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Beth Gibbons singing with a cigarette in hand while Portishead play in the shadows is a whole mood. This dark live footage captures the trip hop look and sound that fans still try to copy. 🖤🎤🚬 Portishead’s most famous live recording, Roseland NYC Live, was filmed at New York’s Roseland Ballroom in July 1997. Released in November 1998, it paired the trip hop band with a live orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman. A remastered, expanded version came out in 2023 and reached number seven in Germany in 2024. More than 25 years on, a new generation of music fans is discovering the band’s cinematic sound. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Portishead #TripHop #LiveMusic #90sMusic #BethGibbons Source: Wikipedia

That la da dee la dee da hook is one of the catchiest in dance music, and the story behind it is even better. Crystal Waters wrote Gypsy Woman about a real homeless woman she saw singing on the street. 💃🎶✨ The woman sang gospel songs outside the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC, dressed in black with full makeup. A newspaper story revealed she had lost her job and wanted to look presentable while asking for help. Released in 1991, the house music classic reached number two in the UK and topped the US dance club chart. Its success let Waters quit her government job, and the song still fills dance floors today. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #CrystalWaters #HouseMusic #90sMusic #DanceMusic #Throwback Source/s: Songfacts, Wikipedia

Why do grainy garage band covers of House of the Rising Sun hit harder than polished studio tracks? This raw live performance proves a great song only needs passion and a few amps. 🎸🥁🔥 The song is a traditional American folk tune, with its oldest known recording dating back to 1933. The Animals turned it into a rock hit in 1964, taking it to number one in both the UK and the US. Their version topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and later earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. More than 90 years on, new bands are still learning it in garages and basements around the world. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #HouseOfTheRisingSun #GarageBand #ClassicRock #CoverSong #LiveMusic Source: Wikipedia

The Veronicas walked into triple j’s Like A Version and reminded everyone why they are Aussie pop royalty. Twins Jess and Lisa Origliasso brought sunglasses, strings and serious attitude to the session. 🕶️🎻🔥 Released in March 2026, the session was the pop duo’s proper Like A Version debut. They covered sombr’s 12 to 12 and also performed their classic hit Untouched. The twins said they love sombr’s brilliant pop writing, because they were songwriters before they became artists. That same month of the live music series also featured covers from Turnstile and Lucy Dacus. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #TheVeronicas #LikeAVersion #LiveMusic #PopMusic #CoverSong Source/s: Rolling Stone Australia, The Music Network

Juvenile performing Back That Thang Up is still guaranteed to start a party, decades later. The New Orleans legend brings the bounce classic back to life in this live session. 🍑🎤🔥 The song, officially titled Back That Azz Up, came out in 1999 with producer Mannie Fresh and a closing chant from Lil Wayne. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is now certified 3 times Platinum. The hip hop anthem helped push New Orleans bounce music into the mainstream and has been sampled by Drake and Beyoncé. Rolling Stone ranked it among the 500 greatest songs of all time in 2021. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Juvenile #HipHop #RapMusic #ThrowbackMusic #NewOrleans Source/s: Wikipedia, The Source

This late 90s Top of the Pops performance is why so many music fans feel born in the wrong era. Olive’s dreamy dance anthem You’re Not Alone is pure rave-era nostalgia. 💿🕺💙 The British band first released the song in 1996, when it stalled at number 42 in the UK. A remixed re-release in 1997 took it all the way to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The dance hit sold over 500,000 copies and won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Dance Music. Keyboardist Tim Kellett had spent six years in Simply Red before forming Olive. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #TopOfThePops #90sMusic #DanceMusic #Throwback #UKMusic Source: Wikipedia

A 13-year-old sang Pie Jesu so beautifully it left Simon Cowell in tears on Britain’s Got Talent. Malakai Bayoh’s voice stunned the room, and all four judges jumped up for a standing ovation. 😭🎶✨ The London schoolboy started singing at seven, when his mum signed him up for a choir. Cowell hit the Golden Buzzer, sending the young singer straight to the live finals in 2023. Bruno Tonioli said he sang like an angel, while Cowell called it one of the best voices he had heard at that age. Talent show moments like this are why singing auditions keep going viral years after they air. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #BritainsGotTalent #GoldenBuzzer #Singer #Choir #TalentShow Source/s: Today, Aleteia

