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Stray Kids amass 1b streams each with 6th, 9th EPs

Stray Kids generated 1 billion streams each with their sixth and ninth EPs on Spotify, according to label JYP Entertainment on Wednesday. With the two mini albums following the first LP “Go Live,” the first LP repackaged album “In Life,” the second LP “Noeasy,” and the third LP “5-Star,” the octet now has six albums that reached the milestone. They have the second most for a K-pop group, only after BTS. The gorup's sixth EP “Oddinary” was released in 2022 and its ninth EP “Ate” in 2024. Both hit

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Concertgoer, 51, falls to his death during Goose show at Madison Square Garden: police

A 51-year-old concertgoer fell to his death during rock band Goose’s concert inside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, police said. “At approximately 9:51 p.m. inside Madison Square Garden, officers observed a 51-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive,” the NYPD told The Post in a statement. The fan plunged from an “elevated position” and was transported []

Grammy-Winning Singer From Iconic Band Dies at 84

Michael Putland / Getty ImagesCanadian music icon David Clayton-Thomas has died at 84. The singer passed away peacefully at a Toronto hospital on Wednesday night, his publicist confirmed, according to a report by Variety. No further details about the cause of death were released. Clayton-Thomas is survived by his daughters, Ashleigh Clayton-Thomas and Christine Graham. His representative said plans are underway for a memorial concert, with proceeds from the event to benefit Peacebuilders Canada. Clayton-Thomas was the lead vocalist of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat Tears during its most successful years in the late 1960s and 1970s. His powerful, soulful voice helped drive hits such as “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die,” and “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” while the band’s self-titled 1968 album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970. His signature song “Spinning Wheel” was later inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2010. Read it at Variety MagazineRead more at The Daily Beast.