Britney Spears has released her first new music since being released from a conservatorship that controlled almost every aspect of her life. Hold Me Closer - a duet with Sir Elton John - hit streaming sites on Friday, marking Spears' return to music after a six-year hiatus. "It's pretty damn cool that I'm singing with one of the most classic men of our time," she said ahead of the release.

THERE’S ONE THING we’re still sure of: Robin Thicke’s odious “Blurred Lines” is high on the list of the worst songs ever made. And for that matter, Leah Kate’s nursery-rhyme-biting, Olivia Rodrigo-aping TikTok irritant “Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch” is definitely this year’s contribution.

Hip hop history almost wasn’t made at this year’s Super Bowl. Dr. Dre, who spearheaded the trailblazing halftime show featuring Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mary J. Blige, has revealed he nearly pulled out of the big gig.

Spotify's website lists upcoming concerts and lets users purchase tickets to these shows through debit or credit card; users must have a Spotify account.

As if the tumultuous din of battle is not horrendous enough, over the ages humans have discovered plenty of ways to exploit sound in warfare. I found an astonishing variety of ancient acoustic weapons while researching my book "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World." Deploying sound in war has evolved over millennia, from natural animal sounds and music to today's advanced sonic devices.

Based on pre-orders alone, Eminem tops the Amazon hip hop best sellers chart. He beats himself to keep the leading position. At least, that happened on Amazon UK, where “Curtain Call: The Hits” had to step down to No.3 to allow Em’s new compilation to rise to No.1.

An unlikely pairing.

Eddie Munson is so metal, that Metallica played a tribute to him at Lollapalooza. Played by Joseph Quinn, Eddie Munson is the beloved metalhead introduced in season four of Netflix's Stranger Things series.

Guy Fieri just can’t seem to get enough of seeing Rage Against the Machine live on their long-anticipated reunion tour (grab your tickets here) and who can blame him? Just days after a video of him rocking out at the July 27th Cleveland concert went viral on TikTok, the Mayor of Flavortown attended a show in Raleigh, North Carolina.

From the album Zoot Allures (1976)

Will.i.am has opened up about 2pac and The Notorious B.I.G. in a new interview saying their their "kind of music doesn't speak to my spirit."

From the album Freeze Frame (1981)

From the album Marjory Razorblade (1973)

After stiffing producers who fronted him millions for Sunday Service and a ‘Donda 2’ listening party, he's probably screwed, a lawyer told VICE.

This quote, often misattributed to Einstein, is a very silly quote. Isn't "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" the very definition of training, practise and exercise. Would we have sport or music without people doing this very thing?

Where Kate Bush goes, Metallica follows… with the veteran rockers looking set to break into the UK music chart for the first time in 40 years, thanks once again to the phenomenon of Stranger Things.

Near the end of Rage Against the Machine’s first concert in 11 years, frontman Zack de la Rocha walked to the tip of the stage, squinted his eyes shut, and roared out the “fuck you I won’t do as you tell me” climax of “Killing In The Name” as roughly 30,000 fans screamed along in unison, several of them crowd surfing right at his feet despite looking about 20 years too old for such an activity.

It’s no spoiler to say that Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) is just as talented at playing the electric guitar as he was at being a Dungeon Master. But to learn the truth behind the most badass moment in Stranger Things’ fourth season finale and you somehow haven’t watched it yet, well, you know what that means.

The one-time triple threat is turning into the king of cringe