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Lovers & Friends 2024 lineup (Janet Jackson, Usher, Backstreet Boys, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, more)

The Las Vegas festival’s 2024 lineup also features Gwen Stefani, Nas, Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, Ludacris, Mary J Blige, Ciara, TLC, Timbaland, and more.

Tour news: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Giveon, Thrice, Sarah Shook, Anti-Flag, more

Plus: Amyl and the Sniffers, Fivio Foreign, Bauhaus, Clutch / Quicksand / Helmet, Aeon Station, Rolling Loud NYC, Afropunk Brooklyn, Preoccupations, The Get Up Kids / Sparta, Captain We’re Sinking, and more tour and festival news.

Lovers & Friends moves to Las Vegas in 2022 w/ Lauryn Hill, Usher/Ludacris/Lil Jon, TLC, more

’90s and early ’00s rap and R&B-focused fest Lovers & Friends has moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and it’s now on for next year.

Lovers & Friends Fest adds 2nd date, Lil Kim still on the poster

Not only is strangely controversial Los Angeles festival Lovers & Friends ”100% confirmed,” it’s also added a second date, albeit with a few lineup changes.

where to watch the 2019 Fourth of July fireworks in NYC

There will be over 70,000 individual effects being launched and among this year’s treats is a 1600-foot-long waterfall of fireworks ”burst from the span between the large towers of the Brooklyn Bridge.”

NYC hip hop roundup: Meek Mill, Smoke DZA, Nitty Scott MC, Curren$y, Joell Ortiz & Akon, Wiz Khalifa, REMI, more

There’s never a lack of great hip hop shows happening in NYC. Today alone, we posted about Ratking (with Trash Talk), Dipset and Action Bronson …

Big Boi and TI reveal tracklists / guests for their new LPs

As expected, there have been lots of (dangerous) rumors floating around about Big Boi‘s upcoming sophomore solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, which is due out December 11 via Def Jam (pushed back from November 13)…

Happy 25th birthday "Thriller"

On Tuesday Michael Jackson will release a 25th-anniversary edition of it. The expanded CD/DVD package will include the original nine-song album, one unreleased track from the original sessions, and five reworkings with contributions from contemporary artists that range from innocuous to downright damaging…

Gob Iron = Jay Farrar + Anders Parker | 2006 Tour Dates

“‘Death Songs For The Living’, the new album from Gob Iron, a collaboration between Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo) and Anders Parker (Varnaline), will be released on October 31 through Transmit Sound/Legacy…