Drake has reached a private settlement with iHeartMedia after he sued the Texas-based radio company amid his ongoing claims that his record label Universal Music Group (UMG) made “covert payments” to promote airplay of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” The settlement was confirmed in a court filing in …
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Gracie Abrams was forced to postpone two more shows on her U.K. and European tour as she continues to battle an unspecified illness. The two gigs were scheduled to take March 3 in Nottingham, England, and March 4 in Leeds. In a handwritten note shared on her Instagram Stories, Abrams …
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Beck will bring his symphonic reinvention back to North American stages this summer, with nine concerts across eight cities backed by local orchestras. This announcement follows Beck’s well-received orchestral performances at Carnegie Hall and other venues last year. “The band got a little bigger since last time,” Beck joked during …
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When we last heard from them, the buzzy New York art-rock band Godcaster were making unsettling, doomy noise on their self-titled 2023 album and conjuring one of the freakiest spectacles at SXSW 2024. But it’s always been clear that they’re a band with little interest in doing any one thing …
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As a first time Oscar attendee, Raye had big shoes to fill. The “Oscar Winning Tears” singer-songwriter performed Adele‘s orchestral ballad “Skyfall” to close out the James Bond tribute, and told Entertainment Tonight that performing the award-winning tune was a daunting task. “It was such an exhilarating performance, also no …
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A 10-year prison sentence has not stopped Tory Lanez from trading beef bars with PartyNextDoor in the latest escalation of a feud that may be just a dumb online misunderstanding, or a dumb album publicity stunt. The “feud,” such as it is, appears to date back to a rather innocuous …
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Doja Cat, whose discography includes farm-animal jingle “Mooo!” and the Dionne Warwick-sampled “Paint the Town Red,” made a big impression at the 97th Oscars. Doja performed a rendition of the James Bond anthem “Diamonds Are Forever,” dressed in a gown embellished with crystals. In a social media post Monday, the …
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Joey Molland, guitarist and last surviving core member of the rock group Badfinger, has died at the age of 77. The band’s official Facebook page announced Molland’s death, noting that he died Saturday night surrounded by family. No cause of death was provided, but Molland had faced health issues including …
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Tate McRae has earned her first Number One album as So Close To What has debuted atop Billboard’s Album chart, the publication confirmed Sunday. So Close To What opened with 137 million streams along with 71,000 album sales, according to Luminate. McRae dethroned Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 …
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The 2025 Brit Awards honored Liam Payne on Saturday. Payne died in October 2024 at the age of 31. During the emotional tribute, which took place towards the end of the ceremony, host Jack Whitehall told the audience that it was time to “take a moment to remember a very …
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