R&B: Last News

Nao has announced headline tour dates in the UK, Europe and North America for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The east London singer-songwriter is due to hit the road early next year, shortly after releasing her fourth album ‘Jupiter’ on February 21 (pre-order/pre-save here).She’ll begin the European leg of the trek in Amsterdam on February 25 before heading to Brussels, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Berlin and Paris ahead of five UK gigs in early March.Nao is scheduled to perform at Birmingham’s O2 Institute, Manchester’s New Century Hall, Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s and Bristol’s O2 Academy. The BRIT and Mercury-nominated artist will then head to London for a hometown concert at the O2 Academy Brixton on March 12.In April, she’ll visit North America for shows in Atlanta, New York, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and other cities in the US and Canada throughout that month and into early May.Tickets go on general sale at 3pm GMT/4pm CET/10am EST this Friday (December 6).

due to take place in Newcastle for the first time. It’ll be held at the city’s Utilita Arena on Tuesday February 18.Leading the way are Jorja Smith, Sampha, Bashy, Ghetts, Cleo Sol, Central Cee and Odeal with three nominations apiece.Elsewhere, RAYE is up for Best Female Act and Video Of The Year (‘Genesis’).

Kendrick Lamar is “Not Like Us.” In fact, he’s full of surprises.The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper released multiple diss tracks aimed at Drake earlier this year, dropped his new album “GNX” in November and just announced he’s embarking on the ‘Grand National Tour’ with SZA next year.From April through June, the co-headliners will take their hit-filled catalogs to stadiums all over North America.Midway through the run, they’re slated to play back-to-back nights at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium on Thursday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9.Prior to the nationwide trek, Lamar is slated to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, LA on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Beyoncé have shut down rumours that the singer is planning on announcing a 2025 tour.Speculation around a potential tour comes after it was recently revealed that Bey will be bringing ‘Cowboy Carter’ to the NFL Christmas-day Halftime Show next month.Announced by Netflix, the singer will perform at this year’s Halftime Show, which takes place midway through the showdown between Houston Texas and the Baltimore Ravens. The event will be live-streamed on Netflix on Christmas Day (December 25).Following the confirmation, fans began speculating that Bey may have had bigger plans in mind, and suggested that the NFL gig was somewhat of a ‘warm-up’ for a soon-to-be-announced tour.Now, Beyoncé’s longtime representative Yvette Noel-Schure has spoken out about the rumours and said that there is no truth to them – much to fans’ dismay.“Untrue.

Michael Kiwanuka has shared a new music video for ‘One And Only’, directed by Barack Obama‘s daughter Malia – watch it below.Yesterday (November 26), Kiwanuka shared the video, which is helmed by Malia Obama, who professionally goes by Malia Ann. It marks her music video directorial debut.In the newly launched video, a woman chases another lady through the woods and eventually catches up to her.

The Weeknd has announced his new album ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ along with a one-night-only stadium show in Los Angeles slated for early next year.Set for release on January 24, 2025, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ will serve as the final instalment of the ‘Blinding Lights’ singer’s album trilogy, following 2020’s ‘After Hours‘ and 2022’s ‘Dawn FM‘.Teasers of the LP have been shared in the form of The Weeknd’s previous collab with Playboi Carti, ‘Timeless’, which was co-produced by Pharrell, and another new track called ‘Dancing In The Flames’ which arrived back in September. Both singles are set to appear on the new album.He’s gone on to shared snippets of new tracks throughout the year, and shared the album’s cover on his social media.

Khalid has responded to “frustrating” allegations after being outed as gay on social media.The Grammy-nominated R&B singer came out as gay earlier this week following a series of posts from X user Hugo Almonte, who took to the platform to outline his alleged experiences of being offered drugs by “one of your favourite gay R&B singers”, who “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his house”. He later posted a photo of himself with Khalid.Responding to the claims, Khalid posted an emoji of the LGBTQ+ rainbow flag and wrote: “There yall go, next topic please lol”.A later reply to a fan further confirmed that he was coming out as gay, stating: “I am! And that’s okay”.In another post, he added: “I got outted and the world still continues to turn.

Music creation platform Splice recently announced its partnership with producer, writer and DJ Alissia. Releasing a series of six curated sample collections called “Alissia Selects”, the partnership will also see the producer putting Splice and Studio One Pro to work in a new demo, and feature a contest for new creators on the Splice Discord.

In his first post, Khalid shared a rainbow flag emoji along with three exclamation marks, adding, “there yall go. next topic please lol.” One person responded to his post, writing “Wait hope Mr Khalid isn’t GEHHH!” That prompted Khalid to quote the reply and add, “I am! And that’s okay.”The hitmaker then revealed that he was outed.“I got outted [sic] and the world still continues to turn.

RAYE has announced the first support acts for her headline show at All Points East 2025 – find all the details below.The multi-BRIT Award-winner and Grammy nominee is due to top the bill at Victoria Park in east London on Saturday August 23. The Maccabees and Barry Can’t Swim have also been confirmed for next year’s festival.Today (November 22), the first wave of opening performers for RAYE’s huge upcoming concert in the capital have been revealed.

Kehlani has announced the details of her 2025 ‘Crash’ UK and European tour dates set to commence early next year.The ‘Honey’ singer will kick off their run of dates on January 21 2025 at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam. From there, she will make stops in cities such as Antwerp, Vienna, Berlin and Paris.

