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‘Pinky Up’ All Night: KATSEYE Set to Make Late-Night Performance Debut on ‘The Tonight Show’
KATSEYE is set to make its debut late-night television performance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Billboard has revealed. The girl group, whose current line-up features Megan, Yoonchae, Lara, Daniela and Sophia, will appear on the episode airing on 12 August, marking a significant promotional moment ahead of the release of their new…
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The 1982 song Elvis Costello really wanted David Bowie to sing: “That’s the dream in my head”
Elvis Costello has revealed that David Bowie once considered recording a version of “Shipbuilding”, the poignant 1982 anti-war song written during the Falklands conflict, though the collaboration never happened. Costello, who counted Bowie among his musical heroes, said he learned of Bowie’s interest through a mutual friend after Bowie’s death in 2016, calling it one…
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Def Leppard Experienced Constant Misfortune While Making This Album, but It Still Became Their Most Popular Record
Def Leppard’s fourth studio album, Hysteria, was made amid a string of setbacks that could have derailed the record entirely, yet it went on to become the band’s most successful release. The album’s troubled creation is notable because it involved drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car accident and having to relearn his…
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Pre-order Classic Rock’s ultimate Europe fan package: magazine with exclusive cover, marble vinyl of new album Come This Madness plus signed lyric sheet
Celebrate the release of the Swedish rockers’ 12th album with this huge collector’s bundle, only available through Louder!
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Morgan Wallen’s ‘Been By Now’ Tops Streaming Songs Chart
Morgan Wallen has scored another chart milestone, with his single “Been By Now” debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart dated 8 August. The track earned 26.4 million chart-eligible streams in the United States in the week ending 30 July, according to Luminate, marking Wallen’s sixth chart-topper on this particular list and his…
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Rihanna Is ‘in the Studio Right Now’ & She’s ‘Cooking,’ Teases A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky revealed in a Wednesday interview that Rihanna is currently in the studio actively recording new music, reigniting speculation about her long-awaited ninth studio album, informally dubbed R9. The comments push back on suggestions that Rocky, or the couple’s family life, has been responsible for the delay in new material, with him insisting she…
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Bully Performs Intimate Solo Performance at Consequence and Lagunitas’ Free Concert: Photos + Recap
At a sold-out July edition of Lagunitas’ Live at Lagunitas concert series, co-hosted with Consequence, singer Alicia Bognanno of the band Bully delivered an impromptu solo headline set after a bandmate suffered a medical emergency, forcing a change from the planned full-band show. The unexpected format made it Bognanno’s first solo performance since 2023 and…
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SLEEP Announces ‘Hemispheres’, First Album In Eight Years
Legendary band SLEEP will release a new album, “Hemispheres”, on September 3 digitally and October 30 in physical formats via Jack White’s Third Man Records. The follow-up to 2018’s “The Sciences” marks SLEEP’s first album without founding guitarist Matt Pike (also of HIGH ON FIRE). A new SLEEP sing…
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Charli XCX on lying, Love Island and life post-Brat
Charli XCX sits down with Radio 1’s Jack Saunders to discuss the release of her new album.
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Sony Music Names Stephanie Yu General Counsel and Executive VP of Business and Legal
Sony Music has appointed Stephanie Yu as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs, giving her global oversight of the company’s business, legal and governmental affairs. She succeeds Julie Swidler, who stepped down from the role earlier in the summer, and will report to Chairman Rob Stringer and COO Kevin Kelleher.…