Cardi B has announced her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, by revealing its cover art and release date across social media. The follow-up to her Grammy-winning, four-times platinum debut 2018 album Invasion of Privacy has been hotly anticipated in the years since, often stoked by Cardi teasing a …
Read More »Beyoncé Welcomes Jay-Z to the 'Cowboy Carter' Tour With Paris Guest Appearance
Beyoncé‘s ambitious Cowboy Carter tour has been a family affair from the beginning. Throughout the tour, which began in April, her daughter Blue Ivy has joined her legion of dancers in a more official capacity, while Rumi has appeared for an especially tender moment during “Protector.” During the third and …
Read More »'The Mount Rushmore of Festivals': Zach Top Wows Telluride Bluegrass Fest
The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union Station and I’m With Her on the bill. There was also a special celebration of Toy …
Read More »Writer Lawrence Burney On How Regional Rap Debates Made Him Examine 'Country-ness'
As the adage goes, music marks time. We’ve all had formative experiences to different soundtracks. In No Sense In Wishing (Atria Books, July 8th) author and cultural critic Lawrence Burney sharply expresses his life and times in a powerful collection of essays. The book traces what he’s learned from his …
Read More »U2's The Edge Becomes Irish Citizen After Living in Ireland for 62 Years
U2 guitarist The Edge has spent more than six decades living in Ireland. The country is as home to him as any place can be, especially now that has become an actual citizen there. On Monday, the musician, born David Howell Evans in Essex, was granted Irish citizenship. “I guess, …
Read More »Nicole Scherzinger Loosens Up Her 'Buttons' for Broadway Bares Charity Event Performance
Nicole Scherzinger flashed back to 2005 at the 2025 iteration of Broadway Bares, an annual charity event hosted in New York City with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The singer hit the stage at Hammerstein Ballroom to perform the Pussycat Dolls single “Buttons” with dancers from …
Read More »Bonnaroo Organizers Ask Fans: 'Would You Attend Bonnaroo If It Happened in 2026?'
Bonnaroo in the fall? Bonnaroo every other year? Bonnaroo at all? These were some of the questions posed to fans in a survey that could dictate the future of the Manchester, Tennessee, festival. Organizers disseminated the survey on Monday via email and on social media, just a week after Bonnaroo …
Read More »Watch Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Play a Majestic, 14-Minute 'Cortez the Killer'
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are three shows into their Love Earth world tour, and they’ve already settled into a solid setlist that mixes classics (“Cinnamon Girl,” “Like a Hurricane,” “The Needle and the Damage Done”) with oddball deep cuts (“Sun Green,” “Looking Forward,” “Name of Love”), and doesn’t …
Read More »Sean Combs Case Expected to Go to Jury This Week
After seven weeks of testimony and more than 30 witnesses, both the prosecution and defense in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case are set to rest their cases this week, with the case going to the jury as soon as Friday. Prosecutors told the court on Monday that they plan to …
Read More »Pete Townshend on the Who's Split With Zak Starkey: 'It's Been a Mess'
Pete Townshend has weighed in on the acrimonious split between the Who and drummer Zak Starkey, admitting of the situation, “It’s been a mess.” Back in April, the Who — or Townshend and Roger Daltrey — announced they “made a collective decision to part ways with Zak” after the drummer’s …
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