Music News for Thursday, October 15, 2026

42 music news headlines from Thursday, October 15, 2026, each one a drum beat. See today's news →

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The latest from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, NME and Consequence — every headline is its own beat. Tap a headline to read the story.

Billboard
Lola Young Praises Chappell Roan’s Trick for Private Conversations: ‘As You F–king Should, B—h’
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Stereogum
Skrillex Apologizes For Head Trip Set, Remixes Danny L Harle & PinkPantheress
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Pitchfork
Nino Paid and Warhol.SS Arrested on Felony Murder and Armed Robbery Charges
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Stereogum
U2 Share “The Greatest Show On Earth,” Announce First 2027 Tour Dates
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Pitchfork
Justice Composed the Score for Grand Theft Auto VI
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NME
Fontaines D.C. special of ‘Later… With Jools Holland’ to air next month
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Rolling Stone
Zara Larsson Transforms Into a Fairy, a Mermaid, and More in ‘Blue Moon’ Video
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Billboard
Cardi B Gives ‘Sad’ Update on Luxury Bag Collection: She ‘F–kin Lost’ Her Beloved Birkin Esmeralda
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NME
U2 share epic new single ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ and first dates of 2027 world tour
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Stereogum
Heavens To Betsy Unearth Video From First Show In 1991
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Stereogum
Radie Peat – “Hares On The Mountain”
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NME
Five new Rolling Stones songs are on the way for ‘Loose Lips’ deluxe edition of ‘Foreign Tongues’
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Billboard
Justice Created the Score for ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’: Hear the Duo’s New Song With Tame Impala, SZA & More
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Stereogum
PISS – “Rote Zora. ‘Resistance is Possible.’ Emma, No. 6, June 1984, pp. 39-41.”
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Consequence
Sammy Hagar Wants To “Bury the Hatchet” with Alex Van Halen
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Billboard
Stephanie Mills Recalls ‘Very Disrespectful’ Encounter With Lady Gaga: ‘She’s a Culture Vulture’
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Stereogum
Now, Now – “Slide”
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Pitchfork
Skrillex and Ring Noord Remix Danny L Harle and PinkPantheress’ “Starlight”
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Rolling Stone
Justice Recruit Tame Impala, SZA for ‘GTA 6’ Song ‘Flower in a Hurricane’
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Stereogum
Neil Young Is Digger Hive
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Consequence
Justice to Score GTA 6, Share New Song with Tame Impala, SZA, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Stream
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Rolling Stone
Audrey Hobert Reflects on Her Wild Year
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Stereogum
Justice Score GTA VI, Share Tame Impala/SZA/King Gizzard Collab “Flower In A Hurricane”
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NME
New report shows extent of racial bias in licensing against Black music events in London
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Stereogum
The Future Sound Of Oslo
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Pitchfork
Blondie Announce First Album in Nine Years
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NME
Justice are behind the ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ soundtrack
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Consequence
Nightwish Part Ways with Singer Floor Jansen
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Stereogum
Johanna Warren Announces New Album Frog In The Belly Of A Snake: Hear “Automatic”
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Stereogum
Blondie Announce Final Album With Clem Burke High Noon: Hear “Spectral Eyes” (Feat. Johnny Marr)
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Rolling Stone
‘I’m a Proud Canerican Like Neil Young:’ Joni Mitchell on U.S. Citizenship, New Book of Paintings
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Billboard
Kid Rock Shares Why Eminem Switched Songs on His Faith-Based Album – And Whether They Talk Politics Together
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NME
Snayx announce debut album ‘Greed’ and take on “manosphere misogynists” with scathing single ‘Gold Star’
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Rolling Stone
Blondie Announce New Album ‘High Noon,’ Clem Burke’s Final Recording
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Consequence
Blondie Announce High Noon, First New Album in Nine Years
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NME
MVT pilot study shows only 21 per cent of live music from grassroots venues is registered repertoire amidst battle for fairer PRS payments
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NME
The new book that revisits the messy magic of the UK ’00s indie scene: “If you weren’t out, you felt like you were missing out”
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Billboard
Inside Starlight Festival’s Historic Debut at the Great Pyramids of Giza
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NME
Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten planning another solo album: “It’d be a lot more lively and a bit more kind of festival-ready”
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NME
Geordie Greep responds after alleged victim and ex-bandmate speak out over “sexual assault” claims
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NME
“Classic Blondie” return with new album ‘High Noon’ featuring Johnny Marr, Glen Matlock and more and energetic single ‘Spectral Eyes’
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Rolling Stone
Drakeo the Ruler’s Mom Settles With Live Nation Over Rapper’s Killing at Music Festival
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