Whoever did this to Oliver Sykes, you might be doomed.

Sykes, the frontman of two-time Billboard Hot 100 hitmaking British rock band Bring Me the Horizon, suffered a mild concussion after an audience member tossed a phone onstage Monday night during the band’s concert in St. Louis.

In fan-captured footage of the incident, the offending phone can be seen striking Sykes in the head as he sang “Happy Song” from Bring Me the Horizon’s 2015 album That’s the Spirit.

“Who the f— just threw a phone at my f—ing head?” Sykes exclaims after getting hit and throwing the device back toward the crowd. In later footage, the singer can be seen feeling at his head and checking his hands, presumably for blood. While singing “Can You Feel My Heart,” Sykes pauses multiple times to continue rubbing his temples and forehead.

Following the incident, Sykes took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday (May 12) to update his fans and offer an explanation of what happened.

“Alright everyone – just wanted to let you know I’m all good,” Sykes writes. “The phone to the head definitely smarted and I ended up with a mild concussion, but the swelling’s gone down a decent amount already.”

Sykes also offered an apology to fans in the audience who witnessed how he performed after the incident.

Sykes continues: “Last night I was struggling a bit on stage afterwards because singing was putting a lot of pressure on the wound and making things feel a bit disorienting while performing, so I’m sorry on my part for what may of seemed like a half hearted performance.”

The rocker concluded by letting fans attending their Tuesday show in Kansas City that “everything should be fine for tonight’s gig.”

Country singer/songwriter Meghan Patrick, best known for her Country Airplay top 20 song “Golden Child,” has canceled the remainder of her 2026 tour dates, starting in June.

In a social media video, Patrick told fans that she’s taking time off the road to prioritize her health, as she and husband Mitchell Tenpenny are expecting their first child together, a daughter, later this year. 

“This is hard to say, but I need to be honest with myself and with y’all… I was wrong. When I found out I was pregnant, my first thought after the excitement was, ‘How is this going to affect my career?’ I was determined not to slow down. I thought I had to prove that pregnancy wouldn’t change anything and that I could push through no matter what,” she said in a statement on social media.

“But over the last few weeks, after a lot of conversations with my doctor, my family, my team, and Mitchell, I’ve realized I was wrong to think that I had anything to prove. More importantly, I’ve realized my health and my baby girl’s well-being have to come first. So with a very heavy heart, I’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of my shows for the year, starting in June.”

Patrick added that she intends to reschedule the Golden Child tour dates when she’s able to. Refunds for tickets to headlining shows will be available at point of purchase.

In her statement, Patrick also spoke of the difficulties of balancing touring life and pregnancy.

 “A lot of this tour was booked before I knew I was pregnant, and before I understood just how physically and mentally difficult this season would be. Between complications, hospital visits, exhaustion, and the anxiety that comes with experiencing a previous miscarriage, I’ve had to take a hard look at what’s truly important right now. I’ve spent years believing I had to constantly push harder, sacrifice more, and prove myself to deserve a place in this industry. But I don’t want to contribute to the idea that women have to run themselves into the ground to succeed. Right now, being the best mother I can be matters more than anything else. I also recognize that right now many people are struggling to pay the bills, put food on the table, and gas in your car, let alone have something left over at the end of the month to let loose and have some fun. I am not comfortable taking your money or time to give you a show that I feel does not meet the high standard I have set and maintained for years when it comes to my live show.”

Though she won’t be touring beginning in June, she will still be making music. Patrick told fans she feels like she’s writing “some of the best songs of my life right now.” She added, “Thank you to everyone who has supported me, bought tickets, shown me grace, and loved me through every season. I promise I’ll be back when the time is right, and it will be worth the wait.”

Earlier this year, Patrick’s album Golden Child was nominated for a Juno Award for country album of the year. The album was also nominated for album of the year at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. This year, Patrick was one of six artists featured during this year’s New Faces of Country Music Show during the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville.

Days after seemingly extending an olive branch to Drake regarding not wanting to see him lose, Rick Ross appeared to take a swipe at the 6 God’s upcoming Iceman album release during an appearance on Hot 97.

Rozay stopped by Hot 97 on Tuesday (May 12) for an interview with Nessa in support of his new Renaissance of a Boss book, which saw the MMG boss vaguely detail his feud with Drake and how “nobody” fears the OVO rapper’s next album.

“People would love for me to say, ‘I hate this n—a forever.’ Nah, homie, it ain’t that. When somebody step out of line and you gotta chastise them or give them a spanking, that’s what you do,” he said. “But is it one of those things where there’s a conspiracy? Hell no. Don’t nobody fear Drake’s album release. Nobody.”

When asked by Nessa about potentially ever reconciling with Drake, Ross said that he would probably have to go through French Montana as a mediator for both parties.

“[Drake] speaks to French. French says a lot of positive things that he should maybe send French a pecan pie for … because nobody would speak on his behalf to me,” he added. “But French do and that’s what I made it clear if anything was to ever come from that it would come through French because it wouldn’t directly come to Rozay.”

