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What has rainbow grilled cheese platters, giant dancing bear cutouts, and Woody Harrelson wearing a tie dye tie? The MusiCares’ annual Persons of the Year Charity Gala, where the Grateful Dead are the 2025 honorees (with some “Friend of the Devil” food cake to celebrate.)  “It’s an incredible honor and I’m humbled to stand here

Evan Honer has a lot on his mind. Fortunately, he has no shortage of creative outlets. “When I have a song or a project in my head, I’m going to release it,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I think the audience appreciates that. I’m trying to release stuff that is real, and the music industry is

Grammy News Shaboozey, who’s up for Best New Artist, will also take the stage After performing an unreleased song about hope amid chaos at the Los Angeles benefit concert FireAid Thursday, Lady Gaga will perform a tribute to those affected by the fires alongside Bruno Mars at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday. Best New Artist

Earlier this week, Snoop Dogg appeared to respond to criticism over his performance at Trump’s Inaugural Crypto Ball in Washington, D.C. The iconic rapper and media personality took to his Instagram with a clip from inside his car where he says, “For all the hate, I’m gonna answer it with love. Y’all can’t hate enough

“You can’t have a concert in So-Cal without this next band,” John Mayer told the Kia Forum crowd at FireAid in Los Angeles on Thursday night. “No Doubt!” The Orange County natives then opened with a playful rendition of their 1995 hit “Just a Girl,” followed it with an emotional performance of “Don’t Speak,” and

up and coming Jessica Winter, Dora Jar, and Yseult are just a few of the rising stars we’re rooting for in 2025 2024 was a banner year for new and new-ish artists to break out — take the smash success of stars like Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter as proof. Thanks to touring being back

GloRilla is ready to hit the road. On Wednesday, the Memphis-born rap star announced that she’ll be going on her Glorious tour starting in March. “Get ready GloRidaz we are about to get TURNT UP,” she wrote on Instagram. “Can’t wait to see y’all!” GloRilla teased the tour by posting a video of her openers

Andrew Scott goes searching for flickers of the past at the bottom of a bottle and the end of a cigarette in the music video for “People Watching,” the title track on Sam Fender‘s forthcoming third studio album. In the Stuart A. McIntyre-directed clip, the Irish actor wakes up in the middle of the sidewalk

O n a balmy weekend last September, Sean Combs returned to Harlem to roam his old neighborhood with four of his seven children. He reveled in the attention from passersby who gasped and honked as the billionaire hip-hop mogul chatted and posed for pictures. Perhaps for a moment, he could pretend the most damaging year

“People just sometimes don’t like some things,” she told Elle ahead of the release of her new album Lady Gaga is finally speaking out about those scathing Joker: Folie à Deux reviews — and it’s clear the Artpop singer is taking her own advice to “Do What U Want.”  Gaga appeared in the Joker sequel as

Christopher Owens, Courtney Barnett, Fred Armisen, Jenny Lewis, St. Vincent, Linda Lindas, and more will perform at the Hollywood Palladium show The music community is truly coming together for those affected by the Los Angeles fires. On Monday, Give a Fuck LA announced a star-studded lineup for “Benefit and Auction for LA Wildfire Relief” on

It’s about to be a holiday from real: Jack’s Mannequin is back. Singer Andrew McMahon has announced the band’s first full-length U.S. tour in 10 years. The MFEO Tour (named for their 2005 song of the same name, where it stands for “Made for Each Other”) will kick off in Portland, Maine on June 4,

‘The Choice Is Yours’ Detroit rapper plays Morpheus in their rendition of the red or blue pill scene Will Smith has dropped another breadcrumb about his upcoming single “Beautiful Scars,” which he’s been teasing with videos inspired by The Matrix. In the new trailer, he teams up with song collaborator Big Sean. The duo reenacts

Not Unknown Star of last year’s Dylan biopic also hosts SNL for the third time Timothée Chalamet, star of the 2024 Bob Dylan biopic Complete Unknown, debuted as Saturday Night Live musical guest by performing three Dylan tunes: “Outlaw Blues,” “Three Angels,” and “Tomorrow Is a Long Time.” Chalamet was introduced by Adam Sandler, who

Paul McCartney called on the British government to protect artists in the face of a new copyright law that could allow for AI to “rip off” creators. Speaking to the BBC, McCartney warned of the bill that would let tech firms train their AI models on copyrighted works — including music — unless the artists

“We’re fixing to do something that I’m never going to do again on this tour. This is going to be the only time this might ever happen in my career, actually,” Jelly Roll told the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena last year, one day before Halloween. He had packed out the 14,000-capacity venue

The Blackpink star announced her debut album, Ruby, earlier this week Jennie stans, rise! On Friday, the Blackpink star revealed that she’ll be going on a three-city run of The Ruby Experience to celebrate her recently announced debut album, Ruby. “Intense and intimate as I like it,” the singer captioned the show announcement. First, Jennie will

Pop quiz: Who had the Number One song of 2024? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t guess that it was the big-voiced yet tender-hearted Atlanta crooner Teddy Swims, whose desperation-tinged soul ballad “Lose Control” has been on the Hot 100 singles chart for a staggering 74 weeks as of this writing, hitting the weekly chart’s

Amir “Questlove” Thompson’s upcoming documentary, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), debuted its trailer on Thursday. The video showcases the band’s meteoric rise and the cultural impact of its enigmatic frontman Sly Stone. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, and is set to release Feb. 13, on Hulu. According to a press

What exactly is the feeling of losing yourself on the dance floor? So often, it’s tied up in jubilation, in sweat, in communion with people. And if you present the question to FKA Twigs, the British polymath who has made a career as a left-of-center experimentalist, there’s also the sensation of thorough physical abandonment —