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The news that Oasis fans thought would never come arrived earlier this week, when the band announced they would be reuniting for a 2025 tour, Oasis Live ’25.

Naturally, this has some folks wondering if this reunion could extend to a new Oasis album, which would be the band’s first since 2008’s Dig Out Your Soul. Well, Liam Gallagher seems to have already answered that question.

As NME notes, fans have recently taken notice of an April 2024 tweet from Gallagher. A fan wrote, “So when does the recording of the next Oasis album start? I’m assuming that’s why Noel scrapped his acoustic album for a Rock n Roll album,” and Gallagher responded, “November.”

Before the reunion news, most people who saw that probably assumed Gallagher was being sarcastic, but his response takes on a different tone now that the band is officially getting back together.

Beyond that, a few hours ago, the band announced that “due to unprecedented demand,” they added three new UK tour dates: Manchester on July 16, London on July 30, and Edinburgh on August 12. Find the updated list of upcoming dates below.

Oasis 2025 Tour Dates: Oasis Live ’25

07/04/2025 — Cardiff, UK @ Principality Stadium
07/05/2025 — Cardiff, UK @ Principality Stadium
07/11/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Heaton Park
07/12/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Heaton Park
07/16/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Heaton Park
07/19/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Heaton Park
07/20/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Heaton Park
07/25/2025 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
07/26/2025 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
07/30/2025 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
08/02/2025 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
08/03/2025 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
08/08/2025 — Edinburgh, SCO @ Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
08/09/2025 — Edinburgh, SCO @ Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
08/12/2025 — Edinburgh, SCO @ Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
08/16/2025 — Dublin, IRE @ Croke Park
08/17/2025 — Dublin, IRE @ Croke Park

SZA performed her “last show for a while” earlier this month, which frees her up to spend her time like non-chart-topping citizens: Perusing the internet.

On Wednesday, August 28, SZA posted a screenshot of an interaction she had with someone in her Instagram DMs. The person’s username isn’t visible, but God bless them, whoever they are.

“SZA I’m failing geometry can you give me math tips,” they wrote. SZA replied in four messages, “Lmaooo ma’am I’m a math dummy. I’m not sure what u expected [laugh-crying emoji]. Tell me about the shapes chile. How can I help[?]”

The person replied with a photo of their (alleged) geometry homework along with, “I just can’t do this [three crying emojis, three heartbroken emojis].” SZA wrote, “Oh b*tch ur cooked.” And a new meme was born.

Atop the screenshot in her Instagram Story, SZA wrote, I appreciate the faith in me.”

Luckily, math is not required to pump out bangers like “Kill Bill” and “Snooze.”

While SZA won’t be performing in the immediate future, she might be preparing to officially release Lana after the album was delayed due to leaks. SZA last dropped SOS in December 2022, and her sophomore LP spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

For two decades, the SEC’s marquee game each week took place on CBS, and at 3:30 p.m. ET, fans were greeted to the biggest matchup of the week by the iconic SEC on CBS theme song.

With the SEC moving completely to ESPN and ABC as its broadcast home in 2024 (with CBS taking on Big Ten rights in place of the SEC), the league needed a new theme for its new home. The challenge there is, creating something new that fans will enjoy is always difficult, especially in the social media world where the first instinct is to call anything new (uniforms, theme songs, logos, mascots, etc.) bad. That’s particularly the case when following up something iconic that fans associate with the product, and so ABC was behind the 8-ball from the jump with needing to create a new SEC theme.

They attempted to tap into some nostalgia by taking inspiration from their early 2000s college football theme, but spinning it into something new for the SEC on ABC. However, the theme is just lacking a little something, it doesn’t really have the hit you want from a football theme — my first thought was it sounds like the music that plays after you beat Mario Tennis.

I’m sure in a few years we will all be used to it, but I think it could use a little more punch to become a theme people really latch onto. That said, the video also debuts their graphics package and I do think the new scorebug looks good and am encouraged by the visuals they’ll be running on broadcasts.

