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The Modern Money Lens: How a Tax Calculator Helps You See Your Real Income Clearly

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By Mitch Rice

There is a story behind every paycheck, but not everything is on the surface. There is a labyrinth of deductions, taxes, a nd secret numbers between the lines of the salary slip. The sum of money that appears big on paper would usually become smaller by the time the account reaches your bank.

This is the reason they should know their real income, as it is no longer a choice but a must. And the easiest way of achieving that transparency is with a tax calculator.

A Clear View of What You Earn

Paper-based salary slips are disorienting – full of abbreviations and small print. However, with a salary estimation tool, it is all easy.

You do not only get numbers when you use salary-calculator.ai. You see:

  • Your real income (the money that you own).
  • Your tax profile (what you pay to the system).
  • Your benefits influence (how perks and bonuses affect your ultimate compensation).

This knowledge will transform your salary into a valuable map.

Why It’s Time to Stop Guessing Your Finances

Previously, individuals would wait at the close of the financial year in order to know their tax deductions. However, in the modern world, where people can change behavior, work as freelancers, and work remotely, it is no longer possible to wait.

You have the control of a modern tax calculator. It helps you:

  • Determine your estimated tax payment for this year.
  • Find out the impact of a job change on income.
  • Compare take-home remuneration on varying remuneration packages.
  • Having a financial advisor in your pocket is like having one 24/7, and at no cost.

The Invisible Good: Financial Confidence

Being able to know your money is not just a matter of counting, but it is confidence-building.

Having a precise estimate of your salary, you no longer have to make any decision in fear or perplexity. You begin to plan with a purpose. It is possible to establish targets and goals for savings, become smarter about investing, and even become more open and confident when discussing money.

Such clarity assists you in changing your reactive spending and getting into deliberate planning.

What Technology Is Doing to Personal Finance

At some point, the computation of taxes was done by turning over government tables or contracting an accountant. It is easy today with the help of technology.

Simple in design and yet incorporating the newest tax law, smart applications such as the salary-calculator.ai can provide precise outcomes immediately.

These tools are not just calculators of tax, but they also teach people. They demonstrate the interaction of income structure, deductions, and benefits. This openness is redefining the way individuals conceive money.

A tax calculator is, in a sense, a teacher, a teacher who makes personal finance easy for all people.

Numbers to Decisions: The Real Value

A figure on a screen is nothing until it aids you in making a decision.

You can check some real-life what-if situations:

  • What if I get a 10% raise?
  • Suppose I make retirement investments?
  • What should I do? Should I go freelance?

The calculator makes the effect of these changes on your salary estimate and taxes immediately appear. That is why it is among the most useful decision-making tools of modern professionals.

Final Words

Money is not about being rich; it is about being clear.

You can get such clarity with a tax calculator, which is a simple tool.

It makes you realize how much your time, effort, and income are really worth, not the amount that you see on paper.

Take a moment then, before you next get a paycheck. Go to salary-calculator.ai, fill in the information, and see what the figures say.

Since you cannot count money when you can see your salary, you do not make money by counting money; you create meaning.

Data and information are provided for informational purposes only, and are not intended for investment or other purposes.

Miles Davis’ Legendary 1965 Chicago Club Recordings Return with ‘The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel’

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Miles Davis’ Legendary 1965 Chicago Club Recordings Return with ‘The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel’

Six decades later, the music still wows, baffles, and inspires. What happened over two nights in a tiny, unassuming Chicago club under a bakery was a fascinating and unplanned documentation of a pivotal moment in the evolution of Miles Davis’s leadership and sound. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announce the reissue of these legendary recordings: THE COMPLETE LIVE AT THE PLUGGED NICKEL 1965. Arriving January 30, 2026, as a cornerstone moment in the year-long celebration of Miles Davis’ Centennial to come next year, this comprehensive collection will be available as a 10LP or 8CD box set. Pre-orders begin today.

As a preview of the larger collection, a standalone 2LP set, Live At The Plugged Nickel: December 23, 1965 – Second Set, will be released for RSD Black Friday on November 28.

