The Weeknd‘s philanthropy isn’t confined to North America … he’s opening his wallet to help people who were injured, people whose loved ones died, and people who were left homeless by the tragic explosion that rocked Beirut. The singer’s manager, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, and his wife, Rima Fakih, have been leading the charge to get
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In June, Impulse! Records announced the first-ever release of Thelonious Monk’s Palo Alto. The album features a recording of Monk’s historic concert at Palo Alto High School on October 27, 1968, with Monk and his quartet playing to a mixed-race crowd of students and Palo Alto residents. Now, Palo Alto, originally set to arrive July
Kurt Cobain rarely ever signed his full name to anything which is why a signed home insurance policy is making for a very rare, yet macabre auction item. The folks over at Goldin Auctions are brokering the sale of this super-rare document featuring the late Nirvana frontman’s full signature — Kurt D. Cobain. He usually
A new email to Neil Young Archives members has announced that Facebook and Google logins will eventually be removed from the site. “Goodbye Facebook and Google buttons,” the email reads. “We thank you immensely for bearing with us through this process. We know it’s not convenient, but we believe we will be better for it.
Lavendine aren’t driven by commercial interests in their music, and if you need evidence proving as much, you needn’t give their single “Rapture” more than a casual listen this season. In “Rapture,” Lavendine endear themselves to the contemporary Christian music model while also looking at elements of progressive pop from a standpoint few would expect
Kanye West is reminiscing about the good ‘ol days — when he was tight with Jay-Z and Kris Jenner — and, for now, he’s making moves to make nice. Ye started putting his feelings out there late Monday night when he tweeted a seemingly heartfelt message about Hova — “Miss my bro … real talk.”
Hayley Williams has shared a cover of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees.” Williams wrote on Instagram, “Seemed sacrilegious at first until I realized that the band themselves have never once regarded what they do as precious or never-to-be-toyed with.” She continued, “They are never beholden to any one version of their expression and public affections don’t
Play video content KOTATV Smash Mouth’s proving they might still be All-Stars — 2 decades after their biggest hit — but based on their appearance at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally … they’re not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of rowdy and excited bikers threw coronavirus caution to the wind
Burna Boy’s new album Twice as Tall will arrive on August 14, with a tracklist featuring Chris Martin, Stormzy, Youssou N’Dour, and Naughty by Nature, among others. Executive-produced by Diddy, Bosede Ogulu, and Burna Boy, the album includes the single “Wonderful” and 14 more tracks; check out the running order below. Production across the album
Play video content TMZ.com Tech N9ine got on the mic for a bunch of never-ending partiers down in Missouri — and the joint looked about as packed as any of their shindigs lately. The rapper put on a homecoming show Saturday night at the Regalia hotel in Lake of the Ozarks — he’s from Kansas
Back in February, Foo Fighters announced the 2020 Van Tour to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary. The shows were scheduled to take place in April and May. But, as the coronavirus led to countless concert cancellations, the Foos postponed the tour. Now, the Foo Fighters have officially canceled their anniversary tour. Find Foo Fighters’ update,
Play video content Breaking News Instagram /@iron_and_oreos, @t_q_fit, @redcon1photography, @andrerhodes ZZ Top had a change of heart after first canceling its concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally … because the group played Saturday to a packed, maskless crowd. Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard took the stage at the Full Throttle Saloon and filled
MTV and Barclays Center have decided to no longer hold the MTV VMAs 2020 at the Brooklyn arena, citing safety concerns, Page Six reports. The event will now be held at “various outdoor locations” in New York City. In a joint statement to Page Six, representatives for Barclays Center and MTV said “it became clear
Kanye West wants you to donate to his campaign so he can become the 46th POTUS, and he’s making the pitch by laying out his positions on various issues, and one thing’s clear … he’s playing to both Democrats and Republicans. Ye, who calls his platform, “Creating a Culture of Life,” is seeking contributions ranging
Courtney Barnett has shared a cover of Kev Carmody’s “Just For You.” The track appears on Cannot Buy My Soul, a tribute album of Carmody’s songs originally released in 2007 and set to be reissued with new tracks on August 21 via EMI Australia. Check out “Just For You” below. Earlier this week, Barnett appeared
Kanye West‘s Presidential run just got a death blow, at least in Illinois, where election officials say more than half his submitted signatures are invalid … and that means he’s off the ballot. TMZ broke the story … multiple people stepped up to object after Kanye submitted his petition to get on the ballot in
Yesterday, the United States–based human rights advocacy nonprofit Human Rights Foundation published an open letter to Tyga, asking the rapper to cancel a scheduled performance in the Belarusian capital of Minsk over concerns that the concert was “an excuse to cancel the opposition’s final electoral rally” on the eve of a potentially historic presidential election.
