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Lollapalooza 2020 may be canceled due to the pandemic, but a four-night broadcast event will take place from July 30 through Aug. 2 instead. Lolla2020 will feature past headlining sets from Paul McCartney, Outkast, Chance the Rapper and Arcade Fire — who will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album The Suburbs. The event will …

A collaboration between Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri will likely not happen again. “The only reason I say that is because I feel cheated in a way from the ‘20 Y.O.’ album that I did … a lot of people discredit me for that album. It has nothing to do with me and her,” Dupri, …

Taylor Swift’s latest album “Folklore” is breaking the Internet. Since dropping last Thursday at midnight, “Folklore” was streamed 80.6 million times on Spotify, breaking the Swedish company’s record for first-day album streams by a female artist, it said. “Folklore” is also the most-streamed pop album on Apple Music in 24 hours with 35.5 million streams, …

Live theater seems an eternity away in New York, where Broadway shows are on hiatus until at least Jan. 3. But in London, an in-person performance at a major theater was held this past week. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats,” hosted a trial run Thursday of a …

There may be a global pandemic, but A-list couple Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are “Happy Anywhere.” At least that’s the name of the power couple’s latest uplifting country tune dropped Friday, July 24. The nearly 3-minute song kicks off with a banjo riff followed by Shelton’s buttery crooning, “I’ve always been a rolling stone …

Imagine this: You’re all fired up to go see your favorite band at Madison Square Garden, but when you get there, you have to proceed directly to your seat, order food from your phone and make a reservation to go to the restroom. And, oh yeah, the arena will be 20 percent full max. These …

For anyone with big music-festival plans this summer, the countdown to 2021 has already begun in hopes that the coronavirus — the grinch that stole this concert season — will be gone. Here are some of the major fests — and artists — we missed out on in 2020: Coachella CoachellaChristopher Polk/REX The big daddy …

Jermaine Dupri is producing a charity song, “Change,” inspired by “We Are the World” — with planned artists including Johntá Austin, Ne-Yo, Kelly Rowland, Monica, Miguel, Gary Clark Jr., JoJo, Eric Bellinger and Angel. But hitmaker Dupri revealed that he’s taken a page from Quincy Jones when it comes to artists rejecting the opportunity. “I’ve …

Joey Armstrong, the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, has addressed accusations of sexual misconduct by a fellow musician. Armstrong, 25, drummer for punk rock band SWMRS, was accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by Lydia Night of LA band The Regrettes in a statement posted to Instagram Monday. “What I actually …

Kylie Minogue has released the first single from her upcoming album “Disco,” arriving Nov. 6. The song, “Say Something,” is an introspective dance track with lyrics that feel pertinent for our quarantine days: “We’re a million miles apart in a thousand ways … Love is love it never ends, can we all be as one …