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News You Can Buy Tom Waits’ Fedora to Support Film Crew Members Affected By Strikes The Union Solidarity Coalition is hosting an online auction to support members’ access to healthcare during the WGA/SAG-AFTRA work stoppage By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 14, 2023 Facebook X Tom Waits at the Briar Street Theater, Chicago, Illinois, May 30,

News Peso Pluma Faces Cartel Threat Ahead of Tijuana Concert The Mexican artist, who has penned songs about the drug trade, is due to perform at Estadio Caliente in October By Matthew Strauss September 13, 2023 Facebook X Peso Pluma, September 2023 (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV) Facebook X Alleged members of a Mexican cartel

News Watch Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, and More in 2023 VMAs’ 50th Anniversary Hip-Hop Tribute Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Doug E. Fresh, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five also celebrated the genre in the decades-spanning medley  By Hattie Lindert September 13, 2023 Facebook X Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Nicki Minaj, and LL Cool

News Jenny Lewis Announces Fall 2023 Tour The Joy’all Ball Tour kicks off after Thanksgiving in California By Matthew Strauss September 12, 2023 Facebook X Jenny Lewis, photo by Bobbi Rich Facebook X Jenny Lewis has announced a short West Coast tour in support of Joy’all. Dubbed the Joy’all Ball Tour, the shows begin in

News A$AP Rocky Sued by A$AP Relli, Alleged Shooting Victim, for Defamation Rocky’s attorney Joe Tacopina has also been sued for statements made after Rocky was charged with assault for the alleged shooting  By Nina Corcoran and Evan Minsker September 11, 2023 Facebook X A$AP Rocky, photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images Facebook X A$AP Rocky

News Thundercat Made a Song for Listerine: Listen The company is launching a new collection to raise funds for Increasing Diversity in Dentistry, which aims to correct racial disparities in dental health By Allison Hussey September 11, 2023 Facebook X Thundercat, photo courtesy of NoLedge Productions / Compound Facebook X Thundercat has released a Listerine-influenced

News Listen to 3 New Songs Jimmy Buffett Recorded Shortly Before His Death They appear on a full album Buffett left behind, Equal Strain on All Parts. Paul McCartney performs on “My Gummie Just Kicked In” and called “Bubbles Up” “probably the best [he’s] heard him sing.” By Jazz Monroe September 8, 2023 Facebook X

News Lil Baby Rushed Off Stage After Man Shot and Injured at Memphis Concert An attendee of the rapper’s FedExForum concert said the crowd was evacuated after the shooting By Madison Bloom September 8, 2023 Facebook X Lil Baby, August 2023 (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Facebook X A man was shot and critically injured during Lil

News Grimes and Elon Musk Reveal Third Child, Techno Mechanicus, in New Biography The couple chose to keep the existence of their child, nicknamed Tau, private until now By Nina Corcoran September 9, 2023 Facebook X Grimes and Elon Musk, photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images Facebook X In his new biography written by Walter Isaacson,

News Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion to Give “Bongos” Live Debut at VMAs 2023 It will be their first time performing on the VMAs stage together By Nina Corcoran September 9, 2023 Facebook X Cardi B (Alain Jocard/AFP) and Megan Thee Stallion (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Facebook X Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are

News Richard Davis, Vaunted Bassist and Pop Sideman, Dies at 93 The jazz great doubled as a sideman to Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand, and was a key architect of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 8, 2023 Facebook X Richard Davis, August 1987 (Frans Schellekens/Redferns) Facebook X Richard Davis,

News Live Nation Entertainment Faces Wage Theft Lawsuit in California A subsidiary of the live music giant failed to pay overtime wages, failed to pay minimum wages for all hours worked, and failed to provide meal breaks, according to a complaint filed in a Los Angeles County court. The company denies the allegations. By Marc

News Zach Bryan Arrested in Oklahoma on Obstruction Charges The singer was booked into the Craig County Jail and released on bond By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 7, 2023 Facebook X Zach Bryan performs in Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Facebook X Country singer Zach Bryan, who recently earned his

News Olivia Rodrigo to Perform at VMAs 2023 The “Vampire” singer returns to the VMAs stage for the first time since 2021 By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 7, 2023 Facebook X Olivia Rodrigo, photo by Larissa Hofmann Facebook X Olivia Rodrigo has announced she will perform at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Rodrigo is

News Drake Announces Release Date for New Album For All the Dogs The long-teased album is out September 22 By Nina Corcoran September 6, 2023 Facebook X Drake, October 2021 (Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Facebook X Drake has shared the release date for his new album For All the Dogs. It’s due out September 22, and

News Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service Cover Depeche Mode: Watch Death Cab, Dntel, and Jenny Lewis united in Washington, D.C., to do “Enjoy the Silence” By Jazz Monroe September 6, 2023 Facebook X The Postal Service, September 2023 (Jordan A. Grobe) Facebook X Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service united

News Soul Glo Share Graphic Video for New Song “If I Speak (Shut the Fuck Up)”: Watch The single follows 2022’s Diaspora Problems and arrives ahead of the band’s co-headlining tour with Zulu By Matthew Strauss September 5, 2023 Facebook X Soul Glo, photo by Vincent Arbelet Facebook X Soul Glo are back with the

News Forest Swords Announces First Album Since 2017, Shares New Video: Watch Bolted’s “The Low” began life as a beat meant for Yoko Ono By Matthew Strauss September 5, 2023 Facebook X Forest Swords, photo courtesy of Ninja Tune Facebook X Earlier this summer, Forest Swords came back with “Butterfly Effect” and “Tar,” his first

News Cardi B Announces New Song “Bongos” With Megan Thee Stallion Their first song together since “WAP” arrives on September 8 By Nina Corcoran September 4, 2023 Facebook X Cardi B (Natasha Campos/Getty Images) and Megan Thee Stallion (Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Facebook X Cardi B has announced a new song with Megan Thee Stallion called

News Smash Mouth Frontman Steve Harwell Dies at 56 The musician performed with the California band from 1994 until his retirement in 2021 By Matthew Ismael Ruiz and Matthew Strauss September 4, 2023 Facebook X Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell, July 2013 (C Flanigan/FilmMagic) Facebook X Steve Harwell, the founding singer of Smash Mouth died at