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Kacey Musgraves and Stanley 1913 Team Up on Cow-Printed Water Bottles, Pet Bowls and Mugs
Country star Kacey Musgraves has partnered with drinkware brand Stanley 1913 on a limited-edition, four-piece collection inspired by her Texan roots. The collaboration marks another celebrity tie-up for the popular brand and continues a busy period for the singer, who released her sixth studio album earlier in the year. The collection features the brand’s bestselling…
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Neil Young Redid Two Songs He Wrote As a Teenager. Listen to the Original Recordings
Neil Young has confirmed that his forthcoming album, Second Song, will include newly recorded versions of two songs he wrote as a teenager in the mid-1960s, while performing across Canada with his high-school band the Squires. He first hinted at the plan in April but only revealed the titles during a Zoom question-and-answer session on…
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DAVID ELLEFSON: ‘When I’m Not In MEGADETH, I Always Look At It Like It’s DAVE MUSTAINE’s Solo Band’
In a 8 July 2026 appearance on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was again asked whether he would join the band’s farewell tour alongside other ex-members such as guitarist Marty Friedman. Ellefson said he had never ruled it out, but reiterated his long-held view that Megadeth without him is…
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Yungblud Drops Off Cowboys Music Festival After Emotional Post Addressing “Industry Plant” Accusations – Stereogum
The article reports that the musician Yungblud has withdrawn from the Cowboys Music Festival, apparently in connection with an emotional social media post in which he responded to accusations of being an “industry plant”. The withdrawal and the surrounding controversy matter because they touch on ongoing debates about authenticity in the music industry and how…
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Songwriters file copyright suit against HYBE over BTS hit ‘SWIM’, alleging it copied their demo
Three Los Angeles songwriters — Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson — have filed a copyright lawsuit against HYBE and the credited writers of BTS’s single ‘SWIM’, alleging the track copied a demo they created in early 2025. Filed on 8 July in the US District Court for the Central District of California, the…
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Visual Effects Society Sets Its 2026 VES Honors Recipients
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the recipients of its 2026 VES Honors, recognising individuals judged to have profoundly shaped the craft, technology and business of visual effects. The honours matter as one of the industry’s principal means of celebrating career-long contributions and pioneering achievements, and the recipients will be feted at the annual…
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RUN DMC Celebrates 40 Years of ‘Raising Hell’
To mark the 40th anniversary of their landmark album Raising Hell, RUN DMC members Rev Run and DMC have reflected on the record’s lasting influence in an exclusive Billboard video. The pair discuss how the 1986 release reshaped hip-hop and crossed into the wider mainstream, with DMC describing it as “the Sgt. Pepper’s of hip-hop”…
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The 30 Best Latin Songs of 2026 (So Far), Ranked: Staff Picks
Billboard’s Latin and Español editors have published their ranked list of the 30 best Latin songs of 2026 so far, highlighting a year they describe as stunningly varied, spanning afrobeats, rancheras, regional Mexican music and a chart-topping World Cup anthem. The list matters as a snapshot of the genre’s current commercial and creative landscape, capturing…
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The one guitarist Eddie Van Halen and Slash agreed was the greatest: “My hero”
This article from Far Out Magazine sets out to identify the one guitarist that both Eddie Van Halen and Slash independently regarded as the greatest, with the headline quoting one of them describing the player as “my hero”. The piece frames the discussion around the rare consensus between two celebrated rock guitarists, using their shared…
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“You just hope it’s all going to work out. It usually does…but you never know!” Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson talk Eddfest, 50 years of heavy metal and whether we’ll get a new album
Iron Maiden are marking their 50th anniversary with Eddfest, a two-day celebration of the band held at Knebworth, the storied site of past gigs by acts including the Rolling Stones and Oasis. In interviews conducted in Sofia, Bulgaria, frontman Bruce Dickinson and bassist Steve Harris reflect on the milestone, the scale of their current touring,…