August 6, 2019 4:26PM PT Hitmaker Charli XCX took to social media today to clear up some confusion about remarks she made in a Pitchfork cover interview. The comment in question? Charli’s description of Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour — Charli was an opening act along with Camila Cabello — which hit stadiums across North America.
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“I’m not the kind of girl who gives up just like that,” sang Debbie Harry, repeatedly — as is the custom in “The Tide is High” — before, in concert, also repeatedly, she cajolingly demanded to know, “Are you?” Well, no, Debbie, we are not that kind of girl at all, answered the responsive cheers
August 6, 2019 3:12PM PT Khalid is planning a benefit concert for the families of victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso, Texas. The R&B singer tweeted Monday that he plans to hold the concert later this month and that “all of the proceeds will go to the families affected by
August 6, 2019 2:15PM PT A small plane carrying the management team for singer Pink crashed in Denmark Monday and burst into flames, according to Danish media cites by the Associated Press and CBS News. No one was hurt, the reports say, noting that the singer was not on the flight. “P!nk was not personally
Thought you heard a rare voiceover in Apple’s latest summer campaign, “Nap,” promoting iPhone X’s FaceID? That’s not an ad pitchman bellowing “Nice … so nice” while a backyard enthusiast interrupts his mid-day nap to check his messages. [embedded content] In fact, those are the pipes of Dennis White, a.k.a. DJ/producer Latroit, whose latest single,
August 6, 2019 8:30AM PT The “Señorita” singer also reveals she recently collaborated with Eilish’s brother, Finneas O’Connell. Sofia Cabello may be related to a chart-topping pop star, older sister Camila, but it’s another world-famous singer that makes her squeal with excitement: Billie Eilish. “My sister actually cried when she met Billie Eilish,” Camila tells
Drake’s annual OVO Fest took a breather last year, but he announced at the Toronto Raptors’ NBA championship celebration rally in June that it would return. And this weekend, coinciding, per usual, with Ontario’s civic holiday long weekend, Drake’s star-studded, hometown-boosting pep rally was back. The four-day OVO-branded affair included a music-industry summit, a basketball
August 6, 2019 7:00AM PT Singer Lauren Daigle says she wants viewers to find hope in her “Rescue” music video. In a behind-the-scenes look at the John Gray-directed clip, the singer is but a speck among the vastness of Alaska’s Knik glacier, the filming location for “Rescue.” Among the scenes: drone footage that gives the
Camila Cabello has a look of absolute terror on her face. “I’m shocked,” she says, slumping into her living room couch’s womb-like pillows and putting a hand to her forehead. Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Change” in Chanel-like type, she’s one ab crunch away from fetal position. “It’s tragic. I can’t believe he’d
When you hear the six-note passage at the center of Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” played alongside the one from the 2008 song “Joyful Noise” by Christian rapper Flame, it’s natural to assume that the melodies are nearly identical. It’s a starkly simple phrase, six descending notes that a marginally talented toddler could bang out on
You’d never guess what the Emmy-nominated music supervisor for edgy TV shows like Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” and, most recently, the Drake-produced “Euphoria” chills out to during her downtime. “On the weekends, I love to listen to the yacht rock station on Sirius XM. It just calms me,” says Jen Malone, who previously worked as a
UPDATED: R. Kelly has been charged with two counts of prostitution with a person under 18, according to a press conference held in Minneapolis this afternoon. The allegation, regarding an incident that took place in the city in 2001, follows a total of 18 counts of serious sexual misconduct and other charges brought against the
Machine Gun Kelly’s EST Fest is truly unlike any other music gathering. Take, for instance, the crowd’s signature chant: “EST, what the f–?! EST, what the f–?!” Then, there’s EST’s location: Butler, Ohio, an hour-plus from nearest cities Cleveland and Columbus. (It should be noted that Butler is more than 120 miles from Dayton, the
After much speculation as to whether Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie would be returning to judge “American Idol” on ABC, the network has confirmed the trio will all be back once more to search for America’s next musical superstar. ABC and series producer Fremantle had been in discussions regarding ways to bring down
August 5, 2019 8:33AM PT Today the Strokes announced a special New Year’s Eve show in their hometown of New York City. Tickets for the show, to be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Dec. 31 (of course), will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, August 9 at 10 a.m. local time at LiveNation.com. The Strokes and
