• No Doubt reunion: After nine years apart, No Doubt reunited at Coachella 2024 and FireAid and are now prepping an 18-show Las Vegas Sphere residency. Bassist Tony Kanal calls it daunting but thrilling.

• Billboard 200: Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl logs a 10th week at No. 1, making her the first woman with four albums hitting that mark. 21 Savage debuts at No. 3 with WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? Six holiday albums fill the top 10, led by Michael Bublé.

• Spotify leak: A pirate activist group scraped Spotify metadata and audio files, releasing the metadata and planning P2P distribution. Spotify is investigating a potential massive open music archive leak.

• Kata Hay arrest: The Voice alum Kata Hay was arrested in Oklahoma on a vehicular homicide warrant tied to a Dec. 10 incident in Tennessee, plus leaving the scene and an open container charge.

• Chicago record shop threat: Bridgeport Records received a death threat over selling diverse house and dance music. Owners say they remain committed and the threat doesn’t reflect the community.

• Flaming Lips update: Drummer Matthew Duckworth Kirksey addressed Steven Drozd’s exit, praising Wayne Coyne’s leadership and announcing new music the band says is among their best in years.

• Kitt Wakeley: Grammy-nominated Seven Seasons turns shared experiences of grief into a classical work built from interviews with 41 people navigating loss.

• RIP Mick Abrahams: Original Jethro Tull guitarist and Blodwyn Pig founder Mick Abrahams has died at 82. He played on Tull’s 1968 debut before departing over musical differences.

• Healing with vinyl: An NPR feature spotlights ATX-VINyL, a palliative care program bringing bedside vinyl listening to patients to improve comfort and quality of life.

Hot 100 Singles:

5. Ariana Grande – “Santa Tell Me”

4. Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock”

3. Wham! – “Last Christmas”

2. Brenda Lee – “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

1. Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

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