The recordings capture Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet—featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams—at an inflection point. Wayne Shorter was just over a year into his tenure, and the group, fresh off of recording E.S.P., was solidifying into what would become the most transformative small group in jazz. What unfolded on the stage of the Chicago club was not just a performance, but a provocation. Sparked by a pact instigated by drummer Tony Williams to play “anti-music,” the band actively subverted expectations, turning their well-tread setlist inside out. As Miles would later put it, “We found ways to make the old music sound as new as the new music we were recording.” It is the sound of the Second Great Quintet becoming itself—alive, unstable, and always mid-mutation.

Originally released in 1995 as a Mosaic Records limited-edition LP box set, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel has been out of print for nearly three decades. The new 10LP edition recreates the Mosaic musical presentation and offers the complete performances—over seven hours of music—in a newly designed slipcase featuring ten individual jackets and a 40-page booklet. An 8CD edition will also be available. Both formats feature new liner notes by Syd Schwartz, who unpacks the radical spirit of the performances, as well as classic material by jazz historian Bob Blumenthal.

“The Plugged Nickel tapes don’t just capture great performances. They document a band revolutionizing improvisation in real time, welcoming surprise, discarding certainty, and turning ‘wrong’ notes into revelations,” remarks Schwartz in the new liner notes. “What unfolded on that stage has become one of the most mythologized stretches in post-bop history.”

The release has only grown in stature since its initial issue. The Guardian hailed it as “Maybe the best-ever representation of ‘the second great quintet’ at work…reinventing small-band jazz with an all-but-psychic flexibility of timing and on-the-fly harmonising.”

Sixty years later, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 returns, humming like a live wire and daring a new generation of listeners to rethink what’s possible.

Track Listing

LP1 – December 22, 1965 – 1st Set

● Side A

○ If I Were A Bell 16:42

● Side B

○ Stella By Starlight 13:09

○ Walkin’ 11:01

LP2 – December 22, 1965 – 1st Set (cont’d)

● Side C

○ I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43

○ The Theme 10:19

● Side D – December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set

○ My Funny Valentine 16:33

LP3 – December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d)

● Side E

○ Four 15:05

○ When I Fall In Love 10:44

● Side F

○ Agitation 13:13

○ ‘Round Midnight 8:42

LP4 – December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d) & 3rd Set

● Side G

○ Milestones 14:04

○ The Theme 0:38

○ I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:53

● Side H

○ All Of You 14:38

○ Oleo 6:05

LP5 – December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set (cont’d)

● Side I

○ No Blues 17:35

● Side J

○ I Thought About You 11:03

○ The Theme 8:05

LP6 – December 23, 1965 – 1st Set

● Side K

○ If I Were A Bell 13:29

○ Stella By Starlight 13:09

● Side L

○ Walkin’ 11:01

○ I Fall In Love Too Easily 12:07

○ The Theme 2:50

LP7 – December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set

● Side M

○ All Of You 10:39

○ Agitation 10:48

● Side N

○ My Funny Valentine 13:52

○ On Green Dolphin Street 12:48

LP8 – December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d) & 3rd Set

● Side O

○ So What 13:36

○ The Theme 3:28

● Side P

○ When I Fall In Love 13:39

○ Milestones 11:49

LP9 – December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set (cont’d)

● Side Q

○ Autumn Leaves 11:56

○ I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43

● Side R

○ No Blues 20:06

○ The Theme 0:22

LP10 – December 23, 1965 – 4th Set

● Side S

○ Stella By Starlight 14:16

○ All Blues 12:18

● Side T

○ Yesterdays 15:00

○ The Theme 4:51

CD Tracklist

CD1 – December 22, 1965 – 1st Set

1. If I Were A Bell 16:42

2. Stella By Starlight 13:09

3. Walkin’ 11:01

4. I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43

5. The Theme 10:19

CD2 – December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set

1. My Funny Valentine 16:33

2. Four 15:05

3. When I Fall In Love 10:44

CD3 – December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d)

