Brian May is the latest artist to publicly address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with the Queen guitarist urging fans to self-isolate themselves in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “I feel this might be THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I EVER POSTED,” May wrote. “There is so much false information out there …
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Morrissey‘s I Am Not a Dog on a Chain tour has been largely curtailed by the coronavirus, but he did manage to perform a show at London’s SSE Arena on Saturday night even though most other major shows in the city were shut down. The backdrop for the early part …
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John Oliver dissected President Donald Trump’s disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the growing unease and confusion around the United States on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, which was itself rattled by the pandemic. Oliver opened the show by stating that this wouldn’t be a normal episode. Not …
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We’re all already inside. Might as well drink… Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden will be squaring off in a “virtual debate” tonight in Washington, D.C. Due to coronavirus, there will be no live audience, and it’s just as well. The Sanders campaign is signaling that it does not intend to …
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UPDATE (5/14):Kenny Chesney has postponed all dates on his 2020 Chillaxification tour, aiming to launch the trek in 2021 once the immediate threat of COVID-19 has passed. “In the best interest of everyone, we have decided to quit moving the dates around on the calendar, trying to make a chunk …
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Few Nashville institutions are as revered — and reliable — as the weekly Grand Ole Opry shows, which have for nearly 100 years taken place to packed auditoriums from East Nashville’s Dixie Tabernacle to the Ryman Auditorium to its current location, the Grand Ole Opry House. But with the uncertainty …
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The Boomtown Rats — best known in America for their 1979 hit “I Don’t Like Mondays” — are returning from a 36-year recording hiatus this month with the release of their new album, Citizens of Boomtown. And when Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof stopped by the Rolling Stone office to …
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Songwriting legend James Taylor, who was born in Boston, on March 12th, 1948, turns 72 today with a half-century of music that has encompassed and transcended folk, pop, and country under his belt. In October 2002, CMT teamed him with the red-hot Dixie Chicks for a memorable episode of the …
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Spike Jonze has shared the first trailer for his upcoming film Beastie Boys Story. Billed as “the story of three friends who inspired each other and the world,” the movie showcases the history of the New York group as band members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz reflect back on their …
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Lady Gaga‘s flamboyant visual style has inspired the name of a newly discovered insect species. Kaikaia gaga is a new genus of the treehopper bugs found almost three decades ago near the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, the Fader reports (via Illinois News Bureau). Brendan Morris, a PhD candidate in entomology …
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