It is being reported that the K-Pop boy band X1 are breaking up because of a voting scandal on the TV show that created them. The group was formed as a result of a South Korean television show called Produce, which ran from 2016 and 2019 and let audien…
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George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ Enters the Public Domain
“Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin is entering the public domain, along with other works from 1924. Not everyone is happy about it. With the coming of the new year, many of Gershwin’s compositions are now freely available to adapt,…
Rare, Unreleased Rolling Stones Recordings Surface on YouTube
On New Year’s Eve, a collection of around 75 unreleased Rolling Stones songs were temporarily posted onto YouTube, in an apparent attempt to extend the term of the songs’ copyrights. According to Variety, the songs included outtakes that th…
Mariah Carey Becomes First Artist with No. 1 Hits in Four Separate Decades
Pop superstar Mariah Carey has reached a milestone no other artist can claim: she has had a Billboard No. 1 song in four separate decades. Carey also scored the very first Hot 100 No. 1 song of the 2020s. Though it is not for a new song. Instead, it is…
Ed Sheeran Is Going Off-Grid for an Indefinite Period
Singer Ed Sheeran announced on Instagram that he is taking another hiatus from both music and social media. In a Christmas Eve post, he wrote: Hello all. Gonna go on another break again. The Divide era and tour changed my life in so many ways, but now …
Juice WRLD Freestyle Recording Surfaces — “One of the Greatest Freestyles Ever”
A British radio DJ has released a clip of Juice WRLD performing a 14-minute freestyle only weeks after the rapper’s tragic death. Charlie Sloth released the recording as part of a series that he has been running called Fire in the Booth. The rapp…
What Taylor Swift Controversy? Big Machine Signs Sugarland
All the controversy relating to Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records have not stopped the record label from signing the country music duo Sugarland. This is not the first partnership between Big Machine and Sugarland, which consists of Jennifer Nettles…
On-Again, Off-Again Guitarist John Frusciante Rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Frusciante, who has been the on-and-off guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is rejoining the band, according to a post on the group’s official Instagram account, which also announced that Josh Klinghoffer was leaving them. Klinghoffer ha…
BTS Member Jin Could Faces Serious Travel Restrictions in 2020
According to a report from Newsweek, Singer Jin of K-Pop sensation BTS may face severe restrictions in regards to performances overseas next year while he serves in the South Korean military. The situation in some ways echoes what happened in the Unite…
Huey Lewis Contemplated Suicide After Hearing Loss
In a recent interview, pop legend Huey Lewis described how he considered killing himself after being diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, which left him with severe hearing loss. Lewis first experienced symptoms of the disease, which also causes tinnitus …