Decades from now, historians will look back at 2016 as a time when the fabric of the universe broke down and chaos reigned. It wasn’t just the year when David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Prince, and Leonard Cohen died, England voted to break free from the European Union, and …
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Being a filmmaker is all about improvisation, and sometimes that requires coming up with a Plan B due to a major change – such as, for instance, your star performer not showing up on set. As Sigrid explains in a FaceTime preface to her new video for “Mine Right Now,” …
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It’s early evening on Friday at Chicago’s Country LakeShake Festival, and in a few minutes Miranda Lambert will perform her first full set in eight months, headlining the day’s all-women lineup. But prior to taking the stage, she’s watching Maren Morris’ set from the wings, tapping her white boots along …
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Soundgarden, Tom Petty‘s ex-wife Jane, Hole, Steve Earle and the estate of Tupac Shakur have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a class against Universal Music Group, seeking damages related to a 2008 fire that allegedly destroyed over 500,000 recordings. The suit accuses Universal Music of negligence in not doing …
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New songs from promising Australian trio Dozzi, American Idol alum Brooke White and roots-rock band the High Divers make up this week’s list of the best country and Americana songs. Dylan Brady, “Over Us” Feeling beaten down by a breakup, 20-year-old Dylan Brady channels his melancholy into a nostalgic, radio-friendly …
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Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony says he was approached last year about the possibility of a reunion tour with the band that was supposed to take place this summer. It would have been the first time all four members of the classic David Lee Roth lineup shared a stage …
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Jake Gyllenhaal joined James Corden on Tuesday’s Late Late Show, the second installment in their week-long London residency, for a goofy parody of Whitney Houston‘s “Greatest Love of All.” The writers set-up the bit right up-front: Corden opened the episode by apologizing that Gyllenhaal wouldn’t be appearing on the show …
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Over two centuries after the end of the American Revolutionary War, James Corden and Michelle Obama set out to end the USA versus U.K. debate once and for all with a game of dodgeball on The Late Late Show Monday. The pair assembled two crack teams, with Obama enlisting Melissa …
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The number of Americans who support the start of impeachment hearings now for President Donald Trump is up 10 percentage points since May, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The increase is due to a surge in support from Democrats. Forty-eight percent of Democrats want hearings to …
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It’s the stat I just can’t get out of my head. In 2017, according to a report backed by the U.S. music trade group RIAA, major record companies signed a total of 658 acts — a number up 12 percent over 2014. In 2019, that figure (judging by the subsequent …
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