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Hit producer The-Dream has filed a motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in June, claiming that the plaintiff and her attorney are “using the judicial system to propagate a false and defamatory narrative” about him. The producer, whose real name is Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, is one of …

A s the sky fades from orange to pink over Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, in early June, 13,000 people stand, enraptured by Hozier’s presence. When the Irish singer-songwriter motions for them to sing, they comply. When he moves through the crowd to reach the B stage, everyone …

The credibility of key prosecution witness Kenneth Copeland was the focus of a week of tortured testimony at Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta. Copeland, whose first appearance in the trial last June led to Judge Ural Glanville being removed from the high-profile case, returned to …

A few months before his death, Craig Mack was finally ready to talk. On the outskirts of Walterboro, South Carolina, where he had been living since 2007, the former rapper made himself comfortable in an armchair inside a well-lit hotel room. Prepping for his first interview in years, he stashed …

Taylor Swift played her Lover track “London Boy” for the first time on the Eras Tour on Friday, appropriately playing the track for her British audience for the second night of her five-night stand at Wembley Stadium in London. “This whole show has been fantastic, you’ve been so generous to …

It’s been nearly 20 years since Coldplay released “Fix You,” and the task of fixing you must be difficult because they’re still singing it. On Thursday, they called in help from Shawn Mendes to sing “Fix You” with them at Munich’s Olympiastadion. “Sing it loud,” Mendes told the crowd at …

On Thursday evening in Los Angeles, Bruno Mars invited Lady Gaga to join him for a live debut of their tender new ballad “Die With a Smile.” Mars was headlining the first-ever show at the new arena Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Mars and Gaga joined forces not long after the …

Sofía Valdés is back with the bouncy new single “How’s That Working Out?” Cuco joins the Panamanian singer-songwriter for the modern bossa nova blend of jangly guitar and sleek beats perfect for late summer. The track marks Valdés’ first music release of 2024. The fresh burst of the pop-leaning “How’s …

Demi Lovato‘s Spanish is limited, and Grupo Firme‘s Eduin Caz says his English is “limited and a half” — but somehow the artists were able to make musical synergy with their dance-pop collab, “Chula,” which dropped Thursday. “This is completely out of my comfort zone but I love that,” Caz …

Months after a judge stopped the foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley‘s Graceland estate amid allegations of fraud, authorities have arrested the woman they say allegedly conned Presley’s family. Federal authorities arrested 53-year-old Lisa Jeanine Findley, who is also known by many aliases, including Lisa Holden, in Kimberling City, Missouri, on …