Apple Corps Ltd will open an official seven-floor fan experience at 3 Savile Row in London in 2027, the Georgian townhouse where the Beatles recorded Let It Be and staged their final public performance on Jan. 30, 1969. Branded 'The Beatles at 3 Savile Row', the attraction will offer never-before-seen archive material, rotating exhibitions, a recreation of the original basement studio, rooftop access at the exact concert site and an official fan shop. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have both endorsed the plans and Apple Corps CEO Tom Greene said visitors who previously only photographed the exterior will be able to explore the interior. Fans can register for updates and tickets on the band’s website; no precise opening date has been provided. The announcement follows renewed global interest in the band driven by Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary, the AI-assisted 2023 release 'Now and Then' and a slate of biopics in production, positioning the new venue as the first official Beatles destination in London alongside existing unofficial sites in Liverpool and worldwide.

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, 74, was resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest while doctors attempted to bring her out of a medically induced coma at Faro Hospital in the Algarve, Portuguese media reported on May 11. The cardiac emergency followed earlier emergency intestinal surgery for a ruptured appendix and a subsequent serious infection linked to a perforated intestine, outlets said. Tyler was admitted around April 30 after developing severe abdominal pain; friends and local acquaintances say she had been unwell for weeks, including during a March concert in London. A spokesman had previously said doctors placed her in an induced coma to aid recovery and asked for privacy. Longtime friend Liberto Mealha told reporters medics were “positive” she could make a full recovery, and the singer’s husband, Robert Sullivan, has been at her bedside. Tyler’s representatives have not publicly confirmed details of the reported cardiac arrest. The singer, known for hits including “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” had been due to resume touring later this month; updates on her condition and any changes to scheduled engagements are expected when her team issues further statements.

Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye has unveiled the final Asian leg of his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour, with an 11-show run from Sept. 20 to Nov. 4. Dates include Tokyo (Belluna Dome), two shows in Jakarta (Jakarta International Stadium), Singapore (National Stadium on Oct. 2-3), Seoul (Goyang Stadium), Bangkok (Rajamangala Stadium), two shows in Hong Kong (Kai Tak Stadium) and a closing night in Kuala Lumpur (TM Stadium National). Japanese hip‑hop duo Creepy Nuts will support most dates, with DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U joining select shows. Tickets begin with an artist presale on May 18 (registration deadline May 15), followed by a Visa presale May 19–20, a Live Nation presale May 20 and general onsale from May 21; presale timing varies by market and Seoul will not have an artist presale. Ticket prices and seating maps will be released with the first presale. Live Nation produces the run, and sponsors include Nespresso. A portion of each Asian ticket sale will support Global Citizen and the UN World Food Programme; the tour has already donated millions via the XO Humanitarian Fund. The After Hours Til Dawn tour has surpassed $1 billion in grosses and sold roughly 7.5 million tickets, making it the highest‑grossing tour by a male solo artist to date.

Noah Kahan returned to Saturday Night Live on May 9 as the musical guest for Season 51’s penultimate episode, performing two tracks — the title song “The Great Divide” and “Doors” — from his fourth studio album, The Great Divide, released April 24, 2026. The album, produced in part by Gabe Simon and Aaron Dessner, debuted at No. 1 in the United States and United Kingdom and recorded the best first-week sales for a rock album in the U.S. in over a decade. Kahan’s SNL set, staged to contrast interior balladry with more anthemic visuals, follows a run of high-profile appearances including a Tiny Desk set, a Tonight Show spot and the Netflix documentary Noah Kahan: Out of Body, which premiered at SXSW and won the 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award. He embarks on a large North American tour beginning in June with stadium dates (including four sold-out nights at Boston’s Fenway Park) and has international dates scheduled later in the year.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold their recorded music catalog to Warner Music Group for more than $300 million, multiple outlets reported on May 10-11, 2026. The transaction covers the band’s masters — including 13 studio albums spanning from their 1980s debut through 2022’s Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen — and is expected to transfer future streaming, licensing, radio and sales revenues to Warner. Industry estimates place the catalog’s annual revenue at roughly $26 million. The purchase was made through WMG’s joint venture with Bain Capital, a vehicle established in 2025 with about $1.2 billion for catalogue acquisitions; WMG and Bain have deployed roughly $650 million so far, with the Chili Peppers deal representing a significant portion of that spend. The band previously sold publishing rights years earlier to Hipgnosis/Recognition Music Group for around $140–150 million; that company is reportedly being courted by Sony, a deal that could rearrange ownership of songwriting rights. Neither Warner nor the band have issued detailed public statements confirming the terms.

