music-festivals
Less than 24 hours after the two were involved in a physical confrontation at Chris Brown’s 34th birthday party, Breezy and Usher both performed at the Lovers & Friends music festival on Saturday night. TMZ reports Brown performed before Usher at the second annual Lovers & Friends Festival. Hours before he took the stage, Usher took to social […]
ILoveMakonnen’s time at OVO was short lived. Not long after Drake hopped on the rising star’s 2014 hit single “Tuesday,” Makonnen and the Toronto rapper had a falling out, resulting in the former leaving the label less than two years after signing a record deal. In a new interview with NPR Music (above), Makonnen recalled new details […]
Fresh off announcing the second iteration of Fyre Festival, the event’s founder, Billy McFarland, is challenging Ja Rule to a boxing match. McFarland, the mastermind behind 2017’s disgraced festival, issued the challenge during a recent sit-down with DJ Akademiks. In the below clip, McFarland facetimed with a promoter, who said someone is willing to pay $350,000 to watch McFarland and Ja […]
Missy Elliott is joining the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture as a headliner. In a statement to Complex, Elliott pointed to the historic importance of this year’s edition of the New Orleans event. “I am so excited to be headlining at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, especially because this year also marks 50 years […]
Latto has addressed claims of having edited a social media-shared shot of her Coachella crowd. In an Instagram Stories update on Tuesday, Latto addressed the claims, saying she “never [P]hotoshopped a crowd.” As previously reported, Latto was among the artists who performed as part of the Sunday lineup of the 2023 edition of the festival’s first […]
Frank Ocean’s highly-anticipated headlining set at 2023 Coachella on Sunday didn’t exactly go off without a hitch, as the performance was delayed for nearly an hour while fans at home were disappointed to find out at the last minute that it wouldn’t be livestreamed. Rolling Stone reports the dysfunction surrounding Frank’s performance can be chalked up to an ankle […]
The Weeknd blessed fans with a surprise performance at Coachella this weekend, as Abel performed a handful of songs during Metro Boomin’s closing set in the Sahara tent. After performing a trio of cuts from his 2020 album After Hours (“Faith,” “Escape from LA,” and “Heartless”), the Weeknd brought out Future to perform “Low Life,” a collaborative […]
Tom DeLonge’s first show back with blink-182 after his second departure from the band in 2015 will take place as part of the 2023 Coachella lineup. The surprise last-minute Coachella set was announced on Wednesday night, with the official festival socials sharing set times for the first weekend with the caption, “take off your pants and […]
It looks like The Weeknd is planning a surprise appearance at this year’s Coachella. On Wednesday, the Canadian pop star retweeted a post from fan account @abelstargirllll claiming he will return to the Indio, California festival. Abel may have been hinting toward this on Monday, tweeting a desert emoji with a question mark, followed by a post asking, […]
In a statement released on Friday, Rolling Loud confirmed its New York festival will not be returning in 2023. “For the last few years, we’ve made some legendary moments happen in Queens,” reads the statement. “Sadly, due to logistical factors beyond our control, Rolling Loud will not return to New York in 2023. But don’t […]