‘Cowboy Carter’ to the NFL Christmas-day Halftime Show this December, Netflix has confirmed.Beyoncé and Netflix have announced that she will be headlining this year’s Halftime Show performance during the between this year’s Christmas game the Houston Texas and Baltimore Ravens on December 25 – the event will be livestreamed on Netflix.For the performance, Bey will be performing live at the NRG Stadium in Houston, where per Netflix, she will be performing songs from ‘Cowboy Carter’ live for the first time ever. You can watch the announcement trailer below.HOUSTON, TEXAS – 12.25.24 pic.twitter.com/8LHN2uvwma— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) November 18, 2024The game will take place on December 25 at 4:30pm ET (9:30pm GMT).

T-Pain have released an acoustic cover of Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz’s classic ‘Get Low’ – listen to it below.The track – which has officially been released on streaming platforms with the pair credited as Z-Pain – was recorded as an anniversary present from Zuckerberg to his wife Priscilla. He wrote, explaining on Instagram: “‘Get Low’ was playing when I first met Priscilla at a college party, so every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary.”The Meta owner continued: “This year I worked with @tpain on our own version of this lyrical masterpiece.

Tommy Richman just announced he’s taking off on his ‘Coyote Tour’ with special guest mynameisntjmack from February through April of next year.Near the end of the run, the Hip-Hop adjacent pair are slated to stop into New York City’s Webster Hall on Monday, March 24.Their 27-concert international run comes in support of Richman’s recently released debut album that shares a name with the tour.“Bringing this album to life next year,” the 24-year-old shared on Instagram.Prior to the run, Richman is scheduled to lend his talents to Tyler The Creator‘s annual Camp Flog Gnaw Festival, which is going down at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Nov. 16-17.

Pitbull has announced a series of huge shows across the UK and Europe, set to take place in 2025. Find ticket details below.Announced today (November 12), Pitbull will be bringing his ‘Party After Dark Tour’ across the pond at the start of next year, for five new shows across Europe.Joined by Lil Jon as a special guest, the run of new shows kicks off on February 19 with an opening night at the 3Arena in Dublin.

“Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” — the 1979 Philly soul classic that has provided the soundtrack to many a cookout — he might as well have been establishing a theme song for the enduring legacy and listenership of the New York radio institution.Because there has been no stopping WBLS since Crocker turned the station into the No. 1 R&B destination on the dial — and an influential tastemaker nationwide — in the ’70s.“At the time that I started, Frankie was program director, so I got an opportunity to just really kind of see how he operated,” Cynthia Smith, the current WBLS program director, told The Post.“And he was all about gut and hits, and he played songs that people wouldn’t really think that maybe ’BLS would play or break.

Jorja Smith has announced her 2025 ‘Falling Or Flying’ UK and Ireland tour set to kick off next summer.The ‘High’ singer will kick off the leg of her tour at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on May 30, 2025. From there, she will make stops in Wolverhampton and Dublin before wrapping up the tour with a two-night run at London’s Eventim Apollo on June 5 and 6 2025.A ticket pre-sale will be available for those who sign up here.

Celeste has shared a new single called ‘This Is Who I Am’ – you can listen to it below.The theatrical and stirring track serves as the title theme to the new Sky series The Day Of The Jackal, which is also released today (November 7).Eddie Redmayne (who portrays The Jackal) and his co-star Lashana Lynch (Bianca) selected for the song for the opening credits to the adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel.“This song has existed for a long time, and it felt almost unjust that circumstances didn’t allow it to come out four years ago,” explained Celeste.“Now, with everything aligning, this moment serves as a powerful acknowledgement of something that, back then, felt unresolved.”Produced by Beach Noise (Kendrick Lamar), ‘This Is Who I Am’ follows on from the BRIT-winning and Mercury-nominated artist’s 2022 single ‘To Love A Man’.The track arrives as Celeste “prepares to tell the next chapter of her story”, according to a press release.“‘This Is Who I Am’ is less a reintroduction to Celeste’s music and more an act of self-actualisation, a complete creative distillation of her craft that sees her step with purpose into her new era,” it adds.“Only you can tell them that this is who I am,” she sings over a cinematic and orchestral arrangement in the chorus.

Måneskin frontman Damiano David has covered Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars‘ recent collaborative single ‘Die With A Smile’. You can watch the video below.The Italian singer-songwriter delivered a stripped-back rendition of the pair’s ballad – the original of which arrived in August – during a live session on SiriusXM Hits 1 at the SiriusXM NYC studios.He was joined by his backing vocalists and live band for the intimate yet soaring take on the track.

Beyoncé has shared a new video for ‘Bodyguard’ in which she urges her fans to vote in today’s US presidential election (November 5). Watch below.The official visuals for the ‘Cowboy Carter’ track see the singer pay homage to Pamela Anderson’s character C. J.

Kamala Harris has paid tribute to her friend Quincy Jones, calling the late producer, songwriter and composer a “trailblazer”.The Vice President and Democratic nominee in today’s US presidential election (November 5) shared a photograph of herself and Jones on social media following his death on Sunday (3) aged 91.“Quincy Jones was a trailblazer,” Harris began her message. “As a composer, arranger, record and movie producer, he created art that brought joy to millions of people.“As an activist, Quincy championed civil and human rights.