Bobby Brown and the estate of Kristina Bobbi Brown’s 2018 lawsuit today against BBC and Showtime over the 2017 Whitney Houston documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me has been dismissed, THR reports. The lawsuit claims that Brown never consented to have his likeness appear in the film and claimed he never signed a release for
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Clairo has announced fall dates behind her debut album Immunity. The North American headlining tour will kick off September 28 in Chicago, following her current trek supporting Khalid. The run of shows features support from beabadoobee and Hello Yello. See Clairo’s itinerary below and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made
Yesterday (August 3), Gilles Peterson paid tribute to the late Ras G on his BBC Radio 6 Music show. On the episode, titled “Celebrating Ras G,” Peterson played music by Ras G and his peers. At one point, Flying Lotus joined the program to talk about his late friend and collaborator. He also played a
Earlier this week, Billboard noted that Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day was on track to potentially become his first No. 1 album. However, The Big Day is the No. 2 album this week behind the rapper NF’s new album The Search. The Search earned 130,000 equivalent units with 84,000 of those in album sales,
Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, whose work includes the 1967 Bob Dylan tour film Don’t Look Back and the 1973 David Bowie documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars—has died. He was 94 years old, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Variety reports that Pennebaker died Thursday night (August 1) of natural causes. Donn Alan
Tonight, Lil Wayne took the stage at Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2019. During his set, Weezy busted out a remix of Lil Nas X’s No.1 single “Old Town Road.” Lil Wayne also performed “No Problem,” his 2016 track with Chance the Rapper and 2 Chainz, Young Money’s “Bed Rock” from 2009, and more. Watch
Japanese Breakfast performed at Lollapalooza last night, where they delivered a cover of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot cut “Jesus, Etc.,” as Brooklyn Vegan points out. Watch footage of that go down below. Earlier in the day, the band teased the cover with a screenshot of the guitar tablature. [embedded content] Japanese Breakfast’s most recent album
Tonight at Lollapalooza 2019, Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) hopped onstage during 21 Savage’s set for a rendition of their joint track “Monster.” They rapped in front of a large pyramid staircase—Donald wearing a neck brace and a sling on his arm. Watch 21 and Donald onstage in Chicago’s Grant Park below. “Monster” appeared on
On the second night of Lollapalooza 2019, Death Cab for Cutie were joined by a very special local guest during their set. Chance the Rapper hopped onstage for the first live performance of “Do You Remember,” from the Chicago MC’s brand new album The Big Day. Watch Death Cab and Chance play their joint track
Electronic musician Helena Hauff has announced a new four-track EP: Living With Ants. It arrives September 9 via the Hamburg producer’s own Return to Disorder record label. Check out a teaser below. Hauff’s last release, her full-length album Qualm, was released in 2018 on Ninja Tune. Prior to that, she released another EP for the
The New Pornographers will release a new album, In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, on September 27. The follow-up to Whiteout Conditions, their 2017 LP, is led by “Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile,” which you can hear below. The band’s own label, Collected Work, will release the LP in partnership with Concord.
Teyana Taylor is back with her first new single since the release of her Kanye West-produced album K.T.S.E. last year. It’s called “How You Want It?,” and it features a guest appearance from Diddy’s son, King Combs. Hear it below. Earlier this year, Taylor released a pair of videos for songs from K.T.S.E. that included
Drake has announced Care Package, a new compilation album that gathers loose songs and tracks from throughout his career. It arrives tomorrow, August 2. The compilation includes songs that were previously never given official release, such as “Can I” (which was leaked during the Views era) and “Dreams Money Can Buy,” a song released between
Lana Del Rey has announced a tour. She’ll play shows in New York and down the West Coast from September. Check out the dates below. She’s also announced some European dates for 2020—check those out on Universal’s website. Find tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)
Denzel Curry has teamed up with D.C. punk legends Bad Brains to put a fresh spin on their 1986 song “I Against I.” The new version was recorded in New York City for the Spotify Singles series. Curry also enlisted Toronto punks Fucked Up to record a live rendition of “Clout Cobain” from the rapper’s
Woodstock 50, the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1969 festival that has been plagued with setbacks in the months since its announcement, has officially been canceled, Variety reports and Pitchfork can confirm. In a press release, representatives for Woodstock 50 write, “We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to
Cardi B’s planned concert tonight at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis was postponed minutes before the show was set to begin, The Indianapolis Star reports. “Due to a security threat and safety concerns at this evening’s show, management has advised that this show be postponed,” Cardi B’s representatives said in a statement. “These threats are
Carly Rae Jepsen has collaborated with DJ and producer Gryffin on his latest single. It’s called “OMG.” Have a listen below. The new single follows Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album Dedicated, which arrived earlier this year and features the singles “No Drug Like Me” and “Party for One.” She’s currently on tour behind the new