A tragic situation was avoided earlier this month, when Taylor Swift was forced to schedule a run of The Eras Tour concerts in Vienna, Austria due to a planned terror attack, which was thankfully prevented before it had a chance to start.

Austrian officials later said a suspect confessed his intent to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.” Now, a CIA official has said something similar.

As People notes, CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen spoke to reporters yesterday (August 29) and talked about the Swift situation. He said, “They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans. The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do.”

Around 200,000 people were reportedly expected to attend the three scheduled Vienna concerts.

Swift previously shared a statement about the canceled shows, saying, “Walking onstage in London was a rollercoaster of emotions. Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating. The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives. I was heartened by the love and unity I saw in the fans who banded together.”

On Thursday, August 29, the New York Mets and Siegelman Stable unveiled an exclusive hat collection in partnership with New Era. It marks Siegelman Stable’s first-ever MLB collaboration and harkens back to a formative first for Siegelman Stable founder Max Siegelman.

“As a kid from Long Island whose first internship ever was for the New York Mets, it feels like a full-circle moment,” Siegelman said in a statement.

In the summer of 2011, Siegelman was a distribution intern in the Mets’ sales department. Siegelman had grown up twenty minutes away from Shea Stadium, home to the Mets until Citi Field opened in April 2009, so working for the Mets wasn’t lost on him. But the experience taught him what he didn’t want to do with the rest of his life. He hated cold calls, public speaking, and selling people on why they should believe in something.

Come June 2020, Siegelman knew precisely what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. He founded Siegelman Stable, a luxury fashion-meets-streetwear brand carrying forward the legacy of his father’s Robert Siegelman Racing Stable founded in 1982. One of Siegelman’s earliest produced hats was adjacent to the Mets’ blue-and-orange colorway, which caught the eye of Josh Cohen, son of Mets owner Steven Cohen.

Cohen inherently knew he believed in Siegelman Stable — no cold calls necessary.

The Siegelman Stable x New Era x New York Mets collection features Mets caps in three colorways. As per press release, “Each piece is designed to appeal to Mets enthusiasts and fashion-forward individuals alike, offering a fresh take on fan gear.” Two of the three colorways will be available at Citi Field on Monday, September 2, while the Mets host the Boston Red Sox. They will also be available at the New York City MLB store and on New Era’s official website. The third colorway will enjoy a separate drop exclusively on Siegelman Stable’s official website at 10 a.m. ET on September 2.

Below, Max Siegelman offered more insight into the unique collaboration.

How did this collaboration come to be?

It has to go through New Era, and that has been quite the process for us. The owner’s son, Josh Cohen, came across our brand and started wearing our hats. He also works for the Mets, and we did a Mets-inspired colorway [three years ago]. He couldn’t get his hands on it, reached out to me and wanted it. We just started talking, and it’s been like 18 months of talking to get it to this point.

I know that you do not commit to collaborations unless you find an obvious authentic tie to Siegelman Stable’s origin story. So, what made the Mets a no-brainer for you?

Yeah, this one was pretty easy. There were multiple lines of storytelling. The Mets being my first internship ever, growing up so close to the stadium, and our alignment on doing a lot for veterans through equine therapy. The Mets and Cohens do so much for veterans off the field. The alignment there couldn’t have been any more perfect. When I first met Alex Cohen, she started talking about all the philanthropic things that they do with veterans, it just got me excited to want to do something with them. I think that that was probably the biggest thread. All of the other ones obviously just fill in that space of making a complete story.

Harrison Bader has rocked Siegelman Stable for a while, so I assume making him the face of this campaign was an organic development.

He became brand-friendly when Aaron Judge started wearing the hat — when he was on the Yankees with Aaron [in 2022-23]. I was very happy that he was brought back to New York, even if it was in a different color. He always just continued to be a good friend and supporter. I knew when he got picked up by the Mets [in January] that we were doing this project. I might’ve texted him immediately when I saw that news. I was like, “One congrats. Two, you’re our model.” Literally, the day he signed that one-year contract.

