Megan Thee Stallion dominated the 2021 BET Awards, winning multiple awards, performing her new single “Thot Shit,” and then hopping on stage again for a rendition of the DJ Khaled collaboration, “I Did It.” For her performance of “Thot Shit,” Meg put her bars first and didn’t bother with any …
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Lenny Kravitz celebrates his island getaway in the new video for “Raise Vibration,” which appeared on his 2018 album of the same name. The video was filmed in the Bahamas — where the guitarist had been living during the Covid-19 pandemic — and directed by famed photographer Mark Seliger. It …
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Gloria Estefan, Sting, Josh Groban, and more have signed on to Vax India Now, a fundraising livestream event to raise awareness of the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine shortage in India. Hasan Minhaj will host this year’s event, while Liam Neeson, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman and Fareed Zakaria will participate as well. …
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The Go-Go’s have announced five North American tour dates on the West Coast for winter 2021-2022. The shows will be in celebration of the band’s recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the release of their new documentary filmThe Go-Go’s last year. “We really …
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“It’s times like these you learn to live again,” Dave Grohl sang Tuesday night, with clenched emotion, at the beginning of Foo Fighters’ first concert since a global pandemic snuffed out live music last March. He was backed, at first, only by church-like organ chords from keyboardist Rami Jaffee. As …
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Jakes Shears has dropped “Do the Television,” a funk-laden disco number, to herald in Pride month.The single was produced by Vaughn Oliver and co-written by Shears, Vaughn, and Ryland Blackinton. “‘Do the Television’ was first started about 12 years ago, written as an idea for the Scissor Sisters Night Work …
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Lucy Dacus has released “Brando,” the latest single from her upcoming third album Home Video. The mellow but melodic track sees Dacus weaving together old Hollywood references to paint a picture of a relationship in crisis: “I’m in a second-story window/and you’re yelling at me ‘Stella!’/and I’m laughing cause you …
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Jason Isbell’s ShoalsFest will return to northwest Alabama for its second year in 2021, following its 2019 debut and a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s event, presented by TT Management and Outback Presents, is set for October 2nd and 3rd at McFarland Park in Muscle Shoals, …
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Up-and-coming punk rockers the Linda Lindas appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their hit “Racist, Sexist Boy,” as well as “Claudia Kishi.” Host Jimmy Kimmel also briefly interviewed the quartet about their recent success. The teenage group recently went viral with “Racist, Sexist Boy” with a performance inside the …
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From sax solos by Clarence Clemons to the glorious oddness of “Judas” to the super-powered power ballad “You and I,” Born This Way was the moment Lady Gaga ascended to superstardom. To celebrate 10 years of the instant-classic album, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joined host Brian Hiatt — who …
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