1. Agitation 13:03

2. ‘Round Midnight 8:42

3. Milestones 14:04

4. The Theme 0:38

CD4 – December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set

1. All Of You 14:38

2. Oleo 6:05

3. I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:53

4. No Blues 17:35

5. I Thought About You 11:03

6. The Theme 8:05

CD5 – December 23, 1965 – 1st Set

1. If I Were A Bell 13:29

2. Stella By Starlight 13:09

3. Walkin’ 11:01

4. I Fall In Love Too Easily 12:07

5. The Theme 2:50

CD6 – December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set

1. All Of You 10:39

2. Agitation 10:48

3. My Funny Valentine 13:52

4. On Green Dolphin Street 12:48

5. So What 13:36

6. The Theme 3:28

CD7 – December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set

1. When I Fall In Love 13:39

2. Milestones 11:49

3. Autumn Leaves 11:56

4. I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43

5. No Blues 20:06

6. The Theme 0:22

CD8 – December 23, 1965 – 4th Set

1. Stella By Starlight 14:16

2. All Blues 12:18

3. Yesterdays 15:00

4. The Theme 4:51

Creeper Unleash New Album ‘Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death,’ Out Halloween

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Creeper Unleash New Album ‘Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death,’ Out Halloween

CREEPER’s Sanguivore proved to be their most career-defining album to date, propelling them to their biggest headline show at the OVO Wembley Arena.

Their new album SANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH, which will be released on Halloween (October 31) goes deeper into that narrative. After enamoring devotees and newcomers alike with the double shot of tracks “Headstones“and “Blood Magick (It’s A Ritual),” CREEPER continue to cast a spell of anticipation with the new single “Prey For The Night.”

Throwback darkwave synth stabs flail into the darkness as“Prey For The Night” gets underway, with William von Ghould‘s sinister baritone setting the scene. From there, it becomes a characteristically lavish and larger-than-life sound, blending classic ’80s hard rock riffage, a searing Steinman-esque chorus, theatrical vocal interplay with keyboardist Hannah Greenwood, and a blast of saxophone. Even the title is possessed by a devilishly dark double meaning.

CREEPER’s ambition is to always go bigger, grander and more unpredictable than before — and that’s what they’ve achieved with SANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH. The story follows a British rock band immersed in the decadence of an American tour at the height of the Satanic Panic of the ’80s. Yet each stop leaves fresh decay in the shape of a mysterious trail of deceased fans. The world is quick to lay blame at the bloodied hands of the band, but there’s more to this story than is first apparent… enter the ruthless hunter, Mistress Of Death, who is on their trail with all axe and no mercy. 

The album is bookended with narratives from, good friend of the band, Patricia Morrison (Sisters Of Mercy and The Damned). and the strings come courtesy of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

CREEPER have raided the abyss to present a range of collectible curiosities for SANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH, which are available HERE.

Physical formats include blood red and full moon white vinyl formats, both of which will soon sell-out their limited edition runs — a SANGUIVORE double-bill cassette housed in an old school VHS case has already sold-out. New merch designs are just as imaginative, led by a “Mistress of Death” embroidered bomber jacket and a “SANGUIVORE 666” ice hockey shirt.

This year has already seen CREEPER complete sold-out UK headline shows as well as storm festivals from Rock Am Ring/Rock Am Park and Graspop through to Bloodstock and Tomorrow’s Ghosts. Next up is a run of shows as special guests to Ice Nine Kills.

CREEEPER will also appear at the MCM Comic Con at London’s ExCel on October 25. Their social media mistress Darcia, The Vampire Familiar will host a live panel to discuss the new album, and they will also participate in a meet-and-greet signing session.

SANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH TRACK LISTING:
“A Shadow Stirs”
“Mistress Of Death”
“Blood Magick (It’s A Ritual)“
“Headstones“
“Prey for the Night“
“Daydreaming In The Dark”
“Parasite”
“Razor Wire”
“From The Depths Below”
“The Black House”
“The Crimson Bride”
“Pavor Nocturnu”

Creeper will tour the UK as special guest to Ice Nine Kills in December. The dates are below.

