published on July 8, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne trades pyrotechnics for poignancy in a five-song hometown farewell
Ozzy Osbourne closes the curtain on live performance with a five-song set during the "Back To The Beginning" event at Villa Park in Birmingham. Framed more as an epilogue than a grand finale, the gig marks his final bow under the sharp gaze of global attention.
More than five million fans stream the show, which features Ozzy backed not by BLACK SABBATH but his solo band. The performance straddles nostalgia and resignation, offering a quiet nod to legacy without overstating its punctuation.
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Billy Corgan bids Sabbath farewell—still rocking, but only in memory now
Smashing Pumpkins’ vocalist Billy Corgan marks the end of an era as he reflects on Black Sabbath’s final show, describing the band as "both here and not here; with us, and yet gone."
In an Instagram post steeped in nostalgia and blurred permanence, he signals a musical absence that oddly lingers, suggesting Sabbath now lives more in memory than in sound.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on July 8, 2025
Ozzy and Axl Finally Meet, Only Took a Few Decades and One Instagram Post
Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose—two names that orbit rock’s planetary system without ever quite aligning—manage a cosmic handshake over the weekend. Fans, equal parts intrigued and incredulous, learn that these icons, who’ve spent decades echoing through the same amphitheaters, had somehow never crossed paths until now.
Ozzy posts the proof on Instagram: a backstage photo featuring himself and the Guns N’ Roses frontman, grinning through decades of riffs, leather, and mythos. A rock-lover’s glitch in the matrix quietly corrected.
Source: TMZ.com – Published on July 8, 2025
Phil Lewis Urges Aspiring Rockers to Dream Big—But Pack a Backup Plan
Phil Lewis of L.A. GUNS, in a recent chat with Rev. Tom Brice on Sportzwire Radio, offers young musicians a glimpse behind the glitter. He suggests that creative ambition is commendable, but a dash of pragmatism won’t hurt.
“You should have some kind of a backup,” he notes, shading the daydream with a realistic wash. His words are less a warning than a wry nod to the industry's fickle embrace.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on July 7, 2025
Mick Jagger tips hat to Clifton Chenier, zydeco’s chaos conductor with an accordion
Mick Jagger credits Clifton Chenier with shaping the DNA of every zydeco band since, describing him as a "true original" whose accordion-driven sound electrifies Louisiana’s Creole heritage. From rooster fights to the Royal Albert Hall, Chenier stages performances that flirt with chaos and celebration in equal measure.
Armed with accordion, his voice, and a rubboard scraped with beer caps, he channels the raw energy of Creole rhythms—equal parts Haiti, Brazil, and backroad Louisiana—into music meant to stir dust and hips alike.
Source: Music | The Guardian – Published on July 4, 2025
GHOST builds a concrete cathedral of shadows on U.S. “Skeletour” stage run
Fusing gothic drama with the severity of brutalist architecture, GHOST’s U.S. “Skeletour” leg shoulders the weight of theatrical ambition with a wink toward metallic spectacle. Frontman Tobias Rylander orchestrates the visual milieu around the band’s sixth studio album, “Skeletá,” released in April.
This isn’t just fog and pyrotechnics—it’s a choreographed descent into artifice and shadow where stagecraft meets deliberate art direction. The show seems engineered less to mystify than to architect a system of ceremonial spectacle.
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SCORPIONS Finally Play Hometown Stadium—Only Took Them 60 Years
Marking six decades since their formation, SCORPIONS schedule their first-ever performance at Hanover Stadium, returning to the city that birthed their legacy. The date is set for July 5, 2025, a milestone show in the band's sprawling timeline.
A live album is set to capture this moment, promising a sonic snapshot of the anniversary event. The venue selection, steeped in symbolic resonance, adds an extra layer to the performance’s archival intent.
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Ozzy Bids Stage Goodbye with a Wink, Not a Wail, in Birmingham Finale
Ozzy Osbourne refers to this weekend’s “Back To The Beginning” event in Birmingham as a farewell to live performances. He frames it not as a sudden decision, but as the closing act in a long, theatrically ferocious career on stage.
In a promotional interview released by Premier, he confirms that this July 5 concert marks the final chapter of his presence in front of live audiences—less a blaze of glory than a curtain drawn with a wink.
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Kae Tempest raps through grief, dead NHS, and love in a world on fire
Grief, dread, and societal collapse mold the contours of Kae Tempest’s fifth album, Self Titled. In “Bless the Bold Future,” the artist contemplates parenthood against a crumbling world; elsewhere, “Hyperdistillation” contrasts death on the street with penthouse vacancies and NHS deadlock.
