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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have released ‘Wild God’ on Aug. 30. Megan Cullen Australian musician Nick Cave has always been full of surprises, from his incendiary live performances as the singer of The Birthday Party in the early ‘80s, to collaborating with Kylie Minogue as leader of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds....

American jazz and funk musician Roy Ayers performs on stage, Chicago, Illinois, July 7, 1979. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Roy Ayers, the multi-hyphenate composer and artist nicknamed the ‘Godfather of Neo Soul,’ has passed away at the age of 84. News of Ayers’ passing was confirmed on Wednesday (March 5), with a statement shared via his...

Este Haim, Alana Haim, and Danielle Haim arrive at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. Alberto Rodriguez for Variety Haim is back with new music and their characteristic sense of humor. The sister trio took to Instagram...

Diplo’s Run Club Priscilla Rodriguez Diplo is taking off on foot across the country, with the announcement that Diplo’s Run Club will happen in six U.S. cities in 2025 and 2026. Featuring a 5k run and what’s being categorized as a “mini music festival” headlined by the namesake producer, Diplo’s Run Club will take place...

Calvin Harris attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Calvin Harris is getting ready to release a country-oriented song, featuring himself on vocals. Today (March 5), the Scottish superstar producer posted a 30-second clip of himself singing a new song called “Smoke the Pain...

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform on stage during the “Hamilton” Grammy performance at Richard Rodgers Theater on Feb. 15, 2016 in New York City. Theo Wargo/WireImage Hamilton is taking a stand. The beloved musical was scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Center for the third time in March and April of 2026, but have since canceled...

Saint Levant photographed for Billboard Arabia. Hussein Mardini Speaking with Saint Levant feels like encountering two personalities at once. One moment, you hear Marwan Abdelhamid (his real name), his intimate voice carrying the warmth of distant days spent with his father in Gaza. He recalls them in detail, as if each melody holds a story...

Justin Timberlake appears in court in the Hamptons for drunk driving hearing in Long Island, NY, United States on September 13, 2024. Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images Michael Arkinson, the Sag Harbor Police Department officer who arrested Justin Timberlake on suspicion of driving while intoxicated last summer, has been awarded for his work. The...

Tori Kelly and JoJo speak during Global Citizen Prize Awards Special Honoring Changemakers In 2020 Shaping The World We Want on December 19, 2020 in New York City. Getty Images for Global Citizen JoJo threw the crowd at her recent Los Angeles concert back to the 1990s and early-aughts by performing her version of SWV’s...

Lady Gaga Apple Music Lady Gaga is in a new era, and while her upcoming album is called Mayhem, she has found peace at home thanks to her fiancé Michael Polansky. The superstar sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to discuss her eighth studio album, where she revealed that she’s been “healthier” recently. “I...