The Ohana Festival’s Encore Weekend — scheduled to feature founder Eddie Vedder as well as sets by Alanis Morissette, the Black Keys and Haim — has been canceled. The two-day fest at Dana Point, California’s Doheny State Beach was set for Oct. 8 and 9, a week after the sixth …
Read More »Watch Sam Smith Join Cat Burns to Perform 'Go,' Discuss Their 30th Birthday on 'Cordon'
Sam Smith and Cat Burns teamed up for a performance of ‘Go’ at Freemasons’ Hall on Wednesday during The Late Late Show With James Corden’s London residency. The duo’s charming performance of Burns’ chart-topping single about breaking free from a cheating lover was a vocally enticing take on the emotionally-charged …
Read More »Future Drops by Little Havana for Some Dominoes in New 'Holy Ghost' Video
Future heads to Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood in the new music video for “Holy Ghost.” The clip follows Future as as he takes an evening stroll through the area and posts up on a porch, where he performs the track as a family — many of whom are wearing ankle …
Read More »'My Body, My Mothaf–ing Choice:' Megan Thee Stallion Slams Texas Abortion Ban Following Roe v. Wade Decision
Megan Thee Stallion is not one to stay quiet about issues she cares about. During her Glastonbury Festival performance over the weekend, the rap star slammed the “stupid ass men” who decided to make abortion immediately illegal in her home state of Texas following SCOTUS’ decision to reverse Roe v. …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Sings 'Fuck You' to Supreme Court Justices at Glastonbury
Olivia Rodrigo condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and dedicated a cover of Lily Allen’s “Fuck You” to five of the Justices responsible for the repeal during the singer’s Glastonbury set Saturday. “I’m devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to …
Read More »Hear H.E.R. Cover Sly and the Family Stone Classic 'Dance to the Music'
H.E.R. has dropped a lively cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1967 track “Dance to the Music.” The single appears on the upcoming soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru. The song, produced by Jack Antonoff, sees H.E.R. singing the funk tune over a grooving melody led by bass, …
Read More »Goodbye Vlad: The Chicks Kill Putin at Bonnaroo 2022
The mantra of the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which returned to Manchester, Tennessee, this weekend after a forced two-year absence, is “radiate positivity.” For the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks — queens of the scorched-earth, fiddle-and-banjo-tinged, stick-a-pin-in-your-voodoo-doll revenge-fantasy rallying call — those posi vibes came by …
Read More »How Conan Gray Became Pop's Oversharing Next Big Thing
Conan Gray says he’s always been a watch-from-the-sidelines kind of guy. A “non-participator,” as he puts it, the kind of person who lives vicariously through those around him. “I just watch people,” he says with a shrug, sipping a cold brew (no milk, no sugar) outside of his favorite coffee …
Read More »Willie Nelson Joins His Son Micah on Particle Kid's 'Die When I'm High (Halfway to Heaven)'
Willie Nelson and his son Micah dream of going out in a blaze in the new song “Die When I’m High (Halfway to Heaven),” a collaboration with the younger Nelson’s Particle Kid project. Released just ahead of Father’s Day, it’s a loving tribute to country icon Nelson. A gentle, lilting …
Read More »'The Paradigm Needs to Shift': Why Pharrell Wants to Prep Marginalized Students for Tech Jobs
Like most weeks for Pharrell Williams, this one is packed. On Thursday, he and Neptunes co-producer Chad Hugo will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. This weekend, he’ll host the latest edition of his Something in the Water Festival. And then there’s his most philanthropic latest venture, announced …
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