Just last week, following his Verzuz Battle with French Montana, Rick Ross appeared to put an end to dissing his “Money in the Grave” collaborator during an interview on Apple Music.

“Drake, if you listening to this homie, listen to me, my n—a, shine,” he said. “I don’t want to see you lose. No real n—a want to see you lose. That ain’t what about. This culture, this game, this rap this ain’t what it’s about.”

The root of Drake and Rozay’s issues remains unclear, as their relationship soured in 2024 when Drizzy dissed Ross on “Push Up”s and the Miami native responded with his “Champagne Moments” diss track.

The duo has been a lethal combination in the past, teaming up on Billboard Hot 100 hits like “Money in the Grave,” “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” “Gold Roses,” “Aston Martin Music” and “Stay Schemin.”

Drake will make his anticipated return with his Iceman album on Friday (May 15), which will be his first solo LP since 2023’s For All the Dogs, and we’ll see if he has any words for the “Hustlin’” rapper.

Watch Rick Ross’ full interview with Hot 97 below. Talk about Drake starts around the 10-minute mark.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a new law Tuesday (May 12) restricting when prosecutors can rely on rap lyrics as criminal evidence, marking the latest legislative victory for opponents of the controversial practice.

At a signing ceremony in Annapolis, Moore formally greenlit the Protecting Artists’ Creative Expression (PACE) Act, a law passed last month that allows authorities to use rap lyrics and other “creative expression” as criminal evidence only in limited circumstances.

Critics say using rap lyrics as evidence stifles free speech by penalizing creative expression, and that it can unfairly sway juries by stoking racial bias against young Black men. As he signed the bill, Moore said hip-hop lyrics had been cited in court more than 800 times, while songs of all other genres combined had been used by prosecutors just four times.

“This is not a coincidence. This is bias,” Moore said. “In Maryland, that ends today.”

Prosecutors have used rap lyrics for decades to win convictions against the people who wrote them. Stars like Young Thug and Lil Durk have both faced recent indictments that quoted their lyrics, as have hundreds of lesser-known and amateur rappers over the years.

Opponents, including prominent voices in the music industry, have waged an increasingly organized campaign to limit the practice, often termed “rap on trial.” California enacted the first-ever legislation on this front in 2022, followed by Louisiana in 2023. Maryland’s new law makes it the third state to pass such a law, with proposed legislation in New York, Georgia and Missouri targeted next.

“Today, Maryland makes history and sends a message that our creativity is not a confession, and our imagination does not belong in an indictment,” said Kevin Liles, the CEO of Warner Music Group’s 300 Entertainment and a longtime advocate on the issue, in a statement Tuesday.

“Lyrics are a powerful tool for personal expression, not a shortcut to criminalization,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, in the same statement. “This legislation helps establish important guardrails that ensure artists’ creativity is not unfairly used against them.”

Like the laws passed in other states, Maryland’s new legislation would not outright ban the use of lyrics in criminal cases and would still allow prosecutors to cite music in obvious cases where it’s particularly relevant. Instead, it would merely require prosecutors to show by a “preponderance of evidence” that the lyrics are worthwhile evidence before they are admitted at trial.

Under the new law, before lyrics and other creative expressions are shown to jurors, judges will be required to rule that the artist intended them as literal statements; that they refer to the facts of the case; and that they are relevant to a disputed fact in the case.

Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars broadcast for the third year in a row, and Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan will return as the show’s executive producers for the fourth consecutive year. O’Brien will become the first person to host the Oscars three years in a row since Billy Crystal, who hosted the show four years running from 1990-93.

O’Brien received good marks for his two previous Oscars hosting stints, but nothing is assured in the world of awards shows. Kapoor made a host switch on two other upcoming shows he’s executive producing – from Reba McEntire to Shania Twain on the Academy of Country Music Awards, set for May 17, and from Cynthia Erivo to P!nk on the Tony Awards, set for June 7.

“Getting to reunite with Conan O’Brien for a third year at the Oscars is really special,” Kapoor and Mullan said in a joint statement. “He brings that signature humor everyone loves, along with a real warmth and generosity that carry through the entire show. He’s a true creative partner, someone we trust completely, and someone who makes the whole process genuinely fun, both behind the scenes and on stage. We’re incredibly grateful to keep building this together and can’t wait to share what’s next.”

The 99th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show will be televised live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu.

O’Brien is best known for hosting the late-night talk shows Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan. Currently, O’Brien hosts the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast and the HBO travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go. He has won six Primetime Emmys and earned 33 nominations, including a nomination for his work on the Oscars.

Kapoor has earned nine Emmy Award nominations and won Emmys for his work on the 96th Oscars and for executive producing Adele‘s Adele: One Night Only, which won as outstanding variety special (pre-recorded). Kapoor’s credits also include The Grammy Awards, ACM Awards, Latin Grammys and The Emmy Awards.

Mullan is an executive producer, showrunner and partner of the global live event production company Done + Dusted. She earned two Emmy nominations for her work on the Oscars and won for the 96th Oscars show.

Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney will return as producers for a third time, and Sweeney will also serve as a writer.