It’s been a while since Shawn Mendes has felt this close. He’s standing in the bleachers at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium while upwards of 12,000 people sing along to “Stitches” at the latest stop on his On the Road Again Tour. The unconventional seating arrangement at the venue allows …
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The world hasn’t even had The Life of a Showgirl for a full 24 hours, and it’s already broken a streaming record on Spotify. Today, the streaming service announced that the new twelfth album by Swift broke the record for most-streamed in a single day so far in 2025, just …
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Taylor Swift has stood atop the pop world, glittering in a sequined midnight-blue bodysuit with rainbow confetti falling at her feet. She has mesmerized stadiums packed with fans, whose screams and cheers registered on the Richter scale. She’s broken streaming and chart records she herself has set. She’s released a …
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On Sept 5, 2024, a year before his death, Charlie Kirk was debating at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We have a problem in Black America,” he argued. “The biggest problem is not racism, it’s a lack of dads. If dads are around, kids flourish.” He pointed to Barack Obama, a …
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It’s showtime: Taylor Swift‘s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, is finally here and streaming everywhere. The album was produced by Swift alongside Max Martin and Shellback, who first worked with her on Red. Swift’s latest features 12 tracks, including the long-awaited single “The Fate of Ophelia.” The video …
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Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and will have to miss the next leg of the band’s 2025 reunion tour. In a statement shared on Instagram, Arthurs told fans that he had responded “really well to treatment,” which allowed him …
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Taylor Swift‘s twelfth albumThe Life of a Showgirlis finally here and it features a long-anticipated collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter. Carpenter, the only guest vocalist on the LP, joins Swift on the title track, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The mid-tempo pop songs recounts the story of a woman named Kitty, …
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Taylor Swift hits all her marks with her 12th studio album, Young Miko delivers a sultry tune full of Afrobeats nods, and Mariah the Scientist and Kali Uchis …
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Chris Dreja, co-founder of influential English rock band the Yardbirds and co-writer on many of the band’s memorable songs, died at 79. His death was announced by his former bandmate Jimmy Page. “I heard today of the passing of musician Chris Dreja, who passionately played with the iconic Yardbirds, on …
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Maybe the 149 Eras Tour shows in 51 cities across a year and a half were enough for now. In a new interview withBBC Radio 1 following the release of The Life of a Showgirl on Friday, Taylor Swift said she plans to take a break from touring for a …
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