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In the run-up to the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, world champion figure skater Alysa Liu is switching up the music in her program. In an Instagram post on Wednesday (Sept. 24), Liu announced that she was dropping D4vd‘s 2023 collaboration with Laufey, “This Is How it Feels,” from her short ...

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford revealed he married his longtime partner Thomas last year. “We got married by the cactus outside on December the something or other, about a year or so ago,” the Metal God said on a recent episode of the Queer the Music podcast, hosted by Scissor Sisters vocalist Jake ...

Ontario, Canada native Josh Ross is riding a wave of considerable career acclaim as he releases his first full-length album, Later Tonight, which dropped Sept. 19 via MCA/ Mercury Nashville/ Universal Music Canada and CORE Records. Explore See latest videos, charts and news His song “Single Again” rose to the ...

Iced Earth‘s Jon Schaffer is preaching forgiveness when it comes to former bandmates Stu Block and Hansi Kursh, but admits that he does feel Block’s comments in distancing himself from the Iced Earth guitarist after Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building was essentially a “total poser move.” As ...

The sheer number of artist signings announced on a weekly basis makes it difficult to keep up, no matter how closely you pay attention to the industry news cycle. That’s why every other Tuesday, Billboard compiles the latest signings to labels, distributors, agencies, management companies and more, in an effort ...

Did you remember that Dave Grohl was in a supergroup prior to the death of Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain and the band’s dissolution? While Foo Fighters would eventually provide Grohl a creative outlet for years to come after Nirvana’s conclusion, the drummer actually played with a pretty impressive lineup of musicians ...

At the Palace of Versailles, on the eve of Saudi Arabia’s National Day (Sept. 23), the latest tour of the Saudi National Orchestra and Choir—part its Marvels program—brought together over 100 Saudi musicians, each with their own journey and story. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Versailles Echoes With ...

The 2025 Louder Than Life Festival is in the books. Over four big days, some of rock and metal’s finest rocked the concertgoers that fled to Louisville to catch one of the hottest festivals of the fall and they weren’t left disappointed. It was a hard hitting weekend that yielded ...

SXSW London has confirmed on Monday (Sept. 22) it will return to the English capital in 2026 and announced ticket details for the upcoming event. The European edition of SXSW will run from June 1 to 6 in east London for a second consecutive year. The 2025 edition took place ...

This year’s Louder Than Life festival is currently underway at the Highland Festival Grounds in Louisville, Ky., and last night (Sept. 20), American metalcore/alternative metal band Bad Omens delighted attendees by playing two songs live for the first time ever as part of their incredible set. What Bad Omens Played ...