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The Chinese Embassy in France has put out a song attacking American democracy, in a move that has sparked confusion and mockery online. The Chinese embassy in France has become embroiled in an online storm of puzzlement and mockery after

Brian May, guitarist for the British rock group Queen, blasted the “predatory” press for “subtly twisting” his crciticism of cancel culture.

Detroit rocker Kid R0ck roasts millennials in his new anti-woke anthem, “Don’t Tell Me How to Live,” in which he slams wokeness and how America has become “a nation full of pussies.” “Years ago, we all thought it was a

Rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed Wednesday at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, and a search is underway for the shooter, officials said.

The family of Ezra Blount, who was on life support for days after he was injured at Astroworld, confirmed that he died on Sunday.

Brass Against, a rock band who covers famous rock songs with horn arrangements, has expressed regret after its lead singer urinated on an audience member’s face during a concert Thursday.

A nine-year-old boy who attended rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas, is reportedly fighting for his life.

Blues guitarist Robert Cray has dropped out of Eric Clapton’s U.S. tour citing the British guitar legend’s anti-lockdown stance as well as his opposition to coronavirus vaccine mandates.

Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons took aim at unvaccinated people during a recent interview, referring to them as “the enemy.”

Rapper Travis Scott and the entertainment company Live Nation are now facing an additional seven lawsuits in the wake of chaos that ensued Friday at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas, where at least eight people were killed.

An Arizona man accused of supplying the dealer who sold Mac Miller the drugs that killed the rapper has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Van Morrison is being sued for libel by Northern Ireland’s Health Minister after the singer called him “dangerous” for his lockdown policies.

Struck with grief, tens of thousands of fans gathered Saturday to pay tribute to Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers who was killed a day earlier in an airplane crash at age 26.

Senior Taliban officials denied links this weekend to self-proclaimed Taliban jihadists who killed three and injured as many as ten people at a wedding in Afghanistan for playing music.

Writer Paul Bois breaks down the greatest horror film scores of all time, from Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later” to Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”

“Let’s Go, Brandon” has transformed from a jocular meme into a ubiquitous subject for protest songs about President Joe Biden, with the latest rap adaption of the chant from rapper Forgiato Blow going viral to the tune of nearly 1 million YouTube views.

German composers Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss are among 45 historical figures whose names could be removed from city streets in Munich due to their political beliefs.

A 37-year-old performer was killed on-stage by falling scenery during a Moscow opera this weekend, Russian media reports said.

Celebrity music producer and Joe Biden supporter Diplo — whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz — could face charges over sexual misconduct allegations made against him last year.

Hip-hop legend Afrika Bambaataa has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking a 12-year-old boy starting in 1991.

Rapper Drake is facing backlash for a sample credited to R&B singer R. Kelly — who is currently on trial for allegations of racketeering, sex trafficking, and child pornography — on his new song, “TSU.”

Rapper Kanye West has released his 10th studio album, Donda, after several delays and high-profile listening parties to promote it.

Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died. He was 84.

A rock band canceled an Iowa concert because of the state’s vaccine passport ban.

The superstar-laden “Homecoming Concert” in New York City’s Central Park was canceled because of dangerous weather as Hurricane Henri approached the Northeast on Saturday.

It’s no longer “raining men” as The Weather Girls’ hit 1982 song “It’s Raining Men” was given a woke makeover by transgender singer Mila Jam, who remixed and renamed the chart-topping tune “It’s Raining Them.”

Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get Down On It,” has died. He was 70.

Morgan Wallen made a surprise appearance on stage, six months after being called on the carpet for uttering the “n-word” among friends.

Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been detained by Beijing police on suspicion of rape, police announced Saturday, following an accusation the former member of the Korean boy band EXO lured young women into sexual relationships.

The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate, an attorney involved in the mediation said Friday.

A three-year-old pianist recently became the youngest individual to win a prestigious music competition which earned her a performance slot at Carnegie Hall.

Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88.

New York punk rocker John Joseph — vocalist for the bands Bloodclot and Cro-Mags — responded to backlash over a large punk show recently held in New York City, proclaiming “cancel culture can go fuck themselves” and adding that punk rock will “carry on what we’ve been doing for decades.”

The Telegraph reports that University of Oxford academics have complained that “Teaching notation which has not ‘shaken off its connection to its colonial past’ would be a ‘slap in the face’ for some students”, as it has “complicity in white supremacy”.

BARCELONA, Spain — If one overlooked the white face masks dotting the tightly packed crowd of music lovers, it was almost like pre-pandemic times in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi concert hall Saturday night.