Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Take a look to the sky just before you start Gears of War: E-Day, it's the last time you will.
The upcoming video game, the latest installment in the long-running Gears of War franchise, will include a weapon skin inspired by Metallica's 1984 album, Ride the Lightning.
The Ride the Lightning song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" also soundtracks a new Gears of War: E-Day trailer previewing its multiplayer modes, which you can watch on YouTube.
Gears of War: E-Day will be released Oct. 6 for Xbox Series X/S and Windows. You can preorder the game for early access to its open beta starting Aug. 6.
Metallica, meanwhile, will go from Sera to Sin City when they launch their much-anticipated residency at the Las Vegas Sphere in October.
Alice in Chains' 'Unplugged' album artwork. (Columbia Records)
Alice in Chains is reissuing the band's 1996 Unplugged live album on vinyl in honor of its 30th anniversary.
The LP is available to preorder now via Alice's webstore. It marks the first time the album has been available on vinyl in the U.S.
Alice in Chains recorded Unplugged as part of the MTV Unplugged series. The set includes stripped-down performances of songs including "Rooster," "Down in a Hole," "Would?" and "Angry Chair."
Alice went on hiatus for months following the Unplugged performance, and vocalist Layne Staley died in 2002. The band reformed in 2006 with new singer William DuVall.
Tony Iommi was hoping his upcoming solo album, From the Dark, would feature a mini Black Sabbath reunion.
The guitarist tells Rolling Stone that he originally wanted Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to play on the record.
"I wanted [Butler] to play on this album, but he couldn't do it," Iommi says. "He's doing his own album, I think. Or at the time, something happened there, so he couldn't come to England. I wanted to get it done and finally get it out, really."
Instead, Iommi recruited musician Becky Baldwin to play bass on From the Dark.
"Becky lives in Birmingham, and she's a really good player," Iommi says. "And she's certainly a fan of Geezer, and she plays in Geezer's style. And that's what I wanted. She's really good."
From the Dark does feature a guest spot from Queen's Brian May, who plays the solo on a song called "Death Wake."
"He’s a very, very close friend," Iommi says of May.
From the Dark is due out Oct. 23. Lead single "World Alone" is out now.
As for Sabbath, Iommi and Butler performed alongside fellow original band members Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward for the final time at the 2025 Back to the Beginning concert. Ozzy died just over two weeks later.
Billy Corgan performs onstage during the 2026 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
Here's the story of a lovely Smashing Pumpkins show, which featured two surprise guests, including a member of The Brady Bunch.
Barry Williams, who played the eldest Brady son Greg Brady in the classic '70s sitcom, joined Billy Corgan and company onstage during their pre-Lollapalooza concert in Chicago on Wednesday. They rocked a rendition of the very Brady classic "It's a Sunshine Day" with Williams on lead vocals.
The collaboration comes after Williams guested on an episode of Corgan's podcast, The Magnificent Others. And that's the way they became the Smashing Bunch-kins.
As for the concert's other guest, that would be former Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, who reunited with the band to play "The Everlasting Gaze," a track off their 2000 album, Machina/The Machines of God.
Auf der Maur played in the Pumpkins from 1999 to 2000 following the departure of original bassist D'arcy Wretzky. She previously reunited with Corgan during his 2025 Machines of God tour.
The Smashing Pumpkins will perform a headlining set at Lollapalooza on Friday night, marking the first time they've played the festival since it moved permanently to the band's hometown of Chicago in 2005. You can watch their performance via the Lollapalooza livestream on Hulu and Disney+.
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Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan and Shavo Odadjian as R.H. Martin in 'Dexter: Resurrection,' episode 1, season 2, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Credit: Matt Infante/Paramount+)
System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian is entering the world of Dexter.
The bassist has a role in the upcoming second season of the Dexter: Resurrection sequel series, as revealed in a crop of official first-look photos.
The photo features Odadjian, who plays a character named R.H. Martin, restrained against a pole as Michael C. Hall's Dexter menacingly looks on.
Hall, of course, played the titular serial killer in the original Dexter series, which aired on Showtime from 2006 to 2013. He returned as the character for the Dexter: New Blood miniseries and now again for Dexter: Resurrection, which first premiered in 2025.
Dexter: Resurrection streams on Paramount+. The exact second season premiere date has yet to be announced, but is currently set for later in 2026.
Billy Corgan attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th Annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
It took a couple decades, but The Smashing Pumpkins are finally headlining Lollapalooza in their hometown of Chicago.
While the "1979" outfit previously performed at Lolla back in 1994 when it was a touring festival, they have never played it since it permanently moved to Chicago in 2005. Not only that, but the Pumpkins have never performed at the festival's site, Grant Park, either.
"We were banned by the mayor of Chicago at the time, Richie Daley, who basically banned us from playing the park, ever," frontman Billy Corgan tells ABC Audio.
