One of pop’s best-kept secrets of 2026 out, as the news is out that Olivia Rodrigo and the Cure’s Robert Smith have a full-on duet on her forthcoming album, which is less than a week away from release. The reveal came in the form of Rodrigo bringing Smith out at the Primavera Sound festival partway […]

Charlie Puth took to his Instagram Story to announce that he’s sick and must cancel his Saturday show in Orlando, Fla. “I am so devastated to do this, but I have to cancel tonight’s show,” Puth wrote. “I’ve been sick for the last few days and am now being instructed to rest or else risk […]

The only way Daniel Pemberton, who elects not to work on many franchise films or sequels, was going to get on board with scoring the new “Masters of the Universe” film was if he could create Queen and ABBA-inspired music. Thankfully, not only was that the exact sound director Travis Knight wanted, but while recording […]

Sam Reid isn’t a rock star, but he plays one on TV. Although, anyone who attended the June 2 premiere party for “The Vampire Lestat” at New York’s Beacon Theatre could have sworn Reid was the real deal. In full character as the show’s vampire-turned-rocker Lestat de Lioncourt, Reid performed six original songs from the […]

Olivia Rodrigo staged a surprise popup set at Primavera Sound on Saturday, which included the debut of her new collaboration with Robert Smith of The Cure. The song, titled “what’s wrong with me,” comes from Rodrigo’s upcoming album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (due out…

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Turns out there’s another reason Sean Penn opted to skip out on this year’s Oscars ceremony: selfies. Not that Penn is some ghoul who fears having his soul taken by these newfangled camera devices. (That would make for a really great A24 film, FYI.) Rather, as Penn told CNN’s Kaitlan…

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The Cure returned to the stage at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on Friday night for their first performance in nearly two years. Robert Smith led the band through a 29-song headlining set that included several surprises, including the first performances of  the Lovesong B-Side “2 Late” since 2019 and of…

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Following a run of surprise pop-up acoustic shows across the country — culminating in a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden (read our review) — Phoebe Bridgers has announced “The Lost Tour,” her first full-band solo outing since “The Reunion Tour” wrapped in early 2023. Learn more about Phoebe Bridgers’…

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On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the premiere of “Confessions II – The Film.” The screening was followed by a Q&A with the queen of pop herself, alongside directing duo TORSO, otherwise known as David Toro and Solomon […]

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don’t talk about. Actor and musician Maya Hawke shares the experience of realizing that she wasn’t crazy.