Music

Too $hort performed for NPR’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series, showcasing seven tracks from his catalogue. The performance, part of Tiny Desk’s Black History Month celebration, opened with the Oakland rapper’s 1990 single, “The Ghetto.” Watch the set here. “How many artists you know that got relevant records in five …

Anyone who hears the Crystal Method’s new single “Post Punk” may recognize a familiar voice laced throughout it: “I don’t want to be a punk. I don’t want to belong to any of it. I just want to be.” It sounds just like Iggy Pop talking about the Stooges in …

Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe will embark on their long-delayed North American tour this summer. The trek, dubbed the Stadium Tour, will kick off in Atlanta on June 16 and conclude in Las Vegas on Sept. 9. Originally scheduled for 2020, the tour will include previously announced stops alongside five …

After Matthew Koma co-wrote Demi Lovato‘s song “Easy” from their LPThe Art of Starting Over, the two instantly became friends. “We were just texting each other. Mostly memes and shit,” Koma tells Rolling Stone as Lovato lets out a cackle. “When you find artists who are equally as good a …

Luck Reunion, the all-day celebration of music held on site at Willie Nelson’s Spicewood, Texas, ranch, resumes after a two-year pandemic interruption. Set for Thursday, March 17, during South by Southwest’s music week in nearby Austin, the 10th installment announced its lineup on Thursday. Willie Nelson and Family top a …

A big moment in Van Halen history took place Saturday night when Sammy Hagar added “Running With the Devil” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” into the set during his Sammy Hagar and Friends residency at the Strat Theater in Las Vegas. He sang both those songs quite a few times …

Lizzo goes on the lookout for the next class of “Big Grrrls” backup dancers to accompany the rapper on her tour in the first trailer for the Prime Video unscripted series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. The reality competition finds Lizzo and her team of collaborators inviting a …

Holly G was trying to find a way to reconcile her love of country music with one disconcerting fact: She rarely saw anyone who looked like her at a country concert. It was always a sea of white faces and the unshakeable feeling that she wasn’t welcome. “I actually bought …

Ozuna has released the video for “Deprimida,” his first solo single of 2022. The upbeat reggaeton track will be featured on the Puerto Rican artist’s upcoming new album, Ozutochi. In the video, directed by Nuno Gomes and Charlie Nelson, Ozuna walks through a surreal film set while flirting with a …

Exclusive releases from Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, U2, Kacey Musgraves, and the Rolling Stones headline this year’s Record Store Day, invading independent shops nationwide on April 23. Swift — who serves as this year’s Record Store Day Global Ambassador — has a pair of releases planned: In addition to her …