Imagine you’re out having a beer with some friends when Sir Paul McCartney suddenly starts playing a mere coaster’s throw away. Just recently, McCartney shocked punters at Liverpool’s Philharmonic pub by performing a free surprise concert with a full band, part of a special homecoming edition of James Corden’s Carpool …
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Three years ago, Bryan Adams was crisscrossing the globe for the Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour, supporting the chart-topping album that made him a star at the age of 25, with the forever hit “Summer of ’69” and the power ballad “Heaven.” “It was a hell of a rollercoaster to suddenly …
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Foo Fighters pulled a prank on fans Tuesday in Gothenberg, Sweden, where Dave Grohl severely broke his leg after falling off the stage three years ago. In the opening moments of the band’s return to Gothenberg’s Ullevi Stadium, a fake “Dave Grohl” joined his bandmates onstage and ran out onto …
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Original Guns N’ Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin discussed why he opted out of the band’s ongoing reunion tour in a short statement toThe Wall Street Journal. “The current GnR tour has been a great success for the guys,” Stradlin said. “My non-participation was simply not being able to reach a …
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Pusha-T, Daytona “I predict snow/Al Roker,” raps Pusha-T on this seven-track project’s “If You Know You Know.” But Daytona is more than just drug tales from a rapper who has specialized in coke rap since the dawn of the Aughts. As a master of metaphor and …
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J Balvin spoke about working with Beyoncé on the remix of “Mi Gente” and solidifying reggaeton’s spot in the pop music landscape during an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1. “I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a …
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Grizzly Bear have lined up a fall U.S. tour in support of the band’s latest album Painted Ruins, one of Rolling Stone‘s 50 Best Albums of 2017. Following the group’s co-headlining tour with Spoon this summer, Grizzly Bear will return to the road for a 10-date trek that kicks off …
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The Beastie Boys‘ long-awaited memoir, the aptly titled Beastie Boys Book, will be released October 30th via publishers Spiegel and Grau. The group’s two surviving members, Mike D and Ad-Rock, penned the 592-page book, but also solicited contributions from an array of guests including Amy Poehler, Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, …
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK:Janelle Monáe, Dirty ComputerA genre-dodging, pop-funk-rock-rap-avant-R&B tour de force, the Wondaland leader delivers a masterpiece that feels both of-the-moment and enduring. The anthems are empowered, the politics both sexual and intersectional – and impressively, she evinces no significant disconnect between preaching and partying. “You fucked the world …
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When Kanye West was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2010, Elon Musk, who wrote the blurb about the rapper-producer-designer, noted that he “fought for his place in the cultural pantheon with a purpose.” Of all his varied talents, arguably West’s most useful one has been …
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