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The iconic Los Angeles punk band X is issuing what it is calling its final album, Smoke & Fiction, and has detailed plans for a U.S. tour.  The quartet of vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer DJ Bonebrake said they will end following a farewell tour…

Billie Eilish's new studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft has debuted at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 albums chart, marking the singer-songwriter’s best-selling week ever. The new Eilish album has 339,000 equivalent album units earned on the chart dated June 1 (for the week ending May 23). That…

MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. He was 75. His death comes a little over three months since fellow MC5 cofounder Wayne Kramer died…

Randy Travis is gearing up to release Where That Came From, his first newly-recorded song since before his 2013 stroke. “It's been a while since my last new recording,” wrote 64-year-old Travis alongside footage of himself in a recording studio. “But I'm excited to share that this Friday, May 3, I…

UPDATED, 12:30 PM: Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson will be among the performers at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, it was announced today by the ACM, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions. Hosted by Reba…

Another day, another record for Taylor Swift. As expected, Swift's The Tortured Poets Department debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 4). It is her 14th album to reach that plateau, tying Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists. The Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more, but it…

Eminem has announced that his 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace), will be out this summer. Appearing tonight at the first round of the NFL Draft in Detroit, Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers) also released a trailer on social media. The clip shows a crime reporter discussing…

Taylor Swift is opening up about the inspiration behind several of her tracks on her 11th studio album Tortured Poets Department. In an Amazon Music commentary, Swift said the album’s opening song “Fortnight”, a team-up with Post Malone, “exhibits a lot of the common themes that run throughout this…

C.J. Snare, the lead singer and keyboardist of hard rock band FireHouse, which had two Top 10 singles in the early 1990s, has died at 64. Snare’s daughter said her father died on Friday after a lengthy cancer battle, with the official cause of death listed as cardiac arrest. FireHouse had…

Miley Cyrus was a fan before of Beyoncé. But after working with her on the Cowboy Carter track, a duet titled “II Most Wanted,” her admiration has intensified, as she revealed today in an Instagram post. “II Most Wanted is out now on the new @Beyonce album #CowboyCarter,” she captioned a post which…

Jamie Lloyd's acclaimed London production of Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger will open on Broadway this fall at the St. James Theatre, producers announced today. Previews begin September 28 ahead of an October 20 opening night. Producers had previously confirmed the casting and Broadway…

Kanye West has responded to a fan igniting a “Swiftie Emergency,” the ardent Taylor Swift fan calling on supporters to stream Beyonce’s new single “Texas Hold Em” in order to deny West a No. 1 debut on the Billboard charts. The fan urged people to “buy and stream “Texas Hold Em” to block him from…