In 2022, London’s Almeida Theatre became home to Elton John‘s campy musical Tammy Faye,about the life of evangelistTammy Faye Bakker. The production ran for just under two months, and positive reviews set the stage for a transfer to Broadway for the 2024-2025 season. The show opened at Palace Theatre on …
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Saafir, the celebrated Oakland rapper who became a stalwart figure in the world of early Nineties West Coast hip-hop, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He was 54. Saafir’s family confirmed his death, saying he died around 8:45 Tuesday morning surrounded by loved ones. An exact cause …
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In September, Griff took the stage at New York’s Terminal 5 to a sold-out audience on her Vertigo world tour. The space holds a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, but for the duration of her set, the British singer-songwriter and producer transformed the venue into a room that matched the …
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Miley Cyrus shared a few details about influences inspiring the visual album she hopes to release next year in a new interview with Harpers Bazaar. Chief among them, Cyrus said, is Pink Floyd’s masterpiece, The Wall. Cyrus said she’s been a fan of the classic rock opera since she, her …
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More of the Coachella 2025 lineup is coming together. Rolling Stone can confirm that Green Day will join Post Malone as a festival headliner, and Travis Scott will perform during a special guest slot. The rock band and rapper’s addition to the lineup comes a day after Rolling Stone confirmed …
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The Avett Brothers washed ashore at New York’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday night. The folk-rock band made a special appearance during the opening night performance of the Broadway musical Swept Away, which features music from their 2004 album, Mignonette. During an encore, the three-piece band emerged on a boat to …
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Lady Gaga released a stripped-back, guitar-driven rendition of “Disease,” the lead single off her forthcoming album, dubbed LG7. In the “Disease (The Poison Live)” video, Gaga gives an emotive take on the dark electro-pop track with support from guitarist Tim Stewart at a Malibu recording studio. Gaga spoke with Vogue …
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Al Green delivers a stirring take on R.E.M.’s classic 1992 ballad “Everybody Hurts” for his latest single. Green leans into the original’s swaying soul groove, adding a booming choir and allowing the strings to reach the heights necessary to match his still potent vocals as he sings: “Don’t throw your …
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Jon Davison, the lead singer of the legendary progressive-rock band Yes since 2012, is firing back at a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed last week over the group’s 2021 single “Dare to Know.” In a lengthy statement posted on the band’s website today, Davison says the new legal claim from fellow prog-rock …
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The Magnetic Fields were able to get through eight of their 69 Love Songs during a performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. The special performance allowed Stephin Merritt and co. to offer stripped-down takes on some of the songs they’ve been playing around North America this year as they …
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