Christine and the Queens delivered an electrifying take on an Edith Piaf classic during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris on Thursday. There was some social media outrage when Chris — one of France’s chief musical exports — wasn’t included in either the opening or closing ceremonies of …
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Another rally, another unauthorized use of an artist’s music by the Trump campaign. This time around, it’s ABBA claiming that the Trump campaign did not have the Swedish group’s permission to play their music at a Minnesota rally. Trump leaned especially hard on ABBA’s music during the July 27 rally …
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McJulien’s Auctions will celebrate the life and legacy of Christine McVie wtih an auction event at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. “Property From The Life and Career of Christine McVie” will auction off selections from the late musician’s Fleetwood Mac touring wardrobe and instruments, as well …
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It’s not the long-awaited new album by the Cure, but Robert Smith and company will release live versions of two songs that they’ve road-tested during recent tours on an upcoming eco-friendly vinyl single. Novembre: Live in France 2022, due out October 1, features live recordings of “And Nothing Is Forever” …
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Bryan Ferry has shared his first original song in nearly a decade with “Star,” a collaboration with singer Amelia Barratt and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The track, which features on the Roxy Music singer’s upcoming five-disc Retrospective: Selected Recordings, began as a demo the NIN duo …
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Marilyn Manson has appealed a judge’s decision to throw out parts of his defamation and emotional distress lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. Lawyers for the musician —real name Brian Warner —filed the lengthy 92-page appeal on Tuesday in Los Angeles, more than …
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Live Nation is aggressively pushing to prevent a deposition of its chief executive officer Michael Rapino over the deadly Astroworld Festival crowd rush, and the live music giant hopes Texas’s Supreme Court will support their efforts. While all of the wrongful death suits have been settled earlier this year, the …
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Less than a week after revisiting his mixtape Days Before Rodeo on its 10th anniversary, Travis Scott is offering a visual pairing for the project’s single, “Drugs You Should Try It.” The clip opens with a seeming tribute to Virgil Abloh as a body-building model poses in front of a …
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After serving as the official hypeman for the 2024 Olympic women’s water-polo team, Flavor Flav has set out on a new mission: to carry the torch during the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Flav discussed his monumental summer at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday’s episode of the Politickin’ podcast hosted …
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Young Thug’s defense lawyer used his long-awaited cross-examination of key prosecution witness Kenneth “Woody” Copeland on Tuesday to cast Copeland as a career criminal who may have been the one actually responsible for the 2015 murder at the heart of Young Thug’s problem-plagued gang and racketeering prosecution in Georgia. During …
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