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For more than a dozen years, YouTube’s Coachella livestream has been contemporary music’s greatest showcase: a proving ground for superstars, rising and returning artists — all of whom know they need to bring their A-game — that easily can eat up your entire weekend. “Couchella” stans know that you don’t have to spend thousands of

Taylor Swift‘s fans are always poring over her lyrics for clues about her personal life, and things are no different with the release of her newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Before her world-famous relationship with Travis Kelce that debuted last year, Swift had a long-term romance with British actor Joe Alwyn, and then a

After stirring up the internet last weekend with a leak of his Kendrick Lamar diss, Drake has officially released the studio version of “Push Ups” to streaming services almost a week later. The rapper, who tossed his hat in the ring after Lamar set off a chain reaction with his verse on Future and Metro

Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” is sweaty, sexy and full of angst. The film, which hits theaters April 26, centers on a love triangle between three tennis players with deeply competitive spirits both in the game and off the court. In it, former doubles partners Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) face off in

Mandisa, the Grammy-winning Christian singer who began her career on “American Idol,” was found dead in her Nashville home on Thursday. She was 47. “We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” her representative confirmed to local outlet The Tennessean. “At this time we do not know the cause of death

Two hours after releasing her highly anticipated album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift announced a big surprise: It’s a double album. “I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs,” Swift posted

The torture is over for fans who waited weeks and months for Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” to arrive. But the truly faithful still have some work ahead, in trying to decode what or who is the subject of each of the 16 songs (plus four bonus tracks). Even without immediately solving all those

Taylor Swift usually writes either an essay or poem to be included in her album packaging, but for “The Tortured Poets Department,” she used the buddy system. Stevie Nicks contributed a handwritten poem she wrote for Swift, which is the first thing fans will see when they open the LP gatefolds or CD booklets Friday

Would you be surprised to know (or be reminded) that Taylor Swift hasn’t really released a breakup album in a decade? For a gal who’s never really shorn that as her songwriting reputation, it’s funny to think that she’s spent the better part of the last 10 years being off-brand, in a manner of thinking,

“The Wiz” celebrated its return to Broadway on Wednesday night, but where was Toto? One of the most notable changes in the new revival, a re-imagining of “The Wizard of Oz” with a Black cast, is that Dorothy is older — and without her little dog, too. “What happens if we age Dorothy up a

UTA has signed California-based musicians and sisters Aly and AJ for worldwide representation in all areas. In 2004, Aly and AJ Michalka launched their music careers after making key appearances on the Disney Channel as teens. After the release of their gold-certified debut album “Into the Rush” (Hollywood Records) in 2005, Aly & AJ’s mainstream

Dickey Betts, whose country-inflected songwriting and blazing, lyrical guitar work opposite Duane Allman in the Allman Brothers Band helped define the Southern rock genre of the ‘60s and ‘70s, died Thursday in Osprey, Fla. He was 80. His family posted a statement on Instagram, writing, “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the

SAG-AFTRA is urging members to support a new agreement with the major record labels, which establishes conditions under which singers’ voices can be replicated with AI. The union announced a tentative agreement with the labels — including Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Disney Music Group — on Friday, saying that

Composer Howard Ashman’s body of work will be celebrated at ASCAP’s Musical Theatre Fest. The conversation, titled “Part of Our World: Celebrating the Life & Lyrics of Howard Ashman,” will feature interviews and performances from “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast, “Aladdin” and more selections across the composer’s career. Now in its second year,

Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals have announced the premiere of the feature-length documentary “Linda Perry: Let It Die Here,” which will make its debut at the upcoming Tribeca Festival 2024. Directed by Don Hardy (“Citizen Penn,” “Pick of the Litter,” “Theory of Obscurity”), and produced by KTF Films, the film takes a look at the

The troubled Hipgnosis Songs Fund, whose former CEO Merck Mercuriadis drove up the value of music catalogs with more than $3 billion in acquisitions before overspending and problematic management caused the company to lose more than half of its value, has agreed to a $1.4 billion sales to Nashville-based Concord, the companies announced in the

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 11, Episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” “Queen Night,” which aired April 10 on Fox. “The Masked Singer” dropped a bomb on us: Singer/songwriter Charlie Wilson, who has enjoyed a tremendous career as a solo artist in addition to his time as lead

When Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart, better known as The Newton Brothers, took on the job of scoring Disney+’s “X-Men ‘97,” they knew they would have a mighty task ahead of them – they’d have to find a way to put their stamp on the iconic synth-heavy theme song from the original 1992 animated series,

Fremantle is to handle worldwide sales on country music feature documentary “Rebel Country,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film looks at a new breed of stars who are rewriting the rules and challenging the culture of country music. It explores the tensions of race, class, poverty, gender, sexuality

The Latin Grammys will happen in Miami this year, marking the Spanish-language awards show’s return to the United States just one year after it made a controversial move to Spain. The 25th annual show will air live from the Kaseya Center on Nov. 14. Nominations will be announced on Sept. 17. The 2023 iteration of

YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been arrested in Utah on six charges, including possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and for a pattern of unlawful activity — both Class 2 felony charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden and who previously went by NBA YoungBoy, was taken into

The music world of the 1960s was filled with fashion icons, from the Beatles to the Ronettes, from Jimi Hendrix to the Supremes, from Motown to Haight-Ashbury. But for some of us, the mid-1960s Rolling Stones were as cool as it gets. The Beatles were in the same lane but, truth be told, the Stones

As Blur performed Saturday night on the Coachella main stage ahead of No Doubt, they found themselves in front of a relatively unresponsive crowd, especially during their 1994 hit “Girls & Boys.” “You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well fucking sing it,” a clearly frustrated frontman Damon Albarn said after the crowd’s

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are promising to turn iconic venues into raves on their newly announced “Sweat” tour, which includes a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The pop innovators, who have collaborated on songs “1999” and “2099,” will co-headline with Shygirl opening for all dates. According to a press release, the

Barbra Streisand has recorded a new song, “Love Will Survive,” to serve as the end-title theme for “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” a six-part, Holocaust-themedseries that premieres on Peacock in the U.S. and Sky in other territories on May 2. The song will come out globally via her longtime label, Columbia Records, on April 25. It’s

Shore Fire Media, one of the music industry’s most long-running and far-reaching strategy and communications companies, has announced the promotion of five of its top executives to key leadership positions. Allison Elbl, Matt Hanks, Mark Satlof and Rebecca Shapiro have been promoted to co-presidents, with Jaclyn D. Carter promoted to senior vice president. (Pictured L-R, row

“I hope I can do the same one day,” Joey Fatone thought while watching the Backstreet Boys play one of their first major gigs in the early ‘90s. The Florida-based boy band were finding their feet in the music industry, while Fatone was yet to discover his own boy band path with NSYNC. “I remember

Afrobeats has been one of the fastest-growing musical genres of the past decade, but if any further evidence were needed that it has reached new peaks, just look at Nigerian singer Davido: Not only was he nominated for the first-ever Best African Music Performance Grammy earlier this year, he’s headlining New York’s Madison Square Garden

Music’s leading charity MusiCares has announced its second annual volunteer day, “The Day That Music Cares,” will take place on April 26. The initiative encourages music professionals and fans worldwide to a day of volunteering, “demonstrating the power and heart of the music community,” per a press release. Songwriters and sound engineers, touring crews and

Despite the success of “Daisy Jones & the Six,” star Riley Keough says the band isn’t getting back together anytime soon. Despite fans hoping — and demanding — a second season of the Prime Video miniseries adaptation of Tara Jenkin Reid’s best-selling novel, Keough tells me, “I would love to but I don’t know if