This Mets collaboration only further cements Siegelman Stable as the unofficial logo of New York City. Aaron Judge and Jalen Brunson consistently incorporate it into their wardrobe. You did exclusive collections with the Knicks and Rangers last year. It always feels good to see anyone wear Siegelman Stable, I imagine, but as a born-and-bred New Yorker, does it mean a little more to see the New York-based stars embrace your brand?

Yeah, I mean, it’s home territory. It’s the biggest names in sports in New York wanting to wear your brand, whether they know the actual story of Siegelman Stable or they just like the pieces that we’re making. This week, actually, Jalen had his [Jalen Brunson Charity Golf Classic] at Westchester Country Club. Without him even knowing, his mom reached out to us to see if we’d be open to making custom hats for his charity golf outing, which we ended up doing. So, it’s kind of crazy. It’s amazing.

We want to replicate what we’ve done here with New York athletes and teams in different cities. But that’s what they say. If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. So, now, we just need to make it anywhere.

Over the past day, reports have surfaced that Taylor Swift is gearing up to release her debut novel, supposedly once The Eras Tour is over. Swift herself hasn’t publicly mentioned anything about this, so what’s going on here?

Is Taylor Swift Releasing A Novel?

The Sun reports Swift has filed a new trademark for a book titled A Girl Called Girl, which she wrote as a teenager. The publication adds, “The new trademark covers merchandise for the book, as well as audio versions, which makes it seem like Taylor is finally gearing up to release it to the world.”

Worth noting, as outlined by the United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO), is that in order to keep a trademark registration active, there are documents that must be filed at certain intervals after the initial registration. The Sun notes Swift first secured a trademark for the book in 2015; As part of keeping a trademark active, there is paperwork that needs to be filed “between the ninth and 10th years after the registration date,” per the USPTO.

Given that it’s now been nine years since 2015, it’s possible that Swift is simply following the proper steps to keep her trademark alive, as opposed to actively moving towards a release for the book.

Previous public mentions of the book refer to it by a slightly different title than mentioned in the new report: A Girl Named Girl

In a 2012 interview with Vogue, she spoke about the book, saying:

“We lived on this basin where all this magical stuff would happen. One time a dolphin swam into our basin. We had this family of otters that would live on our dock at night. We’d turn the light on and you’d see them, you know, hanging out, just being otters. And then one summer, there was a shark that washed up on our dock. I ended up writing a novel that summer because I wouldn’t go in the water. I locked myself in the den and wrote a book. When I was 14 [laughs]. Because of a shark!”

In 2013, she said in an interview:

“All my friends were back in Pennsylvania and so I had nothing to do. I had this epiphany; I’m going to be a novelist and I’m gonna write novels and that’s gonna be my career path. […] I would write different chapters of this book and send them back to my friends and I’d write them into the book under different names but totally describe their personalities. It was a really fun way to spend the summer. […]

You can convey a thought or a story or completely describe a character or a situation through words and the whole process of editing and re-editing and rethinking and imagining. I think that that’s what I loved about writing the novel and that’s what I love about poetry and songwriting.”

Then, in a 2015 interview feature with Swift for GQ, Chuck Klosterman wrote:

“We chat a little about Ryan Adams and a little about books. Swift mentions that she wrote a non-autobiographical novel when she was 14, titled A Girl Named Girl, and that her parents still have it. I ask her what it was about, assuming she will laugh. But her memory of the plot is remarkably detailed. (It’s about a mother who wants a son but instead has a girl.)”

More recently, there was a theory that Swift secretly wrote a novel called Argylle, which was adapted into the 2024 movie of the same name. The film’s director, Matthew Vaughn, shut that rumor down, though, saying, “I’m not a big internet guy, and it was actually my daughter who came up to me — this is the power of celebrity and the internet — and said, ‘You never told me Taylor wrote the book!’ And I’m looking at her going, ‘What are you talking about, Taylor Swift wrote the book? She didn’t write the book!’ And I was laughing because I was like, ‘It’s not true! She didn’t write the book!’ But my daughter was convinced of it.”

