• Kanye West Settles 'Bound 2' Sample Lawsuit With Ricky Spicer

    Kanye West has settled the 2013 lawsuit stemming from a sample used in his Grammy-nominated Yeezus track "Bound 2." The lawsuit was filed by Ricky Spicer, former soul singer of The Ponderosa Twins Plus One, who alleged that Kanye had used their song "Bound" with their authorization. According to paperwork viewed by Billboard (dated March 6) that was filed to New York court on May 11, the suit has been discontinued.

  • 70 Years of John Fogerty: Ranking CCR Frontman's Best Songs by Decade

    Happy 70th birthday to John Fogerty, the vocalist and guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival and his own solo act. Although he's best known for his time as frontman for CCR, Fogerty has been working as a musician for the nearly 40 years since his first band folded. To celebrate his nearly 50 years in the music industry, we went back and chose what we thought his best piece of work from the past five decades. After you're done here, feel free to comment below (we know the picks for the Creedence years will be controversial) and then check out our similar feature on Eric Clapton and Bob Seger.

  • Blink-182 Move Closer to 'Friendly Divorce' From Tom DeLonge

    Tom DeLonge's split from Blink-182 hasn't exactly been smooth and under-the-radar but as bassist-vocalist Mark Hoppus announced in an interview that the band is extremely close to sorting out all legalities and completely severing ties with the soon to be ex-guitarist.

  • TomorrowWorld 2015 Lineup: Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Hardwell Headline

    Heading into its third year, Dutch electronic music event company ID&T's biggest American festival, TomorrowWorld, has announced the first phase of artists who will be performing in 2015. The initial lineup headed to Georgia in September for the American transplant of Tomorrowland includes Tiësto, Steve Angello, Hardwell and Armin van Buuren.

  • Weezer Announces Summer Tour, New Festival Stops in Ohio, Kentucky

    Weezer was one of the acts announced as part of the new NIFi Festival at the Kentucky Speedway, and you should expect the band to pop up at numerous and varying festival settings around the United States this summer as the band supports its new(ish) album 'Everything Will Be Alright in The End.'

  • 21,000 People Wanted Iggy Azalea's Billboard Music Award for 'Fancy' Revoked

    Iggy Azalea has been lying relatively low over the last few months, but even still she manages to wrangle up some controversy. Earlier this month, the controversial pop rapper took home the Billboard Music Award for Best Rap Song for her Charli XCX collaboration "Fancy," but over 20,000 people wanted her to give it back.

  • Big Bang Announces Six-Date Arena Tour in U.S. to Support New Album 'Made'

    K-Pop act Big Bang is coming to the United States for what Billboard is calling a "massive" tour, although by now American fans know to take that with a grain of salt. Although this is a relatively huge run for a K-Pop act across the Pacific, the entire run will focus on major markets and consist of six shows. Still, hardcore fans will take whatever opportunity they can get to check out G-Dragon, Taeyang and co., especially right after Big Bang releases its new album 'Made' during September.

  • Riot Fest 2015 Announces Lineups for Chicago, Denver & Toronto: Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop & More

    Riot Fest celebrated its 10th anniversary last year with a stacked lineup and a handful of bands playing their breakout albums in full. But Riot Fest is not about to let itself peak, and now its 2015 lineup has been revealed. Yesterday (May 27), it was announced that No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Wu-Tang Clan, Pixies, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop and more have been announced as the main headliners for the now-rooted festivals in Denver, Chicago and Toronto

  • Wade Robson Molestation Complaint Against Michael Jackson Thrown Out

    The final decade-plus of Michael Jackson's life often found his incredible record as a performer overshadowed by more uncomfortable tidbits, such as the many allegations of inappropriate behavior around children. At least one of those cases has been kept out of court, if not entirely disproven, as Wade Robson's claims were dismissed by a Los Angeles Court.
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