Tom Morello has announced the passing of his mother, Mary Morello, at the age of 102. A former high school history teacher and lifelong activist, she also founded the anti-censorship organization Parents for Rock and Rap. As her son proudly recounted in a 2021 essay for the New York Times,…

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Madonna’s “Confessions II,” her first new album in seven years, found an appreciative audience awaiting her return. The album bowed with 134,000 equivalent album units, more than enough to push her past the still highly successful Olivia Rodrigo record to land on top of the Billboard 200 album chart. Billboard reported Sunday that the debut […]

“Michael” has surpassed $1 billion in global ticket sales, becoming the first biopic to achieve the coveted box office milestone. The crowd-pleasing film about Michael Jackson has generated $629.8 million overseas and $371.8 million domestically, bringing its global tally to $1.001 billion. Despite noisy behind-the-scenes drama and a critical pile-on, “Michael” has been breaking records and […]

Mr. Worldwide is now Mr. World Record. Miami rapper Pitbull set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps on July 10th at BST Festival in London’s Hyde Park, at which he was a headliner. The official count was 22, 141 people in bald caps,…

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Jack White shared the stage with his daughter, Scarlett, during his concert at Brooklyn Paramount on Saturday night. The 19-year-old Scarlett, an aspiring artist, musician, and model based in New York City, joined her father on bass for performances of “Cannon,” John the Revelator,” and “Black Math.” Scarlett previously joined…

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The Cure announced Saturday that bass player Simon Gallup had briefly stepped away from playing on the band’s European tour because of an illness. Fortunately, the band has a worthy replacement: his son Eden. The band told fans on a social media post that shortly before a July 10th Berlin…

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AC/DC launched the Summer 2026 North American leg of their “PWR/UP” tour on Saturday night, July 11th, in Charlotte, North Carolina, playing a 21-song set filled with classics. The concert kicked off a 17-date stadium run that will run through a September 26th show in Philadelphia, and include stops in…

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JAY-Z returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday, July 11th, to play the second of three consecutive shows this weekend. After celebrating the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt on Friday, he performed the bulk of The Blueprint to mark its 25th anniversary. JAY-Z opened with “The Ruler’s Back,” bringing out Slick Rick to…

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During the encore of JAY-Z’s Reasonable Doubt 30th Anniversary concert on Friday, July 10th, the hometown hero joked that he couldn’t leave it all on the field with two more Yankee Stadium performances up ahead. However, the following night’s The Blueprint anniversary show didn’t even feature an encore and abruptly ended…

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