Janet Jackson’s 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame at the organisation’s gala on May 8, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Presented by longtime collaborator Jimmy Jam — who, with Terry Lewis, produced the record — Jackson accepted the honour and used her speech to reiterate the album’s enduring message of unity, peace and opposition to bigotry. The event celebrated 14 recordings and albums including 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me, Radiohead’s OK Computer, Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain, Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda, Eric B. & Rakim’s Paid In Full and Selena’s Amor Prohibido. Performances and tributes during the two-and-a-half-hour gala included sets or appearances by Take 6, Heart, Norah Jones, George Clinton (with Erykah Badu joining), Taylor Hanson, Lucinda Williams, Teddy Swims and Josh Groban. The evening doubled as a fundraiser to support the Grammy Museum’s national education programmes and honoured Warner Records as the Vision of Music recipient.

Charli XCX has released a new B-side, “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” accompanying this week’s lead single “Rock Music.” Announced on her @b.sides Instagram and issued as the B-side on a limited 7" vinyl, the 1:32 track arrives with a lo‑fi, black‑and‑white video shot in Kyoto by Aidan Zamiri. The song, available officially only on vinyl and via the B‑sides account, features minimalist production and lyrics that cheekily probe sexuality — lines include “maybe I could be gay” and “I’ve always wondered if you were actually gay / or if that’s something you just say for your career.” The vinyl 7" of “Rock Music” quickly sold out on Charli’s store, with limited copies listed at select shops in the U.S., U.K. and France. The release follows Charli’s recent soundtrack work and film roles, and comes as she finishes a new album and prepares headline festival appearances later this year.

A Tampa jury on May 8, 2026 convicted four men — Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Rashad Murphy and Davion Murphy — of first-degree murder and conspiracy in the June 23, 2024 ambush killing of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio (Charles Jones). After a month-long trial and roughly eight hours of deliberation, the jury also found Gathright and the Murphys guilty of attempted second-degree murder for wounding others in the parking-lot shooting. Prosecutors presented surveillance video and text messages they say show a coordinated mission to stalk and kill the 26-year-old during birthday celebrations outside a Holiday Inn near the University of South Florida. The court made special findings that Chance and the Murphys were gang members and that the attack was tied to gang activity. A fifth defendant, Alicia Andrews, was earlier convicted of manslaughter and remains awaiting sentencing. The penalty phase for the four convicted men begins May 11, with prosecutors expected to seek jury recommendations of the death penalty.

Rock icon Mick Jagger said he has been a fan of Swedish pop star Zara Larsson since her 2018 hit “Ruin My Life,” praising her on the US Today show this week. In a clip shown to Larsson during her May 8 appearance to promote her remix album Midnight Sun: Girls Trip, Jagger said his son told him she was having a comeback and added, “But she never went away for me.” Larsson performed tracks from her recent record and remix set for the show’s Summer Concert Series and responded emotionally to Jagger’s endorsement. Her remix album features collaborators including PinkPantheress, Shakira, Tyla, Robyn, Madison Beer, Kehlani and Bambii; she also recently received a Grammy nomination for Midnight Sun and is scheduled for multiple summer festivals including Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Lollapalooza. Separately, The Rolling Stones announced a new album, Foreign Tongues, earlier this month.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, will include a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good.” Guitarist Ronnie Wood revealed the track during an appearance on The Tonight Show in early May, as the band shared details of the record ahead of its July 10, 2026 release via Polydor/Universal. Foreign Tongues was recorded quickly at Metropolis Studios in West London, produced by Andrew Watt, and comprises 14 tracks including lead single “In The Stars” and the blues-tinged “Rough And Twisted.” The project features high-profile guest contributions from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and a posthumous credit to late drummer Charlie Watts. The album follows 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, which charted highly and won the Stones a Grammy. The band has indicated no immediate large-scale tour is planned for 2026 after previously scrapping UK and European stadium dates late last year.

