Verdine White releases Celebrate Our Love, the last song Maurice White recorded
The keyboardist Freddie Ravel co-wrote the unfinished demo and kept it for years before taking it to his late bandmate's brother.
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Tory Lanez books a US listening tour while serving a 10-year sentence
The Not On Tor run opens in New York on 25 September with DJs and guests playing his catalogue; organisers say he will not appear.
Kevin Spencer, a founding singer of the SOLAR group Dynasty, has died
He had been reported to be fighting cancer, and wrote for Shalamar and The Whispers as well.
Gnarls Barkley book a nine-date tour, their first since 2008
The run supports Atlanta, the album CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse say is their last, and stops in the city it is named after.
Papa Roach cancel their Louder Than Life festival set over Tobin Esperance's health
The Louisville show was their last US date before a European run opens in Glasgow on 1 November.
Dolly Parton accepts an Americana lifetime award in a video taped before her death
Emmylou Harris introduced the clip at the Ryman, and Brandi Carlile and I'm With Her led a performance of Coat of Many Colors.
Steve Rubie marks 50 years running the 606 Club, London's basement jazz room
A two-week anniversary festival at the Chelsea venue runs from 12 to 25 October, with Jamie Cullum and Liane Carroll among those returning.
Jamie T puts Lily Allen and Liam Howlett in the lyrics of his single Tallahassee
The track samples Leif Vollebekk and previews Ghosts (100 Days Of Morning), which Polydor releases on 9 October.
Tom Watson leaves the industry body UK Music to become a Palantir vice president
The former Labour deputy leader chaired the body for six years; a Green MP called the move a revolving door between politics and lobbying.
JazzFest Berlin gives pianist Alexander Hawkins the premiere of Willow Music
His large ensemble piece closes the opening night on 29 October, straight after a new Anthony Braxton septet for four saxophones and three tubas.
Gorillaz open their North American tour with Albarn raising a Palestinian flag
The Orlando set ran to 24 songs and pulled from their debut, Plastic Beach, Demon Days, Humanz and The Mountain.
Singer Tweet shares videos for Love Again and Toot Toot from her new album
One song was the lead single nearly a year ago; the other has been circulating since a third record was shelved in 2008.
Davido books a three-night Lagos residency at the National Theatre in December
He calls the renovated building Nigeria's Madison Square Garden, and a video for the single On the Road landed the same day.
Shein asks a court to dismiss the Selena estate's merchandise lawsuit
The retailer says third-party sellers uploaded the items and that a marketplace cannot be liable simply for displaying listings.
Silverada bassist Omar Oyoque steps away for hand surgery after nine years
The band's onstage hype man played two final shows in Tennessee, with no stand-in named and no date set for a return.
Sway DaSafo, the British rapper who beat 50 Cent to a MOBO, has died at 44
He died at his home in Ghana. The 2005 award came before he had released an album, and he later helped start Ed Sheeran and KSI.
Carly Rae Jepsen splits her eighth album Day and Night into two halves
The record runs to 24 tracks, with the B-sides folded in rather than held back for a companion release.
Gunna names his next album Splurge and says October is possible
He told Forbes he has no date and will not rush it, and pushed back at the idea that he is a free agent after The Last Wun.
Roc Nation struggles to book the Super Bowl LXI halftime show, a report says
Artists are said to be weighing political fallout against a slot that carries no real fee, and the announcement could slip to November.
Rhiannon Giddens goes big on the album Hope is the Thing With Feathers
She tells NPR it is time for large feelings, and the record runs from a song about refugees to a loose jam on Cluck Old Hen.
Josh Levi puts Brandy on the deluxe album HYDRAULIC: FUELED UP
Five tracks join the singer's debut, and unusually they sit at the front of the record rather than tacked on the end.
Lael Neale directs her own video for the single Picasso's Wife
The clip was shot on a kitchen floor in Lisbon using her paintings, two months before the album As Killers Do arrives.
FLVCKKA is the standout artist in YouTube's Foundry class of 2026
The Chihuahua-born singer calls their own style hypercorridos, and Remezcla reads the pick as a signal about where Mexican music is going.
Carly Pearce plays a 20-song Chicago club set on the Honest Woman tour
She talked about her mother's illness, let the room vote on two songs and sang fragments of the requests that missed the cut.
Arca headlines the Rave3000 festival in Buenos Aires on 11 December
A twelve-hour open-air event at Club Ciudad, with hard techno, house and trance across several stages and tickets already selling.
CEO Grip, a business partner in Yo Gotti's CMG label, has died
Tributes came from Boosie, YFN Lucci, Moneybagg Yo and 42 Dugg, with no cause of death announced.
Greek pop singer Stella returns on Sub Pop with a single called Belinda
Rodaidh McDonald co-produced the track, and Rafael Cohen of the band !!! plays on it as he did on her last album.
Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot turns 25 from the day the album went online free
The band put the record on their own website in September 2001 after Reprise let them walk, seven months before a shop ever stocked it.
TAUK guitarist Matt Jalbert sings for the first time on his solo album Somebody's Child
The instrumental quartet's guitarist wrote lyrics for the first time in his thirties, and the title track is out now.
Metal band Metallica run a Red Cross blood drive at their Las Vegas residency
A themed donation centre opens on the Strip on 28 September, with a replica of Lars Ulrich's kit to sit behind and his real one to win.