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South Korea's Favorite Band Is Back in Business

BTS reunited for first time in 4 years after members complete compulsory military service

(Newser) - After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned on Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of thousands of fans. All seven members of the band—RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V,...

An '80s Hair-Band Favorite Is Getting the Biopic Treatment

Universal wins rights to dramatize Bon Jovi's rise and legacy, with a screenplay by Cody Brotter

(Newser) - Bon Jovi is headed for the multiplex. Universal has snagged the rights to a feature film about the New Jersey rock band, winning a bidding war to back the project that will chronicle the group behind "Livin' on a Prayer" and other '80s arena staples, reports Variety . Cody...

Backstreet Boys Announce Big Plan: 'Let's Make It Happen!'

Boy band makes it known they're interested in playing the halftime show at 2027 Super Bowl

(Newser) - The Backstreet Boys don't just want to share your TV screen during the Super Bowl—they want the whole halftime stage. During the group's show at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Wednesday, AJ McLean told the crowd he thinks the boy band should headline the 2027 Super...

After Epstein Link Surfaces, Chappell Roan Dumps Agent

She's among artists dropping Casey Wasserman's talent agency over flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell

(Newser) - Chappell Roan is walking away from one of Hollywood's biggest agencies—and she's saying exactly why. The Grammy winner announced she has cut ties with Wasserman, the talent and sports agency run by Casey Wasserman, after his name surfaced in newly released court records related to Jeffrey Epstein....

Record Label Boots K-Pop Member, Then Sues

Ador seeks $30M from NewJeans' Danielle Marsh

(Newser) - NewJeans' lineup just got smaller—and a lot more litigious. South Korean label Ador has filed a compensation lawsuit against 20-year-old former member Danielle Marsh, a day after booting her from the hit K-pop group. The Yonhap news agency reports the suit also targets an unnamed family member of Danielle'...

Looks Like It's Official: Jane's Addiction Is No More

Band members ended reunion plans after onstage fight in Boston, are now going their separate ways

(Newser) - Jane's Addiction's long-running drama appears to be ending in true rock 'n' roll fashion: with an apology, a lawsuit, and a final goodbye. Frontman Perry Farrell on Wednesday posted a public mea culpa on Instagram over the onstage clash in Boston last year that blew up the...

Grateful Dead Kept Truckin' for So Long They Earned a Guinness

Latest CD box set marks band's record-breaking 66th album on the Top 40 chart

(Newser) - The Grateful Dead may have stopped touring years ago, but the legendary band just notched a world record to prove that its music refuses to fade away. The band now holds Guinness honors for the most Top 40 albums charted on the US Billboard 200—66 in all—thanks to...

David Coverdale Hangs It Up After 50 Years: 'Fare Thee Well'

Whitesnake frontman toasts fans as he ends half-century run

(Newser) - Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has announced his retirement, ending a rock career that spanned more than five decades, reports the New York Post . In a video message posted online titled "Fare Thee Well," the 74-year-old told fans it was time to hang up his "platform shoes and...

Bon Jovi Is Back on International Tour
The Bon Jovi
Boys Are Back
on Tour
Oct 23, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

The Bon Jovi Boys Are Back on Tour

Iconic rockers return after Jon Bon Jovi's vocal surgery, with 2026 shows set for NYC, UK, Ireland

(Newser) - Bon Jovi is hitting the road again, with the band announcing a major tour across the US and Europe, including high-profile stops at Madison Square Garden and London's Wembley Stadium. The Forever Tour, produced by Live Nation, begins in July 2026 with four shows at MSG, then heads to...

No Doubt Plots Vegas Comeback With New Residency

A 6-show run at Sin City's Sphere marks band's first tour since 2009

(Newser) - No Doubt is staging a comeback with a limited run of concerts at Las Vegas' Sphere next spring, marking the band's first string of shows together in 14 years. The residency kicks off on May 6 and wraps up 10 days later, with six shows scheduled over that...

