Last month, My Chemical Romance covered of Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 song “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” in San Francisco. Last night, the band performed the track with Billy Corgan in Chicago.

Yup — the headline speaks for itself. A couple days ago, Korn opened for System Of A Down at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the first of two nights. Apparently, one fan got a little too excited and decided that public masturbation was an acceptable way to enjoy the show. Maybe he listened to “A.D.I.D.A.S.” before the concert and couldn’t help but feel inspired.

The more news comes out about Meta’s AI chatbots, the grosser the whole endeavor becomes. Two weeks ago Neil Young discontinued the use of Facebook and Instagram, citing parent company Meta’s choice to allow chatbots to engage in “sensual conversation” with children. Now we know some of those sensual conversations might be with AI clones of celebrities who did not sign off on this.

Detroit native Jack White is the musical director for the immersive, experimental film Motor City. You might be wondering, ‘What do you mean by experimental?’ Well, there’s hardly any dialogue in the Potsy Ponciroli-directed picture. Today, he’s shared the first trailer for the flick, which is soundtracked by Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.”

There’s an old wives’ tale known among crafty folks as the Sweater Curse: Knit your boyfriend a sweater, and you’ll soon be paid for your hours of hard work in the form of a breakup. My mind instantly referenced the Sweater Curse when, back in June 2024, Sabrina Carpenter cast her then-boyfriend Barry Keoghan in the music video for “Please Please Please,” soon-to-be her first #1 hit. “I know that you’re an actor, so act like a stand-up guy,” Carpenter pleads in the song, released just as Saltburn was making Keoghan a household name. Whether by curse or not, they were broken up by the end of the year.

If you are named Cradle Of Filth, perhaps a mess is to be expected. That’s what’s been unfolding for the veteran English metal band. Last weekend, two band members, spouses Zoë M. Federoff and Marek “Ashok” Šmerda, quit Cradle Of Filth, citing “unprofessional behavior” including management withholding proper compensation and band leader Dani Filth’s “foolish,” much-publicized decision to collaborate with dweeby pop superstar Ed Sheeran (a collab that has yet to materialize). Thursday, the conflict intensified as Federoff shared a new statement condemning the band’s “toxic” work environment and “psychopathic” session contracts. Now, we can add even more filth to the cradle.

Last night, pop-punkers Blink-182 kicked off their Missionary Impossible Tour with Alkaline Trio at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Not only did they perform a mix of old classics and new songs from their catalogue, according to setlist.fm, they played a bunch of rarities.

Earlier this year, the big-deal dance producer Fred again.. and the long-established London grime star Skepta got together, joining forces with streamer PlaqueBoyMax to release a single called “Victory Lap.” That song was a massive hit, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart, Skepta’s best-ever showing. A random-ass group of rappers — Denzel Curry, That Mexican OT, D Double E, Hanumankind — appeared on remixes. Last week, Skepta and Fred again.. followed that single with another one called “Back 2 Back.” Today, the two of them release Skepta .. Fred, an entire collaborative EP that wasn’t announced ahead of time.

On Valentine’s Day, Frog shared 1000 Variations On The Same Song, our Album Of The Week. Now the prolific New York duo is already announcing its followup, The Count.

Almost exactly one year ago, newly minted pop star Sabrina Carpenter released Short N’ Sweet, her sixth album but her real-deal breakout. Now, she’s already back with another one. Carpenter has already gone through a cover-art mini-controversy around her new record Man’s Best Friend, and “Manchild,” the record’s one advance single, debuted at #1. Today, the whole album is out, and so does Carpenter’s grand and ridiculous video for new single “Tears.”