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Spotify has renewed its multiyear partnership with podcaster Joe Rogan, securing licensing rights and ad sales for "The Joe Rogan Experience" on terms similar to the prior deal, which had an estimated earnout of $250 million, according to…
2026-10-08 · 4 MIN READEva Marie Saint, the Academy Award-winning actress known for 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles at age 102, according to United Press International. She won the Best Supporting Actress…
2026-10-06 · 3 MIN READBobby Pulido, a Tejano music star running as a Democrat in Texas's 15th congressional district, has performed at 81 quinceañeras and received more than 5,000 invitations to attend the coming-of-age celebrations as part of his campaign…
2026-10-04 · 5 MIN READMoscow-based Say Agency confirmed via Telegram that two Ye concerts scheduled at St Petersburg's Gazprom Arena on 10-11 October have been officially cancelled, ending weeks of uncertainty over whether the shows would go ahead despite the…
2026-10-01 · 3 MIN READShawn "Jay-Z" Carter is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt with concerts at Yankee Stadium and an HBO docuseries titled "JAŸ-Z In 8" — a period NPR described as a "professional victory lap" for the rapper.…
2026-09-25 · 5 MIN READThe woman who accused rapper Jay-Z of raping her at age 13 in a 2024 civil lawsuit has recanted her allegation in a sworn court declaration filed Thursday, writing that the musician "never raped me" and that she had "never met or spoken…
2026-09-25 · 4 MIN READAO World has completed the acquisition of the British camera retailer Jessops from the entrepreneur Peter Jones, the online electricals retailer announced on Thursday. The deal covers Jessops' seven remaining UK stores and the Camera…
2026-09-24 · 3 MIN READChad Gilbert, a founding guitarist of the pop-punk band New Found Glory, died Sunday at age 45, his family announced. The family said Gilbert 'passed away peacefully in his sleep' with his wife and mother by his side, and that they were…
2026-09-21 · 4 MIN READEd Sheeran opened his Saturday Philadelphia concert alone onstage and publicly addressed the audience for the first time on the controversy that erupted after American rapper Macklemore was dropped from his Loop Tour over pro-Palestinian…
2026-09-20 · 4 MIN READNew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Wednesday that Ed Sheeran had asked him to commit $2 million to "aid in the region," announcing the pledge hours after rapper Macklemore publicly challenged him to match a separate $1 million…
2026-09-17 · 3 MIN READStadium owners including Robert Kraft, 85, led to the removal of rapper Macklemore from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour by telling Sheeran's team that the rapper would not be allowed to perform at their venues if he remained on the bill, The Wall…
2026-09-15 · 3 MIN READAll four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop tour withdrew on Tuesday in solidarity with fellow opener Macklemore, who was removed from the tour after onstage comments in support of Palestinians at New Jersey's MetLife…
2026-09-15 · 3 MIN READThe trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the 1996 fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur begins Monday in Las Vegas, nearly three decades after the rapper was fatally shot at age 25 on Sept. 7, 1996. Davis, 63, is tried in a killing that stayed cold…
2026-08-15 · 3 MIN READBob Mackie, the American costume designer whose dazzling creations were worn by Cher, Elton John, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton, died Monday at age 87, a statement on his Instagram account announced. The BBC described him as the "Sultan of…
2026-09-14 · 3 MIN READ
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Friday acquitted Chicago rapper Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, of all charges in a 2022 murder-for-hire scheme. Prosecutors had accused Banks of placing a bounty on Atlanta rapper Tayquian Bowman in retaliation…
2026-09-12 · 3 MIN READGrammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk was acquitted Friday in federal court in Los Angeles of murder-for-hire charges stemming from the 2022 death of Saviay'a Robinson. The jury deliberated for three days before returning the verdict…
2026-09-11 · 3 MIN READThe management team at the Paris venue hosting Celine Dion's comeback concerts is bracing to tell hundreds of fans that their tickets are fake, the Associated Press reported. The Grammy-winning singer begins a 26-show Paris run Saturday.
