UPDATE: Dave Mustaine has now confirmed the rumor that he's recorded a version of Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" for Megadeth's upcoming self-titled final album. Speaking with Rolling Stone, he ...

The Cure's Robert Smith in June 2023 (photo: Adam Bettcher / Getty Images). It took the Cure 16 years to release a studio album after 2008’s 4:13 Dream, but it seems that Robert Smith and company are ...

Taylor Swift's new album has now officially dropped. The global pop icon released her 12 th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Friday, Oct. 3, a few months after Swift confirmed its release in August ...

I love this song so much. Her use of lyrics that reference internet slang and external pressures to reveal her vulnerabilities is just excellent. She has to be everything to all of these people, but ...

All 12 tracks were cowritten and co-produced by Swift with pop powerhouses Max Martin and Shellback. Much like the trio's work on "Reputation," the new music is catchy and bold but often leans cringey ...

You might think that a grueling, record-shattering concert tour would leave a musician so exhausted that they wouldn’t be able to focus on much else. Not for Taylor Swift. “It was so physically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fans returned to Mayhem and consumed it in every way possible ...

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Luke Combs is letting his fans be a part of his next album in a very big way. The country singer said he wanted to crowdsource his next record, and that's exactly what he's doing. "Seriously ...

A native son of the Bronx, Palmieri was a crucial innovator in New York’s Afro-Caribbean music history. The pianist, composer and bandleader has died at 88. By Ed Morales A Nuyorican original, the ...

It's Friday, but for some of you, your new music wishes were granted earlier this week when pop-punk princess Hayley Williams leaked her latest album to her devoted hair salon patrons. (Don't worry, ...

We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not ...