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At Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, Balenciaga presented its 55th Couture Collection, the first designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli, accompanied by a newly recorded, orchestrally backed soundtrack performed by ANOHNI. The performance opened with ANOHNI's cover of "I Could Fall In Love," the lead single from Tejano pop star…
▶Creator Megan Park explores sisterhood and hidden family secrets in 'Sterling Point,' a coming-of-age drama arriving on Prime Video. The series follows two long-lost sisters as they navigate their unexpected reunion, anc
Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris and singer Bruce Dickinson have made clear that the band will not attend their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Class of 2026, and that they would stay away even if they were not on tour at the time. Speaking…
Bon Scott’s official YouTube channel has marked what would have been the late AC/DC singer’s 80th birthday by releasing rare archive footage and tribute messages from prominent rock musicians. The posts matter because they celebrate Scott’s continuing influence on hard rock while reconnecting fans with lesser-seen material from…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey will storm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week, with nightly guest appearances by Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya and Lupita Nyong’o scheduled throughout the July 13-16. The special Odyssey week schedule on Tonight is: And Fallon won’t be done with the Nolan…
▶Nashville-based musician Hannah Cole has announced her debut album, Switchbacks, which is due out in September via Tight Knit. The record follows her 2024 Glisten EP and 2023 Big Bite EP, and its release is accompanied by the lead single "MMA", framed as a "down-on-her-luck" track. Cole recorded…
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…
The article reports that the musician Yungblud has withdrawn from the Cowboys Music Festival, apparently in connection with an emotional social media post in which he responded to accusations of being an "industry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…
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…