Month: October 2023

Wicked — the wildly successful Broadway musical about the story of Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (Glinda the Good Witch) — celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and rising pop stars Reneé Rapp and Lizzy McAlpine are getting in on the festivities. At the first New York stop of her Snow Hard Feelings Tour, Rapp invited McAlpine onstage to perform an emotional rendition of “For Good,” […]

City Girls’ JT is setting the record straight on what she really fought with Lil Uzi Vert about at the BET Awards. Jung Kook’s “Seven” featuring Latto became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams in Spotify history, the streaming platform announced. The MAMA Awards have revealed the second round of performers for their 2023 show: ENHYPEN, (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, SEVENTEEN, TXT and more are set to hit the […]

Jason Aldean and Brittany Aldean took the political route for their Halloween costumes this year, taking to Instagram on Tuesday (Oct. 31) to share a skit in which they acted as Donald Trump and Joe Biden during a presidential debate. In the nearly four-minute clip, Brittany takes on the role of Biden, depicting him as disoriented and senile. Meanwhile, the “She’s Country” singer played Trump, entering the stage to Village […]

Just like the zombies, vampires and ghouls that inspired him, Bobby “Boris” Pickett rises from the dead every October to haunt the radio, streaming services, TV commercials and the hundreds of products named after his 1962 smash “Monster Mash.” “Every single year my entire life, I get to hear my grandfather’s voice for a month,” says Pickett’s grandson, Jordan Huus, 34. “And he’s not crooning or loudly singing. I get […]

Nashville music publishing company Boom Music Group has severed ties with SESAC Nashville Music Awards’ 2020 songwriter of the year Matthew McGinn, after felony and misdemeanor charges were filed against him on Oct. 28 in Davidson County, Tenn. “Boom Music Group is extremely saddened about the reprehensible events that transpired this weekend with Matt McGinn,” the company said in a statement provided to Billboard. “We have zero tolerance for this […]

Zayn Malik had already been dreaming of making a splash in the non-alcoholic beverage industry before Kristina Roth came into the mix. All he needed was the right partner, and Roth — who last year founded Mixoloshe, a brand dedicated to mimicking adult drinks minus the hangover — fit that bill. Related Zayn Malik Is Now the Co-Owner of a Mocktail Brand: Where to Buy Mixoloshe Online 10/31/2023 Now, the ex-boy-bander […]

Bandcamp United, the Bandcamp employees union, accused Songtradr of unfair labor practices in a filing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Sunday (Oct. 29).  Epic Games announced that it was selling Bandcamp to Songtradr at the end of September. Subsequently, more than half of the Bandcamp staff was laid off, including all eight elected members of Bandcamp’s collective bargaining committee. The NLRB filing, from OPEIU Tech Local 1010, […]

Flavor Flav surprised fans on Sunday (Oct. 29), when the Public Enemy member took the court to perform the National Anthem at the Fiserv Forum before the Milwaukee Bucks took on the Atlanta Hawks. Following the performance, users on X (formerly known as Twitter) questioned Flav’s decision to sing the National Anthem, as he and bandmate Chuck D’s music is heavy on radical political activism — even down to their […]

Despite picking up the inaugural MTV Video Music Award for best afrobeats (“Calm Down,” with Rema) and scoring her 13th top 10 hit on Pop Airplay with “Single Soon,” Selena Gomez says she’s taking a step back from social media. Related Hulu Renews ‘Only Murders in the Building’ For a Fourth Season 10/31/2023 In a message shared to her Instagram Story on Monday evening (Oct. 30), the “Love You Like A […]