Play video content @gamercannons / TikTok Mariah Carey‘s son clearly knows the rules about Mom being “camera-ready” … as evidenced by this hilarious video of him trying to get her to appear on his TikTok video!!! Mariah and Nick Cannon‘s 9-year-old, Moroccan Scott Cannon, aka Rocky, was playing around on TikTok and one of his
Anderson .Paak has shared a new remix of his recent track “Lockdown” that features guest verses from Noname, JID, and Jay Rock. Check it out below. The rapper first released “Lockdown” in June, and its video honored victims of police brutality. The new version of the track expands on the social-justice messaging of the original,
After years of observing behind the camera, Andre Mayon steps in front of the mic and drops a suave, silky adoring song in his debut “Love At First Sight”. The smooth sounding Mayon takes the listener into a poetic and amorous state-of-mind set to the backdrop of just a solo, acoustic guitar. It’s a moving
Breaking News Someone on President Trump‘s campaign team is painfully tone-deaf, opting to crank “Live and Let Die” before his Ohio event … as about 1,000 Americans are killed daily by COVID-19. The White House is playing “Live and Let Die” before Trump’s arrival at a thinly disguised campaign event in Ohio that the state’s
Sunny and bright, colorful and consistent, the music video for Little Hurt’s new single “Alaska” is – on the surface, at least – the antithesis of what most people would think of when the name of the northernmost state is mentioned. There’s nothing even about mountain ranges or valleys, nor is there a lot of
Buffalo rapper Conway the Machine has detailed his next studio album. From King to a GOD arrives September 11 via Drumwork/Griselda/EMPIRE. The album features Freddie Gibbs, Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, Havoc, Lloyd Banks, DeJ Loaf, the Alchemist, Daringer, Erick Sermon, Hit-Boy, and more. Listen to the new song “Lemon,” featuring Method Man, below. “Typically,
Play video content Exclusive ANG News Diddy’s son, King Combs, got smoked in his Ferrari by a Tesla, and though both drivers were okay, the guy in the Tesla got taken away in cuffs. King was involved in a car accident a little after midnight in Bev Hills, when cops say a man in a
Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged assault. Migos rapper Takeoff is being sued for sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress, TMZ reports. According to TMZ, as well as The New York Times and The Blast, the woman suing Takeoff claims that he raped her at a house party in Los Angeles in June. According
Rob Alexander has been setting a high standard for both himself and the scene he was born of with the last three singles he’s released from the new album Being Myself, but in his latest, the taut “This Hollywood Road,” he gets down and dirty with rock n’ roll aesthetics he’d never experimented with in the
Exclusive Detroit rapper 42 Dugg‘s wearing a new accessory, but there’s no celeb jeweler involved this time — instead, it’s cops who’ve put a GPS monitor on him after he allegedly tried to evade police. The rapper was busted Monday in Oakland County, Michigan nearly 2 months after cops say he fled from officers in
Chicago rapper FBG Duck was shot and killed in downtown Chicago on Tuesday (August 4), the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed. Born Carlton Weekly, he was shot on the 100 block of East Oak Street and pronounced dead at 5:06 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 26. In a press
Leading off of the crossroads between the bands Disturbed and Lincoln Park, California’s Zero Theorem forge a force to be reckoned with in the thriller “Swarm”. Piling on the sounds of gnawing emotions with machine-line precision, this song just doesn’t fall into place. It claws and fights it way to front-and-center. Reaching new heights, “Swarm”
“Break the glass in case of emergency / Open your arms to me” we’re told in the chorus of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ new single “Brace Yourself,” the vocals somehow matching the intensity of the adjacent riff in all of its metallic glory. Alongside the hook, the verses continue with “Brace yourselves in case of