Most Bon Jovi fans are still hoping to see guitarist Richie Sambora back onstage with the band some day, and it appears he hasn’t ruled it out.

Sambora, who departed the group in 2013, reveals in a new interview with The Allison Hagendorf Show that he's definitely open to performing with his former bandmates again.

“If he gets [his voice] back, I’ll go play. I got songs,” Sambora said, referring to frontman Jon Bon Jovi, who is still recovering from vocal cord surgery he had in 2022. “I swear to God. It’s the honest-to-God truth ... I told everybody that I would without a doubt go back. The world needs it.”

And there’s one main reason why Sambora would be open to the reunion: the fans.

“The fans will just love it,” he says. “It’s not finance, it has nothing to do with that. The world could use it.”

But it sounds like Richie isn’t 100 percent convinced Jon can recover enough to sing like he used to.

“It’s an iffy thing at best,” he says. “I don’t know if there’s anybody that has ever had that be successful. I’m not really sure about that.”

But while fans wait for that reunion to possibly happen, there's plenty of music for them to enjoy. Sambora recently released two new solo singles, “I Pray” and “Livin’ Alone,” with two more on the way: “Songs That Wrote My Life," coming May 10, and “Believe (In Miracles),” coming May 17. Plus, Bon Jovi is dropping a new album, Forever, on June 7.

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Ed Sheeran was a surprise face on the red carpet at the Met Gala on May 6, but he says he only ended up attending because he's been working on the clothing he plans to wear when he releases his next album.

In a behind-the-scenes video for Vogue, Ed explains that he's known designer Stella McCartney for eight or nine years, and she will occasionally send him a piece or two. "For this next album campaign I'm going into, we're sort of doing some clothes for videos and that's when the conversation came up," Ed says. "I went in for a fitting and she was just like, 'Come to the Met.'"

It's surprising that Ed is planning his video outfits now, though, since he recently told People he's not planning to release any music in 2024. "I've made the new music and I'm just going to sit on it for a bit,” he said.

In the video, McCartney says the baby blue tuxedo she designed for Ed was "inspired" by him — specifically, she wanted it to match his eyes — and you'll learn how Ed achieves his artfully disheveled hairstyle.

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Ever since Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball tour wrapped up in 2022, fans have been waiting for the concert film. Well, it's finally here.

One of the final shows on the tour, the September 10 date in LA, was recorded; in June 2023 Gaga confirmed on Instagram that she was working on editing The Chromatica Ball film. She confirmed on Wednesday that the concert special will stream May 25 on Max.

"OMG finally," one fan commented.

You can watch a teaser for the special on YouTube and HBO's Instagram, set to the album's single "Stupid Love."

The Chromatica Ball promoted Gaga's 2020 album, Chromatica; it was delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaga's first all-stadium tour, it grossed more than $112 million. Among the songs performed on the tour were "Bad Romance," "Rain On Me," "Shallow," "Poker Face," "Telephone," "Just Dance" and "Born This Way."

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Taylor Swift has so far only released a video for one of the 31 songs on The Tortured Poets Department, but she's happy to let fans make some for her.

A TikTok user named Giacomo Benavides posted a 26-second video in which he acts out part of the song "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived." As Taylor sings, "Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?/ Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?" Giacomo staggers outside, grabs a toy gun from behind a car, shoots it and then throws it away while dramatically lip-synching the lyrics.

As Taylor sings, "Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?/ In fifty years, will all this be declassified?" Giacomo pulls out a book and pretends to write in it. Then two guys appear and drag him toward a waiting police car.

Taylor somehow saw the video and approved: As captured by the Instagram account Comments by Celebs, she wrote, "This is the official music video" and added an emoji of a trophy.

In other Taylor-related news, her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, has landed another gig. In addition to being the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, the co-host of the New Heights podcast and the host of Prime Video's Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, Variety reports that he's been cast in Grotesquerie, a new FX horror series from American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. His co-stars include Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.

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The Summer Olympics take place in Paris this year, and nearly 2 million visitors are expected to descend on the French capital for the event — but another invasion is taking place due to Taylor Swift.

Bloomberg reports Taylor's four Eras Tour concerts outside Paris May 9 through May 12 are drawing five times as many Americans to France as the Summer Games. That's according to Embark Beyond, a New York luxury travel company. Jack Ezon, Embark co-founder, tells Bloomberg, "I never would have anticipated it ... she’s even overshadowing the Olympics.”

Ezon says his company has put together more than 200 trips to Paris for those attending the concerts; a third of them are mother-daughter duos who are also scheduling shopping sprees. Clients are staying in luxury hotels, says Ezon, and 20% of them are booking longer European visits following the concerts, with some traveling to London or the south of France.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that there's a lower-than-expected demand for the Olympic Games, with some vacation rentals cutting prices and hotel prices falling 30%.

As for why so many Americans are traveling to Europe to see Taylor, blame the laws in Europe that limit how much you can resell concert tickets for. Because the tickets aren't as outrageously expensive as they are in the U.S., it can sometimes to be cheaper to travel overseas to see certain concerts.

Bloomberg estimated that Taylor's concerts contributed $4.3 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product last year.

