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Asake honored the victims of a fatal crowd crush at his 2022 show in London as he performed his first show in England’s capital since the tragedy. On Sunday, Aug. 20, the Nigerian Afrobeats star headlined London’s O2 Arena, and the concert opened with a pointed and poignant remembrance for …

In what can only be described as one of the most unexpected shakeups in recent chart history, Oliver Anthony‘s “Rich Men North of Richmond” has beaten out superstars including Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Olivia Rodrigo, and Gunna for the top spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100 songs chart. The …

Everyone’s favorite grilled cheese salesman and concert industry scammer Billy McFarland is back with a brand new opportunity for you to give him money and ostensibly see a concert. The infamous Fyre Festival founder/fraudster — who pleaded guilty to fraud charges and spent a little less than four years in …

BTS’ V gets a little impatient in the first official teaser trailer for the forthcoming music video accompanying his solo single “Blue.” In the 23-second clip, the singer walks fervently down a hallway leading up to an apartment door. When he’s reached the unit he was searching for, he rings …

It’s been less than two weeks since the video for Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” made its way onto YouTube and the life of the Farmville, Virginia-based country singer hasn’t been the same since. The once-unknown songwriter, who as recently as August 7 claimed to be living off …

The San Francisco music scene was bursting with magic during the Sixties and Seventies, from the rise of radio DJs and eye-catching poster artists to Rolling Stone magazine and a number of iconic acts who emerged from it, including the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Miller, Santana, …

Earl Sweatshirt is marking the 10th anniversary of his solo debut album Doris with a series of shows and last night a special guest arrived to help him celebrate. Tyler, the Creator surprised the audience when he joined Earl on stage at Saturday’s concert at Novo in Los Angeles to …

Hours after Guns N’ Roses finally released their new song “Perhaps,” Axl Rose and company debuted the single live during their concert Friday at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. “Forgive me if I don’t run around and try to project as much because I’m gonna try to figure out how to fucking …

When Shaquille O’Neal logs onto Zoom for a quick chat about his new dubstep album, he tells me that he’s at a vacation home in Antarctica. “I bought it online,” he says with a smirk. “Me and my boys, we had a couple of days. ‘Yo, let’s fly and see …

For more than a decade, Victoria Monét has powered her career as an independent musician through her work as a songwriter. It’s been lucrative enough that she never really had to bank on major record labels taking a chance on her as a leading artist. Sure, it would have been …