The Prince of Darkness will have another moment in the light on Sunday (Sept. 7) when some of Ozzy Osbourne‘s musical compatriots and biggest fans will take the stage to honor the late metal legend at the 2025 MTV VMAs. According to a release announcing the special tribute, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry will join Yungblud and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt during this year’s awards broadcast, which will air live on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

The rockers will take the stage to honor the Prince of Darkness with a medley of his greatest hits on the program that will be hosted by LL Cool J. In addition to being one of the most beloved figures in hard rock, Osbourne also had a storied history with MTV, from appearing on Headbanger’s Ball in the 1980s to sharing his private life with the world on the wildly popular family reality show The Osbournes, which aired on the network from 2002-2005.

Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76, just weeks after taking the stage for the final time at the all-star Back to the Beginning show in his native Birmingham, U.K. that featured sets from Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Alice in Chains and many more. Yungblud and Bettencourt teamed up with Sleep Token II at the show in Birmingham, U.K. for a moving cover of Black Sabbath’s “Changes,” with guitarist Bettencourt also sitting in with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Quiet Riot/Osbourne bassist Rudy Sarzo for a cover of Sabbath’s “Symptom of the Universe” and a half dozen other Sabbath and Ozzy solo songs during a supergroup section of the show overseen by Morello.

In addition to the Ozzy tribute, Sunday’s VMAs will feature performances from Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Tate McRae, Alex Warren and Sabrina Carpenter. Busta Rhymes will receive the MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award and Ricky Martin will be honored with the inaugural Latin Icon Award.

Check out MTV’s promo for the special Ozzy tribute below.

Kelly Clarkson returned to Instagram on Thursday (Sept. 4) for the first time since the death of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock last month. In a sentimental post tied to the 23rd anniversary of her life-changing American Idol win on Sept. 4, 2022 that capped the iconic music competition’s first season, Clarkson gave thanks for the moment that changed everything.

“To everyone that took time 23 years ago to call in and vote for me, thank you 🙏 Winning American Idol changed my life and I will be forever grateful for all of you that have supported me for so many years,” Clarkson wrote alongside a photo of her being embraced by her cast mates in the midst of a confetti tsunami. “It is a gift to find your purpose and passion, and to be able to make a living doing it is the cherry on top. Thank you, always.”

After coming out on top over Idol runner-up Justin Guarini, Clarkson signed to RCA Records and released her debut album, Thankful, in 2003, which featured the hit “Miss Independent,” which hit No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of that year.

Clarkson has kept a low public profile since Blackstock’s death on Aug. 7 at age 48 from cancer. Following Blackstock’s passing, Clarkson postponed her Studio Sessions residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and pulled out of her planned appearance at Miranda Lambert and Parker McCollum’s Band Together Texas flood relief benefit.

While she has kept her a low profile on socials, Clarkson has been out there thanks to the launch last month of her Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson series on NBC, which has found her sitting down with the Jonas Brothers, Gloria Estefan and Teddy Swims so far to discuss the stories behind some of their biggest songs; Lizzo will be the guest on Tuesday’s (Sept. 9) episode. Clarkson will also be back in daytime on Sept. 29 when she returns for the seventh season of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Sabrina Carpenter etches her name in chart history as the first leader on the all-new ARIA Albums Chart, as Man’s Best Friend roars to No. 1.

As previously reported, ARIA, the national labels trade body and charts compiler, undertook a major overhaul to its official chart methodology, the goal of which is to increase visibility for new music and Australian releases, and to invigorate an often-stagnate albums tally.

The main change sees titles two years or older moved from the main, weekly charts to a new dedicated catalogue chart, ARIA On Replay.

Today’s the day, and the revamped albums chart, in particular, has a different look.

Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend bolts to No. 1, ahead of the soundtrack to Netflix film Kpop Demon Hunters and Stray Kids’ KARMA, respectively.

Under the new chart system, the ARIA Albums Chart welcomes 17 new entries and 45 re-entries to the top 100, while only 38 titles from last week appear on this frame. 

The changes, ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd explained earlier this year, “will open up space in all the charts for new music and new Australian music.” She continued, “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 latest tally, published Friday, Sept. 5, features five Australian titles, including new releases from The Wolfe Brothers (Australian Made at No. 9) and Hayley Jensen (Country Soul at No. 14).

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, “Golden” from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack extends its reign to six consecutive weeks. “Golden” draws level with PSY’s 2012 smash Gangnam Style as the longest running No. 1 by a Korean artist, ARIA reports.

Meanwhile, the first No. 1 on ARIA’s Top 5 On Replay Albums tally is Sabrina Carpenter’s 2022 collection Emails I Can’t Send, and the first leader on ARIA’s Top 5 On Replay Singles survey is Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” originally released in 1998.

Check out the new charts at aria.com.au.

Kevin Parker is taking the Deadbeat route.

The celebrated psychedelic pop artist and production wizard is lining up his fifth Tame Impala album, Deadbeat, for an Oct. 17^th global release — his first through the Sony Music machine.

Deadbeat is inspired by the “bush doof” culture of his native, Western Australia rave scene, and recasts his ongoing art project as “a kind of future primitive rave act in the process,” reads a statement.

The second taste from Deadbeat is “Loser,” a track that’s accompanied with a music video directed by Kristofski and starring Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery (aka Djo). It’s the followup to lengthy electronic banger “End of Summer,” which arrived, fully formed, in July of this year.

“Loser” is a departure from those parties in paddock, instead taking us on a magic carpet ride to a funky ‘70s houseparty. And no, it’s not a cover of Beck’s self-deprecating classic from 1994.

Parker “largely galvanized” the new album between his hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave House in Injidup, Western Australia in the first half of this year.

Essentially a one-man band (though Parker takes a full unit on the road), Tame Impala has collected ARIA Awards, APRA Awards, a Brit Award, and earlier this year, a Grammy, by way of a collaboration with Justice.

Deadbeat arrives more than half a decade after The Slow Rush, from February 2020, an album that went to No. 1 on Australia’s ARIA Chart, and earned career peaked positions on the Billboard 200 and Official U.K. Albums Chart UK, both at No. 3. Its predecessor, 2015’s Currents, topped the Australian chart and crashed the top 5 in the U.S. (at No. 4) and in the U.K. (No. 3), where Parker collected the Brit Award for best international group.

The forthcoming album “sounds like the work of an artist with a leveled-up mastery, crafted with a newfound embrace of spontaneity for the renowned perfectionist,” reads a statement. “How that manifests is a distinct minimalism and crunch, with timbres and textures that add an ineffably new dimension to the sound, as well as a richer, more playful vocal range than ever.”

The new collection is the first through Columbia Records, following a years-long relationship with Modular Recordings and Universal Music.

Although Tame Impala is not currently on tour, Parker will enjoy the southern summer when he takes the stage as a a special guest DJ for Justice’s Australian arena tour in December 2025.

Deadbeat is available for pre-order here, and exclusive vinyl color-variants can be ordered here.