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Selena Gomez is taking out some anger in the kitchen. In a new clip shared with People from the upcoming May 9 episode of her Food Network series Selena + Restaurant, Selena appears in the LA restaurant Lemon Grove, where chef Marcel Vigneron gives her a meat pounder to smash blueberries. "This is for sure getting out some anger,” Selena says in the clip.

Believe it or not, Ed Sheeran just attended his first Met Gala. The Monday, May 6, event marked his first time at fashion's biggest night, where he wore a light blue tux. Many fans noticed the outfit resembled Troy Bolton's "A Night to Remember" costume from High School Musical 3. "Ed Sheeran is giving Troy Bolton when his tux [is] too tight," one X user wrote.

Metallica has given their approval to Kelly Clarkson's cover of their song "Sad But True." The singer covered the track during her latest Kellyoke segment on her daytime talk show. While some Metalheads weren't fans of how Kelly made the song her own, she seems to have gotten the stamp of approval from the band, who posted a video of the performance to their Instagram in collaboration with The Kelly Clarkson Show's account. "Simply amazing. Thank you Kelly!" Metallica commented.

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Taylor Swift's feud with Scooter Braun, which inspired her to rerecord all her albums, has inspired a new docuseries which will air on Discovery+ in the U.K. and Ireland in June, and on Max in the rest of the world.

The series, tentatively titled Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, will be a two-parter, focusing on what happened after Braun bought the rights to Taylor's first six albums in 2019. One episode will tell Taylor's side of the story — that the sale went through without her being consulted and she wasn't allowed to buy her masters herself. Another will focus on Braun's side — that Taylor wouldn't negotiate with him and instead purposely turned her fans against him.

The docuseries will also give viewers a full explanation of how music rights work and examine gender dynamics in the music industry. Legal experts and "insiders" from both sides will weigh in as well.

After the 2019 sale, Taylor confirmed on ABC's Good Morning America that she'd start rerecording those first six albums. So far, she's redone Red, Fearless, Speak Now and 1989, adding "(Taylor's Version)" to each album's title and including "From the Vault" tracks that didn't make the original album. 

All of Taylor's rerecordings have topped the Billboard album chart and have collectively sold millions. She just has two left to do: her self-titled debut and 2017's Reputation.

(This story updates a previous version originally published earlier on May 7, 2024)

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Meghan Trainor's new video is a family affair.

The clip, for her song "To the Moon," co-stars her husband, Daryl Sabara, and their 3-year-old son, Riley, making his acting debut. Also appearing are Emmy winner Niecy Nash, TikTok stars Brookie and Jessie and Meghan's bestie Chris Olsen.

The video features Meghan and a team of women being trained by Nash to go on a mission to the moon, where Meghan needs to track down a spy. Of course, the spy is played by her husband, who's best known for his role in Spy Kids — but there's a twist.

"To the Moon" is from Meghan's new album, Timeless, due out June 7.

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Here's the good news: Taylor Swift's feud with Scooter Braun, which inspired her to rerecord all her albums, has inspired a new Discovery+ docuseries. Now the bad news: So far, it's only scheduled to run in the U.K. and Ireland in June.

Variety reports that the series, tentatively titled Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, will be a two-parter, focusing on what happened after Braun bought the rights to Taylor's first six albums in 2019. One episode will tell Taylor's side of the story — that the sale went through without her being consulted and she wasn't allowed to buy her masters herself. Another will focus on Braun's side — that Taylor wouldn't negotiate with him and instead purposely turned her fans against him.

The docuseries will also give viewers a full explanation of how music rights work and examine gender dynamics in the music industry. Legal experts and "insiders" from both sides will weigh in on each side as well.

After the 2019 sale, Taylor confirmed on ABC's Good Morning America that she'd start rerecording those first six albums. So far, she's redone Red, Fearless, Speak Now and 1989, adding "(Taylor's Version)" to each album's title and including "From the Vault" tracks that didn't make the original album. 

All of Taylor's rerecordings have topped the Billboard album chart and have collectively sold millions. She just has two left to do: her self-titled debut and 2017's Reputation.

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The Cyndi Lauper documentary, Let the Canary Sing, will make its streaming service debut on Paramount+ on June 4.

Directed by Alison Ellwood, the documentary had its premiere last June at the Tribeca Festival. According to the description, the film follows Cyndi’s “meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy.”

A new trailer for the doc has just been released, featuring footage from throughout Cyndi’s career, as well as interview clips from Cyndi, Billy Porter, Boy George, Patti LaBelle and more.

“If you don’t know where you came from, you don’t know where you’re going. But if you’re doing what you love … magic,” Cyndi says in the clip.

Deadline reports that to coincide with the streaming debut, a companion album also titled Let the Canary Sing will be released, featuring such Cyndi hits as “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “True Colors,” “I Drove All Night” and more.

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Neither Katy Perry, Rihanna nor Lady Gaga attended the Met Gala in New York City on May 6, but that didn't stop fans from using AI to create fraudulent photos of them on the red carpet.

