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The singer was clarifying a previous red carpet comment she made about a music timeline Ariana Grande isn’t thinking about making new music — at least not right now. On Friday, the Wicked star clarified comments she made to Variety, joking that she’d need “an extra brain and four more arms” to take on a

“Whatever I needed, he was right there,” said the “Trap Queen” artist, who was released from federal prisonthis week Fetty Wap had the help of 50 Cent during his three years in federal prison. In his first interview since being released, the “Trap Queen” rap star shared that 50 Cent provided him with both emotional

Legendary Los Angeles rock band Los Lobos is suing over allegedly unpaid royalties tied to soundtrack recordings for the 1987 Richie Valens biopic La Bamba and the 1995 Richard Rodriguez-directed film Desperado. In two lawsuits quietly filed late last year and obtained by Rolling Stone, one of which surfaced Friday after being moved to federal

Responding to tragedy in song is an age-old American tradition. From slave spirituals to civil rights-era protest songs to the YG and Kendrick Lamar songs that soundtracked the last decade of Black Lives Matter protests, musicians across genres tend to react to our country’s horrors with music. In the 48 hours since Renee Good was

Several Change.org petitions to deport Nicki Minaj to her native Trinidad and Tobago have amassed more than 120,000 signatures combined. The most popular petition — garnering over 83,000 signatures — started on July 9, 2025, and lists Minaj’s “harrass[ment]” of “the Carters” as one of the inciting issues (Minaj had been incessantly lambasting Shawn “Jay-Z”

Piano Man joins cover band for surprise two-song set at Florida village’s anniversary celebration, his first live appearance since February 2025 Billy Joel returned to the stage for the first time since revealing his brain-disorder diagnosis, performing a surprise two-song set alongside a Billy Joel cover band at a Florida village amphitheater. The Piano Man

President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after a military operation in the country’s capital, Caracas. By midday, Trump stated from Mar-a-Lago that the U.S. would run the country until a “safe, proper and judicious transition.” While the international community watched the escalating tension, the Venezuelan diaspora’s most

Few artists spend more time putting the world around them into words than Josh Ritter. As a musician, he has released 13 studio albums and seven more EPs since 2000. As an author, he has published two novels. As a modern blogger, he is tenacious in regularly updating Josh Ritter’s Book of Jubilations, his dedicated

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Singer nixes shows in Rancho Mirage and San Diego “due to an adverse reaction to a prescription medication” Morrissey kicked off the new year on the same note as he closed out 2025: By canceling concerts at the last minute. The singer — who nixed Mexico shows and an entire South American tour in November

Ariana Grande offered an update on her highly-anticipated Eternal Sunshine tour while attending the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night. “I’ve been working on the set list for months now,” she told E! News on the red carpet outside the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles. “It’s in a good place, but we’ll never know until

Peter Gabriel fans endured an interminable two-decade wait between the release of his last two albums of original material, 2002’s Up and 2023’s i/o. But they have reason to rejoice today because Gabriel just announced that his new LP o/i will arrive in 2026, and debut single “Been Undone” landed January 3. In a repeat

Last week, Jill Scott checked in with fans on Instagram, sharing the message: “The inspiration has finally manifested, and the countdown to greatness has officially begun.” Now, the countdown has a date. On Feb. 13, Scott will release To Whom This May Concern, her first full-length LP in more than a decade. Scott previews the

Miss Piggy isn’t the type to get stage fright, but she’d also never turn down a shower of compliments. In the teaser trailer for The Muppet Show, the iconic character gets a pep talk from Sabrina Carpenter, the special guest starring alongside the Muppets in the musical event premiering Feb. 4 on Disney+ and ABC.

