Music

Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour made a detour at the White House Friday as the singer performed for a small audience that included President Joe Biden during an event billed as “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme.” John, who is scheduled to bring his tour to Washington, …

Before the Smashing Pumpkins embark on their arena tour with Jane’s Addiction next week, the band appeared on The Tonight Show Friday to deliver the TV debut of their latest single “Beguiled.” The track is the first off the band’s planned 33-track triple-LP Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, …

Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist who helped John Coltrane explore the avant-garde and pushed jazz itself toward the spiritual, has died at the age of 81. Record label Luaka Bop, which released Sanders and Floating Points’ acclaimed collaboration Promises in 2021, announced the jazz legend’s death Saturday; no cause of death …

Producer/songwriter Kid Harpoon, a.k.a. Tom Hull, has had a wildly successful 2022 so far, co-producing and co-writing every track on Harry Styles‘ Harry’s House (including the Number One hit “As It Was”), as well as doing the same for Maggie Rogers‘ rock-influenced second album, Surrender. On top of that, he …

Every Gorillaz concert is an all-star affair, but Friday’s show at the Forum was especially star-studded show as Beck, Tame Impala, Schoolboy Q, Thundercat, Del the Funky Homosapien and De La Soul all came out to perform with Damon Albarn’s cartoon band. Fresh off their standout Life Is Beautiful set, …

Earlier this year, Kid Cudi‘s debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi became available on streaming platforms—just a few days shy of its 14th anniversary. “I think it was a great reminder for people. It’s a celebration for what me, Plain Pat, Emile, and Dot Da Genius created early on,” Cudi …

Lil Baby has dropped a new single, “The World Is Yours to Take.” The anthemic song, which samples Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” will appear on the first-ever FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 soundtrack, as well as in a campaign for Budweiser. “Took a lot to …

Greyson Chance is reflecting on the recent claims he made against Ellen DeGeneres in a recent Rolling Stone interview, in which he accused the former television host of controlling behavior over his career when he was a teenager. On Thursday evening, Chance shared a TikTok video addressing the article, saying, …

Giveon has released a bittersweet new single, “Time,” via Not So Fast/Epic Records. The crooning song appears on the soundtrack for the upcoming David O. Russell film Amsterdam, which stars Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margo Robbie, and Taylor Swift. The track was written by Giveon,Drake, and Daniel Pemberton, who …

Dead and Company are officially gearing up for its final tour. John Mayer posted a tour poster on his Instagram page that read “The Final Tour: Dead & Co. Summer 2023” and noted the group would have details on tour dates soon. “As we put the finishing touches on booking …