In 2018, Akon announced a cryptocurrency called Akoin and plans for a $6 billion Wakanda-style metropolis in his native country Senegal. Now, seven years later, Senegal has confirmed that the city will not be happening.
"The prep and rehearsals have taken a toll on my voice. I want the shows to be perfect for y’all and I need to protect myself from doing serious damage," singer said
The saga continues: The Velvet Sundown, who we suspected were an AI-generated band , have admitted to being an AI-generated band. The statement follows drama in which a troll pretended to be a spokesman for them . The Velvet Sundown claim to be an “ongoing artistic provocation
Earlier this week Lana Del Rey made UK fans very happy by bringing out her opener Addison Rae for some songs during her set at Wembley Stadium. Last night at that same venue she performed the Blue Banisters track “If You Lie Down With Me” live for the first time.
In an update to their Spotify bio, the viral AI 'band' call themselves 'an ongoing artistic provocation'
Last week Olivia Rodrigo shocked post-punk fans everywhere by covering Fontaines D.C.’s “I Love You” at her Dublin show. On Thursday (July 3) Lucy Dacus did the same by performing an acoustic rendition of the band’s “Roy’s Tune” at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.
In a career immersed in rock & roll photography, the late Jim Marshall was long associated with certain iconic images: Johnny Cash flashing his middle finger at San Quentin, Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo walking the streets of Greenwich Village, Jimi Hendrix thrusting his left arm
It’s been a little over a year since Kendrick Lamar’s “ Not Like Us ” took over the world . Drake has been losing at gambling and hanging out with Morgan Wallen . Now, he’s back with a new song called “What Did I Miss?”
Rapper alludes to Kendrick Lamar beef on first track from upcoming project potentially titled Iceman
Over five decades of classics spanning his entire career, from chart-topping hits to beloved deep cuts
The vocal trio of Sara Watkins, Aoife O'Donovan, and Sarah Jarosz exude innate chemistry and summon magic on new album Wild and Clear and Blue
Liam and Noel Gallagher’s long-awaited reunion show was a joyous celebration of reconciliation and generation-defining anthems
For eight years, Folds served as National Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever Artistic Advisor — until Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center
The Gallagher brothers put aside years of acrimony for a highly lucrative reunion tour, which heads over to North America in late August
Well, they made it to at least one show. Oasis took the stage together tonight for the first time in nearly 16 years, performing at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, making this July 4 arguably an even bigger national holiday in the UK than in the US.
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded