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.
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Just Announced!!! Leon & The Peoples will join LL Cool J, Usher, Alicia Keys & more on the 2021 Tom Joyner Star-Studded Fantastic Voyage Cruise setting sail from Miami November 6th-14th with stops in St. Kitts, St. Maarten & San Juan, Puerto Rico. Leon & The Peoples, one of NYC’s hottest bands has developed
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
Jay-Z has dropped the soundtrack for The Harder They Fall. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jadakiss, Kid Cudi, Koffee and more artists team up for the set. Jay-Z appears on some of the tracks, including “King Kong Riddim” alongside Jadakiss, Conway the Machine, and BackRoad Gee. He also teamed up with Kid Cudi for “Guns Go Bang,”
The RZA discussed the recent $4 million sale of the Wu-Tang Clan’s one-copy-only Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and his regret about selling the album to “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli in a radio interview Wednesday. It was revealed last week that crypto collective PleasrDAO had purchased the one-of-a-kind compact disc at auction from the
Japanese Breakfast have dropped a surprise EP as part of Spotify and the famed recording studio’s Live at Electric Lady series. The eight-song set includes a cover of Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So,” a fitting choice as Weezer originally recorded the track at Electric Lady Studios for their self-titled 1994 debut LP, also dubbed the
Femi Kuti, the renowned multi-instrumentalist son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin have teamed up to co-curate Fela Boxset 5. The set is expected to ship in December and it’s available for preorder. The latest volume in the series comprises seven albums: Why Black Man Dey Suffer, Noise for Vendor
One of the three men charged in connection with Mac Miller’s fatal overdose has agreed to plead guilty and accept a 17-year prison sentence for supplying the fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills sold to the rising rapper shortly before his 2018 death. Under the terms of the deal, prosecutors are waiving Stephen Andrew Walter’s grand jury
April Rose Gabrielli’s new single “Do You?” which is currently #24 on the Billboard AC Charts, and also hit #1 on the Mediabase Adult Contemporary Independent Artists ranking and is in the Top 25 on the Mediabase Adult Contemporary Charts, is racking up prestigious nominations and awards all over the United States. “Do You?” is
Ed Sheeran appeared on the latest installment of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series to perform a slate of songs from his upcoming studio album Equals, out Friday, October 29th. The singer’s five-song set featured the album’s two lead singles, “Bad Habits” and “Shivers,” which set the tone for his shift toward pure pop
All Time Low have denied abuse allegations that have recently been made online, including on TikTok, which allege guitarist Jack Barakat had sexually abused them when they were minors. “The allegations being brought against us are absolutely and unequivocally false,” the band wrote in a statement signed by all four members on Monday. “When a
The Jonas Brothers are gearing up to tear into each other in the newly announced Netflix special Jonas Brothers Family Roast. Hosted by Kenan Thompson, the comedy special opens up the floor for Joe, Nick, and Kevin to bash and flame each other in a way only siblings can. Premiering on November 23red, Jonas Brothers
After weeks of being called out as racist and misogynistic, the video for J Balvin and Tokischa’s collaboration “Perra” (“female dog”) disappeared from YouTube on October 17. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tokischa spoke about the controversy for the first time, saying she’s sorry about how the video had been interpreted. Raymi Paulus, Tokischa’s
From the streets, to the 20,000-plus seats filled at Madison Square Garden, to the millions online, El Alfa’s La Leyenda del Dembow World Tour stop on Oct. 22 was nothing short of a triumph. The artist, born Emanuel Herrera, is the first star from the Dominican Republic’s dembow genre to headline the arena, and his
Jay Black, frontman for the Sixties pop-rock hitmakers Jay and the Americans, has died at the age of 82. Black’s family confirmed that the singer died Friday night from complications from pneumonia. In recent years, Black also suffered from dementia. The Brooklyn-born Black (born David Blatt) joined Jay and the Americans in 1962, taking over
The last thing Lana Del Rey wanted us to know before retiring her Instagram account several weeks ago, was that Blue Banisters, her seventh major-label studio album, tells her story “and does pretty much nothing more.” The note provides an unusual amount of clarity for Del Rey, whose typical album rollouts practically require a degree in
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian did exactly the thing you’d expect them to do ahead of Halloween, dress up as famously dysfunctional couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Kardashian shared a photo series of the couple’s costume on Instagram with the caption, “Till death do us part.” Super cute, considering Spungen was killed mysteriously with