The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary celebration is moving from Rockefeller Center to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On May 23, the new immersive exhibit “SNL: Ladies & Gentleman… 50 Years of Music” opens at the museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Visitors will have the chance to walk through …
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Rema closed out Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase at SXSW last week with an electric performance of perfected charisma and rage. But, just last month, in a much quieter moment, Rema gave us an intimate look into his habits, tastes, goals, and history for his first Rolling Stone cover …
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After years of dropping singles and one 2022 EP, the Kentucky Gentlemen are finally ready to release their debut album. Rhinestone Revolution, the group’s anticipated first full-length, will arrive June 6 via River House Artists. “Our debut album Rhinestone Revolution encompasses our entire journey so far,” the sibling duo of …
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The founder of música Mexicana powerhouse Del Records started his criminal trial in downtown Los Angeles with claims he was “manipulated” by a “trusted” former employee and should not be the one on trial for illegally conducting business with a Guadalajara-based concert promoter with alleged ties to Mexican drug cartels. …
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I t’s impossible to overstate Bootsy Collins’ influence. Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place before returning to the one, the bedrock of funk. The recordings he cut with Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, and …
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Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Tyler, the Creator will head to Chicago this summer as headliners for Lollapalooza 2025, taking place July 31 through Aug. 3 at Grant Park. Also atop the stacked lineup are Luke Combs, A$AP Rocky, Rüfüs Du Sol, Korn, Gracie Abrams, Doechii, and Twice. For Rodrigo, …
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During the Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day run of shows in Boston on Saturday, singer and founder of the band Ken Casey blasted a fan for waving around a MAGA hat in the crowd. “This is America, there’s no kings here,” he said from the stage. “Anyway, if you mind, …
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John Legend commemorated the 20th anniversary of his debut album Get Lifted in November, with a guest-packed, expanded reissue of the record, and now he’s taking it on the road with his Get Lifted 20th anniversary world tour. The 40-city global trek kicks off in Glasgow on May 27, followed …
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It would be too easy to shunt indie-pop idea machine Japanese Breakfast’s records into categories — here’s the sad one, the science fiction one, the happy one — especially given the title of her latest, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). It’s spelled out in the title, right? Not quite. …
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Ed Sheeran popped up at a Boston Irish pub to perform a surprise acoustic set in front of a celebratory St. Patrick’s Day crowd on Monday night. The British singer-songwriter was backed by a fiddle and an accordion, in addition to other band members of the Irish folk band Beoga …
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