Paul McCartney closed out Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary show by performing a medley of the final three songs on the Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road. McCartney began on piano with “Golden Slumbers,” singing about getting “back homeward”–a fitting conclusion to a show that began with Paul Simon and Sabrina …
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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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Pablo Hasél didn’t want to go to prison. But by 2018, the Catalan rapper had ruffled the coiffed feathers of the Spanish monarchy with unapologetic, rebellious music denouncing perceived injustice — so much so that he’d been handed a two-year prison sentence by Spain‘s National Court. Although an appeals judge …
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The man charged in the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur is seeking to delay the March 2025 start of his murder trial, citing the need for new witness interviews. Lawyers for Duane “Keffe D” Davis filed the motion to postpone the trial Friday, saying that new witness testimony from …
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Shakira was forced to postpone her show in Lima, Peru tonight, Feb. 16, after suffering from an “abdominal issue” that landed her in the ER and kept her hospitalized on Sunday. “I am sorry to inform you all that last night I had to go to the ER for an …
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Jurors were escorted to their deliberation room late Friday in the firearm assault trial of A$AP Rocky, the Grammy-nominated rapper accused of brandishing a gun and firing at his former friend on a street corner in Hollywood three years ago. “The case is now yours,” Los Angeles County Judge Mark. …
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Lizzo and SZA once considered starting a rock band together — and “F2F” from SOS was born around the time of that genius idea. During a Twitch stream Friday, Lizzo revealed that she and SZA almost started a band called Pussy Lasers alongside another, unnamed female artist. “We just always …
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Lady Gaga delivered a performance that was fitting for Saturday Night Live‘s “Homecoming Concert,” a special musical event in celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary. While some audience members at Radio City Music Hall in New York might have expected the star to sing one of her recently released singles, …
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The surviving members of Nirvana once again reunited — this time with Post Malone — at the all-star Saturday Night Live 50 concert Friday at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Introduced by Adam Sandler, who reminisced about when Kurt Cobain and company played SNL when he was a cast …
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