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Taylor Swift donates $100K to 2-year-old cancer patient

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-19/Getty_TaylorSwiftGrammysRedCarpetAFP_101925.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Taylor Swift arrives at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Los Angeles, February, 2025 (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>The parents of a 2-year-old girl suffering from a rare form of brain cancer are thanking Taylor Swift for an extremely generous <a href=”https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-by-lilah-in-her-cancer-fight” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>GoFundMe donation</a>.Taylor donated $100,000 to the online fundraiser for the…… Read More…

Singing ‘Nobody’s Son,’ Sabrina Carpenter drops F-bombs on ‘SNL’

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-19/getty_SabrinaCarpenterandMarcello_101925.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez during 'SNL' promos (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC)</figcaption></figure>Sabrina Carpenter pulled double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live on Saturday – and she also managed to sing the F-word several times without being censored.Her performance of “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnUHFNY_Uw” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Manchild</a>” was self-censored: She sang, “Eff my life.”  But when…… Read More…

Music notes: Pink, Ariana Grande and more

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-17/M_Musicnotesgraphic.jpg” alt=””></figure>Pink is <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6–rIiWJu/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>bringing</a> her Carnival tour to Mexico next spring, marking her first time performing in that country in 23 years, and her first-ever headlining show there. “I’m so excited to scream my lungs out with you,” she says in an Instagram video. The show takes place April 26…… Read More…

New Music Friday: Teddy Swims, Niall Horan and more

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-17/M_NMFnewgraphic2022.jpg” alt=””></figure>Teddy Swims is out with his contribution to the soundtrack for season 2 of the hit Netflix show Nobody Wants This: It’s called “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiSSMBdsXyI” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>You’ve Got Another Thing Coming</a>.”  The soundtrack, which also includes new music from Selena Gomez and Alessia Cara, is out Oct. 23.Niall Horan has a…… Read More…

A lot can happen in a year: Watch Shinedown’s video for ‘Three Six Five’

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-17/M_shinedown365_101725.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>"Three Six Five" single artwork. (Atlantic) </figcaption></figure>Shinedown has premiered the video for their single “Three Six Five.”The clip features live and behind-the-scenes footage from the band’s 2025 Dance, Kid, Dance U.S. tour, which included headlining performances at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and New York City’s Madison Square Garden.”This year’s been one…… Read More…

Olivia Dean, sombr to make their ‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts in November

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-17/M_OliviaDean_LolaMansell_100325.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Olivia Dean (Lola Mansell)</figcaption></figure>On Saturday Sabrina Carpenter is hosting and performing on Saturday Night Live, and in November her new opening act will be making her own debut on the show.Olivia Dean, who’s opening for Sabrina on the new U.S. leg of her Short n’ Sweet tour starting Oct. 23, will be the musical…… Read More…

Ed Sheeran releases ‘Play – The Remixes’ EP, new video for ‘Symmetry’

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-17/M_EdSheeraninIndia_MarkSurridge_101725.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Ed Sheeran records in India (Mark Surridge)</figcaption></figure>Ed Sheeran’s album Play was heavily influenced by the global sounds he heard while traveling around the world on tour. Now he’s taken that one step further by releasing a remix album featuring collaborations with some of the South Asian artists he met during his travels.The EP…… Read More…

Gracie Abrams tells Cyndi Lauper about touring: ‘Constantly shocking’ but ‘fun’

Cyndi Lauper and Gracie Abrams for ‘Rolling Stone”s Musicians on Musicians series (Victoria Will for ‘Rolling Stone’))As part of Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians series, Gracie Abrams sat down for a chat with newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Cyndi Lauper, whose music she grew up with, courtesy of her mom.During their…… Read More…

Ben Gibbard & Dua Lipa follow each other into the dark with live collaboration in Seattle

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie performs in concert at Poble Espanyol on August 27, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Xavi Torrent/Redferns) Dua Lipa performs during the Radical Optimism Tour at Scotiabank Arena on September 01, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ABA)We’re guessing attendees of Dua Lipa’s concert at Seattle’s Climate Pledge…… Read More…

Watch Sabrina Carpenter reveal her ‘greatest fear’ in new ‘SNL’ promo

Host and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter during ‘SNL’ promos, October, 2025 (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC)Sabrina Carpenter isn’t scared of hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend — but she is scared of something else.Sabrina’s hosting and performing on the show on Oct. 18, and in a new set of promos, she and cast member Marcello Hernandez discuss whether or…… Read More…