The Loved Ones, the Philadelphia band who supercharged the pop-punk genre in the mid-Aughts with songs like “Jane” and “The Bridge,” haven’t played a show in nearly eight years. That dormant streak will end when frontman Dave Hause revives the group at the 2024 Sing Us Home Festival. Set for …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Will Bring Gag City to a Town Near You on Her 2024 Tour
Barbz, get those credit cards out — the mayor of Gag City is going on tour! On Monday, Live Nation announced Nicki Minaj‘s headline arena tour in support of Pink Friday 2, which arrived Friday, Nov. 8. The tour includes stops at festivals Rolling Loud California and Dreamville Festival. Minaj …
Read More »Carrie Underwood Extends Her 2024 'Reflection' Vegas Residency
Carrie Underwood will be spending some more time in Las Vegas in 2024. On Monday, Resorts World announced that the singer will be extending her Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency dates through late October. The newly announced shows will take place on Oct. 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, and 26 …
Read More »Maisie Williams Catches Romy's Late Night Set in 'She's on My Mind' Video
Romy‘s late-night club set brings in a crew of partygoers in the music video for her latest single “She’s on My Mind,” chief among them the actress Maisie Williams. The song, which arrived on Romy’s debut solo album Mid Air in September, is a hedonistic disco escape that closes out …
Read More »Jeffrey Foskett, Whose Falsetto Powered Brian Wilson's Band and the Beach Boys, Dead at 67
Jeffrey Foskett, a singer-guitarist that spent decades in the Beach Boys and played a pivotal role in Brian Wilson‘s late Nineties comeback thanks to his soaring falsetto and effortless ability to harmonize, died Monday after a long battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer. He was 67. A spokesperson for Wilson confirmed …
Read More »How Rap's Elder Statesmen Took Over Podcasting, TV, and Everything Else
A chart mainstay and ferocious rhymer from the late-Nineties into the aughts, Queens rapper N.O.R.E. has since built a hugely visible (and lucrative) second career as a podcast host on Revolt’s Drink Champs, where he and DJ EFN swap stories and libations with the biggest names in rap. Their 2021 …
Read More »NFL Announcer Calls Taylor Swift Travis 'Kelce's Wife' During Game
On Sunday, NFL commentator Tony Romo made a call that hasn’t actually happened (yet) during the Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Buffalo Bills. Romo referred to Taylor Swift as Travis Kelce‘s wife. In a video clip of the moment, at first the camera is trained on Kelce on the …
Read More »Queen Latifah, Common to Perform at 2024 Roots Picnic L.A. Edition
The Roots and Live Nation Urban announced Monday the Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life festival, which will take place June 29 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The Roots will headline with additional performances by Queen Latifah, Common, and others. It’s the Philly festival’s inaugural …
Read More »SZA Drops Six Cover Art Teasers for 'Lana'
CouldLanabe on its way? On Sunday night, SZA dropped what appears to be six versions of cover art for the deluxe version of her smash albumSOS, simply captioning the images “LANA.” In Septemberthe singer revealed the name of her upcoming album,a nickname for the rapper whose real name isSolána Rowe. …
Read More »Ceci Bastida's Powerful Stories of Movement and Migration
Around the time that the musician Ceci Bastida started working on her album Every Thing Taken Away, she was also volunteering for the Young Center, a non-profit organization that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children in the U.S. Once a week, Bastida would meet up with different kids in …
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