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The country legend spoke to fans in a video message Friday morning, sharing that dehydration kept her from the opening of a Dollywood theme park ride in person After it was reported Thursday night that Dolly Parton would be unable to attend the opening of NightFlight Expedition, the new roller coaster at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the country icon appeared virtually at Friday morning’s unveiling and offered an update on her heath. “I’m still in Nashville and I’m sorry about that. I’m supposed to be there in person, like we planned,” Parton said in the video…

We know by now that Brandi Carlile is capable of a kind of guttural scream that conjures the rabid, extremely pissed-off-and-not-gonna-take-it-anymore agitator within all of us. Case in point: “The Joke,” or “The Story,” or “Broken Horses.” Somehow though, during her 2026 Newport Folk Festival cover of Alanis Morissette’s 1998 single “Uninvited,” she reaches new heights of the ferocious, unhinged Carlile wail that, in the ongoing American shitshow, feels like the catharsis we all need. There’s something subversive in the way that Carlile turns up the rage quotient onstage at Newport. Morissette, when she released Jagged Little Pill in 1995,…

When Silverada released their latest album Living Proof this month, it was as much about cementing the band as Silverada as it was about being time to put out new music. “I feel like there was a lot hinging on it being the second Silverada record,” frontman Mike Harmeier says. “When we released the first one, that was the introduction to this whole thing. This is driving it home.” The 10-track Living Proof completes an evolution that began long before the group’s 2024 rebrand after 16 years as Mike and the Moonpies. While that moniker established the band as modern-day…

Troye Sivan is a remarkable pop stylist—maybe even more so than an actual pop star. When his fluid styling, expressionistic choreo, and tender, sultry studies of house and new wave coalesce, he’s able to fashion a diva drag in the image of his childhood idols: a Madonna cone bra, a Britney-blonde wig, some Janet-lite dance moves. “Something about being a gay boy… You look to these women,” Sivan explained last night at the music video premiere for his new single “She’s the Best,” which he said is about “a feeling of safety that I didn’t always feel in masculine spaces…

Sheryl Crow is readying a new album, Pick You Up, led by a protest song of sorts featuring Jesse Welles. Listen to “Freedom Bus” below. The seven-track LP, co-written by Crow and longtime collaborator Jeff Trott, is due out October 9 via Old Green Barn.Crow said of the single in a press release, “I do not take freedom lightly because our freedom has been paid for in the lives of others throughout history and that is something I wish we could all remember when we are interacting with each other. Our dialogue and ability to disagree must reflect what has…

Though they haven’t made a hit in 25 years, Sugar Ray has never really gone away in the minds of millennials like Julia Jacklin, who grew up on Mark McGrath and co.’s indelible late ‘90s alt-rock-and-pop blend. Now you can hear the Australian singer-songwriter’s take on the band’s single “Every Morning” for Triple J. Check out her slightly more downtempo version below.“I’ve liked it since I was a little kid,” Jacklin says about the track. “I love any way to connect with my younger self as much as I can. I feel like we were singing it together: me now,…

New data has revealed the most-played songs during this week’s solar eclipse, with tracks including Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ seeing a massive spike in streams. Around 91 per cent of the sun was obscured by the Moon between about 6pm and 8.15pm on Wednesday (August 12) – the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the 1999 total eclipse. Stunning scenes were witnessed across Europe, particularly in Spain, while Björk played a special DJ set at her own curated solar eclipse rave in her native Iceland. Now, listening data has been shared following the best…

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Phoebe Bridgers makes her grand return with her first album in six years, Becky G serves up a bachata banger from her new unapologetic LP, and Benny Blanco taps the Marías for a swooning cut from his Latin-inspired project. Plus, new music from Troye Sivan, Carly Simon (her first album in nearly 20 years), and Tinashe. Phoebe Bridgers, “I Can’t Wait” (YouTube) Becky G, “Mal Tiempo” (YouTube) Benny Blanco, the Marías, “Memoria de Paz” (YouTube) Troye…

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to charges of stalking resulting in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at a federal court hearing in New York City on Friday. According to The New York Times, Mangione’s lawyers told Judge Margaret Garnett that their client was prepared to plead guilty to the two stalking counts against him in the federal indictment. When asked directly by the judge if he was prepared to plead guilty, Mangione said, “Yes.” Mangione was then sworn in and asked a series of questions about his state of mind, whether he’d taken any medications recently, or under the…

“You’re fucking up history,” the comedian said in footage from the event, where Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean were only able to perform for one hour after beginning their set late Dave Chappelle was among the many frustrated attendees at Lauryn Hill‘s Diaspora Calling! Festival in England, where the headlining set from the Fugees was cut short after an hour. In new footage from the Aug. 7 event, the comedian reacted to Hill and Wyclef Jean‘s microphones being disabled as they attempted to address the crowd in regard to the noise ordinance. “You’re fucking up history,” Chappelle said. “You turned…