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MUSIC
Lars Ulrich has confirmed the rumors that Metallica have been looking into playing the Sphere in Las Vegas next year. https://www.siriusxm.com/talk/howard-stern
Sean “Diddy” Combs is already eyeing a major comeback performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden following the completion of his prison sentence, his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, tells TMZ. https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/06/diddy-wants-to-perform-at-madison-square-garden-after-release/
Papa Roach fans expecting a new album this year because they've already released two singles -- "Ever If It Kills Me" and "Braindead" -- will have to wait a little while longer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HEYf7_Feh0
Shinedown are taking their hot sauce business to a restaurant chain. https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-mgZopiDn/
Machine Gun Kelly recently shared his eating habits during a Kick livestream with influencer Adin Ross. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14976871/machine-gun-kelly-sparks-concern-grim-diet-eats-couple-times-week.html
San Francisco honored late Grateful Dead founder and guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday on August 1st. https://www.bhpioneer.com/a_and_e/grateful-dead-guitarist-jerry-garcia-has-childhood-street-named-for-him-in-san-francisco/article_ce73d2cf-2f91-59df-b4c0-4c7d446c1c29.html
Def Leppard will perform on NBC’s America’s Got Talent on August 20th. https://www.instagram.com/p/DM_wmBSxPRH/
Jelly Roll will perform on the Stand Up 2 Cancer special, which will tape Saturday at the Pinnacle in Nashville and air on over 30 networks and streaming services on August 15th. Sheryl Crow is the host. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jelly-roll-jonas-brothers-cece-winans-dan--shay-and-more-unite-in-nashville-for-stand-up-to-cancers-fundraising-special-302522935.html
Three Days Grace guitarist Barry Stock shared a video of himself getting to drive a race car around at the Ozarks International Speedway in Gravois Mills, Missouri. Watch it on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM9RDnyMj-O/
TV
The stand-alone Hulu app will disappear next year. https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hulu-app-phased-out-disney-plus-fully-integrating-1236480450/
Aubrey Plaza will play Heidi Fleiss, otherwise known as the "Hollywood Madam," in an upcoming biopic. It marks Aubrey's first major project since the death of her husband Jeff Baena, who died by suicide in January at age 47. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14976927/Aubrey-Plaza-Heidi-Fleiss-role-husband-suicide-fans-say-look-similar.html
"Ketamine Queen", Jasveen Sangha, who has been charged with five counts of ketamine distribution, including one count of distribution resulting in the death of 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry, is headed to trial September 23rd. https://abc13.com/post/jasveen-sangha-known-ketamine-queen-accused-selling-matthew-perry-fatal-dose-gets-september-trial/17450679/
Does Kris Jenner have six toes? https://pagesix.com/2025/08/05/celebrity-news/kris-jenner-called-out-for-having-six-toes-in-alleged-photoshop-fail/
There's a thread that's going viral online, where people are talking about TV shows that started out as a "10 out of 10" . . . but ended as a "ONE out of 10."
Here are the most popular responses:
"House of Cards" . . . "One of the best shows ever for the first few seasons, and then ended in the most disappointing fashion ever." (They did have to deal with writing Kevin Spacey out of the show, due to his legal issues.)
"Grey's Anatomy" . . . "It's a great show, but it's just so repetitive: Same medical conditions, same plots, same everything."
"Shameless" . . . "It was 10/10 for several seasons, but got harder to watch the longer it went on."
"American Horror Story" . . . "Each season gets worse than the one before."
"The Walking Dead" . . . "It overstayed its welcome to the point that it inadvertently erased itself from the mainstream consciousness." It sounds like almost EVERYONE finally bailed at the same time. (When Glenn died.)
"That '70s Show" . . . "By the final season, it was almost unwatchable."
"Game of Thrones" . . . "Went from peak cinema, to some rushed [B.S.] ending."
"Prison Break" . . . "They probably should've just ended it once they escaped the first time."
"Yellowstone" . . . "I'm currently half through Season Five, and it feels like watching endless streams of country music videos. So far, the NINE episodes I've watched should've been one, or two at best.
"Lost" . . . It took this far before someone mentioned "Lost", which a lot of people HATED at the time, before they were disappointed by tons of other shows.
MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:
The latest movie adaptation of War of the Worlds apparently sucks. https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/amazons-new-war-of-the-worlds-adaptation-which-stars-ice-cube-and-is-filmed-entirely-on-a-computer-screen-debuts-to-0-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes/
RIP: Brad Pitt‘s mom, Jane Etta Pitt, has sadly passed away. She was 84 years old. https://www.eonline.com/news/1420826/brad-pitts-mom-jane-etta-pitt-dead-at-84
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AND FINALLY
It's safe to assume that bands play their popular hits all the time. But have you ever wondered just how MANY times? A new study took stats from the website Setlist.fm to find out which songs rock bands have performed over 1,500 times. https://loudwire.com/songs-rock-metal-bands-played-live-more-than-1500-times/
Here are some notable ones:
1. "School's Out", Alice Cooper: 3,090 times
2. "Rock and Roll All Nite", KISS: 2,228 times
3. "Smoke on the Water", Deep Purple: 2,223 times
4. "Master of Puppets", Metallica: 1,774 times
5. "T.N.T.", AC/DC: 1,588 times
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