2026-09-06 · 3 MIN READA group of musicians led by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell filed a class-action lawsuit against AI music platform Suno in U.S. District Court in Boston on Monday, alleging the company allows users to generate copycat songs…
2026-09-01 · 4 MIN READA Nevada jury has convicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the 1996 drive-by shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur, ending three decades without an arrest or prosecution in one of the most prominent unsolved killings in American music history.…
2026-09-01 · 4 MIN READDolly Parton has been buried next to her late husband Carl Dean at a Nashville mausoleum following a private family funeral on Friday, her great-niece said. The country music star, who died earlier in the week at age 80, was interred at…
2026-08-31 · 3 MIN READDolly Parton, who died this week at 80, never publicly embraced the feminist label, according to AP reporter Jocelyn Noveck. Author Lynn Melnick's new book "I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton"…
2026-08-29 · 3 MIN READThe Boston Musicians' Association authorized a strike on Saturday, the first in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 145-year history, ahead of the expiration of the union's three-year contract at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The union said the turmoil…
2026-08-23 · 3 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal on August 20 published a video interview with Sony Chief Executive Hiroki Totoki, conducted by Tokyo bureau chief Jason Douglas. The discussion covers PlayStation, Spider-Man, artificial intelligence and where the…
2026-08-20 · 3 MIN READYe, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, will play two concerts at St Petersburg's 70,000-capacity Gazprom Arena this October, becoming the biggest Western star to perform in Russia since its invasion of Ukraine. Tickets for the shows,…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READDuane "Keffe D" Davis, the 63-year-old man charged in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, goes on trial in Las Vegas. Jury selection begins Monday, with the trial scheduled to last about a month. Davis faces one charge of murder with a…
2026-08-10 · 3 MIN READSpotify Technology added seven million premium subscribers in the second quarter, bringing its total to 300 million and beating its own guidance by one million, the company reported Tuesday. The Swedish audio streamer posted net income of…
2026-08-04 · 3 MIN READDonal Gooch, 69, operates the Gooch Sports Arena on 12 acres of family land in Eagle Rock, North Carolina, where touring bands from Michoacán, Sinaloa and Chihuahua draw up to 5,500 ticket buyers per show at prices starting above $70. The…
2026-07-21 · 3 MIN READA preliminary hearing began Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court for singer D4vd, who is charged with murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, as prosecutors seek to show sufficient evidence exists for him to stand trial.
2026-07-21 · 3 MIN READThe Associated Press reported that legendary music executive Clive Davis and former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan died in June 2026, placing them among the noteworthy figures in the wire service's year-in-review rollcall of…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READMichigan State Police are investigating after the body of a newborn baby was found dead in a portable bathroom at the Electric Forest music festival in Rothbury on Sunday morning.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READCanada is now eligible to enter the Eurovision Song Contest after CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union on Thursday, the public broadcaster confirmed. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who raised the idea of…
2026-06-26 · 4 MIN READClive Davis, the record executive who discovered and shaped the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin and dozens of other artists over six decades, died June 22 at his home in Manhattan. He was 94.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READThe body of US singer-songwriter Oliver Tree has been returned to his home state of California, his family said Monday, a week after he died at age 32 in a helicopter collision over Rio de Janeiro that killed seven people.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READA 51-year-old man fell to his death during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call found the man unconscious with injuries indicating a fall from an elevated…
2026-06-21 · 3 MIN READCBS has announced an initial lineup of performers for its 'Great American Block Party 250' special, a three-hour primetime event airing July 4 from Washington to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READStephen Colbert, on his final episode hosting CBS's *The Late Show*, played Vince Guaraldi's iconic *Peanuts* song 'Linus and Lucy' as a final jab at the network, joking about the potential cost to CBS. The network subsequently reached a…
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READOliver Tree, the 32-year-old American alt-pop musician and internet personality known for hits including "Life Goes On," "Miss You" and "Alien Boy," was among six people killed Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in collided with…
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READTaylor Swift became the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 12, delivering a tearful 21-minute speech in New York as she thanked her family and director Steven Spielberg.
