Music News

Twenty One Pilots end each night on their Clancy tour the same way. Members Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph set up two custom drums in the crowd, relying on the fans surrounding them to hold up their equipment and bring the show home with a cathartic performance of “Trees.” They …

Alan Sparhawk shakes arms against a sea of troubles in the music video for “Not Broken,” a single off his upcoming collaborative album, With Trampled by Turtles. In the black-and-white clip, directed by Alexa Viscius, Sparhawk paces a concrete walkway as waves crash around him, ostensibly depicting his continued anguish …

Kid Cudi will reflect on the journey of his life and career in his debut memoir Cudi: The Memoir, out Aug. 5. The musician announced the book on Instagram, sharing accompanying artwork that he painted himself. The memoir will recount stories that capture “life lessons, the rager period of my …

For 69 years, the Billboard 200 has ranked the most consumed albums in the United States, and for the first time, the albums in the Number One and Two spots are both in Spanish. Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos sits atop the chart at Number One after a new …

Beth Gibbons is celebrating the first anniversary of her debut solo album of original music, Lives Outgrown. On Monday, NPR released the singer’s performance for Tiny Desk, featuring songs from the studio album. Gibbons opened her set with a haunting rendition of “Tell Me Who You Are Today,” surrounded by …

Daryl Hall doesn’t know how he got involved in the yacht-rock conversation, but he wants out. In a recent interview onBroken Record, the podcast produced by Rick Rubin and hosted by Justin Richmond, the musician slammed the genre’s entire premise and distanced himself from any association with it. “This is …

The 33 ⅓ audiobook series is coming to Spotify. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that the streaming platform will add more than 50 music books to the platform from the series, with some featuring additional commentary and introductions from Spotify editors. The titles arrive tomorrow, May 13. Among the books …

Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage When former security guard Israel Florez stepped off an elevator at the InterContinental Hotel on March 5, 2016, he encountered a shattered vase on the floor, a visibly injured woman and Sean Combs wearing only a towel and a “devilish stare” on his …

Dua Lipa seems to be making a habit of covering local icons on her current Radical Optimism world tour. For her May 11 show at Madrid’s Movistar Arena, she surprised fans with a performance of Enrique Iglesias’ 2001 hit “Hero” in Spanish. In a clip shared by Billboard, Lipa swayed …

Iggy Pop and Jack White will headline CBGB Festival, which will take place at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn on Sept. 27 and features 21 bands performing on three stages. The event marks Iggy Pop’s first New York show in more than a decade, per the organizers. Other …