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This year’s Stagecoach Festival was a love letter to country music’s past and a nod to its wide-open future. While the festival — the genre’s largest, most rollicking reunion that takes place in California’s low desert the week after Coachella — was sparse on guest appearances (no Axl Rose, this time), the level of showmanship

When the anonymous songwriter/producer Ghostwriter777 recently dropped “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song built around the AI-cloned voices of Drake and The Weeknd, Universal Music Group moved instantly to remove it from streaming services. But one artist has reacted very differently to the emerging technology. Grimes, whose last album was 2020’s Miss Anthropocene, announced via

The country singer spoke candidly about his and his wife’s mental health struggles, later bringing her on stage for a heartfelt duet On day two of Stagecoach 2023, Kane Brown delivered one of the most candid moments at this year’s festival, opening up about his struggle with depression before performing his new track “Memory,” which

‘Remove and Destroy’ Brian Kinnes edited together over 150 fan-shot YouTube clips to recreate Ocean’s chaotic headlining set before Coachella’s parent company had video removed A filmmaker has been hit with a cease-and-desist notice from Coachella’s parent company AEG after uploading Frank Ocean’s chaotic headlining set at the festival composed of fan-shot videos. The upload

Courts and Crime Battle rapper faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines Newark battle rapper Tsu Surf has pleaded guilty to Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy charges in connection to his involvement in the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips in New Jersey. He faces up to 30 years

With about a week left to go, Atlantic City’s Bamboozle Festival was shut down before it even opened its doors. The concert had been set to feature Limp Bizkit, Rick Ross, Papa Roach, and DJ Steve Aoki. “After extensive discussions, we have made the heartbreaking decision to cancel Bamboozle 2023,” read a post on the

Across his two blockbuster albums, Jack Harlow had all the elements of pop-rap superstardom on full display — the chameleonic swagger, the everydude sincerity evidenced by his affinity for namechecking chain restaurants, the puppydog hearththrob confessions, and the phone numbers of the most famous guest rappers in existence. He had enough skills to get the

Court Musical The singer played a chord progression from “Thinking Out Loud” on Thursday, hoping to distinguish his song from Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” Ed Sheeran played his guitar and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. The singer sought to prove he did not dupe Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s

Content Soundtrack Hosted during the summer for the first time, the ceremony will return in August and present the first award recognizing the songs that are dominating social media The Streamy Awards are heating up. The ceremony will trade in its usual winter time slot for a summer event in Los Angeles on Aug. 27.

It was a busy day for the live music industry in Washington today as senators introduced multiple pieces of legislation aimed at improving transparency and competition in ticketing. One of the most common complaints among music fans in a long list of gripes about the modern ticketing industry is the hidden fees that get tacked

The Fugees’ Pras Michel was convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and falsifying records for his role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations.  Michel was convicted of all 10 counts against him, as The Washington Post reports. Those charges included money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and

Court Outcome “Way held the gun to Ms. Myers’ head and told her she was going to die that night and she would not make it home,” read the original complaint Soulja Boy is being ordered to pay nearly a quarter million dollars after being sued by his ex-girlfriend for abuse and kidnapping in 2019.

“My hope is that this will be a kind of quantum leap forward in the sense of what a concert can be,” U2 guitarist the Edge told Rolling Stone about their latest tour. U2 will kick off its U2:UV Achtung Baby Live Las Vegas residency on September 29, 2023 at the newly-built Sphere concert venue.

As soon as Taeyang dropped “Vibe,” his upbeat collaboration with Jimin of BTS, he left fans eagerly awaiting more. They got just what they wanted with Down to Earth, an action-packed, six-track EP that dropped Tuesday and has a little bit of everything: touches of R&B and soul, tons of Taeyang’s smooth vocals, and yes,

Shake It Off “It was all very Mercury in retrograde coded,” the singer wrote on Twitter after clearing up concerns about her cut hand Swifties need not worry — Taylor Swift is just fine. During her Eras tour performance in Houston, Texas, over the weekend, fans noticed she was bleeding from her hand during the

Of all the BTS members, Suga is probably the one who is most familiar with the daunting feeling that comes before dropping a solo project — but he’d never released something the size and scale of D-DAY before.  The 30-year-old rapper/producer/songwriter born Min Yunki has two full-length mixtapes using his alter ego Agust D —

When Leland set out to write the music for “WigLoose,” the drag queen musical version of Footloose featured in Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, he never imagined its storyline about a city trying to ban drag would actually reflect real life. During last week’s finale, as anti-drag legislation continues to affect red states, Leland

Lizzo said she was told to cancel her shows in Tennessee in light of the state’s anti-drag law, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors. Instead, she decided to invite drag performers, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, to perform with her onstage at her Knoxville show.

The Foo Fighters frontman made an impromptu appearance as the band performed ‘Ur Mum’ Coachella’s second weekend has been chock full of surprise guest appearances, and Wet Leg’s Friday set was no exception as the Isle of White duo got a boisterous, surprise assist from Dave Grohl. The band was performing “Ur Mum” — during

COURTS AND CRIME Lanez accused the prosecution of misusing “their authority to hide and suppress any and all exculpatory evidence that exonerates me, or furthers my innocence” Tory Lanez wrote an open letter on Friday addressed to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, claiming his innocence in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting trial. The post