That will finally change when the Pumpkins take the stage at Grant Park during Lolla 2026 as a Friday night headliner.
"For us, it's very meaningful," Corgan says of the set. "We've had a lot of ups and downs and it's gonna be really a beautiful night in our incredible, crazy, up-and-down history."
Lollapalooza 2026 takes place Thursday through Sunday. You can watch the Pumpkins' set and many others streaming live via Hulu and Disney+.
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The Offspring performs during Lollapalooza 2024 at Parque Cerrillos on March 16, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)
The Offspring is bringing their 'Just the Punk Stuff' show to the U.S.
As previously reported, the "Come Out and Play" rockers announced a pair of concerts in Quebec, Canada, for August focused on older material and deep cuts. They've now added a third 'Just the Punk Stuff' show taking place Sept. 18 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
"We're going to play only the punk stuff, the old stuff, the songs dear to us—our roots, the place we came from," The Offspring said.
Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. For more info, visit Offspring.com.
Jared Leto arrives at the premiere of 'Tron: Ares' at TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct. 6, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage via Getty Images)
Jared Leto has responded to allegations of sexual misconduct from several women made in a new BBC report and documentary.
The BBC spoke to 10 women for its new documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, with nine of the women speaking out publicly for the first time, according to a companion report published Wednesday.
Five women alleged that they received sexual phone calls from the actor, the BBC reported. Of those, four allege they were teenagers at the time, the report states.
ABC News has not independently verified the allegations in the BBC report.
Leto responded to the allegations in a statement to ABC News on Wednesday.
"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," he said. "These claims are absolutely and categorically false."
The allegations of sexual misconduct against Leto in the report include allegations he sexually assaulted a girl in a motel bathroom when she was 17 years old, a threat of sexual assault against a 19-year-old and an allegation that Leto groomed a girl by making sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. Another woman included in the report accused Leto of statutory rape, saying she was 17 years old at the time of the alleged assault, which she alleged took place in California, where the age of consent is 18.
One woman included in the report described an alleged interaction with Leto in which she claimed he made an inappropriate sexual remark to her at a music festival when she was 14 years old. The woman claimed Leto made the comment in front of her mother, who confronted him about the comment, which she said he dismissed, according to the BBC report.
All of the women in the BBC report said their alleged encounters with Leto occurred between 2002 and 2016.
Leto has faced allegations of sexual impropriety previously. In 2025, Air Mail reported allegations from nine women who claimed Leto had acted in a sexually inappropriate manner with them or made sexually explicit remarks to them that made them feel uncomfortable. Leto "expressly denied" the accusations in a statement to the outlet through his representative.
ABC News also reached out to Leto for comment on the allegations detailed in Air Mail's report.
Leto has been acting since the early '90s and most recently appeared in the film Masters of the Universe. He earned an Academy Award in 2014 for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, in which he starred opposite that year's best actor Oscar winner, Matthew McConaughey.
Beyond acting, Leto has found success with his rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, which he formed with his brother, Shannon Leto, in 1998.
Ozzy Osbourne performs during the Sunset Strip Music Festival at Sunset Boulevard on September 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
Ozzy Osbourne will be haunting Universal Studios this spooky season.
The theme park has announced an attraction inspired by the late Prince of Darkness as part of the 2026 edition of its annual Halloween Horror Nights program.
"It's not just Ozzy's heavy metal hits that will haunt you," a description reads. "Bow at the throne of the Prince of Darkness in this haunted house inspired by the twisted mind of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest legends."
"[Ozzy's] music throughout every room is at the heart of it all," Sharon Osbourne tells EW of the attraction. "Fans will also see scenes inspired by Ozzy's journey, from his early days as a little boy growing up in Birmingham, England, riding the train to and from London, to the iconic imagery and characters from across his career."
Halloween Horror Nights will be open Aug. 28 to Nov. 1 at Universal's Orlando location and Sept. 3 to Nov. 1 at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Eat World attends YouTube + Coachella 2025 at Empire Polo Club on April 19, 2025 in Indio, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for YouTube Music)
Jimmy Eat World has announced a joint show with The Format taking place Nov. 7 at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
The concert will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album, Bleed American, and the 20th anniversary of The Format's 2006 album, Dog Problems, and will feature performances of both records in their entirety.
Presales begin Thursday at 8 a.m. PT, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. PT.
Bleed American marked Jimmy Eat World's fourth album and spawned the band's signature hit, "The Middle." It also includes the songs "Sweetness," "A Praise Chorus" and the title track.
Dog Problems was the second Format album and their last before the duo, made up of Nate Ruess and Sam Means, went on hiatus. Reuss then went on to create the band fun. The Format reunited in 2025 and released their comeback album, Boycott Heaven, in January 2026.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has announced a new solo album called From the Dark.
