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SZA has always incorporated plenty of guitar into her genre-hopping music, but there have been hints along the way that she might be ready for a full-on rock turn —covering Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” onstage in 2019 was the biggest clue. “I really love Blink-182,” she says in her in-depth interview …

A second woman has died after fansforced their way into a gig at Brixton Academy, causing a crush. Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, who was working as a contracted security provider at the concert from Afrobeats star Asake on Thursday evening (December 15), died in hospital in the early hours of Monday …

No one ruled the Nineties music scene as MTV did. And who better to talk about it than the children of the artists who dominated it? On Monday, Viacom announced MTV’s Family Legacy, an upcoming music docuseries about Nineties’ pop culture seen through the perspective of the kids of that …

A bodyguard for Megan Thee Stallion is purportedly missing amid Torey Lanez’s felony assault trial in Los Angeles after he provided a witness statement implicating the rapper. “He was set to testify. He’s somebody who’s always plugged-in, on the grid, responsive, and as he’s set to testify in a violent …

Lizzo served as the musical guest on the final Saturday Night Live of 2022 — stepping in for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — delivering a track of Special as well as a surprise cover of a Christmas classic. The singer-rapper opened things up with “Break Up Twice,” turning the SNL …

The whole world loves SZA‘s fantastic, genre-hopping new album SOS, streaming it so relentlessly that she’s displaced Bad Bunny as Spotify’s number one artist on the planet. But after five years between albums, that wasn’t the reception she expected. “I never thought in a million years that people would like …

Everyone is sick right now, and the Piano Man is no exception: Billy Joel has canceled his final concert of 2022 — a Dec. 19 show at New York’s Madison Square Garden — due to a viral infection that has forced the singer to rest his vocals. Joel said in …

Lil Baby celebrates Argentina’s FIFA World Cup win with his “The World Is Yours to Take” video, which includes footage from stadiums in Doha, Qatar interwoven with scenes from pivotal match moments throughout the tournament. The song and clip are inspired by Tears for Fears with their “Everybody Wants to …

Singer and talk show host Jennifer Hudsonfulfilled a childhood dream on Friday by singing a duet with the legendaryDionne Warwick on the Jennifer Hudson Show. The little-known song, “All the Time,” was released in 1979. Warwick, who has had 56 of her singles make the Billboard Hot 100over her decades …

Billie Eilish capped off her final of three “Hometown Encore” shows by bringing out Donald Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino, to perform “Redbone” Friday night at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Although the show took place two days before Eilish’s Dec. 18 birthday, the singer celebrated early as Eilish’s family came out …