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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned after being seen embracing an employee on large video screens at a Coldplay concert. During Coldplay’s show at Boston’s Gillette Stadium on Wednesday (July 16), a jumbotron captured Byron with his arms around the IT company’s chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot, during a ...

A great summer comedy movie doesn’t necessarily have to be set during summer to fit into that category. Sometimes it’s enough for a comedy to play so broadly that it successfully competes with the other films in the crowded summer landscape. The Watch With Us team’s picks for the three ...

The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967 shows Sly and the Family Stone as a killer soul band on the cusp of developing the pungently progressive style that would make them one of the most vital acts of the hippie era. This is the band that debuted with ...

In its second year at its new location in Northern Arizona’s blissful Playa Ponderosa, Desert Hearts Festival proved yet again why it’s considered one of the tightest knit families in dance music. Nestled within the world’s largest ponderosa pine forest, some of today’s (and tomorrow’s) most notable artists delivered their ...

Chinese music streaming stocks continued their upward trajectory this week as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing showed signs of easing. Netease Cloud Music rose 12.1% to 302.40 HKD ($38.55), bringing the Chinese music streamer’s July gain to an impressive 25.5% and its year-to-date improvement to 164.8%. Tencent Music Entertainment ...

Even Luke Bryan doesn’t want the Astronomer kiss cam scandal to end. While performing at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday, July 17, as part of his Country Song Came On tour, the American Idol judge seemingly poked fun at the headlines stemming from a recent ...

Jim Legxacy is a young artist with an old soul—that of a Tumblr-pilled millennial. Until recently, the British rapper, singer, and producer was a meticulous craftsman of audio moodboards, stitching together spidery emo guitar lines, Afrobeat drums, recognizable samples, and of-the-moment rhythms like Jersey club. But as skilled as he ...

Tame Impala is today (July 17) celebrating the 10th anniversary of its beloved album, Currents, but frontman Kevin Parker is also dropping some unsubtle hints about the state of the band’s next full-length. The as-yet-untitled effort will be the follow-up to 2020’s The Slow Rush, which was released just weeks ...

Rico o Muerto, the independent record label co-founded by Mexican artist Óscar Maydon and manager-songwriter Alexis “Chachito” Fierro, has signed emerging artist Víctor Mendívil to a global deal, Billboard can exclusively announce Thursday (July 17). The agreement was made in collaboration with Downtown Records. “Víctor is the perfect fit because ...

The nominations are out for this year’s Emmy Awards, and as always, one of the biggest stories is about the shows and performers who were snubbed. Andor —  the Disney+ original series that serves as a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — did very well with 14 Emmy ...