The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed to 2021 last week due to the coronavirus pandemic, have officially been rescheduled. The games open on July 23rd and close on August 8th, 2021. The Paralympics will be held from August 24th through September 5th, 2021. Originally scheduled between July 24th and …
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Just weeks ago, Yola joined Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and other country music stalwarts onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, raising money to help those affected by the recent tornado that had ravaged the area. Since then, a much bigger crisis has unfolded across the world. While it’s not clear …
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A previously unissued David Bowie live album highlighting the singer’s mid-Seventies workis set for Record Store Day. I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74), featuring segments of a pair of concerts from that trek, bridges the gap between 1974’s Diamond Dogs and 1975’s Young Americans.Bowie’s site announced the release Thursday. …
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Jennifer Lopez appeared on the Tonight Show Friday to recap her acclaimed Super Bowl halftime show and reveal that she personally asked Bruce Springsteen for permission to use “Born in the U.S.A.” during the performance. Jimmy Fallon walked Lopez through the entirety of her medley, beginning with the opening where …
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While hosting the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Alicia Keys brought out Boyz II Men for a moving tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash. “[It’s] music’s biggest night celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you, we’re all feeling …
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James Taylor will take on the Great American Songbook on the singer’s upcoming album American Standard, due out February 28th. The LP is Taylor’s first since 2015’s Before This World and 19th overall. “I’ve always had songs I grew up with that I remember really well, that were part of …
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David Olney, the Americana singer and songwriter whose poetic often intricate writing style made an impact on Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, and Emmylou Harris, died Saturday from an apparent heart attack following a performance at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He was 71. Olney’s publicist …
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Matt Healy of the 1975 appeared on Matt Wilkinson’s Beats 1 radio show on Friday, and while the full interview won’t air until next week (January 24th), Apple has shared snippets from their chat, where Healy confirmed that the band won’t be playing Glastonbury this year. “No, we’re not going …
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Nick Cave has pledged $500,000 to bushfire relief efforts in Australia. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by the fires destroying our beloved Australia,” the Aussie singer and Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis wrote on Instagram. “We are pledging $500,000 to some of the many organizations …
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During an interview with reporters on his “No Malarkey” campaign bus in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden expressed concerns about Republicans possibly getting “clobbered” in the upcoming election mainly because of President Donald Trump. The candidate said he’s held back on his “ass-kicker” side because he knows the American …
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