2025 is officially the Year of Lucy Dacus. The singer-songwriter, fresh off her massive, Grammy-winning success with boygenius, will release the new solo album Forever Is a Feeling, out March 28 via Geffen Records. To preview the album, Dacus shared two excellent new tracks: “Ankles” and “Limerence.” The former is …
Read More »Leighton Meester's 'Heartstrings' Album Returns to iTunes Charts After L.A. Fire Home Loss
Ten years ago, Leighton Meester was on the road for the Heartstrings tour. The actress had released her debut album a few months prior, and the run of live shows supporting it kept her away from home for eight weeks as she performed for hundreds of fans each night. A …
Read More »Drake Sues UMG for Defamation, Harassment Over Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
Drake has formalized his contentious battle against Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us” by going after Universal Music Group, filing a defamation and harassment lawsuit against the major music conglomerate on Wednesday. The Canadian-born rapper, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, claims UMG “unleashed every weapon in its …
Read More »Bad Bunny Is Taking Over Puerto Rico's El Choli
Bad Bunny doesn’t want to leave Puerto Rico — he proclaimed as much on his LP Un Verano Sin Ti as well as on his latest album Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Earlier this week, the Latin star announced a 21-show residency at the iconic “El Choli” Coliseo de Puerto Rico, …
Read More »Ringo Starr Is Making His Grand Ole Opry Debut
Nashville is reaching peak Ringo. On the heels of his new country album, Look Up, Ringo Starr will make his Grand Ole Opry debut next month. The former Beatles drummer was invited to perform on the long-running country-music radio show by Emmylou Harris, herself an Opry member. Harris popped the …
Read More »P. Fluid, Original 24/7 Spyz Frontman, Dead at 64 in Apparent Homicide
Peter Forrest — who, as P. Fluid, was lead singer and frontman of the pioneering Black rock band 24/7 Spyz — has died at the age of 64. On Jan. 14th, Forrest’s body was found badly beaten in the back of an abandoned ambulette bus in the Bronx. Forrest, who …
Read More »Wilco and Waxahatchee Set U.S. Spring Tour
Wilco will return to the road this spring for a run through the U.S. South, with Waxahatchee joining them for most of the tour. The Sweet and Sour Spring 2025 Tour kicks off April 25 in Fairhope, AL, making its way through Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and the Carolinas before wrapping …
Read More »Carrie Underwood Is 'Looking to the Future' With Inauguration — Her LGBTQ+ Fans See a Scarier One
One year into Donald Trump‘s first presidential term, many fans heard Carrie Underwood‘s song “Love Wins” as a rebuke of ugly, divisive politics. Co-written by Underwood, the single builds toward a cathartic release with each verse, the first of which asks: “Politics and prejudice/How the hell’d it ever come to …
Read More »The Game Shows Up for Los Angeles to Support Firefighters, Animal Rescue Amid Fires
Ever since the Palisades fire erupted on Jan. 7, the Game has been waking up at 4:30 a.m. After a quick shower and change of clothes, he’s out the door and on the freeway. He gets to one of the locations he has planned for the day by 6:00 a.m., …
Read More »Sean Combs' Lawyers Say 'Freak Off' Videos Show 'Fully Consenting Adults'
Sean “Diddy” Combs claims several videos at the center of his federal racketeering and sex trafficking indictment show “fully consenting adults” engaged in the sexual encounters known as “Freak Offs.” Combs’ attorneys claim the videos confirm his “innocence” and must be turned over to his defense for independent analysis. In …
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