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Donald Trump took a break from serving as the leader of the free world on Friday to write a borderline incoherent screed against Bruce Springsteen, just after the songwriter blasted him at the inaugural date of his 2025 European tour. “Springsteen is ‘dumb as a rock,’” Trump wrote, “and couldn’t …

Rising funk/soul sensation Neal Francis has just finished a raucous set at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, and the charismatic yet introspective rocker wipes sweat from his face and grabs a seat backstage. The dressing room is purposely quiet and calm, with no one except his bandmates and …

This week, the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial began. The government’s star witness is Cassie, Combs’ ex, whom he settled a November 2023 sexual assault lawsuit to the tune of $20 million. Her lawsuit alleged sexual assault, physical abuse, and coercion to participate in prolonged sex acts deemed “freak offs.”Throughout her …

For four days each June, all eyes in the resort town of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, are on Roger Clyne. He’s the leader of Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, and he’s also the founder and primary curator of Circus Mexicus — a beachfront music festival, heavy on independent rock and country …

Olivia Rodrigo is riding high in her festival era. She’s setting a new record by headlining 18 music festivals in one year — and she’s doing it with a full-on rock show. To celebrate the fifth consecutive Summer of Liv, O-Rod’s making the rounds from Lollapalooza in Chicago to Bonnaroo …

When Bono hits the road for a tour, he usually brings along about 200 trucks, a stage that weighs roughly 170 tons, hundreds of employees, and three high-school buddies named Adam, Larry, and Edge. But when he went out in early 2023 to promote his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One …

In his delusional mind, President Donald Trump seemed to believe that Taylor Swift might have endorsed his presidency, claiming during his 2024 campaign that he’s “made her so much money” and thinking that because she once made country music, she’d have to vote Republican. But no, since 2018, the Eras …

The Rolling Stones have been around so long that Marilyn Monroe was walking the earth, the Beatles were little known outside of their native Liverpool, and ZIP codes were a brand new concept when they played their first show in the summer of 1962. They’ve amassed a ton of history …

Stomping black platform boots. Burst of pink, purple, and blue lights. Smoke wraps the front stage inside a packed 3,500-person venue in Istanbul as six figures emerge, dressed in lace, fur, and chains. The singers move in formation; it’s not quite K-pop crisp, not quite riot grrrl wild, but something …

Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Earlier this week, The Onion ran a piece headlined “Sean Combs Asks for Quick Trial So He Can Get to Part Where Trump Pardons Him.” It may be on to something. Combs, who was charged last September, is currently on trial in the …