Jessie J is opening up about her breast cancer diagnosis and recovery, sharing an update with fans as she recovers from surgery and awaits further results.

In a new post shared June 24, Jessie (born Jessica Cornish) reflected on the highs and lows of the last 48 hours following her operation. “Blood warning!! This post is some of the honest lows and highs… I will always show the good and hard bits of any journey I go through,” she wrote, alongside photos and a short video from her hospital bed. “Grateful to my doctor / surgeon and all the nurses who cared for me and all my family / friends who came to visit.”

She added that she is now home to rest and awaiting results. “Still hugging everyone going through something tough right now. We all got this!”

The British singer performed what she described as her final show before surgery at Capital’s Summertime Ball earlier this month, telling the crowd of 75,000 at Wembley Stadium, “Today, this show is my last show before I go to beat breast cancer!… It’s the most special thing and I’m so grateful for this life, for you guys, for my career, for my son. My partner. My parents.”

The pop star revealed her diagnosis earlier this month in a June 3 Instagram post, telling followers that the news came just before the release of her April single, “No Secrets.” “I’m highlighting the word ‘early,’” she wrote at the time. “Cancer sucks in any form but I’m holding on to the word ‘early.’”

Since her diagnosis, Jessie has been candid about the emotional process, sharing that she’s been “in and out of tests” and chose to go public with her story not only to process her reality but also to be a source of strength for others. “I also know how much sharing in the past has helped me with other people giving me their love and support, and also their own stories,” she said. “I’m an open book. It breaks my heart that so many people are going through so much – similar and worse.”

In one lighthearted moment, she joked, “I’m getting to keep my nipples, that’s good,” she continued. “It’s a weird topic and a weird situation. And I know the press are going to say crazy stuff but you know what, to get diagnosed with this as I’m putting out a song called ‘No Secrets’ right before a song called ‘Living My Best Life,’ which was all pre-planned before I found out about this, I mean, you can’t make it up.”

Jessie has long been open about her health. In 2020, she revealed a diagnosis of Ménière’s disease, and in the years since has also shared her experience with miscarriage, OCD, and ADHD. She welcomed her son, Sky, in 2023.

Steven Van Zandt is recovering from an emergency surgery and will sit out several upcoming shows with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as he recuperates.

The longtime guitarist and “Little Steven” bandleader shared the news via X on Monday (June 23), revealing that what initially felt like food poisoning turned out to be appendicitis. He was treated in San Sebastián, Spain, following a show in the city and praised the medical team for their swift care.

“Got a sharp pain in my stomach, thought it was food poisoning, turned out to be appendicitis. Got lucky with an exceptional hospital in San Sebastian,” Van Zandt wrote. “The operation was a complete success.”

Springsteen and the E Street Band are in the midst of a European stadium run, with the next stop scheduled for Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Friday (June 27), followed by back-to-back dates at Milan’s San Siro Stadium on June 30 and July 3.

“I’m hoping to get back on stage for at least one of the shows in Milan,” Van Zandt added. “Thank you all for all the good vibes. See you soon.”

The guitarist last performed onstage with Springsteen in San Sebastián on Tuesday (June 24). No formal announcement has been made regarding a fill-in, though the band has adjusted their lineup in the past to accommodate health-related absences.

Springsteen and the E Street Band continue their 2025 world tour through Europe this summer before returning to North America later in the year.

In other Springsteen-related news, the Boss will soon be dropping Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, an 83-track collection to be released on June 27 through Sony Music, which will “fill in rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline — while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist.”

In a statement in April, Springsteen said, “The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released. I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”

The box will include the lo-fi LA Garage Sessions ’83, described as a “crucial link” between the bare-bones Nebraska and the full-throated Born in the U.S.A., as well as the drum loop and synthesizer experimentation for the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions. The project covering the years 1983-2018 is a peek into 35 years of home recording and songwriting that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said provides insight into work that no one has heard before.

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has announced a major overhaul to its official chart methodology, marking one of the biggest updates in the organization’s history.

Beginning Sept. 1, 2025, ARIA’s Main Charts for singles and albums—as well as its Australian Artist Singles and Albums Charts—will only feature music released in the past two years. Titles older than that will be moved to a new dedicated catalogue chart, ARIA On Replay.

The changes, announced June 24 and following more than 12 months of modeling and industry consultation, aim to increase visibility for new music—especially Australian releases—and inject greater movement into the charts.

