Flea Drops First Single From Debut Solo Album
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has announced his first solo album, "Honora," coming out March 27th on Nonesuch Records, but it’s not the rock project you might expect. The album is named after a family member and focuses on jazz and trumpet, which were Flea's first musical loves. He spent two years practicing trumpet before making the record. The first single, "Traffic Lights," features Thom Yorke on vocals, piano, and synth. The album also includes appearances from Nick Cave and a group of jazz musicians. Flea and his band will tour intimate venues in May, with stops in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, and other cities.
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Music Streaming Hits All-Time High
Music streaming reached an all-time high in 2025, with listeners logging over 5.1 trillion streams, 1.4 trillion in the US alone. Interestingly, however, most streamers are listening to older music; less than half of all U.S. on-demand audio streams (43-percent) were from tracks released in the last five years (2021 - 2025). In the States, the formats seeing the most streaming growth were Christian/gospel music (up over 18 percent), rock (up over 6 percent), and Latin (an increase of over 5 percent).
In the US, the most-streamed format remains r&b/hip hop, which accounted for 349.9 billion on-demand audio streams, up from 341.63 billion last year. Rock is second with 260.5 billion (up from 234.22 billion last year) and pop with 167.2 billion (up from 165.49 billion). Country comes in fourth (122.5 billion streams, up from 117.58 billion the year before), followed by Latin with 120.9 billion (up from 113.02 billion in 2024).
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Jelly Roll Announces His First-Ever Voice Acting Role
Jelly Roll just shared the trailer for his first-ever voice acting role. He plays a bear named Grizz in the upcoming animated movie "GOAT".
It's from the artists behind "KPop Demon Hunters" and "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" . . .and NBA star Stephen Curry is producing.
Here's what Jelly said about it, "Can't believe I'm saying this y'all . . . my voice acting debut is COMING SOON!!!"
And it gets better. His brand-new song "I'm Good" is also featured in the trailer.
"GOAT" hits theaters February 13th.
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Sting paid Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers $800,000 to settle a lawsuit over royalties. But their lawyers called it a "historic underpayment."
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Metallica is reportedly finalizing a deal for a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
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