Season 22 of The Voice is on the horizon — and the hit NBC singing competition is shaking up its lineup of coaches. With long-time coach Kelly Clarkson heading out, Camila Cabello steps in for her first full-time stint, having served as a team mentor in previous seasons. The singer …
Read More »Twice Take Big Step With First U.S. Stadium Shows: 'I Hope I Make You Proud'
K-pop girl group Twice celebrated a major milestone this weekend, playing two gigs at Los Angeles’ spacious Banc of California Stadium — their biggest shows ever in the U.S., and the perfect way of wrapping up thegroup’s 4th World Tour III, which they kicked off in Seoul last December. A …
Read More »Young Thug Carried the Weight of Atlanta on His Shoulders. Now, It Could Crush Him
The once-triumphant world of Atlanta hip-hop is in a state of emergency. Just days after a far-reaching, 56-count indictment named Young Thug, Gunna, and more than two dozen other artists from YSL’s roster as alleged conspirators in a well-organized criminal organization, the label’s up-and-coming signee Lil Keed passed away on …
Read More »It's Not Just the Barfights. Two Musicians Also Say Ezra Miller 'Stole' Their Music
When Ezra Miller hit up music producer Oliver Ignatius to help them work on a new musical project in February, Ignatius wasn’t immediately enticed. After all, he had a bunch of sessions booked for the next few months at his Holy Fang Studios in New York.But he knew Miller since …
Read More »Gorillaz Plot 2022 North American Tour
Gorillaz have announced a North American tour — their first since 2018 — which will kick off this fall. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Damon Albarn and Company’s 22-date trek launches in Vancouver at Rogers Arena and culminates at FTXArena in Miami on Oct. 23. …
Read More »Ricky Gardiner, David Bowie and Iggy Pop's Berlin-Era Guitarist, Dead at 73
Ricky Gardiner, the guitarist who played stinging, obtuse leads throughout Davie Bowie’s iconicLowand Iggy Pop‘s rowdyLust for Life, has died at age 73. Tony Visconti, who co-producedLow, reported the newson Facebook, saying that Gardiner’s wife, Virginia, had notified him of the guitarist’s death. Gardiner had been battling Parkinson’s at the …
Read More »Kehlani Schedules Extensive North American Tour Supporting 'Blue Water Road'
Kehlani is hitting the road for an extensive, 28-city tour for the singer’s recently released third studio album, Blue Water Road. Kehlani will perform the tour’s opening show on July 30 at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Red Hat Amphitheater before wrapping in the fall with a final show at Honolulu, Hawaii’s …
Read More »Mac Miller Drug Dealer Sentenced to 17.5 Years for Lethal Fentanyl Sale
The top drug dealer convicted in the fatal fentanyl overdose of rapper Mac Miller was sentenced to 17 and a half years in federal prison Monday. The judge rejected his plea deal as too lenient after he continued to sell counterfeit oxycodone pills even after the rapper’s untimely demise in …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Pays Homage to Bruce Springsteen With 'Dancing in the Dark' Cover
Shawn Mendes is pushing his Canadian roots to the side in a new Tommy Hilfiger campaign that features the singer-songwriter covering Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 single “Dancing in the Dark.” Directed by Craig McDean and Theo Stanley, Mendes delivers his rendition of the dance-rock track from an Austin, Texas warehouse. The …
Read More »Harry Styles Is Done 'Emotionally Coasting' After One Direction Days, Doesn't Want to Be 'Defined' by His Music
In a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 radio, Harry Styles opened up about the transformative and emotional period that led to the creation of his third solo studio albumHarry’s House, out May 20. For Styles, one of the most essential elements of creating the record consisted …
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