WITH ICE NINE KILLS:
12/8 — Manchester, UK — O2 Victoria Warehouse
12/9 — Glasgow, SCT — OVO Hydro
12/10 — Nottingham, UK — Motorpoint Arena
12/12 — London, UK — Ovo Arena Wembley

Taylor Swift Talks ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Travis Kelce, and Reinventing Creativity on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up

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Taylor Swift Talks ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Travis Kelce, and Reinventing Creativity on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up

Taylor Swift joined SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up this week to discuss her recently released album The Life of a Showgirl. The global pop star spoke with SiriusXM hosts Nicole Ryan, Ryan Sampson, and Stanley T about her new album, fiancé Travis Kelce, finding love at the same time as Selena Gomez, answered a question from Ed Sheeran, and more.

Swift recorded the album in 2024 in Sweden with producers Max Martin and Shellback while she was on the European leg of The Eras Tour.

“I think it was just a different type of muscle I was exercising, you know what I mean? At that point in the tour, I was on the European leg of it, which had a lot more shows than I had done on the American leg of it. So it was like more shows, fewer days off. So the physical exhaustion and soreness were at an all-time high at the same time as I was starting to get to do that show with muscle memory,” she says of the project. “And it took a while for that to happen. Like, ’cause it was a, I mean, it’s a three and a half hour show, but I was starting to be able to be like, okay, wait, my body’s getting more tired. My mind is more able to do this on autopilot, and I never wanna do this show on autopilot. So, I need to do something to flex these creative muscles and go in there and like really exercise that other part of my brain. And what it ended up doing was like reinvigorating every single aspect of my life, including the tour. Which made me just able to like, recommit myself to the show even more. If that makes any sense.”

Her song “Wood” is making headlines for its shocking lyrical content. She said her mom may be oblivious that the song is about her fiancé’s manhood.

“I think that she thinks that that song is about superstitions, popular superstitions, which, which it absolutely is,” she shares. “That’s the joy of the double entendre. That song, you could read that song for people, and it just goes right over their heads. That song, you see in that song what you wanna see in that song.”

Over the weekend, Swift released four limited edition CDs with two acoustic bonus tracks each. They were available for 24 hours only. Those add to an onslaught of variants offered through her online store and Target.

The Life of a Showgirl broke multiple major records, setting new milestones in both sales and streaming upon its release last week. The album sold 1.2 million vinyl copies in its debut week in the US, surpassing the previous record holder, which was her own album, The Tortured Poets Department at 859,000 copies. It sold 2.7 million copies (physical and digital) in the U.S. on its first day of release, a feat that surpassed the entire first-week sales of her previous album, The Tortured Poets Department, with 2.61 million equivalent album units.

The 2.7 million first-day sales made it the second-largest sales week for any album since Luminate began tracking data in 1991, trailing only Adele’s 25, which sold 3.378 million in its first week. The first-day sales volume instantly made it the best-selling album of the year.

Before its release, the album broke the record for the most pre-saves on Spotify, surpassing six million pre-saves and breaking the previous record held by The Tortured Poets Department. The album became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day for the year, reaching the milestone in under 11 hours. The lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” broke the record for the most-streamed song in a single day on Spotify, accumulating over 30 million streams.

The album became the most-streamed album of all time in its first day on Amazon Music. It also captured the year’s highest first-day album streams worldwide on Apple Music.

The limited theatrical release of the film, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, grossed an estimated $33 million in North America, becoming the highest-grossing album debut event in cinema history.

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Reveals Star-Studded Performer and Presenter Lineup

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2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Reveals Star-Studded Performer and Presenter Lineup

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation is thrilled to announce a star-studded lineup of special guests who will take the stage to present, perform, and honor this year’s Inductees at the highly anticipated Induction Ceremony on November 8, 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Tickets for the 40th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, a celebration of music’s highest honor, are available for purchase on AXS.com.

The Induction Ceremony will once again stream live coast to coast on Disney+ Saturday, Nov. 8 (5:00 p.m. PST/6:00 p.m. MST/7:00 p.m. CST/8:00 p.m. EST), and will be available to stream following the ceremony. ABC will also air a primetime special with performance highlights and standout moments on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 (8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST), available next day on Hulu. 

The initial list of presenters and performers include:

  • Beck
  • Brandi Carlile
  • David Letterman
  • Doja Cat
  • Elton John
  • Flea
  • Iggy Pop
  • J.I.D
  • Killer Mike
  • Maxwell
  • Missy Elliott
  • Olivia Rodrigo
  • Questlove
  • RAYE
  • Sleepy Brown
  • Taylor Momsen
  • Teddy Swims
  • Twenty One Pilots

Additional special guests will be revealed leading up to the show date.

