Bring a battery pack for charging your phone (there are Vodafone charging points on site, but it’s good to have one for emergencies), and take some cash in case the card machines at the bars fail—the queues for cash points are long. Don’t bring lots of food and booze. Decant spirits into plastic water bottles … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of mind. But the pop superstar’s fans in the U.K. didn’t have to listen closely to her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” to get the sense that Swift had soured on the … Read more
The collaboration opened up a Pandora’s Box of sorts. Had Lorde owed Charli an explanation for their dynamic? And how much personal information does an artist owe the public? Has this beef—if that’s even what it was—been one big marketing plan from the jump? Two of Vogue’s staff writers, Emma Specter and Hannah Jackson, convened … Read more
Jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko ’s first notes on the new album “September Night,” dark and slightly distant, sound as though they’re coming from the hereafter. Stanko died in 2018, and his new album is a previously unreleased recording of a 2004 concert by his quartet. Along with the trumpeter, the show in Munich featured his … Read more
LONDON — Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind. But the pop superstar’s fans in the U.K. didn’t have to listen closely to her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” to get the sense that Swift had soured on the … Read more
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested by Miami Beach police early Thursday on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication. Miami Beach police confirmed the arrest, but did not immediately provide any details. Scott, 33, posted his $650 bond, which means he will be released later Thursday, Miami-Dade County jail records show. … Read more
Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I has opened up on her rough beginnings in the music industry at the same time as announcing a new album. Real name Toni Watson, Tones rose to fame with her breakout 2019 single Dance Monkey, which reached No.1 in 30 different countries. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Tones and I reveals … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island. He was released and his next court date is scheduled for July 26, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Timberlake and his representatives have not commented. Here’s what … Read more
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged early Tuesday with drunken driving in a village in New York’s Hamptons, after police said he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane in the posh seaside summer retreat. The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor was … Read more
NEW YORK — Black music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson. That’s why he and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis have debuted “Freedom, Justice and Hope,” a live performance album of historic jazz records created to protest racial injustice, in time … Read more
