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Joey Molland, guitarist and last surviving core member of the rock group Badfinger, has died at the age of 77. The band’s official Facebook page announced Molland’s death, noting that he died Saturday night surrounded by family. No cause of death was provided, but Molland had faced health issues including …

Mike Campbell was always more than just the deeply gifted guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — songs from “Refugee” to “You Wreck Me,” not to mention Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer,” began with music he wrote. In his essential, vividly told new autobiography, Heartbreaker: A Memoir, due March …

Tate McRae has earned her first Number One album as So Close To What has debuted atop Billboard’s Album chart, the publication confirmed Sunday. So Close To What opened with 137 million streams along with 71,000 album sales, according to Luminate. McRae dethroned Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 …

The man who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment with Sean Combs in 1993 filed a new lawsuit late Friday accusing Combs of creating a highly toxic and psychologically manipulative work environment filled with serial sexual harassment, physical aggression, and “forced compliance with degrading sexual acts.” In his 18-page complaint obtained by …

David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original member of that pioneering punk band, has died at the age of 75. The death of the singer who also moonlighted as his swing music alter ego Buster Poindexter and, as an actor, appeared in films like …

When Morrissey attempted to reunite the New York Dolls in 2004 for a performance at London’s Meltdown festival, he thought his odds of success were low. “I expected David [Johansen] to laugh at me and put the phone down,” he said that year. “But he was very agreeable and it …

Standing in front of a raucous sold-out audience at the Macon City Auditorium in Georgia on Friday night, guitarist Duane Betts paid tribute to his late father, Allman Brothers six-string ace Dickey Betts, with a soaring cover of “Ramblin’ Man.” “And when it’s time for leavin’, I’ll hope you’ll understand,” …

Angie Stone, neo-soul singer and member of the pioneering all-female hip-hop group the Sequence, has died at the age of 63. The singer’s rep Deborah R. Champagne told TMZ that Stone died in a car accident early Saturday morning following a concert the previous night in Montgomery, Alabama; Stone was …

Grimes has set her eyes on the future of pop music: Adéla. On Friday, the Slovakian pop star — who was discovered as a contestant on Netflix’s Dream Academy last year — released the video for her single “Machine Girl,” featuring a cameo from Grimes. The Mitch Dequilettes-directed video sees …

Nicky Jam has released his first project since facing stark backlash for his (withdrawn) endorsement of Donald Trump. On Friday, the reggaeton artist dropped the eight-track EP, Sunshine, including collaborations with Geo and 4Rain. “This album is incredibly special to me because it represents a new stage in my artistic …