Month: December 2025

ABC and Dick Clark Productions have announced the performers set for the 55th annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest special.  This year marks Seacrest’s 21st year hosting the event.

Organizers revealed that this year’s New Year’s telecast, with four countdowns in New York City, Puerto Rico, Chicago and Las Vegas, will be the longest in history with the most performers ever featured. In total, 85 songs will be performed in the broadcast.

Ejae, Audrey Nina and Rei Ami — the voices of the girl group Huntr/x from KPop Demon Hunters — will perform, alongside fellow K-pop group Le Sserafim. Other artists set to perform include: 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, Ciara, Demi Lovato, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Wyclef Jean, Goo Goo Dolls, Lil Jon, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Rick Springfield, the All-American Rejects, 6lack, AJR, BigXthaPlug, Filmore, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, Leon Thomas, Madison Beer, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson.

As previously announced, Chance the Rapper and Julianne Hough join the co-hosting lineup for this year’s special, which will kick off in New York and continue through Las Vegas, Chicago and Puerto Rico. Seacrest will be ringing in the New Year as the main host of this year’s “Rockin’ Eve” in Times Square, with Rita Ora returning as his co-host for the third year in a row. Julianne Hough and former NFL player Rob Gronkowski will co-host in Las Vegas.

Chance the Rapper joins the Chicago broadcast as co-host, which will feature a midnight countdown for the Central Time zone for the first time in the show’s history. Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, previously said in a statement that “this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the beauty and dynamism of our city and its people for the world to see.”

The largest lineup and longest telecast in the show’s more than 50-year history airs live Wednesday, December 31 at 8/7c on ABC, and streams next day on Hulu.

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The Foo Fighters are holding a one-night-only benefit concert on January 14, 2026, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, to support LA’s homeless and food-insecure communities.

The concert hopes to raise money and awareness for Hope the Mission and the Los Angeles Mission, two organizations that provide services for the homeless and food-insecure; with the show also marking Dave Grohl’s 57th birthday. Hope the Mission and Los Angeles Mission are two charities with which Grohl and his wife, Jordyn, have long been aligned.

In-person-only pre-sale for tickets begin on December 7, 2025, starting at 12 p.m. PT. at the Kia Forum box office. Tickets are limited to four, per person, with payment by physical credit or debit cards only (no cash or digital wallets). No lines are permitted before 8 a.m. PT on Sunday, December 7.

Attendees of the pre-sale are encouraged to bring donations including:

• Socks and underwear (male, female, adults, children, all sizes—new/packaged only)
  Dried pinto beans (bagged)
  Pasta—spaghetti, macaroni (bagged or boxed)
  Dried rice (bagged)
  (NO canned goods or perishable items)

Grohl said in a press release, “What better way to spend my 57th birthday than making a bunch of noise with a bunch of friends for a good cause. This ain’t just a big ass rock show, it’s a big ass party with a heart. Turn up the volume, turn up the hope, but most of all….TURN UP. The best gift is TO GIVE. Can’t friggin wait x.”

Rowan Vansleve, President of Hope the Mission, added: “This concert will be more than just a celebration. We’re incredibly grateful to partner with the band. Foo Fighters and their fans have a reputation of always stepping up to help when people need it, and this concert will be no different.”

Further monetary proceeds will be donated to both organizations. For those unable to attend the donation drive or the show, more information about how to help the aforementioned causes can be found on their website(s).

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Opus is partnering with legendary band Oasis – along with Liam and Noel Gallagher – to collaborate on a 400-page book, OASIS LIVE ’25 OPUS, in celebration of their reunion tour.

The book announcement notes the project “will be a celebration of the band’s live legacy, captured by the very best with unprecedented and unique access plus collaboration from both Liam and Noel” and features photography by Simon Emmett, who documented the band’s first live shows in 16 years after their split in 2009.

This 400-page book celebrates the band’s recent reunion tour, which marked their first performances in 16 years after their split in 2009.  Photographer Simon Emmett said in a statement: “Being chosen to photograph the top-secret Oasis reunion portraits was a real honour. As the only photographer to document it from the very start through to the end of the tour, it’s been a truly unique and privileged experience and insight. The extraordinary mania and positivity has been intoxicating. Much more than a band reunion, it’s been a real cultural movement.”

OASIS LIVE ’25 OPUS will be available in multiple editions, including a strictly limited “Marquee Edition” of only 100 copies. All 400 pages will be “printed in ultra-high-definition on luxury heavyweight 200gsm silk paper, hand-bound by master binders and then presented in a silk-covered clamshell case.” Additionally, unlimited “Midi” and “Retail” editions will be made available; those who purchase these editions will receive a “special certification ‘tombstone’,” which looks like a commemorative ticket encased in acrylic.

More information about the different versions will be available in the future and a sign-up form to “register your interest” can be found: HERE.

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Megadeth will host an exclusive, all-day ‘ultimate immersive listening event’ in celebration of their upcoming self-titled studio album.

The one-day event, taking place just outside of Nashville in La Vergne, TN, on Saturday, January 17, 2026, will allow fans to ‘get closer to the band, the music, the stories, and the legacy than ever before.’

The experience will give attendees a chance to listen to the new album early, witness a Megadeth acoustic performance, attend a Megadeth Master Class where the band breaks down legendary riffs, songwriting, tones, and techniques—right from the stage, a band Q&A, Guitar Talk with Dave Mustaine and Gibson CEO César Gueikian where they will share special news, photo op with the band, catered dinner with Megadeth beer and House of Mustaine wine, immersive photo op experiences, autographed album-art poster, exclusive merch, and more.

In anticipation of their final studio album, Megadeth released the single “I Don’t Care,” along with a video from director Keith J Leman. Check it out: HERE.

Fans must be 18 years of age or older to attend. For information, head HERE.

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Ghost has extended their Skeletour World Tour with new North American dates.

The 20-date run kicks off January 21st at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida, and wraps up February 23rd in Inglewood, California, hitting cities such as Charlotte, Montreal, Toronto, Cincinnati, Vancouver, and Seattle along the way.

The Skeletour World Tour has featured the live debut of songs from their latest album, SKELETÁ, the band’s sixth album and their first to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, released April 25th.  That achievement marked the first time a hard rock album topped the US album chart since 2020.

For ticket information, head HERE.

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The Pretty Reckless have released the video for their rock-reimagined version of “Where Are You Christmas?,” the beloved holiday classic that frontwoman Taylor Momsen first performed as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The reimagined track finds the Momsen singing a ‘duet’ alongside her voice as a child. The song is featured as part of a six-song EP titled Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas, featuring four original holiday tunes, released October 31st digitally and November 14th physically.

The rock-reimagined version of “Where Are You Christmas?” is the first time Momsen has revisited the track since The Grinch’s release 25 years ago; she shared: “Revisiting ‘Where Are You Christmas’ 25 years later feels like coming home to a part of myself I hadn’t seen in a long time. I was just a child when I first sang it, and I never could’ve imagined the way the song, and the film, would stay with people for so long and unknowingly shape my career path as an adult. Recording it now, with all the life I’ve lived in between, I hear it through a different lens.. but the heart of it is the same. It’s about wonder, hope, and holding on to the magic – something I think we all need more than ever.”

The video for the song opens with a throwback clip of Jay Leno announcing Momsen’s appearance on The Tonight Show (during the original release of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas), and later sees Momsen duet with her childhood self before breaking into the reimagined version of the beloved holiday song.

See the video for ‘Where Are You Christmas?’- HERE.
Stream ‘Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas’: HERE.

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