The Chicago home where blues legend Muddy Waters once lived and recorded music is a step closer to landmark status and becoming a museum in his honor. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Thursday granted final approval of landmark status to the brick two-flat home in the South Side neighborhood of North Kenwood, the Chicago […]

One year late and staged among the strangest circumstances in modern memory, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially came to a close in Japan’s vast, vacant National Stadium Sunday night (Aug. 8). The Olympic cauldron was extinguished at 10:15 p.m., local time, leaving the global TV audience with 17-days’ worth of surprising and dramatic sports moments

Queen’s Brian May shared some thoughts about Eric Clapton, who recently said he will not play any live shows that require attendees to show proof that they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine. In July, Clapton made it clear that he won’t grace “any stage where there is a discriminated audience present. Unless there is provision made for

“WAP” was released exactly a year ago, and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion both seem to be more than willing to get together for another collaboration. The pair celebrated the anniversary of their hit song on Twitter Saturday evening (Aug. 7). “Wow I can’t believe wappity WAP turned one today. It don’t even feel

Lynyrd Skynyrd has pulled out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for COVID-19. The country rock band was set to co-headline the concert Monday night (Aug. 9) with Brad Paisley but Medlocke’s positive test forced the group’s withdrawal, according to a band statement. “Rickey is home resting

Seven years after the Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj collab “Bang Bang” popped on the charts, the trio’s song is making headlines again. It turns out that Jessie J and Nicki Minaj remember the beginnings of the superstar single a little differently, and Minaj called out Jessie J’s version of the story —

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Latin Music Week panels This week, Billboard unveiled some of the panels to take place at the 2021 Latin Music Week

Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, the co-founder and saxophonist of Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 70. The legendary funk band announced Thomas’ passing on Saturday (Aug. 7), writing in a statement that the musician died “peacefully in his sleep” in New Jersey. Further details about his death were not given. “An original member

Justin Timberlake is mourning the death of his longtime backup vocalist Nicole Hurst. On Friday (Aug. 6), the superstar singer and actor shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram with numerous photos and videos of Hurst, who recently died after a long battle with breast cancer. The official cause of her death was unknown at press

The Springsteen family has gone platinum many times over. Time to make space for a little silver, too. Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team came up just short of Olympic gold, falling to Sweden in a jump off Saturday night (Aug. 7) that still left the Americans with a record 10th medal in