UPDATE: Neil Young, the Who and more than 700 artists may have lost master recordings in the 2008 Universal Music Group vault fire, according to a New York Times magazine follow-up report published on Tuesday June 25th. The massive list of artists, which spans eras and genres, was culled from …
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Singer-songwriter and activist Chely Wright made her first appearance at the Concert for Love and Acceptance on Thursday night, performing a pair of her hits as the event celebrated its fifth year. One of those was “Shut Up and Drive,” a 1997 hit for Wright that got a huge cheer …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Sings Alternate Versions of Nine Inch Nails in 'Black Mirror' Season 5
Black Mirror is known for taking the real-world technology we unquestionably take for granted – social media, dating apps, surveillance – and skewing it to a slightly fantastical degree. Following in line with the “what if our world but a little different” atmosphere of the show,Black MirrorSeason Five, released this …
Read More »Flashback: Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath Members Rock for Armenia in 1989
When an earthquake decimated parts of Armenia and killing between 25,000 to 50,000 people in 1988, the world was in shock. The USSR earmarked the equivalent of billions of dollars to help rebuild, the U.S. sent medical aid and search dogs, and people from all over Europe came to help. …
Read More »2019 CMT Music Awards: How to Watch, Who's Playing
The CMT Music Awards — country’s version of MTV’s VMAs — have long had a reputation as the genre’s most relaxed, anything-can-happen awards show. They also have an extensive history, with their origins stretching back to 1967, when the country publication Music City News began presenting honors to the genre’s …
Read More »Five People Injured During Stampede at Roots Picnic
Five people were injured in a stampede at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic Saturday after a false gun scare caused concertgoers to flee Fairmount Park during 21 Savage’s set. Four of the five people injured were underage, with one suffering a broken leg. “It was scary. Everybody just started running from one …
Read More »Thomas Rhett Is a Perfect Country Gentleman on 'Center Point Road'
Few singers have played a larger role in defining the sound of country music over the past half-dozen years than Thomas Rhett, the honey-smooth Georgia crooner whose last several records conjure Bruno Mars more than Brooks & Dunn. Rhett has set the parameters of tasteful bro-country (“It Goes Like This,” …
Read More »City Girls, Lil Yachty Report on 'Act Up' Challenge in New Video
After “Careless” and “Twerk,” rap duo City Girls are back with another delightfully rambunctious music video from their second album Girl Code. Lil Yachty makes a cameo in the new clip for “Act Up,” as a befuddled Miami news anchor reporting on a phenomenon sweeping the coastline: the “Act Up Challenge.” …
Read More »See Harry Styles and Stevie Nicks Duet at Gucci Show
Harry Styles teamed up with Stevie Nicks at the afterparty for the Gucci Cruise 2020 fashion show at the Capitolini Museums in Rome. The duo performed “Landslide” and “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” for a crowd that included Zoe Saldana, A$AP Rocky and Elton John. Styles was in attendance as …
Read More »Lisa Loeb Unveils Cover of Bright Eyes' 'First Day of My Life,' Announces New Album
Lisa Loeb may have first broken onto the scene with “Stay (I Missed You),” the soundtrack single from Gen-X cult film Reality Bites that made her the first unsigned artist to reach Number One on the Billboard 100. But the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has kept herself busy the past two …
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