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News Articles: Music News

Dan Morgenstern is pictured at Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans in 2012.

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Jazz historian and critic Dan Morgenstern dies at 94

Over the course of seven decades, Morgenstern helmed major jazz magazines, wrote books, produced concerts, won multiple Grammys, taught college and oversaw one of the world's largest jazz archives.

September 08, 2024
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  • Tom Vitale
Rapper Rich Homie Quan performs in Hollywood, Calif. on April 1, 2015. That year, he had his biggest hit, "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)."

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  • Music

Rich Homie Quan, a hitmaker who helped rap evolve, dies at 34

The Atlanta hip-hop star Rich Homie Quan rose to fame nationally in 2013 with his first hit single “Type of Way” and had a short but intense burst of success. He died Thursday.

September 07, 2024
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  • Rodney Carmichael
Sérgio Mendes speaks at the event "Reel To Reel: Sérgio Mendes — In The Key Of Joy" at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on March 11, 2020.

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  • Obituaries

Brazilian music legend Sérgio Mendes dies at 83

The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit “Mas Que Nada” helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.

September 06, 2024
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  • Julia Carneiro
Competition and Markets Authority, a U.K. regulator, launched an investigation into how Ticketmaster priced its tickets for the Oasis reunion tour next summer and whether the company was transparent about it ahead of time.

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  • Business

U.K. is investigating Ticketmaster after Oasis tour prices surprised fans

British regulators are looking into how Ticketmaster uses "dynamic pricing" to hike prices in line with demand. A similar controversy prompted a federal lawsuit against the company in the U.S.

September 06, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to purchase tickets for Oasis' "Live '25" tour. Oasis fans queued online early Saturday to buy tickets for the eagerly awaited reunion tour, but many tickets had already been scooped up by resellers charging many times over original ticket prices.

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  • Music News

Oasis says reunion tour tickets can only be resold at face value on official sites

Ticket prices for the U.K. tour have skyrocketed on resale sites since presale started Friday. The British rock band said tickets offered on the secondary market will be voided.

September 03, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
DJ Fatman Scoop is pictured at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. He died after collapsing at a concert in Connecticut on Friday.

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  • Obituaries

Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage

The hip-hop artist was known for his breakout track “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and for lending his gravelly voice to hits by Missy Elliott and Ciara. The cause of his death was unclear.

August 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Post Malone, who has spent the year shifting his focus from hip-hop and pop toward country music (scoring a No. 1 single in the process) performs on July 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. His first all-country album, <em>F-1 Trillion</em>, topped this week's <em>Billboard</em> album chart.

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  • Music

It’s Post Malone’s week at the top of the chart, and he had some help

It's still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift's album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week's harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.

August 31, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Mariah Carey says her "heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother" — and, in a tragic turn of events, the singer's older sister also died on the same day. Carey is seen her performing last year in Los Angeles.

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  • Music News

Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day

The singer has previously described having intensely complicated relationships with her family, describing her early life as a source of recurring instability.

August 28, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Noel Gallagher, formerly of the band Oasis, performs in concert with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the BB&T Pavilion on Aug. 8, 2019, in Camden, N.J.

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  • Music News

The Gallagher brothers are reuniting for an Oasis tour 15 years after breaking up

The Gallagher brothers had a longstanding feud for decades, and the band broke up for good in 2009.

August 27, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Liam (right) and Noel Gallagher, pictured in London in February 1999, were members of the beloved band Oasis from 1991 until it broke up in 2009.

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  • Music News

The Gallagher brothers are reviving Oasis. Here's a look at their decades-long feud

Famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced an Oasis reunion, 15 years after its dramatic breakup. Here's a brief timeline of their tumultuous history — and how they got here.

August 27, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
DJ Cassidy performs during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Tuesday in Chicago.

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  • Elections

The DNC roll call featured a musical salute to each state. Here's what your state chose

Special tracks for each state and territory were played during Tuesday night's DNC roll call. But what song repped your state? We found them all so you don't have to.

August 22, 2024
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  • C Mandler
Musicians Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison of the Chicks arrive at the David Lynch Foundation Gala Honoring Rick Rubin at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 27, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.

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  • Elections

When The Chicks perform the National Anthem tonight at the DNC, they’ll bring a complicated history

The Chicks — formerly known as The Dixie Chicks — will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. That performance, and the group’s presence, will provide the latest chapter in The Chicks’ long and complicated political history.

August 22, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Musicians John Legend, Ari O'Neal and Sheila E. perform on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Elections

Here's who has performed at the third night of the Democratic National Convention

In between impassioned speeches by political VIPs --- including former President Bill Clinton, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and 2024 Vice President candidate Tim Walz --- the heavy hitters of the music world lit up Chicago’s United Center arena. Night 3 was host to performances by Stevie Wonder, John Legend with Sheila E. and Maren Morris.

August 21, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Rapper Common (R) and musician Jonathan McReynolds perform during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Elections

Here's who has performed at the second night of the Democratic National Convention

Patti LaBelle and Common will soundtrack the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention with performances that span generations and genres.

August 21, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Members of the Los Angeles hard-rock group Great White are shown in this undated photo. Standing is Jack Russell.  Seated, from left to right, are Audie Desbrow, Mark Kendall and Michael Lardie.

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  • Music

Jack Russell, the former singer of the band Great White, dies at 63

The band was behind such hits as “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” “The Angel Song” and “Rock Me.”

August 16, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
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