U2 are getting a channel devoted exclusively to their music on SiriusXM sometime next year. “[U2X Radio] will feature music from U2’s acclaimed decades-long career,” the company said in a statement. “Never before heard interviews and live concert recordings; favorites and surprises from the archive; band curated playlists sharing personal …
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For their latest radio pop/soft-rock cover, Haim have decided to perform a Robyn song — but it’s not “Dancing on My Own” or anything from the Body Talk era, when Robyn became the international patron saint of dancing out your feelings. Instead, the sisterly trio from L.A. performed “Show Me …
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Pete Townshend has taken to Facebook to quell a firestorm of criticism that erupted when he told Rolling Stone writer Stephen Rodrick that he “thanks God” that Keith Moon and John Entwistle are no longer around. “They were fucking difficult to play with,” Townshend said. “They never, ever managed to …
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Cyndi Lauper will receive the inaugural High Note Global Prize for her efforts to help prevent and end homelessness among LGBTQ youth. Kesha will give the award to Lauper December 10th at the latter’s “Home for the Holidays” benefit concert at the Novo in Los Angeles. The show will feature …
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Kate Nash is recalling a nightmare she had recently. In the dream, the musician and star of the Netflix series GLOW remembers being on a raft in a dark tunnel, surrounded by man-eating killer whales. “I escaped the tunnel, and I was running around in this carpark, with all these …
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On Wednesday, Kacey Musgraves sat down with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon for her first ever late-night interview. The six-time Grammy winner, who corrected – then played along with – Fallon when he incorrectly stated that she had won eight of the statuettes, was on hand to promoted her upcoming …
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In one of this year’s better holiday movies, Netflix’s Let It Snow, two teens belt out the Waterboys’ “Whole of the Moon” in an empty church, their voices unskilled but sincere. Tobin (Mitchell Hope) plays the organ while “The Duke” (Kiernan Shipka) sings along — you don’t need to know …
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Niall Horan has shared an acoustic version of his song “Nice to Meet Ya,” recorded live for Vevo. The rock star performed the song with a full backing band, but with a more stripped-down arrangement than the official single. The tiny studio highlights the intimacy of the performance. Co-written by …
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Fueled by Wednesday’s 53rd annual CMA Awards, country albums saw an 82% increase in digital sales, while country song sales were up 120% and sales of songs actually performed on the telecast jumped 1000%, according to Alpha Data, the data analytics company that powers the Rolling Stone charts. Dan + …
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The Black Crowes ripped through their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, during their first live show in six years at New York’s Bowery Ballroom Monday night. The show took place the same day the band announced a massive 2020 reunion tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Shake Your …
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