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The Grammys may reconsider their new Best Asian Pop award after BTS decided not to submit their music for the 2027 ceremony. The Recording Academy announced the new category in June, saying at the time that it would recognise “artistic excellence” in Asian pop music originating from or widely recognised within Asian markets. It is due to make its debut at next year’s ceremony, but BTS have said they will not be submitting their new album ‘Arirang’ for consideration, or any of their other music, saying that they hoped their work could be “heard and loved for itself, beyond regions or languages”. Now, Recording Academy…
Putting a ring on it is a surefire sign of commitment — or at least a sign that someone’s looking for it. In late June, Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC) President Isidore Mörsel presented the American Ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, a massive diamond and jewel encrusted ring — crafted by luxury jewelry designer David Gotlib — intended as a gift to president Donald Trump. The 18-karat gold paperweight of a ring features the presidential seal rendered in emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. A sparkling “250” sits at the top — a reference to this year’s celebrations of the anniversary of…
It seems that Radiohead might be heading to Tokyo in 2027. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Ed O’Brien talks conquering his “dark night of the soul” and Radiohead’s future The Oxford group returned to the stage in the UK and Europe last year, marking their first live dates together since 2018. They played a run of 20 arena concerts across five cities, including four nights at London’s O2. Then, in March, guitarist Ed O’Brien confirmed that the band had plans to hit the road again in 2027 and beyond. “What we’re going to do is, every year we’re…
Matthew McConaughey once took an elaborate, multi-day trip to Niafunké in Mali on a hunt for Ali Farka Touré, the blues musician behind one of his all-time favorite songs, “Ai Du.” He didn’t exactly know where to find the artist. His journey to Africa only began because it came to him in a dream after he first heard the song. “I got the liner notes, found out he was from Niafunké, on the Niger River, and knowing nothing else, I said, ‘Well, that’s where I’m going, and I won’t get a return ticket,’” McConaughey tells Rolling Stone while sitting down…
Benny Blanco just released Hermoso, the follow-up to 2025’s I Said I Love You First, his joint project with his wife Selena Gomez. The new album features Gomez again, plus an array of Latin and Spanish-language artists like Becky G, Myke Towers, Mora, Netón Vega, BB Trickz, the Marías, and Colombian producer Ovy on the Drums. The sounds on Hermoso include a mix of música mexicana, cumbia, and reggaeton folded into Blanco’s pop-focused sound, and the release marks his most Latin-music-forward project since making a name for himself as a mega pop producer for stars like Britney Spears, Katy Perry,…
In partnership with Sziget Festival Hungarian singer Barni Kókai, frontman of Budapest-based deathcore band The Southern Oracle, joined Bring Me The Horizon to perform ‘Pray For Plagues’ at Sziget Festival last night (August 14). Watch the video below. The moment occurred two-thirds of the way through the Sheffield band’s headline set on the Budapest festival’s main stage. The highly conceptual show featured an avatar called Eve, who warned of an impending apocalypse. At one point, Eve asked for a volunteer from the audience to assist the group, explaining that the fate of humanity “rests in this human’s hands”. Frontman Oli…
Before Elizabeth Cook can discuss her new album Great Television, she wants to make sure you know how to pronounce “Sunset Promenade,” the leadoff track. “It’s ‘Sunset Promen-ADE,’” Cook says. “It rhymes with lemonade. You don’t take your partner and promen-odd, when you’re square dancing. You take them and you promen-ade.” Now that that’s off her chest, the singer-songwriter, SiriusXM Outlaw Country host, and close friend to the late Todd Snider is willing to talk about Great Television, her eighth studio album and first since 2020’s Aftermath. “My happy place is just being in a spot where I can create,”…
Robb Moss is sitting in the lobby of a theater in Columbia, Missouri, and fondly recounting the time he filmed his best friends while being completely stark naked. To be fair, all of his companions on the river trip that he was shooting were equally bare-ass, basking in the Arizona sun and the bloom of their hippie youth. The year was 1978, though looking at the grainy footage he shot — and the lack of self-consciousness on display — you’d have initially carbon-dated it closer to 1969. The vibe is very Woodstock-era, got-to-get-back-to-the-garden innocence, a sentiment that has the filmmaker,…
Davies has previously recalled Lennon being fiercely protective of The Beatles’ equipment when the two groups played together. I like the Beatles and I do appreciate all the kind words @PaulMcCartney has said about the Kinks https://t.co/T9jaGK7jcU — Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) July 24, 2026 “He wouldn’t let us touch anything,” he said. “‘Don’t you dare touch those!’ He was a paranoid guy, but funny.” After reports of his latest comments were published, however, Davies clarified that he remained a fan of the Liverpool band. “I like the Beatles and I do appreciate all the kind words Paul McCartney has said about…
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