Mainstream country music singers will once again gather under the iHeartMedia banner when the broadcasting giant stages its annual iHeartCountry Festival this spring in Austin. Set for May 4 at the Moody Center in the Texas capital, the festival features a lineup of radio mainstays and those on the uptick. …
Read More »Mitski Expands 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We' 2024 Tour
Mitski will bring her latest album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, on the road in 2024 — and she’s adding more dates and openers to her run of shows! Tamino, Sunny War, Laufey, Sarah Kinsley, Ethel Cain, Arlo Parks, and Wyatt Flowers are among the openers who …
Read More »Janet Jackson Schedules Second Round of 'Together Again' Tour Dates for Summer 2024
Last year, Janet Jackson made her grand return to the stage with the Together Again tour after being off the road for four years. And now that she’s been bitten by the performance bug once again, she doesn’t want the fun to end. On Tuesday, the music icon announced the …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Cashed Out With 'Giving Up Smoke' Ad. The Brand That Paid Him Can't Say the Same
Resident weed icon Snoop Dogg made headlines last year when he announced that he would be “giving up smoke,” devastating stoners everywhere. A week later, the rapper eased their fear when he revealed that it was all part of an elaborate brand deal with Solo Brands, which sells a smokeless …
Read More »Sean Combs Settles With Diageo Amid Ongoing Sexual Assault Lawsuits
Sean Combs has reached a settlement with Diageo and will no longer be a joint owner of the tequila brand DeLeón or have any ties to Cîroc vodka, the embattled music mogul and liquor giant said in a joint statement Tuesday. The pact comes after Combs first sued Diageo in …
Read More »Kali Uchis Refuses to 'Fit Into One Box'
Kali Uchis‘ genre-jumping career has so far been evenly divided between Spanish- and English-language albums, which feels about right for an artist who was born in Virginia but spent chunks of her childhood in her father’s native Colombia. “When you aren’t just one thing and you are as multidimensional of …
Read More »Sophie Ellis-Bextor to Release 'Murder on the Dancefloor' on Vinyl After 'Saltburn' Success
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will release her hit single “Murder on the Dancefloor” on vinyl for the first time. The song, which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, will be available on a limited edition red 7-inch, as well as a limited edition red CD single, from Feb. …
Read More »Lil Nas X Admits He 'Messed Up Really Bad' With His Controversial 'J Christ' Promo
He’s repenting. On Friday, Lil Nas X released his new single “J Christ” — complete with a video of him being strapped to a cross. Now, the pop star is addressing the backlash he’s faced for his Christianity-referencing rollout. In a video posted Monday, the singer apologized for some of …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Honors Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Cover of U2's 'Pride'
Kelly Clarkson is honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a special performance. On Monday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, coinciding with MLK Day, the singer performed a cover of U2‘s “Pride (In the Name of Love),” the song Bono wrote, in part, about the civil rights …
Read More »Taylor Swift Supports Travis Kelce in Wild Card Game at Arrowhead Stadium
Taylor Swift arrived in style at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday to support her boyfriend Travis Kelce at his and her first game of the year together. Sporting an oversized, red puffy jacket featuring the name “Kelce” on the sleeve and back, and his number 87 emblazoned on it, Swift was …
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