“Weekends With Adele,” the Las Vegas residency that has been running since November 2022, was originally scheduled to conclude in the coming weeks. But Adele has been having too much fun running through her catalog of powerhouse ballads and unpacking the latest pop culture news with her audience night after …
Read More »Kurt Vile Previews His LP-Length EP With Lengthy 'Another Good Year for the Roses'
Kurt Vile, whose prolix verbosity and augmented guitar solos do not lend themselves to brevity (much like this sentence so far), will release a record this fall, on Nov. 17 to be exact, that he has titled Back to Moon Beach, which he heralds today with a new song called …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Hops on Drake's 'All the Parties' Beat on New Freestyle
It’s not quite Pink Friday yet, but Nicki Minaj dropped new music today, taking a stab at Drake’s “All the Parties” beat on her new freestyle “For All the Barbz.” While Drake and Chief Keef are credited on the track, their contributions are just recycled from the For All the …
Read More »Christopher Nolan Praises Taylor Swift for Skipping Studios for 'Eras Tour' Release
Oppenheimer filmmaker Christopher Nolan believes that Taylor Swift is the future of cinema. During a recent event on Wednesday between Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kai Bird, the director praised Swift for her decision to distributeThe Eras Tourfilm directly through AMC. “Taylor Swift is about to show the …
Read More »'It's OK Not to Be the Saddest Girl in the Room': How Ian Sweet Embraced Pop
Last February, after Coldplay performed an emotional, choir-backed “Fix You” on SNL, Chris Martin ran into his biggest fan. “I kind of forced him to meet me,” Jilian Medford recalls with a laugh. “He had just come off the stage and I was like, ‘Hi! I love you so much. …
Read More »Towa Bird Celebrates the 'Sick Privilege' of Opening for Reneé Rapp in 'Drain Me' Video
Towa Bird is just on the come-up — but she already has so much to celebrate. On Friday night, the Filipina-British singer premiered the video for “messy and fun” single “Drain Me,” which she’s performed on the road with Reneé Rapp. “I have been documenting this tour on my handy …
Read More »Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Blink-182 and All the Songs You Need to Know
Welcome to our weeklyrundownof thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Nicki Minaj freestyles over Drake and Chief Keef’s “All the Parties” on a suprise drop, 21 Savage gets even for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 soundtrack, and Blink-182 …
Read More »Rolling Stones and Lady Gaga Shatter New York City at Surprise Club Gig
The crowd of celebrities, music industry insiders, and media folks that crammed into the New York City club Racket on Thursday evening had every reason to believe they were there to witness a Rolling Stones concert, but it was impossible to be sure at first. The invitation billed the event …
Read More »Lainey Wilson Maps Out Massive 'Country's Cool Again' 2024 Tour
Lainey Wilson will spend the bulk of 2024 on the road as the breakout country star has announced her Country’s Cool Again Tour, hitting amphitheaters across North America next summer. “Nothing gets me buzzin’ like putting on a show and singing along with the crowd,” Wilson said in a statement. …
Read More »2 Chainz, Lil Wayne Preview Joint Album With Fast-Talking Single 'Presha'
Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz will drop a joint LP, Welcome 2 Collegegrove, on Nov. 17 via Def Jam Recordings. The album follows the pair’s 2016 collaborative effort ColleGrove, named after 2 Chainz’ hometown of College Park, Georgia, and Lil Wayne’s hometown of Hollygrove, Louisiana. The duo have previewed the …
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