Andre D. Wagner After taking over the Caesars Superdome for his Super Bowl halftime performance with SZA, Kendrick Lamar has announced he’s taking their Grand National Tour to Europe and the U.K. The trek is scheduled to begin two weeks after the end of the North American leg, with K. Dot and SZA visiting a total of…
Parkwood Entertainment Due to fan demand, Beyoncé has added more dates to her upcoming Cowboy Carter tour. The tour schedule now includes two more nights at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, taking place June 14 and June 16, which will wrap her five-night run in the city. There will also be a third night in Chicago, Paris and…
XO/Republic It seems as though The Weeknd‘s album Hurry Up Tomorrow was, indeed, highly anticipated. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 490,500 units — more than any album since Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department debuted with 2.6 million in 2024. It’s also The Weeknd’s largest sales…
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar rocked the Caesars Superdome during the Apple Music Super Bowl 59 halftime show. The GNX rapper electrified the crowd with a medley of his hits at halftime, where he was joined by special guests SZA and Samuel L. Jackson, the latter of whom who was dressed as “Uncle Sam” in red, white,…
Disney/Stewart Cook Among the festivities going down over Super Bowl weekend is the 26th annual Super Bowl Soulful Celebration, taking place on Saturday. The concert, deemed “the ONLY inspirational music event sanctioned by the NFL for Super Bowl weekend,” brings together NFL stars and music artists for an evening of joy and praise. This year’s lineup…
Photo by Gregory Bojorquez/Getty Images Friday would have been the 51st birthday of J Dilla, known for producing songs for De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Common and more, but now it’s also J Dilla Day in Detroit. “Words cannot describe how grateful we are for this declaration,” his daughter Ja’Mya Yancey said at…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage Among the projects announced as part of the Record Store Day lineup Thursday is a new album by Wu-Tang Clan and Mathematics. Mathematics, who produced the entire record, explained the inspiration for the title, Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: From The Wu-Tang, the Saga Continues Collection. “Well, the album has a certain…
H.E.R. plays instruments on a rerecording of Bruce Springsteen‘s “Born to Run,” featured in a Super Bowl ad for Dove. “Partnering with Dove on this project means the world to me,” she says. “I hope this movement inspires young girls to continue to love what they see in the mirror, stay in sports, and believe…
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Kanye West and Yeezy brand have dropped a new merch collection with Sean John. Featuring T-shirts in various colors, the drop is a collaboration Ye and Sean “Diddy” Combs discussed before sexual assault allegations landed Diddy in prison. “I’m selling the Sean John collaboration that me and my brother spoke about before…
Dave Free Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album, GNX, is now on vinyl. Ahead of his highly anticipated Super Bowl performance Sunday, the album, which he surprised fans with in November, is now available in a variety of formats. Fans can choose between a 180g black or white vinyl, only available on K. Dot’s store; an indie-exclusive in…
