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Getting Taylor Hanson to smile should be easy. The Hanson frontman has spent nearly three decades projecting an easygoing, upbeat presence. But right now, in a spacious rehearsal room with scratched-up wood floors, an exposed ceiling, and smudgy mirrors running the length of one wall, he’s concentrating on his first dance for the new season of Dancing With the Stars, which is only two days away. His partner, six-time DWTS competitor Britt Stewart, speaks to him quietly, offering gentle direction and making tiny posture adjustments that instantly sharpen his moves. They run through the quickstep routine a couple of times…

After they wrap their months-long, likely pyro-filled Sphere residency, Metallica will hit the road for a run of North American tour dates across the West, South, and Midwest. Those kick off next May in Vancouver. A full list of stops is below. The trek is a continuation of the group’s massive M72 Tour, which they first launched in 2022.Revisit our review of Metallica’s 72 Seasons.Metallica:05-08 Vancouver, British Columbia — BC Place05-13 San Diego, CA — Snapdragon Stadium05-18 El Paso, TX — Sun Bowl Stadium05-22 San Antonio, TX — Alamodome05-26 Fayetteville, AR — Razorback Stadium05-29 Kansas City, MO — Arrowhead Stadium06-02…

Longtime collaborators Aesop Rock and Blockhead have another album on the way. Trouble Mountain, the follow-up to 2021’s co-billed Garbology, features guest verses from Open Mike Eagle, Hanni El Khatib, and more. The full tracklist is below along with the first single and an animated music video of a man skiing through a hellish landscape.In a statement, Aesop clarifies that while he has never actually skied, he was around it growing up thanks to relatives who lived in the Poconos. “I spent many weekends there as a kid—though, of course not in a sick party lodge,” he writes. “Trouble Mountain…

The scene outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles looked like a Super Bowl victory. Following Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire acquittal, fans and streamers rejoiced alongside the rapper’s family. Drew Findling, one of Durk’s attorneys, gave a fiery speech recalling his Trumpian pretrial prediction that they would “make history with the greatest verdict,” while another, Brian Steel, left the building to chants of “MVP.”This kind of spectacle had been taking place since the start of the trial. For three weeks, dozens of protestors, streamers, and fans congregated outside like they were at a concert or Streamer University audition instead of a…

Massive Attack took aim at Ed Sheeran in an impassioned statement shared following the removal of Macklemore from the singer-songwriter’s tour. The rapper was dropped from the run after his statements in support of Palestinians living in Gaza pushed some venue owners to bar him from performing on their stages, putting the tour at risk. “No artist should tolerate the censorship of another artist, however many millions of dollars are in play,” Massive Attack said on Instagram. “We stand in solidarity with all artists risking their careers in defence of the rights of the Palestinian people, & against the illegal…

Sean Combs’ civil attorneys have dropped him as a client, citing six months of unpaid legal fees and an increasingly strained relationship with the Bad Boy founder, which court papers describe as a “total breakdown in cooperation and communication.” Lawyers from the New York firm Sher Tremonte filed paperwork on Monday requesting to withdraw as legal representation for Combs in adefamation case against the parent company of NewsNation and two individuals. Combs sued Nexstar Media, lawyer Ariel Mitchell and her client Courtney Burgess over 2024 allegations made on the NewsNation show “Banfield” that claimed Combs mixed drugs with baby oil.…

The premiere date for The Celebrity Traitors season two has been announced. Watch the official trailer below. The BBC confirmed late last year that the show would be returning for another run of episodes, before sharing the full line-up ahead of filming commencing this spring. Richard E Grant, Michael Sheen, and The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey are among this year’s contestants, joined by Industry star Myha’la, comedian Miranda Hart, and Love Island host Maya Jama. Former Little Mix member Leigh-Anne Pinnock and singer-songwriter James Blunt will also be competing, as will comedians James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Romesh Ranganathan, Joanne McNally and Rob Beckett. Elsewhere in the…

A new Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box set, Origins 1971-1978, is on the way to mark the band’s 50th birthday. Out November 6 via UMe, the 5xLP collection comprehensively documents the incubation and early years of the band around its formation in 1976. One of the discs, No Sleep Til L.A., which compiles rarities spanning from Petty’s Mudcrutch years to the dawn of the Heartbreakers, is also getting a standalone release. That one features seven unreleased songs. A video for one them, “Parade of Loons,” stars Iain Armitage, aka Young Sheldon. Check it out below.Completing the set are 50th…

Kevin Morby found a way to synthesize his soaring and heartfelt indie rock as a singer-songwriter on May’s Little Wide Open, and he’s back with a new song that does the same. The jangly “PBJ” is about opening yourself up to the world, and there by his side to bring that emotion into focus are Justin Vernon on guitar, Aaron Dessner on bass and guitar, and Andrew Barr on drums. Below, check out the song and its self-directed music video, starring his wife and fellow parent Katie Crutchfield, Caleb Hearon, and Tara Raghuveer.The origin story behind the song’s title is…

Twenty years ago, Patti Smith played one of the greatest concerts of her career — a three-and-a-half hour, 27-song rock & roll exorcism featuring special guests Flea and Richard Lloyd — to a capacity audience crammed into CBGB to experience one final night of punk chaos before the legendary club closed its doors. “CBGB is a state of mind,” she told the press that night. “There’s new kids with new ideas all over the world. They’ll make their own places — it doesn’t matter whether it’s here or wherever it is.” On Sept. 26, Smith will make her grand return…