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Former Bad Boy rapper Mark Curry, author of the 2009 Sean “Diddy” Combs expose, Dancing With The Devil, shared some of his Bad Boy recollections with the YouTube channel Art of Dialogue last week. His book, which accused Combs of being an exploitative businessman, slipped under the radar years ago. …

After the success of “Water,” Tyla will be heading on tour in the new year. On Tuesday, the South African singer announced the dates for her first-ever tour to promote her debut album, which she’s set to release on March 1. “My debut album launches top of the year and …

It’s a holiday gift — 65 years in the making! On Monday, Brenda Lee‘s holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song’s distinction arrives a whopping 65 years after it was first released when she was just 13 years old, breaking …

On their first collaboration, “Daddy,” Tokischa and Sexyy Red want you to have their babies. Produced by Yeti Beats and El Guincho, the single finds the two fearless provocateurs bouncing between one another with a compelling offer: “Have my baby, latina mami/Yo soy tu daddy.” In the accompanying artwork for …

Fantastic Cat make their case as the Harlem Globetrotters of Americana music with a head-spinning, instrument-trading, vocal-swapping rendition of Wings’ “Band on the Run.” The note-perfect but still ramshackle cover arrives on the 50th anniversary of the release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 album, Band on the Run, and …

Fresh off their Grammy nomination, Alvvays have announced a 2024 North American tour. The trek will begin at Cleveland’s Agora Theater on April 18, snaking through the Midwest before heading to Florida. It wraps on May 17 at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, before the band hits Europe. Presale …

Liquor giant Diageo says Sean “Diddy” Combs has become so “toxic” in the wake of three sexual assault lawsuits filed against him, it would be “unfair” for a judge to grant his request for control over an incoming $15 million marketing budget for DeLéon Tequila. In a new letter to …

Paul McCartney has penned a tribute to his Wings bandmate Denny Laine, who died on Dec. 5 at 79. “I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died,” he wrote of the guitarist, who was also the original lead singer of the Moody Blues. “I have …

Hell’s Kitchen, themusical based loosely on the life of Alicia Keys, is headed to Broadway this spring. The show, with a score written by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, made its world premiere at the Public Theater on Nov. 19. The show will transfer to the Shubert Theater …

Slowdive is bringing their upcoming tour to North America. On Tuesday, the group announced the dates for their upcoming shows across the U.S. in promotion of the group’s 2023 LP, Everything Is Alive. After dates in the UK, Europe, and Asia early in the year, the group will head stateside …