There is nothing quite like the music people discover when they’re in high school. It’s these songs that soundtrack first loves and heartbreaks, and all the moments that feel like they’re the end of the world. It’s these songs that act as a salve in teen bedrooms and hit even …
Read More »'Will Sean Combs Testify?' and Other Burning Questions We Still Have
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage With Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial entering its sixth week, much of the closely guarded case is now public record. Jurors have sat through days of highly emotional testimony from the two principal alleged victims, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Add Dates to 20th Anniversary Tour After Downgrading Some Venues
The Jonas Brothers aren’t dwelling on how they downgraded five shows from stadiums to arenas — instead, they’re expanding their Jonas20 tour, adding new dates with support from acts like the All-American Rejects, Marshmello, and Boys Like Girls. “This tour is both a celebration of 20 years of making music …
Read More »Johnny Marr Backs Kneecap Ahead of Glastonbury Fest: 'Oppression Fears Artistic Expression'
Johnny Marr voiced his support for Kneecap ahead of their upcoming performance at Glastonbury, which comes as the Belfast hip-hop trio has faced waves of criticism for their support of Palestine. “I’ve played Glastonbury many times and the festival has always had a political aspect,” the former Smiths guitarist said. …
Read More »Meet After, the L.A. Duo Making Y2k-Inspired Pop That Feels Like Right Now
S ome connections are cosmically fated. Justine Dorsey and Graham Epstein first met on the dating app Hinge, bonded by an affinity for the type of breezy, infectious pop music from the early aughts. Both happened to be born on the same day in 1995, adding to the mystical alignment …
Read More »Ava Max Will Celebrate 'Don't Click Play' With a North American Tour
Ava Max‘s third album is getting a tour. On Monday, the pop star announced that she’ll be heading on the Don’t Click Play tour this fall following the release of her album of the same name. Max will launch the set of shows on Sept. 3 at Los Angeles’ Greek …
Read More »Noah Cyrus Sets Return With 'I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me': 'This Album Is Me'
Noah Cyrus knows who she is now — and she wants her second studio album I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me to catch everyone else up, too. “For a long time, I couldn’t really trust in my own choices. I had to learn how to make decisions …
Read More »Stevie Nicks Adds More Shows to 'Live in Concert' Tour
Stevie Nicks has added eight more shows — including gigs in Brooklyn, Portland, Charlotte — to her upcoming Live in Concert run this fall. Nicks will kick off her tour with a Barclays Center show in New York on Aug. 8 before playing already-announced shows in Boston, Toronto, and Tampa, …
Read More »Dancehall Legend Vybz Kartel on Life in Prison and His Miraculous Return
I t’s New Year’s Eve, and the roads that lead to Jamaica’s National Stadium are filled with food vendors manning their oil-drum grills. Some sell orange bandannas like the pair Vybz Kartel wore when he walked out of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre five months earlier, on July 31, …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter's 'Manchild' Debuts at Number One on Hot 100
Sabrina Carpenter has returned to the top of the charts with her latest single “Manchild” debuting at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. “Manchild” is Carpenter’s first song to debut atop the Hot 100, and her second Number One overall after “Please Please Please” spent a week there almost …
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