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"Just want u to know there’s a light on inside me.. show it to you soon," the singer hinted earlier this week Earlier this week, Lorde hinted at new music “soon” on a rare social media post. The singer-songwriter made good on her promise during her headlining performance at the UK’s Boardmasters Festival on Friday. Video clips from her set reveal the artist against the outline of a moon and singing new material for what appeared to be two unreleased songs. Set lists posted online by fans show the potential...

Back in 2006, George Strait's "Give It Away" surveyed the detritus left after a breakup — the honeymoon photos, the bed, the furniture and even the house that contains it all — and concluded that all of it, without the love that made it a home, was worthless. He couldn't even give it away for free.Seventeen years later, another Texan, Parker McCollum, reached an even more radical conclusion. The woman he loves is gone, and the home they shared is so full of bad memories that even giving it away won't do: He wants...

Some of music’s most popular and successful acts, including Post Malone, Steve Aoki, and Chris Brown, received millions of dollars from the government grant program designed to help venues and arts programs during Covid-19, Insider reports. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) was a massive, $14.5 billion aid program operated through the Small Business Administration, meant to provide relief to shuttered venues — from music clubs to local theaters — and other businesses tied to the live entertainment industry (like booking agencies). Artists were also eligible, and according to Insider,...

Keith Urban, Jordan Davis, Lady A and Bailey Zimmerman are just a few of the acts who will be performing at the upcoming 2023 ACM Honors Ceremony.Scheduled to take place at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 23, the annual event will once again spotlight special honorees and off-camera award recipients from this year's ACM Awards.Carly Pearce will host the show for the third year running, and she's also booked as one of the performers of the night. Other performing acts include Brandy Clark, Chris Janson, Emily Shackleton, the War and...

Mick Fleetwood is among the many people suffering during the expansive wildfires currently sweeping Maui. The Fleetwood Mac drummer and co-founder shared that his restaurant, Fleetwood’s on Front Street, is one of the buildings that has burned down. “Maui and The Lahaina community have been my home for several decades,” Fleetwood wrote on Instagram. “This is a devastating moment for Maui and many are suffering unimaginable loss. Fleetwood’s on Front Street has been lost and while we are heartbroken our main priority is the safety of our dear staff and...

When Taylor Swift asked for her famous koi fish guitar back, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was happy to oblige, pulling it off display.However, while the singer has been using her guitar on her Eras Tour, there has been an empty display case in the Taylor Swift Education Center in Nashville.Not anymore: Swift has since sent over a replacement piece, a smashed teal-blue guitar.While the artifact looks like it is in terrible condition, it actually means more beat up than it would if it were all in one...

Grey skies and rainstorms couldn’t keep spirits down at the Cerise Rooftop at Chicago’s Virgin Hotel on August 5, where Rolling Stone and Soul in the Horn teamed up for one of the most anticipated dance parties of the summer. Held during the annual Lollapalooza weekend, and brought to you in partnership with KOOL and ~Pouri, guests were treated to delicious specialty cocktails, lavish passed hor d’oeuvres, glamorous dance performance, and music from Windy City and New York all-stars, including rising Brooklyn DJ and producer L3NI, Chicago house legend Terry...

Jo Dee Messina has really had a resurgence as of late, due in part to Cole Swindell's hit song "She Had Me at Heads Carolina."When she visited the Taste of Country Nights studio, I wanted to know who she was friends with back in the day, when she debuted with "Heads Carolina, Tails California" in 1996. At first, she admits, she didn't have many friends."My circle was really small, I didn't know anybody," she reveals. "I was new to Nashville, I met Tim and I met Byron (producer Byron Gallimore) and I...

Taylor Swift is reliving 1989 all over again. Her latest entry in the “Taylor’s Version” re-recording series is her 2014 album, which includes three Number One singles — “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” and “Bad Blood” — and fan favorites like “Out of the Woods,” and “Clean.” Swift announced that she would be releasing 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Oct. 27 — exactly nine years after the original came out on Oct. 27, 2014 — on Wednesday during the year’s last U.S. leg of the Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in...

After months of legal battles, a settlement has been reached between Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley regarding Lisa Marie Presley's estate, Elvis Presley's Graceland. Amid rumors about any contention between the two women, Keough is setting the record straight about her relationship with her grandmother.“Things with Grandma will be happy,” Keough tells Vanity Fair.“They’ve never not been happy. I’m trying to think of a way to answer it that’s not a 20-minute conversation," she continues. "There was a bit of upheaval, but now everything’s going to be how it was.""She’s a beautiful...

After wrapping up the main show with an all-star rendition of "I Shall Be Released," the five members of the Band returned alone for a sweaty cover of Marvin Gaye's "Don't Do It" The life of Robbie Robertson — who died Wednesday morning after a long illness — can neatly be divided into everything that happened before The Last Waltz and everything that happened afterward. The 1976 all-star concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom marked the end of his career with the Band, the end of his years as a...

Elvis Presley was an avid gun owner — when he died in 1977, the rock 'n' roll icon was reported to have owned 37 firearms, including one machine gun. He even had his own target practice range at his Graceland home.If you take the tour at Presley's Graceland, you can see some of his most prized guns on display.And now, you can own one of those guns: Presley's Smith & Wesson Model 53 double-action revolver — which was gifted to him in November 1976, just 9 months before he died —...

The singer appears in her own music video for the first time since 1988 Lucinda Williams has shared a music video for her recent single, “Rock N Roll Heart.” The black and white clip marks the first time in over three decades that Williams has starred in one of her videos, following 1988’s “Passionate Kisses.” Directed by Neilson Hubbard and Joshua Britt, the video sees Williams singing the poignant lyrics as two young kids play along on instruments, dance around a loft space, and graffiti a nearby street. “Rock n...

Kelly Clarkson is obsessed with Lainey Wilson, so — for the second time in recent weeks — she went out of her way to direct her fans to the country newcomer's catalog.During Saturday night's (Aug. 5) show at the Bakkt Theater in Las Vegas, Clarkson covered Wilson's No. 1 song "Heart Like a Truck." The show was part of her ongoing Las Vegas residency, and to introduce this song, she spoke in some detail about how she's normally an '80s and '90s country kind of gal, but Wilson gets it...