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The expectations placed on pop stars have never been equal. Women are routinely expected to deliver the full fantasy: vocals, choreography, fashion, reinvention, and a meticulously constructed visual world for every era. Male artists, meanwhile, can sometimes build an entire career around little more than a tank top and a guitar, often without facing the

In recent years, Chance the Rapper has heard plenty of suggestions that he drop “The Rapper” from his stage name. His response, essentially: no chance. During an appearance on Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday’s Tea Time podcast, he said he may soon shorten his longtime moniker to something even more definitive, dropping “Chance” altogether. “I’m gonna

Rancid is marking 30 years of …And Out Come the Wolves with an expansive new boxed set that digs deep into the 1995 punk landmark. Available for preorder now, the anniversary collection packages the original album with Alive, a previously unreleased Live in NYC recording, three long-out-of-print 7-inches and a stack of exclusive memorabilia. It

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello led an all-star jam session to close out the inaugural Power to the People Festival on Saturday night. Springsteen initially took the stage solo to perform “Streets of Minneapolis,” his protest song written in tribute to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, before welcoming Joan Baez for a cover of Bob

A month before crucial midterm U.S. elections, Tom Morello’s star-studded inaugural Power to the People festival takes place today (Oct. 3) at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., and MS NOW is streaming all the hard-rocking highlights. Morello says the gathering, which features 17 individual members of the Rock and Roll

Zach Bryan took the stage at Gillette Stadium on Friday night with a fashion statement expressing support for the people of Palestine and an apparent message directed at the venue’s owner, Robert Kraft. The alt-country singer wore a t-shirt reading “Free Palestine,” the same message Macklemore voiced while opening for Ed Sheeran last month, which

Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography.  For October, SPIN has

KATSEYE have recruited Brazilian DJ and producer Pedro Sampaio for the official remix of their track “HOOTIE FRUTTI.” The new version leans further into the Brazilian funk elements already present in the original and also features MC GW and Clementaum. It arrives alongside a new dance video featuring Sampaio’s dance crew. Find KATSEYE Tickets Here

The Smashing Pumpkins offered some major fan service last night (Sept 30) at the kickoff of their Rats in a Cage tour celebrating the belated 30th anniversary of the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, during which they dusted off several tunes from that LP plus several other deep rarities. Of the Mellon Collie

Billionaires have always been a bunch of penises, but they’re really starting to get annoying, what with their data centers, appearances on Joe Rogan’s podcast, and public spats with Macklemore. On Wednesday’s episode of South America, Butters reaches his breaking point after a group of billionaires infests his backyard with Weenietown, causing a power outage

LCD Soundsystem is keeping its annual New York residency alive for another year. The band has announced 12 Bowery Presents-produced shows across three weekends in November and December, continuing a tradition that dates back to the opening week of Brooklyn Steel in 2017. The 2026 run will begin with four shows at Queens’ Knockdown Center

Punk supergroup Fake Names — featuring members of Refused and Bad Religion, among others — have unveiled the new song “If You Could See Me Today.” It’s the latest single from their upcoming album, Punk Ruins, out October 23rd. Get Fake Names Tickets Here “If You Could See Me This Way” carries an earthy mid-tempo

Jack Canfield helped to build the best-selling book series in publishing history on a simple bet, that one stranger’s true story can change your life. Chicken Soup for the Soul® has sold more than 600 million copies worldwide since 1993 and spun off into hundreds of titles, two Guinness World Records, and a permanent spot

Dennis Haskins, who famously played Principal Richard Belding on the beloved ’90s TV sitcom Saved By the Bell, has died at the age of 75. Haskins’ agent confirmed his passing to TMZ on Monday. A cause of death was not immediately shared. Haskins played Belding across multiple iterations of Saved by the Bell, beginning with

“I’m writing a song about the idea of how I feel younger inside 1790613639 than when I was a kid,” Edie Brickell explains in her trademark candor. “I’ve found that if you can grow younger and more loving in your heart with every decade…you’ve liberated yourself.” This discovery shouldn’t come as a total surprise to

Taylor Swift won Video of the Year at the VMAs and dedicated the award “to one person without whom this wouldn’t be happening. And that person is the ultimate showgirl: Dolly Parton.” “Every single song that she wrote, her storytelling was so vivid and so rich. Listening to her songs, it’s like watching the best

U2 apparently decided that announcing a new album wasn’t quite enough of a way to celebrate 50 years as a band. One day after revealing Carnaval de Luz, its first new album in nine years, the Dublin legends spent today (Sept. 25) marking the occasion with two surprise hometown performances — first at the school

Olivia Rodrigo launched “The Unraveled Tour” at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut, on Friday night, performing tracks from her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love among other songs from across her discography. The show was reportedly structured around the four seasons, with each chapter — Spring, Summer, Autumn, and

Pearl Jam made a surprise appearance during frontman Eddie Vedder’s billed solo set last night (Sept. 25) at his Ohana festival in Dana Point, Ca., during which the band introduced longtime Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. behind the kit. Vedder played five songs acoustic to begin the proceedings, including a tearful tribute to his

In an era where information leaks like a broken pipe, Pearl Jam pulled off an impressive feat by keeping their new drummer under wraps. That all changed Friday night at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival, where the band revealed longtime Paul McCartney collaborator Abe Laboriel Jr. as their new drummer. The reveal came during a surprise

Ween’s ongoing archival campaign is getting considerably more, well, brown. Following this year’s deluxe reissue of 12 Golden Country Greats and the 2024 expansion of Chocolate and Cheese, the band is digging even deeper into its ’90s vaults with Boognish Provides, a sprawling new collection of live recordings from the tour in support of the

Taylor Swift is back for an encore. The pop superstar has released The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an expanded edition of her 2025 album featuring four brand-new songs: “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding,” and “Babylon.” The new material wasn’t left over from the original Showgirl sessions. Instead, as Swift explained, she returned to

More than 25 years after Mark Sandman died onstage, Morphine is set to release one more album. Cocoon, an eight-song collection assembled from the Boston trio’s long-shelved late-’90s recordings, brings Sandman’s unmistakable voice and two-string bass back into the present — and gives the band’s unfinished final chapter an unexpected new form. It’s due Dec.

Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black is getting a very different kind of 20th anniversary reissue: a live one. On Oct. 21, the Amy Winehouse Band will take over London’s Roundhouse for a one-night-only concert celebrating the landmark 2006 album in its entirety, with original producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi joining musical director Dale Davis,

Justin Bieber performed a surprise acoustic set at Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park on Tuesday. With no prior announcement, Bieber simply showed up with four bandmates, acoustic and electric guitars, a cajon, a mic and PA, and a pair of amps. He ran through SWAG cuts “ALL I CAN TAKE,” “YUKON,” and “DAISIES,” and also busted out the SWAG

Fresh off the news that MTV has created a new award specifically to bestow upon Taylor Swift at Sunday’s (Sept. 27) Video Music Awards, the artist has sent the music world into a tizzy by announcing that her latest single, “Patient Zero,” will be released two days earlier. For now, there are no specific details

Lionel Richie has been hospitalized for atrial fibrillation — an irregular heartbeat — causing him to cancel three upcoming shows with Earth, Wind & Fire. Per TMZ, the singer and R&B icon is currently undergoing treatment for atrial fibrillation, which is minimally invasive and not a major procedure; the treatment creates tiny scars in the