Monthly Archives: August 2025

Bryan Adams Announces New ‘Roll With the Punches’ Album

Bryan Adams will release his 17th album, Roll With the Punches, on August 29.  This will be the first album of all-new material that Adams releases on his new independent label, Bad Records. You can see the complete track list below. Roll With the Punches is available in a variety of formats from Adams’ official […]

Chance The Rapper Shares ‘Just A Drop’ Video Jay Electronica

Chance The Rapper’s long-awaited album, Star Line, has finally arrived. The album is already garnering the sort of praise his first album, The Big Day, did not, with listeners proclaiming that the Chicago rapper is “back” — even though he never actually went anywhere. The rollout continued today with a meditative video for “Just A […]

Black Sabbath Albums Ranked Worst to Best

If the following list of Black Sabbath albums ranked worst to best proves one thing, it’s that fans write off the band’s obscure and latter-day records at their own peril. Everybody knows (and damn well better love) the Ozzy Osbourne era of Black Sabbath for good reason. The original lineup invented heavy metal and rose to superstardom off […]

Monaleo on Being a Top Lyricist, Saving Lives, Pressures on Women

Top of My GameAfter beating down the block and throwing bows, Monaleo aims to save lives with her message of resilience.Interview: Kyle EusticeEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. Monaleo just had an epiphany. Shortly after returning from Mexico in […]

BLACK SABBATH’s Final Show Estimated To Have Raised $45.5 Million

According to a new report from BBC News, Black Sabbath‘s farewell concert, Back To The Beginning, generated a total of £33.8 million (approximately $45.5 million). The figures, compiled by researchers at the University of Birmingham, show that £27.6 million (about $37 million) of that total was retained within the West Midlands region, directly benefiting Birmingham […]

Kansas Adds More 2025 Dates Amid Big Lineup Change

Kansas is officially adding a new member and he’s a familiar face: Scott Bernard has been filling in for stalwart guitarist Rich Williams when needed over the summer. Williams, who’s been with the group since 1973, will remain a member of Kansas. He’s simply scaling back on touring. “Scott Bernard is a fantastic guitar player, […]

Sammy Hagar Forgives David Lee Roth

AI generated image by Grok. Sammy Hagar recently clarified his interpretation of David Lee Roth’s comments about his claim of receiving a song from Eddie Van Halen’s ghost. During Roth’s August 13th performance at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, he jokingly claimed Eddie Van Halen’s ghost told him the song he gave Hagar was actually Iron […]

Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Darling, I’ Video Has Ayo Edebiri

Tyler, The Creator (the guy from Marty Supreme, yes) is still soaking in the Don’t Tap The Glass era since the album’s release a little less than a month ago. He has spent much of the post-album period pumping out eye-grabbing videos and today (August 19), he has another one, for “Darling, I.” For the […]