Music

On Friday, Nov. 5, at least 50,000 people attended the first day of Travis Scott’s Astroworld in Houston on Friday to catch a lineup that was set to feature SZA, Bad Bunny, and Tame Impala alongside Scott himself. But tragedy unfolded that evening when the massive crowd surged towards the stage during Scott’s performance. At

After a week of rumors that Ed Sheeran would have to forgo his Saturday Night Live performance after recently testing positive for Covid-19, the English singer-songwriter returned to Studio 8H with two songs from his new album, =. Sheeran told Howard Stern there was never a question he would make the live performance, despite having

Details of the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival that left at least eight fans dead in Houston are still coming in, and they are absolutely horrifying. “Fans were recording the concert and people doing CPR,” concert attendee/registered nurse Madeline Eskins told Rolling Stone. “Fans were yelling at the stage crew around us, saying stop the

Britney Spears’ ex-managers are fighting her demand they cough up financial records from the start of her embattled conservatorship through 2018 and denying any knowledge of a listening device placed in the pop star’s bedroom. In new documents signed Friday and obtained by Rolling Stone, lawyers for Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group argue there’s

Beloved internet comedian Rickey Thompson returns as a narrator on Aminé’s TWOPOINTFIVE (out today) after serving as the connective tissue of the Portland rapper’s last project-in-between-albums. “Fuck all the bullshit you going through right now,” Thompson urges stringently at the start of Aminé’s latest release. “Fuck that! It’s time to get up, go have some

Lorde has shared two new bonus tracks from Solar Power, “Helen of Troy” and “Hold No Grudge.” “These songs were fun explorations on the album journey,” she said of the songs. “They didn’t quite fit into the tracklist for whatever reason but they’re both big tunes.” She said in a statement that “Helen of Troy”

Gorillaz will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut with a massive box set, out Dec. 10. The collection contains previously unreleased documents from the Department of Music Correction, which contains 27 pages of memos, faxes, and early Jamie Hewlett drawings that were thought to be destroyed in a fire. In addition to the

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have dropped new single “It Don’t Bother Me.” Their take on Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch’s acoustic song will appear on their collaborative album Raise the Roof, which is their first LP they’ve culled together in 14 years. The album arrives Nov. 19. Their rendition, which serves as their final

The scorching Atlanta sun is in full effect as Moneybagg Yo’s car pulls into a Starbucks parking lot. The plan is to grab a quick coffee here before heading to a nearby studio, where he’s working on some new tracks for a deluxe reissue of his hit album A Gangsta’s Pain. But those plans change

UPDATE (11/2): Christina Aguilera will return to the Latin Grammys for the first time in over 20 years for an “extended performance” at this year’s ceremony. Full details about the pop star’s set weren’t revealed, but she is expected to perform her new single, “Pa Mis Muchachas,” with Nicki Nicole, Nathy Peluso and Becky G.

Franz Ferdinand are back with a new track, “Billy Goodbye,” which will appear on the Scottish outfit’s upcoming compilation, Hits to the Head, out Mar. 11, 2022 via Domino. “Billy Goodbye” finds Franz Ferdinand firmly in their wheelhouse, blending grin-inducing power-pop with some clever art-rock flourishes. The track arrives with a black-and-white video — directed

UPDATE (11/1): Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman have settled their lawsuit against Barry Mann, Pitchfork reports. Mann had previously filed a cease-and-desist complaint claiming Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon” infringed on the copyright for the 1961 hit Mann cowrote, “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp).” The parties reached a confidential settlement agreement

Kendrick Lamar’s discography has a subtle kind of depth. His catalog is full of gems you either missed or were never aware of. Maybe you forgot about his brilliant 2016 project, untitled unmastered, or his standout run of mixtapes released in the years preceding his mainstream breakthrough. And when it comes to the hits, he

Jon Bon Jovi was forced to cancel a Miami concert at the last minute Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19. The singer was scheduled to appear at the “Runaway With JBJ” fan event Saturday — featuring a Q&A sessions, photo ops and an acoustic performance — when the crowd was informed soon after entering Miami’s

Kanye West revealed on Halloween that his Sunday Service will stage its first concert in over 18 months this afternoon. On the Instagram of the rapper-now-known-as-Ye, he alerted fans that the choir group will broadcast starting 12 p.m. PST on Triller and Fite TV, the same platforms where the Versuz battles have recently been held.

In their first year of eligibility, Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Cleveland museum’s Class of 2021. The induction marks the second for frontman Dave Grohl, who was previously enshrined as a member of Nirvana in 2014.  Following news of Foo Fighters’ Rock Hall acceptance,

A day after the War on Drugs released their new album I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the band showcased a trio of tracks from the LP on CBS This Morning’s latest Saturday Sessions. With the Philadelphia retro-rockers loaded into an intimate rehearsal space, Adam Granduciel and company delivered “Old Skin,” “Change” and “Occasional Rain” from

Big Star drummer Jody Stephens — who often collaborated with the Posies’ Ken Stringfellow on recent iterations of the power-pop legends — announced Friday he would no longer work with Stringfellow following a string of sexual misconduct allegations against the artist. “I have read the NPR story and the accusations made by several women about

UPDATE (10/29): Ozzy Osbourne and late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister beat back an alien invasion with the power of rock and roll, and a little bit of dark magic, in the new animated video for their mash-up duet, “Hellraiser.” The clip was directed by Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani.  “I’m so glad we were able