Music

A few songs into Iron Maiden‘s set at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday night, frontman Bruce Dickinson waged an onstage swordfight with a nine-foot-tall undead creature dressed as a British soldier. As the singer and the monster — a walking incarnation of the band’s trusty mascot, Eddie — dueled, the …

After a solid 12 days of protesting Puerto Rico’s soon-to-be-ex-Governor Ricardo Rosselló, Residente and Bad Bunny, comrades in Boricua struggle, return to what made them friends in the first place: their music. The two released a jaunty reggaeton single Friday morning titled “Bellacoso,” along with a video directed by Paris-based …

Vic Mensa has released a political new music video for his Travis Barker-produced song “3 Years Sober.” The track is credited as a joint release between Mensa and his new rock band, 93PUNX. Directed by Mensa and Franc Fernandez, the “3 Years Sober” clip follows on the heels of Mensa’s …

The 1975 have opened all three of their previously albums with a self-titled, instrumental track. For the version of “The 1975” set to appear on the forthcoming LP, Notes on a Conditional Form, the band has instead chosen to highlight 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg. Over a minimalistic piano …

Ed Sheeran‘s new album, No. 6 Collaborations Project debuted atop the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart for the week of July 12th through July 18th. The album, which features an all-star list of collaborators like Justin Bieber, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Eminem and Bruno Mars, combined for 140,500 …

Devin Dawson is enjoying his first Number One as a songwriter this week, as Blake Shelton‘s recording of “God’s Country” currently sits atop the country airplay charts. In celebration, Dawson —who wrote the song with Michael Hardy and Jordan Schmidt —has released his own acoustic performance of the song. “God’s …

Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice has the kind of voice you can’t ignore—a punk yowl with a soul singer’s flair for raw passion. Her Philadelphia foursome raise a ferociously emotional racket on their new breakthrough album Patience, one of the year’s most cathartic rock statements. “Drunk II” is Dabice’s witty ballad …

Do your kids need more Metallica in their lives? The band is here to help with a new illustrated children’s book, The ABCs of Metallica, to be released November 26th in stores and online. The brightly colored tome was co-written by the band with writer Howie Abrams and illustrated by …

Machine Gun Kelly and Trippie Redd visit a pharmacy worker portrayed by Pete Davidson in Machine Gun Kelly’s new “Candy” video. The song appears on the rapper’s recently released album, Hotel Diablo. The visual opens with a bored looking Davidson behind the counter at a pharmacy. A couple of kids …

Gwen Stefani is in the midst of an extended Las Vegas residency at the Zappos Theater and apparently her own back-up dancers aren’t quite hitting the mark. “She’s there doing shows until November 2nd and we got word that she’s in need of dancers for the show,” Jimmy Kimmel told …