Twitter explodes after Kanye West says he’s running for U.S. president
Kanye West says he’s running for president. It’s not clear if the musician is serious, or if this is a publicity stunt for himself or a project unrelated to the presidency. West’s Saturday night Twitter post instantly went viral, with more than 100,000 retweets within ...
South Korean boyband BTS donates $1 million to Black Lives Matter
Popular South Korean band BTS donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter (BLM) in support of U.S. protests against police brutality, its music label, Big Hit Entertainment, said Sunday. On Thursday, the seven-member BTS wrote on its Twitter account that they are against racism and ...
People are paying real money to get into virtual Zoom nightclubs
It’s only 5 p.m. on a Saturday in Los Angeles, but the Zone — a 16-room virtual club on the videoconferencing app Zoom — is already in full swing. "You’re late!” admonishes a bouncer with a glowing Celtic symbol on her forehead, peering through a ...
Pioneer K-pop idol Yang Joon-il makes an unlikely comeback
Thirty years ago his make-up, floppy hair and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences. Today, 50-year-old Korean-American singer Yang Joon-il is enjoying an unlikely comeback, re-discovered by the YouTube and social media generation through online clips and hailed as a forerunner to today's K-pop stars. The K-pop ...
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, known for work with John Coltrane, dies at 81
The influential jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, known for his work with the John Coltrane quartet, has died, his family announced Friday. He was 81 years old. One of the most revered jazz pianists in history in an elite class with the likes of Herbie Hancock, ...
K-pop group BTS cancels concerts as South Korean virus cases rise faster than China's
K-pop megastars BTS canceled Friday four Seoul concerts due in April as South Korea's novel coronavirus cases jumped by nearly 600 — a larger rise than the daily increase reported in China, where the disease first emerged. The seven-piece boy band — currently one of ...
‘33⅓ Japan’ has nerdy but accessible tales of albums and artists
With the "33⅓ Japan" series, music aficionados bring classic Japanese albums and artists to life in nerdy, but accessible, prose.
Singer Noriyuki Makihara allegedly admits to taking drugs again after his 1999 conviction
Singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara, who has been arrested on suspicion of illegal drug possession, has confessed he began using drugs again sometime after his 1999 conviction for a similar case.
Queen has become the first band to be celebrated on British coinage, joining Queen Elizabeth II on a new coin unveiled Monday by the Royal Mint. The iconic British group are hailed on a coin kicking off a Music Legends series being produced by the ...
The embattled organization behind the Grammys has put its chief executive on leave just over a week before it puts on its awards gala known as music's biggest night. In a statement the Recording Academy said it had placed Deborah Dugan — the first woman ...
Neil Peart, Rush's star drummer, dies at 67 after battle with brain cancer
Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of the Canadian rock group Rush, has died at 67 in California of brain cancer, the group announced Friday. "It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness, that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday, our ...
Artificial intelligence puts final notes on Beethoven's '10th Symphony'
A few notes scribbled in a notebook are all that German composer Ludwig van Beethoven left of his 10th Symphony before his death in 1827. Now, a team of musicologists and programmers is racing to complete a version of the piece using artificial intelligence, ahead ...
