In 2022, Marina walked away from a major label deal that had defined most of her adult life. For the better part of a decade, she had released music under Atlantic Records, an arrangement that produced critically and commercially successful albums but increasingly left the artist at odds with her... Read More »
Beyoncé kicked off her Cowboy Carter world tour on Thursday night (June 6) at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, giving a carefully designed show that brought her latest album to life on stage. The concert marked the first stop on the European leg of the tour and introduced fans to a... Read More »
Day two of the 2025 Governors Ball Music Festival was marked by unexpected delays, weather-related cancellations, and a complete overhaul of its performance schedule after thunderstorms forced organizers to temporarily shut down the site. The festival, which takes place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York, was originally... Read More »
There’s a line on Addison Rae’s debut album that sums up the whole thing in five syllables: “Fame is a gun.” It’s delivered like a threat, or maybe a tease, depending on how you choose to hear her. That ambiguity between sincerity and spectacle, between identity and performance, is where... Read More »
Taylor Swift’s long-running legal battle over her 2014 megahit “Shake It Off” has officially come to a close. As of June 2025, the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the pop star by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler has been formally dismissed, ending nearly eight years of litigation that centered... Read More »
Sabrina Carpenter has never been a stranger to transformation. Over the past decade, the former Disney Channel star has steadily redefined herself. Now at 26 years old, Carpenter has emerged as a pop songwriter with a distinct point of view: self-aware, feminist and slightly mean. After years of balancing television,... Read More »
A legal dispute has erupted over the $275 million estate of the late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, as his widow, Jane Buffett, and the trust’s accountant are clashing in courts across two states. Jane Buffett initiated proceedings in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging mismanagement by Rick Mozenter, the estate's co-trustee. A... Read More »
Nick Jonas is heading into glam rock territory. The singer and actor has been cast as Paul Stanley, co-founder and frontman of KISS, in the upcoming biopic Shout It Out Loud. The film, long in development, will chronicle the band’s origins in 1970s New York and their transformation into one... Read More »
Heart’s summer tour was supposed to be a celebration, a return to the stage for one of rock’s most influential bands. But just as Ann and Nancy Wilson prepared to open the first night of their An Evening With Heart tour in Atlantic City, two of the band’s most cherished... Read More »
Eight Mile Style, the publishing company behind Eminem’s extensive catalog, has filed a $109 million lawsuit against Meta, accusing the tech giant of using 243 of the rapper’s songs without permission across its social platforms. The complaint, filed in federal court in Nashville, claims Meta knowingly made Eminem’s songs available... Read More »
The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival will return to Las Vegas this fall, bringing an exciting mix of global stars to the T-Mobile Arena for its 15th anniversary. Scheduled for September 19 and 20, the two-day event will feature performances by Ed Sheeran, Mariah Carey, and Tate McRae, among others, marking... Read More »
Big Thief will return this fall with their sixth studio album, Double Infinity, due out September 5 via 4AD. The announcement arrives alongside a new single, “Incomprehensible,” a sprawling and emotionally direct track that builds on the band’s signature blend of intimacy and experimentation. The album marks Big Thief’s first... Read More »
Miley Cyrus has never been one to play it safe. Over the past decade, she’s made a career out of shedding skins, moving from Disney star to tabloid fixture to unpredictable pop artist to rockstar. With each release, she’s promised a clearer version of herself, but Something Beautiful, her ninth... Read More »
Pop star Lizzo has filed an appeal to dismiss a high-profile sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit brought by former backup dancers, claiming the suit infringes upon her constitutional rights to free speech and artistic expression. In a legal brief submitted last month, attorneys representing Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa... Read More »
More than 40 public figures, including Ariana Grande, Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dua Lipa, Daniel Radcliffe, and Sabrina Carpenter have signed an open letter urging the U.S. government to maintain funding for LGBTQ-specific services within the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The letter, organized by The Trevor Project, comes... Read More »
