When it was reported that swinging Sixties singer/songwriter Burt Bacharach had died on Feb. 8 at the age of 94, most people thought of his iconic cameo in Austin Powers, playing “What the World Needs Now” atop a bus as Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley slow-danced. But Bacharach’s impact on …
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The box was about two feet high and made out of wood, a rudimentary but useful tool to allow Jerry Blavat to get an unencumbered view of his dancers at bars and clubs that didn’t have a proper stage. In his later years, Blavat, a diminutive but supremely influential DJ, …
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Lizzo and SZA are a musical dream team on the newly released remix of “Special” from Lizzo’s 2022 album of the same name. The pair first teased the remix on social media last night with a graphic showing off their Grammy Award wins — Lizzo’s being the most recent, with …
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Flume released the ultimate music time capsule on Wednesday, sharing Things Don’t Always Go The Way You Plan—a compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded from 2012 to 2021. The Australian DJ/producer (real name Harley Streten) teased the drop yesterday, posting an image of the album’s artwork—a trippy computer desktop crammed …
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Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show performance is just days away. On Thursday, the musical superstar joinedApple Music’s Nadeska Alexis to discuss the upcoming performance, and without revealing too many details about what’s to come, she shared that there were “39 versions” of her 13-minute set. “The setlist was the biggest …
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Kelly Clarkson took on Whitesnake’s 1987 hit “Here I Go Again” on Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. Backed by her band, the powerhouse singer belted out the English rock group’s single, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, for Kellyoke’s opening segment. “Though I keep searching for an answer/ …
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Trey Songz has been hit with a new $25 million lawsuit stemming from a previous sexual assault accusation, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The suit also names the R&B singer’s label Atlantic Records, manager Kevin Liles and 300 Entertainment as defendants, claiming the parties should be held …
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Roger Waters said he has been re-recording the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon “[because] not enough people recognised what it’s about, what it was I was saying then,” according to an interview with The Telegraph journalist Tristram Fane Saunders. In the profile, Waters claimed he’s been working …
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Elton John‘s annual AIDS Foundation Oscars pre-party will return on March 12 with a headlining performance from Rina Sawayama. The Academy Awards viewing party will be hosted by John and his husband, David Furnish, with special appearances from Eric McCormack and MJ Rodriguez. “Beyond excited to be performing at #EJAFOscars …
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South Korean music company Hybe acquired hip-hop label Quality Control (QC Media Holdings) in a reported deal worth approximately $300 million in cash and stock, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Hybe America is led by executive and talent manager Scooter Braun, and according to a filing with Korean regulators, the …
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