Lana doubles Stove, Posty lands World Cup finale, Bowie’s 1965 tapes surface
A day of big reveals and big stages: Lana Del Rey turns Stove into a two‑album conversation, Post Malone headlines the World Cup closing ceremony, and early David Bowie recordings with Jimmy Page get a proper release.
From headline bookings to vault gold, today delivered marquee moments across eras and genres. Lana Del Rey’s companion LP reframes her long‑teased Stove, Post Malone anchors soccer’s grand finale, and Bowie’s mid‑’60s sessions resurface. Add Fiona Apple’s tense new TV theme, hard numbers showing K‑pop’s physical power, and a high‑profile clemency bid that reignites an old scandal, and you’ve got a news day that swung from artful to controversial.
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Lana Del Rey confirms Beautiful, a companion to Stove, compiled with “as many people” as she could find and framed as a commentary on change (Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, Stereogum).
Post Malone will headline the 2026 World Cup closing ceremony on July 19, alongside an all‑star slate that includes Jennifer Hudson (Billboard, Rolling Stone).
Early David Bowie recordings with producer Shel Talmy from 1965 — featuring work with Jimmy Page — are collected as The Shel Talmy Recordings (Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Consequence).
Fiona Apple drops Horns of a Bull, a brooding new theme for the thriller miniseries Lucky (Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Consequence).
Luminate’s midyear report shows K‑pop fandom fueling a surge in physical album sales, with South Korea now the world’s No. 3 music exporter and English‑language share dipping amid Latin growth (Rolling Stone).
R. Kelly has asked Donald Trump to commute his 30‑year sentence; the White House called it a “random submission” (Rolling Stone).
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