A cotton candy career of hits becomes a futuristic, post-apocalyptic dream. At Wednesday night’s VMAs, Katy Perry took the stage to deliver a medley of her greatest hits (and her new album, 143) as she celebrated receiving the coveted Video Vanguard Award. Perry’s performance opened with a montage of her …
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Miles Davis’ live work with his Second Great Quintet — as documented in a handful of unreleased French concerts — is the focus of the upcoming eighth volume in the late jazz legend’s Bootleg Series. Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8, due out …
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Chappell Roan isn’t just a Midwest princess — she’s a medieval one. The musician made her debut at the MTV Video Music Awards in front of a castle set, foreshadowed by her arrival on the red carpet with a sword and a medieval guard. Roan shot a flaming arrow at …
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Vinyl heads from all over the world will share and discuss their record collections in the new book, Dust & Grooves Volume 2: Further Adventures in Record Collecting, set to arrive Oct. 15. The new tome comes from photographer and publisher Eilon Paz, who released the first Dust & Grooves …
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A lawyer for American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe cited one of Sean Combs’ sexual assault cases at a tense court hearing Wednesday as she tried to convince a Los Angeles County judge that the Jane Doe suing Lythgoe for an alleged 2016 assault should be forced to proceed with her …
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Jack White hasn’t done much promotion for his new album No Name, but he did quietly embark on a stealth tour in support of the surprise LP. Now, footage from those live shows has resulted in No Name’s first video, for the track “That’s How I’m Feeling.” No Name — …
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Megan Thee Stallion brought her venomous Megan album era to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night with a massive medley that included “BOA,” “B.A.S.,” “Hiss,” and “Mamushi.” Her night-long gig as the award show’s host didn’t stop her from pumping her infectious energy into sharp choreography, some …
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Charli XCX‘s Brat Summer will continue into the fall when she releases Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat on Oct. 11. It’s a re-imagined version of her hit LP Brat featuring new songs, and remixes of album cuts with guests like Billie Eilish, Lorde, Robyn, Troye Sivan, …
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It almost comes as no surprise that Sabrina Carpenter has won the Video Music Award for Song of the Year for her hit “Espresso.” After sharing a smooch with an alien earlier in the night during her perfomance, Carpenter took the stage to accept her first-ever Moon Person. “Well, hi,” …
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Last night, Tyla was awarded her first-ever VMA at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. After the South African pop star was presented the award for Best Afrobeats Video for “Water” by Halle Bailey and Lil Nas X, she asked the rapper to hold the heavy trophy while she delivered …
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