After nearly two decades of drama, Smashing Pumpkins have reunited their classic lineup – sort of – for a summer tour. Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will be playing together without the aid of D’arcy Wretzky, the band’s bassist from 1988 through 1999. “Some 30 years …
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Three-fourths of the Smashing Pumpkins‘ classic lineup will reunite for a North American tour this summer. The trek marks Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin’s first tour together since 2000, though the band’s original bassist D’Arcy Wretzky will not join the trio. The Shiny and Oh So …
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Shaun White earned his third career gold medal at the men’s snowboard halfpipe event Wednesday at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The win came 12 years after “the Flying Tomato” won his first gold medal in the event at the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy and the …
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Barack and Michelle Obama appeared at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. to witness the unveiling of their official presidential portraits, the New York Times reports. President Obama’s likeness, set against against a wall of bright green leaves and small flowers, was captured by Kehinde Wiley. The 41-year-old …
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You can never go home again, especially when home is your college dorm room. On their fourth LP, the studio scientists of MGMT do a great job evoking the fizzy, dizzy New Wave psychedelia of mid-00s hits like “Kids” and “Electric Feel,” songs the duo cooked up while still at …
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It’s been more than five years since Jamey Johnson released his last full-length album, but that hasn’t stopped the outspoken outlaw from hitting the road on an annual basis. He kicks off another year’s worth of cross-country touring next week, with a schedule of theater dates, amphitheater gigs and festival …
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After cutting a concert short in San Diego early last month and canceling the remainder of his January dates, Willie Nelson has scrapped all scheduled concerts for the month of February. A release from Nelson’s publicist says the Country Music Hall of Fame singer-songwriter is suffering from a bout of …
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Tyler Childers has been tapped to headline the third annual Stagecoach Spotlight Tour, a 10-date run of shows being held in conjunction with April’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, California. Lillie Mae will join him on all dates, with Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real appearing on three. …
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Kylie Minogue plays both honky tonk angel and club queen in the glitzy new video for “Dancing.” The track will appear on the Australian pop star’s new album, Golden, out April 6th. The Sophie Muller-directed clip finds Minogue channeling Dolly Parton at her most glammed out, singing the country-tinged dance …
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As it turns out, in the hill country west of Austin, in a big-ass house in a big-ass gated community, the singer known as Meat Loaf is hanging in there. He’s 70. His hair is thinning, his hands are unsteady, his back is such a mess he can’t get into …
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