MusicTaylor Swift's New Album Is Actually Two Albums: Singer Follows Release of 'The Tortured Poets Department' With an Additional 15 Songs'It's a 2am surprise,' Swift announced. 'And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it's all yours.'
Sneak PeekPremiere: Fair Visions' 'Tell Me a Lie:' Listen Here FirstThere's a sweet, hooky melody that strikes the right balance of new wave and synth-pop in all the right places.
MusicStevie Nicks Contributes a Poem to Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department'The Fleetwood Mac star provides the album's inaugural bit of poetry.
MusicBlack Lives in Music Launches New Survey to Track Discrimination Artists of Color Face in U.K.'As a black woman, I often felt silenced and excluded, labelled as aggressive or aloof,' V V Brown said. 'Bullying ranged from isolation to daily emails with derogatory language.'
MusicPaul McCartney & Wings' 'One Hand Clapping' Will Finally Get an Official ReleaseThe sessions were ostensibly a follow-up to the chart-topping 'Band on the Run,' with an accompanying in-studio look at the group performing for a possible live album.
MusicKate Pierson of the B-52's Is Selling Her Funky Little Airstream Compound Known as 'Kate's Lazy Desert''Calling all free spirits and desert dreamers,' trumpets the official listing: 'own a piece of High Desert rock & roll history!'
Shows & FestivalsPublic Service Broadcasting Announces UK and European TourThe conceptual post-rock band has also promised to release new music this summer.
MusicBarbra Streisand Records New Song, 'Love Will Survive,' for Upcoming Series 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz'The song is the first original track that Streisand has ever contributed to a TV project.
MusicTaylor Swift Announces First Single and Video From 'The Tortured Poets Department': 'Fortnight' With Post MaloneSwift revealed that an accompanying video for "Fortnight" will be dropping April 19 at 8pm ET.
MusicHot Chip's Joe Goddard Announces New Solo Album 'Harmonics,' Shares Single 'Moments Die'The record features a wide range of collaborators including Ibibio Sound Machine, Alabaster DePlume and former Wild Beasts frontman Hayden Thorpe.
MusicGloRilla Arrested for DUI in GeorgiaThe rising Memphis rap star was booked and released on bond early Tuesday morning.
MusicR.I.P. Dickey Betts: Guitarist, Singer-Songwriter and Founding Member of the Allman Brothers Band, Dead at 80Betts also forged a solo career, starting with 1974's 'Highway Call,' which climbed into the top 20 of the Billboard 200.
MusicTaylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' Allegedly Surfaces Online Before ReleaseAll of this has to be taken with a pinch of salt obviously.
MusicJosh Freese Has Mixed Feelings About Joining Foo Fighters After Death of Taylor Hawkins: 'It Continues to be Bittersweet''I wish there wasn't a reason for me to be the drummer in Foo Fighters,' Freese said.
MusicKanye West Investigated for Battery After Allegedly Punching Man Who Sexually Assaulted His WifeA representative for the rapper says that a man 'put his hands under her dress' during a night out.
MusicSlipknot Teases Fans With Mysterious Billboard Placed Near Coachella: 'One Night Only''Pay attention,' says the homepage of a URL included on the sign. 'The answers are all around you.'
The Q Lists'Literally Sonic Chaos': The 12 Most Disastrous Live Performances Ever As Coachella holds its breath for a repeat performance of Grimes' car-crash DJ set, we look at a dirty dozen times a live show descended into farce... or worse.
Sneak PeekPremiere: Immersion and Cubzoa 'Other Ways' - Watch and Listen HereColin Newman: 'It's chemistry and music. Malka and I operate as a team and now we've taken it to another level.'
On This Day In MusicOn This Day in Music… April 18, 1964: Mark Berry, aka Bez is Born... Twenty-Five Years Later, He Became Pop Music's Most Unlikely StarThe story of how Bez came to be a part of the Happy Mondays is as ridiculous, as funny, and as endearingly shambolic as the man himself.
FestivalsMontreux Jazz Festival 2024: Janelle Monáe, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, Duran Duran and Smashing Pumpkins Set for Fest's 58th EditionOther performers include PJ Harvey, Diana Krall, Lenny Kravitz, André 3000, the National, Air and Dionne Warwick.
MusicPearl Jam Share New Single 'Wreckage' as Album Release Draws NearThe group's 12th album, 'Dark Matter,' will drop this Friday.
FeaturesJack Antonoff to Make Broadway Debut With Music for 'Romeo + Juliet''The youth are f--ked!' is the musical's thoroughly 21st century tagline.
MusicFontaines D.C. Announce New Album 'Romance,' Share Lead Single 'Starburster''We say things on this record we’ve wanted to say for a long time,' frontman Grian Chatten says.
MusicJason Derulo Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Dismissed on Technicality, Accuser Promises to Refile'This case is still very much in play,' the plaintiff's lawyer said. 'The judge did not rule on the merits of the plaintiff’s claims but merely changed the venue.'
MoviesWatch Footage of Timothée Chalamet Singing as Bob Dylan for New BiopicChalamet will play Dylan in James Mangold's upcoming film 'A Complete Unknown.'
