Buddy Guyrecruited the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as well as guitarist Jeff Beck for guest appearances on the blues legend’s upcoming album The Blues Is Alive and Well. Jagger lent his vocals to “You Did the Crime” on the new album, Guy’s first since 2015’s Born to …
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The Tony Awards will honor Bruce Springsteen in June for his “once-in-a-life” production of Springsteen on Broadway. In a live-streamed ceremony on Tuesday announcing this year’s nominations, the Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. called Springsteen on Broadway a “theatergoing experience of extraordinary dimensions.” In addition to Springsteen, the Tonys will …
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Nearly a year after an auction of personal Madonna items – including the singer’s breakup letter to Tupac Shakur – was halted and thrown into legal limbo, the judge presiding over the case ruled in favor of the auctioneers, allowing the sale to proceed. Bidding on Madonna’s breakup letter to …
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A Dallas woman who alleges she was “being groomed for R. Kelly‘s sex cult” has filed a police report against the singer over “a sexual assault incident resulting in serious bodily injury.” The woman, who is withholding her identity, claims she was 19 when she first began her alleged 11-month …
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Killers frontman Brandon Flowers had a big night at Saturday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. His band opened the show with a passionate rendition of “American Girl” in tribute to the late Tom Petty, and later, he did the honors of inducting the Cars – one of …
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To get into the right mindset to record his forthcoming solo album Call the Comet, Johnny Marr and his band spent nine months holed up in a dark studio above an old factory in his hometown of Manchester, England. “We brought a bunch of old projectors and lights and gadgets …
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A companion album to HBO’s upcoming documentaryElvis Presley: The Searcherfeatures his hits, as well as some different versions of his best-known songs. One of the more notable rarities is an alternate take of “Suspicious Minds” – the 18th and final Number One single of theKing’s career. Where the single version …
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Scream, the beloved Washington D.C. hardcore band that once featured a young Dave Grohl, will reissue their fourth album, No More Censorship, April 27th via Southern Lord. Retitled NMC17 (No More Censorship), the 12-track reissue is available to pre-order digitally, on CD and silver vinyl. The physical versions boast new …
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Shawn Mendes battles anxiety and loneliness in his new power ballad, “In My Blood.” Mendes charts a course from victim to victory on his latest single. The opening of the song is soft and despairing: “Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing/ I’m overwhelmed and insecure, give me something,” Mendes …
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Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation has thrown their support behind a new app that aims to reduce incarceration and recidivism in the criminal justice system. Promise, an app co-founded by social entrepreneur and former Prince manager Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, hopes “to create a sustainable and scalable program that will reduce the number of …
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