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The “Surprise Songs” segment for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the gift that keeps on giving. For her second night inSão Paulo, Swift unearthed “Safe & Sound,” from theHunger Gamessoundtrack, and “Untouchable,” from her albumFearless. It is the first time she has performed either song in over a decade. “Both …

Less than a week after Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of rape and sex trafficking by R&B singer Cassie, a longtime executive at his company Bad Boy Entertainment is being sued for allegedly grooming and sexually assaulting his assistant. Harve Pierre, the former president of Bad Boy who met Diddy …

Get ready for more Scary Hours as Drake has announced the third installment in his EP series, arriving tonight at midnight. The rapper revealed the project — which he wrote and recorded over a period of five days — in an Instagram video where he’s an audience for one at …

Omar Apollo is back with a new four-track EP, Live for Me, sharing a music video to go along with the title-track as well. “Live for Me” begins as a spare ballad but eventually transforms into a deceptively danceable soul tune. The song’s infectious groove, however, bolsters a deeply affecting …

Animal Collective mashed up their unreleased song “Genie’s Open” with a rendition of Silver Jews’ “Trains Across The Sea” as part of the band’s recent live session for SiriusXM. While “Genie’s Open” wasn’t included on the band’s 2022 LP Time Skiffs, the track became a fixture on tour in support …

Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on Wednesday introduced the Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act to limit the use of lyrics and “artistic expression” as evidence in criminal cases. The bill’s introduction follows the arrests and charges against Young Thug and Gunna earlier this year, with prosecutors leaning …

Ghost has released an evocative music video for their single “Spillways,” off the Swedish metal group’s recent LP, Impera. Directed by Amir Chamdin, the cinematic clip sees the band performing in an austere, shadowy room as eight dancers interpret the song with blood dripping from their eyes. As they perform, …

Pat Benatar has pointedly dropped one of her biggest songs, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” from her tour setlist out of respect for the victims of mass shootings. In an interview with USA Today, Benatar noted that she and her band have what’s referred to as the “holy 14” …

Lorde made being “Stoned at the Nail Salon” the go-to with herSolar Power LP — but Alexander 23 is instead transforming the pampering place into a music venue. On Tuesday, the musician shared a video of himself performing his breakthrough hit “IDK You Yet” inside an empty nail salon using …

Bob Dylan and his Rolling Thunder Revue entourage – including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, Roger McGuinn, Kinky Friedman, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Mick Ronson – arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 25, 1976 to play the final show of their all-star caravan tour at the Salt Palace arena. …