Steve Knopper

Trending on Billboard A few hours before Argentine hip-hop duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso were to perform a sold-out show in Madrid on Sept. 17, Paz Aparicio surveyed the calendar at Movistar Arena, where she is GM. In 2019, the venue that holds more than... See more

Ella Langley's Tuesday night (Oct. 6) concert at Denver's highway-side Grizzly Rose wasn't exactly 'intimate,' as advertised — some 1,000 people jammed into the space — but those who made it in were lucky to catch a glimpse of the rising 'Choosin' Texas' ... See more

The story of how Donna Summer's heavy-breathing 'Love to Love You Baby' expanded to 16 minutes, 48 seconds, is one of the classic yarns of the disco era. Neil Bogart loved the 1975 single so much that he licensed it to his record label, Casablanca, then p... See more

Toward the end of Geese ’s sold-out Summit Music Hall show Thursday night in Denver, a mosh pit formed a circle during the piano bits in “Long Island City Here I Come,” then waited, waited, waited, finally exploding when the Brooklyn group broke into the ... See more

Schoolly D sent Kurt Vile a link. “Somebody stole my fake fur coat,” the pioneering gangsta rapper told the easygoing folk-rock singer-songwriter. “And you can’t be the King of Philly without your fur coat.” Without hesitation, Vile clicked the link and b... See more