Month: April 2025

Best-selling author Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot and injured by the police in Los Angeles, and later was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at LAPD officers from her front yard.

Authorities said that the 51-year-old Lauren (identified by police as Jillian Shriner and listed as Jillian Lauren Shriner in jail records) pointed a gun at officers who were searching for hit-and-run suspects in a residential Los Angeles neighborhood. The LAPD said in a statement that Lauren Shriner sustained injuries that were not life-threatening after the shooting in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock on Thursday.

Police said they were assisting California Highway Patrol officers in their search for three suspects from a misdemeanor hit-and-run; while pursuing one of the suspects who had been running through a backyard. The LAPD said in a press release: “As the officers were in the rear yard of that residence, they observed a female, later identified as 51-year-old Jillian Shriner, in the yard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun. The officers ordered Shriner to drop the handgun numerous times; however, she refused.” Police fired at Shriner after she allegedly pointed her handgun at the officers, striking her. LAPD Detective Meghan Aguilar told reporters it is unclear at this time if she fired at the officers: “We have looked at some of the body-worn video. There is not a clear view of what she did with that firearm. We still have multiple interviews to do in this as well as look at any other personal surveillance video that some of these homes may have.”

Shriner went into her home but later emerged with another woman and a child, and was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital for treatment. A 9 mm handgun was recovered from her home, according to police. Officers subsequently determined Shriner was not involved in the earlier hit-and-run; one of the male suspects sought in that incident was detained by California Highway Patrol, while the other two were not found.

Shriner was released on bail on Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in court on April 30. Weezer is scheduled to play the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, with multiple sources confirming to The Hollywood Reporter that the band is still slated to perform at Coachella this weekend as of press time.

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Nickelback has been announced as the headliner of the second day of the new Velocity Festival hosted at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa.

The two-day weekend fest, scheduled for August 30th and 31st, will feature previously announced headliner Tim McGraw performing on Saturday the 30th, and Nickelback headlining Sunday the 31st. Brantley Gilbert has also been confirmed as a performer on Sunday, with more to be announced.

Velocity is billed as a new multi-city festival that will launch in other locales in 2026, with the initial iteration taking place on the 193-acre farm and baseball diamond made famous by the 1989 film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. In recent years, the field has also been used by the MLB for a pair of official regular season games.

Promoter Nick Abate of U.S. Concert Agency shared in a press release: “Adding a second day to this event is going to make it even more epic! With Nickelback hitting the stage at the iconic Field of Dreams, we’re kicking off something special with Velocity, our new multi-city music festival launching in 2026. It’s all about bringing incredible performances to legendary locations and creating unforgettable experiences for fans. We’re beyond excited for what’s to come!”

For ticket information, head HERE.

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Due to popular demand, The Eagles have added the final 2025 shows to the band’s residency at Sphere in Las Vegas this fall, adding eight more shows this fall before the final run of 2025: Tuesday: Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11 and 31, and Nov. 1, 7 and 8.

The band had just recently added four additional shows to the band’s Sphere residency; those newly announced dates were: Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6, followed by a final pairing of live dates slated for Sept. 12 and 13.

After the Eagles’ April residency at Sphere, Dead & Company returned to the location for dates on April 17-19 and 24-26 and their subsequent May return, May 9-11 and 15-17.

Registration for artist presale of the added dates is now open, with sales starting April 15 at 10 a.m. PDT. Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Sphere presales begin April 16 at 10 a.m. PDT; with the general on-sale for the new shows beginning Friday, April 18th at 10 am local time.

Vibee Hotel & Experience Packages are on sale now at eagles.vibee.com.

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Olivia Rodrigo and The 1975 have been added to the lineup for Britain’s legendary Glastonbury musical festival.  The concert series’ website posted: “The 1975 finally bring their incendiary show back to Worthy Farm to headline the Pyramid Stage on the Friday, while Olivia Rodrigo will close out the Festival on the Sunday night — headlining the Pyramid for her first appearance at Glastonbury since her memorable Other Stage set in 2022.”

The festival, set to run June 25-29 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, also features performers including Alanis Morissette, Busta Rhymes, Neil Young, Charli XCX, Raye, Doechii, Rod Stewart, The Prodigy, Noah Kahan, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Snow Patrol and dozens more.

As previously noted, Young will headline for the second time since 2009, while Stewart will take to the Pyramid Stage in the Sunday legend slot.

For more information, head to the Glastonbury website.

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Magnolia Pictures released a preview for the new documentary ‘One to One: John & Yoko,’ which covers an 18-month span in the lives of iconic couple John Lennon and Yoko Ono together in Greenwich Village. Lennon and Ono’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, produced the music and served as an executive producer, with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald as director.

The film was shot in an apartment designed to look like the one the couple shared in 1971 New York. Lennon’s voice says in the clip: “I fell in love with an independent creative genius. I started waking up.”

The documentary will examine the couple’s One to One benefit concert in 1972, Lennon’s only full-length concert following his departure from the Beatles. When someone asks Lennon in the preview “Why would you do a concert for free?” Lennon says: “To change that apathy that all the youth have. Speak to them, sing to them and do anything to get them alive again.”

An official synopsis reads: “The film uses a riotous melange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen: the Vietnam War, The Price is Right, Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, The Waltons. As they experience a year of love and transformation in the US, John and Yoko begin to change their approach to protest — ultimately leading to the One to One concert, which was inspired by a Geraldo Rivera expose they watched on TV.”

One to One: John & Yoko will open in theaters on April 18, with IMAX showings beginning April 11. Check out the preview- HERE.

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