Katy even called out the fakes: She posted two of them on her Instagram and captioned them, "couldn’t make it to the MET, had to work." She also included a text exchange between her and her mom, in which her mom wrote, "Didn't know you went to the Met. What a gorgeous gown, you look like the Rose Parade." She replied, "lol mom the AI got you too, BEWARE!"

Katy also posted a photo of herself "working" in the recording studio.

Rihanna didn't show up at the Met because she had the flu, but a fake photo showed her on the carpet in a floral-embroidered gown with a huge sculptural shoulder piece. 

A similar counterfeit photo shows Lady Gaga on the carpet, wearing a massive white sculpted gown with gravity-defying tiers, each one spilling over with flowers.

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In March, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder praised Taylor Swift for the "galvanizing and powerful" community she's created for her fans, noting, "It reminded me of punk rock crowds." In a new interview, Vedder and his Pearl Jam bandmate Jeff Ament are continuing to praise Taylor for the way she puts out music.

While discussing how Taylor creates excitement on the Eras Tour by playing "surprise songs" each night, Vedder told The Bill Simmons Podcast, "She's an artist who's respectful of her audience. And I know from my daughter that she's really kinda incredible at planting these hidden codes that [fans] can pick up. And it activates all those people that are listening and has them involved, and I think it's done in a very creative way."

"The other thing that she has working well for her is that she's incredibly prolific," the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer continued. "So she's able to just keep putting out music and putting out music."

Meanwhile, Ament praised Taylor's decision to work with Aaron Dessner from The National, as well as Bon Iver. "I think she's not afraid to change, and change in a way that maybe is kinda anti-pop in some ways ... I'll have to give her huge props for that."

Ament noted it's likely only Michael Jackson, The Beatles and Elvis Presley have ever been in the same place she has in terms of popularity and impact, and he wondered how she's able to deal with it.

"She's a really good person. I also hear that she handles stress really well, so that'll come in handy," Vedder replied.

When asked if Pearl Jam could get Taylor onstage for a duet, Ament joked, "I may be able to get Jason Kelce."

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Jennifer Lopez will walk the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala on May 6, and while she's focused on that, she's also making plans for the summer. Specifically, she wants to convince her twins, Max and Emme, to join her on her upcoming tour.

"I feel like this is the last time that I'll get to do something like this with them," J-Lo told GMA. "They're 16, and next time they're gonna be like, 'No, Mom.'"

She said she's still "negotiating" with her kids about when they'll join her on the road, but she's hoping it'll be for the month of July. Her tour runs from June through August in support of her latest album, This Is Me... Now.

"I'm gonna use the last little bit of force I have on them to be like, 'You have to come at least for a little while,'" she added. "Hopefully they'll acquiesce to that."

As for the Met Gala, Jennifer — who's one of the star-studded event's co-chairs — wouldn't dish on her dress, except to say that she's "barely" able to walk in it. "The Met Gala looks ... it's not about comfort," she laughed.

Jennifer also talked about her upcoming movie, Atlas, in which she stars as a data analyst who must overcome her distrust for artificial intelligence, and other people, to survive. She said reading the script made her "sob at the end."

"My character is disconnected ... hasn't let anybody in. Doesn't trust AI, doesn't trust people, feels they always disappoint. And little by little, this AI kind of chips away at her, chips away at her soul," she said. "Together, they kind of become more human."

Atlas begins streaming on Netflix on May 24.

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"Fortnight" means two weeks, and that's officially now long Taylor Swift's song of the same name has been the #1 track in the country.

The first single from The Tortured Poets Department has held onto the top spot of the Hot 100 for a second week, though she wasn't able to maintain her total chart domination. On April 29, as previously reported, the entire top 14 was made up of songs from Taylor's new album. As of May 6, she's "only" got three songs in the top 10: "Fortnight," plus "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" at #9 and "Down Bad" at #10.

In other Taylor news, see if you can follow this: During Coachella in April, she was seen wearing a baseball cap advertising boyfriend Travis Kelce's New Heights podcast — resulting in the hat selling out so fast it had to be restocked four times. 

Here's the interesting part: The cap is made by clothing company called Homage, which is the official apparel company for the podcast. On May 2 Homage announced that it's gotten a major investment from the company Maximum Effort, which was co-founded by Taylor's very good friend Ryan Reynolds. So, coincidence ... or Taylornomics? We may never know.

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In 2015, Justin Bieber topped the chart with "Love Yourself," which was co-written by Ed Sheeran. But when his pals asked Ed why he gave away a hit song, he had to remind them they thought it was lame.

According to Page Six, during a concert in Florida on May 3, Ed performed "Love Yourself" and spoke about the song's backstory. “I was writing a lot of songs about a lot of different things, and I wrote this song and honestly, I played it to people and they went, ‘Meh,'" Ed told the crowd.

He revealed that when he played it for Justin Bieber, Justin said he wanted it. "I went 'Cool, have it,' and then it got very big," Ed laughed. And when his friends asked him why he gave Justin the song, Ed said he replied, "You told me it wasn’t good!"

While in Florida, Ed attended the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and posted footage on his Instagram of Formula 1 driver George Russell driving him around the track at top speed, which totally freaked him out.

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