When Don Toliver steps out in that Hardstone Psycho leather, the whole arena goes quiet. The Houston rapper’s Psycho tour turned his rock-inspired album into a full live stage show. 🖤🔥🎤 His fourth album Hardstone Psycho came out in June 2024 and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. It moved 76,500 units in its first week, led by the singles Bandit, Deep in the Water and Attitude. Critics praised the album’s rock influence, a big swing for an artist on Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack label. The Psycho arena tour was his biggest headline run yet, proving fans were ready for the new sound. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #DonToliver #HipHop #RapMusic #LiveMusic #Concert Source/s: Pollstar, Wikipedia

daine just turned a 2010 dance-pop banger into something dark and dreamy, and we can’t stop replaying it. Their Like A Version cover of Hello by Martin Solveig and Dragonette is pure early-2010s nostalgia with a twist. 🖤🎤✨ The Melbourne-based hyperpop artist made their triple j Like A Version debut on 25 September 2026, also performing their own song PQC. They described the cover as a chance to daine-ify Hello, pulling in sounds from their upcoming debut album In Endless Awe and Agony. The original Hello came out in 2010 and went to number one in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. It also topped the US dance club chart, so daine’s darker live version is hitting a whole new generation of music fans. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #daine #LikeAVersion #CoverSong #NewMusic #Hyperpop Source/s: Stereogum, Wikipedia

Kids today missed the Black and Yellow era of Wiz Khalifa, and honestly, that is their loss. The rapper turned a yellow car and his city’s colours into a number one hit. 🖤💛🚗 Released in September 2010, the hip hop single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2011. The title comes from his yellow Dodge Challenger with black stripes, a nod to Pittsburgh’s colours. The Pittsburgh Steelers used it as their fight song for Super Bowl XLV, while the Packers used Lil Wayne’s Green and Yellow remix. The rap classic has since gone 9 times Platinum in the US. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #WizKhalifa #HipHop #RapMusic #ThrowbackMusic #MusicNews Source/s: Wikipedia, Rap-Up, Stereogum

Tyler, The Creator’s Tiny Desk is the kind of live performance you replay daily without shame. His version of See You Again at NPR still sounds as dreamy as the day it came out. 💐🎹💙 Released in December 2017, it was the first Tiny Desk concert ever performed at night, with each song lit in its own colour. Tyler played keys and sang Boredom, See You Again and Glitter from his album Flower Boy. Backing singers Kaye Fox and Kiandra Richardson gave See You Again its smooth, soulful live sound. The set showed a softer side of the rapper’s music and won him a whole new audience. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #TylerTheCreator #TinyDesk #HipHop #LiveMusic #FlowerBoy Source/s: NPR, XPN

The Phantom of the Opera and O Fortuna in one techno drop sounds wrong, until you hear it with a live orchestra. DJ and producer Charles B mashed the two classics together with Electro Symphony, and the crowd lost it. 🎻🎹🔥 Electro Symphony puts more than 35 musicians, singers and soloists on stage, with strings, brass and percussion backing the DJ. The show reworks dance anthems from artists like Avicii, David Guetta and Calvin Harris into orchestral techno. The 2026 tour played 41 concerts in 10 countries to more than 65,000 fans. Charles B, a French DJ with over 2.5 billion views online, is bringing the orchestra meets techno show to Amsterdam Dance Event on 22 October. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Techno #Orchestra #ClassicalMusic #DJ #ElectronicMusic Source/s: Nice Côte d’Azur Tourist Office, Amsterdam Dance Event

Re-entering your blink-182 phase every year is a tradition, and this behind-the-scenes footage proves why. Tom, Mark and Travis messing around in the studio is pure pop punk nostalgia. 🎸🥁🤘 The pop punk trio reunited with guitarist Tom DeLonge in 2022 after years apart. Their comeback album One More Time debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in October 2023. That chart-topping return proved the band’s fanbase never really left, it just grew up. A whole new generation of rock fans is now finding blink-182 through clips like this one. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #blink182 #PopPunk #RockMusic #MusicNews #Band Source/s: American Songwriter, Sky TG24

