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BigXthaPlug Faces Drug and Gun Charges One Year After Last Arrest
The rapper was forced to miss his performance at Winnipeg’s Country Rising Festival.
Read at Billboard → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic54m ago
See King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Bring Out Max Weinberg at Queens Show
E Street Band drummer fills in for his son and friend of the band Jay Weinberg at Australian psych-rockers' Forest Hills Stadium concert
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic1h ago
‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE’: Here’s How to Watch the Concert Special Online for Free
The actor took the stage in character as Lestat for a special performance featuring six songs written by the series’ composer Daniel Hart.
Read at Billboard → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic2h ago
BigXthaPlug Arrested on Drug and Gun Charges in Texas
Rapper misses Winnipeg music festival gig due to arrest, but still slated to perform Saturday night at Iowa State fair
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic2h ago
Here’s Where to Watch 2026 U.S. Open Tennis Championships: Best Ways to Livestream the Grand Slam Online
The tennis tournament begins on Aug. 23. Here's how to watch the action online for free.
Read at Billboard → - BillboardMusic2h ago
Karol G, Maluma & More Unite for Colombia Earthquake Relief & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music
Plus, Maná becomes the first Latin act to perform for Apple Music's Rediscovered series, and Elvis Crespo returns to NYC for a free concert.
Read at Billboard → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic3h ago
Bruno Mars Is the Greatest Showman Alive on The Romantic Tour
At a sold-out MetLife Stadium, singer made an undeniable case, nobody does it like him.
Read at Rolling Stone → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic3h ago
Farewell to the Last Music Mogul
Artists, executives, and stars remember how Clive Davis’ golden ear, grand ambition, and show-business force shaped modern pop
Read at Rolling Stone → - StereogumMusic4h ago
BigXthaPlug Arrested On One-Year Anniversary Of Last Arrest, Misses Festival Set
On Aug. 21, 2025, BigXthaPlug was arrested for marijuana possession of less than two ounces, and unlawful possession of a firearm just hours before his album came out. On Aug. 21, 2026, BigXthaPlug was arrested again…
Read at Stereogum → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic4h ago
Olivia Rodrigo Releases New Song ‘Serena Joy’ Via CD Single at One Indie Record Shop
Tustin, California’s Analog Music Shop, the record store closest to singer's Daisy Chain Fields, was recipient of Handmaid's Tale -inspired track ahead of its digital release; all 500 copies have sold out
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The 31 Best One-Off Reunions in Rock History: From Led Zeppelin to Talking Heads
Some groups like the Who and Pixies reform and remain together for decades, but the members of other bands were only able to put up with one another for a few wonderful minutes
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic9h ago
Holly Humberstone Sets Biggest Australian Tour Yet for 2027
The run supports Cruel World , Humberstone's second studio album, released April 10 through Polydor Records.
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Robbie Williams to Perform at Australia’s Melbourne Cup Day
The record-breaking British pop star will play the Flemington mounting yard before kicking off his BRITPOP arena run.
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Jorja Smith Sets Three Australian Dates for 2027 Tour
The British singer brings her new album, What Are the Odds , to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in November next year.
Read at Billboard → - Variety · MusicMusic11h ago
Olivia Rodrigo Releases ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-Inspired Song, ‘Serena Joy,’ in a Tiny Run of CDs, With Digital Drop to Follow
It was already clear Olivia Rodrigo is in full feminist mode these days, with her all-female music festival, Daisy Chain Fields, set to take place in California’s Orange County next Saturday. But it’s perhaps even…
Read at Variety → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic12h ago
Dolly Parton Shares Health Update With Fans: ‘I’m Still Healin,’ I’m Still Workin”
The legendary singer recently announced plans for her new museum in Nashville
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic16h ago
Tupac Murder Trial Week 1 Recap: An ‘Act of Revenge,’ Heated Testimony & Police Tapes
Billboard is summing up the key moments from the first week of the epic murder trial over the hip-hop legend's 1996 killing.
Read at Billboard → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic16h ago
Buckcherry Members ‘Unharmed’ After Tour Bus Involved in Tragic ‘Multi-Vehicle Accident’
"Authorities have confirmed that the collision that occurred ahead of our bus resulted in a fatality," said the band in a statement
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic17h ago
Fivio Foreign Pivots to Christian Rap, But Don’t Call Him a Gospel Artist: ‘I Don’t Want to Put It in a Category’
The Brooklyn rapper is trying to make rap music that's positive and is working on a new project.
Read at Billboard → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic18h ago
Tupac Jurors See Keffe D’s First Public Interview About Killing: ‘I Got Cancer…Nothing Else to Lose’
The jury also heard Keffe claim in a 2009 police interview that alleged gunman Orlando Anderson “peed on his hands” after the shooting to wash away gunpowder
Read at Rolling Stone → - BillboardMusic19h ago
The Game Responds to Allegations That He Takes Shots at Kendrick Lamar on New Album: ‘Ain’t Diss Nobody on That Song’
The Compton rapper alludes to Kendrick & Drake's beef multiple times on The Documentary III , but claims he's not throwing shots.
