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Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, Beck, Massive Attack, and Dua Lipa are among the artists set to play the Primavera Sound Festival in 2022. The Primavera Sound Festival, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, is set to return next year. The festival will take place over two weekends – between June 2 and 4 and between…

Olivia Rodrigo has earned her second No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, with “Good 4 U,” from her debut album Soar, debuting atop the tally. The strong debut by “Good 4 U” follows the success of the pop phenom’s “Drivers License,” which stayed atop the chart for eight weeks after its debut…

Kelly Clarkson gave an energetic performance during the “Kellyoke” segment on the episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Monday (May 24), covering Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven.” Mars released “Locked Out of Heaven” as the lead single from his sophomore studio album Unorthodox Jukebox in 2012. He earned his fourth No. 1 on…

Lana Del Rey has released three brand-new tracks from her forthcoming studio album, Blue Banisters. Titled “Blue Banisters,” “Text Book,” and “Wildflower Wildfire,” the new singles are supposed “buzz tracks in anticipation of her upcoming 8th studio album,” revealed a press release. Del Rey co-wrote the songs “Blue Banisters” and “Text Book” alongside Gabriel Edward…

Verzuz Co-Creators Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have announced that they will face off against each other in a rematch during Memorial Day weekend. The two iconic Hip-Hop producers will meet at LIV nightclub in Miami and will kick off the event at 5PM PT / 8PM ET on Sunday, May 30. The showdown was announced…

The Ericsson Globe, one of the most popular arenas in Sweden, has been renamed Avicii Arena as a tribute to the late Avicii. Avicii’s father made the announcement on Wednesday, May 19, about three years after the Swedish DJ-producer died. Avicii, born Tim Bergling, died at age 28 in 2018 by suicide. “It was a…

Bruno Mars has reportedly sold a portion of his song catalog to music publishing company Warner Chappell Music. According to Billboard, the pop superstar sold a share of his song catalog to Warner Chappell “more than six months ago.” Mars, however, didn’t sell 100% of his share, retaining a minority stake in the songs sold…

Queen + Adam Lambert on Tuesday announced an extra U.K. show on the band’s twice-postponed Rhapsody UK & European tour, now set for 2022, as well as additional dates in mainland Europe. The band is already set to play a pair of shows each in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow and a 10-day run at London’s…

Twenty One Pilots recently released their new single “Saturday” a few days ahead of the release of their sixth album, Scaled and Icy. “happy tuesday. here is Saturday. see you friday,” they wrote on Twitter, and also shared a YouTube link for the song’s lyric video. The Twenty One Pilots duo had earlier released “Shy…

Maroon 5 have revealed the tracklist for their upcoming seventh album, Jordi, which includes posthumous collaborations with Nipsey Hussle and Juice WRLD. Jordi is a tribute to Maroon 5’s late manager Jordan Feldstein and will drop on June 11. Feldstein died at age 40 in 2017 of a pulmonary embolism. “[It’s] named after our late,…