Less than 24 hours after Drake told a Toronto audience that he has a “new single dropping tomorrow night,” the rapper delivered on his promise with “Nice for What” and its accompanying star-studded video. “Nice for What” features actresses like Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Tiffany Haddish, breakout Black Panther star …
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Arctic Monkeys have announced their new album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. The follow-up to 2013’s AM, the group’s sixth album marks its first in five years. It will be released via Domino on May 11th. Produced by longtime collaborator James Ford and frontman Alex Turner, Tranquility Base Hotel & …
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When a jury decided in March of 2015 that Robin Thicke, Pharrell William and Clifford “T.I.” Harris were guilty of copyright infringement in lifting elements of their song “Blurred Lines” from the Marvin Gaye classic “Got to Give It Up,” the estate of Marvin Gaye grew several million dollars richer. …
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Ben Folds and Cake will team this summer for a co-headlining tour that will travel the Eastern half of the U.S. this August. Tall Heights will serve as special guest on the 10-date trek, which kicks off August 13th in Boston and concludes two weeks later in Indianapolis on August …
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UPDATE:The Weeknd has unveiled his new six-song EP, My Dear Melancholy,which features Gesaffelstein on two tracks. It was executive produced by the Weeknd and Frank Dukes, with additional production by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Skrillex and Mike Will Made-It, among others. Stream it below. The Weeknd will release his …
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It’s sure to go down as one of the iconic images in our history: first-generation Cuban-American Emma González, brown-skinned and bald-pated and queer, standing silent and tearful, mournful and proud, bringing the March for Our Lives in D.C. to a hush at first puzzling, then immeasurably profound. For the liberal-minded …
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“That’s what it’s all about, folks. No boundaries, no limits,” gushed Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps after progressive banjo explorer Béla Fleck helped launch the 2018 edition. Fleck, a jazz fusion pioneer best known in bluegrass and jam circles these days, slowly oozed between what sounded like a banjo …
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For about eight seconds near the end of “Weird Al” Yankovic’sThursday night show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, it looked like he was going to actually do something serious. “It hasn’t escaped us how very special this night is,” he said. “We are so humbled and honored to play at the …
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Ozzy Osbourne has filed an antitrust lawsuit against venue owner and concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG) for a policy that allegedly requires that acts booked at London’s O2 Arena must also perform as part of the same tour cycle at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Both venues are owned …
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Big Boi has announced a new round of U.S. tour dates. The third leg of his ongoing “Daddy Fat Saxxx” jaunt launches May 17th in St. Louis, Missouri and concludes June 8th in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets are currently on sale via the rapper’s website. The 16-date trek …
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