Taylor Swift and the two songwriters who accused her of copyright infringement on “Shake It Off” have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit a month before it was set to head to trial. The decision was announced in court filings Monday, Dec. 12, with all parties involved asking the judge for …
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Caroline Polachek will hit the road as soon as she drops her new album. On Monday, the pop star announced that she’s set to travel the country to promote her upcoming album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You in the new year, as she released the video for “Welcome …
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Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer whose synthy soundtracks for Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet ushered dream pop into the mainstream, has died. Rolling Stoneconfirmed the composer’s death with his manager, Kraft-Engel Management. He was 85. “Angelo Badalamenti was a composer, loving husband, father, and grandfather,” his family tells Rolling Stone …
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Patti LaBelle’s concert in Milwaukee Saturday was abruptly halted — and the singer was rushed off the stage mid-performance — after the venue received a bomb threat. Video from the concert shows LaBelle conversing with the crowd when security guards rushed onstage to usher the singer away. “Wait!,” a perplexed …
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Nearly 14 months after Brandi Carlile last served as Saturday Night Live’s musical guest, the singer returned for the show’s Steve Martin and Martin Short-host episode. For her first performance, Carlile — flanked by “the twins” Tim and Phil Hanseroth — harkened back to her breakout single, 2007’s “The Story”: …
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Georgia Holt, singer, actress and mother of Cher, has died at the age of 96. “Mom is gone,” Cher tweeted Saturday night; a rep for the singer confirmed Holt’s death to The Hollywood Reporter. While no cause of death was provided, Cher previously revealed that her mother had been dealing …
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Saturday Night Live revealed that Lizzo will now serve as musical guest on the Austin Butler-hosted episode next week, with the rapper filling in for the previously announced Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Soon after SNL announced the switch-up, the YYYs issued a statement on social media explaining that all of the …
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Gucci Mane dropped the final iteration of So Icy Boyz: The Finale on Friday, what seemed to be the bookend to his Icy Boyz projects over the last two years. The rapper delivered an 80-track album, including both new music and past work including a song he dropped five years …
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A new R. Kelly album titled I Admit It appeared on streaming services on Friday but R. Kelly has denied involvement with its release, calling it a plot to undermine him in court, according to audio obtained by TMZ. Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, claimed that Kelly recorded the audio on …
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Just days after Little Simz announced her new album No Thank You — the much-anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed Sometimes I Might Be Introvert — the U.K. rapper revealed Saturday that the LP is arriving very, very soon. Like, in a matter of hours. Eschewing the traditional Friday release date, …
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