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Metro Boomin Rape Lawsuit Headed to Trial as Settlement Talks Fail

Metro Boomin’s civil rape lawsuit is slated to go to trial in September after “unsuccessful” settlement negotiations between the superstar producer and a woman who alleges he assaulted and impregnated her in 2016. Vanessa LeMaistre’s 2024 lawsuit claims she blacked out after ingesting Xanax and alcohol in Metro Boomin’s studio during a recording session and […]

Tom Sandoval Teases His ‘America’s Got Talent’ Live Performance Will Be ‘Bigger’ & ‘Better’: ‘It’s Going to Be More Extra’

Tom Sandoval famously pondered on The Traitors season 3 “I think I’m the only person that is musically inclined in this whole castle” during the creepy doll challenge. While that’s certainly not true of his competition as he and his cover band aim for the win on America’s Got Talent, Tom Sandoval and The Most […]

iHeartMedia Posts Small Q2 Revenue Gain, Beats Guidance

iHeartMedia exceeded its revenue guidance in the second quarter, with revenue rising 0.5% to $934 million, the company announced Monday (Aug. 11).  Consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), a common profit metric that strips out the impacts of financing and accounting, rose 3.9% to $156 million, a result that was at the […]

Why Vinyl Collectors Are So Bent Out of Shape About Packaging Flaws

Alex Vitoulis, a Billboard archive research manager who stores his massive collection of LPs, cassettes and CDs in four storage units and two apartments, has a bent-corners problem. Almost every time he buys a record online, he says, the sleeve containing the music arrives creased, folded, crinkled, torn, frayed or “smushed in.” As a result, […]

Damian Lazarus, Mau P & Seth Troxler Lead Day Zero 2026 Lineup

The lineup for Damian Lazarus’ annual Day Zero festival in Tulum, Mexico is out. The bill features 27 artists including Lazarus, Seth Troxler, Mau P, Vintage Culture, Maz, Acid Pauli, Nicola Cruz, Lilya Mandre and Silvie Loto, with additional names to be announced. Day Zero will again feature a stage exclusively showcasing producers from around […]