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Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school supplies may have families sweating the price tags associated with these essential items. Luckily, starting this week, several states that charge a state tax are taking part in sales tax holidays for school supplies with […]

Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage Taylor Swift's Eras Tour arrived in the land of grunge over the weekend with shows at Seattle's Lumen Field on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23. Eddie Vedder was in attendance alongside his family, but not everyone recognized the Pearl Jam frontman as the grunge royalty that he is. One Swiftie on TikTok shared a photo of Vedder in the crowd, only to identify him as The […]

(NEW YORK) -- The signature blue bird perched atop social media platform Twitter vanished on Sunday as part of a company rebrand under a new name: X. The revamp marks the latest change enacted by billionaire owner Elon Musk, who stepped down as CEO last month but retained a prominent role in the company. Promising an AI-fueled expansion of the site's capabilities, X aims to follow the logo change with […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Foo Fighters have premiered a live performance video for "Under You," a track off their new album, But Here We Are. The clip was taken from Dave Grohl and company's May streaming concert, during which they introduced new drummer Josh Freese, who joined the band following the March 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins. You can watch the "Under You" performance streaming now on YouTube. But Here We Are, […]

R.E.M./Athens LLC/Craft Recordings R.E.M. has put together a best-of playlist to celebrate the renewed interest in their music thanks to the recently premiered second season of The Bear. The playlist, which was made exclusively for NME, consists of 40 songs, with each member — frontman Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry — hand-picking their 10 favorite songs from their entire discography. Stipe leads off the […]

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images  Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has caused a bit of controversy after suggesting in a recent interview that not many of his fellow guitarists could handle working with Rihanna like he has. It all started when Bettencourt gave an interview with Planet Rock in which he commented about working with Rihanna. “Most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig” because of all her different musical styles, he said. He specifically mentioned Guns […]

Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BMI Hailey Whitters has dropped a breezy new song, "Tie'r Down." Of the nostalgic track, Hailey shares, "It's no secret I grew up a kid on '90s country radio, and so when I went in one day to write with Rodney Clawson and Chris LaCorte, I was reminiscing about Trisha Yearwood's song 'XXX's & OOO's.'" "I was thinking a lot about the way that song made me feel – strong and like I […]

When the next Judas Priest album finally arrives, the metal legends will be following their highest-charting U.S. release. Rob Halford and company's last record, Firepower, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 upon its release in 2018 — a career-best in the States. Speaking with ABC Audio, guitarist Richie Faulkner shares that the chart success of Firepower "means a lot" to him as a member of Priest, and as a superfan of heavy metal. "Priest, to me, has always been […]

Courtesy of BMLG Records After several teases on social media, Brett Young has finally released his new breakup song, "Let Go Too Soon." Brett penned the track with Jon Nite and Chris LaCorte, and the tear-soaked tune finds the persona pondering his recent romantic split. "I’ve beеn going out wіth friends/ I’ve been drinking too much whiskеу/ Вurnіng candleѕ аt both ends/ But nothing seems tо fiх mе ‘сause no matter what І do/ I ѕtill wake […]