Author: Amanda Collins
It’s impossible to properly document the Kansas City Chiefs‘ past two NFL seasons without mentioning Taylor Swift, whose presence at games amid her romance with tight end Travis Kelce has propelled the team to new levels of fame since 2023. Luckily, ESPN’s new docuseries The Kingdom — which chronicles the Chiefs’ unsuccessful quest to win a third consecutive Super Bowl in 2024 — does just that. In an interview with People at the Sunday (Aug. 24) premiere of the six-part project, the team’s owner, Clark Hunt, confirmed that it definitely gives a “fun … little peek into Travis’ relationship with…
SXSW Sydney have once again expanded the Music Festival section of their multi-day conference across the city’s CBD. A total of 63 new artists have been added to the bill, joining the 74 that have already been announced since April. The full list of performers that are announced for SXSW Sydney 2025, as well as information on accessing wristbands for the conference, can be found below. Of the newly-announced acts, 25 are international. This includes American indie-rock band Whitney, who are slated to release their fifth studio album Small Talk in November – just weeks after the conference – and…
Judas Priest legend Rob Halford is seemingly setting his sights on a Tony Bennett covers album – find out more below. READ MORE: Judas Priest legend Rob Halford: “Coming out happened in the right way – it wasn’t premeditated” Halford is best known for his piercing screams and iconic vocal chops with Judas Priest, but the singer has long been vocal about his affinity for non-metal genres, like country and jazz music. In 2022, Priest and Dolly Parton were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the induction ceremony, Halford teamed up with Parton for a special rendition…
Missy Elliott has reached a settlement with a music producer who claimed to have co-written several of her songs from the 1990s, ending a long-running legal dispute just as a jury trial was about to begin. The agreement, struck Friday (Aug. 22) in a Philadelphia federal courtroom, will end a lawsuit filed by Terry Williams, who claims he and Elliott collaborated on numerous songs in the 1990s but that she refused to credit him as a co-writer. Related Terms of the deal were not disclosed in court filings, but Elliott’s attorney Mike Trauben shared details with Billboard. “No money was…
WWE wrestler Becky Lynch has drawn criticism for making a joke about Ozzy Osbourne‘s death on live TV. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TV Last night (August 25), WWE brought its live TV show WWE RAW to the BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham. The event, which was live-streamed on Netflix around the globe, came just over a month after the tragic passing of Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne. The heavy metal pioneer frontman died last month (July 22) at age 76. In a statement, his family shared that he was “surrounded by love” at the…
In honor of the life and enduring legacy of the late Connie Francis, Republic/UMe is making much of her music available in a variety of formats. Francis, the top female artist of the late 1950s and early 1960s, died on July 16 at age 87. Francis’ rediscovered gem “Pretty Little Baby” — which became a viral sensation on social media this spring — will be released on Aug. 29 as a limited-edition baby-pink 7-inch vinyl single. Her 1958 breakthrough hit “Who’s Sorry Now” will be on the flipside; the song reached No. 4 on a pre-Hot 100 pop chart in…
New details about Taylor Swift‘s relationship with Travis Kelce will reportedly be revealed in a new Kansas City Chiefs documentary – find out more below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to an end: a look at its massive global impact A new six-part documentary on the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs team, The Kingdom, has aired on ESPN, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the team’s hunt for three consecutive Super Bowl wins earlier this year. The series also explores the team’s explosion in popularity since 2023, when Taylor Swift began attending Chiefs games and was romantically linked to Travis…
Welcome to the Music Industry (Taylor’s Version). On Monday (Aug. 25), Rachel Platten announced that she’s taking a page out of Taylor Swift‘s book by re-recording some of her biggest hits — including 2015’s Billboard Hot 100 smash “Fight Song” — in an effort to reclaim her voice, just like the pop superstar did. Sharing her new project’s black-and-white cover art with the title Fight Song (Rachel’s Version), the New York native revealed in her caption that she will release a collection of new takes on a handful of her older songs on Sept. 26. The LP will also feature…
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Since her divorce from fellow country music artist Michael Ray in 2020, Carly Pearce has been outspoken about the split and the fallout from it — most prominently on her 2021 EP 29 and its follow-up album 29: Written in Stone. Songs like “What He Didn’t Do” and “Diamondback” delved into the emotional tatters of the split. In a new interview on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, Pearce notes that the things she wrote about on the 29 projects were pulled from real life. The former couple initially met in 2018 and married in 2019, which Pearce described as all…