Update:The organizers of Woodstock 50 have released a statement about the change of venue, vowing to move forward. “We confirm that we will not be moving forward with Watkins Glen as a venue for Woodstock 50,” Gregory Peck, one of the festival’s principal organizers, said. “We are in discussions with …
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Rock-star cameos at CMA Fest can go either way — in 2013, Lenny Kravitz struggled to win over the crowd —but Friday night’s surprise appearance by Joan Jett was a success. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member appeared at the midpoint of Carrie Underwood‘s night-ending set to join …
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One song. That’s all Lil Nas X has in his repertoire. But it was all he needed to satisfy a jostling, anxious crowd who waited in the rain until nearly 1:00 a.m. at day one of Spotify‘s four-day CMA Fest takeover in Nashville to get a glimpse of the viral …
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Detroit indie rocker Stef Chura has released the fourth and final single to her sophomore album Midnight, which will be released this Friday. The video features Chura in a cheerleader uniform, playing her guitar in a school gym. “Dreaming of/Being nice/I projected you on a screen,” she sings against the …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Enlists Stevie Nicks, Maren Morris for Country Kiss-Off 'Prove You Wrong'
Sheryl Crow assembled an all-star crew for her new song, “Prove You Wrong,” with Stevie Nicks and Maren Morris. The track will appear on Crow’s new album of collaborations, Theads, out August 30th via Big Machine. Crow, Nicks and Morris unsurprisingly deliver a powerhouse vocal performance, trading lyrics and coming …
Read More »Watch David Crosby Field Questions About Prison, Infidelity and Living With a Trump Supporter
David Crosby might not seem like the obvious candidate for an advice columnist. After all, this is a man that has abused just about every drug in the world, alienated most of his former bandmates and spent time in a Texas prison. But we approached him to spearhead this column …
Read More »Protester Storms Stage, Grabs Mic From Kamala Harris at Event
An interview of Kamala Harris at the MoveOn “Big Ideas Forum” was interrupted by a protester who jumped onstage and wrested the microphone from Harris before being removed. While Harris was discussing, of all things, the gender pay gap, the male animal rights protester, Aidan Cook, stormed the stage and …
Read More »Bebe Rexha Murders the Chainsmokers in 'Call You Mine' Video
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 …
Read More »Patti Smith Details New Memoir 'Year of the Monkey'
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 …
Read More »'Domino' Review: Cops, Terrorists and De Palma by Numbers
You do not have to squint very hard to see Brian De Palma in Domino. Not literally, mind you … he doesn’t usually take his Hitchcock fetish to constant-cameo lengths. But he’s there in the ominous zoom-in to a gun that a Copenhagen cop named Christian (Game of Thrones‘ Nikolaj …
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