The record is due out Oct. 23 and marks Iommi's first solo effort in over 20 years. It was recorded with vocalist Jorn Lande, bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil.
"It's an album we've really enjoyed making," Iommi says in a statement. "We're not trying to prove anything - it's a great album, it rocks!"
The first single, called "World Alone," is out now alongside a video, which you can watch streaming on YouTube.
Since last putting out a solo album in 2005, Iommi and Black Sabbath put out a final record, 2013's 13, and wrapped up a farewell tour in 2017. The original Sabbath lineup — Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — reunited for one final show at the 2025 Back to the Beginning concert. Ozzy passed away just over two weeks later.
Sully Erna of Godsmack performs during the Las Rageous music festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on April 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Godsmack has announced a fall leg of the band's Rise of Rock tour.
The newly added dates kick off Oct. 9 in Airway Heights, Washington, and will wrap up Oct. 24 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Dorothy will also be on the bill.
Presales open Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Godsmack.com.
You can also catch Godsmack on the previously announced summer leg of the Rise of Rock tour, which features Dorothy and Stone Temple Pilots. That's set to resume in early September.
Godsmack's current lineup consists of original members Sully Erna and Robbie Merrill, as well as guitarist Sam Koltun and former Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini in place of longtime members Tony Rombola and Shannon Larkin, respectively, who announced their retirement from the group in 2025.
Story of the Year performs during the 2022 When We Were Young festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 23, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic)
Story of the Year and Silverstein have announced a fall leg for their joint Camp Screamo tour.
The new dates kick off Nov. 16 in Seattle and wrap up Dec. 13 in Boston. Presales are open now, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit StoryoftheYear.net.
The summer leg of the Camp Screamo tour is currently ongoing and concludes Aug. 7 in Buffalo, New York.
Story of the Year is supporting their new album, A.R.S.O.N., which includes the single "Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb)."
Jeff Ament attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced a new photo book called Since Forever.
The book, due out Sept. 25, consists of over 250 black-and-white photographs "accompanied by wry insights, observations, and personal reflections from Ament," a press release reads.
"At once a visual memoir, and a behind-the-scenes chronicle, the book reveals how relationships, travel, joy, and need contribute to the creative process," the release continues. "Since Forever reveals Ament's unique perspective as both participant and observer of a defining time period in music and American culture."
"Ninety percent of these photos have never been seen before," Ament says. "Anybody who's a PJ fan or a fan of what was going on in the 90s will dig it."
Ament plans to celebrate the Since Forever release with a run of book of events, the details of which will be announced soon. He'll also be speaking about it at bandmate Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival, taking place Sept. 25-27 in Dana Point, California.
Ohana will also feature a headlining set from Pearl Jam, which is set to mark the debut of the band's new drummer. Longtime drummer Matt Cameron announced his departure from the group in 2025.
Brendan Angelides and Serj Tankian "I'm Afraid of Americans" single artwork. (Ancestor)
System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has collaborated with electronic musician and producer Brendan Angelides on a cover of the David Bowie song "I'm Afraid of Americans."
The joint rendition takes inspiration from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor's remix of the 1997 single.
"I always loved Trent Reznor's remix of Bowie's original," Angelides says. "I've been working on a new album for the past year and as this particular beat came together, I unexpectedly started singing those words on top. The first person I thought to collab with was Serj. He has been an inspiration to me forever and I'm now lucky to call him a friend."
The cover will appear on Angelides' upcoming album, Can You Feel the End Begin?, which will be released Aug. 14.
Bret Michaels performs prior to Round Two of the 2026 NFL Draft at Acrisure Stadium on April 24, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Poison frontman Bret Michaels has postponed dates on his Live & Amplified World Tour after undergoing surgery to remove a kidney stone.
According to a post on Facebook, Michaels was diagnosed “with a complicated obstructing kidney stone requiring immediate surgery” on July 19.
“Due to the nature of Michaels’ post-operative condition and underlying health factors (diabetes, lower back compression fracture), he is restricted from performing for the next 3 to 4 weeks and only prescribed light physical activity as part of his recovery,” the post continues. It notes he "must strictly refrain from all live performances" until he's reevaluated by doctors to determine "when he can safely resume touring."
“I’m forever grateful for the amazing medical treatment and ongoing medical attention throughout my personal life and career, and truly grateful for family, friends, fans, band, crew and promoters for their understanding,” Michaels writes in the post. “[A]nd, if all goes well, will hit the road late August back to delivering 1000% energy, intensity and truly nothing but a good time.”
Updates on Michaels’ tour, and any rescheduled dates, can be found at BretMichaels.com. According to the site, Michaels’ next show was supposed to take place July 30 in Interlochen, Michigan.
'Everyone Gets Everything They Want' album artwork. (Mom + Pop Music)
Tom Morello has announced a new solo album called Everyone Gets Everything They Want.
