Country music sensation Orville Peck has shared a poignant revelation about the events leading to the abrupt cancellation of his 2023 Bronco Tour.

The 38-year-old artist disclosed a deeply personal struggle, sharing that he survived a suicide attempt, which prompted his decision to pause the tour due to pressing mental health concerns.

In an emotional conversation with Rolling Stone, Peck confessed, ‘I was battling severe addiction, drinking as a means to cope,’ adding, ‘I hit a point of desperation, alone in my hotel, where I attempted to end it all.’

Reflecting on that critical moment, he described it as ‘a profound turning point,’ a catalyst for self-awareness and change, noting, ‘It was a necessary event in my journey.’

The period was marked by personal turmoil, including a breakup and time in rehab, with the South African-born artist describing it as ‘one of the darkest periods’ he has ever faced.

It led to the creation of his upcoming album Mule, which is slated for release on September 18.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Peck for comment but has yet to hear back.

This week he announced the new music in an Instagram post, writing, ‘Mule – my fourth studio album arrives 9/18/2026. 

‘This record is a chronological account of the year I lost my way. You can pre-save it tonight at midnight EST, and listen to the first single, “Too Little, Too Late” on all platforms.’

Peck – born Daniel Pitout – told Rolling Stone about his time in rehab, ‘I didn’t want to be there. I thought it was a waste of time, that I’m unique and didn’t have a problem.

‘So I was like, I’m going to write the funniest song about this experience, because at the time I was just like, “F*** this. I want to leave.”‘

The end result was a track called Rehab Blues.

Elsewhere in his conversation with the outlet, the queer singer said he’s learned to stay honest in his storytelling, and lean into vulnerability.

‘What I was really trying to capture in terms of the concept, there was no way to gloss over or sugarcoat it,’ he said about the content of his imminent album.

Mule follows the music artist’s third album Stampede, released in August 2024.

He made his Broadway debut in summer 2025, starring in Cabaret, telling People magazine at the time that he was ‘having the best time of my life.’

Peck is slated to perform in Los Angeles on the day his upcoming album, Mule, is released, kicking off his Man Turned Mule tour.

His September 18 show at the Hollywood Bowl was announced via social media in March.

The caption of joint Instagram post with the storied venue read, ‘Just Announced! Country crooner Orville Peck to headline the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, September 18th. 

‘Fresh off his Broadway debut in ‘Cabaret’ and musical collaborations with the likes of Willie Nelson, Elton John, Kylie Minogue & Beck – you won’t want to miss this very special performance in the city Orville calls home. Tickets info and more in bio.’

And on Friday he plugged his tour, writing to his nearly 900,000 followers, ‘Yeeeeehaw. I’m so excited to announce the first leg of the Man Turned Mule Tour.

‘Sign up for early access now at orvillepeck.com/tour.

‘Presale opens next Tuesday 7/28 at 10am local, and general on sale next Friday 7/31 at 10am local.’

LOS ANGELES — The courtroom filled with graphic and emotional testimony as the hearing for singer D4vd entered its fourth day. The judge faces a critical decision: is there enough evidence to bring D4vd to trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez?

Prosecutors contend that David Burke, known professionally as D4vd, initiated a sexually abusive relationship with Rivas Hernandez when she was merely 13 and he was 18. As the narrative goes, the relationship allegedly turned deadly after she threatened to expose their secret, putting Burke’s burgeoning music career in jeopardy.

Testimony from a detective with the LAPD unveiled unsettling evidence found on Burke’s phone, including explicit images reportedly involving both Burke and the underage victim. Text messages between the two hinted at topics of pregnancy and abortion early on, with exchanges starting just two months after Rivas Hernandez’s 13th birthday.

One particularly chilling message from Burke read: “let this abortion be the last one till we have the real one.”

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One of the FBI’s most elusive fugitives, accused of COVID-19 relief fraud, is back on American soil after her capture in Jamaica. The suspect, known by the alias “Harley Newman,” was reportedly living there to dodge accusations related to a $32 million fraud scheme tied to pandemic relief, according to statements by FBI Director Kash Patel to Fox News Digital.

