Addison Rae is playing live shows now. Earlier this year, the TikTok star released her debut album Addison, completing an unlikely transition in grand fashion. Around the same time that the LP dropped, Rae announced her first-ever headlining tour. She played a couple of tiny club shows around the time of the LP release, and she opened for and sang with Lana Del Rey at Wembley Stadium in London, but those things are different from playing a proper headlining set in front of the general public. Rae’s tour kicked off Monday night at Dublin’s 3Arena, which means we are just now getting our first look at what a proper Addison Rae live show might be.

Traditionally, veteran rock bands wait until they’ve finished a whole new album to release music from that album. They often do it as part of a coordinated campaign, doling out advance tracks little by little leading up to a strategically determined release date in an attempt to pique interest. Spoon have decided to diverge from that template today.

Radiohead is finally getting the recognition they deserve: They have gone viral on TikTok. As a result, “Let Down,” off of their 1997 third album OK Computer, has entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #91. 28 years after its release, “Let Down” marks the fourth track of theirs to enter the Hot 100 after “Creep” in 1993, “High And Dry” in 1996, and “Nude” in 2008.

Minus The Bear’s opus Menos El Oso turned 20 years old last Saturday. We already knew the Seattle rockers were gearing up for a big reunion tour this fall, but hometown fans got a special treat on Saturday with a small surprise pop-up show, marking Minus The Bear’s first performance since 2018.

A few weeks ago, eternal rock legends the Who kicked off their farewell tour of North America. It’s not the first time that the band has undertaken such an enterprise. In 1982, the Who did a different farewell tour, and they didn’t stick to it. As it turns out, they might not stick to this one, either. In a New York Times interview, surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend admit that the Who might continue playing shows once this particular farewell tour is done.

A couple of months ago, the all-time great rap duo Clipse released Let God Sort Em Out, their long-awaited reunion album. As Pusha T explained during the rollout, the record took longer to come out than anyone expected because Clipse had to deal with some label issues. They were signed to Def Jam, but parent company Universal blanched at releasing their song “Chains & Whips” with its Kendrick Lamar feature intact. That led to Clipse buying out their contract, leaving the label, and releasing their album, Kendrick feature and all, independently. Kendrick Lamar probably recorded his “Chains & Whips” verse a couple of years ago, but its release still felt like an event. It also felt like an event when surprise guest Kendrick joined the Clipse onstage to perform the track for the first time this past weekend.

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.

Neil Young and his new-ish band the Chrome Hearts performed at New York’s Jones Beach Saturday night. They did plenty of Crazy Horse and CSNY staples, but the most notable inclusion on the setlist was a performance of “Long Walk Home,” a song Young hasn’t played live since 1989.

Yesterday, Irish folk group the Mary Wallopers had their set at UK’s Victorious Festival cut short after expressing support for Palestine with a “Free Palestine” chant and a Palestinian flag. Now, the Last Dinner Party have withdrawn in protest.

The metal world has been shaken since the unexpected death of Brent Hinds earlier this week. The former Mastodon lead guitarist and co-vocalist was tragically killed in a motorcycle crash shortly after he parted ways with the band in a way that resulted in lots of drama. Mastodon paid tribute to him last night at the Alaska State Fair, which was their first performance since his passing.