Anderson .Paak is taking it back to 2016. On Tuesday, the musician announced he’s heading on the road this fall to play the entirety of his beloved Malibu alongside the Free Nationals. The trek will start in Oregon in mid-September before he makes his way to venues such as Los …
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V of BTS is gearing up to share new material — but it isn’t music. The musician announced a new project, Type 1, on June 26. At the time, it was unclear whether he would be sharing an individual single, an EP, or a full-length album. But on June 27, …
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Taylor Swift invited several surprise guests onstage to perform during this weekend in London, but her Eras Tour run at Wembley Stadium also brought out a bunch of famous fans, including Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Cruise, and Prince William. On Sunday, fans captured footage of McCartney entering the VIP tent …
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Warner Music Group‘s production branch is being sued by filmmaker Martyn Atkins over the company’s alleged use of footage in a 2021 Tom Petty documentary without permission. Last week, Atkins filed a lawsuit in L.A. accusing the company of “brazen exploitation” of copyrighted recordings in the Somewhere You Feel Free …
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At some point over the years, online pop fandom has morphed into a war zone in which album sales, chart placements, and celebrity interactions are used as ammunition. It’s rare that the musicians themselves are on the frontlines of these battles between fan communities, which often run rampant with unchecked …
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Will Smith is set to take the stage for a special performance at the 2024 BET Awards, where he’ll be debuting a new original song. No details about the song were shared. Smith hasn’t released much new music in the nearly 20 years since his last album, Lost and Found, …
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North Carolina singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman has announced his next album, Manning Fireworks (out Sept. 6 via Anti-), with a new song, “She’s Leaving You.” The track finds Lenderman flexing his characteristically clever and candid songwriting skills, delivering a sardonic assessment of a cheating husband’s grim midlife crisis that still maintains …
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On Saturday night, Foo Fighters performed at London Stadium for the second night in a row as part of their Everything or Nothing at All Tour. About 20 miles away, on the other side of the city, Taylor Swift took the stage at Wembley Stadium for the second of three …
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The major record labels have filed lawsuits against the prominent AI music generation companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing the companies of training their AI tech on the unlicensed works of some of the world’s biggest artists. The suits — filed in Massachusetts and New York — were filed …
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Pop singer-songwriter Lauv has announced a special “One Night In” mini-tour for this fall that will include a handful of dates on the East and West coasts. The short-run kicks off Sept. 21 in Boston at the Leader Bank Pavilion before continuing Sept. 23 at Radio City Music Hall in …
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