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Pride Live has announced Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Kesha as the headline performer for Stonewall Day 2022. The legendary Pride event will take place on June 24, outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City. “I am so honored to be a part of this historic event,” said Kesha, an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. “I’m excited…

Olivia Rodrigo surprised the audience at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles by performing a duet with Alanis Morissette, singing the latter’s 1995 classic “You Oughta Know.” Rodrigo opened the concert on Tuesday night as part of her Sour tour with a high-energy performance of “brutal” and followed it by playing all the tracks of…

Peter Gabriel and Yungblud are among the winners of this year’s O2 Silver Clef Awards. Peter Gabriel won the big title prize – O2 Silver Clef – for outstanding contribution to music. “It’s wonderful to see Nordoff Robbins using music to reach young people, who otherwise would feel much more isolated and vulnerable, and giving…

Jennifer Lopez and Jimmie Allen recently released a remix of her song “On My Way,” a mid-tempo love song. Originally released in November last year as part of the soundtrack for Lopez’ 2022 film Marry Me, the new rendition of her hit song will feature on Allen’s new album Tulip Drive, which is scheduled to…

Drake has compared indie rock band the HAIM sisters to the Beatles. Drake met the three sisters in Toronto this week and shared a picture of it on Instagram with a caption, “Just met the Beatles.” The black and white picture shows him hugging the three sisters: Este, Danielle and Alana Haim. The sisters also…

Brandy hit back at Jack Harlow with her own freestyle rendition of the latter’s “First Class” on Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning” show on Wednesday (May 25). Brandy’s nearly two-minute freestyle was in response to Harlow’s interview with Hot 97 during which he said he was unable to identify Brandy’s 1998 hit “Angel in…

Pop icon Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalog rights to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a fund backed by private equity firm Blackstone. Hipgnosis announced on Friday that it has bought 100 percent “of all of Justin Timberlake’s copyright, ownership and financial interests of the writer and publisher’s share of public performance income, and the catalog…

Kelly Clarkson has announced a Kellyoke EP based on the hit segment from her daytime talk show, “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” The six-track album, featuring the studio versions of some of her favorite covers performed on the show, will be released on June 9 via Atlantic Records. “Music is in the DNA of everything I…

Kendrick Lamar is the “most popular and influential artist in modern music,” according to Lorde. “I’m loving Kendrick,” the singer-songwriter wrote in her email newsletter to fans. “I cannot get over the most popular and influential artist in modern music displaying a working nervous system, admitting mistakes, trying to process intergenerational trauma and prejudice.” “I…

The inaugural Atlantis Concert for Earth it set to feature performances from Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull and Sting, among others. Atlantis Entertainment announced the first-ever edition of the Atlantis Concert for Earth, a two-day nonprofit concert to promote global conservation efforts. The event is set to take place from July 22 to July 23 in…