Each June tens of thousands of the country faithful travel from around the world to Nashville for the massive CMA Music Festival – and for good reason. Hundreds of stars gather in country music’s capital for four days of mostly-free music, capped off by nightly stadium concerts headlined by the …
Read More »'Austin City Limits' Recruits St. Vincent for Season 44 Premiere
St. Vincent will set the tone ofAustin City Limits‘44th season with an hour-long premiere episode that airs October 6th. The artist born Annie Clark filmed her concert at Austin’s venerable Moody Theater on May 14th, with the gig drawing heavily from the singer’s latest LP Masseduction. In an exclusive video …
Read More »Spotify Pulls Episodes of Infowars' 'Alex Jones Show' Podcast
Spotify has deleted selectAlex Jones Show episodes after the host announced to listeners earlier this week to tune in to his podcast on the platform, Variety reports. On Wednesday, Spotify removed several of the ultra right-wing conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder’s podcasts following a backlash from Spotify users. Spotify cited …
Read More »Devo on How 'Whip It' Changed Their Lives, Meeting the Rolling Stones
“I don’t think Devo would have hatched in a major city,” the group’s Jerry Casale says, looking back on the art-rockers’ early history in a excited tone. “We were surrounded by an anti-intellectual culture and antagonistic people in Ohio. By the time we came up on the radar of the …
Read More »'Guardians of the Galaxy' Cast Pen Open Letter Asking for Director James Gunn's Reinstatement
The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy – including Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel and Zoe Saldana – together penned an open letter asking for the reinstatement of director James Gunn, who was fired from the Marvel franchise after dozens of inappropriate tweets resurfaced. “We fully support James Gunn. …
Read More »Hear Logic's Optimistic New Song 'One Day' With Ryan Tedder
Logic teamed with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder for his uplifting new single “One Day.” “I’ll be richer than I was before / One day / I’m gonna have enough money to buy the store / One day / Young Sinatra said you know I finally do it my way / You …
Read More »XXXTentacion Killing: Third Suspect Arrested
Police have arrested the third suspect in the shooting death of 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion (real name Jahseh Onfroy), theAssociated Press reports. Robert Allen, a 22-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was taken into custody Wednesday after U.S. Marshals found him at his sister’s house in rural Georgia. He was booked in …
Read More »Billie Eilish Plots North American Tour
Billie Eilish announced a headlining North American tour for fall 2018. The 14-date “1 By 1” trek launches October 23rd in Portland, Oregon and wraps November 20th in Los Angeles, California. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 27th at 10 a.m. local time, except for the Washington D.C. show, which …
Read More »Drake Just Broke Another Streaming Record That Doesn't Matter
Congratulations are in order for Drake, who on Thursday became the first artist to ever reach 10 billion streams on Apple Music. The milestone is – per the proud, multi-platform announcement from the music-streaming service as well as coverage of it on various news outlets– a Big Deal. Or is …
Read More »'McQueen' Review: Portrait of a Fashion Shock Artist As a Genius
Lee Alexander McQueen was just 40 when he hanged himself at his London home in 2010, on the eve of his mother’s funeral. His suicide made headlines. But it was the revolution he started in fashion that is still being felt and fiercely debated – you don’t escape censure when …
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