• Doug Supernaw, ‘Reno’ country singer, dead at 60

    Doug Supernaw, ‘Reno’ country singer, dead at 60

    He had hits in the early 1990s including “I Don’t Call Him Daddy.”
  • Rapper King Von, 26, shot and killed near Atlanta nightclub

    Rapper King Von, 26, shot and killed near Atlanta nightclub

    He was one of six people allegedly shot in a gunfight.
  • Paris Jackson mines her heartache for solo debut album

    Paris Jackson mines her heartache for solo debut album

    She describes nursing a broken heart as a literal “aching in your chest.”
  • Akon just unveiled his $6B ‘futuristic’ city in Senegal; reviews are mixed

    Akon just unveiled his $6B ‘futuristic’ city in Senegal; reviews are mixed

    DAKAR, Senegal — The twisting metallic skyscrapers planned for Akon City look like they could sprout on Mars in the distant future – blueprints that scream: Bring your hoverboard. But Akon, the R&B singer who split his youth between this West African country and New Jersey, said his $6 billion eponymous development project will transform …
  • Todd Nance, Widespread Panic founding drummer, dead at 57

    Todd Nance, Widespread Panic founding drummer, dead at 57

    Todd Nance, founding drummer and 30-year member of the Southern rock jam band Widespread Panic, has died at the age of 57. The group and Nance’s family confirmed the drummer’s death Wednesday, adding that Nance died in Athens, Georgia, following “sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness.” “With heavy hearts and loving memories, …
  • New posthumous Prince song ‘Cosmic Day’ is giddy, guitar-charged rave-up

    New posthumous Prince song ‘Cosmic Day’ is giddy, guitar-charged rave-up

    The Prince vault is the gift that keeps on giving. Four years after His Purple Majesty’s death, he continues to give us life with “new” music. “Cosmic Day,” released on Thursday, is the latest of Prince’s unreleased tracks to come from the royal afterlife. Recorded in 1986, the giddy, guitar-charged rave-up — think “Delirious” meets …
  • Perry Farrell is putting out a $300 box set called ‘The Glitz; The Glamour’

    Perry Farrell is putting out a $300 box set called ‘The Glitz; The Glamour’

    Lollapalooza creator Perry Farrell is putting out a box set called “The Glitz; The Glamour.” The release will give fans a look at his career outside of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros, including tunes from his early band, Psi Com, through his most recent album, “Kind Heaven,” with remixes and rarities. The $300 set …
  • Prince protégée Lianne La Havas is driven to ‘uplift’ her black fans

    Prince protégée Lianne La Havas is driven to ‘uplift’ her black fans

    Last August, British Prince protégée Lianne La Havas spent a very special day in Brooklyn: She performed at the Afropunk festival before her 30th birthday party later that night. This summer, though, any such celebrations are on a coronavirus pause, leaving her reflective. “I think I would’ve played longer if I had known,” said La …
  • Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison announce 2021 makeup tour dates

    Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison announce 2021 makeup tour dates

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  • Rupert Hine, producer for Tina Turner, the Fixx and Rush, dead at 72

    Rupert Hine, producer for Tina Turner, the Fixx and Rush, dead at 72

    British producer and songwriter Rupert Hine — who worked with musicians including Tina Turner, Rush, Stevie Nicks, the Thompson Twins, Bob Geldof, the Fixx, Suzanne Vega and Howard Jones — has died at 72. No cause was given for his death, which was confirmed by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, for whom he served …