In 1981, Bruce Springsteen found himself at a crossroads. He’d just finished his tour for The River, which had brought his marathon-length, rock & roll-revivalist shows to a record number of audiences. The E Street Band was hitting on all cylinders. “Hungry Heart” was his first single to crack the …
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Twenty years ago, Fall Out Boy found themselves at odds with reality. Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept …
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There’s yet more data out lending credence to the theory of Gen Z’s purported prudishness, with nearly half the respondents to a new survey saying there’s “too much sex and sexual content in TV and movies.” The data comes from the UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers’ annual “Teens & …
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Depeche Mode will include four previously unreleased tracks from their most recent album, Memento Mori, on a new live album set to arrive Dec. 5. Memento Mori: Mexico City primarily features performances from Depeche Mode’s three-night run at Mexico City’s Foro Sol Stadium in 2023. But the four unreleased tracks …
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Massachusetts has a rich history of giving the middle finger to tyrants and bloated politicians, and the Dropkick Murphys have been providing the backing track to Boston’s antiauthoritarianism since the 1990s. Already an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, frontman Ken Casey is calling for the punk artists and musicians to …
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will document their recent arena tour in support of their latest LP,Wild God,with a live album titledLive God. The 2LP or 2CD set, due out December 5, features performances of tracks off 2024’s Wild God like “Joy,” “Frogs,” and “Cinnamon Horses” alongside Cave classics …
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Dakota Johnson will step behind the camera for her directorial debut, A Tree Is Blue. According to Deadline, the actress will shape the film from a script written by her Cha Cha Real Smooth co-star Vanessa Burghardt, who will reportedly appear in the film alongside Charli XCX and Jessica Alba. …
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Brandi Carlile is set to embark on the Human Tour, which will hit arenas across North America, the U.K., and Europe next year. The singer will kick things off on Feb. 10 in Philadelphia at the Xfinity Mobile Arena with special guests the Head and the Heart, and Carlile will …
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A maarae is scrolling through the Notes app on her phone, which is crammed with questions and observations about Tinashe. When she was a teenager in Ghana, Amaarae was obsessed with the singer’s mix of melody and movement. It’s part of why she’s so excited about their Musicians on Musicians …
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Tame Impala showcased three songs off their new album, Deadbeat, for A24‘s “Sound Check” live series. The set, held at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre and directed by The Iron Claw filmmaker Sean Durkin, featured renditions of “My Old Ways,” “Dracula,” and “Loser.” The Australian group, led by Kevin Parker, …
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