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Steve Harwell, the original lead singer for the beloved 1990s and early 2000s rock band Smash Mouth, is reportedly on his deathbed.

R&B singer Akon is hyping his centrally planned community in Senegal, the country of his childhood, promising that every African American who invests with him will become a millionaire. In addition, he says if they collectively leave the U.S. for Africa, they could do real damage to the country that has oppressed them so much.

Pop star Lady Gaga shouted out the cause of “trans rights” before performing her 2011 hit “Born This Way” in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Prominent classical music conductor John Eliot Gardiner is pulling out of all engagements until next year after allegedly hitting a singer backstage following a concert.

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a yacht multiple times. The pop star’s lawyers say the story is “meritless” — and she was previously warned she could be charged for filing a false police report.

Rapper Eminem has sent 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter asking him to quit performing his songs on the campaign trail.

Britney Spears ‘ husband, Sam Asghari, has filed for divorce from the superstar 14 months after they were married, a person familiar with the filing said late Wednesday.

Singer Oliver Anthony emerged out of nowhere this week to score a major social media hit with his folk song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which has now reached the No. 1 spot on iTunes.

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins is fighting for his life after being stabbed several times on Saturday in a British jail.

Rock ‘n’ roll icon Mick Fleetwood has announced on Instagram that his restaurant, Fleetwoods on Front Street, has been destroyed in this week’s wildfires in Hawaii.

Virginia folk singer Oliver Anthony’s smoldering delivery of a defiant protest song has resonated with ordinary Americans crushed by the indifference of the elites who run their world.

Renowned opera singer David Daniels and his husband have pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston.

Rapper Cardi B showed that she wasn’t going to stand there and take it as a fan threw a drink at her during a Saturday concert at a Las Vegas club.

Gospel Singer Tori Kelly broke her silence on the medical emergency she recently suffered, thanking her fans for their prayers and saying she still has more to discover about what happened to her body.

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, according to a report by the Irish Times.

“I love our country, I love my family, and I will do anything to protect that,” Jason Aldean says in response to hatred for his hit song “Try That in a Small Town.”

Malaysia’s government Saturday cut short a music festival after the lead singer of British band The 1975 slammed the country’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate during their performance.

Score another one for male feminists, as “Justin Sane,” lead singer of the tirelessly preachy punk band Anti-Flag, has been indirectly accused of sexual assault — apparently prompting the band to break up and go completely dark online.

Country music star Jason Aldean is thanking fans for support after he fell ill from heat stroke and had to leave the stage at his Saturday concert in Hartford, Conn.

Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who charmed France with her English grace, style and accented French, has died at age 76.

Trans pop star Kim Petras, a male who identifies as a woman, says lawmakers “shouldn’t ban hormone therapy” as several U.S. states and European nations have restricted medical interventions for gender dysphoria in children.

Josh Kiszka, lead singer of the rock band Greta Van Fleet, has reacted to anti-grooming legislation in Tennessee by announcing that he has been in a same sex-relationship for nearly a decade.

Houston rapper Big Pokey, whose real name was Milton Powell, died on Sunday at the age of 45, just moments after collapsing onstage during a performance.

Hans Zimmer, the two-time Academy Award-winning composer, proposed to his partner on stage in London, prompting raucous applause from the audience.

Country star Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart for a 10th straight week.

Country singer Maren Morris said during her speech at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday that she “felt a little badass” when former Fox News host Tucker Carlson called her a “lunatic.”

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran says he’ll quit music if he loses a $100 million plagiarism suit filed by the heirs of Ed Townsend, the co-writer of the late Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get it On.”

Leon “Roccstar” Youngblood Jr. held a would-be intruder at gun point until police arrived at his mansion in a gated community Monday.

Pop star Miley Cyrus’ Happy Hippie Foundation donated to an LGBTQ organization that specifically targets children in response to a Wisconsin school district banning the singer’s “Rainbowland” song in an elementary school.

An in-depth genetic study of the German composer’s DNA has dispelled longstanding myths and claims the composer had African roots.

Country star Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this weekend.

Former Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall has detailed how Antifa tried to “destroy” him after he endorsed a book by journalist Andy Ngo exposing the inner workings of the violent left-wing group.

NEW YORK (AP) — Günther Groissböck was about to walk onstage at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre for the first act of a new “Lohengrin” production last winter when his wife, Isabel, texted that she and their 12-year-old daughter were about to

British singer Harry Styles won the top awards on Saturday at the UK’s biggest popular music prizes, the Brit Awards, while acknowledging his “privilege” for triumphing in a supposedly gender-neutral category that featured no female artists.

Pop queen Beyoncé on Sunday reigned supreme at the Grammys, breaking the all-time record for wins with her 32nd prize and fourth of the night to resounding applause.

The Brit Awards announced they will be reviewing a gender-neutral policy after all of the nominees for the top award were all men.