On Thursday, 41-year-old Elaine Angene Escoe returned to South Florida, following her apprehension by Jamaican authorities who acted under a federal warrant. Prosecutors have accused her of illicitly acquiring over $32 million from taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief programs before she absconded, skipping a mandatory court appearance.

In 2025, Escoe faced a federal indictment with charges that included conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and various counts of money laundering, as detailed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Following her failure to attend a court session in May 2025, a judge promptly issued an arrest warrant. Authorities believe she initially escaped to Jamaica, where she was eventually found and detained after the FBI acted on a helpful tip.

Highlighting the seriousness of the case, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche remarked to Fox News Digital, “This Most Wanted Fraudster allegedly siphoned tens of millions in COVID-19 relief, depriving essential resources from genuine businesses amid a national crisis.”

“She fled the country believing she could escape justice but ultimately could not,” he continued. “Those who exploit taxpayer-funded programs will be held accountable by this Department of Justice, no matter how long it takes or where they attempt to hide.”

Patel called Escoe’s arrest another milestone in the FBI’s international fraud crackdown, saying she is the fourth alleged “Most Wanted Fraudster” captured in the past five weeks.

“The historic success of the ‘Most Wanted Fraudster’ list continues as the FBI and our partners just captured our fourth Most Wanted Fraudster in 5 weeks, and yet another high value target returned to the US by this FBI,” Patel said. “Elaine Angene Escoe, on the run since May 2025, was captured in Jamaica while living under a fake identity of ‘Harley Newman’ — and returned to the United States today to face justice.”

Patel said Escoe is charged with being involved in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering connected to a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

He added that the FBI has returned more than 30 high-value targets to the U.S. since June. Patel said four alleged fraud suspects captured over the past five weeks are collectively charged with nearly $1.8 billion in fraud after spending more than 3,500 days on the run across three continents.

“Under this administration, fraud is no longer tolerated — and those who steal from American taxpayers have nowhere to hide,” Patel said.

Authorities said the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the US Marshals Service, Jamaican law enforcement and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office coordinated Escoe’s return to the US.

President Donald Trump has intensified his controversial plan to construct an air filter barrier along the border separating the United States and Canada.

On Saturday evening, Trump took to his Truth Social platform, revealing an AI-generated image that illustrated his ambitious ‘North America Air Filter Barrier’ concept.

The visualization portrayed a massive furnace filter stretching along the border between the US and Canada, highlighting the bold initiative.

Accompanying the image was a sign with the slogan: ‘Clean Air. Clear borders,’ reflecting the intent behind the proposed structure.

Amid this backdrop, the president announced on Monday a punitive 50 percent tariff on Canadian imports, in response to the wildfire smoke that has enveloped and suffocated several American cities recently.

The White House said in a fact sheet that the tariffs would go into effect in 30 days and cover ‘products ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement.’ 

A Trump administration official said the US president had also requested that his aides look into additional tariffs on Canada after accusing the country of ‘coming in and poisoning our air.’  

It came after Trump declared that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. 

Trump last week said the US was being ‘invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable.’

He also vowed to hold ‘Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their forests and brush.’

Trump then pulled the surprise tariffs on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney after he met the liberal leader the day before at the World Cup final, where the two appeared chummy. 

Carney warned that the tariffs have hurt people on both sides of the border and that he was ready to work to strengthen his country and support Canadian workers. 

More than 70 percent of Canada’s exports go to the US, making America its largest trade partner.

Carney said Canada is intensifying negotiations with the US to reach a comprehensive trade deal but is prepared to respond should Trump’s threat of 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go into effect.

‘If these tariffs, or other measures come into force, there’s a full range of things that we can do in that regard,’ Carney said after meeting with Canada’s premiers and territorial leaders in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on Thursday.

Carney said ‘everything’s on the table’ if an agreement can’t be reached before the tariffs kick in.

