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'You Know the Rules' Astley accused the rapper of impersonating his voice from his 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley, whose 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” is embedded in Americana and meme history, is suing rapper Yung Gravy for impersonating his voice, Billboard reports. Astley alleges that Gravy’s 2022 breakout hit, “Betty (Get Money),” imitated his voice without legal authorization. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles, and claims that “Betty (Get Money)” imitated Astley’s distinct voice in his eighties classic. “In an...

Lauren Alaina was just 15 years old when she sang her first notes on the American Idol stage. The country star's audition for the TV singing competition's 10th season aired 12 years ago, on Jan. 27, 2011.Alaina auditioned for Idol in Nashville, Tenn., in late 2010. The Rossville, Ga., native turned 16 that November, but was still one of the youngest finalists during that season of the show, which aired in the first months of 2011. She'd previously performed in church and with a children's choir, and won the Southern Stars Pageant at...

¿Quieren Perreo? The collaboration replaces the mysterious "loading" track on Alejandro's 2022 LP Saturno Rauw Alejandro is not done sharing music from his album Saturno quite yet. On Thursday, the Puerto Rican star dropped “Panties y Brasieres,” a new collaboration with reggaeton legend Daddy Yankee that replaces the mysterious “Track 7” from his LP. The song is a reference to the bras and panties that fans send flying onstage at Rauw’s shows. A lot of listeners have wondered about the track since it was originally released on Saturno as a...

Over the past several months, The Judds Final Tour has provided an unforgettable, cathartic outlet for singer Wynonna Judd, her fans and fellow artists to celebrate the music of the Judds as well as the life and legacy of her late mother and bandmate, Naomi Judd.But now, she says that time is coming to an end."There are no plans for going past February," the singer tells Billboard. Judd's tour calendar shows the Judds Final Tour concluding Feb. 25 in Hollywood, Fla."It's a chapter of finding meaning in the grieving process, so I think it is...

Float, Don't Walk The sunny clip featured a montage video of the singer blissfully poolside on her birthday Janelle Monáe shared a teaser of her upcoming single “Float” on social media on Wednesday.  The clip features a montage video of the singer blissfully poolside with floaties, drinks and balloons, with the majority of the video appearing to be from her recent birthday celebration in December. In the 30-second snippet, the award-winning artist and author sings, “No I’m not the same, I think I done changed/ See something not the same/...

Reba McEntire will officially open her brand-new restaurant and bar, Reba's Place, in Atoka, Okla., on Thursday (Jan. 26), and she'll give a very special performance to commemorate the occasion.The singer announced Wednesday (Jan. 25) that she will perform at the grand opening event, and although it is closed to the public, the performance will stream live on her Facebook page beginning at 6:45PM CT.The opening of Reba's Place comes more than a year after she announced the new restaurant, bar and music venue at a show at the Choctaw Grand...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has built a reputation as a tough-on-crime prosecutor eager to fill Atlanta prisons through sweeping indictments. But YSL Mondo, who co-founded the Young Stoner Life music crew with Young Thug in the early 2010s, tells Rolling Stone that the Fani Willis he sees on TV isn’t the same woman who served as his defense attorney in 2019 during an aggravated assault case.  “This is not her character, this is not who she is,” he says during a phone call. “I done had auntie-to-nephew, mother-to-son...

Little Big Town will hit the road in 2023. The country quartet announced 10 new dates across spring and summer, billed as the Friends of Mine Tour.The tour kicks off April 13 with a stop in Birmingham, Ala., and features a batch of dates concentrated on spring, with one stop in June and two more in July."Been dying to share this news," the band wrote on social media when they announced their new tour stops. "Beyond excited to bring our 'Friends of Mine Tour' to a city near you."The tour...

Actress Esmé Bianco and Marilyn Manson have reached an out-of-court settlement for the sexual assault lawsuit she filed against him and his business, Marilyn Manson Records, Inc., in 2021. The actress, who appeared on Game of Thrones, alleged the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, had raped and battered her sexually; she also claimed he had violated California human trafficking laws. The terms of the agreement are unknown. “Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. in order to move on...

Singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly will embark on a lengthy headlining tour this spring in support of his upcoming third studio album, The Weakness, out April 7.The 34-year-old talent will visit cities across the U.S. beginning April 12 with a performance at Mercury Ballroom in Louisville, Ky. The 30-date trek includes stops in New York City, Seattle, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Houston before wrapping up with a special set at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater on June 2.Kelly has tapped an eclectic mix of talent for support on the tour, including a set from Jenny Lewis at his...

Lil Peep’s mom is “hopefully” close to settling her multimillion-dollar legal war stemming from her son’s 2017 fatal overdose on a tour bus, her lawyer said Tuesday, but a Los Angeles judge refused to postpone a March 8 trial date in the complicated case. “Have you wrapped up the settlement here?” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet asked the parties at the first hearing in the case since both sides announced they’d reached a deal “in principle” last October. “Unfortunately, we don’t have that type of news to...

It's been nearly a decade since award-winning trio Nickel Creek released a new album, but that's all about to change. On March 24, members Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins will share Celebrants, their 18-track comeback LP via Thirty Tigers.The project was recorded at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A and produced by Eric Valentine, who also worked on the band's 2014 record A Dotted Line. The collection of songs is thematically centered around the connections and experiences we all share, including the passage of time and its effects on ever-evolving...

Late Night Flow The Gary, Indiana rapper also performed "Blackest in the Room" while accompanied by the Roots Freddie Gibbs took the stage to promote his new album $oul $old $eparately on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. The Gary, Indiana rapper cruised through “Blackest in the Room” while accompanied by house band, the Roots. He was soon joined by Anderson .Paak on “Feel No Pain,” which features .Paak and Raekwon on the track. The performance was simple yet powerful, with Gibbs commanding the mic with his soulful...

The Marshall Tucker Band are mourning the loss of the man who lent their group his name. Marshall Tucker, a blind piano tuner who hailed from South Carolina, died on Friday (Jan. 20) at the age of 99.The Southern rock group — founded by Toy Caldwell, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, Paul Riddle and Tommy Caldwell — shared a remembrance of Tucker on social media after learning of his death."We are saddened to hear of the passing of someone very special to our hearts, for obvious reasons," they write...