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Despite Chappell Roan’s insistence that she is “so beyond far away from” releasing her second album, the self-declared Midwest Princess has kicked off the extravagantly titled Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things in Europe, and today, announced a handful of dates in the US. In September, she’ll be taking over Forest Hills Stadium in New York, the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, and of course, her hometown Kansas City’s Museum and Memorial Park for a slate of pop-up shows performing her new song “The Giver” alongside songs from her Grammy-winning debut.

“I am sooo excited to bring Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things to New York, Kansas City, and Los Angeles!!!” she said in the press release. “I love these three cities so much and wanted the chance to do something special for them this year. Since I started performing, I have always wanted my shows to be a party that everyone is invited to, and the only way to do that is to keep ticket prices affordable and away from scalpers. The Fair AXS ticketing process for these shows is one measure we are taking to ensure tickets end up in the hands of fans who actually want to be there.”

In addition, she says, “With these shows we’re also giving $1 per ticket to organizations that provide resources and support for trans youth <3 It is so important that I give back to the Trans community as they have given me so much throughout my entire career.”

Ticket registration opens on Thursday, July 24th at 12:00pm EST / 11:00am CT / 9:00am PT through Fair AXS. Fans must register by Sunday, July 27th at 11:59pm EST / 10:59pm CST / 8:59pm PST for the chance to purchase tickets. Fans will be selected at random between Tuesday, August 5 and Thursday, August 7 for a chance to buy up to 4 tickets. If selected, fans will receive a ticket purchase link via email. You can find more info here. See below for the full dates.

Chappell Roan Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things US Tour Dates

09/20 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
09/21 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
09/23 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
09/24 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
10/03 – Kansas City, MO @ Museum and Memorial Park
10/04 – Kansas City, MO @ Museum and Memorial Park
10/10 – Pasadena, CA @ Brookside at the Rose Bowl
10/11 – Pasadena, CA @ Brookside at the Rose Bowl

It was likely only a matter of time until Margaret Qualley launched a musical career. After all, she’s married to pop production titan Jack Antonoff, who fittingly produces on two new songs introducing her musical alter ego, Lace Manhattan. The songs, titled “In The Sun She Lies” and “ODDWADD,” were co-written by filmmaker Ethan Coen for his upcoming detective film Honey, Don’t!, which stars Qualley as the titular heroine, Honey O’Donahue.

“In The Sun She Lies” is a psychedelic, folksy ballad driven by a gentle acoustic guitar and woozy Moog, with Qualley’s smoky vocals working as more of an accent to the mostly instrumental track:

“ODDWADD,” meanwhile, is a robotic, synth-dance track with a four-on-the-floor beat and chanting vocals from Qualley, which sounds a lot like something Sue, her character from The Substance, would shoot an erotic aerobics video to:

Although these are Qualley’s first tracks under the Lace Manhattan moniker, she previously contributed her voice to a cover of “How Deep Is Your Love” from Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness last year. At the time, she joked to Vanity Fair at a red carpet event, “It’s clear I’m not the singer in the family,” but you know what? She does alright as Lace Manhattan — at least, in terms of what these two songs ask of her. She probably isn’t changing careers anytime soon, but she does have us looking forward to seeing how these two songs figure into Honey, Don’t!

You can watch the videos for “In The Sun She Lies” and “ODDWADD” above.

Today, I learned that PUP is actually an acronym, which stands for Pathetic Use of Potential (give me a break, my beat is usually hip-hop). I learned this thanks to their return to NPR Music and its Tiny Desk Concert series, proving once again the utility and positive use of the potential of public broadcast radio.

That potential is now being threatened by some truly disgusting policy decisions from our wannabe overlords. If you want to continue to see cool stuff like PUP’s NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, you’re going to have to show your support for public information with your wallet and not just your tweets. Donate to your local station and google your local House and Senate reps to yell at them about this and all the other stuff they’ve gotten wrong this year as often as you possibly can.

