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Just days after the Highwomen played their first full show at the Newport Folk Festival late last month, the country supergroup of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires were guests on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show, where they performed a commanding rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Seventies classic, …
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Rosalía and Ariana Grande visions of pop aren’t in opposition. But on the last day of Lollapalooza 2019, the dichotomy was overwhelming. On a vodka company-backed stage too small to contain Rosalía Vila Tobella, the singer faced an uphill battle. She was performing for a passionate contingent of fans swarming …
Read More »Grateful Dead Tease 'Giants Stadium' Box Set With 'Uncle John's Band'
The Grateful Dead deliver a standout performance of one of their concert staples, “Uncle John’s Band,” at their June 17th, 1991 show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. That entire show is one of five previously unreleased concerts — all recorded at Giants Stadium — that will be …
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While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss the new documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name, Cameron Crowe and Jimmy Fallon reminisced about Almost Famous, Crowe’s semi-autobiographical 2000 film that Fallon had a role in. Fallon played big-time Stillwater manager Doug Hope, who was brought in to …
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On Tuesday, Beyoncé announced The Lion King: The Gift, an album that will accompany the remake of the famous Disney animated film, which opens Friday. Some familiar collaborators will be joining Beyoncé (Jay-Z, Pharrell), but track list is notable for also including stars from Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, artists …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Mulan,' 'Succession,' Teenage Dora the Explorer
This week in the wide, wide world of trailers: a first look at Disney‘s next big live-action adaptation of an animated classic for next year and an extended preview on a revisionist take regarding on of their old-school villains; a taste of what HBO’s aristocratic-bastards-behaving-badly hit has in store during …
Read More »Why Are Judges So Concerned About the Future Potential of Rapists?
In 1989, members of the Glen Ridge, New Jersey football team raped a 17-year-old girl in the basement of one of the boys’ houses. The girl had an intellectual disability, and was later reported to have an IQ of about 64. The boys took turns orally and vaginally penetrating her, …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Rarities Highlight 'Blinded By the Light' Soundtrack
A handful of Bruce Springsteen rarities, including the unreleased studio rendition of “I’ll Stand By You,” highlight the soundtrack for the upcoming film Blinded By the Light. Springsteen initially penned “I’ll Stand By You” – previously known as “I’ll Stand By You Always” – for inclusion in the 2001 film …
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In the 1960s, on the Greek island of Hydra, a Norwegian ex-pat met a young Canadian poet. She was shopping in a market when this dashing, mustachioed figure appeared in the doorway. “Would you like to join us?” the handsome silhouette asked her. “We’re sitting outside.” Their eyes met, and …
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