Music

Pete Davidson has been very busy these past couple of weeks shuttling back and forth to Los Angeles with Kim Kardashian between Saturday Night Live tapings in New York City, dodging hordes of paparazzi along the way, but he somehow found the time to head to his native Staten Island …

Britney Spears called out her fellow TRL-era pop star Christina Aguilera on social media for “refusing to speak” about Spears’ now-terminated conservatorship. In an Instagram story posted late Friday, Spears shared a video of Aguilera speaking to the press during this week’s Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. A reporter asked …

Cardi B has dropped a new single, “Bet It.” The hard-hitting track comes off the soundtrack to Halle Berry‘s directorial debut, Bruised, which recently arrived in theaters. Cardi B and Berry executive-produced the soundtrack, which also features new songs from City Girls, Latto, Rapsody, H.E.R., Saweetie, Flo Milli, Erica Banks, …

Behind so many of the world’s most successful and beloved musicians is often a terrible contract. For decades, the music industry has found ways to squeeze as much profit from artists and songwriters as possible, and while awareness of these practices has grown, exploitative deals remain practically an industry standard. …

PJ Morton kicked off his The First Time interview by describing what it was like to win his first Grammy. After several nominations in years prior, Morton finally won Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 2019 Grammys for the Bee Gee’s hit, “How Deep Is Your Love.” He snagged Best …

Not long after the start of last Friday’s Astroworld Festival, an employee who’d been hired to interact with fans and provide information about the show learned of a change in plans. Without any additional training, the employee was rushed to the front of the stage to help with crowd control. …

Graeme Edge, drummer and co-founding member of the Moody Blues, has died at the age of 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted British prog band announced Edge’s death Thursday. No cause of death was revealed. “It’s a very sad day. Graeme’s sound and personality is present in everything …

In the wake of the Astroworld tragedy, which has left eight people dead and hundreds more injured, conspiracy theories about the incident have been swirling on all social media platforms, ranging from anti-vaccine misinformation to theories about concertgoers being injected by drugs to QAnon influencers promoting the idea that headliner …

Camp Cope‘s Georgia Maq has intensely acrobatic range as a vocalist: Sometimes, her voice is an unforgiving rasp, razored, crushing, and full of grit. Other times, it’s tender as a cut, like on “Blue,” the band’s first release in more than three years since dropping 2018’s How to Socialise and …

The eight deaths and dozens of injuries at the Nov. 5 Astroworld Festival in Houston’s NRG Park appear to have been preceded by a series of red flags, going back to the early days of festival founder Travis Scott‘s touring career. In 2017, Scott, always known for wild shows, went …