Earlier this week, Rick Astley — a much less dour crooner from the north of England than Morrissey — performed a spritely and unexpected cover of the Smiths’ “This Charming Man” at a show in London. A few days later, the magic of the internet brought the clip to the …
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While Drake is no stranger to the top of the Artists 500 chart, the rapper more than outdid himself and everyone else in the chart’s history as he took the Number One spot for the 32nd time with a record-smashing 793.8 million song streams. Drake’s remarkable tally following the release …
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Dua Lipa will head out on her highly anticipated headlining tour next year. Lipa’s sophomore album Future Nostalgia was released in March 2020 and became one of the year’s biggest releases. The tour will span 28 dates across the US and Canada, including Lipa’s first headlining show at Madison Square …
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The Kid Laroi will kick off a massive world tour next year. Dubbed the End of the World Tour, the North American leg will launch January 29th, 2022 at the Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, and wrap March 10th at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, Georgia. A European tour …
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Mastodon’s Brann Dailor spent his pandemic year embracing an unusual hobby: Drawing illustrations of clowns, in often terrifying settings. The fruits of that bizarre obsession will soon be shared with the world in the form of 101 Clowns of the Coronavirus, a book that the drummer will publish in partnership …
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Tony McCarroll, former drummer and co-founding member of Oasis, was hospitalized following a heart attack last week. McCarroll, who played drums on Oasis’ 1994 debut Definitely Maybe, shared the news on social media last evening, paying homage to England’s National Health Service. “Wanted to let you know I was admitted …
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Belly struts through the burning, trash-strewn streets of a bombed-out city in the video for “Die for It,” a new collaboration with the Weeknd and Nas. The track appears on See You Next Wednesday, Belly’s new album, out today, August 27th. “Die for It” revolves around an ominous, slow-rolling beat. …
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Of all the Beatles’ classic albums, Let It Be is the one with the most daunting reputation. We’re all used to hearing it as their break-up album. The one where the Fabs fall apart. The one they began as a back-to-basics rebirth, until it became their tombstone. The messy film …
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During their co-headlining tour on Saturday night, Sleater-Kinney joined Wilco onstage for an electric performance of “A Shot In The Arm.” The bands performed the evocative song from Wilco’s third studio album Summerteeth together following some weather-related delays at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Wilco and Sleater-Kinney’s latest concert is part …
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A murderer’s row of musicians will take the stage in New York’s Central Park on Saturday (August 21st): Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Polo G, Patti Smith, Babyface, LL Cool J, and Jennifer Hudson are among those slated to perform at the city-sanctioned reopening bash, which caps off a week of …
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