It's a Big First for K-Pop
It's a Big First
for K-Pop
Apr 25, 2025 1:06 PM CDT

It's a Big First for K-Pop

Bain, 23, of Just B comes out as gay at LA concert—the first active male boy-band star to do so

(Newser) - The world of K-pop just heard an unprecedented announcement from one of its own. Bain , of the Korean boy band Just B, had a solo in Tuesday night's show in Los Angeles, the last stop in the group's Just ODD Tour, which is when he made his big...

Band: White House 'Missed the Point' With Use of 'Closing Time'

'And no, they didn't ask' before using Semisonic's '90s hit in video of shackled deportee

(Newser) - The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using its hit song "Closing Time" over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he is...

UK Band Robbed at Gunpoint on First Day of US Tour

Sports Team says robbers targeted their van at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California

(Newser) - UK indie-rock band Sports Team was excited to set off on its US tour on Tuesday, kicking it off with a Starbucks run in Northern California. That coffee stop didn't end well: The band now alleges it lost a bunch of personal items during an armed robbery that targeted...

'Jeopardy' Singer Greg Kihn Dead of Alzheimer's
'80s Hitmaker Is Dead
of Alzheimer's at 75
OBITUARY
Aug 16, 2024 9:52 AM CDT

'80s Hitmaker Is Dead of Alzheimer's at 75

'Breakup Song' singer Greg Kihn loved Weird Al's cover of 'Jeopardy'

(Newser) - Gen X has lost another of its '80s rockers. The AP reports that Greg Kihn, frontman for the Greg Kihn Band behind "The Breakup Song" and MTV staple "Jeopardy," has died at the age of 75. In a statement, Kihn's management team says he died...

Aerosmith Makes Big Move in Wake of Tyler Injury

Rock band is retiring from touring due to permanent damage to lead singer's vocal cords

(Newser) - Aerosmith says Steven Tyler's voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like "Love in an Elevator" and "Livin' on the Edge" posted a statement Friday announcing the cancellation of remaining...

Yes, That Was Michael J. Fox Performing With Coldplay
Coldplay Jams With 'One of the
Most Amazing People on Earth'
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 6, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Coldplay Jams With 'One of the Most Amazing People on Earth'

Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox played with UK band at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend

(Newser) - Coldplay featured multiple cameos during its Saturday evening performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England, but there was one in particular that got the crowd on its feet. "Here's another legendary Michael/One who just totally rocks," crooned lead singer Chris Martin in introducing the band's most...

Must Be the End of the World as We Know It: REM Reunites

Band from Athens, Georgia, performs for the first time together since 2007 at SHOF induction

(Newser) - Earlier this week, Mike Mills, onetime bassist for alt-rock band REM, said it would take "a comet" to bring him together with his former bandmates to perform one more time for adoring fans. The BBC notes that the comet must've hit—because Mills, lead singer Michael Stipe, guitarist...

Founding Member of Train Dies After Slipping in Shower

Charlie Colin, 58, was found at a friend's home in Brussels

(Newser) - A founding member of the pop-rock band Train has died. Carolyn Stephens, sister to Charlie Colin, the group's bassist, confirmed the death of her brother at the age of 58 to the AP . Colin's mother tells TMZ that Colin had slipped and fallen in the shower while housesitting...

Looks Like Hall & Oates Is Over for Real

Darryl Hall confirms he and John Oates are kaput as a duo: 'All I can say is people change'

(Newser) - In news that Variety says is akin to "a final split between peanut butter and jelly," Daryl Hall confirms what's been whispered about for some time: The pop duo Hall & Oates, with business partner and bandmate John Oates, is officially kaput. "That is correct,"...

Mel B: Other Spice Girls Booted Me From Group Chat

Singer says she was kicked out of message chain by other members of UK girl group

(Newser) - Unfairly or not, Victoria Beckham (aka "Posh Spice") is often pegged as the aloof, unapproachable member of the Spice Girls—but she's not the one who's been booted from the UK girl band's group chat. The Cut notes that Melanie Brown, whose stage name is...

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