MTV recognized Ricky Martin, already a Latin music icon, with its inaugural Latin Icon Award at the 2025 Video Music Awards on Sunday night. The artist celebrated the honor with a bon-bon–shaking medley of hits and a speech thanking fans who have stood by him for the past four decades, …
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Lady Gaga made it from UBS Arena to Madison Square Garden just in time to kick off her latest Mayhem Ball concert after making a brief stop at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The musician stayed for the beginning of the show to accept the award for Artist of …
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“The full E Street Band right here!” Bruce Springsteen announced to the lucky crowd packed into Monmouth University’s Pollack Theatre on Saturday afternoon. Springsteen had just performed “Thunder Road” with seven musicians, six of them representing a just-for-this-occasion combination of original and current E Street Band members — Steven Van …
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It’s a perfectly dreary Saturday in Seattle as the morning rain has subsided and cooled off an unseasonably warm September. Earlier in the day, the doors of the Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPop as it’s colloquially called, opens its doors for what they know will be its busiest day …
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Dua Lipa continued her tradition of performing geographic-minded covers during the singer’s visit to Chicago this weekend, bringing out Windy City native Chaka Khan on Friday before performing an Earth, Wind & Fire classic on Saturday. At her first Radical Optimism show at the United Center on Friday, Lipa welcomed …
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Sworn enemies Bruce Springsteen and President Donald Trump were both on hand Sunday in New York City to watch the men’s finals at the U.S. Open. The outing marked the first time the singer and president had been in the same place since their public sparring earlier this summer. The …
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For almost a decade, Christopher Guest has been “essentially retired,” the actor/director reveals in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. After he directed Mascots for Netflix in 2016, he recalls the streamer telling him they’d make any film he wanted —but he didn’t have an idea for one. …
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Believe it or not, the 2025VMAshave officially arrived. Tonight, the biggest names in music gathered for theMTV Video Music Awardsto see who would take home the night’s top prizes. Lady Gaga led all nominees this year with an impressive 12 nods, thanks largely to her collaboration with Bruno Mars, “Die …
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In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh, North Carolina, when tour manager John Selman noticed an abrupt shift in the weather. During his 20-plus years working with Nelson, Selman has dealt with the elements, but nothing like what he …
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The East Village’s TabeTomo Ramen is quiet on a Tuesday afternoon — but not for long. Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist soon stroll in, with the former colorfully explaining his tardiness: “I was underwear shopping…I’m gonna get fucked in these,” he informs, admiring the three-pack as he sits in the …
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