Pharrell Williams has added another fashion milestone to his expanding résumé. The musician and designer, along with Adidas, received the Shoe of the Year honor at the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards for their collaborative sneaker, the Virginia Adistar Jellyfish. The award recognizes the shoe’s distinct design language and its... Read More »
Outkast were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, marking a formal acknowledgment of the duo’s long-standing influence on hip-hop and on Atlanta’s cultural identity. The ceremony underscored both their individual achievements and the collaborative ecosystem that shaped... Read More »
With the arrival of Lux, Rosalía delivers the most expansive and formally daring album of her career. Announced last month as an exploration of “feminine mystique, transformation, and transcendence,” the record fulfills that brief through a combination of classical composition, experimental production, and unusually direct songwriting. Early critical response has... Read More »
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, with Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, and Lady Gaga emerging as the leading contenders. Lamar tops the field with nine nominations, including Album of the Year for GNX and both Record and Song of the Year for “Luther,”... Read More »
Spotify has been hit with another class action lawsuit now accusing the streaming giant of operating what plaintiffs call a “modern form of payola” through its Discovery Mode feature, a tool Spotify markets as a way to personalize listening recommendations for users. Filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan and... Read More »
Ed Sheeran has publicly praised the U.K. government’s newly announced changes to music education, calling the reforms an important step toward expanding access to the arts for school-age children. The updates follow a formal curriculum review and respond directly to concerns Sheeran raised earlier this year in an open letter... Read More »
Journey have announced the Final Frontier Tour, a North American farewell run marking the end of more than 50 years on the road. The tour, long discussed by members of the band, will begin Feb. 28 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and continue through July 2 in Laredo, Texas, with 60 dates... Read More »
On a charged Election Night in New York City, Patti Smith took the stage at Manhattan’s Town Hall to introduce her new memoir, Bread of Angels. The November 4 event combined music, memory, and poetry in a format that only Smith could command, part concert, part storytelling, part communion with... Read More »
Alan Niven, the former manager of Guns N’ Roses, has filed a lawsuit against the band, alleging that they attempted to block the publication of his forthcoming memoir, Sound N’ Fury: Rock N’ Roll Stories. The book, which recounts Niven’s time managing the group during their early rise to global... Read More »
Rosalía has addressed the criticism surrounding remarks she made about Bad Bunny and her decision to sing in multiple languages on her upcoming album Lux, saying that her words were “taken out of context.” The controversy began following her appearance on The New York Times’ Popcast, where the Spanish artist... Read More »
Eric Dwayne Collins, the Long Beach rapper known as RBX, has filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify, accusing the company of allowing fake streams that he claims deprived artists of millions in unpaid royalties. The lawsuit, filed on November 2, 2025, in the United States District Court for the... Read More »
A federal judge has formally dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit against Blake Lively, ending one of several legal disputes between the It Ends With Us co-stars. The ruling formally ends Baldoni’s countersuit, which challenged the legal protections provided under California’s survivor protection statute in defamation-related claims. Judge Lewis Liman... Read More »
Offset is facing a new lawsuit alleging that he physically assaulted a security guard during an altercation at a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary earlier this year. The complaint, filed Oct. 29 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the Migos rapper struck a guard in the face without provocation outside... Read More »
Bob Dylan has accepted an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music, marking the first time in more than five decades that the legendary songwriter has received such recognition from an American institution. Berklee announced the honor this week, citing Dylan’s “extraordinary influence on modern music”... Read More »
Singer-songwriter Halsey spent Sunday night in the emergency room following her concert at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, but told fans she expects to continue performing as scheduled. The pop artist, who is currently on her Back to Badlands 10th anniversary tour, shared an update with followers on... Read More »
