Music
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Here’s What Went Down at Rosalia’s Lux Tour Opener
Tonight (March 16) at LDLC Arena in Lyon, France, Rosalía kicked off her first tour in four years to celebrate the release of Lux, her 2025 album. The Spanish singer emerged onstage in a large box while wearing a pink tutu and ballet slippers (sorry, Timothée) to debut live versions of “Sexo, Violencia y Llantas” and “Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti.”…
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Ex-Dead Kennedys Singer Jello Biafra Hospitalized After Stroke
Jello Biafra, the original singer of Dead Kennedys and longtime punk figure, has been hospitalized after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke due to high blood pressure on Saturday, March 7. The musician, 67, broke the news over Instagram via his record label Alternative Tentacles. Recounting the moment of his stroke, Biafra wrote: “I hopped out of my bed because I needed…
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Maya Hawke Announces New Album and Spring Tour
Maya Hawke, the folk singer-songwriter and Stranger Things actor, has announced a new album as well as her first headlining tour in three years. Maitreya Corso is slated to arrive on May 1 via Mom + Pop. She’s also shared its lead single, “Devil You Know,” which you can listen to below. “‘Devil You Know’ is about trying to keep…
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Topshelf Records Drops Ekko Astral
Topshelf Records has dropped Washington, D.C. punk band Ekko Astral and is immediately ceasing all involvement with The Beltway Is Burning, their upcoming second album. The record label did not initially specify its reasoning. “We can no longer support Ekko Astral and will not be releasing their album 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨,” Topshelf wrote on Instagram. “This includes the end…
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Jeff Tweedy Covers Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles”
As part of a Valentine’s Day gift to his wife, Jeff Tweedy covered Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles” over the weekend. The Wilco frontman said he chose to put his spin on the Heavy Metal song because it seems “very true to me about how love kind of actually works.” He elaborated further in his newsletter, writing, “I think you…
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Chappell Roan Exits Wasserman Music Agency Due to CEO’s Epstein Emails
Chappell Roan has left the talent agency Wasserman Music after the company’s founder and CEO, Casey Wasserman, appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files recently released by the Justice Department. The pop star explained her decision in an Instagram story this evening (February 9), citing a need to keep her team safe. “As of today, I am no longer represented by…
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BTS Announce Live Comeback Concert on Netflix
It looks like BTS’s huge comeback won’t begin at the start of their world tour this spring, but rather next month at home in the comfort of everybody’s living room; the K-pop juggernauts have announced a special live concert that will stream exclusively on Netflix, dubbed BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang. What’s more, they also inked a deal to…
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TikTok Completes Deal to Create U.S. Entity and Avert Ban
After the years-long threat of a ban, TikTok has finalized the deal to create a U.S. entity that will allow the company to continue operating in the United States, reports Associated Press. The new version will operate under “defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurances for U.S. users,” the company…
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Bruce Springsteen Denounces ICE, Dedicates Song to Renee Good
Last night (January 17), Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey’s Light of Day WinterFest — a regular haunt, as far as his “surprise” performances go. While joining headliners Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage at the non-profit’s event, Springsteen strongly denounced the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song “The Promised Land” to Renee…
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L.A. Reid Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reports. Details of the settlement—which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to begin—were not disclosed. In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged Reid had groped and digitally…
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