Selena Gomez is leaving more breadcrumbs for fans ahead of her next album, I Said I Love You First, a collaboration with her fiancé and producer Benny Blanco. The singer and actress released a clip on social media Tuesday, teasing a new song. In the video, Gomez mouths along to …
Read More »Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Dodge Life in Prison
Two weeks after the Rolling Stones hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, Lorne Michaels served as a character witness for Keith Richards as the guitarist battled a drug charge in Canada that could’ve put him in jail for life. While Richards’ drug trial in Canada is a well-known chapter in …
Read More »Rick Buckler, the Jam Drummer, Dead at 69
Rick Buckler, drummer for British rock band the Jam, has died at the age of 69. Buckler’s former bandmate and lead singer Paul Weller confirmed his death on social media Tuesday. “I’m shocked and saddened by Rick’s passing. I’m thinking back to us all rehearsing in my bedroom in Stanley …
Read More »Is 'The Giver' Chappell Roan's Next Single? She Just Previewed It Again
Chappell Roan just gave fans another taste of her country-inflected song “The Giver” — this time via a retro phone number stunt. Roan, who first premiered the country-tinged track during her Saturday Night Live debut last November, offered an invite to a quirky listening party over the weekend,sharing a now-dead …
Read More »Meet OsamaSon, an Architect for the Next Generation of Rap Music
O samaSon is a 21-year-old rapper from Goose Creek, South Carolina, who, alongside a small coterie of rising acts his age, is beginning to define the coming zeitgeist in modern hip-hop. His latest album, Jump Out, is a 45-minute trip into the blistering sonic universe of his generation. The record …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Tops the Charts After Super Bowl Performance
“Not Like Us” is back on top. A week after Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime performance, the diss track skyrocketed back to Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100, giving the song its third non-consecutive week atop the chart. “Not Like Us” garnered 49 million streams last week, according to Luminate, …
Read More »Paul Simon Announces 'A Quiet Celebration,' His First Tour in Seven Years
Seven years after wrapping up his Homeward Bound Farewell Tour with a hometown concert in Queens, New York, Paul Simon is returning to the road. He’ll be supporting his 2023 LP Seven Psalms, which is a single 33-minute acoustic track divided into seven distinct segments. The tour kicks off April …
Read More »Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Auction Banksy Painting That Could Fetch $6 Million
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus will auction a Banksy painting, valued at up to £5 million, or $6.3 million, with a portion of the earnings directed toward a Los Angeles wildfire fund and medical charities. The rare, hand-painted artwork with an environmental message, titled “Crude Oil (Vettriano),” will go up for auction …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to Headline 2025 WorldPride Music Festival in D.C.
WorldPride is coming to the United States this year — and it’s bringing a star-studded music festival with it. On Tuesday, WorldPride Music Festival announced that Jennifer Lopez and Troye Sivan will headline the 2025 edition, set to be hosted in Washington, D.C. on June 6 and 7. The stacked …
Read More »Placebo Frontman Faces Criminal Charges in Italy for Political Stage Banter
Placebo frontman Brian Molko is facing criminal charges after offering some pointed onstage political commentary during a July 2023 performance at Italy’s Sonic Park Stupinigi festival. Italian prosecutors charged him with “contempt of the institutions” for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “piece of shit, fascist, racist,” according to British …
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