“Each year the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony brings together the most influential artists in music today to honor their heroes who have inspired their music and careers”, said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “These artists come from around the world to create lifetime musical moments that will live on forever”. 

Additionally, the 2025 Inductee Exhibit is set to open to the public on Oct 31, 2025, and will feature artifacts such as the handwritten lyrics to “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper, the outfits worn by Meg White and Jack White on the cover of The White Stripes’ Icky Thump, a 1979 Gibson Les Paul electric guitar played by Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, outfits worn by the members of Outkast including the outfit Andre 3000 wore in the “Hey Ya” music video, and more.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors this year’s Inductees: Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes in the Performer category, along with Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon for Musical Influence, Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye for Musical Excellence, and Lenny Waronker for the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

For more information on the 40th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, visit rockhall.com.

‘Dancing with the Stars: LIVE!’ Brings Hollywood Glamour to Fallsview Casino in 2026

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‘Dancing with the Stars: LIVE!’ Brings Hollywood Glamour to Fallsview Casino in 2026

Fallsview Casino Resort is thrilled to welcome the Dancing with the Stars LIVE! national tour-starring professional dancers Brandon Armstrong, Alan Bersten, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov, Emma Slater, Ezra Sosa, Britt Stewart and Hailey Bills. From the ballroom you know and love on TV to the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino, mark your calendars for February 1, 2026. Get ready for a night filled with incredible dancing, fantastic costumes and more. Tickets go on sale on Friday, October 10 at 10:00am on ticketmaster.ca.

“The Dancing with the Stars tour brings incredible choreography, music, and stage presence.  Fans of the show are in for real treat to see some of their favourite professional dancers bring the energy and passion they see on TV live to the stage”said Cathy Price, Vice President of Marketing and Resort Operations, Niagara Casinos.

Straight from Hollywood, See Dancing with the Stars: Live! See the glitz, glam and breathtaking performances of America’s favourite dance show in a city near you with this ALL-NEW SHOW starring your favourite pros Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt Stewart, Daniella Karagach, Emma Slater, Ezra Sosa, Jenna Johnson, Pasha Pashkov, Val Chmerkovskiy, Hailey Bills and special guests to be announced! Experience the excitement, athleticism, and the artistry of the ballroom, live, up-close and personal…for an unforgettable night that you won’t want to miss!

Show date & performance
Dancing With The Stars: LIVE!
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2026Showtime: 7:00pm Venue: OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino

Tickets for Dancing With The Stars LIVE go on sale Friday, October 10 at 10:00am.

Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Memoir ‘Last Rites’ Has Arrived, Completed Just Days Before His Passing

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Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Memoir ‘Last Rites’ Has Arrived, Completed Just Days Before His Passing

This week marks the publication of OZZY OSBOURNE’s second autobiography LAST RITES (Grand Central Publishing). The memoir was finished just days before the rock icon’s untimely July 2025 passing and it chronicles the past seven or so years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter’s life. Read a moving Q&A with OZZY’s son Jack Osbourne below.

LAST RITESis the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of OZZY‘s descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, alongside his reflections on what it took for him to get back onstage for the triumphant “Back to the Beginning” concert, streamed around the world, where OZZY finally reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates and surrounded by the musicians he’d befriended throughout his storied career. Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, LAST RITESdemonstrates once again why OZZY has transcended his status as “The Godfather of Metal” and “The Prince of Darkness” to become a modern-day folk hero and international treasure.

At the age of sixty-nine, OZZY OSBOURNE was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then disaster.  In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalized with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour—and all public life—

as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. 

Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, 1948, OZZY OSBOURNE is a rock music legend. He is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author (the new autobiography follows OZZY’s New York Times bestsellers: 2010’s autobiography I Am Ozzy and 2011’s Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock’s Ultimate Survivor). His music career, with more than 100 million records sold (with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist), has spanned five decades and as a solo artist and a member of Black Sabbath, OZZY is a multiple Grammy winner and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

“People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, f*** no. If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. I’ve been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I’ve done good… and I’ve done bad. But right now, I’m not ready to go anywhere.”

