Author: Amanda Collins
The politician has praised the singer’s looks and disparaged her political views. 8/26/2025 Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Expo World Market Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 13, 2024. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images From the moment Taylor Swift first spoke publicly about politics in 2018, the pop star has stood in opposition to Donald Trump — and the president of the United States hasn’t kept quiet when it comes to her either. Over the course of her evolution as a political advocate, Swift has done everything from call out Trump’s right-wing policies and…
Press release – Nashville-based powerhouse Kashena Sampson has unveiled the title track of her forthcoming LP, Ghost Of Me, out on October 3. In their premiere, Chorus.fm described “Ghost Of Me” as having “a psychedelic-indie folk rock sound that is sure to leave you breathless.” “Besides being a musician, I have also been a bartender at a music venue for the past 10 years to pay my bills. It’s a great job, but there are some nights that feel like my heart is breaking,” Sampson told Chorus.fm. “Watching others live out the exact dream I’m still chasing, night after night.…
Press release – US death metal force NO RAZA, originally from Colombia, just dropped a new music video for their track “Savage Strength” from the latest album, Tyrona, out now on Noble Demon. “‘Savage Strength’ is a fierce anthem honoring the true guardians of our planet – wildlife“, the band states. “The lyrics channel raw power and urgency, reminding us that while humans are invaders destroying balance, nature continues to resist, fight back, and reclaim its place. This song is not just music, it’s a call to respect, protect, and recognize the wild as the ultimate force of resilience and wisdom. The countdown has begun… and…
As the first pop headliner at the Las Vegas Sphere, Backstreet Boys were able to bring a brand-new sense of fun, nostalgia and Y2K whimsy to the cutting-edge venue. Onstage at their Into the Millennium residency — which began last month and wrapped its first wave on Sunday night (before kicking off 14 additional dates starting in December) — BSB promised to put the crowd into a “time machine” back to the late-’90s heyday of boy bands and bubblegum pop. Katie was in the orb for the 21st show over the weekend, and on the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast,…
The music documentary Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between, which reintroduces audiences to a masterful musician whose commercial success may never have matched his critical acclaim — but whose rich legacy is worth celebrating — has begun streaming on major platforms including Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and YouTube. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “People that know him cannot believe that other people don’t know him,” says documentary director Claire Jeffreys, the singer’s longtime manager and spouse, speaking in the opening moments of the film over the backdrop of the Brooklyn-born singer’s performance of “Coney…
Adam Sandler‘s joke in his SNL50 musical sketch about famous artists turning out to be antisemitic bigots struck a chord, thanks to its real-world parallels. Viewers immediately started making assumptions about whom the comedian was referring to — and in an interview months later, he addresses just that. When asked in an interview with Vulture published Monday (Aug. 26) whether he’d had a “particular musician in mind” while writing the standout line — “50 years of finding out your favorite musician is antisemitic,” he sang on the February program — Sandler answered diplomatically. “Well, you know, whoever wants to grab…
The Dare caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2025, where the ‘indie sleaze’ star spoke to us about working with Billie Eilish, the future of Charli XCX, his love of LCD Soundsystem and plans for new material. Watch our full video interview above. The solo star and producer – real name Harrison Smith – had played the Leeds leg of the twin-site R&L festival the night before (a “really fun, really intense” experience, he said) before rolling into Reading to play the closing headline slot on the Festival Republic stage – fully aware of the pressure that comes with…
Lana Del Rey has changed the name of her upcoming album to ‘Stove’, and seemingly won’t be releasing it until 2026. The ‘Summertime Sadness’ icon first announced details of the follow up to 2023’s ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ last year, sharing that it would see her hone in on a country sound. In the time since, the highly-anticipated 10th album has undergone some changes – being renamed from ‘Lasso’ to ‘The Right Person Will Stay’, and having the expected release date pushed back from May 2025 to September 2025. Now, Del Rey has shared more…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have officially confirmed their engagement. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to an end: a look at its massive global impact Swift shared the news on her Instagram account, posting a carousel of photos of her and the Kansas City tight end embracing in a garden. There is also a photo featuring a close-up of her engagement ring. The post is captioned: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The pair have been in a relationship since 2023, with Kelce saying he “threw the ball in her court” after seeing her ‘Eras’…
Kneecap have formally cancelled fifteen shows due to take place in the US in October. It’s thought the band have been having visa issues, though an official statement simply says that the cancellations were necessary because of the US tour’s “proximity” to band member Mo Chara’s next UK court hearing on terror offence charges. But those ongoing legal issues could well be impacting on the band’s US visas.“With every show fully sold out, to tens of thousands of fans, this is news we are sad to deliver”, the band said in their statement, before adding, “Once we win our court…