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As promised, Rubén Blades is paying tribute to his longtime collaborator and friend Willie Colón. Colon died on Saturday at age 75. Once his family announced the news, Blades took to Instagram. “What I was reluctant to believe: Willie Colón has indeed passed away. I send my deepest condolences to his wife Julia, his children,

The star celebrated The Life of a Showgirl track topping the Billboard Hot 100 Taylor Swift is celebrating her latest Number One hit with a giant pretzel. On Monday, the pop star took to social media after “Opalite” topped the Billboard Hot 100 — marking her 14th song to dominate the charts. Alongside an Instagram

The track, which features Megan Thee Stallion, appears in animated hit KPop Demon Hunters TWICE appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their song “Strategy.” The track was originally released in 2024 as part of the K-pop group‘s EP of the same name. The recorded version features Megan Thee Stallion, although she did not join

The turmoil followed the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes during a Mexican military operation aided by U.S. intelligence Kali Uchis‘s The Sincerely Tour stop at the Auditorio Telmex in Guadalajara on Sunday, Feb. 22, was cancelled as violence overtakes parts of Mexico following the killing of Mexico’s top cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes

Isaac Hayes’ estate has reached a private settlement with Donald Trump after suing the president and his campaign over the unauthorized use of the 1966 soul classic “Hold On, I’m Coming” at campaign rallies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the estate previously demanded $3 million. In court filings, the estate had accused

Six months after releasing his last album, Charley Crockett is set to complete his Sagebrush Trilogy. The prolific songwriter dropped “Kentucky Too Long” last Friday — a guitar-heavy lament that builds upon the themes that the Texas crooner laid out over the past year. On Wednesday, Crockett announced the release of Age of the Ram,

The Las Vegas Sphere has now been open for two and a half years, and it’s managed to book an impressive slate of live acts in that time. The list includes classic-rock icons (U2, Eagles), country superstars (Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band), jam bands (Phish, Dead & Company), TRL-era favorites (Backstreet Boys, No Doubt), and

When Jay Buchanan, the full-throated frontman of rock band Rival Sons, set out to make his first solo album, Weapons of Beauty, he knew he needed privacy to write. Buchanan took that idea to the extreme, however, and went into full isolation for three months in California’s Mojave Desert. “I spend so much time away

North West has signed to Gamma, former Apple executive Larry Jackson‘s independent music company that’s vying to be a top contender in the industry. Sources confirmed the news to Rolling Stone and said North has been spending time in the studio. Since its 2023 launch, Gamma has collaborated with the likes of Mariah Carey, Usher,

Country hitmaker Megan Moroney was honored Wednesday at the second annual Sharing the Spotlight awards hosted by She Is The Music, the nonprofit advocacy group for women in the music industry co-founded by Alicia Keys. “I’m not even gonna play with y’all. I can’t believe Alicia Keys knows who I am,” Moroney said with a

U2 stunned their fans on Wednesday afternoon by dropping the six-song EP Days of Ash, which tackles heavy topics like Israel, Ukraine, and the U.S. government’s assault on immigrants via ICE. They also gave fans an update on their long-awaited follow-up LP to 2017’s Songs of Experience. “There’s a lot more than 25 songs in

Lana Del Rey kept things light and whimsical in the music video for her latest single, “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter.” The clip has the feel of home video footage as it follows the artist from different rooms around the house, primarily a cluttered garage, and a yard littered with flurries from a snow

Residente is heading for the silver screen. The Puerto Rican rapper has officially announced his directorial debut with Caribbean Western and historical drama Porto Rico. The movie features a star-studded cast, including Bad Bunny, Edward Norton, Javier Bardem, and Viggo Mortensen. Porto Rico marks Benito’s first leading role in a film. The film has been

After more than a decade fronting the New York rock trio Sunflower Bean, Julia Cumming is going solo. The singer announced today that her first-ever solo album, Julia, will arrive on April 24. She’s also shared a new single, “My Life,” that shows off all the charismatic presence, vocal strength, and pure rock & roll

