Lawyers for Sam Smith and Normani are asking a judge to reject the bulk of an amended copyright infringement lawsuit that alleges the superstar duo’s 2019 multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name. In a recently filed dismissal motion obtained by Rolling …
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“Things a Man Oughta Know” singer Lainey Wilson, who scored her first Number One hit in 2021, is the leading nominee at the 2022 CMA Awards. The full list of nominees for the Country Music Association’s centerpiece show, set to take place Nov. 9 in Nashville, was announced Wednesday morning. …
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Selena Gomez and Afrorave star Rema have shared a new music video for their reworked version of the latter’s track, “Calm Down.” The simple clip puts the mid-tempo groover first, following Gomez and Rema as they perform the set in a tastefully decorated living room, then later in front of …
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Touring as an independent artist, with little to no financial support from a record label or sponsor, can be a dream-crushing experience. But the singers, songwriters, and bands that play Appleton, Wisconsin’s Mile of Music Festival each year find themselves reminded of exactly why they chase the muse. “You go …
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Life in the legal fast line just took a few more turns. In motions filed Wednesday in New York Supreme Court, lawyers for the three men accused of stealing and attempting to sell handwritten lyrics to Eagles songs hit back with their reasons for dismissing the case — from statute-of-limitations …
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In the summer of 1966, the Beatles dropped Revolver — an album so far ahead of its time that the world is still catching up with it. It’s the moptops mutating at warp speed, outgrowing all their former incarnations. Paul McCartney is exploring avant-garde art and music. John Lennon is …
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Taylor Swift claims two rival experts tapped to testify at her upcoming “Shake It Off” copyright infringement trial are “not qualified” to take the witness stand and should be blocked by the “gatekeeper” judge. In a new motion obtained by Rolling Stone, the superstar argues one of the challenged witnesses …
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Kanye West may have claimed he didn’t actually write that “Friends wasn’t funny either” tweet, but Courteney Cox just found out about it and she’s super bummed. West admitted he wasn’t responsible for the two-year-old viral tweet a couple of days ago, while addressing that fake Kim Kardashian diarrhea Instagram …
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When Leon Thomas III wrote his song “Love Jones” a few years ago, he had one artist in mind for a feature: Ty Dolla $ign. “I really didn’t know this man,” Thomas tells Rolling Stone. When he saved the recording to his iTunes, he named the file “Love Jones ft. …
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What can add joy to any pop fan’s holiday season? A little Electric Youth. Debbie Gibson throws her Santa hat in the ring with Winterlicious, her first-ever holiday album, which drops on October 21. It’s a Christmas celebration for the once and future pop queen, 35 years after her classic …
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