Spotify doesn’t have a feature allowing you to see into the back-end of music – the thorny tangle of copyright, licensing, distribution and royalty rules that governs how artists get paid – whenever you stream a song. If it did, few people would understand it anyway. Money in the music …
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Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek channels late Queen singer Freddie Mercury‘s witty side in the first trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody, the long-awaited Queen biopic. The movie traverses Queen‘s rise from the 1970s through their triumphant set at 1985’s Live Aid, six years before Mercury died of complications from AIDS. The …
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Lykke Li celebrates her late mother and her own motherhood in the Swedish singer’s video for “Utopia,” a song from Li’s upcoming new album So Sad So Sexy. Keeping with the Mother’s Day theme, the video presents a montage of personal home movie footage ranging from Li’s childhood to motherhood; …
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Fantastic Negrito‘s crunchy take on blues and R&B channels the paranoia and despair of present-day American life, and on new song “The Duffler” the results are as sinister as ever. The soon-to-be-released LP from Fantastic Negrito, Please Don’t Be Dead, is front man Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz’s plea to his country, …
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LSD, the new supergroup featuring U.K. singer Labrinth, Sia and Diplo, unveiled an exuberant new video for their latest song, “Audio.” TheErnest Desumbila-directed clip opens with Diplo purchasing a used car and finding a fresh LSD tape in the glovebox. As he hits play on “Audio,” the clip jumps to …
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The news dropped earlier this week that Phil Collins is bringing his Not Dead Yet tour to America for a run of arena dates that kicks off October 5th at the BB&T Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The tour began in Liverpool, England last June with a career-spanning set that …
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Carrie Underwood explores the public and private sides of fame in the moody new video for “Cry Pretty.” The country star premiered the clip during Sunday night’s American Idol. Images of Underwood walking dimly lit streets and then down a hotel hallway are intercut with her crying in the shower, …
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Steve Martin and Martin Short cemented their comedic and personal bond with one-liner insults during a hilarious “Best Friends Challenge” on Thursday’s Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon described the bit as “The Newlywed Game but for friends,” asking the comedy legends questions that they answered privately on pieces of paper. “If …
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U2 faced a big decision when the Joshua Tree Tour 2017wrapped up late last year. The stadium extravaganza – which featured a complete performance of their 1987 LP and grossed $316 million across just 51 shows – could have become a very lucrative, easy template for all future projects. Why …
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President Trump‘s former personal doctor said three men, including a Trump Organization lawyer and the president’s longtime bodyguard, “raided” his office last year and took the president’s medical records. In an interview with NBC News, Dr. Harold Bornstein said the incident took place February 3rd, 2017, two days after the …
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