When reflecting on 2025, Jessie J said it was “one of the hardest but most magical years of my life.” Earlier this year, the singer shared that she had been diagnosed with breastcancer and has since updated fans throughout her journey, including sharing the “lows and highs” following her recovery post-surgery. “This is an honest

A$AP Rockyis giving back to his hometown in a major way. Lord Flacko hasteamed up with Biltfor a “Rent Free” campaign to celebrate the upcoming release of his fourth studio album,DON’T BE DUMB. In addition to releasing a self-designed limited-edition vinyl of his next LP, the rapper and loyalty and payments platform are paying it

Though it’s far from the most deranged or obscene thing to happen during the first year of Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House, the fight over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has certainly been one of the weirdest and most ridiculous. Almost immediately after taking office again in January,

In November, Liam Gallagher definitively confirmed that Oasis would not be active in 2026. Now, however, the musician seems to be back-tracking on his comments, despite previously saying he was “fucking serious.” After a fan tweeted, “oasis 2025 will officially be over in a day..,” Gallagher commented, “Bring on 2027 I mean 2026 I mean

Taylor Swift is keeping the holiday spirit alive with her recent donations to Nashville’sMonroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospitalat Vanderbilt and Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City. Vanderbilt University Medical Centerrevealed the news of Swift’s donation on Dec. 30, and thanked the star for her contributions to both Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital and the Adolescent and

T o Manolo Cabrera and Hugo Lara, the guys who make up the duo RØZ, 2025 was almost too huge a year to fully put into words. It was the kind of wild breakthrough most artists dream of when they’re starting off: Gigantic festival sets, a headlining show that sold out in minutes, songs that

Doechii is closing out 2025 with a new collaboration with SZA, “Girl, Get Up.” Produced by Jay Versace, “Girl, Get Up” blends a punchy, stripped-back drum groove — sampled deftly from Birdman and Clipse’s classic, “What Happened to That Boy” — with atmospheric synths. It offers Doechii the perfect platform to ruminate on life and

John Lydon, né Johnny Rotten, hasn’t heard from any of his former bandmates in the Sex Pistols and, in a new interview, he appears to be the only person on Earth surprised by that fact. “I expected some kind of connection when [my wife] Nora died [in 2023], but nothing,” he recently told The Times.

It was a crime that gripped the small, idyllic town of Teaneck, New Jersey — and beyond: A bespectacled man casually slipped two pricey mandolins into his his puffy jacket, and disappeared into the ether. “I try to keep the walls filled, so we’ll be aware something’s missing, which hasn’t happened in 20 years when

I t’s summertime at Warped Tour and the crowd is roaring. Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Pierre is pointing at a sea of people and directing their chants to the most memorable lines of “Everything Is Alright,” the band’s signature song from 2005. Dirt is everywhere, caking people’s Vans sneakers, and the day is a dull

The Double P dynasty is thriving — and proudly rooted in corridos. On Christmas Day, Peso Pluma and his cousin and longtime collaborator Tito Double P released their long-awaited joint album, Dinastía. “It’s something we’ve always wanted, and it’s only now that it could finally happen,” Tito tells Rolling Stone. “[Peso] was doing his thing

Snoop Dogg brought some extra holiday cheer to the Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions halftime show on Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL broadcast. The rapper took the stage in Minneapolis for Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party, performing some of his most beloved hits and welcoming the singing trio behind HUNTR/X, Lainey Wilson, and Andrea Bocelli during the

Her perforrmance opens the second annual Christmas Gameday on Netflix, with the Dallas Cowboys playing the Washington Commanders Kelly Clarkson kicked off the NFL’s Christmas Gameday on Netflix with an exuberant and appropriately festive rendition of her holiday original “Underneath the Tree.” In the filmed performance that opened the festivities, Clarkson descended from the sky

“To my knowledge no one has ever heard this version,” Brian May says of “very, very ancient song” bound for upcoming Queen II reissue Brian May gifted Queen fans this week by unearthing the band’s unreleased Christmas song “Not for Sale (Polar Bear).” The guitarist shared the track during the year-end episode of his Planet

The score soundtrack for Marty Supreme has arrived alongside the film’s release today, Dec. 25. The project is composer Daniel “Oneohtrix Point Never” Lopatin’s latest collaboration with filmmaker Josh Safdie and spans 23 tracks, drawing from “neoclassical orchestration, widescreen synth ecstasy, and tactile 80s hardware,” per a press release. The soundtrack also includes performances from

The annual Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled following the addition of Donald Trump’s name to the once-venerable Washington, D.C. venue. For over 20 years, the Kennedy Center has hosted the Christmas Eve Jazz Jam on Dec. 24. However, musician Chuck Redd — who has led the event since 2006 —