Rock in Rio received a special sneak preview of Camila Cabello‘s new album C, XOXO during her set on Sunday. The singer performed her unreleased City Girls collaboration “Dade Country Dreaming,” her new single “Chanel No. 5,” and five other songs from the record, which arrives on Friday. Cabello opened …

Pop singer-songwriter Lauv has announced a special “One Night In” mini-tour for this fall that will include a handful of dates on the East and West coasts. The short-run kicks off Sept. 21 in Boston at the Leader Bank Pavilion before continuing Sept. 23 at Radio City Music Hall in …

The major record labels have filed lawsuits against the prominent AI music generation companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing the companies of training their AI tech on the unlicensed works of some of the world’s biggest artists. The suits — filed in Massachusetts and New York — were filed …

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the legality of state-level bans on access to gender-affirming care for minors. The case, which will not be argued before the court until the fall, will have wide-reaching ramifications for the civil and medical freedoms of transgender individuals in the …

On Saturday night, Foo Fighters performed at London Stadium for the second night in a row as part of their Everything or Nothing at All Tour. About 20 miles away, on the other side of the city, Taylor Swift took the stage at Wembley Stadium for the second of three …

I n 2022, right after he signed to Interscope, Mexican American singer Xavi was feeling on top of the world. He was 17 years old and his songs were getting some buzz, so to celebrate, he bought a Dodge SRT with his label advance. He’d been speeding down a small …

North Carolina singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman has announced his next album, Manning Fireworks (out Sept. 6 via Anti-), with a new song, “She’s Leaving You.” The track finds Lenderman flexing his characteristically clever and candid songwriting skills, delivering a sardonic assessment of a cheating husband’s grim midlife crisis that still maintains …

Will Smith is set to take the stage for a special performance at the 2024 BET Awards, where he’ll be debuting a new original song. No details about the song were shared. Smith hasn’t released much new music in the nearly 20 years since his last album, Lost and Found, …

At some point over the years, online pop fandom has morphed into a war zone in which album sales, chart placements, and celebrity interactions are used as ammunition. It’s rare that the musicians themselves are on the frontlines of these battles between fan communities, which often run rampant with unchecked …

O ne night last summer, Allegra Krieger woke up to an apartment full of smoke. Unable to unlock the fire escape, she stumbled out of her fifth-floor walk-up unit in New York’s Chinatown and into an even smokier stairwell. “I just took a deep breath and ran down the stairs, …