Anne-Marie trusting Ed Sheeran to help pen new album

LONDON – Two ticket touts who bought and resold large numbers of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift concert tickets online have been jailed for a total of six and a half years in a landmark British court case. Married couple Peter Hunter and David Smith, who traded as Ticket Wiz and BZZ, were found guilty of using multiple identities and bot software to harvest millions of pounds worth of concert and theatre tickets between 2010 and 2017.

The new album from Destiny Frasqueri is on the way...

When Taylor Swift sang about her "London boy" on her latest album, Lover, she made it clear that she's a fan of Joe Alwyn's hometown as much as she is her longtime boyfriend, Alwyn. Alwyn and Swift have been together for nearly three years, and though Swift doesn't talk about her private romantic life often, she's obviously fallen for the English actor, who turned 29 on Friday.

It’s been seven years since BTS began their ascent to the top of the music, and their new album, Map of the Soul: 7, ruminates on the past and what it means for the historic act’s present and future. On release day (Feb.

It's been a crazy 24 hours for ARMY as their idols BTS finally released the highly-awaited album, Map of the Soul: 7. The 19 songs in 7 comprise some of the K-pop band's best work and are also their most personal lyrics to date. The title song ON's Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima was also out for the world to devour as RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V and Jungkook give it their all and provide us with intense lyrics and killer dance moves.

It's been a crazy 24 hours for ARMY as their idols BTS finally released the highly-awaited album, Map of the Soul: 7. The 19 songs in 7 comprise some of the K-pop band's best work and are also their most personal lyrics to date. The title song ON's Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima was also out for the world to devour as RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V and Jungkook give it their all and provide us with intense lyrics and killer dance moves.

JoJo has announced her first headlining tour in three years, set to make more than 20 stops in North America. The Good To Know Tour will then head to the U.K. and Europe in the fall.

Grimes released her new album, Miss Anthropocene, this morning, and Twitter is popping off.

This week's full list of New Music Friday releases appears at the bottom of the page. First up, some highlights:

After half a decade rising from SoundCloud phenom to bona-fide radio staple, Lauv is ready to finally release his debut studio album. But before ~how I'm feeling~ drops next month, the singer-songwriter-producer held a private listening session and Q&A at the AWAL and Kobal

Two internet ticket touts who used bots to buy large numbers of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift concert tickets – and then resell them at vastly inflated prices on secondary ticketing sites -- have been found guilty of fraudulent trading in a landmark British trial.

Bing & Ruth—the ambient music project led by David Moore—has announced a new tour. European dates kick off with a set at the Drogheda Arts Festival in Ireland on May 2, while North American dates begin June 3 with a show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Moore is set to perform with a live ensemble that features himself on organ. The tour is in support of a new album, due out later this year.

Despite wearing the loudest outfit in an arena crammed with 7,500 Bernie Sanders fans, Julian Casablancas didn’t have much to say about the Democratic Senator from Vermont. The Strokes were the headline entertainment at Sanders’ latest presidential campaign rally on Monday night at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and Casablancas took to the stage dressed like a lounge lizard who’d just teleported from a Comic-Con in Atlantic City.

After announcing its release date at last night’s Bernie Sanders rally in New Hampshire, the Strokes have detailed their first album in seven years. The New Abnormal, produced by Rick Rubin, arrives April 10 via Cult/RCA. They’ve also shared a song called “At the Door”—watch the Mike Burakoff-directed video below, and scroll down for the album tracklist.

It’s no secret that Rihanna’s fanbase is eager for her ninth album. The Fenty founder has become a fashion mogul in her own right—and it’s been four years since she released her last full-length, ANTi. However, the “Work” singer just offered an update on how her next project is shaping up—and she’ll jump back into the studio with her previous collaborator, Pharrell Williams.

A portrait by British artist David Hockney of Ed Sheeran will be shown in the UK for the first time.

New York experimental quartet altopalo have announced their sophomore album. It’s called farawayfromeveryoneyouknow and it arrives April 24 via Samedi. Ahead of the new record, they’ve shared the new single “honey,” as well as a string of North American tour dates. Listen to Altopalo’s new song, which they call “a love song to Lexapro,” and find their tour dates and album art below.