–OZZY OSBOURNE,

LAST RITES

JACK OSBOURNE TALKS ABOUT LAST RITES

Q: How did the idea for doing LAST RITES come about?

JACK OSBOURNE (JACK): My father had been working on Last Rites for a very long time—chipping away at it over the last three or four years. He always felt he needed to do a follow-up to I Am Ozzy, because so much had happened in the 20 years since that book was released. From life after the TV show, to the Sabbath reunion, to releasing his last two albums, and finally his health issues. It was important to him to capture all of that.

Q: Do you or other family members have favorites passages/anecdotes from the book?

JACK: If I’m being honest, not many of the family members have read the book yet—it’s been difficult time for everyone. For me, the last chapter is what I’ve reflected on the most. He finished it just a few days before he passed.

Q: Throughout LAST RITES Ozzy reflects on his early life with the insight gained as we grow older. Were there things that changed about him and the way he experienced the world towards the end of his life?

JACK: There’s a lot to reflect on with that question. My father was always considered the “wild man of rock,” the “Prince of Darkness,” and so on, but the last seven years were the complete opposite. Because of his injuries and declining health, he slowed down. And sometimes with a curse comes a blessing. Slowing down gave him the space to really reflect on his journey—his successes, his failures, his joys, his sadness and ultimately, what mattered most to him. This book captures some of that.

Q: Do you recall any moments or conversations with Ozzy as he was working on the book—funny, touching, surprising—about the material he wanted to include or stories about working with a writer on the project?

JACK: He was very private about the process and didn’t share much about what he was including. I’d try to ask, but he’d often brush it off. I’ve often said this about my father, he was the most humble egomaniac you could ever meet. He honestly didn’t think anyone would care about what he was writing in LAST RITES. So when I asked him, he always downplayed it.

Q: It’s so clear from reading LAST RITES that Ozzy loved his fans. Is there anything that didn’t make it into the book that you’d like for them to know?

JACK: Here’s the truth—my father fought a very hard fight to get on that stage in Birmingham on July 5. He was determined to say goodbye to his fans, and that’s exactly what he did. He loved them deeply because they gave him the life he had. He always said he would have been nothing without their love and support. That last show was his way of giving back one final time.

Q: What do you think Ozzy would like readers to take away from the book?

JACK: My father would want people to smile, laugh, and feel love when they read it. He absolutely hated when people felt sorry for him. I know some fans will get emotional—it’s hard not to—but he couldn’t stand when people cried in front of him or got sad around him. So enjoy his words. Feel his energy. Remember who he will always be. And never stop loving him.

Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Allen White Discuss ‘Nebraska,’ ‘Born in the U.S.A.,’ and Artistic Connection in SiriusXM Town Hall

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Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Allen White Discuss ‘Nebraska,’ ‘Born in the U.S.A.,’ and Artistic Connection in SiriusXM Town Hall

Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Allen White sat down for a special “Deliver Me From Nowhere” town hall on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio hosted by Jim Rotolo.

During the interview, Bruce Springsteen revealed how he knew Jeremy Allen White was the right actor to step into his shoes and shared his reaction to how “Nebraska” performed on the charts. Jeremy Allen White also revealed which Bruce Springsteen song was hardest to record.

Jim Rotolo: Bruce, did you believe going into this that someone could portray your emotional and creative state at the time of “Nebraska” or is it such a personal and authentic album?

Bruce Springsteen: Well, I’d seen “The Bear,” so I knew the perimeters of Jeremy’s talents, you know, and I related to that character on “The Bear” very deeply myself, and I knew that this is the guy that could play the complexities of my own emotional state at that point in my life, you know, and that was the most important thing to me, that, I mean, I could see how, just from watching “The Bear,” how Jeremy worked in interior, you know.

Jim Rotolo: Which was more challenging, singing the more rocking songs or the acoustic slowed down stuff.