And, yes, the concert — which marks their first official appearance at NPR after doing their last one from home — is very cool. The Canadian pop-punkers open with “Morbid Stuff” from their 2019 album of the same name, rock right into their 2022 The Unraveling of PUPTheBand single “Robot Writes a Love Song,” and jump into “Hallways” from their new album Who Will Look After The Dogs?, which they released this May. After returning to Morbid Stuff with “Kids,” they cross the finish line with “Hunger for Death” from Who Will Look After The Dogs?

Watch PUP’s latest NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert above.

2025 XXL Freshman Samara Cyn made her late-night television debut on Wednesday (July 23) with a dreamy performance of “Hardheaded” from her new EP Backroads on The Daily Show. Guest host Josh Jackson told the Tennessee native that she was his first pick for musical guest when he found out he would be guest-hosting this week, and she gushed that she was also a fan of his, sending TikToks of his standup to her mom.

During the interview, Cyn admitted she didn’t dream of making music as a child, but “stumbled into” it and fell in love with the process of therapizing through music. She also contrasted Backroads with her debut album The Drive Home, saying that she wanted it to be more “lighthearted” compared to the “warm, serious” tones on that first project. Together, the rapper and comedian address the “hypernormalization” of the current political climate, with Samara opining, “I feel like we’re losing sight of all of that… all of the work that we’ve done of being a country first is being undone by the snap of very grubby fingers.”

Then, her performance expands from the stage, with a string trio embellishing her introspective raps. You can watch her performance above.

“Victory Lap,” the new single from Fred Again.. and PlaqueBoyMax, has already gone through a couple of transformations since its original June release. Back then, it featured a verse from Skepta, rapping over an interpolation of Doechii and Rico Nasty’s “Swamp B*tches.” But early this month, the duo dropped a second version, which featured Denzel Curry, following up two weeks later with a third version adding Hanumankind.

Today, we get the fourth “Victory Lap,” adding another buzzy alt-rapper in the form of Texas rapper That Mexican OT. Like the rappers before him, TMOT contributes a boastful verse, quipping, “Gangsta Mexican, feelin’ like I’m a cholo / Heavy and sexy, just like Moto Moto.” The continuing evolution of the project means he might not end up being the last addition, and it’s exciting to speculate who Fred and Max will tap to join in the fun.

In fact, it’s not just exciting — it might very well be productive. Many of the additions to the track were suggested in the chat of Fred and Max’s live stream documenting the original’s creation, which you can check out below. So, some of the other names that have been suggested just might make their way to a future version of “Victory Lap.” In the meantime, though, you can listen to the collected contributors on “Victory Lap Four” above.

Last week, Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist announced the long-awaited follow-up to their fan-favorite joint album Alfredo with a New Hollywood-inspired short film and the single, “1995.” Today, they shared the gritty video for “1995,” which elaborates on the storyline in the film.

In the five years since Alfredo, it appears the duo has traded in one variety of noodles for another, relocating to Japan and setting up shop at a ramen restaurant. There, they take drop-offs from local yakuza and make dubious exchanges from the trunks of old Toyota’s, all filmed with a nostalgic, neo-noirish filter of the sort you’d see in a movie like Black Rain or High And Low.

With the last Alfredo coming close to winning a Grammy, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of reception Alfredo II receives, five years removed. It’s certainly arriving at an opportune time to make a splash; despite recent buzzy releases from the likes of Clipse and Tyler The Creator, 2025 has been kind of a “slow year” for hip-hop in the eyes of many fans, giving Freddie a clearer lane to cross over than ever, with a road that has already been primed for bars-first, throwback hardcore rap.

Watch the video for Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist’s “1995” above.

Alfredo II is out on 7/25 via Rabbit Vision/ALC Records/Virgin Music. You can find more info here.

New Orleans native Rob49 has a viral banger in his new single “WTHelly.” It helped propel his May album, Let Me Fly, onto the Billboard 200 for his first-ever placement on the chart — and hopefully, not his last.

Fittingly, one first sets up another; today, Rob49 announced the dates for his Let Me Fly Tour, which kicks off in Fort Lauderdale a few days before Halloween, and wraps up in Houston a month later. It’ll be his first-ever headlining tour, after he previously opened for Lil Baby on the Atlanta rapper’s 2025 tour and teamed up with Skilla Baby last year for their Vultures Eat The Most tour, so he’s clearly moving on up in the world.