Three contestants on Norwegian TV just rattled off Yakko’s nations of the world song, and now we need to learn it too. The famous Animaniacs tongue twister is pure chaos at full speed. 🌍🎹🤯 The cover comes from NRK’s music game show Beat for Beat, with the players singing it live from their pianos. The original Yakko’s World was sung by Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner and set to the Mexican Hat Dance. Written by Randy Rogel for the second episode of Animaniacs, the song squeezes a huge list of countries into about two minutes. Over 30 years on, it is still the ultimate party trick for music fans and geography nerds alike. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Animaniacs #YakkosWorld #Cover #TVMusic #MusicNews Source/s: Looney Tunes Wiki, Everything Everywhere

Sienna Spiro’s live vocals on Great Expectation are so good that fans want this exact version on Spotify. The rising London singer turned her breakout ballad into a full-voice showstopper on stage. 🎤✨😭 Great Expectation hit number one on the UK Singles Chart in September 2026, her first chart-topping single. That made her the youngest British female artist to reach number one since Becky Hill in 2014. The song comes from her debut album Visitor, which reached number two in the UK and went Gold. She also won Best New Artist at the 2026 MTV VMAs, making her one of the fastest-rising names in new music. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #SiennaSpiro #NewMusic #LiveVocals #UKMusic #Singer Source/s: Songfacts, Official Charts, Wikipedia

Ed Sheeran can fill a whole festival field with nothing but his voice, one guitar and a loop pedal. No backing band, no backing singers, just Ed building every layer of the song live in front of the crowd. 🎸🔁🎤 He used the same one-man setup to headline Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage in 2017, opening with Castle on the Hill. Music Week’s review of that live performance said it simply: this is a genius at work. His Divide tour then became the highest-grossing tour of all time in 2019, earning an estimated $736.7 million. Average ticket prices of about $87 helped the solo artist sell enough tickets to break the record. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #EdSheeran #LoopPedal #LiveMusic #Acoustic #Singer Source/s: Music Week, Digital Music News, Pollstar

Meat Loaf with a full symphony orchestra behind him is the concert every rock fan wishes they had a ticket for. In February 2004 he played Bat Out of Hell live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and the footage still gives fans chills. 🦇🎻🔥 Recorded over three nights in Melbourne, the live album covered all seven tracks from the 1977 rock classic Bat Out of Hell. The title track alone runs close to 12 minutes, and Paradise by the Dashboard Light lasts over 11. The live performance came out in September 2004 and went Gold in the UK, with the concert video going Platinum. It proved rock opera and classical music belong on the same stage, and music fans are still discovering it today. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #MeatLoaf #ClassicRock #LiveMusic #Orchestra #RockMusic Source: Wikipedia

Kehlani turned Folded into a full-on spectacle, with giant flaming wings lighting up the stage behind her. Voice, performance and visuals all landed at once. 🔥👼🎤 Folded was released in June 2025 and became Kehlani's first ever top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number six after a decade of releases. It also blew up on TikTok, where a dance challenge pulled in stars like Kai Cenat. In February 2026 the R&B ballad won Kehlani two Grammys, for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song. It also sparked a remix pack with R&B greats including Brandy, Ne-Yo and Toni Braxton. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #RnB #LivePerformance #Singer #Grammys #MusicNews Source/s: Complex, Essence, Musick

Prince walked out mid-song, stole the whole show with a three-minute guitar solo, then threw his guitar into the air. This is still one of the greatest live music moments ever caught on camera. 🎸💜🔥 It happened at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, where Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison played While My Guitar Gently Weeps to honour George Harrison. Prince, who was inducted himself that night, took the solo, even falling back off the stage before being pushed back up mid-riff. The Rock Hall's official video has been viewed more than 120 million times. The New York Times later summed it up with the headline The Day Prince's Guitar Wept the Loudest. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #GuitarSolo #RockMusic #LiveMusic #ClassicRock #MusicNews Source/s: Best Classic Bands, Ultimate Classic Rock, Audacy, The New York Times

