It’s hard to think of a current musician so universally accepted into the rock ‘n’ roll fraternity as Dave Grohl. The Foo Fighters frontman dines regularly with Paul McCartney. He wrote and recorded a pandemic-era song with Mick Jagger. Joan Jett read bedtime stories to his daughters. He formed a group with Led Zeppelin bassist […]

K-pop superstars BTS have raised $3.6 million and generated millions of tweets during four years of teaming up with the U.N. children’s agency to fight violence, abuse and bullying and promote self-esteem in young people, the agency is announcing Wednesday (Oct. 6). The “Love Myself” campaign spread its message through means including social media hashtags,

New York will be in the house agains on Oct. 17 when Brooklyn’s finest, Big Daddy Kane, faces off against the Bronx’s KRS-One in the latest Verzuz battle. The event will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and kick off at 7 p.m. ET in a battle of two MCs who helped define the genre

Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is opening up about the major heart issue that he recently suffered during one of the legendary metal band’s shows. Faulkner, who has no history of heart issues, was hospitalized last week following the band’s Sept. 26 appearance at Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky. In a statement released on

The upcoming Disney Princess — The Concert tour has been postponed due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Disney Concerts announced Tuesday in a statement posted to Twitter and Instagram. “Out of the best interests for the health and safety of our ticket buyers and their families, Disney Princess — The Concert shows scheduled

With flights grounded, venues shut and music fans told to stay at a distance, the live music industry has been crushed by the pandemic. A pair of new, short films, takes us behind the closed doors, and into the lives of Australia’s music professionals. The first in the two-pack is Radical Hope, which follows Western

Angelique Kidjo, Femi Kuti and Davido lead a chorus of Africa’s arts and business leaders in calling on the richest nations to donate COVID-19 vaccines to some of the poorest. With Africa falling behind in vaccination rates, and cases of infection spiking, influencers from the length of the continent have signed an open-letter to the

EMBARGO UNTIL 8AM BST/ 00:01 MIDNIGHT PST/ 3:01am EST, 6 OCTOBER LONDON – Twenty-five years after they burst onto the pop scene, the Spice Girls are once again looking to take their girl-power message worldwide — this time via an expansive global rights deal with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s in-house merchandise arm. The multi-year partnership

R. Kelly’s official channels on YouTube have been permanently disabled, just days after the R&B artist was found guilty of all counts in a weeks-long racketeering and sex trafficking trial. Late Tuesday (Oct. 5), the video-sharing platform quietly pulled a pair of channels connected to Kelly’s content, Billboard can confirm. User-generated clips containing the disgraced

Tyler, The Creator snagged one of the top honors at the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards, and, as his name so accurately pinpoints, he created one of the moments of the night. The 30-year-old artist was on hand to receive the cultural influence award, which he did with an emotional speech on the power of