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Olivia Rodrigo is riding high in her festival era. She’s setting a new record by headlining 18 music festivals in one year — and she’s doing it with a full-on rock show. To celebrate the fifth consecutive Summer of Liv, O-Rod’s making the rounds from Lollapalooza in Chicago to Bonnaroo …

On the same day Donald Trump unleashed a social media tirade aimed at Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam showed solidarity with the E Street rocker with a cover of “My City of Ruins” during the band’s concert Friday in Pittsburgh. The encore portion of Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter Tour shows typically …

For fans who’d been waiting for Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour to finally touch down in New York (the Colombian superstar spent the first leg crisscrossing across Latin America), a few small obstacles threatened to derail the anticipated spectacle: On the second night of her two-show run at …

Days after Chris Brown’s arrest in connection with an alleged attack at a London nightclub, rapper HoodyBaby has been also been charged over the incident. British police announced on Saturday that Omolulu Akinlolu, the American rapper known as HoodyBaby, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent for the …

You could say that Morgan Wallen has achieved his 2020s pop domination by brute force. His last two albums — 2021’s Dangerous: The Double Album and 2023’s One Thing at a Time — clock in at 30 and 36 tracks respectively, which thanks to streaming-era math is a boon to …

With Kesha, it’s fair to say that love is (still) her drug. Today, the pop star released her single “Boy Crazy,” on which she sings from the perspective of a horny and wild-hearted femme fatale. The song opens with Kesha’s voice filtered through an almost robotic effect, before she shifts …

Donald Trump, who had “Born in the U.S.A.” on his 2016 campaign rally soundtrack, insisted he’s “never liked” Bruce Springsteen or his music after the musician called the president “incompetent and treasonous” at his 2025 European tour kickoff. Such biting words from such a famous and revered rock star unsurprisingly …

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is standing by its artists. On Friday, the union issued a statement defending Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen after Donald Trump attacked the two stars on social media. “[We] will not remain silent as two of our members—Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift—are singled out …

Rihanna has dropped a new single, “Friend of Mine.” The upbeat, Afrobeats-inspired dance track was written for forthcoming animated movie Smurfs, in which the singer voices Smurfette. A video for the song sees Rihanna approaching the Smurfs’ village with a giant flower as an umbrella. As she goes inside, it …

Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Casandra “Cassie” Ventura finished her grueling, explicit, and sometimes haphazard cross-examination in ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial Friday afternoon. She was excused by the judge after spending four days on the witness stand under questioning by both sides. Dressed in …