Bourbon & Beyond Festival will return to Louisville’s Kentucky Exposition Center with four days of performances headlined by Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, and Dave Matthews Band. More than 100 acts will hit five stages across the Sept. 24-27 weekend. Foo Fighters lead the lineup on Thursday, Sept. 24, alongside Queens of the

Following an exodus of talent who have left the Wasserman Group talent agency after emails between founder Casey Wasserman andJeffrey Epsteinassociate Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in the Justice Department’s latest tranche of documents, pressure for the founder to step down came to a boiling point in recent days. On Friday, Wasserman announced that he was

Taylor Swift has taken issue with a trademark for “Swift Home,” filed by bedding company Cathay Home. Swift has requested that the Patent and Trademark Office reject the mark, as she believes it could mislead fans into thinking she’d endorsed it. A filing from Swift’s legal team, which Rolling Stone has reviewed, points to Cathay

Evan Dando, the singer-songwriter who co-founded the Lemonheads four decades ago, entered a hospital on Thursday after news broke that he’d reportedly sent a fan unsolicited videos of himself masturbating. “Evan Dando has long struggled with mental health issues dating back to his childhood,” the artist’s rep tells Rolling Stone. “He’s been admitted to a

This week, MJ Lenderman appeared on The Adam Friedland Show, where he proudly said he has the Neil Young Archives app on his phone. This wasn’t very surprising, since Lenderman has often drawn comparisons to the singer-songwriter, ever since the Wednesday guitarist broke through with his 2024 solo album, Manning Fireworks. “I grew up believing

Kelce inspired Chris Lake’s new EDM version of the track Taylor Swift is releasing a house remix of “Opalite” — and the world can thank Travis Kelce for that. In an Instagram story, the pop superstar wrote, “Confirmed, Travis is my in-house house guy.” So what role did her fiancé actually play in making one

After spending the better part of two years laying bare his country roots, Tyler Halverson is hell-bent on showing off his versatility with new album, In Defense of Drinking. “This one was just to lay out all the different tastes and flavors that I could think to come up with,” Halverson says of the project,

Mutiny After Midnight, by Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds, will be released only on vinyl, CD, and cassette Johnny Blue Skies has returned, and he’s ready to groove. Sturgill Simpson‘s alter ego will release Mutiny After Midnight, out March 13. Written spontaneously and made with his band the Dark Clouds, Johnny Blue Skies

Taylor Swift is sharing more from her hilarious, time-traveling music video for “Opalite.” At midnight on Friday, the superstar dropped two extended versions of the Nineties-inspired visual. “I never want to forget a single detail of this hysterical shoot, and now I don’t have to,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post. As Swift promises, the

Out on the wily, windy moors we roll with Charli XCX. Her companion album for director Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie is a complete departure from the hyper-drive dance-pop of her 2024 insta-classic Brat and its remix LP, Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat. She threw herself into the spirit of the

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,love is in the air in some form or another as Bleachers return with an explosive, saxophone-tinged lead single, Muna dance around a complicated romance, and Victoria Monét yearns for her lover on

Bad Bunny made history as the first Latin artist to deliver a Super Bowl halftime performance primarily in Spanish — and he went all out. The superstar staged an upbeat blowout for the books, complete with dancers, tons of Puerto Rican pride, and even a Lady Gaga guest appearance. Bad Bunny kicked off the performance

Lady Gaga just joined Bad Bunny onstage at the Super Bowl halftime show, to the surprise of many. But the two superstars are fans of each others work — and they have a history of supporting one and other publicly. Here’s a complete time of Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny showing their mutual adoration. May

Greg Brown, the founding guitarist of the alternative rock group Cake who penned the band’s hit “The Distance,” has died. Cake announced Brown’s death Saturday on social media, writing, “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s passing after a brief illness. Greg was an integral part of Cake’s early

Stars who joined Benito included Young Miko, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, and Karol G La Casita has become a staple of Bad Bunny‘s recent tours: The little pink house, styled to look like a traditional Puerto Rico home, was a mainstay of Bad Bunny’s No Me Quiero Ir De Aqui residency, and it’s been a