Chappell Roan just gave fans another taste of her country-inflected song “The Giver” — this time via a retro phone number stunt. Roan, who first premiered the country-tinged track during her Saturday Night Live debut last November, offered an invite to a quirky listening party over the weekend,sharing a now-dead …
Read More »Meet OsamaSon, an Architect for the Next Generation of Rap Music
O samaSon is a 21-year-old rapper from Goose Creek, South Carolina, who, alongside a small coterie of rising acts his age, is beginning to define the coming zeitgeist in modern hip-hop. His latest album, Jump Out, is a 45-minute trip into the blistering sonic universe of his generation. The record …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Tops the Charts After Super Bowl Performance
“Not Like Us” is back on top. A week after Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime performance, the diss track skyrocketed back to Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100, giving the song its third non-consecutive week atop the chart. “Not Like Us” garnered 49 million streams last week, according to Luminate, …
Read More »Paul Simon Announces 'A Quiet Celebration,' His First Tour in Seven Years
Seven years after wrapping up his Homeward Bound Farewell Tour with a hometown concert in Queens, New York, Paul Simon is returning to the road. He’ll be supporting his 2023 LP Seven Psalms, which is a single 33-minute acoustic track divided into seven distinct segments. The tour kicks off April …
Read More »Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to Auction Banksy Painting That Could Fetch $6 Million
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus will auction a Banksy painting, valued at up to £5 million, or $6.3 million, with a portion of the earnings directed toward a Los Angeles wildfire fund and medical charities. The rare, hand-painted artwork with an environmental message, titled “Crude Oil (Vettriano),” will go up for auction …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to Headline 2025 WorldPride Music Festival in D.C.
WorldPride is coming to the United States this year — and it’s bringing a star-studded music festival with it. On Tuesday, WorldPride Music Festival announced that Jennifer Lopez and Troye Sivan will headline the 2025 edition, set to be hosted in Washington, D.C. on June 6 and 7. The stacked …
Read More »Placebo Frontman Faces Criminal Charges in Italy for Political Stage Banter
Placebo frontman Brian Molko is facing criminal charges after offering some pointed onstage political commentary during a July 2023 performance at Italy’s Sonic Park Stupinigi festival. Italian prosecutors charged him with “contempt of the institutions” for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “piece of shit, fascist, racist,” according to British …
Read More »Lisa Launches Comic-Book Company to Accompany Debut Album 'Alter-Ego'
Lisa is getting the comic book treatment, the Blackpink star announced on Tuesday. She’s set to launch comics company Lalisa Comics and release Alter-Ego: The Official Comic, a supplement to her debut album out on Feb. 28. The comic version of Alter-Ego will be a limited-edition, 56-page book inspired by …
Read More »Nine Inch Nails' Self Destruct Tour Photographer to Share Rare Images in New Exhibit
Rare photographs from Nine Inch Nails’ legendary Self Destruct Tour will debut in the United States at special exhibitions showing in New York City and Los Angeles. The show offers a new look at the trek, which found Nine Inch Nails touring the world between 1994 and 1996 in support …
Read More »Lady Gaga Will Celebrate 'Mayhem' With 'Saturday Night Live' Double Duty
Mayhem weekend just got even more chaotic! On Tuesday, Saturday Night Live announced its guests for March 1 and March 8: Tate McRae will perform as Shane Gillis hosts on March 1, and Lady Gaga will take on double-duty on March 8, the day after she releases her seventh studio …
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