Combs was reportedly conscious and speaking before being returned to federal custody. The circumstances surrounding the injury remain unknown.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was taken from federal prison for medical treatment over the weekend after reportedly suffering a head injury. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.

The 56-year-old music mogul was transported from the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey, early Saturday, Oct. 10, according to TMZ, which cited sources at the prison. The outlet reported that Combs was conscious and speaking when he returned to the facility later that morning. The injury was described as non-life-threatening.

A representative for Combs confirmed that his team was looking into the reports. “We are aware of the reports concerning Sean Combs and are working to confirm the circumstances,” the spokesperson told Variety. “Sean’s health and well-being are our immediate concern, and we appreciate everyone who has reached out.”

Neither the reported cause of the injury nor further details about his treatment have been made public.

The incident comes amid renewed scrutiny of Combs’ conditions behind bars. An NBC News report in September alleged that he had access to contraband electronics, including a cellphone, as well as alcohol and other unauthorized privileges. Following the reports, Combs reportedly faced disciplinary action and lost 41 days of good-conduct credit, pushing his expected release from January to March 2028, according to Variety and The Los Angeles Times.

Combs is serving a 50-month federal sentence after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in 2025. He was acquitted of the more serious racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges brought against him. Last week, a judge ordered Combs to pay NBCUniversal $477,700 in legal fees after dismissing his $100 million defamation lawsuit over the documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.

Power Trip

Power Trip have released a pair of new songs, “Precinct 3” and “Scavenger,” the Dallas thrash band’s first new music since the death of singer Riley Gale in 2020.

In 2024, the group’s founding four musicians — guitarist Blake Ibanez, guitarist Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel, and drummer Chris Ulsh — confirmed plans to reunite, enlisting singer Seth Gilmore for a series of live shows that year.

Those shows ultimately led to the group returning to the studio with Gilmore, and work on the band’s third album began. “Precinct 3” and “Scavenger” are the first offerings from that 2027-bound LP, the band’s first album since 2017’s Nightmare Logic and first with Gilmore on vocals.

“When we were writing this, we wondered what Riley would have wanted to write about,” Ibanez said in a statement. “So once we decided on that approach, it honestly came really easily– the lyrics were flowing and it just felt like the right way to kick off this new chapter and honor him. I think he would have been stoked to see it come to fruition.”

Power Trip recorded their new album at Texas’ Empire Sound studio with producer Jacob Hansen. “Recording worked out really well for us because [Hansen] has the knowledge of making these big records, but also comes from the late 80’s extreme metal underground,” Ulsh added. “We’re tough to please because we want something that sounds current, but most importantly we want it to sound like us, however that comes out.”

The band’s third album arrives next spring on their new label Blue Grape Music, which will also release a seven-inch of the “Precinct 3” single in a variety of formats. Ahead of the new LP, Power Trip will play three more shows in 2026, including support on Slayer’s Reign of Blood 40th Anniversary show in Mexico City on October 21 and a slot at their hometown Sick New World Texas on October 24.

Former Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep addressed an allegation of sexual misconduct during a Vancouver concert on Wednesday, October 8, telling the audience he had made an advance toward someone at a house party earlier that morning and apologized after realizing it was unwelcome.

The allegation became public when an attendee reportedly distributed flyers at The Pearl accusing Greep of rape. The flyers referenced an incident that allegedly occurred that morning and urged concertgoers to confront the musician over the accusation.''Geordie Greep A Rapist. You know what you did this morning Oct. 8th. He thinks he can do whatever he wants because he's gone tomorrow. Let him know what Vancouver thinks of rapists,'' reads the flyer the man gave out, while apparently telling other concertgoers that the incident was an unwanted kiss.

Greep eventually took the stage alone, reportedly well after the concert's scheduled start time, and addressed the situation before performing a solo set.