But amidst relentless despair, Tempest threads unwavering affection—for London's grit, a partner’s steadiness, and the trans community. His cadence remains razor-sharp, forged in performance poetry and honed into rhythmic lyricism, marked by both fury and tenderness.
Source: Music | The Guardian – Published on July 4, 2025
Slayer clocks back in at Cardiff with riffs, not retirement plans in sight
At Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields, Slayer resurfaces for their first UK show in six years, delivering a set shorn of pleasantries—no ballads, no interludes, just relentless velocity. They arrive not with fanfare but with a montage chronicling their infamy, and South of Heaven’s infamous riff roars out before the crowd gets a chance to brace for impact.
Tom Araya surveys the pit like a war general recounting youthful carnage, invoking War Ensemble with enough ferocity to unseat fillings.
Drummer Paul Bostaph’s double-kick launches chaos, confirming retirement, for some in metal, is more of a hobby than a final act.
Source: Music | The Guardian – Published on July 4, 2025
Foo Fighters mumble back onto the radar with cryptic 90-second comeback track
Foo Fighters resurface with “Today’s Song,” their first original track since the 2023 album But Here We Are. Clocking in at under ninety seconds, the track offers a concise burst of fuzzed-out guitars and no-frills vocals that edge toward the cryptic rather than the cathartic.
Lyrically terse and sonically punchy, the song appears more like a musical footnote than a grand reintroduction, leaving listeners squinting into the static for meaning or motive.
Source: Pitchfork – Published on July 4, 2025
Charli XCX teases 'brat' with chaos, cryptic posts, and fake farewells galore
What begins as a tongue-in-cheek album teaser mutates into a sprawling campaign of chaos. Charli XCX’s 'brat' slowly sheds its neon-plastered charm through cryptic online antics, surprise track drops, and a looping carousel of social media bait.
From faux retirements to deleted tweets, spontaneous remixes and green-themed club nights, the line between performance and exhaustion blurs entirely. 'Brat' doesn’t end—it unravels in public, then combusts.
Source: The FADER – Published on July 4, 2025
Jim Jones stirs Nas debate, shrugs as social media spins outrage into promo run
Jim Jones, seated across from Angie Martinez, unpacks the viral tempest stirred by a Gen Z podcast clip comparing his relevance to Nas’. He admits to playing into the media frenzy, while grinning at how swiftly social media morphs controversy into currency.
Claiming he’s no instigator, he recalls simply defending himself, yet seems amused by the fervent Nas devotion he underestimated. “I’m watching people go absolutely batsh– crazy,” he says, half in disbelief, fully in promo mode.
Source: Billboard – Published on July 4, 2025
Judas Priest drops “Painkiller” thunder on Ferrara, 35 years and counting
Judas Priest lands in Ferrara's Piazza Ariostea, marking the 35th anniversary of their 1990 album, "Painkiller," with a show at the Ferrara Summer Festival. The band’s set unfolds under the “Shield of Pain” banner, conjuring decades of thrash-laced stamina and operatic gloom.
Fan-shot footage swirls across the internet, tracing every studded riff and falsetto shriek as Italy’s summer night bends to leather and steel. Full concert video emerges via ADK, without fanfare but plenty of sustained distortion.
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Lana Del Rey Duets with Addison Rae at Wembley—Spark or Just Fizz?
In a union that raises more eyebrows than expectations, Lana Del Rey shares the Wembley stage with internet-export-turned-pop-performer Addison Rae. The two glide through “Diet Pepsi,” a track whose carbonation lies more in its concept than its content.
Opening night plays host to this unorthodox pairing, stitched together by curiosity and calculated spectacle rather than chemistry or sonic overlap. London applauds—perhaps out of politeness, perhaps confusion.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on July 4, 2025
Oasis plugs in again—Cardiff drone show, merch chaos, and one new drummer
Oasis resurfaces with calculated swagger as the Gallagher brothers reclaim the stage on July 4 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, tipping off their 2025 world tour. Noel muses that their sound feels “huge” and declares, with an air of finality, “there’s no going back now.”
Rehearsals wrapped mid-June, a drone show lit the Cardiff sky with the band’s emblem, and the all-too-familiar lineup—save for new drummer Joey Waronker—steps into the fray. Merch drops, supermarket stunts, and ticketing drama shadow the grand return.
Source: News | NME – Published on July 4, 2025