A young singer from Nepal walked into American Idol with a guitar, and one song later he was a fan favourite. Arthur Gunn's raspy voice is the kind you replay again and again. 🎸🎤🇳🇵 Arthur Gunn, real name Dibesh Pokharel, grew up in Kathmandu before moving to Wichita, Kansas, where he fell for bluegrass and country music. He auditioned for season 18 of American Idol in 2020 with Bob Dylan's Girl from the North Country. He went all the way to the 2020 final and finished runner-up to Just Sam, the first Nepali-born artist to reach that stage. Before Idol he had already released two albums sung in Nepali, Grahan and Khoj. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #AmericanIdol #Singer #Guitar #LivePerformance #MusicNews Source/s: Kathmandu Post, AsAmNews, Distractify

This young drummer attacks Sweet Child o' Mine like she was born behind the kit. Every fill lands with total confidence. 🥁🔥🎸 Sweet Child o' Mine started as a warm-up jam between Slash and drummer Steven Adler at the band's Los Angeles home, then landed on Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1988 and is still the band's only US number one. Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and remains the best-selling US debut album ever. In 2019 the Sweet Child o' Mine video became the first from the 1980s to pass one billion YouTube views. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Drummer #DrumCover #ClassicRock #RockMusic #MusicNews Source/s: uDiscover Music, American Songwriter, Loudwire, Music Week

Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson in one Christmas song is a festive vocal overload in the best way. Their Oh Santa remake turned three powerhouse voices into one holiday party. 🎄🎤✨ The trio recorded a new version of Carey's 2010 Christmas song for Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special, released on Apple TV+ in December 2020. It was the first time Carey had teamed up with Grande and Hudson, and the new version briefly hit number one on Apple Music charts worldwide. The special itself reached number one on Apple TV+ in more than 100 countries, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was the latest chapter in Carey's reign as the Queen of Christmas, a year after All I Want for Christmas Is You finally hit number one. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #ChristmasMusic #HolidayMusic #PopMusic #Singer #MusicNews Source/s: The Hollywood Reporter, The Fader, Hypebae, Sky TG24

Sung Si-kyung sang the first line of Beautiful, and Crush slid in with harmonies like they had rehearsed for weeks. It was completely off the cuff. 😭🎶🇰🇷 The impromptu duet happened on KBS2's The Seasons: Sung Si-kyung's Ear Candy Boyfriend, in an episode that aired in July 2026. Crush also sang his song Hate live, and Sung, a longtime fan, promised the pair would work together again. Beautiful was released in December 2016 as part of the soundtrack for the hit tvN drama Goblin and went to number one on Korean music charts. Crush has admitted the ballad was different from the music he wanted to make, but he has since embraced it as part of his style. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #KPop #KDrama #Duet #LivePerformance #MusicNews Source/s: Edaily, Soompi, Tenasia

A young singer named Yuto Kawai stepped up in a suit and sang Funky Monkey Babys like a seasoned pro. You don't need to know who he is to feel proud watching this. 🎤🇯🇵✨ Kawai performed the song during a qualifying round of a Japanese TV audition show, with his name shown on screen as 川合結人. Funky Monkey Babys, from Hachiōji in Tokyo, formed in 2004 and became household names in Japan with their 2007 single Lovin' Life. Their first greatest hits album debuted at number one on Japan's Oricon chart in 2010, and the group split in 2013. In 2021 Funky Kato and Mon-kichi reunited as a duo, restyled as FUNKY MONKEY BΛBY'S, and they are still releasing music today. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #JPop #AuditionShow #Singer #LivePerformance #MusicNews Source/s: Billboard Japan, All About, Generasia

