Metallica played their first concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Wednesday, where the crowd’s rapturous reaction to “Enter Sandman” — which has doubled as the Hokies football team’s intro music for the past half century — triggered the Richter scale. The Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory measured the sold-out crowd’s …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Miley Cyrus shows off her powerhouse vocals on a twinkling ballad, André 3000 ditches his flute for the piano, and Tyla finds a slice of paradise just in …
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The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off tonight in Texas with a massive multi-generational medley, but one of the advertised acts was noticeably missing: Sugarland. During the performance, a range of previous ACM winners took the stage to perform their signature hits, with host Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, …
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The Weeknd and Playboi Carti hand the opening verse of their collaboration “Timeless” over to Doechii on a new remix of the record. The rapper kicks off the latest version of the Hurry Up Tomorrow single with rockstar stamina and a glimpse into how she spends her 24 hours in …
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“Could life be heaven on earth?/After the hell we been through?” Kali Uchis asks on the opening track of her fifth album, Sincerely, posing a question that also serves as the record’s thesis statement. “Heaven Is a Home,” with a cinematic string overture reminiscent of the same Old Hollywood feel …
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Chris Stapleton’s “It Takes a Woman,” off last year’s ACM Album of the Year winner Higher, is a solemn, honky-tonk-on-Prozac song of devotion that digs deep into male vulnerability. While it’s never been released as a single, its momentum has only built since Higher dropped more than a year and …
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Judas Priest found out too late that Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath would be playing a star-studded farewell concert this summer to join in on the festivities, frontman Rob Halford recently told Metal Hammer. A talent agent in Germany recruited the band to perform at the 60th anniversary concert for …
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Over two years after an Afrobeats artist accused Bad Bunny of not crediting him on a song, a lawsuit has finally been filed over the situation. Back in February 2023, Mr. Eazi, the founder of the record label emPawa Africa, threatened Bad Bunny with legal action for copyright infringement, stating …
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Shaboozey and Jelly Roll took the 2025 ACM Awards to church tonight with a stirring performance of their collaboration “Amen.” Jelly Roll preceded the collab with a version of his song “Heart of Stone.” Jelly Roll took the stage first for a rousing solo performance with his band. As “Heart …
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Since emerging in 2016, the English prog-metal outfit Sleep Token have become one of rock’s most enigmatic success stories. Operating in cloaked pseudonymity — their core members are known as Vessel and II, and they perform in elaborately detailed costumes — they’ve crafted a wide-ranging musical world that’s felt distinctly …
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