MusicFooled Again: Pete Townshend Says 'I Think I Was Being Sarcastic' About Comments Hinting at Who Farewell TourThe clarification/correction came during an appearance on the 'Sound Up!' podcast, hosted by Mark Goodman and Alan Light.
MusicLana Del Rey Knocks Ex-Tour Manager for Quitting Weeks Before Headlining Coachella Set'Never got a phone call probably never will,' the pop star said. 'Still grateful for the 15 years though.'
Shows & FestivalsFrank Turner Schedules 15 Shows in 15 Different Cities Within a 24-Hour Period'With nearly 3000 shows under my belt, I’ve never been one to do things by halves or shirk a challenge,' Turner said in a statement
FestivalsArtists and Record Labels Boycott the Great Escape Festival Over Barclays PartnershipThe bank has reportedly invested over £1 billion in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel.
MusicJames Hetfield Gets Tattoo With Lemmy Kilmister's Ashes: 'Without Him, There Would Be No Metallica''Now, he is still able to fly the bird at the world,' the Metallica frontman said of his new middle finger tattoo.
MusicPale Saints Guitarist Graeme Naysmith Dead at 56: 'Music Was His Passion''He was a great guitar player but an even better guy,' Naysmith's new band The X-Ray Eyes said in a social media post.
MusicRecord Store Day and Discogs Announce International Post-Event SaleThere's a new and exciting way to spend a lot of money on records!
MusicBelle and Sebastian Drop Upbeat Track with Dark Lyrics: 'What Happened To You, Son?''The song is about my youth, and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens.'
On This Day In MusicOn This Day In Music… April 17, 1960: Eddie Cochran, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer and Teen Idol, DiesThe rockabilly legend captured teenage joy and frustration like no other – and was an influence on everyone from the Beatles to Sid Vicious.
MusicTaylor Swift Teases Impending Music Video Premiere With Elaborate, (Probably) Easter-Egg Filled VideoThe first video from 'The Tortured Poets Department' will arrive this Friday.
MusicDepartment of Justice to File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation: ReportThe company's stock price dropped more than 7% after the news broke on Monday, April 15.
Shows & FestivalsBob Marley's Sons Unite for Tour Celebrating Their Father's MusicZiggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian Marley will perform their own material as well as Bob Marley classics on the tour.
MusicBlondie, Notorious B.I.G. and Green Day Albums Added to Library of Congress' National Recording RegistryThe 25 new additions also include Jefferson Airplane's 'Surrealistic Pillow' and the Cars' debut LP.
TelevisionRock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2024 Inductees to Be Announced on 'American Idol'Lionel Richie, a 2022 inductee, will help Ryan Seacrest make the on-air announcement this weekend.
MusicCourtney Love Slams Taylor Swift as 'Not Important' — and Also Goes After Beyoncé and Madonna'I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,' Love said of Madonna during an interview to promote her radio series.
MusicTwitch CEO Dan Clancy Warns DJs That They'll Soon Have to Pay Record Labels to Play Their Artists' Songs'It doesn't come for free,' Clancy said during an interview.
MusicDrake Confirms That His Leaked Kendrick Lamar Diss Track 'Push Up' Is Real'Drake is standing on bidness,' one commenter said.
Shows & FestivalsDamon Albarn Wanted to Bail on Blur's Second Wembley Show Last Year (But He's Glad He Didn't)Albarn's seeming annoyance at the muted reception the band received at Coachella went viral this past weekend.
MusicParamore Speaks Out on Next Stage of Their Career: 'We're Just Having Fun With It''It feels kind of nice to just take our time and figure out what we're doing,' drummer Zac Farro said.
MusicThe Beatles 'Let It Be' is Coming Exclusively to Disney+ on May 8With the overwhelmingly positive reception received from the November 2021 release of 'Get Back', the original can now be viewed from a more realistic perspective.
On This Day In MusicOn This Day in Music… April 16, 1994: Prince Scores Only U.K. No. 1 of His Career While Not Actually Called Prince'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World' was credited to an unpronounceable squiggle.
The Q InterviewTime for Heroes: Pete Doherty and Carl Barât on Love, Arcadian Dreams, 'Putting Everything on the Line' and the Glorious Resurrection of the Libertines 'We started off in communities of impossible dreamers, getting into scrapes together. And it's like being back at the beginning. I've been desperate to play these new songs. I've got skin in this game, baby.'
MusicGlen Campbell Posthumously Duets With Brian Wilson on Ballad 'Strong''Glen Campbell Duets - Ghost on the Canvas Sessions' is a re-imagining of the late Campbell's 2011 album 'Ghost on the Canvas.'
Music3:10 to Glastonbury: Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party Announced as Saturday Performers for the Festival's Acoustic StageOthers playing the Acoustic Stage this year include Scouting for Girls, Tanita Tikaram, Josh Rouse, Ocean Colour Scene, Ralph McTell, Albert Lee, Gipsy Kings, Judy Collins, and Bernard Butler
MusicYungblud Reveals Upcoming Release of His Book, 'You Need To Exist: A Book to Love and Destroy!' 'This is a book to rip, draw, burn, bury and create, a book that will end up in tatters if you do it right,' he said in an announcement video.