Kanye West hasn’t managed to keep his lawyers around for long enough to clear a number of samples included on Vultures 1, the collaborative album he released with Ty Dolla $ign in February. But the more time he spends cycling through different legal representatives, the more he needs them. The …
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SZA may finally be ready to unleash a pair of projects she’s been teasing for over a year, according to a new interview. Going back to late 2023, when SZA appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, the singer has mentioned both a deluxe edition to her 2022 LP SOS …
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The yacht-rock era is finally getting the official documentary (“dockumentary”) treatment, with filmmaker Garret Price’s project featuring appearances from such smooth and soulful luminaries as Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and Toto. But there was one seminal figure Price could not persuade to sit for an interview: Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen. …
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Kanye West allegedly turned a Yeezy staffer’s job into a living “nightmare” by subjecting the man to antisemitic tirades – often involving attacks on Kim Kardashian – and work meetings in hotel suites where West would engage in loud sexual encounters in adjoining rooms, a new lawsuit claims. Plaintiff Murphy …
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Shel Talmy, the producer behind hits including the Kinks‘ “You Really Got Me” and the Who’s “My Generation,” died on Wednesday following complications from a stroke, a representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 87. Born in Chicago in 1937, Talmy first started working in the music industry in the …
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The first trailer for the Robbie Williams film Better Man has arrived and opens with a message from the pop legend: “This is my story. But I’m not gonna tell it in an ordinary way because I don’t see myself how others see me.” And Williams wasn’t lying about the …
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A new lawsuit alleges members of the legendary progressive rock band Yes used a composition stolen from fellow prog-rock musician Riz Story as the basis for “Dare to Know,” the second single off Yes’ 2021 album The Quest. The copyright infringement complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles and obtained by …
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The revived Linkin Park have announced a 2025 world tour in support of their new album, From Zero, out Friday. After previously announced festival gigs like Sick New World,Sonic Temple, and Welcome to Rockville and arena shows in the spring, the North American leg kicks off in earnest on July …
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The piano heard on Derek & The Dominoes’ “Layla” and other classic rock staples is set to hit the auction block this week. Eaton & Brennan Auctions’ Hit Factory Collection auction, starting today, features items and memorabilia from the famed New York studio, most notably the Baldwin grand piano that …
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The period when Beatlemania reached America for the first time is captured ina new Disney+ documentaryproduced by Martin Scorsese. Beatles ’64, arriving on the streaming service on Nov. 29, features never-before-seen footage of the Beatles as they arrived in America to unprecedented fanfare in February 1964, as well as new …
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