Press — 2026-09-16

2:16 PM EDT on September 16, 2026 Brooklyn's Market Hotel sometimes gets wrapped up in controversy. The latest drama involves In Tha Fest, a North Carolina-based music festival focused on underground rap. They booked a NYFW show at the venue for Monday (Sept. 14) featuring Percaso and EA TJ. Market …

The Toronto rapper debuts new collaborations with Don Toliver, Yeat and PartyNextDoor before confirming his return to the road. After weeks of cryptic teasers and rampant fan speculation, Drake finally unveiled Fear of Missing Out on Tuesday night, though with a few hours of delay. The Toronto rappe…

''Back to the Beginning'' film, which captures Osbourne's star-studded farewell gig, has been mixed in surround sound for stadium feel Ozzy Osbourne in 2024. Ozzy Osbourne‘s emotional goodbye to his fans will be the subject of the upcoming concert film Back to the Beginning, which will hit movie t…

''I won't let anyone take advantage of me by overcharging me and running up bills that were never approved," Combs said Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2023 Sean Combs’ civil attorneys have dropped him as a client, citing six months of unpaid legal fees and an increasingly strained relationship with the Bad…

The Québec duo are also nominated in 11 categories at the ADISQ Awards. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passionate advocate for underground music and a music…

12:28 PM EDT on September 16, 2026 Last month, the Houston venue White Oak Music Hall hosted an event from Ken Paxton, the far right extremist who is currently running for Senate in a much-watched Texas race. The same night that Paxton spoke at White Oak Music Hall, Meet Me @ The Altar and Leisure H…

The Québec diva's Paris residency sparks global interest in her vast catalogue. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passionate advocate for underground music and…

Jade Thirlwall has revealed she has a rare health condition that leaves her unable to burp. The former Little Mix star explained the condition has "caused issues" throughout her life and has hit out at those "commenting on her weight". Jade disclosed she had been diagnosed with Retrograde Cricophary…

The sprawling film also featured an intimate moment between Drake’s mom and her best friends Drake revealed his much teased project, ‘Fear of Missing Out,’ Sept. 15 Drake revealed his elusive project, “Fear of Missing Out,” on Tuesday night. While the video was slated to rollout at 9 p.m. …

10:55 AM EDT on September 16, 2026 Before she started her Snail Mail project, Lindsey Jordan had a Liz Phair cover band called Lizard Phair. In 2018, Jordan and Phair did a Pitchfork interview together (with former Stereogummer Claire Lobenfeld, shout out) and Jordan said, "I would have thought of s…

10:08 AM EDT on September 16, 2026 In 2022, a woman named Julia Misley (formerly Julia Holcomb) sued Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in the '70s, when she was a minor. Misley filed her lawsuit in the final days of the Child Victims Act, a 2019 law that temporar…

The Sept. 28 trial date was vacated Tuesday as the judge said she recently discovered the basis for her disqualification and couldn't take further action A judge has recused herself from a high-profile sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. A Los Angeles County judge abruptl…

Finneas, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe withdrew after Macklemore was forced off the trek following a pressure campaign over his comments in support of Palestinians Finneas in April 2026. Finneas and every other artist supporting Ed Sheeran on his Loop Tour have withdrawn from the trek after Macklemor…

Dana Margolin, ex-frontperson of the Brighton rock outfit Porridge Radio, has shared their first single as a solo artist. “Big Beautiful Sound” is a spare acoustic ballad; according to press materials, Margolin set themselves a challenge that all of the song’s elements had to fit on an 8-track…

Nearly a year after her debut mixtape, Time Flies, Dexter in the Newsagent is back. “Fantasy,” the singer-songwriter and producer’s first song of 2026, follows a tail of promotion behind the album including European festival dates and a video for “Stranger to Love.” Join the south Londoner…

Longtime collaborators Aesop Rock and Blockhead have another album on the way. Trouble Mountain, the follow-up to 2021’s co-billed Garbology, features guest verses from Open Mike Eagle, Hanni El Khatib, and more. The full tracklist is below along with the first single and an animated music video of …

The Weeknd says the "gratitude" he's felt over the last year amid his record-breaking After Hours Til Dawn tour made him reverse his decision to abandon his stage name. The Timeless hitmaker says the past year on tour convinced him to keep performing “as long as I possibly can.” He told GQ Hong Kong…

La Roux has revealed a "nervous breakdown" was behind her decade away from the spotlight. In a new TikTok, the 38-year-old singer spilled all on a difficult period in her life and career that led her to flee from public life. She wrote across a clip of her sipping a drink soundtracked to a remix of …