“So essentially what happened last night, me and some of the band we went out to some bars, we went out, we met people, and it ended up in a situation really late at a house party. I got the wrong end of the stick with someone who was there, and I made a move, and it didn’t come off,” he told the crowd in a video that was shared online.

“I really quickly apologised, and it was a complete misunderstanding on my part,” he continued, adding that he felt “extremely sorry” and “extremely upset” about the situation.

Greep denied the rape accusation while acknowledging that his actions had made someone uncomfortable. “I would never rape a woman. I’m not a rapist,” he said.

The musician also explained why his bandmates were absent, saying he understood that the situation was frightening and did not want to force them to perform under the circumstances. He told the audience that anyone who wanted to leave or request a refund could do so.

Greep further announced that proceeds from the concert would be donated to an organization addressing violence in British Columbia. Despite the controversy, he offered to perform songs for the remaining audience members. He then played a 10-song set on his own, though social media accounts indicated that some concertgoers had left.

The identity of the person behind the allegation and the full circumstances of the encounter have not yet been independently established. It is also unclear whether the police has been notified. Greep's North American tour moves forward with a show tonight in Boise, Idaho.

Scott Stapp of Creed performs in Chicago in 1999.

Have you noticed Instagram really wants you to use Creed in your stories and posts these last few days? Several users have noted they keep getting recommended they listen to the band, specifically their hit song “Higher,” and use it across their posts on the platform. While some chalked it up to a weird coincidence, an Instagram spokesperson revealed to CNN they “looked into this and found that this song is being recommended to more people than intended.” So no, you’re not crazy. Instagram was in fact trying to get you to listen to Creed.

Instagram users are able to add music to their stories or posts, and are automatically recommended songs based on algorithmic content, popularity on the platform, previous songs you’ve utilized, the visual content of the image you’re posting, and more. That’s why some users, who have never been Creed fanatics, are so confounded they are getting recommended to use the song.

“Anytime I posted anything on my Instagram story, like a dinner plate or my cat or whatever — every time it recommended adding ‘Higher’ by Creed,” communications specialist Pamela Ross said to CNN. “I’m not following Creed, I’m not listening to Creed. Like what millennial was in charge of this decision?” (A rep for Creed did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.)

Apparently “Higher” isn’t the only song getting eyebrow raises; Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s “Turn My Swag On” is also getting recommended more than usual on the platform. However, the Instagram spokesperson assured CNN the song’s bravado is connecting with users who also wake up swagged-out. “The Soulja Boy song being recommended is not a bug, and it is actually popular on IG!” they said.

Creed’s “Higher” was released in 1999 and appeared on the band’s sophomore album Human Clay. It peaked at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100 the following summer. Creed broke up in 2004, before reuniting for 2009’s Full Circle, their most recent album. They disbanded once again in 2012, then rejoined arms in 2023 for headlining tours from 2024 to the present.

Creed will play three more shows this December to close out 2026. On Dec. 11 and 12, they will perform at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleu, before heading to Highland, CA for their final show of the year on Dec. 14 at the Yaamava’ Theater.

Grimes performs with Cobrah at the Gobi Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2026 in Indio, California.

Grimes is back. Today, Claire Boucher revealed “Accelerando,” the first single from her upcoming album Psy Opera after teasing the record with a trailer Thursday. Psy Opera marks her first full-length work in six years.

“From the AI debate to immoral wars to a bad ex to looksmaxers [sic] to the importance of religion, Psy Opera will cover everything Grimes witnessed as a woman of history during her hiatus from pop music,” Grimes said in a statement (via Pitchfork). The pop star first revealed plans for Psy Opera this spring to Interview, but no release date has been announced yet.

A complete track list hasn’t been unveiled either, but Grimes’ conversation with Interview mentioned Psy Opera titles “The Light Ages” and “Eve Is Online,” the latter which was featured in the album teaser trailer. The trailer finds Grimes retelling the Gospel of John in the New Testament with AI embellishments: “On the first day, God created the large language model,” Grimes deadpans.

