Doechii advocated for LGBTQ rights during an impassioned speech at the GLAAD Media Awards. While accepting the award for outstanding music artist, Doechii referenced the organization’s principles of “acceptance, inclusiveness, and empowerment” and decried that America isn’t showing enough of those virtues for LGBTQ+ people. “Those are the same things …

Jason Scott knows that he and his band, the High Heat, aren’t part of the mainstream. And they’re just fine with that. “We’re outside the norm of radio country,” Scott says. “We’re sort of fringe, and that’s where we like it.” That may change soon, however. The Oklahoma City-based five-piece …

Natanael Cano is celebrating the legacy of his greatest inspiration, Ariel Camacho. On Friday, the corridos tumbados pioneer released the album Recordando a Ariel Camacho, featuring 10 covers of Camacho’s songs recorded alongside his band, Los Plebes del Norte. The Mexican musician recorded the album while performing live with Los …

Dua Lipa‘s Radical Optimism tour is taking over down under. During her second night in Sydney, Australia, the singer surprised her audience with a cover of Tame Impala‘s “The Less I Know the Better” with an assist from Kevin Parker himself. “I made most of Radical Optimism with this person …

What would the release of Ariana Grande‘s Eternal Sunshine Deluxe be without Peaches? Her beloved character returns to star in the new short film Brighter Days Ahead. Like the videos for the singles “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and the Penn Badgley-starring “The Boy Is Mine,” the …

Donald Trump wants to end union rights he says could “interfere” with America’s national security interests. On Thursday night, the president signed an executive order aimed at preventing groups of employees who deal with national security from collective bargaining. The move comes as federal unions have been challenging the administration’s …

When 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert called 911 on May 1, 2010, she was absolutely frantic. An escort, Gilbert was on Oak Beach, Long Island for a date with a first-time client named Joseph Brewer when she became distressed, eventually screaming in the call to authorities, “they’re trying to kill me.” When …

The reunited Sex Pistols — featuring three original members of the punk legends alongside Gallows singer Frank Carter — will bring their anarchy across the Atlantic this fall with a North American tour. The band’s 50th anniversary tour will see the lineup of guitaristSteve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock, drummer Paul …

Chase Icon is reveling in the excitement of her new album, Icon Baby — and delivering an equally effervescent video. The dance-pop star premieres the “perfectly unhinged” video for her single “Bands on Me,” starring trans porn star Brittney Kade and internet personality Elena Genevinne, with Rolling Stone. Sam Fine, …

The National Football League has outlawed the “nose wipe” as a celebration. On March 26, ESPN NFL analyst Ben Solak made an X post revealing, “According to the full rules report sent to NFL teams this week, the ‘nose wipe’ celebration is now a 15-yard penalty for being a ‘violent …