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Ed Sheeran has announced an intimate London show in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of his debut album, +. The singer will play the 2,000-capacity Shepherd’s Bush Empire on September 2, and fans can register for a chance to purchase tickets for the show using an online portal that will remain open until 11:59 GMT…

Machine Gun Kelly has dropped “Papercuts,” a track from his upcoming album, Born With Horns. The track was accompanied by a video. The video, which was directed Cole Bennett, begins with a black-and-white footage that shows a bald MGK riding a motorcycle with big horns down Sunset Boulevard. “Bleach my hair, mess it up/Take my…

Rapper Lis Nas X has revealed that he is reluctant to address homophobia within the Hip-Hop & Rap community for fear of getting harassed. In a recent interview with Variety, the 22-year-old openly queer musician shared that he doesn’t “want to speak on a lot of the homophobia within rap because I feel like this…

MTV recently announced the nominees for the 2021 Video Music Awards. Justin Bieber leads the field with a total of seven nominations, including in top categories for Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Best Pop. Megan Thee Stallion follows closely behind with six, most of which recognize her “WAP” collaboration with Cardi…

Beyoncé indicated in a recent interview that she has been in the studio working on new music. “With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again,” Beyoncé said in an interview to be featured in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar.…

Justin Bieber recently announced that he is personally curating a three-day Las Vegas experience, “Justin Bieber & Friends, The Vegas Weekender,” scheduled to take place from October 7-10. “Been planning this one for a while,” Bieber wrote on Instagram. “I’m heading to Vegas and I’m taking some friends.” Bieber is set to headline the event,…

Jessie J took to Instagram on Friday (August 6) to apologize to Nicki Minaj over the confusion that erupted following her remarks about their “Bang Bang” collaboration with Ariana Grande in 2014. “I respect you publicly being yourself @nickiminaj . So here I am being myself,” Jessie captioned her post. “Nicki was played it in…

Riding high on the success of her new album Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish has reclaimed her top spot on the Billboard Artist 100. The 16-track record topped the Billboard 200, earning 238,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data. The album helped the teenage music sensation make a big leap from No. 24 to…

R&B superstar The Weeknd has released an extended version of his most recent single, “Take My Breath.” Taken from the singer’s forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album, the song, originally tracking at 3 minutes 40 seconds, has now received an additional 1 minute and 35 seconds, with the Weeknd prolonging the oh-oh’s in the intro and bridge of…

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” has risen to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated August 14. The song advanced 4-1 in its fourth week on the survey, earning The Kid LAROI his first No. 1 and Bieber his eighth. The Kid LAROI has become the first Australian-born solo…