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Noah Kahan welcomed fellow acclaimed singer/songwriter Arlo Parks last night (Aug. 2) at Montreal’s Osheaga festival for a surprise, headlining set-closing collaboration on his song “Stick Season,” the title track of his breakthrough 2022 album. The pair had never performed together before. For Kahan, who grew up about three hours away in Strafford, Vt., it
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Aerosmith are retiring from touring effective immediately after concluding that frontman Steven Tyler will not be able to recover from his vocal injury. Previously, Aerosmith postponed their planned farewell tour after Tyler sustained vocal cord damage and fractured his larynx during a concert in September 2023. Although the band had announced rescheduled dates to begin
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Universal Pictures will develop a feature film based on Britney Spears‘ hit 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, according to reports. The project will be developed by director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt. Spears alluded to the news on social media, saying Platt has “always made my favorite movies.” The latter is known
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Garbage have canceled all remaining tour dates through 2024 due to an injury sustained by singer Shirley Mason that will “require surgery and rehabilitation to correct.” “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly and we apologise to our amazing fans and supportive promoters,” the band wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday,
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Wand – Vertigo Drag City Since their 2014 debut, Ganglion Reef, the L.A.-based Wand have braided garage, psych, and classic rock into a fuzzed-out whole that constantly swings between inspiration and tribute.  On their 2022 live album, Spiders in the Rain, Wand showcased their many gifts outside the studio—drawing heavily from Ty Segall, with whom many
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For Vice President Kamala Harris, it’s not just a Brat Summer — it’s also a Hot Girl Summer. Megan Thee Stallion will join Harris for a presidential campaign rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 30th. Megan confirmed her appearance on Instagram on Monday night. According to Billboard, the rapper is slated to perform at the
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Killer Mike is releasing a new 10-song collection this Friday (Aug. 2). Titled Songs for Sinners & Saints, the project (billed as Michael and the Mighty Midnight Revival) will wrap up the rapper’s successful Michael era, which saw him win three Grammys earlier this year and receive mostly rave reviews (and was our 2023 album
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Sinéad O’Connor’s official cause of death has been determined to be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. The cause of death was disclosed in O’Connor’s death certificate, which was filed by the late singer’s family earlier this week, according to the Irish Independent. The death certificate was filed a year after O’Connor was found dead
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Hank Harris’ latest album Beautiful Planet ranks high as a cohesive musical and lyrical statement. The collection’s eleven compositions span subjects internal and external without losing the same steady voice fueling the songs. The South Dakota-based songwriter surrounds himself with a capable array of musicians sympathetic to his vision, but his voice and writing are the incontestable
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In 1977, vocalist/bassist Gordon “Sting” Sumner, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland were three talented but unheralded U.K. musicians attempting to carve out careers amid the momentous punk revolution led by the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned. When they teamed up later that year as the Police after a series of chance
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The Newport Folk Festival has often played host to jaw-dropping surprise performances, none more than Joni Mitchell’s first proper concert in more than 20 years in 2022. The tradition continued there yesterday (July 26), as Beck played an unannounced afternoon full-band set on the Quad Stage with a set list paying tribute to the event’s
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Michael C. Hall will reprise his role as serial killer Dexter Morgan in two new Dexter series coming to Paramount+ with Showtime. Hall will star in a brand new series called Dexter: Resurrection, which is set to premiere in summer 2025. Additionally, he’ll narrate the inner voice of a young Dexter in the upcoming prequel
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 Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | More Platforms Another four weeks have passed, which means that it’s time to wrap up all of the Taylor Swift stories from this month with the Good for a Weekend News Network! Hosts Kressie and MK run through developments and speculations, like Travis Kelce stealing the show at Wembley Stadium
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The Pitch: Adapted from the 1981 film of the same name, Time Bandits follows a rag-tag team of hooligans bouncing around through time in an effort to steal history’s greatest riches. Along the way, the gang (kinda-sorta led by Lisa Kudrow’s Penelope) runs into Kevin (Kal-El Tuck), a gleeful, factoid-loving kid who doesn’t quite fit in
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Bad news for you, SPIN readers. When asked who would win in a street fight—SPIN readers or the cast of one of his operas—Ricky Ian Gordon did not choose you. “The characters I am drawn to are fierce, individualistic, brave, iconoclastic…and face gigantic obstacles, so I think all of my opera casts would win,” he
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The 1981 film Time Bandits is a curious one: While not officially a Monty Python project, the legendary British comedy troupe’s voice can be felt in the writing and direction, given that Python members Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam co-wrote the script, with Gilliam directing. Fortunately, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, two of the creators
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Singer Rachael Price and drummer Mike Calabrese of Lake Street Dive are in Cleveland, Ohio, hours before their band’s show at the TempleLive Cleveland Masonic, a 2,200-seat theater known for its Romanesque Revival style and its renowned acoustics. It’s a far cry from the dive bars where they cut their teeth 20 years ago.   “We
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After 12 weeks of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, topping the Billboard 200 — holding onto the spot despite competition from Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Zach Bryan, and more — Eminem has finally dethroned the pop star with his new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), taking the No. 1 spot.
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Eddie Vedder helped make a Pearl Jam fan’s dreams come true by inviting him onstage to perform “Yellow Ledbetter.” The moment happened at Pearl Jam’s recent two-night residency in Barcelona, Spain. The fan — a Chilean named Carlos — flew over 7,000 miles to attend the shows, and arrived prepared with an offering of Chilean wine
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