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The Super Bowl LVII halftime show in Glendale, Arizona has revealed its headliner: Rihanna, in her first live performance in over five years. The NFL, Rihanna, Roc Nation and new halftime show sponsor Apple Music all announced Sunday that the singer would lead the most high-profile 15-minute performance in music on Feb. 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium. The Super Bowl 57 halftime show would mark Rihanna’s first public performance in over five years, as the singer last appeared onstage at the 2018 Grammy Awards to perform “Wild Thoughts” with...

Heavy metal giants Metallica played a set at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City's Central Park on Saturday night (Sept. 24), and they had a surprise up their sleeves: The band invited Mickey Guyton, who played the festival earlier that day, back to the stage for a performance of "Nothing Else Matters."While it might seem like an unlikely onstage pairing, Guyton has history with the song: She covered it for the 2021 tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, a multi-disc project that also featured tributes from Darius Rucker, Chris...

'Special Friends' Singer brings out Lox rappers to perform Emancipation of Mimi single's remix for first time in nearly 17 years While Mariah Carey has spent the last few weeks celebrating the 25th anniversary of Butterfly, she revisited the “splendor” of her 2005 LP The Emancipation of Mimi Saturday at Global Citizen by reuniting with rappers Jadakiss and Styles P for the first performance of the remix for “We Belong Together” in 17 years. “I have some special friends as well. And I thought it would be nice since we’re...

On Sept. 25, 1999, Tim McGraw scored his 10th No. 1 hit with "Something Like That." The tune was the second single from his multi-platinum-selling A Place in the Sun album.Tim McGraw Something Like ThatCurb Recordsloading...Written by Rick Ferrell and Keith Follese, "Something Like That" tells the story of a summer romance: "She had a suntan line and red lipstick / I worked so hard for that first kiss / A heart don't forget something like that." And the song clearly resonated with country music fans: It was the most-played song of any...

Concert Postponement “I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move,” musician says Post Malone has postponed his show at TD Garden in Boston tonight, Sept. 24, following being hospitalized. He announced the news in an Instagram story. “I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move,” he wrote. He added that tickets for Saturday’s show would be valid for when the concert is rescheduled. “Boston, I love y’all so fucking much....

Miranda Lambert has landed in Las Vegas for her Velvet Rodeo residency at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater, which she kicked off with a fiery bang — no, seriously — on Friday night (Sept. 23).The energy in the room was palpable as the woman of the night rose from the stage in front of her name, simply Miranda, in lights. What followed was 90 minutes of her all-time best: A vocal showcase across her most-desired hits.Shimmering in baby blue and adorned with rhinestones all over, a smiling Lambert, 38, launched into "Actin'...

Late-Night Jams Billy Corgan and company perform Atum single before embarking on arena tour with Jane's Addiction next week Before the Smashing Pumpkins embark on their arena tour with Jane’s Addiction next week, the band appeared on The Tonight Show Friday to deliver the TV debut of their latest single “Beguiled.” The track is the first off the band’s planned 33-track triple-LP Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, an album billed as Billy Corgan’s sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/The Machine of God. Corgan will premiere...

Thirty-two years ago today, on Sept. 24, 1989, Clint Black had one good reason to celebrate -- or maybe, 500,000 reasons. On that date, the singer earned his first gold record, signifying sales in excess of half of a million units, for his debut album, Killin' Time.Black wrote or co-wrote all 10 tunes on Killin' Time, including his first single, "A Better Man," and the album's title track. The singer was part of a new generation of country music that saw artists such as Black, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson and...

Protoje is in his head. One of modern reggae’s most important figure is in a contemplative, almost melancholy mood on his latest album, Third Time’s the Charm. Gone are the aspirational anthems and the superstar crossover collabs from previous records. This time, Protoje is leaning back, getting lost in his thoughts, and sinking into the riddims.  The 10-track set’s first single, “Hills,” finds Protoje recounting an idyllic period of isolation during the pandemic lockdowns. “Man, I been up in the hills, you know, like hide away, no sign a me, steam...

Garth Brooks has been everywhere since his 1989 self-titled debut album. He dominated country music in the 1990s (with Garth Brooks, Ropin' the Wind and In Pieces) before temporarily retiring from country music in 2001.While technically on his hiatus from music, Brooks married Trisha Yearwood in 2005. In 2014, he returned to country music with Man Against Machine and kicked off his three-year World Tour. The year 2019 brought with it the start of Brooks' first-ever Stadium Tour, which he wrapped up earlier this summer with stops in Buffalo, Houston, Arlington and Charlotte.All of those years...

Ex-Vine star drops new song "about finding yourself sunken into complacency, identifying it, and not having the motivation to change it" Former Vine star-turned-bedroom pop singer Christian Leave has released his latest single, “Why Not?” “‘Why Not?’ to me is really just a song about finding yourself sunken into complacency, identifying it, and not having the motivation to change it,” Leave said in a statement to Rolling Stone.  “Even if it’s detrimental to your well-being. Whether that’s in a relationship or just general habits, you’ve developed within your life. It’s...

In the realm of debut albums, John Prine's self-titled first record — released 50 years ago today, on Sept. 23, 1971 — is among the best of the best. Five decades later, John Prine is a classic in the folk icon's catalog, containing some of his most-loved songs and shining examples of his observant lyricism.A Maywood, Ill., native, Prine first learned to play guitar as a young teenager, and he took classes at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music; however, music remained a hobby rather than a career for years, while Prine served in...

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have settled their $28 million lawsuit with Triller on Thursday, a month after alleging that the short-form video service missed payments following its purchase of the musicians’ livestreaming show Verzuz. “Verzuz has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a statement. “We’re glad to come to an amicable agreement with Triller and continue giving fans the music and community that they’ve come to know and love from the brand.” “VERZUZ and...