Hours after the Weeknd debuted the teaser for his upcoming TV series The Idol on the big screen at his Saturday night concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey, HBO has dropped the new trailer online. The series — created by the Weekend, Reza Fahim and Euphoria‘s Sam Levinson — stars …
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Roger Waters threw shade at both the Weeknd and Drake after the former Pink Floyd rocker found himself overshadowed in the Canadian press by the two hometown artists. Waters’ This Is Not a Drill Tour rolled into Toronto on July 8, the same day the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn …
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For the past two years, while we’ve all been stuck inside or slowly reacclimating ourselves with the world outside, the Weeknd has been putting on a master class in musical world building. Both After Hours, released at the height of the pandemic in 2020, and Dawn FM, which dropped in …
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From the Weeknd’s Dawn FM to Omar Apollo’s Ivory to Sky Ferreira’s “Don’t Forget” and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now dives deep into the best pop songs and albums of the year so far. Staff writer Tomás Mier joins host Brian Hiatt for …
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Despite the Weeknd being more than ready to kick off the first night of his tour in his hometown of Toronto, the powerlines had other plans for him. Just hours before he was set to take the stage on Friday,Live Nation and Toronto’s Rogers Centre announced the postponement of his …
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You’d be forgiven for being surprised that Twelve Carat Toothache is the first studio album in three years for 26-year-old Austin Post. Putting aside the way the pandemic turned time into taffy, the tattoo-studded pop star known as Post Malone kept busy since the release of 2019’s blockbuster Hollywood’s Bleeding, …
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It took three years for music to return to Indio’s Empire Polo Club. But Covid seemed to be an afterthought this past weekend as fans flocked to each Coachella stage, mostly unmasked. Overall, the fest’s 2022 edition served as an exciting three-day celebration of live music’s resurgence, with Harry Styles, …
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In a collaboration that could cost the Weeknd’s fans their fingers (and over $1,000), the singer has teamed with art collective MSCHF to release his latest single “Out of Time” as a vinyl record pressed into an actual, working saw blade. The limited-to-25-copy pressing of the Vinyl Blade — up …
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UPDATE (4/5): Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, and Carole King will join Global Citizen’s social media rally to drive support for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and elsewhere. The latest additions to the already star-studded online event also include Fall Out Boy, Jon Bon Jovi, Kesha, Padma Lakshmi, Panic! At the Disco, Rufus …
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The Weeknd will pair his new album Dawn FM with an “immersive music special” premiering exclusively on Prime Video this Friday. The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience will transform the 2022 LP into “a mesmerizing visual, creating a theatrical performance event that will envelope audiences in its unnerving and …
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