Rina Sawayama has spoken out following Sabrina Carpenter’s recent Saturday Night Live performance, calling for greater cultural sensitivity from creative teams who incorporate Japanese elements into Western pop culture visuals. In a post shared to her Instagram Stories, the Japanese-British singer commented on the staging for Carpenter’s live rendition of... Read More »
Emerging pop artist Sombr has responded to online criticism following a viral TikTok posted by a concertgoer who described his recent Washington, D.C., performance as “cringe.” The controversy began after a 25-year-old attendee shared a nearly nine-minute video recounting her experience at Sombr’s Oct. 13 show at The Anthem. In... Read More »
Live Nation is pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission’s accusation that it profited from ticket scalping, while simultaneously pledging new reforms aimed at tightening oversight of Ticketmaster’s resale operations. In a letter sent Oct. 17 to Senators Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D–N.M.), Live Nation Executive Vice... Read More »
Rosalía turned Madrid’s Gran Vía into her own cathedral of light on Monday night (Oct. 20) to announce LUX, her fourth studio album and first since 2022’s Motomami. The Spanish artist revealed the project in a theatrical live event that combined performance art, religious imagery, and real-time fan interaction, a... Read More »
A Los Angeles judge has shut down influencer Sabrina Peterson’s latest attempt to bring back her defamation lawsuit against T.I. and Tiny Harris, marking another setback in a long and messy legal fight that began four years ago. Judge Michael Shultz ruled Friday that Peterson’s motion to reinstate her 2021... Read More »
Slipknot is taking their digital identity back: the Grammy-winning metal band has filed a federal lawsuit against the anonymous owner of the domain Slipknot.com, accusing the operator of cybersquatting and profiting from counterfeit merchandise sold under the band’s name. The case, filed this week in a Virginia federal court, marks... Read More »
Sam Rivers, the founding bassist of Limp Bizkit whose low-end groove helped define the sound of late-1990s rap-rock, has died at the age of 48. The band confirmed his death Saturday in a statement shared to social media. A cause of death has not yet been made public. “Today we... Read More »
A brief moment in Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has resulted in a major windfall for marine conservation. A vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium T-shirt worn by Swift in the film has led fans to contribute more than $2 million to the aquarium and its sea otter research and... Read More »
Britney Spears has publicly responded to allegations made by her ex-husband Kevin Federline in his upcoming memoir You Thought You Knew, calling his claims “constant gaslighting” and saying she has “had enough.” Federline’s book, expected later this month, revisits their marriage, custody battles, and the singer’s years under court conservatorship.... Read More »
Ace Frehley, the guitarist whose distinctive style and “Spaceman” persona helped define Kiss’s rise from New York clubs to global stages, died Friday in Morristown, New Jersey. He was 74. His representative, Lori Lousararian, said his death followed a recent fall at his home. Frehley’s family said in a statement... Read More »
The crowd at State Farm Arena didn’t see it coming. During the Atlanta stop of YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Make America Slime Again tour on Wednesday night, hometown rappers Pluto and YKNiece reunited onstage for a surprise performance of their viral hit “Whim Whamiee.” It was the pair’s first time... Read More »
Cardi B has spoken publicly for the first time about the viral social media exchanges that have consumed much of the past month and the way motherhood has shaped her response to them. In a new interview with Paper magazine, the Grammy-winning rapper addressed her recent disputes with Nicki Minaj... Read More »
A$AP Relli has retained a new legal team and will move forward with his civil assault and battery case against A$AP Rocky, as a Los Angeles judge reaffirmed Tuesday that the January trial date remains “firm.” The case stems from a 2021 incident in which Relli, born Terell Ephron, accused... Read More »
Nicki Minaj has announced she is canceling her upcoming sixth studio album and stepping away from music entirely, at least for now. The rapper revealed the news in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, declaring, “Ok I’m not going to put out the album anymore. No... Read More »
Kylie Jenner has officially stepped into music with the release of “Fourth Strike,” her debut single as King Kylie, a persona she first popularized during the height of her mid-2010s social media fame. The track, produced in collaboration with Terror Jr, arrives as part of the tenth-anniversary celebration for Kylie... Read More »
