The Global Citizen Festival came to Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday to honor Nelson Mandela on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The anti-poverty show featured a keynote address by Oprah Winfrey and performances by Beyonce, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Chris Martin, Eddie Vedder, D’banj, Femi Kuti and Sho Madjozi. “Let’s …
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A track off her 2007 albumSongs of Mass Destruction, “Sing” was inspired by Annie Lennox’s first meeting with South African activistZackie Achmat at Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV/AIDS campaign in 2003. HIV positive himself, Achmat co-founded the Treatment Action Campaign, an organization that fights for AIDS treatment access and prevention. “We …
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In January 1990, a couple of months shy of his 41st birthday, Nick Lowe welcomed a BBC film crew into his suburban London row house for an interview. Lowe had a new album to promote, Party of One, but he’d been in the music business for two decades, first in …
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UPDATE: The lateMac Miller‘s recently released Spotify Singles will now be available on limited edition 7-inch vinyl that will benefit the Mac Miller Circles Fund, which provides programming, resources and services to youth in underserved communities. The blue vinyl is available exclusively via Spotify Fans First program. ••• Mac Miller …
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Dierks Bentley, Chris Janson, Rascal Flatts and Eddie Montgomery will all perform at “C’Ya on the Flip Side,” a concert event benefitting the Troy Gentry Foundation set for January 9th at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. Blake Shelton and Storme Warren, of SiriusXM’s the Highway, will co-host. Dustin Lynch, Jon …
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) formally dismissed complaints it received against Kid Rock after the rocker teased a Michigan senate run. In a ruling released this week, the FEC determined Rock did not appear “to have taken even the most basic steps to become a candidate.” In 2017, Rock hinted …
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The first major art museum exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock & roll will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art starting April 8th, 2019. The exhibit, titled Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll, will feature more than130 instruments that were used by artists including …
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Taylor Swift has announced that she has signed a new record deal with Republic Records and Universal Music Group, her first label change since signing with Big Machine Records at the age of 15. Swift’s deal with the Nashville-based, Universal Music Group-distributed independent label expired this month. Swift made the …
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The veteran rock group Maná played a series of durable throwbacksbefore being honoredas the Latin Recording Academy’s Person(s) of the Yearin Las Vegas. The band opened with “En El Muelle De San Blas.” Lead singerFher Olvera delivered his vocals with raspy fervor and the crowd hurled every word back at …
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Not many artists get to experience as many pop lives as Teddy Geiger. She was a teen idol by 16, with a mushy soft-rock hit, “For You I Will (Confidence),” on her hands. At 19, she starred as the romantic lead opposite future Oscar winner Emma Stone in the comedy …
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