Read at Billboard → - PitchforkCulture20h ago
Blackpink’s Jennie to Release New EP Next Friday
Fallen Angel follows the K-pop group’s own comeback project, Deadline
Read at Pitchfork → - StereogumMusic22h ago
Ethan Miller Expanded The Odyssey Cult Into A Psych Supergroup For New Album Vol. 3
Everyone's talking about The Odyssey these days, but more people should be talking about the Odyssey Cult. The band is headed up by Ethan Miller (Comets On Fire, Howlin Rain, Heron Oblivion, etc.), who has assembled…
Read at Stereogum → - Variety · MusicMusic22h ago
Music Industry Moves: My Morning Jacket and Jim James Sign Publishing Deal With Peermusic
Peermusic has signed a worldwide publishing deal with My Morning Jacket and frontman Jim James, as announced by Jamie Cerreta, President of U.S. and Canada. Through the deal, Peermusic will publish the go-forward works…
Read at Variety → - StereogumMusic23h ago
The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New…
Read at Stereogum → - Rolling Stone · MusicMusic23h ago
Quality Control Co-Founder Pierre ‘P’ Thomas ‘Alive and Currently Hospitalized’ After Heart Attack
The music executive, whose roster includes Lil Baby, Quavo, and JT, is reportedly being monitored in the ICU
Read at Rolling Stone → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
Quality Control Co-Founder Pierre ‘P’ Thomas Hospitalized After Suffering Heart Attack
Quality Control co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas is currently in the hospital receiving medical care after suffering a heart attack. A rep for Thomas confirmed to Variety that the hip-hop mogul is recovering from the…
Read at Variety → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
Vanessa Bosåen exits Virgin Music Group, where she’s led the UK business since 2021
She joined UMG in 2021 from Regent Street Records, the independent label and publisher she founded in 2014, having spent 15 years as a touring musician. Source
Read at Music Business Worldwide → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
Universal Music Poland acquires the Kayax Records catalog and brand, home to recordings by Brodka, Nosowska and Zakopower
Universal Music Poland also entered a strategic deal with Kayax's separate management business, Kayax Management, which is not part of the acquisition. Source
Read at Music Business Worldwide → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
From Apple Music’s AI labeling plan to Spotify’s $1.5B buyback… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
Read at Music Business Worldwide → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
EJAE to Be Honored by Korean American Non-Profit Gyopo at the 8th Annual Chuseok Benefit (EXCLUSIVE)
EJAE has been named as the honoree of Gyopo’s 8th annual Chuseok Benefit. The Oscar winner and Grammy award winning songwriter will be presented with the award on Sept. 27 in Los Angeles. Gyopo organizes free arts and…
Read at Variety → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Bonnaroo Is Taking 2027 Off
The Tennessee festival will allow its storm-damaged grounds to recover before a 2028 return
Read at Pitchfork → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Michael Jackson Movie Sequel Will Address Child Abuse Allegations From “His Point Of View,” Says Jaafar Jackson
For a long time, the producers of Michael , the Michael Jackson biopic that came out earlier this year, reportedly planned to include a story arc about one of the many children who accused Jackson of sexual abuse…
Read at Stereogum → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Rhys Langston Announces New Album to live and die in E.U.L.A.: Hear Two Songs
The prolific Los Angeles underground rap staple Rhys Langston was a Stereogum Artist To Watch in 2022, and he has made a whole lot of playful, verbose, layered music since then. Langston released the album Pale Black…
Read at Stereogum → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Listen to an Unreleased Song Off Mac Miler's The Divine Feminine
It’s one of three unheard tracks off the upcoming 10th anniversary edition
Read at Pitchfork → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
Bonnaroo to Take Off 2027 to Recover From Extreme Weather
Organizers for Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have announced that the festival will be taking a “much-needed” year off in 2027. The annual festival, which takes place in Manchester, TN, has been plagued by severe…
Read at Variety → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Bonnaroo Taking “A Much-Needed Year Off” In 2027
Huge news out of Tennessee: There will be no Bonnaroo in 2027. The longstanding music festival announced today that it will be taking "a much-needed year off," with plans to return in 2028. The post Bonnaroo Taking “A…
Read at Stereogum → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Flower Face – “Bad Dream”
Montreal musician Ruby McKinnon makes gauzy, dreamy music under the name Flower Face, and she became a Stereogum Artist To Watch on the strength of her 2024 album Girl Prometheus . Now, she's back with a hazy…
Read at Stereogum → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Octo Octa and Eris Drew Ready Collaborative Album as Alchemical Sisters
The creative and life partners call the project “psychedelic chaos, acid rollers, and big beat, channeled through hardware instruments and animated by love”
Read at Pitchfork → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’ Soundtrack Features New Music by Composers Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve and Anže Rozman
The soundtrack for Apple TV’s “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” has been released, featuring music by Hans Zimmer and fellow composers Kara Talve and Anže Rozman. The score was written by Zimmer, Talve and Rozman of…
Read at Variety → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Contention Share Awesome New Surprise EP Nuclear Summer
