Music

An all-star group of rock and country artists closed out the 2023 CMT Music Awards with a rousing tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Southern rock outfit’s founding guitarist Gary Rossington, who was its last original member, died in March. The CMT Awards performance was introduced by guitar hero Peter Frampton, …

Taylor Swift is offering to replace some Eras Tour merch after fans complained that the prints were fading or bleeding ink after just one wash cycle. In a note on her website, Swift first assured fans that it was normal for a “faint fade” to appear on certain items in …

You could be forgiven for tuning in to Sunday night’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas, and having the sensation that you’d stepped through a time portal into a mid-1990s VMAs or a mid-2000s CMAs, or a smoked-out arena in 1970s Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Because the annual fan-voted awards show, now …

Legendary rapper-producer Large Professor saw no better way to celebrate his 51st birthday than by doing what he loved — rocking a crowd. On March 22, the day after his birthday, the Queens legend played an hourlong set at New York City’s Starchild Rooftop bar to a crowd of hip-hop …

The Drums are back after four years without new music. On Monday, the indie pop band released the single “I Want It All” and announced a summer U.S. tour. “The song emerged from the longing and the pain that stemmed from a loveless childhood,” says frontman Jonny Pierce about the …

Melanie Martinez is bringing the third and final iteration of her signature character Cry Baby — this time, a pink-skinned, four-eyed fairy-like creature that lives between life and death — with her on tour. On Monday, the singer announced a 29-date tour across North America in support of her third …

Snoop Dogg‘s title as the “Doggfather of WrestleMania” remains in good standing after he stepped into the ring on Sunday at WrestleMania 39 in Inglewood, California. The rapper’s surprise appearance came moments after Shane McMahon’s grand return was cut short by a blown-out knee during his spar with host The …

Lil Yachty opened his Saturday Night Live musical guest debut with “the BLACK seminole.,” the first track off of the album Let’s Start Here, which came out in January. Yachty’s performance featured singer-songwriter Diana Gordon, and the pair–along with a full band–appeared on stage in what resembled a nighttime Florida …

Usher pulled a cruel April Fools’ joke Saturday night during his headlining set at the Dreamville Fest, telling fans that Beyoncé would join him onstage, only to remind them what day it was. “I said I would have a special surprise for you tonight, should I tell you what that …

Ryuichi Sakamoto, keyboardist for the pioneering Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra and Oscar-winning composer of films like The Last Emperor and The Revenant, has died at the age of 71. Sakamoto’s Twitter announced his death Sunday, noting that the influential artist died on Tuesday, March 28; while no …