A feature-length documentary chronicling Oasis’ 2025 comeback tour will open in select IMAX and cinemas worldwide on Sept. 11 before streaming on Disney+ (and Hulu in the U.S.) later in the year. Created by Peaky Blinders writer-producer Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the untitled film was produced by Disney, Magna Studios and Sony Music Vision. It features rehearsal, backstage and onstage footage from the 41-date Oasis Live ’25 world tour and includes Noel and Liam Gallagher’s first joint interview in more than 25 years. The tour — which played major venues including Wembley and Cardiff and visited markets across the US, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Argentina and Brazil — was one of 2025’s biggest live-music events and helped revive interest in the band’s catalogue. Early reports note unprecedented access and never-before-seen material; some sources say an extended version has been assembled. The limited theatrical window aims to capture cinema audiences before the film becomes an exclusive streaming offering.

Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre returned to Centennial High School in Compton, California, for a ceremonial groundbreaking on May 7, joining will.i.am and local officials including Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The event marked the start of a long-planned campus rebuild — described by organizers as the school district’s first major construction project in roughly 70 years and a multi-hundred-million-dollar redevelopment scheduled to open in 2029. Dr. Dre, who attended Centennial as a freshman, delivered a speech urging “investing forward,” said he sees the project as a promise to the city, and has advised designers on elements such as on-site recording studios. Kendrick Lamar, a 2005 graduate, attended in support; photos and video from the ceremony showed the artists in construction vests and holding shovels. Officials and reporters said the modernized campus will replace aging facilities and expand student access to technology, arts and career pathways. Published accounts vary on exact cost and capacity figures, but all frame the project as a major community investment backed by prominent alumni and civic partners.

Dua Lipa made a surprise appearance at Tame Impala’s show at London’s O2 Arena on Thursday night (May 7), joining frontman Kevin Parker mid‑set to perform two songs. Lipa walked onstage during Tame Impala’s performance of their 2025 collaboration “After Thought,” singing the chorus, before Parker welcomed his “good friend” and the pair played Lipa’s 2024 single “Houdini.” Parker produced much of Lipa’s third album, Radical Optimism, and the two have repeatedly appeared in each other’s live sets — including Lipa’s 2024 Glastonbury headline and stops on her 2025 tour in Melbourne. Billboard reports “Houdini” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Radical Optimism debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. The unannounced duet energized the O2 crowd and underscored the ongoing public partnership between Lipa and Parker as Tame Impala continues its world tour.

Hayley Williams has announced The Hayley Williams Show, a fall 2026 tour across North and Latin America that begins Sept. 3 in West Palm Beach, Florida and concludes Nov. 27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The run will hit major U.S. markets — including two sold-out nights at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and two at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl — before moving to Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, Mexico City and San Juan. North American support acts include Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty; Annie DiRusso will join for the Latin American dates. The itinerary pulls from Williams’ solo catalog, following her 2025 release Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Artist presale registration via HW HQ opens May 12 (10 a.m. local time) with general sales May 14 (10 a.m. local time). A portion of each ticket will benefit REVERB and Support+Feed; U.S. ticketing will use Ticketmaster tools including face-value resale and verified presale protocols to limit scalping.

Songwriter Diane Warren revealed a humorous backhanded compliment she says Cher delivered, posting a photo of the pair on social media on May 8, 2026. Quoting the superstar, Warren wrote that Cher told her, "You're annoying but U write great songs." Warren, 69, and Cher, 79, have collaborated since the 1980s; Warren penned Cher's 1989 hit "If I Could Turn Back Time" and several other tracks over decades of occasional partnerships. The exchange drew attention across entertainment outlets and social feeds, with some fans speculating the friendly image might hint at future collaboration. No comment has been issued by Cher’s representatives. The short, playful interaction underlines Warren’s high profile as one of the industry’s most prolific songwriters — she has been widely recognized with numerous awards and multiple Academy Award nominations — and highlights the continued public interest in long-running creative relationships between hitmakers and performers.

