Robert Earl Keen has checked off quite a few milestones in his career —penning a Lone Star anthem, getting inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, writing one of country music’s most irreverent Christmas standards — but up until last week he’d somehow never performed at the Grand Ole …
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Dolly Parton made her first public appearance since the death of her husband, Carl Dean, and took the opportunity to reflect on what he meant to her. The singer took the stage at the 40th anniversary celebration of her Dollywood theme park in Tennessee to speak and perform. After thanking …
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Will Smith is bringing his new album Based on a True Story on the road. The actor and rapper will his the stage for more than two dozen performances at festivals and his first headlining shows across Morocco, England, France, Germany, and more. The 26-date run will kick off on …
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Julien Baker teamed up with Jasmine.4.t for a rendition of System of a Down‘s 2001 single “Toxicity” at SXSW. Baker joined the British musician and her band for a raucous take on the hard rock track during Jasmine.4.t’s set at the Austin festival. Before launching into the cover, the musician …
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For her Future of Music cover story last week, Megan Moroney welcomed Rolling Stone into a writer’s retreat where she played six songs she had written for her third album. On Sunday, the country star debuted one of them, “Beautiful Things,” during a writers’ round hosted by Ed Sheeran at …
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Charli XCX is bringing the ultimate party to London’s Victoria Park on June 14. The musician will take the stage as part of LIDO Festival, but she’s rebranding the day-long event into her very own Party Girl Festival. Her special guests for the show include Gesaffelstein, Magdalena Bay, 070 Shake, …
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Flogging Molly frontman Dave King suffered a brain hemorrhage and spent two weeks in a coma earlier this year, according to a new statement from his wife and bandmate, Bridget Regan. In a post shared on Flogging Molly’s social media pages, Regan offered new details about her husband’s recent health …
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Justin Bieber has published another semi-cryptic Instagram Story revealing candid reflections on external perceptions and expectations. Last week, he wrote about feeling like a fraud, admitting he often feels “unequipped and unqualified” after years of people telling him he’s deserving of all that he has. This week, Bieber is ruminating …
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On Monday morning, the White House shared 17 seconds of propaganda in which Border Patrol agents appear to arrest an undocumented immigrant. The video is soundtracked by Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” the 1998 song written by future pop hitmaker Dan Wilson. On X, the official White House account shared Wilson’s lyrics …
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After teasing their first trek in over a year last week, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have officially announced their Hidden in Pieces tour, a batch of theater shows celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary. ”Hi, we’ve missed you, they don’t miss you like we miss you,” the band said in a statement. …
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