Britney Spears won’t be sitting for her dad’s so-called “revenge deposition,” a judge ruled Wednesday. The Los Angeles County judge stuck to the court’s tentative order at an afternoon hearing and spared the “Toxic” singer the in-person grilling sought by her dad Jamie Spears. Britney’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart argued it …
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Lawyers for Sam Smith and Normani have fired back at a copyright infringement suit that claims the pair’s 2019 hit, “Dancing With a Stranger,” ripped off a 2015 song of the same name. According to new court docs filed on Monday, July 25, Smith and Normani’s lawyers called the original …
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Harry Styles, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Jessie Buckley, and Sam Fender are among this year’s Mercury Prize nominees. The annual prize, Britain’s most prestigious music award, announced its initial shortlist of 12 albums earlier today. Little Simz, up for her LP Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, is one of two …
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The Weeknd‘sAfter Hours red suit is back to haunt us — but this time, it’s not because he’s wearing it at every single awards show. On Tuesday, the Canadian-Ethiopian singer announced that he’ll be hosting a haunted house at both Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando, inspired by the world he …
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Mashup master and DJ/producer Girl Talk has announced a North American tour for this fall. Girl Talk has a handful of shows scheduled in September, including dates at Brooklyn Bowl’s Las Vegas outpost on Sept. 16 and a set at the Firefly Festival in Dover, Delaware, on Sept. 25. The …
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John Mayer is booking out Livingston, Montana’s Pine Creek Lodge for a slate of benefit concerts billed Rise for the River. Proceeds from the shows — which will take place over three nights in August — will support the Park Country Community Foundation for those impacted by the Yellowstone River …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Lollapalooza, one of the biggest music festivals in the U.S., is coming up fast, following up hip-hop fest Rolling Loud Miami as one of the music festivals making …
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Girls Generation is turning up the speed on their comeback with the announcement of their first album in five years, Forever 1, set for release on Aug. 8 via SM Entertainment. Coinciding with the K-Pop group’s 15-year anniversary, the project will feature all eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, …
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Mitski released the soaring, melodic Laurel Hell; Bartees Strange jumped genres and blew minds with Farm to Table; Wilco went warm and melodic, if not truly country, with Cruel Country; Wet Leg revived the post-punk revival with their endlessly entertaining self-titled debut, ending up on Glastonbury’s main stage. And those …
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Butch Walker does nothing halfway: On his last album, a concept record about a politically divided America, he sang from the POV of both earnest lefties and far-right loons. For the follow-up, Butch Walker As…Glenn, the guitar shredder, songwriter, and Green Day producer transforms into a Seventies barroom piano player …
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