Five months after the federal government passed the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) to assist independent venue owners, promoters and other small live music businesses who’ve been dormant during the pandemic, applicants are finally beginning to receive grant approval notices. Getting a grant approved means venues still must wait to …

Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti have released a (literally) explosive visual for their hit single “Miss the Rage,” directed by Nick Walker. The visual sees the pair of rappers, dressed in goth-vampire couture, dumping gasoline on a car and performing in front of it as it goes up in flames. …

UPDATE (5/26): Megan Thee Stallion has been added as a Summerfest headliner with a September 16th show at the festival. Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, Chris Stapleton, and the Jonas Brothers are among the artists that will headline gigs during Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Summerfest, now scheduled to take place this September. …

On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Bun B has released “This World,” whose video serves as a capsule of intense, historic protest against anti-black racism. “They’ve been treating my people like they unequal since the slave ships,” the …

A group of immortal heroes are reunited in the new trailer for Marvel’s Eternals, which is set to arrive on November 5th. Eternals was directed by recent Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and is centered around the titular group of superheroes, who have been secretly living on Earth for thousands of years …

Billie Eilish has announced a world tour in support of her upcoming album, Happier Than Ever. The 32-date trek is set to launch February 3rd, 2022 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans and wrap with a three-night stand at the Forum in Los Angeles, April 6th through 9th. …

When the songwriting and production credits for Olivia Rodrigo‘s highly anticipated debut album Sour were released on Thursday, fans quickly noted writing credits for Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on Rodrigo’s fourth track “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back.” The two numbers even make a “13,” a subtle nod to …

Since releasing Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift has left fans impatiently speculating on which of her rerecorded albums will come next. Her new take on 1989‘s “Wildest Dreams” was featured in the trailer for the upcoming animated film Spirit Untamed, which seemed like a tip-off that a remake of her …

Death Cab for Cutie have announced a short run of shows on the West Coast this September. The seven-date trek will launch September 4th at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in Missoula, Montana, and wrap September 13th at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. (The run also includes a previously announced September …

J. Cole‘s “Interlude,” the lead single from his just released album The Off-Season, shot to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, ending a month-long run for Polo G‘s “Rapstar.” Cole self-produced the new track along with T-Minus and Tommy Parker. It pulled in 23 million streams …