MADRID — Over a drumroll reminiscent of a march or religious procession, the massive blue velvet curtains came falling down like a waterfall, and the stage at Madrid’s WiZink Center arena on Saturday turned into a dim lit club, complete with small tables, a bartender, a full orchestra and the …
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After dropping his explosive Bizarrap freestyle targeting J Balvin, Residente said that his feud with Balvin has been brewing for a while and explained the context around his blistering, eight-minute diss track. In an interview with Rolling Stone en Español on Friday, Residente said that the first time he ever …
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Following Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records, and “false reports” regarding ownership of The Chronic, Dr. Dre still owns “100%” of the G-funk classic, his lawyer told Rolling Stone. While it was initially reported that the masters of Death Row classics like Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Tupac Shakur’s …
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Less than a week after Dua Lipa was hit with a copyright lawsuit over her “Levitating,” a second lawsuit from a different set of songwriters was filed Friday that also accuses Lipa of stealing their song for her 2020 single. Lawyers for songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer claim …
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With just one month left in American Utopia’s latest Broadway residency, David Byrne and his cast appeared on CBS Mornings to perform three of his songs from the acclaimed show. Performing onstage at the St. James Theatre — where American Utopia is booked through April 3 — Byrne and his …
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Grupo Firme is taking afiesta Mexicana on the road for their stadium tour. During a press conference at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, the Mexican band announced that they will be expanding their Enfiestados y Amanecidos Tour to eight stadiums in the U.S. “We already cried a bit,” …
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A new copyright infringement lawsuit claims Sam Smith and Normani copied essential elements of a 2015 song titled “Dancing With a Stranger” to release their own sultry single by the same name four years later. In the complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday, songwriters Jordan Vincent, …
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The first few notes of “Nieve” take listeners back to the EDM songs bumping at the club in the early 2010s. On Thursday, Feid and Sky Rompiendo dropped their latest collaboration, a dance-ready banger. The song came about as a surprise for Feid and Sky while they worked on “a …
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Just before Adriel Favela‘s album Cosas Del Diablo drops at midnight, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter is throwing one giant celebration in the video for “Contigo No Fue,” an upbeat blast of a song that highlights the versatility of his new project. The track features La Cotorrisa and Strecci, who join Favela …
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For her birthday on Thursday, Camila Cabello brought the azúcar to all the right places with the release of her salsa and cumbia-infused “Bam Bam” featuring Ed Sheeran. In the earworm lyrics, the Cuban-Mexican star grows from a breakup and learns how to dance the pain away with a “c’est …
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