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Claire Rothman, Legendary Los Angeles Forum General Manager, Dies at 97

Claire Rothman, a pioneering woman in the live entertainment industry whose positions included president and general manager of The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., died Saturday (Nov. 22) in Las Vegas. She was 97. “Claire Rothman for many decades invented how to run a building for fans, teams and bands,” Azoff Group chairman/CEO Irving Azoff, told […]

iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo

iHeartRadio’s chief programming officer and president, Tom Poleman, sent a letter to staff on Friday (Nov. 21), obtained by Billboard, pledging that the company doesn’t and won’t “use AI-generated personalities” or “play AI music that features synthetic vocalists pretending to be human,” among other promises. The pledge marks the beginning of iHeart’s new “Guaranteed Human” […]

Rolling Loud India: Swae Lee, Nav, Wiz Khalifa & More Take You Behind the Scenes | All Access: Tour Stop

Rolling Loud India took place this past weekend, and we’re taking you inside the inaugural event! Featuring interviews with Nav, Swae Lee, Wiz Khalifa, fans and more, keep watching to experience what the festival was like. Swae Lee: Shout out to India, man.  Nav: Everybody’s brown, everybody looks like me.  Wiz Khalifa: “Beware?”  Tetris Kelly: […]

Billie Eilish Announces Release Date for 3D Concert Film

Billie Eilish has announced the global release date for her upcoming concert film, revealing the news onstage during the final night of her sold-out Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour in San Francisco on Sunday. The film, arriving March 20, 2026, will be distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures in partnership with Darkroom Records, Interscope […]

Ball Park Music Take Fans Inside Their Oasis Arena Experience

 Ball Park Music are getting another boost from their career-defining support slot on Oasis’ blockbuster Australian reunion tour, with the Brisbane five-piece featured in the latest instalment of Live Nation’s Soundcheck series. The behind-the-scenes episode documents the band stepping onto the biggest stages of their career, performing to arena-sized crowds across the country as Oasis […]

Donald Glover Reveals He Suffered a Stroke During 2024 Childish Gambino Tour

Donald Glover told fans at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival on Saturday night (Nov. 22) that he suffered a stroke last year while touring under his Childish Gambino moniker — an episode that ultimately led to the cancellation of his world tour. During his set at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Glover recounted […]

The 6 Best Performances We Saw at the 2025 New York Comedy Festival

Ten days and more than 200 comedy acts later, the New York Comedy Festival — the largest and longest running annual event of its kind in the United States — has drawn to a close, and boy, is our diaphragm tired. (Ba-dum-bump!)  With A-list stand-up comics, improv groups and podcasters performing every night from Nov. […]

Fans Choose Stray Kids’ ‘DO IT’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

DO IT, the latest mixtape from Stray Kids, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll. Related Friday Music Guide: New Music From Tate McRae, Stray Kids, Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo and More ‘Wicked: For Good’ Joins List of Top-Grossing Film Adaptations of Broadway Musicals: Full List Tate McRae Hits New Career High With Nearly $111M Gross on Miss […]