Placebo frontman Brian Molko is facing criminal charges after offering some pointed onstage political commentary during a July 2023 performance at Italy’s Sonic Park Stupinigi festival. Italian prosecutors charged him with “contempt of the institutions” for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “piece of shit, fascist, racist,” according to British …
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Lisa is getting the comic book treatment, the Blackpink star announced on Tuesday. She’s set to launch comics company Lalisa Comics and release Alter-Ego: The Official Comic, a supplement to her debut album out on Feb. 28. The comic version of Alter-Ego will be a limited-edition, 56-page book inspired by …
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In the history of Saturday Night Live, was anything as secretive and anticipated as the moment this season right before Timothée Chalamet appeared onstage to sing the first of three Bob Dylan numbers? Which songs would they be? How would he sound? For me, it was all strangely familiar — …
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Roots Picnic will return to the Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on May 31 and June 1. The weekend will feature the Roots celebrating the 30th anniversary of Do You Want More?!!!??!, as well as leading appearances from D’Angelo, Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill, GloRilla, Miguel, Tems, Latto, Kaytranada, and …
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There are tiny black letters floating against an intense orange backdrop on Lady Gaga‘s official website — and fans think they’re a hidden strings of lyric for them to find ahead of Mayhem, her forthcoming studio album scheduled for release on March 7. The lyrics show up if you hold …
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Mexican vocalist and actress Paquita la del Barrio — known for powerful feminist anthems like “Rata de Dos Patas,” “Tres Veces Te Engañé,”and “Las Mujeres Mandan” that often railed against cheating men and misogyny — has died. She was 77. Her team confirmed her death on her official social media …
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Throughout her multi-decade career, Paquita la del Barrio was known for working with the greats of música mexicana like Juan Gabriel, Joan Sebastian, and Jenni Rivera. Before her passing this morning at 77, the Mexican powerhouse that blazed a path forward for women in the genre was also beloved by …
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Not only did Paquita la del Barrio blaze a trail for women in música mexicana, she also rallied against the misogyny that ran rampant in the genre from the moment she stepped onto the music scene. For more than three decades, the Mexican powerhouse took down cheating men in her …
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Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX has bounced back to Number One on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart, riding a wave of momentum after the rapper’s lauded Super Bowl halftime performance, the publication reports. The album, which hit Number One late last year after its release in December, sold 236,000 units and amassed 161.01 …
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SNL50: The Anniversary Special is billed to be a star-studded affair, and it opened on Sunday with some big guns: Sabrina Carpenter joined Paul Simon to perform a tender rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 classic, “Homeward Bound.” Before launching into the song that appears on the duo’s third studio …
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