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On the second episode of John Krasinski’s quarantine talk show,Some Good News, the actor and host surprised 9-year-oldHamilton fan Aubrey with a surprise Zoom call from the cast of the hit musical. Krasinski first promised Aubrey that, once concerns over coronavirus had settled down, he would fly her and her …

Universal Music Group has emerged victorious in a legal dispute over alleged damages sustained in a 2008 vault fire, with a judge dismissing a class action suit originally brought last year by several artists and estates including Soundgarden, the Tupac Shakur estate, Steve Earle and Hole. The decision, filed Monday …

Universal Music Group outlined its plan to help artists, songwriters, and other members of the wider music community who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus has spread in the United States, the music industry has been uniquely affected. First and foremost, the need to eliminate …

Questlove spent his Sunday night spinning a marathon DJ set dubbed “QuestLoversRock,” which offered “the finest in slow jams, slow wine and slow grind” to keep people entertained during their self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The set was livestreamed on YouTube and Instagram, and it’s now available in its entirety …

Chris Martin performed Coldplay tracks, covered David Bowie and answered fans’ questions on Instagram Live on Monday. The broadcast is the first installment of Together, at Home,in which artists perform virtually on the platform in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. “Maybe 9/11 was the last time I felt like …

By 1982, Roy Haynes had been playing drums professionally for close to 40 years. That December, during a concert at the White House with pianist Chick Corea and bassist Miroslav Vitous, he showed that he was still operating on the cutting edge of jazz. Instead of playing it safe and …

UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus epidemic, R. Kelly‘s Brooklyn trial has been postponed from July 7th to September 27th, Reuters reports. The singer, who has asked to be released from behind bars in Chicago amid COVID-19 concerns in prisons, will also face federal charges in Chicago in October. Four months …

Fresh off the success of her hit single “Dance Monkey,” Australian artist Tones and I released two new songs on Thursday. “Bad Child” and “Can’t Be Happy All the Time” mark her first releases since 2019’s The Kids Are Coming EP. “I’ve always wanted to write a song in someone …

Peter Jackson‘s eagerly awaited The Beatles: Get Back, a new documentary on the band during its final year, will be released in theaters by Disney on September 4. Culled from 55 hours of footage shot in early 1969, as the Beatles were recording what would become Let It Be, the …

Bob Dylan has rolled out dates for a U.S. summer tour of arenas and amphitheaters where he’ll be joined by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and the Western swing trio the Hot Club of Cowtown. It kicks off June 4th in Bend, Oregon, at the Les Schwab Amphitheatre and …