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Chase & Status have claimed their first-ever U.K. No. 1 single on the Official U.K. Charts with “BACKBONE,” a DnB-heavy collaboration featuring Stormzy. For Stormzy, this track marks his fourth time topping the charts, following his previous hits “Vossi Bop” (2019), “Take Me Back to London” with Ed Sheeran (2019), and “Own It” with Ed […]

Keith Urban gave just a few hours’ notice before performing a free concert Friday night (Aug. 16) in the parking lot of a large convenience store and gas station in north Alabama. Hundreds of people turned out for the show in Athens, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Nashville. It was outside a Buc-ee’s, a […]

Jelly Roll is speaking candidly about his experience attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings, a topic he says he’s never talked about in public before. In a new interview with The New York Times, the artist — who’s topped both the Mainstream Rock Airplay and Country Airplay charts — was asked about an unreleased song, “Winning […]

Maurice Williams, a rhythm and blues singer and composer who with his backing group the Zodiacs became one of music’s great one-shot acts with the classic ballad “Stay,” has died. He was 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, which did not immediately provide further […]

Maxie Solters, a third-generation entertainment publicist, died unexpectedly Thursday (Aug. 15) in Los Angeles. She was 37. She was also a writer, actor and producer. No cause of death was shared. Solters followed her father, Larry Solters, and her grandfather, Lee Solters, in the family business. Her grandfather was a legendary press agent, who handled […]

If you’ve always dreamed of sitting down to a meal with Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield you’re in luck. The metal legend is offering up a private dinner for you and up to three of your friends in a charity auction to support the Adaptive Sports Foundation. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest […]

Two of the world’s biggest artists have teamed up to release a late-stage song of the summer contender, with Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars dropping their new song “Die With a Smile” and its music video at midnight ET Friday (Aug. 15). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news […]

Order up! Chappell Roan is serving fans a behind-the-scenes look at her “Hot to Go!” music video in honor of the track’s one-year anniversary, posting footage from the shoot in her hometown of Springfield, Missouri on YouTube Wednesday (Aug. 14). The clip opens with Roan fielding questions from an over-curious stranger passing by the video […]

BRISBANE, Australia — Bluesfest Byron Bay will wave bye-bye after its 2025 edition. The event is an institution on the Australian festivals calendar, staging performances from the likes of Bob Dylan, BB King, Paul Simon, John Mayer, Mary J Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, plus homegrown stars Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and Crowded House, across its […]

Once again, Chiquis Rivera is opening a window into her life. But this time, the singer and TV personality, who has appeared with her family in several reality shows, does it through a documentary series titled Chiquis Sin Filtro, meaning Chiquis Without Filter, which premieres Friday (Aug. 16) on the Spanish-language streaming platform ViX. “This […]