So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Ever since Slipknot broke out in the late Nineties, frontman Corey Taylor has become …
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Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has gotten a holiday makeover. A 4k restoration of the music video for the iconic Eighties Christmas song is now available on YouTube, provided by the original director Andy Morahan. The clip for “Last Christmas” was originally filmed in 1984 at a Swiss resort called Saas-Fee, and …
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Finneas has shared a new version of his song “I Lost a Friend,” remixed by Marian Hill. It dropped Thursday at midnight. The track originally appeared on Finneas’ Blood Harmony EP. Where the original features a contemplative piano melody, the remix opens with his emotive vocals at the fore, which …
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UPDATE (12/13): A representative for 23 Capital has responded to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment: “23 Capital has a history of working with clients across the music industry including artists, managers, songwriters, music publishers and record labels to meet their commercial needs by providing innovative finance and capital solutions, often …
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Charlie Puth took part in Jimmy Fallon’s semi-frequent “Musical Genre Challenge” Tuesday night onThe Tonight Show, in which musicians have to improvise a random combination of a song and a genre it doesn’t belong to. It’s a lot of fun and very silly, considering that Fallon also has to participate …
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Bob Geldof has organized some of the most incredible all-star shows in rock history, including the original Live Aid in 1985 and its follow-up, Live 8, in 2005. But even the man that reunited Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and the Who seemed stunned by what he was seeing near the …
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Sharon Van Etten has released a cover of Christmas song “Silent Night.” The singer’s take on the holiday classic was originally recorded for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short filmThe Letter and has a moody, introspective vibe. The song is available exclusively via Amazon Music here. Van Etten recently appeared in an …
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Solange appeared on The Tonight Show to perform a nine-minute medley of songs from her recent album When I Get Home. The evocative performance — which featured a band, two singers and several back-up dancers — included renditions of “Taking on the Light,” “Things I Imagined,” “Down With the Clique,” …
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Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes linked up for a romantic, intimate duet of their collaborative single “Señorita” at the 2019 American Music Awards on Sunday. The duo opened on opposite ends of the stage, with Cabello twirling and staring into the camera as Mendes plucked an acoustic guitar. The intensity …
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Scooter Braun has kept silent about a dispute with Taylor Swift following his Ithaca Holdings company acquiring her former label, Big Machine Label Group, over the summer. On Thursday, he addressed the issue without naming the pop star during a Q&A with Shirley Halperin, Variety‘s executive editor of music, at …
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