The Chainsmokers’ video for “Call You Mine” featuring Bebe Rexha employs an old music video trick that goes back to Spike Jonze and beyond. The story is told in reverse, showing Rexha driving backwards through the streets of L.A. with the bodies of the DJ duo in the backseat and a …
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Patti Smith has announced a new memoir, Year of the Monkey. Published by Knopf, the book will be released on September 24th. Year of the Monkey recounts the year 2016, which Smith spent in solidarity following the singer’s run of New Year’s concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco.“I began …
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Jennifer Hudson made a surprise appearance at the Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony in New York City to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin. The singer offered a rousing version of “Amazing Grace” at annual Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library, which honored the 103rd class of Pulitzer winners. …
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Portland electronic outfit Chromatics unveiled a new cover of Hole‘s “Petals,” which appears on the soundtrack for the new Netflix film, The Perfection. Chromatics deftly turn the sprawling Celebrity Skin closer into a concise yet atmospheric tune. Over a blend of gauzy synths and guitars that alternately prickle and carom …
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DJ Khaled provided a star-studded set for his Saturday Night Live debut as he joined host Paul Ruddon the Season 44 finale. Khaled appeared clad in a sweatshirt with Nipsey Hussle emblazoned on the front while he blistered through a medley of songs from his new album Father of Asahd, …
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Britney Spears‘ manager Larry Rudolph said the pop star may never perform live again in a new interview with TMZ. “As the person who guides her career — based on the information I and all of the professionals who work with her are being told on a need-to-know basis — …
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New York rockers The Strokes are back with a new song, “The Adults Are Talking.” The group debuted the track live during a charity performance at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, incorporating it into a lengthy set of hits that included “The Modern Age” and “Last Nite.” The song, a …
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Billy Joel hasn’t released an album of new pop songs since 1993, but that hasn’t stopped him from selling out Madison Square Garden every month for the past five years and packing baseball stadiums across the country each summer. “I’ve gone onstage and said, ‘I don’t have anything new for …
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To celebrate May the 4th, the annual “Star Wars Day,” the franchise’s long-awaited Galaxy’s Edge theme park opened within Disneyland. The theme park comes with new music created by Star Wars‘ longtime composer John Williams; a portion of that score, “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite,” premiered in full Sunday. …
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Def Leppard‘s Nineties catalog will be the focus of the band’s limited edition Volume Two box set, which collects the decade’s albums, B-sides, outtakes and more. Volume Two – out June 21st as both a 7-CD or 10-LP box set – features 1990’s Adrenalize, 1996’s Slang and 1999’s Euphoria (on …
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