The 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has canceled the remainder of its weekend. The Manchester, Tennessee, event kicked off on Thursday on schedule, but heavy rains on Friday postponed the day’s events and ultimately led to the cancellation of the remainder of the fest. “We are beyond gutted, but …
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All over America today, it’s No Kings Day, as the people rise up to make the kind of protests none of us thought we’d ever need to make in our lifetimes. It’s a day for defiance, for solidarity, as we watch the whole idea of a constitutional republic get dismantled …
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Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson has shared a new song, “Midnight Sun,” which will serve as the title track from her upcoming fourth album, out Sept. 26. “Midnight Sun” teeters the between ebullient and delirious, with production that nods to frenetic house breakbeats, serene trance synths, and big tent EDM …
Read More »Eric Benét Is Making New Hits and Living His Best Life
Eric Benét and I might be cousins. In any case, there’s a possibility our ancestors once walked on the same plantation — at least, that’s what the star, full name Eric Benét Jordan, half-jokingly tells me when we meet in the lounge of a New York hotel in late April. …
Read More »Beach Boys' Mike Love Honors 'Brother in Music' Brian Wilson at Gala Event
Mike Love paid tribute to his cousin and Beach Boys co-founder, Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday, at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York on Thursday. “I especially must thank my cousin Brian Wilson,” Love said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “My first cousin by blood but …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Performed 'Not Like Us' in Drake's Hometown for First Time
If anyone needed further evidence that Kendrick Lamar eviscerated Drake in their feud, look no further than the response Lamar received while performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto this week. He and SZA brought their Grand National Tour to Rogers Centre on Thursday night for the first of two shows …
Read More »Elvis Presley's 'Sunset Boulevard' Box Set to Anthologize Seventies L.A. Recordings
A new box set will examine Elvis Presley‘s third act, collecting rare highlights from his L.A. recording sessions between 1970 and 1975. Sunset Boulevard, out Aug. 1, includes 89 rarities, more than half of which have never come out officially in the U.S., across five discs. A preview of what …
Read More »House Great Vince Lawrence Recalls the Racism Fueling Disco Demolition Night in New Doc Clip
Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone. Directed by Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body digs …
Read More »Drake Declares 'F-ck Hollywood and the Hamptons' on Smiley's '2 Mazza'
Drake appears on OVO Sound signee Smiley’s new song “2 Mazza.” The two Canadian artists’ track comes in the middle of Drake’s foe Kendrick Lamar taking over Toronto’s Rogers Centre this week on his Grand National Tour with SZA. “2 Mazza” is heavy on the Toronto slang and locale shoutouts, …
Read More »Kanye West Showed Up at Sean Combs' Trial
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Kanye West showed up to Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York this morning and walked through security with Combs’ youngest son, Christian “King” Combs. Wearing an all-white denim ensemble and dark sunglasses, West traveled light as he …
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