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The rapper is the latest celebrity to have a lookalike contest thrown in his honour The post Drake awards $10,000 to lookalike contest winner in Canada appeared first on NME.

He has only performed the 1979 track a handful of times in the last decade The post Watch Paul McCartney deliver rare ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ performance at Manchester concert appeared first on NME.

"Outrageous and here for it" The post Charli XCX, Cardi B and Ellie Goulding react to Ceechynaa’s X-rated single ‘Peggy’ appeared first on NME.

One victim lost $350,000 due to the scam The post Johnny Depp impersonators are scamming fans out of thousands, report reveals appeared first on NME.

"I was astonished that I got to 50 and started to think I'd probably like to get to 60" The post The Cure's Robert Smith on how quitting smoking was his "most important" decision in preserving his voice appeared first on...

They last performed the song at their Madison Square Garden farewell gig in 2011 The post LCD Soundsystem perform ‘North American Scum’ for the first time in 13 years appeared first on NME.

We named the college-rock-indebted London indie rockers World News one of the best new bands of the 2024, and our fearless leader Scott Lapatine put their song “Hellhole” (from the Escape EP) on his list of personal ...

Bassist Jørn "Necrobutcher" Stubberud of Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM spoke to Dave Rumbler of Metal-Roos about the band's upcoming 40th-anniversary tour of Australia, which is scheduled to kick off on January 9 in ...

Chanel Beads landed on our list of the year’s best songs with “Police Scanner,” a highlight from their Jagjaguwar debut album Your Day Will Come. Today they’ve got a deconstructed (and druggy?) spin on the tradit...

REO Speedwagon broke up this year due to “irreconcilable differences” (and were of course included in our annual in memoriam video). It wasn’t Kevin Cronin’s idea. Ahead of the band’s final show, which will tak...

The performance rounded out her appearance on Apple TV's 'A Carpool Karaoke Christmas' The post Watch Lady Gaga and Zane Lowe cover ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ appeared first on NME.

Known to U.S. audiences for his work with George Harrison and the Dead, the late Indian percussionist had a much greater impact

Drake has always been known to be very generous with the people around him. This may be the funniest story of them all. The 6 God caught wind of a Drake “look-alike” contest in Toronto. Many various versions were in ...

Zakir Hussain, the Grammy-winning Indian musician regarded as one of the world’s greatest tabla players, has died. His family revealed in a statement to press that Hussain died of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at...

The duo of DJ Matsunaga and R-Shitei, who topped the Japan Hot 100 with "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born," represent the country in Billboard's Global No. 1s series.

Up next for the Global No. 1s series, Creepy Nuts joins Japan as their No. 1. The duo shares how "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" took over the charts, what 2025 has in store and more! Billboard is launching its inaugural Global N...

Singer-songwriter will do a short run of "museums and special places" across the U.S. this winter

Chiquis goes Behind the Photo and opens up about mom Jenni Rivera, creating the music video for her single “No Te Quiero Quemar,” and more. Chiquis:Hello, how are you? I'm Chiquis and we're going to be Behind the Pho...

They spoke with Billboard Japan about their experiences around the world & about how that turned their attention to their hometown of Tokyo.

Sexyy Red, Future, Travis Scott, Shaboozey, JT help celebrate 10 years of Rolling Loud by lighting up the stage in Miami for this year’s festival. Tetris Kelly:Here are some of the best moments from this year's Rolling...

The band performed songs off its best-of album released in October, ALL TIME BEST ALBUM THANKS - Yasou no Oto -.

AI has loved the Dragonball series since she was a young girl, and she talked with Billboard Japan about her love for the series.