The Foo Fighters have brought on Nine Inch Nails drummer IIan Rubin ahead of their upcoming tour across Indonesia, Singapore and Japan, Billboard has confirmed.

As first reported by THR.com, Rubin replaces drummer Josh Freese, who parted ways with Dave Grohl‘s rock outfit in May. Freese had joined the Foo Fighters in May 2023 to fill the spot left by the passing of the late Taylor Hawkins. In a strange plot twist, Freese will now reportedly join Nine Inch Nails to fill in for Rubin on Nine Inch Nails’ Peel it Back tour.

Freese had drummed for Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008. It’s unclear if Rubin will join the band full-time or just tour with the band at upcoming shows.

The Foo Fighters haven’t performed since Sept 28, 2024 at the Southside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The band is scheduled to play in Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct. 2, and then headline the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore two days later. Foo Fighters are scheduled to headline two nights at Saitama, Japan’s Super Arena Oct. 7 & 8 before heading to Kobe, Japan for a concert on Oct. 10. The band returns to North America Nov. 14 to perform at Corona Capital in Mexico City on Nov. 14.

Nine Inch Nails are set to begin their arena tour next month with support act Boys Noize. The band begins its tour Aug. 6 in Oakland, Calif., before heading up to Portland, Ore. to play at the Moda Center on Aug. 8.

Any frosty feelings Demi Lovato may have had toward The Bigg Chill have melted, as the pop star recently revisited the Los Angeles frozen yogurt store four years after she put it on blast for allegedly perpetuating “toxic” diet culture.

In a hilarious TikTok posted Wednesday (July 30), Lovato stands inside the dessert shop and lip-syncs to a snippet of their past self saying, “I left that yogurt store and didn’t get the yogurt that I wanted.”

The video then cuts to the musician enjoying a cup of froyo topped with sprinkles while dancing around the store. “love you bigg chill,” she wrote in the caption.

Lovato’s casual dessert run marks a momentous occasion. In 2021, the Camp Rock alum beefed with the owners of that same frozen yogurt shop after accusing The Bigg Chill of participating in “a society that not only enables but praises disordered eating” in a post on Instagram Stories.

Shortly prior, Lovato — who has been open about struggling with eating disorders and body image in the past — had encountered items that displayed their calorie counts on the packaging in the shop, something the star called “harmful” while writing, “Do better.”

Shortly afterward, the business’ owners responded by stating, “We are not diet vultures,” noting that the calorie information was intended to help customers with dietary restrictions such as Celiac disease. “We are sorry you found this offensive,” they wrote to Lovato.

After some more back and forth — during which Lovato again slammed the store for being “triggering and awful” — the vocalist issued an apology video, a snippet of which they mouthed along to in the new full-circle TikTok. “I am very outspoken about the things that I believe in,” she said at the time. “I understand that sometimes my messaging can lose its meaning when I get emotional. I am human … I walked into a situation that didn’t sit right with me, my intuition said, ‘Speak up about this,’ so I did.”

It’s not the first time Lovato has poked fun at themself over the yogurt debacle. In March, the musician posted a video in which she asked ChatGPT to “roast” her, and laughed along gas the AI system responded: “Demi Lovato has had more rebrands than a failing fast-food chain. One minute they’re punk rock, the next, they’re singing pop ballads, and somewhere in between they’re beefing with a frozen yogurt store.”

Lovato’s latest trip to The Big Chill comes just a couple of days ahead of the singer’s highly anticipated return to pop music. After spending the last few years fully immersed in the rock genre, Lovato will release a distinctly EDM-inspired track titled “Fast” on Friday (Aug. 1).

If you or someone you know need support for an eating disorder, you can contact the confidential National Eating Disorder Association’s Helpline for support at 1-800-931-2237.

Watch Lovato make amends with The Bigg Chill below.

FireAid has retained major law firm Latham & Watkins to review its grantmaking process amid a growing furor about the distribution of $100 million raised during the all-star benefit concerts for Los Angeles wildfire relief in January.

An online maelstrom about FireAid has been fueled by Republican congressman Kevin Kiley, who sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week claiming donations were diverted to nonprofits with only “tenuous” connections to fire relief. President Donald Trump weighed in over the weekend, calling the concert series a “Democrat-inspired scam” and saying “$100 million is missing.”

FireAid has called these claims “misinformation,” maintaining that the money raised from two concerts at L.A.’s Intuit Dome and Kia Forum went to nonprofits who provided direct relief to victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

In a letter to Kiley on Monday (July 28), FireAid says again that all the nonprofits it’s distributing the $100 million to “are both worthy and have close relationships to the recovery efforts in response to the fires.” The organization also notes that it has “maintained transparency” throughout the process, documenting all grants on its website.

Nonetheless, the organization says it has retained the white-shoe law firm Latham & Watkins to “conduct a comprehensive review of FireAid’s governance and grantmaking processes” and “ensure FireAid remains true to its original mission of directly supporting fire survivors.”

“This review will also include assessing whether recipient organizations are using funds in alignment with FireAid’s stated purpose and commitments,” reads Monday’s letter to Kiley. “We look forward to sharing the results of our ongoing review with you in the near future and updating you at your convenience.”

FireAid’s letter is signed by Makan Delrahim, an L.A.-based Latham & Watkins partner who previously served as head of the DOJ’s antitrust division. Delrahim now advises private clients on mergers and acquisitions, government investigations and crisis management.

