Lil Jon pumped up the energy during Georgia’s roll call at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. The “Yeah!” rap star surprised the Chicago crowd by popping out with the delegation of Georgia to perform his hit “Turn Down for What.” After a call for Georgia to cast its vote, …
Read More »Pras on Canceled Fugees Tour: 'My Frustration Was for the Fans'
Pras Michel opened up about his disappointment about the recently canceled Fugees tour — but stopped short of blaming Lauryn Hill for the nixed reunion trek — in a new interview. Speaking to Vulture two weeks after the Fugees abruptly canceled the tour due to admitted low ticket sales, Michel …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan Deliver Full-Circle Duet of 'Hot to Go!' at L.A. Show
Olivia Rodrigo is ending her U.S. dates for the Guts World Tour with an artist who helped open them. On Tuesday night, Rodrigo welcomed Chappell Roan for a duet of the Midwest Princess‘ “Hot to Go!” While speaking to the crowd gathered at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, Rodrigo introduced …
Read More »Taylor Swift on Vienna Cancellations, Terror Threat: Grateful to Be Grieving 'Concerts and Not Lives'
After canceling three concerts in Vienna, Austria, amid terror threats, Taylor Swift is speaking out. Following the conclusion of the European leg of the Eras Tour, the artist took to social media to share her gratitude to her crew, authorities, and fans. Swift thanked her team for being able to …
Read More »Nathaniel Rateliff, Larkin Poe Emphasize Mental Health at an Empowering New Festival
With the high desert sun fading behind the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, My Morning Jacket launched into “I’m Amazed” during their set at the Park City Song Summit. “I’m amazed at what the people sayin’,” the Jacket’s Jim James sang. “I’m amazed by a divided nation.” In a time when …
Read More »Gunna to Provide 30 Georgia Families With Guaranteed Income Through New Program
Gunna and the Black Music Action Coalition have announced a new initiative that will provide a monthly stipend of $1,000 to over two dozen families in the rapper’s hometown for one year. Named the Gunna x BMAC 30349 Guaranteed Income Program, it will choose grantees in the specific zip code …
Read More »Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Find New Revelations on 'Woodland'
Throughout their first decade of record-making, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings performed, they’d joke, as “a two person band they called Gillian Welch.” There was a spine-tingling profundity and a solemn intensity to the universe of sound created when Rawlings and Welch stood around a single microphone and sang songs …
Read More »Anitta Will Headline First NFL Game in Brazil: 'A Dream Come True'
The NFL is making history by bringing the league to South America next month — and they’re bringing a Brazilian star with them. On Tuesday, the NFL announced that Anitta will headline the league’s first-ever match-up in Brazil on Sept. 6. Anitta will perform during the halftime of the game …
Read More »Jason Isbell, Camo Hats, and the DNC: The Democrats Finally Embrace Country Music
In 2016, at what became an ill-fated celebration to hopefully usher in the first female president, there was not one country music performer at the Democratic National Convention. There were pop stars like Demi Lovato, Lenny Kravitz, and Lady Gaga, but there wasn’t a single performance that drew from the …
Read More »Becky G Brings Back Her Casa Gomez Tour for 'Another Chapter'
Becky G is reprising her Casa Gomez tour for one final run. On Tuesday, the Mexican star announced her Casa Gomez: Otro Capitulo tour, set to commence this fall. The reprised tour — which celebrates her música mexicana album Esquinas — will see Becky stop in cities including Chicago, Indianapolis, …
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