Paul English, Willie Nelson‘s longtime drummer who was immortalized in Nelson’s road song “Me and Paul,” has died at 87 following a bout with pneumonia. Nelson’s publicist confirmed English’s death to Rolling Stone. Born in 1932 in Vernon, Texas, English joined Nelson’s Family Band in 1966 and continued to perform …
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Lil Wayne flew to the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart following the release of his new album, Funeral. After hovering at Number 39 last week with 27.9 million streams, Weezy racked up 147.9 million streams for the week of January 31st through February 6th. Funeral also topped …
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Major League Baseball said they would stop running promotions for Roger Waters’ upcoming North American tour following criticism from Jewish advocacy groups. As part of an ad buy by AEG/Concerts West, advertisements for tickets to Waters’ This Is Not a Drill trek were shown on MLB platforms. This drew the …
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When Midland announced that they would be playing a one-off show at the Palomino in October 2019, the North Hollywood venue hadn’t been operational for nearly 25 years. Though the original structure is still standing, the former country-music hot spot on Lankershim Boulevard now serves as a rentable banquet space …
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The phrases “avant-garde improvisational noise rock” and “hot new buzz band” don’t often show up next to each other in the same sentence. But they’re hard to avoid when discussing London’s Black Midi, an adventurous group that’s somehow broken through over the last couple years to become one of the …
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5 Seconds of Summer have announced their fourth studio album, Calm, set for release on March 27th via Interscope Records. On Wednesday the band dropped their latest track from the LP, “No Shame,” following previous singles “Easier” and “Teeth.” “For a band to make it to four albums is no small …
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For 403 seconds near the start of his new album, Lil Wayne makes Funeral feel like a transmission from the past. As long as “Mahogany” and “Mama Mia” are playing, it’s still 2006, the music industry is crumbling, and within the cinders of Cash Money is a young man who’s …
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Aretha Franklin’s niece, Sabrina Owens, has resigned as executor of the late soul singer’s estate amid mounting family tensions, the Detroit Free Press reports. Owens announced her decision in court filings last week, writing: “Given my aunt’s love of family and desire for privacy, this is not what she would …
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Four the fourth consecutive year, Chris Stapleton will significant portion of his evenings entertaining his fans on the headlining All-American Road Show Tour. On Wednesday, the singer-songwriter announced an extensive list of 2020 dates for the long-running trek, which will begin just before spring and take him all the way …
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Camila Cabello performedRomance ballad “First Man” at the 2020 Grammy Awards. She is nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside Shawn Mendes for their hit “Señorita” at this year’s ceremony. Cabello’s ballad is about her father and his continued support as the “first man who really loved” her. In a …
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