Author: Amanda Collins
A 10-foot statue of rock n’ roll queen Tina Turner was unveiled Saturday (Sept. 27) in the rural Tennessee community where she grew up — before becoming a Grammy-winning singer, an electrifying stage performer, and one the world’s most recognizable and popular entertainers. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The statue was revealed during a ceremony at a park in Brownsville, located about an hour drive east of Memphis. The city of about 9,000 people is near Nutbush, the community where Turner went to school as a child. As a teen, she attended high school just steps from where…
Paul McCartney has played The Beatles classic ‘Help!’ for the first time in 35 years – check out footage below. The music legend is kicking off the North American leg of his ‘Got Back’ tour on Monday (September 29) in Palm Desert, California, and to warm up for the shows, he played a one-off show at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday (September 26). To kick off the show, McCartney dipped into his vast back catalogue and played the vintage 1965 single ‘Help!’, the first time it has made a Macca playlist since 1990. The bulk of the rest of…
Lola Young collapsed mid-song and was carried offstage Saturday evening (Sept. 27) at New York City music festival All Things Go. The incident happened a day after the 24-year-old south London singer’s Friday night gig was canceled by her team “due to a sensitive matter.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news Young gave a strong vocal performance but appeared flushed and emotional during her set Saturday at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, powering through four songs — “Spiders,” “F— Everyone,” “Dealer” and “Walk All Over You,” all from her new album I’m Only F—ing Myself — before falling backwards…
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Big Brother UK returns for another season and even if you don’t live in the United Kingdom, there are a few ways to tune into the reality competition series online. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Season 22 of the show marks the 25th anniversary of Big Brother UK, which premiered in 2000. It follows the most recent season of Celebrity Big Brother UK, which…
Pulp and LCD Soundsystem have teamed up for a version of Heaven 17’s ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’ – watch below. As announced back in March, the two bands played a pair of co-headline shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday and Friday (September 25 and 26), and at the second of them, they joined forces to play the pointedly political 1981 synthpop classic. James Murphy and co. have played the song before, for the 2019 live in-studio release ‘Electric Lady Sessions’, but it is the first time that the track has appeared on one of their live…
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have tied the knot. The couple got married on Saturday (Sept. 27) in California, with Gomez confirming the happy news with a same-day look at some romantic wedding photos and video clips. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The pop star and Only Murders in the Building actress posted a sweet wedding album on Instagram Saturday evening, crediting photographer/artist Petra Collins by tagging her on the images. (Petra also tagged her sister Anna Collins in an Instagram Story sharing footage from the wedding.) The pictures focus on the bride and groom embracing, and they…
An investigation has been launched after a sheriff’s deputy appeared to pepper spray a Turnstile fan during a show in Richmond. The Baltimore band played at the Virginia city’s Brown’s Island venue on Wednesday (September 24), and as is customary at their shows, they encouraged fans onto the stage to join them during their performance of ‘Birds’. In a fan video, a member of security situated at the front of the stage is seen attempting to intercept members of the audience at the same time that the band are inviting them on stage. In one instance, the official appears to…
Sean Ono Lennon has opened up about the reasons he believes his father John came to “resent” being a Beatle. The musician and producer was born in 1975 to the late music legend and the avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, and earlier this year, he oversaw the audio mastering for the concert footage in the new documentary film One To One: John & Yoko. That film follows the years that the couple lived in a Greenwich Village apartment in New York City in the early ‘70s, during which they became engaged in protest politics and played a benefit concert in Madison…
The Futureheads have announced details of a new festive album ‘Christmas’ and an accompanying UK tour. The Sunderland indie band will release their first ever holidays-themed album on November 21. It will be comprised largely of reinterpretations of yuletide classics, as well as two original compositions, and you can pre-order it here. A brand new song ‘The Coldest Winter In 100 Years’ will appear on the record, as will the band’s 2010 release ‘Christmas Was Better In The 80s’, the first festive song the band ever released. ‘Christmas’ has been arranged, recorded and produced by the band themselves and also…
Canadian singer and songwriter Angela Saini returns with Where I Put the Light, a deeply personal yet universally relatable folk-pop anthem about finding hope and resilience in the aftermath of heartbreak. What I like the most about this song is its warmth and comforting touch, with Saini’s rich, expressive vocals effortlessly capturing my attention to her storytelling. Where I Put The Light captures the journey of radical self-transformation: burning down the old, starting fresh, and choosing light over darkness. A song that blends both vulnerability and empowerment, Where I Put The Light pairs Angela Saini’s rich, expressive vocals with warm folk-pop…