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Press release – US Metal legends HELSTAR return with their long-awaited 11th studio album, “The Devil’s Masquerade”, set for release on September 12th, 2025 through Massacre Records. The album will be available as a limited Mediabook, Ltd. Vinyl LP in various colors, and digital formats. “The Devil’s Masquerade” marks a powerful return to the band’s roots, bringing back the classic creative chemistry between James Rivera (vocals) and Larry Barragan (guitars). The album was produced and mixed by Barragan at Hombre Malo Studios, and mastered by Robert Colwell at Colwell Mastering. Helstar. – Photo by Sandra Solis Lyrically, “The Devil’s Masquerade” dives deep into tales of vampirism, demonic possession, and mankind’s downfall – drawing inspiration from cult horror…
Sibling trio Jonas Brothers had plenty of surprises for fans attending their concert in Dallas on Sunday night, as their JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour stopped at the Dos Equis Pavilion. Among the unexpected moments was when Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas welcomed country singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini to the stage. “We have lived a lot of life already with this next performer. She’s really part of the family. A couple of years ago we had the wonderful pleasure of bringing her on tour, and throughout the years, we’ve had the fortune of doing several performances,” Nick Jonas said, setting…
Drake rarely sits down for interviews these days, but he reunited with Bobbi Althoff for round two on Tuesday (Sept. 2), when Althoff launched her Not This Again podcast. The duo originally linked up in 2023 for an interview but had a falling out that resulted in both parties agreeing to scrub the chat from YouTube. “Welcome to the nicest thing that any guy has ever done for you,” Drake quipped. “You came around at an interesting time in your life and I think that I took a lot of the weight and blame at that time when you needed…
UPDATE (Sept. 3): Cosey Fanni Tutti will collect the Innovator Award at the 2025 Independent Music Awards on Sep. 28, as the final wave of nominees are announced. The Throbbing Gristle member and Industrial Records co-founder will be awarded the prize at a ceremony at London’s Roundhouse. Elsewhere, Shed Seven will collect the best live performer award and Bandcamp are this year’s independent music champion. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Nominees in the awards’ remaining categories have also been shared, including best independent label, best creative campaign, best independent video and more. See the full list of nominees…
Lorne Michaels says he’s feeling “pressure to reinvent this season” after the show’s landmark 50th year. 9/2/2025 Saturday Night Live Season 50 Cast. (Top row l-r) Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Chloe Fineman, Jane Wickline, Ashley Padilla, Andrew Dismukes; (bottom row l-r) Michael Che, Colin Jost, Marcello Hernández, Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson. Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC via Getty Images Ahead of the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4, Lorne Michaels confirmed in an interview that a few familiar faces will not return to the cast…
Jonas Brothers are maximizing the news cycle around their 20th-anniversary Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, which launched less than a month ago but has generated dozens of headlines about surprise guests, unexpected reunions and two brother trios joining forces. The latest big news from the tour came at Sunday’s stop in Dallas, where Fifth Harmony — Ally Brooke, Normani, Lauren Jauregui and Dinah Jane — performed together for the first time in seven years. The quartet performed “Worth It” and “Work From Home” for the lucky crowd, which was also treated to surprises from Kelsea Ballerini, The Plain White T’s…
Jordan Peele‘s highly anticipated next project has been removed from Universal Pictures’ 2026 release schedule. READ MORE: ‘Nope’ review: say yes to Jordan Peele’s genre-hopping comedy-horror The currently untitled horror film – which will serve as the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2022’s Nope, and will mark the filmmaker’s return to directing after four years – was most recently slated for a release sometime around Halloween next year. Now, however, it has been reported via Variety that Universal Pictures has removed it from its 2026 release schedule, and has yet to set a new date for the film. The film was first…
Jack Osbourne has hit out at Roger Waters over comments the Pink Floyd bassist recently made about the late Ozzy Osbourne. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TV The heavy metal pioneer frontman died on July 22 at age 76. In a statement, his family shared that he was “surrounded by love” at the time of his passing. His death came just weeks after he played a final live show in his hometown with Black Sabbath. In the weeks following the Prince Of Darkness’ death, numerous musicians have paid homage to the legend. One musician who…
Wheatus have plotted their third Australian tour of the 2020s thus far, with the American pop-rock mainstays revealing a run of dates for January 2026. The tour will see them belatedly celebrate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, which was originally released in August of 2000. The full list of tour dates, as well as ticketing information, can be found below. The 25th anniversary tour follows on from the band touring in acoustic duo mode in January and February of this year. Dubbed the Dirtbags Across Australia tour, the run saw the band stripped down to just founding…
Radiohead are seemingly teasing their first gig in seven years across the UK and Europe. READ MORE: Jonny Greenwood tells us about The Smile’s ‘Cutouts’ and the “fun and natural” Radiohead reunion Radiohead’s last live performance was on August 1, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, marking the end of their ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ tour in support of their album of the same name. The band have been characteristically coy about their future plans since then, though fans around the UK and Europe have now reported spotting flyers for live shows later this year. A number of Radiohead…