The dual FireAid concerts featured a star-studded list of performers including Green Day, Billie Eilish, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Stevie Wonder, Lil Baby, Tate McRae, Sting, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, a Nirvana reunion, Joni Mitchell, a reunited No Doubt, P!nk and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The shows were livestreamed, drawing in more than 50 million viewers, and raised $100 million from ticket and merchandise sales, sponsorships, donations from the public and private gifts.

FireAid distributed $50 million of the funds in February to more than 120 nonprofits focused on providing fire survivors with food assistance, emergency housing, mental health services, childcare and more.

A second round of grants came in June, with the organization allocating $25 million to causes including environmental recovery, remediation and soil testing. The last $25 million tranche is on track to be distributed by the end of the year.

Sphere Entertainment Co. has taken an important step toward its intended future of hosting concerts and events at multiple Sphere venues outside of the original Las Vegas location.

On Friday (July 25), the company’s Sphere Entertainment Group, the division behind the Sphere venue in Las Vegas, finalized a franchise agreement, and other contracts, with the Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi (DCT), related to the construction and operation of Sphere Abu Dhabi, according to a Monday (July 28) SEC filing. When the parties first announced their intentions to work together in 2024, the planned building was described as “echoing the scale of the 20,000-capacity Sphere in Las Vegas.”

Sphere currently makes money through concerts, corporate events and The Sphere Experience, which shows immersive motion pictures on the 160,000-square-foot, wraparound video screen. Learning how to hold multiple events per day allows Sphere to maximize usage of the state-of-the-art, $2.3 billion building. But considering the venue had a $108 million operating loss in the fourth quarter 2024, a franchise model is vital for the company’s long-term health. “This year, the biggest opportunities are the nuts and bolts of how well we operate the business. That is going to provide a boost,” Sphere Entertainment Co. CEO James Dolan said during the company’s March earnings call. “Longer term, the expansion of more Spheres is what is going to deliver the most [return].”

The just-signed 25-year franchise agreement gives DCT the right to build and operate additional Sphere venues in the Middle East and North Africa for a period of 10 years after the opening of Sphere Abu Dhabi. Additionally, DCT has the option to extend the franchise agreement up to two 10-year renewal periods. Sphere Entertainment Group has also granted DCT licenses for Sphere’s technology, patents, trademarks, The Sphere Experience content and “other ancillary content.” The Sphere Experience content includes Postcard from Earth by Darren Aronofsky; V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film about U2’s inaugural residency at Sphere; and a new version of The Wizard of Oz that opens on Aug. 28.

DCT will pay Sphere Entertainment Group a franchise initiation fee for the right to build the venue and royalties for use of its intellectual property. The remainder of the franchise fee will be paid off upon execution of the agreements and installment payments leading up to the opening of Sphere Abu Dhabi. DCT, which will fully fund the building’s construction, will also pay an ancillary content royalty and fees for “pre-construction and construction-related services to DCT.” Before Sphere Abu Dhabi opens, the two parties will enter into an operational services agreement, which calls for Sphere Entertainment Group to provide “agreed upon operational services” to DCT. 

Correction: A previous version of this article said Sphere had a $143 million operating loss in 2024. That amount was the operating loss for Sphere Entertainment Co, which includes MSG Networks, in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Five months after Drake cut short his tour of Australia and New Zealand, the remaining dates have officially been cancelled.

Originally announced in November 2024, Drake’s Anita Max Win Tour marked the rapper’s first visit to Oceania since 2017. Launched in Australia in February 2025 with multiple dates in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the 16-date sold-out tour was planned to wrap in early March following additional shows across Brisbane and Sydney, and two performances in Auckland, New Zealand.

However, on Feb. 26, it was announced that the remaining dates had been postponed due to a “scheduling conflict.” 

A statement from Drake’s representatives noted at the time that the musician’s team were “actively working on rescheduling these dates along with adding some additional shows,” though no further updates arrived.

Now after months without any information as to the status of these unrealized shows, ticketholders received word on Tuesday, July 29 (Australia time) that the remainder of the tour had officially been cancelled.

“Despite extensive efforts to find a solution, rescheduling within the necessary timeframe was not possible,” a statement from Live Nation Australia read. “Drake remains committed to returning and performing these shows when his schedule permits.”

Drake returned to the stage earlier this month as part of his $ome $pecial $hows 4 U.K. tour alongside PartyNextDoor in support of their collaborative $ome $exy $ongs 4 U album.

The trek began with a series of dates in England, which will be followed by additional shows throughout Europe until the end of September. A planned performance in Manchester on Monday, July 28 was postponed this week, with an “unseen ferry schedule” necessitating the gig’s move to Aug. 5.

Drake’s earlier run of Australian dates also made headlines thanks to the 6 God’s generosity towards fans during his concerts. He previously handed out $20,000 to a pair of fans in Perth, gave $45,000 to some OVO faithful in Melbourne and upgraded a pregnant fan to VIP in Sydney and blessed her with $30,000 ahead of her baby’s arrival. 

As part of the tour’s final shows, he also promised to look after the cancer treatment of a fan’s mother while in Brisbane.

The Anita Max Win Tour was named after a viral moment from Drake’s December 2023 livestream on Kick, where he introduced a new “alter ego” named Anita Max Win. The name is a playful pun on the gambling phrase “I need a max win,” referring to hitting the maximum payout on a slot machine.