Charli xcx swaps club beats for distorted guitars on 'Music, Fashion, Film', a 30-minute dissection of fame
The 11-track LP, produced with A.G. Cook and Finn Keane, trades hyperpop for fuzzed-out rock and deadpan vocals, drawing mixed but intrigued reviews.
Dutch singer Sophie Straat's 'white men to the back' call not discrimination, say Dutch and Belgian watchdogs
Discriminatie.nl and Unia both rule the singer's stage request at Best Kept Secret and Gentse Feesten was protected artistic expression, despite hundreds of complaints.
Luís Represas, Trovante vocalist and 'iconic voice' of Portuguese music, dies at 69 after prolonged illness
The musician, who founded Trovante in 1976 and built a celebrated solo career, passed away on Wednesday in Lisbon from lung cancer. Former President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who knew him since childhood, called the loss personal: 'Some of the best moments of my life I spent seeing him, listening to him and admiring him.'
Hailstorm forces evacuation of 80,000 at Bad Bunny concert in Milan, train passengers stranded
A violent hailstorm struck Milan on Saturday evening, forcing the evacuation of around 80,000 spectators from a sold-out Bad Bunny concert and stranding hundreds of train passengers for hours.
Bregenz Festival opens 80th edition with Verdi's 'La traviata' on Lake Constance stage, all 28 performances sold out
The 80th Bregenz Festival premieres Verdi's 'La traviata' on its iconic lake stage tonight, with all 28 performances through August sold out for months. The production features a 700-square-metre shattered mirror wall.
BTS returns to France after seven years, draws 88,000 to Stade de France with Macron in attendance
The K-pop group's first French concert since 2019 drew 88,000 fans, including President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, who waved lightsticks during the show.
Claudio Baglioni returns to the stage with two Rome concerts after pneumonia forced tour postponement
The 75-year-old singer-songwriter will perform at Piazza di Siena on October 24, 2026, and at the Fori Imperiali exactly one year later, after acute pneumonia forced a three-month hiatus.
Plas Johnson, saxophonist behind 'The Pink Panther' theme, dies at 94
The American session musician, whose sultry solo defined Henry Mancini's 1963 score, died July 15 at his Los Angeles home, his children confirmed.
Mireille Mathieu turns 80: the 'Sparrow of Avignon' still has stage fright after 3,000 concerts
The French chanson icon, known as the 'Sparrow of Avignon', celebrates her 80th birthday on 22 July and admits she still gets stage fright before every performance.
Jay-Z opens Yankee Stadium residency with 'Reasonable Doubt' 30th anniversary show, joined by Beyoncé, Nas and Blue Ivy
The Brooklyn rapper performed his 1996 debut album in sequence before a sold-out crowd of roughly 45,000 on Friday night, the first of three anniversary concerts at the Bronx ballpark.
Treccani enshrines Giuni Russo's 'Un'estate al mare' as Italy's eternal summer hit, 44 years on
The Italian Encyclopedia Institute adds the late singer to its biographical dictionary of women, celebrating the 1982 song that still defines the Italian summer, while today's streaming landscape fragments the once-unified hit parade.
Capri bids farewell to Peppino di Capri: the island honors the 'dreamer' who reshaped Italian music over seven decades
The coffin of the singer who spent nearly seven decades reshaping Italian music was carried into Santo Stefano church on 12 July, accompanied by Bach and a crowd that overflowed into the piazzetta of his native Capri.
French RnB singer Tsew the Kid indicted over spousal rape and violence allegations
The French-Malagasy artist, indicted in January, faces accusations from five women, with one claiming she was assaulted while under the influence of a hallucinogen.
Italian singer Noemi suffers head injury after falling off stage during concert in San Salvo, cancels shows for four weeks
The singer was taken to hospital in Vasto after falling while greeting fans during a free concert on 19 July; she posted a message saying she has a head injury and must rest for four weeks.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds deliver a masterclass in communion as NOS Alive 2026 opens in Algés
The 18th edition of NOS Alive opened on 9 July 2026 with contrasting headline sets from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Twenty One Pilots, plus a solo debut from The National's Matt Berninger, a rare A Perfect Circle appearance, and the festival's first literary stage.
Rattle and BRSO Open 25th Klassik am Odeonsplatz with All-Gershwin Evening Under Clear Skies
On a mild Saturday evening free of the storms that marred earlier editions, Sir Simon Rattle led the BRSO in its first all-Gershwin programme at Klassik am Odeonsplatz, with pianist Kirill Gerstein and an audience of 7,000.
Music industry proposes label for AI-generated content, wants streaming platforms to adopt it
Several major professional music organisations presented a label on Friday, July 10, designed to clearly identify generative AI content, and called for its widespread adoption, especially by streaming platforms.
BTS returns to Germany after seven years with sold-out Munich concert
The Korean pop septet kicked off its two-night stand at the 75,000-capacity Allianz Arena, the group's only German dates on the 'Arirang' tour, after a four-year military-service hiatus.
‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins, 88, to release classical album ‘Life Is a Dream’ with Gustavo Dudamel
Two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed with Decca Classics to issue ‘Life Is a Dream’, a collection of orchestral pieces he composed over six decades, on 21 August. The first single, ‘Bracken Road’, inspired by his Welsh childhood, dropped today.
Jack White offers opening slot to 'Satanic' duo Twin Temple after Charley Crockett drops them from tour
The L.A. duo were removed from Crockett's Age of the Ram tour dates for their devil-themed imagery, prompting White to invite them to open at the Hollywood Palladium on September 29.
Vasco Rossi sells out 550,000 tickets for Rome residency in 30 minutes as Ultimo reaches 500,000 in parallel surge
Italian rock icon Vasco Rossi sold all 550,000 tickets for his 10-date Giubileo residency at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico within half an hour of the general sale on 10 July 2026, while younger singer-songwriter Ultimo reported 500,000 tickets sold for his 2027 stadium tour.