Every month, Uproxx cultural critic Steven Hyden makes an unranked list of his favorite music-related items released during this period — songs, albums, books, films, you name it.

1. Sturgill Simpson at Outside Lands, August 11

I’ve already sung the praises of Sturgill Simpson’s first album of the Johnny Blue Skies era. But the live show looks to be even better. The new songs from Passage du Desir — so sad and beautiful on the record — sound positively sparkling on stage, though the way Sturgill’s guitar interplays with Laur Joamets ultimately transforms his entire catalog, taking it from traditionalist country (or, in the case of Sound & Fury, stoner boogie rock) directly into super sweet Allman Brothers terrain. This is flat out one of the best bands on the road right now, and I can’t wait to see them in person next month.

2. Wishy, Triple Seven

This Indianapolis band works with some very well-worn elements. They have a lot of shoegaze in their music, and a lot of alt-rock in their music. Many bands do this at the moment. But I actually think that makes this record more impressive. Because Wishy draws on these elements better than 99.9 percent of contemporary bands I’ve heard. And that’s because the songs are just really, really good. So many bands like this over-rely on the sonic trappings of shoegaze. Am I using the right gear? Do I have the right tones? But they don’t have the tunes. Meanwhile Triple Seven actually feels like an album that would have come out on Matador in 1994 and spin off three or four MTV hits.

3. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Woodlands

We are now entering the “wily and dependable” veterans section of this column. Let’s start with Welch and Rawlings, who are about as close to “money in the bank” as there is in the Americana business. What if I told you that Woodlands represents a bold departure in which Gillian Welch takes up rapping and David Rawlings locates his inner Wes Borland? You would laugh because such a scenario is preposterous! That sounds exactly like a Gillian Welch and David Rawlings record, all understated Dust Bowl vocals and tasty acoustic guitar licks, and it’s a quite good one at that.

4. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Wild God

This on the other hand isn’t exactly the sort of album Nick Cave has made lately. His records in the past 10 years have tended toward the morose (even for him) and orchestrated, a kind of grief-choked chamber music. It’s quality work, but Cave’s old rock ‘n’ roll swagger was missed. On Wild God, thankfully, he recovers some of that, though the more sobering perspective of his recent music remains.

5. Ray LaMontagne, Long Way Home

I enjoy this person’s records. I own six of his albums, including this one. I have never written about him until now because … I don’t really have much to say? I would never make the case that he’s an under-appreciated genius. He’s basically a journeyman singer-songwriter. But he’s really solid at making retro-sounding pop-folk tunes in the style of Harvest era Neil Young and his fellow compatriots in the CSNY universe. Long Way Home doesn’t set the world on fire but it’s also extremely listenable in a genre where a lot of artists kind of blur together. (Feel free to put this quote on a sticker for the next record!)

6. Futurebirds, Easy Company

I’ve been listening to this band for almost 15 years, going back to their excellent 2010 release Hampton’s Lullaby. Back then they were situated on the My Morning Jacket wing of the alt-country family tree. In the time since, they have moved in a more conventionally folky direction. Working with producer Brad Cook — the go-to guy for sonically rich Americana records — Futurebirds have deepened their songwriting and reiterated their rock-solid durability.

7. Oso Oso, Life Till Bones

This is one of those records where I get confused about the difference between contemporary emo and classic, straight ahead pop rock. Because to me Oso Oso has usually existed in the latter lane. If this were the ’90s, this band would be on a major label and touring with Better Than Ezra and the Gin Blossoms. And I mean that as a compliment.

8. BBsitters Club, Joel’s Picks Vol. 2

As you might guess from the album title, this Chicago band populates the world of indie jam. Some Dead, some Phish, and some Ween are all discernible in the mix on this compilation of live highlights from 2019 to 2023. (There’s also lots of MIDI guitar, which will either be a deal breaker or the No. 1 reason to get on board, depending on your usual proximity to this kind of music.) What I appreciate most about BBsitters Club is their sense of humor and general fun vibe. A lot acts in this scene tend to be centered on serious-minded beardos who are obsessed with replicating the most far-out parts of Dead live tapes from the early ’70s. It’s all about “Dark Star” and not at all about the party-hearty parts of the Dead. These guys aren’t like that. They understand that any great jam band needs a little bit of goofiness to function. Break out the beach balls!

