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Kanye West, or Ye as he likes to be called now, will perform two nights at the enormous SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California next month.
For various reasons Ye has only had three concerts in the US since February 2022.
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You oughta know by now that SXSW has a long history of guest appearances and one-of-a-kind collabs.
So when attendees of this year's music festival saw that St. Vincent was doing a DJ set on the same bill as Alanis Morissette at the world famous Stubb's on Saturday (3/14), they should have assumed something special could have been in the works.
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Grammy-winning Rosalía used the opening night of the LUX Tour on Monday (3/16) at LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, France, to introduce a large portion of her new album live for the first time.
Born in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Spain, and trained in flamenco at the Catalonia College of Music, Rosalía's 2022 album Motomami reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, one of the highest-charting Spanish-language albums by a female artist at the time.
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FKA twigs is so prolific that while kicking off her Body High Tour in Miami on Friday, (3/14), which one would think is to help support her most recent album, EUSEXUA Afterglow, she also busted out with several new additional unreleased songs.
The 5,500 fans at Factory Town also watched as she danced, sang, an performed in a way that's beautifully unique to her, and she ended the night with some pole work.
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Sabrina Carpenter headlined opening night (3/15) of Lollapalooza Chile, by debuting a new tune, arresting horsegiirL, and returning to stage for her first proper show in nearly four months.
The giant festival audience were appreciative and prepared.
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The 2026 Oscars last night (3/15) was memorable for many reasons including the fact Sinners become the most-nominated film in Academy Awards history with 16 nominations.
Many of the milestones involved women. On Sunday, filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw become the first woman to an Oscar for Cinematography in the Academy's 98-year history. Amy Madigan set the longest gap between nominations and a win at 37 years between nominations. Jessie Buckley becoming the first Irish winner of Actress in a Leading Role.
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South Korea took home its first golden Oscar in the Best Original Song category when “Golden,” from the animated feature KPop Demon Hunters.
The songwriting team of EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park were awarded the trophies for the tune that was performed by the fictional girl group HUNTR/X in the Netflix film and sung by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami
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The majestic and historic Slane Castle sits on a hill above the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland, about 30 miles away from Dublin.
The current Georgian mansion was built in 1785 by the Conyngham family who replaced an earlier fortified structure that had stood on the estate since the 15th century.
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Bad Omens rocked the sold out TD Garden in Boston on Wednesday (3/11) as part of their Do You Feel Love North America 2026 Tour, a situation the music industry should be paying close attention to because it shows that not only is rock back with a vengeance, but now metalcore is drawing audiences that can pack in basketball arenas.
Straight outta Richmond, Virginia, Bad Omens is Noah Sebastian on lead vocals, Nicholas Ruffilo and Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson on guitars, and Nick Folio on drums.
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After nearly a decade, Bruno Mars announced his latest world tour to support his fourth solo album The Romantic, which dropped last month and immediately went to #1.
The Romantic Tour 2026 is an upgrade for the popular singer/dancer/musician in that the venues will be the same stadium circuit typically headlined by people like The Weeknd, Beyoncé, and Kendrick.
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John Fogerty and Steve Winwood have been making hits since the 1960s and are behind some of the biggest songs that casual listeners may not realize.
Fogerty, 80, first rose to fame in 1967 as the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival, while Winwood, 77, began recording as a teenager, first with the Spencer Davis Group in 1964 and later with Traffic 1967 well before he went #1 in the '80s after going solo.
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Tom Morello jumped on stage with Gogol Bordello on Saturday (3/7) at the Novo in downtown Los Angeles to sing the title track from the group's We Mean It, Man! Tour 2026.
The lovable gypsy punks are supporting their ninth studio album, We Mean It, Man!, which dropped last month on frontman Eugene Hütz’s Casa Gogol Records.
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