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Jagger says he can't wait to hit the road with the Stones, though no dates are imminent. A new album, Foreign Tongues, arrives July 10.

ICEMAN earned 225,000 equivalent album units in its second week at the top, while LE SSERAFIM debuts at No. 10 with PUREFLOW.

Iceman holds at the top for a second week, pushing Drake to 39 career weeks at No. 1 and into a tie with Elton John.

From a diss-laden freestyle to a State Property reunion, Jay-Z delivered a landmark solo headline set at Roots Picnic for the first time in over five years.

The corner of School Street and Brooke Street in Yonkers will be renamed Earl DMX Simmons Way in honor of the late rapper.

A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center and halted a planned two-year closure. Trump responded by calling the judge an anti-Trump hater.

Jay-Z headlined Roots Picnic 2026 on May 30 at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia, delivering special guests, freestyle disses, and a career-spanning setlist.

Charlie Puth turned his MSG headline show into a parade of surprise guests, including Art Garfunkel, Jimmy Fallon, Busta Rhymes and Kirk Franklin.
Kanye West told the Istanbul crowd he had just set the record for the largest stadium performance of all time, drawing a reported 118,000 fans to Atatürk Olympic Stadium.

The 92-year-old singer announced the cancellation of his remaining 2026 dates, pausing the Last Encores Tour farewell run he started in 2023.

The Puerto Rican superstar opened his 10-date run at Riyadh Air Metropolitano with a two-and-a-half-hour set and an unexpected visit from Myke Towers.
Macy Gray announces 21 Australian dates for The Encore Tour, kicking off in Melbourne on Sept. 11 and closing at Margaret River on Oct. 24.