Tickets for Let Me Fly Tour go on sale July 25, 2025, via Rob49Official.com.

Rob49 – Let Me Fly Tour Dates

10/28 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
10/30 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
10/31 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
11/4 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
11/5 – New York, NY @ Racket NYC
11/7 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
11/8 – Cleveland, OH @ Roxy’s @ Mahall’s
11/9 – Columbus, OH @ The Forum
11/12 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
11/13 – Chicago, IL @ Outset
11/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/16 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes’ Other Side
11/19 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
11/20 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
11/22 – San Antonio, TX @ Stable Hall
11/23 – Dallas, TX @ The Studio at The Factory
11/25 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs

Sound Check with Jeremy Hecht returns this week with another special guest, Offset. Although he’s been relatively quiet in 2025, releasing just two singles (the vindictive “Ten” and “Bodies” featuring fellow ATLien JID), he’s still working toward releasing his third studio album, Kiari. Today, he runs the Sound Check gauntlet, looking to issue our host Jeremy another L by the end of a far-reaching episode.

Here’s how it works: Jeremy plays two songs for the guest artist, who has to choose one and explain their choice, giving Jeremy a chance to learn their musical taste. Jeremy then has to guess the artist’s life anthem, the song they’d take to a desert island, which the guest wrote down earlier on a piece of paper. Our production team has also given him a decoy song, and Jeremy has to guess which is correct based on what he’s learned in the previous rounds.

This time around, the decisions were as tough as ever; Offset had to choose between songs by André 3000 and Future, Dipset and Three 6 Mafia, and even two different eras of his favorite artist ever, Michael Jackson. Can Jeremy right his win-loss record and get back on a streak of Ws? Find out above.

Watch Offset take on the Sound Check challenge above. New episodes of Sound Check drop every Wednesday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Uproxx’s YouTube.

Ozzy Osbourne died yesterday (July 22), but before he passed away, he had at least one more project in the works: Last Rites, a new memoir, is set for release on October 7 via Grand Central Publishing.

The official publisher’s blurb reads:

“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.

LAST RITES is 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, as well as 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 reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time.

Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates 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 national treasure.”

It also has a quote from Osbourne: “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.”

This follows Osbourne’s previous books: Ordinary People: Our Story (co-authored with his family), I Am Ozzy, and Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock’s Ultimate Survivor.

“Changes” is a clear outlier in the Black Sabbath discography: Instead of guitar-driven metal/rock, it’s an emotional piano ballad. That made it the perfect song for Coldplay’s Chris Martin to use to honor the late Ozzy Osbourne, who died yesterday (July 22) at 76 years old.

Coldplay performed in Nashville last night, and early in the show, Martin took a moment to pay tribute to Osbourne (here’s a video), saying, “We’d like to dedicate this whole show to the incredible genius, talent, and character-full gift to the world who was Ozzy Osbourne. We send our love to his family.” Then, Martin, at the piano, performed a quick and stripped-down rendition of “Changes,” which opens, “I feel unhappy, I feel so sad / I’ve lost the best friend that I ever had / She was my woman, I loved her so / But it’s too late now, I’ve let her go / I’m going through changes / I’m going through changes.”

After finishing, Martin concluded, “Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.”

In his 2010 autobiography I Am Ozzy, Osbourne discussed the song’s genesis, writing (as American Songwriter notes)

“We wanted to impress ourselves before we impressed anyone else. If other people happened to like what we were doing, that was just a bonus. That’s how we ended up doing songs like ‘Changes,’ which didn’t sound like anything we’d ever done before.

When a lot of people hear the name ‘Black Sabbath,’ all they think of is the heavy stuff. But there was a lot more to us than that — especially when we started making an effort to get away from all that black magic sh*t. With ‘Changes,’ Tony [Iommi] just sat down at the piano and came up with this beautiful riff, I hummed a melody over the top, and Geezer [Butler] wrote these heartbreaking lyrics about the breakup Bill [Ward] was going through with his wife at the time. I thought that was brilliant from moment the we recorded it.”