Music industry legend Joe Smith was, to say the least, a hands-on guy. He wrote the Grateful Dead a letter complaining about their work ethic. He sent the Eagles a rhyming dictionary so the extremely particular band could finally finish The Long Run. He also had to cope with Van …
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Luke Bryan, the Roots’ Tariq Trotter, and Jimmy Fallon play the “Football Party Patrol” in a Tonight Show skit about game-day eats. Bryan, in a curly blond wig, brings wings and guacamole, Trotter’s got the cheese puffs and balls, but Fallon, in a Seventies ‘stache, apparently didn’t get the memo: …
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There are a number of ways to go viral on Instagram. You can post a selfie with the cast of Friends. You can do yoga while breastfeeding a 4-year-old (preferably, not your own). Or you can have an elaborate gender reveal party that gives multiple people head injuries. But perhaps …
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British indie rock veterans Cornershop unveiled a crunchy new tune, “No Rock: Save in Roll,” set to appear on their first album of all new material in eight years, England Is a Garden, out March 6th, 2020 via Ample Play Records. “No Rock: Save in Roll” is a vintage ripper …
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Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is going to perform the band’s 1977 live album Seconds Out in its entirety on a 2020 European tour. “I’m thrilled to bring Seconds Out back to life, featuring Genesis material at its most exciting and virtuosic,” Hackett said in a statement. “This time with …
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Punk legends the Circle Jerks have teased a 2020 reunion tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1980 hardcore punk classic Group Sex. Circle Jerks will perform their first show together since 2011 at Las Vegas’ Punk Rock Bowling music festival on the weekend of May 21st, 2020, with …
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The Who have dropped a fiery new song “I Don’t Wanna Get Wise,” off their upcoming LP Who, out December 6th via Interscope Records. The track features a thrashing guitar riff with reflective lyrics: “All the shit that we did/Bought us some money I guess/And those snotty young kids/Were a …
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Al Pacino leads a group of vigilantes on the hunt for escaped Nazis in the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Hunters, executive-produced by Jordan Peele. “There comes a time when we all must choose between the light and the darkness,” Pacino’s character tells his squad of everyday …
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Lizzo, DaBaby and Niall Horan will serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live’s final three episodes of 2019. Eight-time 2020 Grammy nominee Lizzo will provide musical support for Eddie Murphy’s much-anticipated return to SNL on December 21st, while newly announced episodes will pair Jennifer Lopez with the emerging rapper …
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O n the morning of October 22nd, 1991, James Dennis awoke at his father’s house in Northwest Philadelphia. He mostly lived with his girlfriend, Helen, but every so often he stayed with his dad, and the two spent that morning discussing their shared passion: music. At barely five feet five …
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