Taylor Swift‘s The Eras tour is taking over NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, this weekend and to celebrate, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo gave the venue a Swiftie-themed rebrand.

Hidalgo announced on Wednesday (April 19) that the stadium will be renamed “NRG Stadium (Taylor’s Version)” throughout the weekend in honor of the pop superstar. To add to the fun, banners with the temporary name will be hung at the stadium’s north and south entrances, according to Chron.

“We know all too well that other areas have done huge things,” Hidalgo said in a video message shared to Twitter, referencing a number of Swift’s songs. “They’ve lit up the town; they’ve renamed streets, they’ve even made you mayor for a day. But we’re going to something even better. I know if I did any of that, folks would say that I am the man.” 

“With the name change, I know it’ll never go out of style,” she continued. “Plus, it’s not only the young that enjoy your music. I hope your stay is beyond your wildest dreams, and for everyone in Harris County, let’s get ready for it!” 

Swift will perform at NRG Stadium (Taylor’s Version) for three nights, beginning on Friday (April 21) and then continuing on Saturday (April 22) and Sunday (April 23). Beabadoobee and Gracie Abrams are lined up as the openers.

One fan who will hopefully be at the show is a Texas legal-service provider named Karen Vladeck, who wrote a pun-filled letter to her first-grade daughter’s teacher asking for her to be excused from school to attend The Eras tour in Houston. According to Vladeck, the teacher simply responded in all caps, “THIS MADE MY ENTIRE DAY.”

Miranda Lambert is opening up about what’s next following her split from longtime label home Sony Music Nashville, which she announced in March.

In April 2022, Lambert released her last album under her Sony deal, Palomino, which is nominated for album of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 11. (Lambert will also defend her ACM Awards entertainer of the year title, with additional nominations in the female artist of the year and artist-songwriter of the year categories.)

Lambert was 19 when she signed with Sony Music Nashville, which has put out all her major-label releases starting with 2005’s Kerosene. Seated upstairs at her Nashville restaurant, Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa, earlier this week, the singer/songwriter seemed serene, telling Billboard that she’s not in any rush to sign with another label at the moment.

“I’m not sure what I’m going to do as far as a label goes, but I have been enjoying just being creative and letting the music lead me,” says Lambert, who still owns her Vanner Records imprint. “I don’t have any obligation to anyone right now, and I’m kind of free for the first time in 20 years.

“I had some amazing times at Sony. My whole life’s work, as far as music, is there,” Lambert adds. “So looking back on all those records, I’m so grateful for all those good times, but I’m also very much welcoming change. The music business is a completely different landscape than it was when I was 19, when I signed my record deal. I definitely just want creative partners. It’s important to me to be in charge of my music, because that’s where everything starts for me. None of my other brands and things I’m involved in will work if the music isn’t there. I’m just going to keep writing — and I’ve got a few collabs up my sleeve that I’m very excited about — and see where it takes me.”

One of her recent collaborations took place with fellow singer/songwriter and country music hitmaker Jelly Roll. “The Lost,” which they co-wrote with Jesse Frasure, will be on Jelly Roll’s Whitsitt Chapel, which comes out June 2.

“Jesse Frasure asked me to be part of a co-write last minute. He was like, ‘Hey come write with me and Jelly,’ and I had never met him but was like, ‘Sure.’” Lambert says. “But instantly, I felt such a connection and he’s such a kindred spirit. He was just a lovely person, and he’s a great songwriter. Just talking to him, it felt like home. It felt like I had known Jelly forever. He’s just one of those welcoming personalities, and we had such a good time writing together. Luckily, our song did land on his record, which I am super excited about. I definitely made new lifelong friends in him and [Jelly Roll’s wife] Bunnie. It’s fun to, this far into the game, still collaborate and meet new people and this younger generation of artists who are emerging and learn new things from them and stay fresh. It feels cool to be part of that.”

Roy Rosselló, a former member of the iconic 1980s boy band Menudo, has claimed that he was drugged and raped by the late father of Erik and Lyle Menendez in a forthcoming Peacock docuseries.

Erik and Lyle, known as the Menendez brothers, were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, at the family’s Beverly Hills Mansion. Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 at the time of the killings, in which Jose was shot in the head while Kitty died from 15 gunshot wounds.

The siblings claimed that they shot their parents self-defense, after years of sexual abuse from their father, who was the then-head of RCA Records, the label that signed Menudo. A judge deemed the defense inadmissible, citing irrelevance, and in 1996, the Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In a snippet shared by Today on Tuesday (April 18) from the upcoming docuseries titled Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed, Rosselló accuses Jose of sexual assault, noting that he was drugged and raped by the executive as a teenager.

“That’s the man here that raped me,” the now-51-year-old alleges, pointing to a photo of Jose. “That’s the pedophile.”

“I know what he did to me in his house,” he added, claiming that the band’s manager and creator Edgardo Diaz also sexually abused him, and was the person who took him to Menendez’s home, where he was subsequently drugged and raped.

The clip also features a phone conversation with Erik Menendez, who is serving his sentence with his brother at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. “It’s sad to know that there was another victim of my father,” Erik is heard saying on the phone. “I always hoped and believed that one day the truth about my dad would come out, but I never wished for it to come out like this – the result of trauma that another child has suffered.”

Watch the Today clip below. Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed premieres May 2 on Peacock.