Jeremy Allen White: I mean, none of it was easy, but I’ll remember recording “Born in the USA for the rest of my life.” That song put me on my. I lost my voice. I needed a nap and I saw Bruce shortly after that recording. It was about a week before we started shooting the film and Bruce had a documentary film, “Road Diary” that was out on Hulu, and so they had an event that was, you know, nearby and I saw Bruce after that, and I didn’t have any voice and he said, “What’d you do today?” and I said, “I recorded Born in the USA,” and he said, “Yeah, that sounds about right,” and yeah. It was a funny thing. You know, we had about a week until we started shooting, and I lost my voice entirely. I just stopped speaking for a couple days, and then my voice started to come back and I loved the sound of it. I had this real rasp and I was like, “Oh, man, how can I capture this or recapture this?” And so there was a period in that first week, I don’t know if I ever told you this, Bruce, where I was waking up in the morning and I was screaming into a pillow to try and recapture like a little bit of that rasp, but I think my neighbors were getting nervous and I knew that I couldn’t go on that way. Maybe, you know, I wouldn’t be able to continue, so it was only about a week that I did that, but “Born in the USA.” I mean, I don’t know how Bruce, you perform that song.

Bruce Springsteen: That’s still a hard song for me to sing. That’s the hardest song of the night for me to sing.

The full interview will air on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio (ch. 20) on Monday, October 20 at 10:00 am ET.

Priscilla Block to Headline Nashville’s Historic Ryman Auditorium in 2026

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Priscilla Block to Headline Nashville’s Historic Ryman Auditorium in 2026

Priscilla Block announces her debut headlining show, Priscilla Block & Friends, at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, set for March 4, 2026, as part of her Things You Didn’t See Tour. This milestone marks a triumphant return to the city where Block honed her craft, stepping onto one of country music’s most revered stages.

Presales start on Wednesday, October 8th for fan club members, ahead of the general sale on Friday, October 10th at 10 am local time.

“Headlining the Ryman is one of the biggest bucket list moments of my life,” Block shares. “I moved to Nashville 11 years ago, chasing this dream, and to finally headline the home of country music is such an honor. This will be an unforgettable night, and I can’t wait to share it with y’all.”

The announcement comes just days ahead of the release of Block’s forthcoming sophomore album, Things You Didn’t See, due on October 10th via MCA. The 14-track collection offers an unvarnished portrait of life beyond the spotlight, exploring themes of love, misrepresentation, exhaustion and emotional growing pains.

Block will kick off her headlining Monster Energy Outbreak: Things You Didn’t See Tour on October 23rd in Fort Myers, FL, with support from Greylan James and Payton Smith on select dates. She is currently on the road with ACM Award-winner Cole Swindell as part of his Happy Hour Sad Tour.

Ethel Cain Expands Sold-Out ‘Willoughby Tucker Forever’ Tour with 2026 North American Dates

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Ethel Cain Expands Sold-Out ‘Willoughby Tucker Forever’ Tour with 2026 North American Dates

Amid the U.K. and Europe leg of her completely sold-out tour, Ethel Cain adds a 2026 North American leg to her Willoughby Tucker Forever run. The new shows include two hometown appearances at The Moon in Tallahassee and dates across the Midwest and Southeast.

Tickets are on sale to the general public Friday, October 10 at 10 a.m. local time, with artist presale beginning October 8 at 10 a.m. local time, local presale October 9 at 10 a.m. local time, and Spotify presale October 9 at 12 p.m. local time. See below for full tour routing and visit www.daughtersofcain.com for more information.

The new year will see Cain make stops across Australia and New Zealand through February, then head to Coachella just before the 2026 North America run. Another festival performance at Primavera Sound will kick off a handful of recently added summer dates across Europe, including shows at Luxembourg’s Den Atelier, Cardiff Castle and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.

Ethel Cain wants to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value. To help achieve this, the tour will be using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange and AXS Official Resale where, if needed, you can resell your ticket to other fans at the original price paid. She has also partnered with The Ally Coalition so that one dollar from every ticket sold will go to organizations committed to serving the Trans community.

Ethel Cain is the creation of Florida-born multidisciplinary artist Hayden Anhedönia. After years spent teaching herself to produce at home in the Florida panhandle and releasing various projects, Cain moved to Indiana and single-handedly wrote, produced, recorded, and mixed her acclaimed 2021 EP Inbred from the basement of the old church where she lived.