It looks like Lana Del Rey may have found herself a new romantic interest.

As The Cut notes, Del Rey has recently been spotted with Jeremy Dufrene, who works as an airboat alligator tour guide in Louisiana. Over the past few days, the two have been seen holding hands backstage at Leeds Festival in the UK on August 25 (as captured in this TikTok video), shopping at Harrods in London, and eating at a local pub.

The public connection between the two goes as far back as 2019, when Del Rey went on one of Dufrene’s tours, and she shared photos of the adventure on Facebook. Del Rey went on another tour earlier this year and posted about it on Instagram, tagging Dufrene in the post.

As The Daily Mail notes, Dufrene has worked at Arthur’s Air Boat Tours “since at least 2015,” and he has previously given tours to stars like Kate Hudson, Emma Roberts, and Glen Powell.

Meanwhile, Del Rey recently spoke about her upcoming album Lasso, saying, “All my albums are somewhat rooted in Americana, unless it’s an album like Honeymoon which has a jazz flair, so I don’t think it will be a heavy departure. If anything, it will just be a little lighter lyrically, and more pointed in a classic country, American, or Southern Gothic production — which again, so many of my songs already are.”

On Wednesday morning, August 28, Capitol Records and THEBLACKLABEL jointly announced the signing of MEOVV, a five-piece K-pop girl group. MEOVV was officially unveiled with this clever animated video showing five black cats scaling the Capitol Records Tower.

MEOVV is the first-ever girl group from THEBLACKLABEL, which was founded by Teddy Park, who has produced bona fide K-pop gold for Blackpink, 2NE1, BIGBANG, and G-Dragon.

Four of the five MEOVV members have been individually revealed. It started with this two-minute trailer for Ella on August 21, followed by Gawon, Sooin, and Anna.

“I remember nothing, but the destination I was heading to,” the YouTube description for Ella’s trailer reads. “Which is why I just got here.”

Gawon’s YouTube description reads, “If I were to choose between the two, I already know my answer.” The anticipation continued to build in the descriptions for Sooin (“I think we are friends”) and (“I will pick up the phone at the convenience store tonight”).

The final member of the group will be revealed on Thursday, August 29. Before releasing a single piece of music and publicly completing the formation of the group, MEOVV has attracted 338,000 Instagram followers and 207,800 TikTok followers.

“With the story continuing to unfold, the MEOVV takeover has only just begun,” a press release teased.

Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet is expected to debut at No. 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart (as per Billboard), and a No. 1 debut is extremely possible on the Billboard 200.

Why not sweeten the pot?

On Wednesday evening, August 28, Carpenter posted across her social media accounts, “Surprise [kiss mark emoji]. Short N’ Sweet The digital album w/ bonus track ‘Needless to Say’ is available now for 24 hrs only!”

The digital album is available here for $4.99. According to various posts on X (formerly Twitter), an email will be sent confirming purchase with an option to download the bonus track digital artwork. “Audio will be delivered via email on August 29, 2024,” it reads.

Carpenter released Short N’ Sweet, her sixth full-length album, last Friday, August 23. Simultaneously, Carpenter dropped “Taste” as a single. The Dave Meyers-directed video co-stars Carpenter and Jenna Ortega and references the 1992 Oscar-winning film Death Becomes Her.

Of course, Short N’ Sweet is anchored by “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” which peaked at Nos. 3 and 1, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. “Please Please Please” is Carpenter’s first No. 1 Hot 100 single of her career.

Short N’ Sweet is Carpenter’s first LP release since 2022’s Emails I Can’t Send, which debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 and spent 48 weeks on the chart.