These kids took Calm Down and turned it into pure joy, and it is impossible to watch without smiling. The young dancers and singers of the Sherrie Silver Foundation bring the energy every time. 💃🎤🇷🇼 The foundation was launched in 2015 by Rwandan-born choreographer Sherrie Silver, who won an MTV VMA for her work on Childish Gambino's This Is America. It trains children and teenagers in dance and music, and supports their families with housing, healthcare and vocational training. It now cares for more than 600 children and works in Rwanda, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana. In September 2026, Calm Down star Rema surprised the young performers in Rwanda, days after some of them joined him on stage in Kigali. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #Afrobeats #DanceVideo #CoverSong #GoodVibes #MusicNews Source/s: Africanews, KT Press, Briefly News

Migos and YoungBoy Never Broke Again on one track was a combo fans had waited months for, and Need It delivered. One listen and you will have it on loop too. 🔁🔥🎤 Need It was released in May 2020 over a Buddah Bless beat that flips 50 Cent's Get In My Car. The video, co-directed by Migos, shows Quavo, Takeoff, Offset and YoungBoy riding bikes, Jeeps and a classic lowrider. The song reached number 13 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and led the way to Culture III, the trio's final studio album, in 2021. Takeoff died in 2022 following a shooting in Houston, so every Migos video with all three members now carries extra weight. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #HipHop #RapMusic #Trap #TrendingMusic #MusicNews Source/s: Stereogum, uDiscover Music, Complex, AllMusic

Sweater vest, button-up and an MPC is all it takes when you are the producer behind Many Men. Darrell Branch made one of 50 Cent's most iconic beats. 🎹🔥🎧 Darrell Digga Branch, a Harlem producer and early member of Children of the Corn alongside Cam'ron and Big L, produced Many Men (Wish Death) with extra production from Eminem and Luis Resto. The track samples Tavares' Out of the Picture and appeared on 50 Cent's 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. It was only ever released as a promotional single, yet it has since been certified triple Platinum in the US. The video retells the 2000 shooting in which 50 Cent was hit nine times in Queens, New York. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #HipHop #MusicProducer #BeatMaking #RapMusic #MusicNews Source/s: BET, The Hip Hop Museum, RIAA

A shy 23-year-old landscaper walked into Australian Idol and made the judges stop in their tracks with Torn. Kalani Artis could be the quiet achiever of the season. 🎤🇦🇺🌿 Kalani, a tradie from the Central Coast of New South Wales, auditioned for the 2026 season of Australian Idol on Seven and says he found his love of music through his nan. Judge Amy Shark told him he was exactly what the show hopes to see walk through its doors. He chose Torn, the song Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia turned into a worldwide hit in 1997, selling over four million copies. It was first recorded in English by the American band Ednaswap, but Imbruglia's version topped the US radio chart for 11 weeks. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #AustralianIdol #Singer #Audition #TalentShow #MusicNews Source/s: Seven Network, Songfacts, Billboard

Two young voices took on Love Me Like You Do at a beachside event, and it gave the song a whole new sparkle. The Ellie Goulding classic still wins over a crowd every time. 🌊🎶💙 Love Me Like You Do was recorded by Ellie Goulding for the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey, written by a team including Max Martin, Tove Lo and Savan Kotecha. It spent four weeks at number one in the UK and topped more than 30 official charts worldwide. In its third week it broke the UK record for most streams in a single week, with 2.58 million plays. The power ballad also earned Goulding her first Grammy nomination, for Best Pop Solo Performance. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #PopMusic #CoverSong #Singer #LivePerformance #MusicNews Source/s: Official Charts Company, PRS for Music

Hozier wrote Take Me to Church while playing open mic nights in Dublin, and live it still feels like a sermon. Once that voice fills the room, nobody moves. 🙏🎤🔥 He recorded the first rough demo in the attic of his parents' home in County Wicklow, then released it as his debut single in September 2013. Its music video, about a gay couple facing violent homophobic backlash, went viral and helped launch his career worldwide. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year. In 2021 it became the first Irish song to pass one billion streams on Spotify. We post the best music performances and music news and the stories that everyone is talking about! Follow @Songsroll so you don't miss out! #IndieMusic #SoulMusic #LivePerformance #Singer #MusicNews Source/s: The Irish Times, The Great Irish Songbook, NBC