Eric Church gave the live debut of his new single “Hands of Time” at the 2025 ACM Awards, delivering a performance that included a pair of horn players, five back-up vocalists, and his own band. Church kept it cool in his signature sunglasses on the ACM stage. He performed in …

Lil Durk appeared today in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, where a judge denied his souped-up bid to be released on bond pending his Oct. 14 trial on charges he orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot that led to a man’s death. Moments after the Grammy-winning “All My Life” rapper …

The ACM Awards celebrated its 60th anniversary with a trip through history, saluting one Song of the Year winner from each of the last six decades. The slot made for a tour of the musical and lyrical changes in country music over time and featured some of the genre’s most …

The Pentagon has been ordered to begin kicking out openly identifying transgender service members by U.S. Defense Secretary PeteHegseth, who issued the internal instructions in a memo on Thursday. Other service members will be given 30 days to self-identify. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump‘s administration to …

Ayra Starr and Wizkid have shared a new video for their sensual single “Gimme Dat” from April. In the dream-sequence short, Starr tantalizes a music lover while wearing a red dress that gives that emoji and rolls around on a life-sized vinyl. “Diallo, Diallo/If I give you my love, oh/Make …

The 2025 Italian Open is underway at the Foro Italico in Rome. The biggest headline of the tournament is the return of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who returns to ATP play after a three-month suspension for positive doping tests. Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, and Casper Ruud are also top …

The R&B musician Kehlani was scheduled to perform at Cornell University and New York’s SummerStage, but saw both performances cancelled in connection with her vocal support of Palestine. These repercussions, the loss of opportunity or performance income, are an example of why some musicians may be hesitant to speak out. …

The cameras, iPhones, assistants, and Mountain Valley Spring Water glass bottles orbit him like he’s Neptune with its 16 moons. It feels like a red carpet gala arrival — but Fuerza Regida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz is just getting to his newly built Street Mob Records offices near San Bernardino. …

Alan Jackson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th ACM Awards. The “Chattahoochee” singer is the inaugural recipient of the honor, which will immediately become known as the ACM Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award. According to the Academy of Country Music, the award recognizes “an iconic artist, duo, …

For decades, barriers and biases have made it harder for women to receive the same opportunities and recognition as men in athletics. Title IX — a law that bans sex-based discrimination in education programs — wasn’t enacted until 1972. Yet, in the face of adversity, women have continued to shatter …