Music

Cyndi Lauper performed the last show of her farewell tour Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl, where guests like Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA and more helped send off the singer onstage. Mitchell, in only her second public live appearance of 2025, first joined Lauper for a rendition of “Carey,” the Blue …

When Tarriona “Tank” Ball and her family evacuated New Orleans in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, she had no idea just how much her life was about to change. The lead vocalist and frontperson of the Grammy-winning band Tank and the Bangas, Ball was only a senior …

Last year, everything was lining up for Puerto Rican rapper YOVNGCHIMI. After releasing a string of catchy trap tracks, Bad Bunny recruited him as a guest on his album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, drawn by the strength of CHIMI’s hits, fan acclaim, and genuine street cred. …

Robert Earl Keen was three songs into his headlining set at his Applause for the Cause benefit last Thursday night, as a crowd of 5,600 exhausted, sweaty, and fulfilled fans hung on his every word. They had been brought here through tragedy, but this was a night of healing at …

Lady Gaga will return to the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7 for her first performance on the show in five years. MTV announced the addition of Gaga — the most nominated artist at this year’s VMAs with 12 nods — on social media Saturday, just over a week …

My Chemical Romance brought out surprise guest Billy Corgan to perform “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” during their concert Friday in the Smashing Pumpkins’ native Chicago. Prior to the performance, singer Gerard Way spoke of his love for the Pumpkins, and how seeing the band’s tour around Mellon Collie and the …

If anyone was going to be salty about their breakups going into Labor Day weekend, it’s certainly not the Beaches. All four members of Toronto’s casually cool indie-pop band —lead singer and bassist Jordan Miller, guitarists Kylie Miller and Leandra Earl, and drummer Eliza Enman-McDaniel — traded brokenhearted resentment and …

Cradle of Filth singer Dani Filth issued a lengthy statement Friday addressing the abrupt exit of the band’s guitarist and keyboardist, as well as their parting accusations of low pay, “unprofessional behavior,” and other “foolish clown antics.” Singer and keyboardist Zoë M. Federofffirst announced her departure from Cradle of Filth …

Blink-182 appear to be digging into their bountiful bag of deep cuts for their latest tour, with the band playing a handful of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket gems for the first time in over 20 years. On Thursday, at the kick-off for their “Missionary Impossible Tour” (yes, they’re …

Sabrina Carpenter sends a disco invite to a responsible guy on a sweet single from her new Man’s Best Friend, Hayley Williams falls through the sky on a sleek, urgent gem off her new Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, and Alabama Shakes return with their first new song in …