Music

Free speech is always under attack, declares the new play Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra that premiered at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center in Hollywood this February, and will run through March.  Written by Larry Meyers, veteran TV and theatre writer, and directed by Jeremy Kagan, an ...

Remember when Bill Murray and Kelis were allegedly an item? Well, the legendary actor and comedian cleared those rumors up during a recent visit to SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning to promote his new movie Riff Raff. When the subject turned to Murray’s relationship to hip-hop, the actor brought up Kelis ...

Travis Kelce Michael Owens/Getty Images Travis Kelce is giving fans more insight into his decision to play another season with the Kansas City Chiefs. During the Wednesday, March 5, episode of “New Heights” — cohosted by his brother, Jason Kelce — Travis, 35, opened up about why he didn’t think ...

Minus the Bear are reuniting to headline Best Friends Forever Festival, a three-day music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they will perform their 2005 album, Menos el Oso, in full. The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run. With six full-length ...

The man who stole Dolly Parton’s heart nearly six decades ago has passed away. On Monday, March 3, the 79-year-old country legend confirmed that her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, died at the age of 82 in Nashville. The couple, who kept their relationship largely out of the public eye, had ...

Billboard U.K. will head to The Great Escape in Brighton, England, for its inaugural Billboard Live event May 14-17.  Mercury Prize winners English Teacher will headline the The Beach stage at the new music festival as part of the Billboard U.K. Live takeover. Additional names will be added to the ...

Litia Garr has not forgotten her roots while dating Grant Ellis on season 29 of The Bachelor. “My mom and dad met in college in Hawaii. My mom is from Idaho, she’s white, and my dad is from Fiji. They fell in love and they got married and they had ...

Sweeping Promises have covered the Bangles’ Prince-penned single “Manic Monday” for a new benefit compilation supporting wildfire relief efforts. Battle for L.A.: A See/Saw Benefit is out in full today; take a listen below, via Bandcamp, and find the Sweeping Promises cover at track 18. Sweeping Promises’ Lira Mondal said in ...

Angie Stone, a veteran R&B and soul singer who first rose to fame in the 1980s with the South Carolina trio the Sequence, has died in a Sprinter van accident while traveling from Alabama, according to reports. She was 63. No further details about the circumstances were available at deadline, ...

LISA‘s Alter Ego topped this week’s new music poll, which highlights artists from a variety of genres. Music fans cast their votes in a poll published Friday (Feb. 28) on Billboard, selecting the BLACKPINK star’s debut solo album as their favorite new release of the past week. Alter Ego received ...