UPDATE: HBO has cut ties with Russell Simmons following sexual assault allegations against the music mogul. Simmons was set to bring back the show’s Def Comedy Jam as All Def Comedythis week and while the show will air, Simmons will not be a part of it. “HBO will be airing …
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The year leading up to the release of the Magical Mystery Tour album in November 1967 was turbulent but fantastically fertile for the Beatles – they were working on its songs more or less simultaneously with the ones that ended up on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the …
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Paul McCartney, Gorillaz, Ryan Adams and U2 are among those planning exclusive releases for Record Store Day‘s annual Black Friday event on November 24th. McCartney will help usher in the holiday season with a pair of 7-inch singles. Each contains a new rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime,” which originally came out …
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It ended as it began – only bigger. Nearly 50 years after Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England, they played the final show of their farewell tour there this past February. During the gig, they revisited many of the colossal blues rockers they wrote in the late Sixties – numbers …
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People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” cover has long been a cultural phenomenon, highlighting some of the planet’s biggest stars since first running the feature (with the title going to Mel Gibson) in 1985. It’s no small feat, then, that Blake Shelton is 2017’s “Sexiest Man Alive” – he’s the first …
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Taylor Swift‘s direct address to her fans for her new album, Reputation, comes in the form of a heartfelt prologue letter – included with physical copies of the LP – which encourages fans not to believe everything they hear or see when it comes to rumors. “Here’s something I’ve learned …
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There’s a song on Blake Shelton’s 2013 album Based on a True Story… titled “Granddaddy’s Gun” that sums up the warm feelings you can have for a cold, inanimate weapon. Written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Bobby Pinson, the nostalgic ballad connects the narrator to his family history, specifically …
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Jay-Z denounced Meek Mill‘s two-to-four year prison sentence for violating probation as “unjust and heavy-handed” in a message on FacebookMonday night. “The sentence handed down by the Judge – against the recommendation of the Assistant District Attorney and Probation Officer – is unjust and heavy-handed,” Jay-Z said. “We will always …
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Miley Cyrus returned to Saturday Night Live to perform a pair of songs from her new LP Younger Now and appear in two sketches. For her first performance of the night, Cyrus delivered a sultry take on her “Bad Mood.” Cyrus later performed her new album’s sparse ballad “I Would …
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U2 recruited Kendrick Lamar for a spoken word cameo on their exuberant new song “Get Out of Your Own Way,” the latest preview of their upcoming 14th LP, Songs of Experience. The track opens with Bono crooning over a quiet electronic pulse and bass before building to an arena-size chorus …
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