August 5, 2019 7:34AM PT Just days after being released from jail in Sweden, A$AP Rocky participated in Kanye West’s Sunday service in Calabasas, Calif. yesterday morning. West and his wife Kim Kardashian used their relationship with President Trump in an effort to get Rocky released from jail, where he was being held awaiting trial for
Warner Chappell Music UK has named Amber Davis head of A&R, the publishing company announced today. In her time at the publisher she has signed songwriters including Stormzy, Skepta, Dave, J Hus and Raye to its roster. The role will be effective from Oct. 1 and Davis will report to managing director Mike Smith. “It’s a
August 4, 2019 10:34AM PT John Legend has made no secret of his negative feelings about President Trump, and in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Ohio that took place over the weekend, the singer made a series of posts slamming the president for “inspiring” violence. “My heart aches for El
Barbra Streisand’s Aug. 3 concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden was significant not just because it was her first time on the arena’s stage in 13 years, but, as she told an enraptured crowd of many thousands, because she spent some of her most formative time blocks away. Yes, these were “misty water-colored memories,”
August 3, 2019 10:23PM PT The band has canceled its Aug. 4 show “in solidarity with the community.” Rock band Blink-182 was put on lock down at an El Paso hotel on Aug. 3, the same morning a gunman killed 20 people and injured dozens more at a local Walmart at the El Paso Cielo
The duo the Bird and the Bee released an album Friday that imagines what happens to the catalog of Van Halen, as guitar-centric a band as ever walked the earth, if you take out all the guitars. Not to mention what happens when you have a woman with one of the lovelier voices in pop,
The writers of Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse,” who were found by a jury to have infringed on the copyright of Flame’s song “Joyful Noise” in a a $2.78 million decision this week, issued a statement today calling the decision a “travesty of justice.” “The writers of Dark Horse view the verdicts as a travesty
It’s fascinating to watch mainstream audiences fall in love with Jon Batiste on a nightly basis as the bandleader of “The Late Show.” At 32, Stephen Colbert’s congenial foil — an adroit pianist equally agile and equally playful on melodica and organ — is known for his eclectic crossover compositions which juxtapose pop, gospel and
Hollywood’s historic Paramount Studios has a new neighbor: the Weedmaps Museum of Weed, which opened officially last night (Aug. 1) on the corner of Melrose and Cahuenga. The 30,000-square-foot space features a winding, walk-through, chronological series of seven separate exhibitions tracing the history of marijuana. The journey starts with the “pre-Prohibition” use of hemp in
August 2, 2019 11:06AM PT Brandy has been named as the recipient of the BMI President’s Award at the 2019 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, taking place in Atlanta on Aug. 29. The Grammy-winning, multi-platinum artist, who’s worked with revered icons like Diana Ross and Whitney Houston, is recognized not only for her six studio albums but also
A$AP Rocky and two other suspects have been released from jail in Sweden until a verdict is expected in the assault case on Aug. 14. The highly publicized trial wrapped Friday with Swedish prosecutors asking the court to convict the 30 year-old American rapper and consider imposing at least a six-month jail sentence. Apparently, one
Amelia Artists, the management company led by Nick Blasko and Piers Henwood, has come into the Entertainment One (eOne) fold. Its roster includes Tegan and Sara (pictured), Luca Fogale, The Funk Hunters, Bedouin Soundclash, The Librarian, Fintan and Astrocolor. eOne envelops several management shingles, including WRC Management (Kaytranada, Sango), Hardlivings (Jax Jones, Riton, Kahlo), Nerve
Ed Sheeran will officially set the record for having the highest grossing tour of all time Friday night, as the 246th show of his Divide Tour pushes it to the $736.7 million mark, according to Pollstar’s calculations. The benchmark had previously been set by U2 in 2011, when their 360 Tour grossed $735.4 million, a
R. Kelly was denied bail on racketeering and sexual abuse charges at an arraignment hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday morning. The charges are part of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the singer that have been filed this year. The singer, wearing blue prison togs over an orange shirt, pleaded not guilty to
The highly publicized assault trial of A$AP Rocky wrapped Friday with Swedish prosecutors asking the court to convict the 30 year-old American rapper and consider imposing at least a six-month jail sentence. In closing arguments, the prosecutors said that the case involved too much violence to support A$AP Rocky’s argument of self-defense during a confrontation