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Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese entrepreneur who invented the first-ever karaoke machine, died on January 26, The Wall Street Journal reports. Negishi, who was based in Tokyo, was 100 years old. Journalist Matt Alt, who interviewed Negishi for his book Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World, reported the news on X and expanded on

Seal has called out an electroacoustic harpist over her guitar pedal video which features her cleaning a pedal in the sink. Emily Hopkins shared a video clip on her Instagram of her cleaning her guitar pedals. “This is exactly how I clean my pedals,” she begins and shows herself washing them with soap and water.

Vampire Weekend are back with the third preview of their new album, Only God Was Above Us. The new song, “Classical,” arrives with a new music video that you can watch below. Ezra Koenig wrote “Classical,” and he co-produced it with longtime collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid. The single follows last month’s “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.” Only

Taylor Swift’s career-defining ‘The Eras Tour‘ concert film arrives on Disney+ this week (March 15). Directed by Sam Wrench, the film is described as a “breathtaking, cinematic view” of Swift’s latest tour, which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums. During the film’s cinematic run in late 2023,

In 2014, Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. The Jamaican dancehall star has now won an appeal of his conviction due to juror misconduct in the original trial, Reuters reports. A Jamaican appeals court will now decide whether the musician and his

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban TikTok‘s availability in the US if its parent company doesn’t sell it. On March 1, the US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 to give President Joe Biden the power to enforce a ban on the social media app, which is owned

Dua Lipa has officially announced her new album, Radical Optimism, which arrives May 3. Check out the tracklist and cover art below. Led by November’s “Houdini” and last month’s “Training Season,” Radical Optimism features nine additional tracks. “Houdini” featured co-production and instrumentation from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, along with production from Danny L Harle and

K-pop agency SM Entertainment has announced its intention to take “strong legal action” over rumours about its boyband RIIZE. In a new statement, SM Entertainment touched on the “creation of posts about RIIZE] that cross the line”, which include “[character] attacks, insults, and malicious slander”, calling them “a clear criminal act that severely defame our

Amaarae has shared a new music video for her Fountain Baby single “Angels in Tibet.” The richly-colored visual takes place on stage and in various palatial settings, and stars dancers Hamly and Beaulexx alongside Amaarae. Check out the Yavez Anthonio-directed clip below. Last year’s Fountain Baby marked the Ghanaian American musician’s Interscope debut, following her

A guitarist of a metal band has gone viral over a video of him throwing his guitar to a photographer instead of his guitar tech. American DJ and heavy metal musician Sullivan King – real name Keaton Prescott – took to his official TikTok account to share a video of him tossing his guitar after

Several musicians have pulled out of SXSW events and showcases in protest of the festival’s connections to the U.S. Army and Collins Aerospace (a subsidiary of the defense contractor RTX Corporation). Among the artists to remove themselves from the festival are Squirrel Flower, Mamalarky, Shalom, and Irish rap trio Kneecap, all of whom are protesting

Drake is seeking to be dismissed from the ongoing litigation over the crowd crush tragedy at Travis Scott‘s 2021 Astroworld festival. Multiple lawsuits have been filed after the fatal incident resulted in the deaths of 10 people and left hundreds of others injured. While the lawsuits mostly targeted Scott and the event’s organisers, Drake –

American Football are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their beloved 1999 debut album with anniversary shows in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The newly announced U.S. concerts take place in September and October. See the band’s tour dates—including a performance at the new Best Friends Forever Festival—below. American Football released their first

FLO have shared their sensual new single ‘Walk Like This’, marking their first release of the year. The track opens with the footsteps of a powerful strut which then leads into the trio – comprised of Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer – singing “There’s a reason I walk like this / My baby,

Eric Carmen, the frontman of ‘70s pop-rock band Raspberries and solo artist with over a dozen charting singles, including the 1975 hit “All by Myself,” has died, his wife Amy Carmen revealed in a post on his website. She wrote that he died in his sleep over the weekend. Carmen was 74 years old. “It

Someone has reportedly purchased an unreleased solo album from Ghost frontman and founder Tobias Forge for a whopping amount of money. According to a Discogs report, detailing the most expensive records sold in January this year, someone purchased an unreleased solo album from Forge for US$5,434 (£4237.95). The album is titled ‘Passiflora’ and per the

Blake Harrison, who played samples, noise, and other sound design in Pig Destroyer as a full-time member between 2006 and 2022, has died, Blabbermouth.net reports. The band issued a statement on social media commemorating Harrison, writing, “Everyone that knew Blake loved Blake. Light bent around him. You only had to meet him once. We in

Weezer have officially announced their ‘Voyage To The Blue Planet’ tour in celebration of ‘The Blue Album’ and its 30th anniversary. After frontman Rivers Cuomo began teased an “epic tour” last December, the band have now unveiled their extensive North Ame rican tour for 2024. Weezer are set to play their self-titled debut album in