Irish hip hop act Kneecap will still be headlining Wide Awake Festival 2025 as planned, the festival has announced. It will mark the band’s first show since they performed at Coachella last month. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The news arrives following a period of intense
Robert Fripp is recovering after undergoing emergency heart surgery last month, the legendary guitarist has revealed. The King Crimson co-founder shared the news in a YouTube video posted with his wife, singer and actor Toyah Willcox, on May 11. In the clip, the 78-year-old explained that he unknowingly suffered a heart attack in early April
Days after American actor Nicolas Cage shared an anecdote about being mistaken for Australian musician Nick Cave, the latter has now chimed in to say that theirs is a shared experience. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Cage’s comments were made in an interview with The Guardian
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic has been a staple of pop culture and the musical world at large for over 40 years now, and comedian John Mulaney feels it’s high time that Yankovic received the recognition he’s due with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news
The lineup for this year’s KCON LA just got even more robust, with aespa, NCT 127 and several more star K-pop acts joining the list of previously confirmed performers in a second wave of lineup announcements unveiled Monday (May 12). In addition to the “Whiplash” girl group and the NCT subunit, RIIZE, KISS OF LIFE,
In her 1991 documentary Truth or Dare, Madonna declared that Sean Penn was the love of her life. And more than three decades later, the actor is sharing his thoughts on it. In an interview on The Louis Theroux Podcast posted Monday (May 12), Penn said that his superstar ex-wife was “very sweet” for her
Latto really needs “Somebody,” and she announced on Monday (May 12) that she’s dropping her new single with that name on Friday. “Greetings from Jamaica,” she wrote on Instagram under the island-inspired artwork. She first teased the single on X back in March with a one-minute clip of her playing it in the car. “I’m
Veteran music journalist Gerry Wood died on Saturday (May 3) in Inverness, Fla. He was 87. Wood was Billboard’s Nashville bureau chief and country editor in 1980 when he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the magazine, resulting in a transfer to the publication’s New York headquarters. He served in that capacity through 1983, when he left Billboard,
On May 9, Beyoncé wrapped a historic run of five shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Cowboy Carter Tour kick-off grossed $55.7 million and sold 217,000 tickets. Beyoncé’s $50 million-plus run in Los Angeles is the biggest reported single-venue engagement
San Francisco’s Portola festival has announced the lineup for its fourth edition this fall. The bill is led by LCD Soundsystem, The Prodigy, Underworld, Dom Dolla, Peggy Gou, Mau P, Chris Lake and Chris Lorenzo performing under their Anti Up alias and, in the festival’s continued tradition of delivering a marquee pop moment, Christina Aguilera.