Kesha is lending her voice for a new documentary on Diane Warren. On Friday, the pop star released “Dear Me,” a song Warren wrote to herself, featured on Diane Warren: Relentless, a new MasterClass documentary on the songwriter that released earlier this month. “We all know that Diane Warren is …
Read More »Dua Lipa, Mick Jagger, Miley Cyrus Relive Late-Night Pressure in '50 Years of SNL Music' Trailer
Live from New York, it’s Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. The first trailer for the upcoming Questlove-directed documentary is a two-minute celebration of one of television’s most iconic stages. In the clip, featured hosts from throughout Saturday Night Live‘s 50 seasons introduce musical guests Charli XCX, Prince, …
Read More »Bouncing Souls, Frank Turner Set for Philly's 2025 Sing Us Home Festival
Punk troubadours rule the day at the 2025 installment of Sing Us Home, the Philadelphia festival founded by native son Dave Hause. This year’s lineup includes headliners the Bouncing Souls, one of New Jersey’s chief punk exports, high-energy British singer-songwriter Frank Turner, and the host himself, backed by his band …
Read More »Barry Goldberg, Blues Keyboardist and Part of Bob Dylan's Newport Band, Dead at 83
As he took his seat at the organ behind Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in the summer of 1965, Barry Goldberg wasn’t sure what would happen. “At the beginning, it was just a gig,” he told Rolling Stone in 2013. “Bob said, ‘You want to play with me …
Read More »Teen Sentenced to 52 Years for Murdering Three Girls at Taylor Swift-Themed Dance Class
Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old who murdered three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, has been sentenced to serve a minimum of 52 years in prison. The time includes concurrent sentences for murder and attempted murder. Earlier this week, Rudakubana pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and 10 counts …
Read More »Tamino and Mitski Reside in Burrows and Ruins on Winding Duet 'Sanctuary'
There’s a record on Mitski‘s fourth album Puberty 2 where she gasps out: “I wanna see the whole world.” She repeats the refrain on “My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars” like a reverse version of “There’s no place like home.” When the singer-songwriter Tamino first heard the record, he …
Read More »Aerosmith, Who Retired From Touring Last Year, to Reunite for L.A. Charity Event Performance
Continuing an enduring show business tradition — a retirement that ends soon than expected —Aerosmith will reconvene at a charity event in Los Angeles next month. Last August, the band announced it would be retiring from the road, the result of damage done to Steven Tyler’s vocal cords. “Sadly, it …
Read More »Former 'Vibe' Editor Recalls Sean Combs Death Threat in Docuseries Preview
During a harrowing scene in the upcoming documentary series The Fall of Diddy, former Vibe editor-in-chief Danyel Smith recalls an intense interaction with Sean Combs during which he allegedly threatened to see her “dead in a trunk” if she didn’t show him the magazine’s December 1997/January 1998 issue. “After the …
Read More »SZA Will Join Kendrick Lamar as Super Bowl Halftime-Show Special Guest
The Super Bowl Halftime Show just got a lot bigger. On Thursday, Apple Music announced that SZA will be joining Kendrick Lamar during this year’s halftime show, hosted at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9. Apple Music shared a video of Lamar and SZA to make the announcement. “What’s …
Read More »Future Announces D.A.R.E. Donation, Mourns Friend With 'Lost My Dog' Video
Future shared a new music video for “Lost My Dog,” a single from his seventeenth mixtape, aptly titled Mixtape Pluto, which was released in September. The song and video are dedicated to the memory of a close friend of Future’s who died of a fentanyl overdose. The rapper has announced …
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