2026-06-12 · 3 MIN READSinger-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo, 23, discussed her upcoming third album "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love," her partial hearing loss, and her ambition to be proposed to in New York's Central Park in an interview with the BBC. The…
2026-06-10 · 4 MIN READPresident Trump’s cultural influence appears to be fading, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Tuesday. The president was booed by New York Knicks fans at Game 3 of the NBA Finals, artists have withdrawn from a Washington…
2026-06-09 · 4 MIN READJohn Lithgow, at age 80, became the oldest male actor to win a Tony Award on Sunday, taking home the trophy for his portrayal of Roald Dahl in "Giant." British actress Lesley Manville won her first Tony for her performance in "Oedipus,"…
2026-06-08 · 4 MIN READThe 79th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday night awarded top honors to Schmigadoon for Best Musical, Ragtime for Best Revival of a Musical, and Death of a Salesman for Best Revival of a Play. Singer Pink hosted the…
2026-06-07 · 3 MIN READA D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit against musician Chuck Redd on Friday, ruling that the Kennedy Center's suit violated Washington's Anti-SLAPP law. Redd had canceled a Christmas Eve performance after the…
2026-06-06 · 3 MIN READThe 79th Tony Awards will be held Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, airing live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET, according to the ceremony's organizers. Pop singer Pink will host the broadcast. 'The Lost Boys'…
2026-06-06 · 3 MIN READSevere weather in Barcelona forced the last-minute cancellation of headline acts Doja Cat, Massive Attack, and Bad Gyal at the Primavera Sound festival on Thursday night, leaving fans frustrated over poor communication from organizers,…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READPeabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose voice anchored the Oscar-winning Disney duets "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," died Tuesday at age 75 days after suffering a stroke, his family announced.
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READA growing number of office workers and remote employees are streaming music tuned to 432 hertz during the workday, drawn by social media claims that the alternate tuning promotes focus and well-being. Scientists say there is no rigorous…
2026-05-28 · 3 MIN READSofia hosted a homecoming for Bulgaria’s Eurovision winner Dara on Sunday, with hundreds of fans cheering at Vasil Levski Airport. The 27-year-old singer arrived waving the Eurovision trophy after winning the 70th contest in Vienna on…
2026-05-17 · 3 MIN READBulgaria won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in Vienna, as singer Dara captured the grand final with her party anthem “Bangaranga.” The Israeli entry by Noam Bettan finished second after Eurovision’s Israel participation…
2026-05-16 · 3 MIN READVIENNA (AP) — The lineup for the Eurovision Song Contest final was set Thursday after 10 acts advanced from the second semifinal in Vienna, but political tensions over Israel’s participation continued to cast a shadow, with five countries…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READVIENNA (AP) — The Eurovision Song Contest final lineup was set after Thursday’s second semifinal, with 5 more countries qualifying and 5 eliminated ahead of Saturday’s show. Fifteen acts competed for 10 spots in the second semifinal, as…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READPalestinian songwriter Bashar Murad performed in Brussels as activists organized “United for Palestine” ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, which features Israel amid criticism tied to the war in Gaza. Protest organizers and…
2026-05-12 · 3 MIN READAlternative concerts sprang up across Europe this week to counter the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, as organizers and boycotting nations protested Israel's continued participation in the 70-year-old competition amid the military…
2026-05-12 · 3 MIN READLOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Grant, 65, discussed her new album, “The Me That Remains,” saying it reflects a recovery after a serious bicycle accident in 2022 that left her with a traumatic brain injury. In an interview with The Associated…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READIn a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, 65, opened up about her new album "The Me That Remains," the lingering effects of a 2022 bicycle accident, and why she continues to resist the labels…
2026-05-10 · 5 MIN READColombian superstar Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, drawing about 2 million people, the city’s mayor said. The performance, part of her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” world tour named after…
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