Kevin Morby found a way to synthesize his soaring and heartfelt indie rock as a singer-songwriter on May’s Little Wide Open, and he’s back with a new song that does the same. The jangly “PBJ” is about opening yourself up to the world, and there by his side to bring that emotion into focus ar…

A new Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box set, Origins 1971-1978, is on the way to mark the band’s 50th birthday. Out November 6 via UMe, the 5xLP collection comprehensively documents the incubation and early years of the band around its formation in 1976. One of the discs, No Sleep Til L.A., whic…

After they wrap their months-long, likely pyro-filled Sphere residency, Metallica will hit the road for a run of North American tour dates across the West, South, and Midwest. Those kick off next May in Vancouver. A full list of stops is below. The trek is a continuation of the group’s massive M72 T…

MUNA will begin their upcoming tour without bandmate Naomi McPherson while they care for their terminally ill mother. The indie pop trio - featuring Naomi, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin - announced on Instagram on Tuesday that the guitarist and synth player will miss at least the first five shows o…

Roger Waters has blasted Ed Sheeran after Macklemore was removed from his tour over his pro-Palestine speeches. The Pink Floyd rocker has waded into the ongoing debate surrounding the decision to remove Macklemore as the opening act from Sheeran's tour after he gave a speech in support of Palestine …

The 2026 Latin Grammys are just two months away, and today, the Latin Recording Academy revealed a list of nominees. Leading the pack this year with 10 nods is songwriter Edgar Barrera, who is nominated for collaborations with Karol G, Carín Leon, and more. He’s followed by Karol G herself, Rosal…

Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul are back with their first single in four years. The introduction to the next era after 2022’s Topical Dancer is “Googoo Gaga,” another co-production from Pupul and the duo’s longtime collaborators (and fellow Belgians) Soulwax. Check out Lennert Madou’s …

Drake briefly premiered his Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) project on YouTube on Tuesday (15.09.26) - only for it to vanish shortly after its premiere. The film, which Drake labelled a “not-so-short” release, stitched together fresh music videos from his three-album summer run and included several previ…

Lily Allen has confirmed she downsized her North American tour because of low ticket sales. Back in July, the 41-year-old singer announced a significant reshuffle for her West End Girl tour, with several arena shows switched to theatres, and one gig in Montreal cancelled altogether. Asked about the …

New Order's Gillian Gilbert is "living with cancer". It was announced in June that the keyboardist and her husband, drummer Stephen Morris, would not be part of the True Faith group's upcoming concerts "due to personal health reasons", and now the 65-year-old musician has spoken out to stress it is …

American Idol is moving production from Los Angeles to the Atlanta area in Georgia. Deadline reports that the show is moving in time for its upcoming Season 25, which premieres in the new year. Its production company, Fremantle, is in final talks with a studio complex in the area but has not yet sig…

Ed Sheeran has broken his silence on the fallout from Macklemore's pro-Palestine on-stage statement. The singer distanced himself from the decision to axe the rapper from his tour, blaming "the venue and promoter" for the move. "Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine…

Maluma has announced the arrival of his second child. On Tuesday, the Colombian superstar took to Instagram to share that his girlfriend, Susana Gómez, had given birth to a baby boy the previous day. The couple named their son Orión Londoño Gómez. In addition, Maluma - real name Juan Luis Londoño Ar…

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Rock Label: Merge Release Date: 2026 Owen Williams wrote the last Tubs album, Cotton Crown, in the midst of a breakdown. But the harder you squint at their catalog, the harder it is to surmise what is breakdown and what is not. The W…

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Electronic / Pop/R&B Label: Ghostly International Release Date: 2026 Haruomi Hosono has been at the vanguard of pop music for the majority of his nearly 60-year career. He spearheaded Japan’s folk-rock boom in the 1970s with Happy En…

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Rap Label: self-released Release Date: 2026 Seconds into her debut mixtape, Karrahbooo steps out of the spotlight. “I don’t want to link, I stay out the way,” she explains on “Inside the Booth,” tone unphased enough to back it up. It…

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Label: Kid Katana Release Date: 2026 It’s easy to forget—especially today—that being retro can actually mean being modern. Retro styles let artists treat history like a patchwork: transmuting an homage into something new, using the past to …

All remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit after rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. Among them are Finneas, who noted, "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed." Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe an…

Drake must be stopped. In a year when he’s already dropped two-and-a-half hours of new music—plus 18 accompanying music videos—the rapper has (at least) one more trick up his sleeve. In August, he began teasing something called “Fear of Missing Out,” which last week he described as “a not so short f…