Smashing Pumpkins’ hometown Lollapalooza return erupted with star cameos, Kylie Minogue reunited with Nick Cave in Brighton, and Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV as tributes, rumors, chart jolts, and surprise drops fueled a
Chicago’s Lollapalooza roared back with a hometown Smashing Pumpkins coronation packed with surprise guests, while Brighton witnessed a rare Nick Cave–Kylie Minogue reprise; elsewhere Patti Smith’s Vatican audience made headlines and remembrances for Glen Hansard took shape as his family shared memorial plans. In new music and charts, Lil Uzi Vert turned a canceled set into a surprise EP, Deftones’ “Change (In the House of Flies)” topped June’s Top TV Songs off a fresh sync, and Tom Waits unveiled the darkly comic spoken-word B-side “The Fly.” On the touring and lineup front, Modest Mouse tapped Seth Jabour amid allegations around Simon O’Connor, Slipknot rumors about Sid Wilson drew a “don’t believe everything you read” from Jim Root, and Phish delivered a colossal bust-out. Also trending: Boy George split with a label manager over a pro-Israel release dispute; the White House drew heat
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Smashing Pumpkins headlined Lollapalooza for the first time in 32 years, bringing out Olivia Rodrigo (singing “Thirty-Three”), Yungblud, and Melissa Auf der Maur, as day-one highlights also included a Charli xcx–Lorde reunion, John Summit’s
Kylie Minogue surprised Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in Brighton for “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” their first live performance of the duet together since 2019 (Preston Park, with The Flaming Lips and more on the bill).
Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during a private audience; the pontiff was familiar with her song “Wave,” and the pair reportedly spoke for around 40 minutes.
Glen Hansard’s family announced details for a public memorial and funeral in Dublin as tributes continued, including Tori Amos covering The Swell Season and Warren Ellis recalling a gifted guitar.
After an abrupt Lollapalooza cancellation, Lil Uzi Vert dropped a surprise birthday EP built for instant replay.
Phish busted out XTC’s “Melt the Guns” at Fenway Park for the first time since 1987, setting a 2,051-show “bust-out” record.
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