‘We don’t need to respond in advance,’ he said. ‘In fact, I think it would be counterproductive at this stage to respond in advance.’

The new tariffs cover a wide range of goods, including honey, liquor, cement, dairy products, some wood products, hockey sticks and other items. 

They exclude energy products, potash, fish and critical minerals, but would include goods previously protected from import taxes by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. 

That 2020 trade pact was not renewed by the US, triggering a new set of negotiations that could run until 2036.

Carney said the tariff threat could be a negotiation tactic by the US.

‘We’ve seen a series of trade negotiations that the US has undertaken, and normally there’s a deadline,’ he said. ‘Normally there’s an outsized tariff associated with that deadline.’

Carney believes there is a willingness among American officials to reach a trade deal.

Trump and Carney spoke about the wildfires in Ontario that caused massive plumes of smoke to blanket cities across the US during their meeting at the World Cup final last Sunday.

The President said the conversation went well, ‘But I told him, “You’ve got to stop these fires from coming in and poisoning our air.” Our air’s being poisoned.

‘I have a good relationship with Mark Carney, but you know, we got to stop the fires up there,’ Trump said. 

‘If we can help them, we’ll help them – but maybe they should pay us some damages or something, or [we] should do some tariffs,’ he then threatened.

Trump went on to call the smoke ‘terrible,’ specifically pointing out the situation in Detroit, Michigan, where assembly line workers at Ford Motor’s Michigan Assembly Plant were sent by ambulance to nearby hospitals on Thursday, according to the Detroit Free Press. 

But the poor air quality was felt in other parts of the country as well, with smoky conditions being felt in Washington, DC and New York City.

Trump has further threatened to impose tariffs over a major outbreak of an ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite potentially linked to lettuce from Mexico.

In a press briefing at the White House Friday, the President said: ‘I think what we are going to do is put a major tariff on Mexico because of the lettuce.’

Trump weighed in as cases of cyclosporiasis soared to 11,000 across 41 states, leaving public health officials scrambling to find the cause.

Health officials have suggested that cases of the parasite, a disease transmitted by food or water contaminated with human feces, may be linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms that was sent to Taco Bell restaurants in nine states.

Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania are also now suggested to be affected, alongside Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

Tests on lettuce from Taylor Farms’ manufacturing facility in Mexico have returned a false positive, however, a voluntary recall of the products is still in place.

The business temporarily closed its Central Mexico site on Thursday.

The Trump Administration on Friday also announced a new wave of blistering tariffs targeting 60 trading partners

The levies, which range from 10 percent to 12.5 percent and impact major economies like China, India and the European Union, sparked protests from Beijing and other targets. 

The Trump administration has moved swiftly to rebuild the president’s tariff wall after the Supreme Court struck down a host of his duties in February – dealing a blow to his ability to unleash steep levies at will. 

After the setback, Trump tapped different authorities to reimpose a 10 percent tariff on imports. But this only lasted 150 days and expired on Friday.

The volley of new duties, initially proposed in June, now takes its place and will impact 60 US trade partners, which constitutes 99.4 percent of American trade in total.

In a shocking turn of events, German authorities cancelled a widely celebrated pride festival in Berlin on Saturday. The decision came after a tragic incident where a white van plowed into the crowd, leaving multiple people injured and resulting in one fatality.

“We are currently deployed with numerous police forces as well as rescue units from the Berlin Fire Department in the Großer Tiergarten,” stated the Berlin Police via a translated X post. Attendees were urged to evacuate the area immediately.

Rescue personnel are on-site, providing medical assistance to those who sustained injuries during the incident.

This staggering event unfolded amidst the annual Christopher Street Day festival, a prominent LGBTQ+ pride celebration in the city.

“We are conducting an intensive manhunt for suspects,” police added, later clarifying that it could be one or more suspects. 

Authorities haven’t released a possible motive. 

In an update, the police said several of those injured have life-threatening injuries. 

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the event, which included a parade and ended Saturday evening with a show at Tiergarten park near Brandenberg Gate.