Ashley McBryde, Luke Combs, and Dan + Shay are among the top nominees for the 2020 CMT Music Awards, which were announced Wednesday morning. The annual fan-voted event, which is typically held in June, will now air October 21st at 8 p.m. ET on CMT and other company platforms including …
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First-round Grammy voting gets underway on September 30th and runs through October 12th. For our2021 Grammy preview issue, we asked a series of likely contenders for next year’s awards to reflect on their past experiences at the ceremony, look ahead to the future, and discuss the albums and singles that …
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Avril Lavigne announced a livestream benefit concert for October 24th at 8 p.m. ET, helping raise awareness and funds in the fight against Lyme disease. Full proceeds from the virtual event — described on the singer’s site as the “only chance” to see her perform in 2020 —will support the …
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Neil Young has announced the complete track list for his long-awaited Archives Volume 2 box set along with a release date of November 20th. Spread chronologically across 10 discs, it begins with the songs he recorded shortly after the release of Harvest in 1972 and goes all the way to …
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Cat Stevens was just 22 years old when he created his masterpiece, Tea for the Tillerman. It was his second album of 1970, as he reflected on his year of convalescence after contracting tuberculosis. 50 years later, under the name Yusuf, he’s decided to rerecord his breakthrough for the album’s …
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Ricky Martin had long been an international superstar before he began “Livin’ La Vida Loca” — and there seems to have been hardly a dull moment in the 20 years since. In 2010, the Puerto Rican singer came out to his fans as a gay man; nearly 10 years later, …
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In a first for the ACM Awards, two artists tied for the night’s top prize: Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood each won Entertainer of the Year. “2020, right?” Underwood said, upon accepting the award and elbow-bumping host Keith Urban. Underwood won Entertainer of the Year twice before in 2008 and …
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Celtic punk band Flogging Molly are marking the 20th anniversary of their debut studio album, Swagger, with a limited edition vinyl box set. The 5000-copy run will be released on October 23rd via SideOneDummy, with pre-orders available on Thursday. The new reissue of the album is remastered and remixed and …
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Rising R&B star Summer Walker performed her song “Body” on The Tonight Show Monday, September 14th. The performance was filmed in a dingy warehouse space where the paint peeling off the walls was balanced out by the sea of flowers covering the floor. The setting was a perfect complement to …
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With the election approaching and protests breaking out across America, Netflix has dropped the trailer for The Trial of the Chicago 7, out October 16th on the streaming platform. The film, directed by Aaron Sorkin, details an anti-war protest, counter-culture at the 1968 Democratic National Convention that turned violent when …
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