In a briefing to industry and media, ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd described the move as a “simple” but necessary response to industry concerns that the charts had become stagnant, especially in the albums category. “It will open up space in all the charts for new music and new Australian music,” Herd said. “What we think we’re doing is giving more information to artists, to industry and people who are listening to new music and older music.”

The new ARIA On Replay chart will track the performance of catalogue titles—defined as those released more than two years prior. However, older tracks can re-enter the Main Charts under strict conditions: the track must not have appeared in the Top 100 for at least 10 years, be supported by a formal label request, and accumulate enough activity to chart in the Top 30. Any eligible re-entry will be allowed to remain on the Main Charts for a maximum of 10 weeks.

The changes are designed to align ARIA’s methodology with international best practices, following an extensive benchmarking process with organizations in the U.K., U.S., and New Zealand, and consultation with the IFPI. According to Herd, the revamped system aims to “get Australian artists the best deal from the charts.”

The decision to restructure the charts comes after a disappointing year-end result for domestic acts. No Australian releases appeared in the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart in the most recent update, and just five local albums—including the top two—featured in the albums tally.

This overhaul is ARIA’s most dramatic structural change since the integration of streaming data in 2014 and the subsequent weighting adjustments made to reflect evolving consumption patterns. The shift to a two-year eligibility window is expected to bring more turnover and better highlight emerging talent.

An ARIA Talks session was hosted on June 24 at Sydney’s Ace Hotel to explain the new system and address industry queries. The updated methodology will take effect after the close of the ARIA Awards eligibility period, ensuring no disruption to the 2025 awards cycle.

“More exposure for Australian artists. More movement. That’s what this is about,” Herd said.

For more information and ongoing updates, visit aria.com.au.

Smokey Robinson’s former housekeepers say they had the right to hold a press conference publicizing an explosive rape lawsuit against the Motown legend and are asking a judge to toss defamation counterclaims in the contentious legal proceedings.

A motion filed Friday (June 20) takes issue with the countersuit Robinson filed after four anonymous former housekeepers brought a $50 million civil lawsuit accusing the 85-year-old singer of a yearslong pattern of sexual assault.

Robinson and his wife, who’s also named as a defendant in the housekeepers’ case, said the rape allegations are fabricated and defamatory. While claims in legal filings are typically shielded from defamation lawsuits by the First Amendment, the Robinsons argued the accusers stepped outside these protections when they “paraded themselves in front of the media” with a press conference the day the lawsuit was filed.

The housekeepers’ lawyers disagree. In Friday’s motion to strike the counterclaims, attorneys for the accusers say their press conference was actually covered by the so-called litigation privilege and therefore cannot be the subject of defamation claims.

“The statements underlying the Robinsons’ claims, delivered by counsel for Jane Does during a press conference, concern a pending civil lawsuit involving serious allegations of sexual misconduct and are explicitly tied to that litigation,” write lawyers John Harris and Herbert Hayden. “The Robinsons’ cross-complaint is entirely without merit and appears to be a retaliatory and improper effort to chill the Jane Does’ right to speak out and to access the courts.”

Friday’s motion also criticizes the Robinsons for trying to “mislead” the court by including only partial quotations from the press conference in their countersuit, including a reference to Harris calling Robinson a “serial and sick rapist.” The housekeepers’ attorneys say Harris actually said, “We believe that Mr. Robinson is a serial and sick rapist” — an important qualifier that couches this statement as an opinion and not a fact.

The housekeepers are asking a Los Angeles judge to strike the counterclaims under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which clears the way for quick dismissal of defamation claims that threaten free speech. Under this law, the accusers can also make the Robinsons reimburse their legal fees if they win the anti-SLAPP motion.

The Robinsons’ attorney, Christopher Frost, said in a statement to Billboard on Monday (June 23) that Friday’s motion is “all just procedural posturing.”

“While the law may allow them to make false and slanderous allegations in a complaint with impunity, it does not allow them to orchestrate a press conference to regurgitate the same lies,” said Frost.

Frost said the housekeepers’ “transparent motivation” is to use the anti-SLAPP motion as a tactic to slow down the litigation, echoing allegations in his own court filing last week that accused the women of trying to delay the discovery process.

“It is puzzling to us why they would want to do so if they really believed in their case,” added Frost.