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More than two dozen Taylor Swift fans from 13 states are suing Ticketmaster after its “Eras Tour” ticketing debacle, which left many fans without tickets, while prices on the secondary market skyrocketed. The lawsuit was submitted on Friday in Los Angeles County District Court in California, where Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation is located. The complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges Ticketmaster violated the California Cartwright Act and the California Unfair Competition Law during its presale to “verified” fans on Nov. 15 and 16. The 26 plaintiffs accuse Live Nation Entertainment, Inc....

The Milk Carton Kids are set to release their first new album in four years this spring and are giving eager listeners a preview of what's to come with their new single "When You're Gone." Released today (Dec. 2), the bluegrass-leaning track is a somber number about yearning for a lost love. The narrator laments that he's picking a banjo tune that he learned from the object of his affection as he does just that. While The Milk Carton Kids often lean into their wit, this is a far cry from comedy....

On Dec. 3, 1968, Elvis Presley made his triumphant return to the stage with an NBC TV special presented by the Singer sewing company. The special event is commonly knows as the '68 Comeback Special, though it's simply titled Elvis.Presley's NBC appearance was a long time coming: Since 1961, the King of Rock and Roll had been focused on his movie career (which spawned popular films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! and Viva Las Vegas) instead of live performances. Although he had a few hits — including "Can't Help Falling...

Late-Night Jams Actor and rockers perform yuletide instant classic live and sans alien makeup for first time together Kevin Bacon and Old 97’s played their yuletide instant classic “Here It Is Christmastime” from the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special live and sans alien makeup for the first time on Friday’s Tonight Show. The duet between the actor and Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller (who, with his bandmates, appear as aliens) features in the holiday special after Bacon is abducted, flown into space and presented as a gift to the...

Cowboys From Hell Semi-reunited lineup of Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante will open for Metallica's stadium trek in 2023 Pantera staged their first concert in over 21 years as the semi-reunited heavy metal band headlined Friday night at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest. The gig marked Pantera’s first concert since Aug. 2001: After initially going on hiatus, the metal legends broke up in 2003. A year later, guitarist and founding member “Dimebag Darrell” Abbott was killed onstage by a deranged fan at a...

Thirty-three years ago today (Dec. 2, 1989), Randy Travis had a good reason to celebrate: It was on that date that he earned his 10th No. 1 song with "It's Just a Matter of Time.""It's Just a Matter of Time," written by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis, was from Travis' fourth studio album, No Holdin' Back. It was the record's debut single, and one of two from the disc that soared to the top of the charts (the follow-up single, "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart," was the second).Randy Travis...

After praising Adolf Hitler in a Thursday afternoon interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Kanye West took to Twitter to share an image of a swastika intertwined with a Star of David later that night. Appearing to promote his supposed presidential campaign (which has yet to be filed with the Federal Election Commission), West accompanied the image with the tweet, “YE24 LOVE EVERYONE #LOVESPEECH.” The photoshopped image of the swastika was one of multiple tweets he fired off on Thursday night following his interview with the Infowars host. (Jones was ordered by a...

Chris Janson is hitting the road again. The "Buy Me a Boat" singer has announced a lengthy headlining tour that begins later this month and stretches into summer 2023.His newly announced Heavy & Western Tour kicks off on Dec. 17 with an appearance at Jingle Fest in Saint Charles, Mo. and continues with a stop on Dec. 30 at Lori's Roadhouse in West Chester, Ohio. After a short break, Janson will continue his trek with stops in South Dakota, Colorado, Michigan, Georgia, Utah and more.Janson will be accompanied by fellow country artists...

Replay, Spotify Wrapped, and the year-end Billboard Hot 100 lists are out! This week, the top streaming service shared personalized data about the top songs, artists, and albums that each of its users listened to in 2022. And they also shared data on the top-streamed songs worldwide — and a lot of the tracks featured high on the lists weren’t even released this year. Leading the list of Apple Music’s “Top Songs of 2022: Global” playlist is the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s song “Stay,” which was released in July...

Jake Flint's new wife, Brenda, has opened up in public for the first time since his unexpected death at the age of 37, sharing how utterly devastated her loss has left her.The Red Dirt country artist and Oklahoma native died just hours after he married the former Brenda Wilson on Saturday (Nov. 26). His manager, Brenda Cline, turned to Facebook to share the tragic news, calling him "the funniest, most hilarious, hardest working, dedicated artist I have ever worked with in my career."Flint's publicist, Cliff Doyal, tells the Oklahoman that Flint...

Christine McVie’s musical impact inside of Fleetwood Mac — and as a solo artist — carried a legacy that transcended generations. Following her death at age 79 on Wednesday, the keyboardist and singer was remembered by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Japanese Breakfast, Muna, and many other artists. “God damn legend. Every time I tried to write a classy synth line in the studio I’d always say I was trying to channel my inner Christine,” Michelle Zauner tweeted from her Japanese Breakfast’s Twitter account. “I even got Craig a framed...

Award-winning vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie has died.Her family announced the news via a statement shared on McVie's official social media pages."On behalf of Christine McVie's family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine's death," the statement reads. "She passed away peacefully at hospital this morning, Wednesday, November 30th 2022, following a short illness. She was in the company of her family. We kindly ask that you respect the family's privacy at this extremely painful time, and we would like everyone to keep...

For the third consecutive year in a row, Bad Bunny is the top streamed artist on Spotify, earning more than 15.8 billion streams in 2022. Spotify’s top list year-end data comprises the most streamed artists, songs, albums, and podcasts of the year and includes the personalized Spotify Wrapped year-end recaps sent to individual users. The Puerto Rican artist also tops both the most streamed U.S. and global albums lists with Un Verano Sin Ti, the artist’s fourth solo LP that was released in May. Two songs from the album —...

Twenty-seven years ago today, on Nov. 30, 1995, Martina McBride became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry. McBride was inducted into the Opry by Loretta Lynn, with whom she forged a lifelong friendship.“I love her. She's amazing to me,” McBride says of Lynn. “What she’s done is opened herself up to me. I’ll find myself in a corner with her, and her just telling me all this stuff. Does she do this to everybody? I’ve got to remember it all. It’s unbelievable."McBride's first performance at the Opry happened three years earlier, on...