Last weekend was Sound And Fury weekend, the moment for the gigantic Los Angeles festival that remains the biggest annual item on the hardcore calendar. We're deep in the afterglow. Haywire and God's Hate have both…
Read at Stereogum → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney Love’s Delight
Courtney Love is now employed by Slayyyter. Well, only metaphorically. For Triple J's Like A Version, the Midwestern pop artist covered "Violet" from Hole's 1994 opus Live Through This . Love responded on social media…
Read at Stereogum → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Napsack Announce New Album More Mountains: Hear “If I Could Write”
Knapsack were '90s emo pioneers who reunited last year . This post is not about them. It's about Napsack, the countrified indie rockers from Cleveland. The post Napsack Announce New Album More Mountains : Hear “If I…
Read at Stereogum → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
Sam Smith Wears Their Heart on Their Sleeve With the Lovestruck ‘Hazel Eyes’: Album Review
It’s sometimes easy to forget what a massively successful artist Sam Smith is: five Grammys, an estimated 65 million albums sold and nearly 60 billion streams, a James Bond theme and multiple No. 1 singles all over the…
Read at Variety → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Motivation”
Carly Rae Jepsen is making moves right now. Earlier this week, we got the confirmation that she's working with Lena Dunham on a new stage-musical adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You , set to open on Broadway next…
Read at Stereogum → - StereogumMusicyesterday
Mac Miller’s The Divine Feminine Getting 10th Anniversary Reissue With Unreleased Songs
The Divine Feminine was one of the best and most important albums of Mac Miller's career. With 2015's GOOD:AM , the Pittsburgh native was already redefining himself as a soulful, melodic sonic adventurer, a fixture of…
Read at Stereogum → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Turnstile Recruit Elton John, Slayyyter, and Panda Bear for Never Enough Remake
Out next week, Never Enough: Versions also features Four Tet, Oklou, Alex G, Hayley Williams, A. G. Cook, Blood Orange, and many more
Read at Pitchfork → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
The Cramps’ ‘Gravest Gravy’ Unearths Long-Lost Sessions From One of Rock’s Most Brilliantly Deranged Bands: Album Review
The Cramps were one of the greatest and strangest bands to emerge from the punk-rock generation — which is truly saying something. By fusing rockabilly with humor and imagery inspired by vintage horror movies, they…
Read at Variety → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Four’s Company in Shygirl’s New “Alyse” Video
A high-drama clip accompanies the London artist’s first single of the year
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14 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Lambchop, Julia Holter, and More
Stream new releases from Lambchop, Julia Holter, GB, Denzel Curry, and Weezer
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Rio Da Yung OG Announces New Album The World Is Yours
He also dropped the aptly named “Finna Drop (Tour)”
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Watch Slayyyter Cover Hole’s “Violet”
A rendition so good Courtney Love offered to come work for her
Read at Pitchfork → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
Ariana Grande Blasts Trump Administration for Using ‘We Can’t Be Friends’ in Social Post: ‘Your Truth Is False’
Ariana Grande has once again spoken out against the Trump administration for using one of her songs in a post on social media, this time for setting “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” as the soundtrack for a…
Read at Variety → - Variety · MusicMusicyesterday
The Hollies Officially Call It Quits, as Last Two Members of Classic 1960s Lineup Retire After Being in Band for 63 Years
The Hollies have officially called it a day. And perhaps, like many, you didn’t even realize a version of that classic rock band was still performing. Yet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group had endured in…
Read at Variety → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
Spotify expands its share buyback program by $1.5B, raising total authorization to around $2.2B
The company's Board of Directors approved the increase, which Spotify confirmed in a press release on Thursday (August 20). Source
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Apple Music to slap AI labels on Suno tracks – but pushes the onus onto record companies
The move was announced in a message to industry partners from Apple on Thursday (August 20), obtained by MBW. Source
Read at Music Business Worldwide → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
UMG-backed Music IP Holdings unveils AI music patent portfolio, aiming to ‘set a standard for how AI and music grow together’
Licenses, secured by Udio and GRAI, will support the development of licensed AI services including covers, remixes, and "a wide range of interactive music experiences" Source
Read at Music Business Worldwide → - PitchforkCultureyesterday
Remi Wolf Announces New Album Mud
“I literally felt like I was covered in shit. And now, at the end of the album process, I feel so clean and clear.”
Read at Pitchfork → - Music Business WorldwideBusinessyesterday
Judge clears Ariana Grande to subpoena Instagram, TikTok, and PayPal to identify alleged music leakers
The ruling matters because Grande has not named a single defendant in the case, listing them as John Doe 1 and John Does 2 through 100. Source
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Metal band Demon Hunter sues Netflix and AEG over ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
The band's corporation, Hyde Lane, is asking the court for treble damages, restitution, Netflix's profits and attorneys' fees, and has demanded a jury trial. Source
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