Music

Outlaw country musician and Hollywood actor Kris Kristofferson died on Saturday, September 28, at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The news was announced in a press release from Essential Broadcast Media. A cause of death was not provided, just that he was surrounded by family. Kristofferson was 88 years old. Kristofferson was born into a

Jelly Roll was the first musical guest of Saturday Night Live’s landmark 50th season. He sang his recent single “Liar” and a new song called “Winning Streak.” Watch his performances, as well as his promotional video with host Jean Smart, below. “Liar” and “Winning Streak” will appear on Jelly Roll’s forthcoming album, Beautifully Broken, which

Chappell Roan has announced that she will not be performing at All Things Go this weekend. The breakout pop star had been due to play the festival’s New York edition, on Saturday, September 28, and the Columbia, Maryland, edition, on Sunday, September 29. “Things have gotten overwhelming over the past few weeks and I am

Bright Eyes are canceling their 2024 tour dates. The announcement comes after the band recently pulled out of Riot Fest and two other concerts. Bright Eyes have said that they’re canceling the shows because Conor Oberst “has developed a condition that is exacerbated by excessive singing, requiring both treatment and recuperation.” The band plans to

Action Bronson will be in the new Darren Aronofsky movie Caught Stealing, Variety reports. He joins a cast that includes Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, and Bad Bunny. Bronson’s role in the film is not currently known. The crime thriller Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who becomes enmeshed

Rauw Alejandro has officially announced that his new album, Cosa Nuestra, is out November 15. He’s also released a new single, “Pasaporte,” featuring fellow Puerto Rican artist Mr. NaisGai. Watch the song’s video below. Alejandro produced “Pasaporte” with Mr. NaisGai and SG Lewis. The track follows Alejandro’s recent singles “Déjame Entrar” and “Touching the Sky.”

Back in July, Josh Klinghoffer, the former guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, was sued for wrongful death and negligence for allegedly running over and killing a pedestrian in Alhambra, California. The lawsuit was filed by the family of Israel Sanchez, the 47-year-old man who was struck by the musician’s car in the March 18

Rosalía is ringing in her birthday by sharing “Omega,” a new song she recorded with Madrid-based singer-songwriter and producer Ralphie Choo. The two co-produced the track along with Noah Goldstein and Dylan Patrice. “Omega” also comes with a music video, directed by regular collaborator Stillz, of Rosalía and Choo singing along while riding a rollercoaster

Radiohead’s pivotal, politically charged 2003 album, Hail to the Thief, will take a Shakespearean turn on stage next spring, when Thom Yorke adapts it for a new production of Hamlet. Titled Hamlet Hail to the Thief, the show will feature William Shakespeare’s text and the songs of Hail to the Thief, which have been reworked

On September 19, it was announced that Macklemore would headline the inaugural Neon City Festival in Las Vegas. Less than a week later, on September 24, the festival shared that “Macklemore will no longer be performing due to unforeseen circumstances.” In between the Neon City announcements, on September 21, Macklemore performed at a benefit festival

In January, Ice Spice was sued by two musicians—Duval “D.Chamberz” Chamberlain and Kenley “Kass the Producer” Carmenate—who claimed that her Like..? EP hit “In Ha Mood” copied their original single “In That Mood,” which the two released on D.Chamberz’s Boom Bap 2 Drill Rap in July 2022. The lawsuit also named her producer RiotUSA, Universal

Lady Gaga is releasing a new album on Friday, September 27. On social media, she described the full-length, Harlequin, as a “companion album” to Joker: Folie à Deux, the new movie in which she stars as Harley Quinn. Find the new album’s tracklist and cover artwork below. Harlequin could well be a stop-gag release between

During her headlining show at Madison Square Garden in New York tonight (September 23), Charli XCX brought out Lorde to perform “The Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde.” It marked the song’s live debut with both artists singing together in person. Charli XCX and Troye Sivan, who are currently on their joint North American arena

DJ Koze has enlisted Beatsteaks singer Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß and the Düsseldorf Düsterboys for a new song. They made “Wie schön du bist” in tribute to the German soul singer-songwriter Holger Biege, building around a line from his 1978 song “Bleib doch”: “Du hast erzählt, gelacht/Mir gezeigt, wie schön du bist.” Check it out below, via

Rahim Redcar, the artist formerly known as Christine and the Queens has announced a new album: Hopecore, will arrive in a week, on September 27. Listen to a single, “Deep Holes,” below. Redcar said in a press release, “Hopecore was made with tears, blood, and mostly an unwavering faith in the raw, pure expression of

Glorilla has announced a new project that’s being billed as her debut album: Glorious is out October 11. The 15-track release will include “TGIF” and a new song called “Hollon.” Take a listen to the latter track below. After breaking out, in 2022, with “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” Glorilla shared her first major-label project, an EP

St. Vincent has announced a Spanish-language version of her latest LP, All Born Screaming. Annie Clark worked with filmmaker and close friend Alan Del Rio Ortiz on the project, titled Todos Nacen Gritando. Ortiz helped Clark translate the 10 tracks on All Born Screaming, tweaking phrases only slightly “for melodic reasons,” as Clark said in

Phoenix have reunited with Angèle and Kavinsky to release a studio version of “Nightcall,” the cover they premiered at the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony. Below, check out their take on the track, which was originally written by Kavinsky with Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and prominently featured on the Drive soundtrack. Angèle contributes vocals