Rilo Kiley wrapped up their 2025 reunion tour Saturday at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, where the group welcomed Waxahatchee to the stage for “With Arms Outstretched.” The Katie Crutchfield-led project served as Rilo Kiley’s opening act on the latest West Coast leg of the reunion tour, with Jenny …
Read More »Brandy Says 'Dehydration' Forced Abrupt Exit During Chicago Concert With Monica
Brandy said in a statement that dehydration was to blame for the singer’s abrupt and early exit from her Saturday night concert with Monica in Chicago. The Boy Is Mine Tour, co-headlined by Brandy and Monica, kicked off earlier this week in Cincinnati. However, at the third show of the …
Read More »The Right's Reaction to Bad Bunny Performing in Spanish at the Super Bowl Is Ugly — But Not New
When the NFL, Roc Nation, and Apple Music announced that Bad Bunny would be the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer, the noise started almost immediately. On one side, there were cheers and excitement: His fans recognized the historic nature of the performance, which will go down in the books as …
Read More »Taylor Swift Donates $100,000 to Young Fan Battling Cancer Who Calls Star 'My Friend'
Earlier this month, a woman named Katelynn Smoot shared a heartwarming video of her young daughter, who is battling cancer, watching the music video for Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia.” In the clip, little Lilah points at the screen and says, “That’s my friend!” The video quickly went viral, …
Read More »SZA Praises Reneé Rapp's Harp-Backed 'Good Days' Cover
Reneé Rapp knows how to let her voice loose with an R&B song. On Friday, the singer joined the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and continued the spot’s tradition of surprise covers with a rendition of SZA‘s “Good Days.” Rapp was backed by a pair of soothing acoustic guitars and …
Read More »Charley Pride Cut an Album of Brook Benton Songs. It's Finally Been Released
In the mid-1980s, when Charley Pride was in between record contracts, he went into a Dallas studio with an all-star cast of area musicians to record a series of songs by Brook Benton. He intended to turn the project into a tribute album to the R&B mainstay and “Rainy Night …
Read More »See Charlie Puth Bring Out Jeff Goldblum for Cyndi Lauper Cover at L.A. Residency
Charlie Puth’s Blue Note residencies jumped from New York City to Los Angeles this week, and in Tinseltown, he welcomed a surprise celebrity guest to the stage: Actor and jazz pianist Jeff Goldblum. “I love to give a new up-and-coming singer a chance,” Puth quipped prior to welcoming Goldblum to …
Read More »Slipknot Sue to Reclaim Slipknot.com Domain From Anonymous Squatter Selling Bootleg Merch
Slipknot have filed a lawsuit against the anonymous owner of the Slipknot.com domain in an attempt to reclaim the website, which is currently used to sell counterfeit band merchandise. For nearly 25 years, the anonymous cyber-squatter has sat on the Slipknot URL, forcing the actual Slipknot to instead make Slipknot1.com …
Read More »Niall Horan Is 'Buzzing' to Join Buddy Thomas Rhett on New Version of 'Old Tricks'
Thomas Rhett has righted a honky-tonk wrong with Niall Horan by enlisting him to sing on a new version of “Old Tricks.” “Old Tricks” was originally a duet with Blake Shelton recorded for the deluxe edition of Rhett’s 2024 album, About a Woman (out today, Oct. 17). Rhett happened to …
Read More »The Artist Known as Haffway Makes Himself Whole on a Cathartic Debut Album
Last March, Sam Westhoff, who performs under the moniker Haffway, stood beneath a lone spotlight onstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and delivered a song about struggling to slow down. The performance, an opening slot on Bear Rinehart’s Wilder Woods Tour, was as bare-bones as the way Westhoff was …
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