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Essence Festival organizers have taken responsibility for a concert that ran so far behind schedule that Lauryn Hill wound up taking the stage at around 2:30 in the morning. Delays completely derailed the opening day of the 31st annual event, which returned to the Superdome in New Orleans this past …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Blackpink are coming back to North America and the girl group could be bringing a few solo surprises along with them. Fresh off successful individual solo albums, a …

Sabrina Carpenter performed two back-to-back nights at BST Hyde Park in London this weekend and at tonight’s show, she brought out surprise guests Duran Duran. Before her guests joined her onstage on Sunday, she had the audience literally howling at the moon. After the crowd practiced their howls, Carpenter said, …

I n the middle of a sprawling recording room at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, one Sunday afternoon in April 2023, Weir and Phish bassist Mike Gordon were up to something strange. At a glance it looked like a couple of chill music legends doing chill music …

Just hours after Lamb of God took the stage at Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning farewell concert — where they covered Black Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave” — the band has released a studio version of the Master of Reality track. “Lamb of God being invited to perform with …

Ed Sheeran reunited his high school band, flew over the lead singer of Wheatus, and performed one of his favorite songs of all time, the enduring Y2K classic “Teenage Dirtbag, for his show Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. “I’ve got a cool surprise for you, it’s really quite cool, but bear …

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning farewell performances were not the only exciting event to happen at Villa Park in Birmingham, England last night: Osbourne’s daughter Kelly Osbourne and Slipknot turntablist Sid Wilson also got engaged backstage at the concert. “Kelly, you know I love you more …

I have approximately the time it takes for I’m With Her to pile into a sprinter van backstage at Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival and drive to their late-night show at the nearby Sheridan Opera House to conduct a fast-paced interview. But, in truth, three and a half minutes of listening …

Drake addresses fake friends and broken loyalties in the aftermath of his Kendrick Lamar beef on his new song “What Did I Miss?” The rapper released the song Friday as part of a July 4th livestream dubbed “Iceman Episode One.” “Last time I looked to my right, you n—s was …

The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted —in a new revision to their Spotify bio — what was obvious to experts and non-experts alike: their music is, in fact, AI-generated. “The Velvet Sundown is a synthetic music project guided …