Lainey Wilson has been tapped to return as host for the 59th annual Country Music Association Awards. This will be Wilson’s second time hosting the show, but first time helming it solo. Last year, the country star was part of a hosting trio that also included fellow musician Luke Bryan …

Jade Marie Patek, the Texas singer-songwriter who combines soulful country with the harder side of Southern rock & roll, drops the video for her latest single “Open Invitation.” Like Patek herself, the clip is a playful, indie-minded depiction of that one promising opportunity in a sea of bad dates. Directed …

The emotional climax of Paul McCartney’s tour opener in Palm Springs: right at the start, when he sang “Help!” It was his full show, after a short warm-up dress rehearsal last week in a small Santa Barbara venue. But he set the stakes high with “Help!,” John Lennon’s personal cry …

Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan know what first draws people into their podcast: shock value. Before the two Oklahoma mothers were hosts of the hit series I’ve Had It, they were stars on the short lived Bravo reality television series Sweet Home Oklahoma and Sweet Home — which followed …

Public Enemy appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform a medley of “Don’t Believe the Hype,” “The Hits Just Keep on Comin’,” and “Fight the Power.” As the rap group took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Jimmy Kimmel is hosting a week of shows, the musicians …

Four months after she gave harrowing testimony at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial in New York, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura submitted a victim impact statement late Monday, urging a judge to hand the disgraced music mogul a sentence that reflects “the truths at hand that the jury failed to see.” Ventura’s …

Abbey Road Studios will award British photographer David Bailey the Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual Music Photography Awards this week. The special one-off award recognizes Bailey’s contribution to music photography over the past six decades. Bailey is known for capturing artists like Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, the Beatles, the …

Mariah Carey stopped by The Tonight Show to perform her recent track “Play This Song” with Anderson .Paak and house band the Roots. The singer, clad in a gold gown, took center stage to showcase the song with the help of Paak, who played the grand piano alongside her. “Play …

Federal prosecutors are recommending that Sean “Diddy” Combs be sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for his role in transporting male prostitutes and ex-girlfriends across state lines for drug-fueled sex marathons that he choreographed and filmed. “His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted sentences over …

During the Daily Show‘s Monday episode, Jon Stewart criticized both left and right media for playing the blame game in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting. The host opened his monologue by pointing out the “six mass shootings in 24 hours,” including the tragic shooting at a Michigan Mormon …