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Justin Bieber And The Kid Laroi Are On Top Of The World For ‘Stay’ Performance

By Emlyn Travis Justin Bieber and The Kid Laroi are literally on the top of the world. The two artists descended from the heavens and perched amongst the highest cliffs to perform their smash hit single “Stay” together at the 2021 MTV Video Music...

Olivia Rodrigo Rides ‘Drivers License’ To A VMA Song Of The Year Win

Facing tough competition from 24kGoldn and Iann Dior, Silk Sonic, BTS, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, and Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo took home the award for Song of the Year at the 2021 Video Music Awards. This evening (September 12), she received the Moonperson...

Watch Sharon Van Etten join Angel Olsen during Pitchfork Music Festival set

Sharon Van Etten joined Angel Olsen on stage at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival last night (September 11) – scroll down to watch footage now. The annual festival made its return to the city’s Union Park this weekend (September 10-12), celebrating Pitchfork’s 15th anniversary. READ MORE: Angel...

Kim Petras Serves Bubblegum-Pop Realness In VMAs Pre-Show Performance

Ain’t nobody gonna stop Kim Petras from slaying the stage. The German-born pop princess catapulted us into the future with her performance at the 2021 Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday (September 12). Sporting a bubblegum-pink bodysuit after entering Barclays Center in a vinyl mask with her...

Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle shares emotional new tribute to Sarah Harding

Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle has shared an emotional new tribute to her former bandmate Sarah Harding, one week following the singer’s death. Harding died last week (September 5) after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. She was 39 years old. Sarah Harding 1981-2021:...

Watch Billy Joel pay tribute to Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts in Cincinnati

Billy Joel has paid tribute to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts at his concert in Cincinnati last week (September 10). Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80. The drummer had undergone an undisclosed medical procedure in the weeks before his...

Watch Metallica read one-star reviews of ‘The Black Album’

Metallica read some one-star reviews of their seminal record ‘The Black Album’ during an appearance on US TV. The band are celebrating the album’s 30th anniversary with a new box set and a covers compilation called ‘The Metallica Blacklist’. READ MORE: Various artists – ‘The...

Pop Smoke’s gravesite at Brooklyn cemetery vandalised

Pop Smoke’s gravesite at a cemetery in Brooklyn has been vandalised this weekend, according to reports. The rapper – whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson – was shot and killed in Los Angeles on February 19, 2020, when the house he was staying...

Hannah Peel on “inspiring female artists to make electronic music”

Acclaimed synth-pop pioneer Hannah Peel has spoken out about the importance of inspiring more female artists to make electronic music – as well as the urgency of the music industry needing to act on climate change. Watch our video interview with Peel above. READ...

Freddie Gibbs appears to address Kendrick Lamar on new ‘Vice Lord Poetry’ freestyle

Freddie Gibbs appears to have taken a shot at Kendrick Lamar on a new freestyle called ‘Vice Lord Poetry’ – listen to it below. The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album, ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist, was nominated for a Grammy this year –...