Scowl kick the absolute snot out of the Final Girl trope in their new video for “Special,” just in time for Spooky Season. “’Special’ is a kamikaze,” frontperson Kat Moss said in a statement. “The lyrics are about threatening the audience by asking, ‘What do you really want?’ in clear …
Read More »Coldplay's 'Music of the Spheres' Tour to Return to North American Stadiums in the Spring
A new leg of Coldplay‘s ongoing Music of the Spheres world tour will reach the North American part of the sphere called Earth next summer. The group, which last week put out an album that paid tribute to another sphere, Moon Music, will play a handful of stadiums around the …
Read More »Yung Miami, GloRilla Set to Perform at 2024 BET Hip-Hop Music Awards
Female rappers GloRilla and Yung Miami will perform at the 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Joining them on one of Hip-Hop’s biggest nights are 310babii, 2 Chainz, Big Boogie, Bossman DLow, E-40, Juicy J, Roscoe Dash, Soulja Boy, and Trina. Travis Scott will receive the I Am Hip-Hop Award. The award …
Read More »Björk's Nearly 500-Page 'Cornucopia' Book Will Document Her Five-Year Tour
First a tour, then a film, and now a book. Björk announced Tuesday that she would release Cornucopia: The Book, which documents the five-year tour with images by photographer Santiago Felipe, next month. “Before this tour, I spent a decade working with 360-degree sound and visual software in virtual reality …
Read More »Troy Aikman Calls Taylor Swift 'The Mrs.' During Chiefs Game
During the Kansas City Chiefs‘ game Monday night, the former Cowboys quarterback and ESPN commentator Troy Aikman incorrectly described Taylor Swift as “the Mrs.” in reference to her relationship with Travis Kelce. After the camera cut to Swift following a play by Travis in the second quarter, Aikman said, “The …
Read More »Charli XCX Reveals 'Brat' Got Its Now-Iconic Blurry Text Cover to 'Save Money'
Charli XCX never thought Brat was going to have the cultural impact it has. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, the pop star revealed that she opted for the now-iconic chartreuse text cover to save money. “Where the actual first idea of doing a text cover came …
Read More »Maggie Rogers Misses a Past-Tense Lover on 'In the Living Room'
Ahead of her Don’t Forget Me tour, Part II, Maggie Rogers has a gift for her eager fans: “In the Living Room,” a heart-wrenching, breakup single. In the music video, Rogers shifts from thrashing around in her bedroom sheets to sharing a soft kiss with a past-tense lover, as she …
Read More »Limp Bizkit Sue Universal Music Group for $200 Million Over Unpaid Royalties
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has sued Universal Music Group, accusing the world’s largest record company of withholding millions of dollars in royalties owed to the band. In the suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Durst and his attorneys claim that UMG “designed and …
Read More »Ben Folds to Play Hurricane Helene Benefit Concert in Wilmington, North Carolina
Ben Folds will headline a benefit concert later this month to raise money for North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene. The concert, titled From Wilmington, With Love, will take place at Wilmington, North Carolina‘s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Oct. 29. Musicians from Western North Carolina will feature in the show. …
Read More »Cissy Houston, Grammy-Winning Gospel Singer and Whitney's Mom, Dead at 91
Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, died Monday in New Jersey. She was 91. The singer was in hospice, where she was receiving care for Alzheimer’s disease, at the time of her death. In a statement, her daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, said that she was surrounded by …
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