Brandon Lake brings big concert tour to San Jose, Sacramento

Brandon Lake, arguably the hottest name right now in contemporary Christian music, is bringing his big arena tour to Northern California. Lake performs Nov. 15 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento and Nov. 16 at SAP Center in San Jose. Tickets start...

Spotify subscribers hit 281 million in Q3

Spotify increased subscriber numbers by 12% year-on-year to 281 million in the third quarter of 2025. In its latest earnings announcement, the streaming giant reported “strong momentum” with that double-digit subscriber growth and surpassing 700...

Jim Gaffigan announces 2026 tour stop at Vina Robles Amphitheatre

Tickets go on sale Friday – Comedian Jim Gaffigan has announced 20 new dates for his 2026 “Everything Is Wonderful!” Tour, including a performance at Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Sunday, June 7. Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Friday,...

Snocaps Announce First-Ever Tour Dates

Snocaps, the new indie-rock band led by twin sisters Katie and Allison Crutchfield, with accompaniment by MJ Lenderman and longtime Waxahatchee producer Brad Cook, have announced their first-ever tour. Check out their full list of tour dates...

Katie and Alison Crutchfield Plot First (and Maybe Only) Snocaps Tour

The sisters, reunited for the first time since P.S. Elliot, will play six shows this December in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York Snocaps — the new band featuring sisters Katie and Allison Crutchfield, as well as MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook —...

AZ concert canceled after singer's assault, arrest

Todd Snider announced the cancellation of his U.S. tour on Nov. 3, the day he was supposed to have performed at the Van Buren in downtown Phoenix, after sustaining “severe injuries” during an assault outside his Salt Lake City hotel. Snider shared...

Legendary Rock Band Toto set to perform in Huntsville in March 2026

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Von Braun Center officials have announced a tour stop for legendary rock band Toto. The California-based band will be rocking the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Tickets will be available starting...

Popular Band Announces First Idaho Show After 4 Year Hiatus

Boise is the best for concerts and fun events. There seems to be a fun concert at least once a week in Boise which is just one of the many great things about living here. While country concerts are the most popular around here there has been a new...

Katy Perry Teases ‘Bandaid’ Single With Bruised & Battered Image

Katy Perry is bruised and battered in a new promo shot for what appears to be her upcoming single, “Bandaids.” The singer who is just a month from winding down her global Lifetimes tour, posted a cryptic image on Tuesday morning (Nov. 4) featuring...

Toto Announce U.S. Tour Including Performance at Four Winds New Buffalo on March 13

General On-Sale Friday, November 7 via WWW.TOTOOFFICIAL.COM Following this past Summer’s tour with Christopher Cross and Men At Work, Toto will stage a tour presenting the band’s “An Evening With” performance. Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams...

In 'The Road,' Keith Urban and Blake Shelton put emerging country artists in front of audiences

Mentoring was part of the game when Blake Shelton was a coach on "The Voice." But when he was starting out in country music, artists weren't always bubbling with advice. "I was given 20 minutes to perform in front of Jamie O'Neal, and I had about...

Singer Waje clears the air on dating rumours with M.I Abaga, says their hit ‘One Naira’ was purely professional

Nigerian singer Waje has finally addressed long-standing rumours about a romantic relationship with rapper M.I Abaga, explaining that their chemistry was simply artistic — not romantic. Speaking on The Honest Bunch Podcast, Waje said the...

The Wave Pictures Announce New Album 'Gained / Lost' With First Single Alice

Photo: The Wave Pictures The Wave Pictures have laid out plans for a new album. The Leicestershire indie stalwarts will release 'Gained / Lost' on February 27 via Bella Union, following up 2022's 'When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings' and the...

Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson Movie Song Sung Blue Gets New Trailer

Focus Features has shared a brand new trailer for Song Sung Blue, the upcoming biographical music drama led by Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman) and Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson (Almost Famous). The movie is scheduled to...

3 Country Artists From the 1970s With Legacies That Will Live on Forever

The 1970s became quite the decade in country music. In the 1970s, numerous artists emerged, artists who enjoyed several years of success before fading away. But some country artists from the 1970s were so good, their music is still lauded as some...

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 2010s That Are Slept on and Deserve a Revisit

Definitively identifying one-hit wonders from the 2010s can feel a bit more tenuous than doing the same for one-time chart-toppers of the 1960s and 70s and 80s. In the latter categories, we have decades to confirm that these artists did not, in...

Japan's biggest publishing house and one of the world's largest manga producers takes aim at OpenAI, accusing it of 'trampling on the dignity of artists'

You may not know the name Shueisha off the top of your head, but you likely know the works it is responsible for. Under its Jump line of magazines, Shueisha published One Piece, Dragon Ball, Demon Slayer, and recent mega hit Chainsaw Man. This is...

On This Day in 2007, the Biggest Band of the 1970s Went No. 1 in the UK After a 28-Year Hiatus

Who do you think was the biggest band of the 1970s? Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, or The Who? Those are all fair guesses, but the majority of music lovers would likely agree that the biggest band of the 1970s was the Eagles. During...

Sabrina Claudio to bring headlining tour to Phoenix

Special to Independent Newsmedia Singer-songwriter Sabrina Claudio will bring her North American headline tour to Phoenix this spring. Her anticipated return to the stage with the Fall In Love With Her run kicks off in Florida before the 15-date...

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