Pop Up Ave to Return to Downtown State College in New Location

After being held on South Fraser Street the past two years, Pop Up Ave will move to the 200 block of South Allen Street in State College for 2025. Photo by Sarah Lynn DeCarlo | Onward State This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. Pop …

K-pop group Riize to hold Singapore concert in January 2026

K-pop boy group Riize will return to Singapore for a one-night show on Jan 24, 2026. The concert is part of the six-member group's recently-announced Riizing Loud tour, and comes one and a half years after Riize's Riizing Day fan concert in 2024. …

EPEX confirms solo concert in China, first in nine years for K-pop group

Boy band Epex will perform in China next month, becoming the first all-Korean K-pop group to hold a solo concert in the country since Beijing’s unofficial ban on Korean entertainment began in 2016.  The move is seen as a possible sign that China is easing …

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Jill Sobule, singer-songwriter known for ’90s pop hit ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ dies in house fire at 66

Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl” was the rare pop song of that era to take an openly queer theme into the cultural mainstream, died Thursday. She was 66. Her death was announced by her spokesman, David Elkin, who said …

“FATHER OF THE INDUSTRY“ - Fans rejoice as BTS’ Taehyung becomes the only K-pop soloist with 5 tracks exceeding 400 ...

As of May 1, 2025, BTS’ Kim Taehyung, aka V, has set a new record as the K-pop solo artist with the most songs surpassing 400 million streams on Spotify. He now has five songs that have reached this milestone. Two of these songs are popular K-drama OSTs: …

New York bar mixes cocktails and Chinese pop to give the music life beyond karaoke lounges

In New York’s Long Island City neighbourhood there is a nondescript, white-tiled Taiwanese restaurant named Gulp. Those not in the know might assume that the five counter seats are all there is to this little joint, but open the grey door at the rear, pull …

Beloved 90s pop star dies in house fire

Folk pop artist Jill Sobule, the first songwriter to crack the US top 20 with an openly gay song, has tragically died at 66 in a house fire. Sobule slayed the global charts and airwaves in 1995 with her upbeat earworm I Kissed a Girl, 13 years before Katy …

Renowned New York bar to open two Australian venues this year – and they’re not pop-ups

A leader of the craft cocktail scene, with four locations in the US, has chosen Australia for its first step towards global drinks domination. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save …