Sunday afternoon, numerous NFL players followed quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s example, kneeling during renditions of the national anthem to protest police violence against people of color. In Nashville, that extended to anthem performer Meghan Linsey, who kneeled as she wrapped up her own rendition before the Tennessee Titans’ home game against …
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Ed Sheeran will return to North America for a stadium tour in 2018. The trek begins August 18th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and wraps November 10th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Sheeran announced the 15-show tour on his Instagram, noting the concerts were just the “first batch.” …
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Brian Wilson released a breezy new surf-rock song, “Run James Run,” from his upcoming solo career retrospective LP, Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology. The track – which the Beach Boys mastermind co-wrote with Joe Thomas and recorded in 2017, specifically for the project – opens with a British Invasion guitar …
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UPDATE:Avicii: True Stories, the career-spanning documentary about the late Swedish DJ-producer, is now set for a wider U.S. theatrical release, following its one-night-only screening in 2017. The film will hit Los Angeles, California on Friday, December 14th, followed by New York, New York on Friday, December 21st. Avicii: True Stories, …
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UPDATE:Hear the full It’s Electric! episode between Lars Ulrich and Dave Grohl below. When Dave Grohl stopped by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich‘s Beats 1 radio show, It’s Electric!recently, he told the story of how Foo Fighters became Mick Jagger‘s backing band on Saturday Night Live in 2012. As Grohl explained …
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After putting in work on Frank Ocean’s Blonde (“Seigfried,” “Ivy”), Solange Knowles’ A Seat at the Table (“F.U.B.U.”) and various collaborative projects, ex-Vampire Weekend MVP Rostam Batmanglij has finally gotten around to releasing a proper solo LP of his own. And, admirably, he’s refused to choose between his former group’s …
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Born Onika Maraj in Trinidad before moving to Queens, New York as a child, Nicki Minaj harbored artistic ambitions early in her life, and attended Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School – the performing arts academy made famous in the movie Fame. After graduation, she toiled on the fringes of New …
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Taylor Swift has revealed a second track off her upcoming Reputation with new song “…Ready for It?” A portion of the song premiered Saturday during the broadcast of the Alabama vs. Florida State college football game before Swift dropped the complete track Sunday morning. Swift tweeted Saturday, “A second glance …
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Randy Newman visited the Late Show for the first time in nearly a decade to perform “Putin,” his sardonic ode to Russia’s leader. For the performance of the track, which Newman penned after seeing one of the many pictures of Putin shirtless, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee …
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Southern California native Brett Young‘s influences from the Golden State are all over his self-titled debut album. Now he’s taken one of those influences – Laurel Canyon in particular – pretty literally in a new music video for his single “Like I Loved You.” Directed by Phillip Lopez, the scenic …
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