Charli XCX released a new single, “Rock Music,” on May 8, 2026, accompanied by a black-and-white-to-color music video directed by Aidan Zamiri. The track, produced with long-time collaborator A.G. Cook and Finn Keane, fuses distorted, guitar-driven riffs with Charli’s trademark electronic vocal manipulation, clocking in under two minutes. The release follows media attention around a British Vogue interview in which Charli quipped “I think the dancefloor is dead,” prompting debate about a putative shift toward rock; she later clarified via social posts that she hadn’t formally announced a rock album. The video leans into rock tropes — smashed TVs, broken guitars, cigarette-strewn rooms and crowd-surfing — and features a cameo from her husband, George Daniel. Critics have described the song as a self-aware pop-punk/rock pastiche and praised its playful irony. The single precedes a summer festival run with headline slots including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Reading & Leeds and Austin City Limits and follows Charli’s recent soundtrack and film work (Wuthering Heights companion album, Mother Mary contributions, and The Moment mockumentary).

No Doubt kicked off an 18-show residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas on May 6, 2026, delivering a two-hour, 21-song performance heavy on material from their 1995 breakthrough Tragic Kingdom. The band — Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young — opened with the album’s title track (not played live since 2009) and included rarities such as “The Climb” (first time since the 1990s), “Running” and “Trapped in a Box.” The Sphere’s immersive visuals and effects — including theme-park sequences, sea imagery and foam oranges dropped onto the crowd — framed the set and echoed the band’s Orange County origins. The residency, staged at the Sphere’s roughly 20,000-seat dome, was expanded due to demand and runs through June 13. The launch also followed guitarist Tom Dumont’s public disclosure of an early-onset Parkinson’s diagnosis; Dumont performed and has said he can still play. Stefani drew emotional responses from fans while revisiting both hits and deep cuts, marking No Doubt’s most sustained run of dates since their 2024–25 reunion appearances.

Ariana Grande has revealed further details of her eighth studio album, Petal, which is due July 31, 2026. In an Instagram Reel posted May 7 she described the record as “a little feral,” saying it comes from a place she had been “too shy or polite to tap into” and that creating it felt like “f—k it.” Grande framed Petal as a project about “growing through the cracks” of something cold and hard and about breaking negative attachments — internal and external. The announcement follows an April 28 reveal of the title and comes ahead of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, which begins June 6 and will cover roughly two months in North America before concluding with a run of shows at London’s O2 Arena. Petal follows 2024’s Eternal Sunshine (and its subsequent deluxe release) and arrives after Grande’s highly visible run in the Broadway-adjacent Wicked production, which she has said helped reshape her relationship with performance and music.

Singer Bonnie Tyler, 74, has been hospitalised in Faro, Portugal, following emergency intestinal surgery, her team said in an initial statement on May 6, 2026. Doctors later placed her in an induced coma “to aid her recovery,” her spokesman and manager said on May 7. Portuguese local outlets reported the operation followed a burst or perforated appendix and that she was being treated in intensive care with antibiotics and, according to some reports, ventilatory support; officials have not disclosed full clinical details. Reports indicate she was rushed to hospital at the end of April and transferred to Faro for surgery. Tyler, a Wales-born artist best known for the 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” is due to begin a series of European performances from May 22; her team has not yet confirmed whether dates will be postponed. Representatives have asked for privacy and said further statements will be issued when possible.

A Broward County judge denied rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons’ bid for pretrial release on May 6, 2026, keeping him jailed while he awaits a retrial on two counts of first-degree murder. Melly, arrested in February 2019 for the October 2018 killings of Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams and Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr., has been behind bars for more than seven years; his initial 2023 trial ended in a hung jury. Judge Martin S. Fein said the state’s evidence is “arguably sufficient to convict,” citing a 39-page order reviewing the record and recent testimony. Defense attorneys Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout have argued Melly has endured “inhumane” and “cruel” conditions, including more than three years in solitary confinement, and noted an appellate order last year that suppressed evidence from an overbroad search warrant. The retrial is scheduled to begin in January 2027. Melly’s lawyers say only a jury verdict will end the prolonged pretrial detention; prosecutors declined to comment on the pending case.