The record is due out Sept. 25. It will mark the fourth full-length effort released under the Rage Against the Machine guitarist's own name, though it is described as his "first solo rock album."
Morello's first three solo albums, 2018's The Atlas Underground, and 2021's The Atlas Underground Fire and The Atlas UndergroundFlood mixed electronics and EDM elements with heavier music, and featured guest vocalists on each track.
Everyone Gets Everything They Want does feature some guests, including System of a Down's Serj Tankian and Beartooth on the songs "Adjourn It" and "Everything Burns," respectively.
The latest track released off the album, though, is all Morello. The song is called "Date Night," which, given that title, may not seem in keeping with Morello's famously political output, but is indeed very much in his wheelhouse.
"The song tells the true story of three young Dutch girls who served as spies, saboteurs, and assassins against the Nazis during World War II," a press release reads. "Sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and their close friend Hannie Schaft used their youth and innocent appearances to slip through checkpoints, to smuggle weapons, to sabotage rail lines, and to help hunted Jewish children escape persecution. Most famously, they acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them."
"I make anti-racist songs for anti-racists," Morello says. "I make anti-fascist songs for anti-fascists. And I make anti-Nazi songs for anti-Nazis. 'Date Night' is really a 'which side are you on?’ song. If any of that offends you, do the math."
Morello will host his Power to the People Festival on Oct. 3 in Columbia, Maryland.
Alex Van Halen attends the 2015 MOCA Gala presented by Louis Vuitton on May 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)/David Lee Roth performs at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on September 06, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
There’s going to be a mini Van Halen reunion at the upcoming TEDxFargo conference in Fargo, North Dakota.
Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen was previously announced for a virtual talk with artist Alex Vargas, happening on Thursday. Now it’s been announced that original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth will be joining the conversation, as well.
The Instagram post announcing Roth’s addition bills it as “Three icons. One stage. One conversation you won't want to miss.”
Vargas noted in the comments of the post that the trio’s conversation will be conducted remotely, but live “with the three of us in the same room.”
And folks who are not participating in the TedxFargo event will eventually get a chance to hear what the former bandmates have to say. According to the post, the conversation will be posted to YouTube “in a few weeks for the public to view for all time.”
Vargas is known for painting a 17-foot-tall mural of Eddie Van Halen on a wall of the Guitar Center in Hollywood, California.
Roth’s addition to the talk comes just days after he canceled all but one of the remaining dates on his summer tour. He is still scheduled to perform at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, on Aug. 7.
'Deth Red Sabaoth' reissue package. (Cleopatra Records)
Danzig's 2010 album Deth Red Sabaoth is being reissued.
The set will be released on Aug. 21 in a variety of different formats, including CD, cassette, digital and vinyl. Multiple vinyl color variants will be available, including "blood splatter horror swirl."
The original Deth Red Sabaoth marked the ninth Danzig album and the first since 2004's Circle of Snakes. A press release describes it as "one of Danzig's darkest, heaviest albums."
The most recent Danzig album is 2020's Danzig Sings Elvis covers compilation.
You can catch Danzig on a U.S. tour kicking off in September. Frontman Glenn Danzig is also directing an upcoming film adaptation of his Hellmask comic book series, which is due out in 2027.
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th Annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Lollapalooza isn't the only palooza coming to Chicago.
The Smashing Pumpkins have announced "Pumpkinpalooza" in celebration of the band's upcoming headlining set at their hometown festival. It'll mark the first time the Pumpkins, which formed in Chicago, have headlined Lolla since it moved to the Windy City's Grant Park in 2005.
"Pumpkinpalooza" will kick off with a sold-out underplay show Wednesday at Chicago's Rivera Theatre. From Wednesday through Friday, fans can visit a Pumpkins pop-up shop offering exclusive merchandise, located at 900 S. Wabash Ave.
Lolla attendees can stop by Madame Zuzu's Celestial Lounge, described as an expansion of frontman Billy Corgan's Madame Zuzu's teashop, which he runs in Highland Park, Illinois, with his wife, Chloé Mendel Corgan.
For even more Pumpkins festivities, you can visit the Chicago bar The Aviary to try its limited-edition specialty cocktail, Infinite Mellons, named after the band's classic 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
"As a Chicagoan, born and raised, I take great pride in contributing to our city's immense and colorful cultural fabric," Corgan says in a statement. "And so this year's already historic Lollapalooza is that chance to make new memories, new friends, and have a bit of Midwest fun, too as only we might."
Lollapalooza 2026 takes place Thursday through Sunday; the Pumpkins take the stage on Friday. The bill also includes Lorde, The xx, Turnstile, sombr, Empire of the Sun, Wet Leg, Yungblud, The Neighbourhood and beabadoobee.
