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Australian punk band The Chats have announced their new album, *Half Cut*, due on 5 March, and released its lead single, “Off It”, with a music video. The album marks a possible shift in the band’s sound, with singer Eamon Sandwith describing it as more open than their…
Thom Yorke has said that hearing Queen’s *Greatest Hits* as a child sparked his first musical obsession and made him want to become guitarist Brian May. The story highlights how an early encounter at school helped shape the future Radiohead frontman’s musical ambitions. In a 1993 interview, Yorke…
The article traces how a handful of albums have produced unusually large runs of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, showing how artists can sustain chart success across a release. Michael Jackson’s *Thriller* set the early benchmark, while later albums raised the record as streaming made…
Eloy Casagrande has completed recording the drum parts for Slipknot’s next full-length album, a milestone in the band’s work following September’s release of the single “Arsenal”. It will be the Brazilian-born drummer’s first album with the group. Casagrande said songwriting began in late 2025, with him and guitarist…
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Calderstone Productions, a Universal Music Group company, has legal standing to seek the return of a rare 1962 Beatles demo tape from the estate of Abbey Road engineer Geoff Emerick. The decision clears a key hurdle in an eight-year dispute and…
Maybelline used Billboard Latin Music Week 2026 to link beauty with music and self-expression, offering attendees ways to refresh their looks and create their own versions of the brand’s jingle. The event also marked a new partnership with Billboard, aimed at helping emerging artists reach music fans. The…
Phil Ochs, known for protest songs about war and civil rights, appeared at Carnegie Hall in 1970 wearing a gold lamé suit, signalling his wish to move beyond the folk-singer image audiences expected. The performance marked both the height of his protest-singing career and the start of a…
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” led US Halloween-song streaming on 24 October, with Tame Impala’s “Dracula” close behind. The early race matters because both tracks could contend for the Billboard Hot 100’s No. 1 spot during Halloween week for the first time. “Thriller” drew nearly 1.7 million official on-demand US…
Epcot has replaced the Beach Boys’ two scheduled November performances with an act billed as John Stamos and the California Sound. The change follows recent concerts in which frontman Mike Love appeared frail and struggled to sing or stand, leaving the band’s touring plans uncertain. It has not…
In 1983, 21-year-old Jim Carrey was trying to establish himself as a comedian in Los Angeles while living with his parents. He began dating singer Linda Ronstadt after she saw him perform at the Comedy Store, an unlikely relationship that brought together a rising comic and an established…