Steve Earle has a lot of 50th anniversary events to talk about, but he’s very clear about what’s bringing him on his Fifty Years of Songs and Stories tour, which starts May 25 in Decatur, Alabama. Earle tells Billboard, “It’s been 50 years since I signed my first publishing contract. I’m now officially in the music business.” In Texas, Earle
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The DJ Khaled is a master at advertising. From his exciting Snapchat trips that kept his fans on the edge of their seats almost ten years ago, he can make almost anything into a popular video. Ashton Hall is a content creator who has gone popular for his crazy daily routine videos. Whether it’s his Saratoga water ice face washes
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Fans have been counting down the days until June 2025 ever since RM, Suga, V, Jimin, and Jung Kook joined the South Korean military, making them the last members of BTS to do so. Jin and j-hope had joined months earlier. That’s because, after 18 months of mandatory service, the last five Bangtan Boys will have finished their duties to
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Daniel Williams, who used to play drums for the Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, died Thursday morning (May 22) in a plane crash in San Diego. The crash also killed Dave Shapiro, a music agent from Sound Talent Group. According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, six people died when the plane clipped a power line
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Hits like “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica, “You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain, “My Way” by Usher, and “Too Close” by Next ruled the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1998. But outside of the mainstream, there was another kind of music playing in clubs in big cities across the U.S. and other countries. This was dance
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A big compilation album from Trax Records is coming out next month as part of the label’s 40th anniversary events. Trax Records: The 40th Anniversary Collection comes out digitally and on vinyl on June 20. It includes singles and remixes by house pioneers like Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Ron Carroll, Frankie Bones, and Joey Beltram. It also includes work by
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Rob Thomas is going back to Australia. In October and November, the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty will go on a solo tour of Australia and New Zealand to promote his new record All Night Days and mark the 20th anniversary of his first solo album, Something to Be, which came out in 2005. Thomas will start the tour with
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The sister of Gigi Hadid, Marielle Hadid, said that she put Travis Kelce in touch with Taylor Swift before the two started dating. Marielle talked about reading tarot cards for Taylor Swift before the pop star’s Eras Tour show in Santa Clara, California, in the summer of 2023 on the “Nice Girls Don’t Win” podcast. Travis Kelce had said that
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