In the late Seventies, after Big Star and Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton returned to his hometown of Memphis, he performed a passionate rock cover of reggae group the Slickers’ contribution to the Harder They Come soundtrack, “Johnny Too Bad.” Now, nearly 40 years later, the song is coming out …
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The Weeknd, Janet Jackson and the Killers will headline the 2018 Panorama Music Festival, which takes place Friday, July 27th through Sunday, July 29th at Randall’s Island Park in New York City. Migos, Father John Misty, the War on Drugs, Dua Lipa, SZA, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, St. Vincent, the …
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UPDATE: Suge Knight‘s former lawyers Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper were indicted Monday on “conspiracy charges to bribe potential witnesses and circumvent the justice system in hopes of freeing their one-time client,” the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. A grand jury returned an indictment on charges …
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UPDATE: A rep for former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke tells Rolling Stone that an erroneous press release announcing Rourke’s involvement with the show was distributed. Rourke is not, and has never been, involved in the production.Reps for Bad Productions, the production company behind the show, did not immediately respond to …
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Kendrick Lamar, U2, Sam Smith and Elton John have been announced as the latest round of performers atthe 2018 Grammy Awards, set to take place January 28th inNew York City. John will perform “one of his classic hits” alongside special guest Miley Cyrus. The already stacked Grammys lineup will also …
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Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of the Irish alternative band the Cranberries, died Monday in London. She was 46. The band confirmed O’Riordan’s death in a brief statement, “Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today. She was 46 years old. The lead singer with the Irish …
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An unreleased demo of David Bowie‘s “Let’s Dance” has been unearthed to celebrate what would have been the rock icon’s 71st birthday Monday. Bowie and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, who produced 1983’s Let’s Dance, recorded this stripped-down version of the hit single on December 19th and 20th, 1982 at Montreux, Switzerland’s …
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Jack White unveiled a strange new musical collage, “Servings and Portions From My Boarding House Reach.” The track is available to streamalongside a surreal music video. White has been working on a new solo album, and “Servings and Portions” is packed with snippets of ostensibly new music. There are bursts …
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SZA made her Saturday Night Live debut, where the Grammy-nominated singer performed a pair of songs, “The Weekend” and “Love Galore.” For both performances, SZA delivered the songs backed by a choir and a woodwind section and surrounded by piles of flickering televisions and computer monitors like the cover of …
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Foo Fighters recently orchestrated a surprise reunion of surviving Nirvana members. Foo Fighters‘ frontman and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl invited Nirvana’s founding bassist Krist Novoselic to join the band for a song during a concert held earlier this week at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon. In a clip from …
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