Beach Bunny played a moving socially distanced two-song set for latest installment ofRolling Stone’sIn My Room, a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. The band’s lead singer and songwriter Lili Trifilio kicked off the set with “Dream Boy,” a highlight from the band’s debut LPHoneymoon , …
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New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris will reminisce about their Joy Division singer Ian Curtis during a livestream event taking place Monday, May 18th — the 40th anniversary of Curtis’ death. Moving Through the Silence: Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Ian Curtis will also feature an appearance by …
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A media and entertainment law firm representing high-profile artists like Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Bruce Springsteen has verified to clients a recent report that the company’s internal data systems were hacked, potentially exposing a trove of sensitive data. “We can confirm that we’ve been victimized by a cyberattack,” …
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Betty Wright, the R&B and soul singer behind the hits “Clean Up Woman,” “Tonight Is the Night” and “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do,” has died at the age of 66. Wright’s family confirmed to Essence that the singer died Sunday, with Billboard adding that Wright died from cancer …
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Despite social-distancing measures, Dion recruited ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons for the video for “Bam Bang Boom,” the latest song from “The Wanderer” singer’s upcoming all-star LP Blues With Friends. The video (via Ultimate Classic Rock) finds the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees performing the bluesy cut from …
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Paul Weller released “Village” Thursday, the new single from his upcoming album On Sunset, out June 19th on Verve Forecast. “Here I am, 10 stories high/Not a single cloud in my eye,” the former Jam frontman sings in the opening lines, against sunny, laidback instrumentation. “Not a thing I’d change …
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Paul McCartney‘s handwritten lyrics to the Beatles‘ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” Prince‘s “Blue Cloud” guitar and Jim Morrison‘s journal lead the 2020 Music Icons lineup at Julien’s Auctions. McCartney’s “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” lyrics feature 20 lines of the Abbey Road track, written on “Apple Corps Limited, 3 Saville Row” stationary. The …
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Mike Love has a message for everyone hunkering down in quarantine: “This too shall pass.” And since he’s a Beach Boy and thus some mention of the sun is decreed, he adds: “The best is yet to come/So let’s get back to having fun, fun, fun in the sun.” Love …
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Dave Mustaine will host a livestream of Megadeth‘s 2017 appearance at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival Thursday on its website at 5 p.m. EST, with Mustaine telling stories and answering questions in a live chat as the gig plays. The group’s set list at that show – witnessed by some …
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell recorded a new COVID-19-inspired song titled “Lockdown” and shot a video for it around his Los Angeles home studio. Fans can download it here for $1.00 (or whatever amount they choose) with the proceeds benefitting Feeding America. “Since we’re all keeping away …
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