“Accelerando” recalls bits of Grimes’ last full-length Miss Anthropocene and was co-produced by Vadakin and Grimes. The title may or may not be a reference to the sci-fi short story collection of the same name by Charles Stross; some of the stories concern superintelligence and the purported theory of the technological singularity, so we wouldn’t put it past her.

Grimes’ fifth album Miss Anthropocene was released in 2020. “I totally quit music a couple of years ago,” she told Interview in April. “Everything I’d been going through with the public and my personal life and having kids, I was like, ‘I’m just going to be a stay-at-home mom. Screw this.'” This involves the dissolution from her partner Elon Musk, whom she met in 2018, had three children with, and split from in 2022. She has denounced him for bringing her son X Æ A-Xii to the White House and used Twitter to attempt to contact him for help involving a “medical crisis” concerning one of their children.

In 2023, as the generative-AI boom first began, Boucher gave her consent to artists who wanted to use her voice in AI music. She said she would split royalties 50/50 “on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice … I have no label and no legal bindings.”

More recently, she’s kept busy producing songs for Adéla, collaborating with Sevdaliza, and featuring on songs created by ex-boyfriend Anyma. According to Interview, Grimes is also reportedly worked on a documentary on machine consciousness called First Contact.

Ian Hill of Judas Priest performs at YouTube Theater on October 15, 2024 in Inglewood, California

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill, the longest-serving member of the heavy metal legends, has announced his retirement from the band.

Hill revealed his departure to fans in a lengthy statement on Friday, citing the “evil arthritis” and other injuries as the reason for his exit. “For a long time now, when asked ‘how long can you continue’ – I’ve always answered ‘until my performances suffer’…. I hate to say it, but that time has come,” Hill wrote.

“For some years now, I’ve been struggling with the onset of the evil arthritis, which is now in an advanced state in my left shoulder and right hand, established in my right shoulder, and present in both knees. I’ve been fighting this with painkilling pills, gels, and recently with cortisone injections in my shoulder and hand.”

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Hill said that while he was able to contribute bass lines to Judas Priest’s upcoming album, there was concern whether he’d be able to participate in the band’s recent European tour, so the band enlisted Uriah Heep’s Davey Rimmer as an understudy. Rimmer was forced to step in when Hill snapped “a tendon in my left shoulder (as if I didn’t have enough problems with it!) just before the encores during the Brussels show two days before. This led to me not being able to lift my arm enough to reach the neck of my bass.”

Hill continued, “I’ve seen specialists, who suggest I might get away without surgery, but even if I don’t there’s no guarantee either way that I’ll have enough strength in my shoulder/arm to complete a whole stage show. In view of all this, and the fact that I’ve neglected my family life for fifty seven years, I’ve decided to retire and spend the remaining years making up for it, and doing things with them before it involves one of ‘em pushing me around in a wheelchair.”

Hill and childhood friend and guitarist K.K. Downing joined Judas Priest in 1970, a year after singer Al Atkins founded the group. The band has cycled through dozens of lineup changes since then — singer Rob Halford (who was the brother of Hill’s girlfriend at the time) joined in 1973, guitarist Glenn Tipton joined in 1974, and Downing left the group in 2011 — but Hill remained a constant, appearing on every studio album from their 1974 debut Rocka Rolla to the upcoming follow-up to 2024’s Invincible Shield.

“It is with heavy hearts that we are sending out this personal message from our Ian….he has been the backbone of Judas Priest for so long and will be greatly missed by us all,” Judas Priest added on social media while confirming Rimmer would serve as their new bassist. “We wish him well in his retirement and welcome Davey into the Priest Family….”

Hill and Judas Priest were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. The band currently has no tour dates scheduled until summer 2027.

“There’s not a day goes by where I don’t give thanks for the incredible journey I’ve lived through, and it just remains for me to say that I love you all, and thank you for the life you’ve let me live,” Hill added.