Since then, she has released three bodies of work. Her 2022 debut album Preacher’s Daughter, a multimedia work that took more than four years to assemble, was released in May 2022 to widespread praise, with many critics naming the album one of the best of the year. In 2025 she unveiled Perverts, a 90-minute project exploring her furthest afield inspirations from ambient and drone, and her sophomore LP Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, both to near-universal acclaim.

Cain has played headline shows and packed festival sets around the world and is currently in the midst of her completely sold-out Willoughby Tucker Forever tour; walked in New York and Paris fashion weeks and worked with Dior, Givenchy, Miu Miu, and Calvin Klein; and collaborated and shared stages with Florence + the Machine, Mitski, and more.

ETHEL CAIN—WILLOUGHBY TUCKER FOREVER TOUR

October 6—Eventim Apollo—London, England
October 7—Eventim Apollo—London, England
October 9—Eventim Apollo—London, England
October 10—Eventim Apollo—London, England
October 11—Eventim Apollo—London, England
October 14—Ancienne Belgique—Brussels, Belgium
October 15—TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands
October 16—TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands
October 18—L’Olympia—Paris, France
October 19—L’Olympia—Paris, France
October 21—Carlswerk Victoria—Cologne, Germany
October 23—Tempodrom—Berlin, Germany
October 24—Docks—Hamburg, Germany
October 25—Vega—Copenhagen, Denmark
October 27—Sentrum Scene—Oslo, Norway
October 28—Fållan—Stockholm, Sweden
October 31—Stodola—Warsaw, Poland
November 1—Velký sál Lucerna—Prague, Czech Republic
November 2—Gasometer—Vienna, Austria
November 4—X-tra—Zurich, Switzerland
November 5—Alcatraz—Milan, Italy
November 7—Razzmatazz—Barcelona, Spain
November 8—Teatro Eslava—Madrid, Spain
November 9—LAV Warehouse—Lisbon, Portugal

February 13—Auckland Town Hall—Auckland, New Zealand
February 14—Auckland Town Hall—Auckland, New Zealand
February 16—Palais Theatre—Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 17—Palais Theatre—Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 18—Palais Theatre—Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 19—Palais Theatre—Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 21—Hordern Pavilion—Sydney, New South Wales
February 25—The Fortitude Music Hall—Brisbane, Queensland
February 26—The Fortitude Music Hall—Brisbane, Queensland
February 28—Fremantle Arts Centre—Fremantle, Western Australia

April 10—Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival—Indio, CA
April 15––The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas––Las Vegas, NV
April 17—Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival—Indio, CA
April 19––The Great Saltair––Magna, UT
April 21––Red Rocks Amphitheatre––Denver, CO
April 23—The Astro Amphitheater—Omaha, NE
April 24—Miller High Life Theatre—Milwaukee, WI
April 25—MegaCorp Pavillion—Cincinnati, OH
April 28—The Factory—St. Louis, MO
April 29—Iroquois Amphitheater—Louisville, KY
May 1—FirstBank Amphitheater—Franklin, TN
May 2—The Orion Amphitheater—Huntsville, AL
May 5—The Moon—Tallahassee, FL
May 6—The Moon—Tallahassee, FL
May 8—St. Augustine Amphitheatre—St. Augustine, FL
May 9—The Fillmore Miami Beach—Miami Beach, FL
May 11—Orpheum Theater—New Orleans, LA
May 12—Orpheum Theater—New Orleans, LA
May 14—Cain’s Ballroom—Tulsa, OK
May 15—Cain’s Ballroom—Tulsa, OK
May 16—Cain’s Ballroom—Tulsa, OK

June 3-June 7—Primavera Sound—Barcelona, Spain
June 13—Den Atelier—Luxembourg, LU
June 16—Tanzbrunnen—Cologne, DE
June 19—Cardiff Castle—Cardiff, UK
June 20—The Piece Hall—Halifax, UK
June 27—Fairview Park—Dublin, IE
June 28—Usher Hall—Edinburgh, UK
July 1—Stadtpark—Hamburg, DE

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