The Cure marked their 40th anniversary in 2018 with a pair of unique shows in London: One where they went through their catalogue chronologically for a small audience of die-hards, and another where they played a lengthy, career-spanning set to a massive crowd in Hyde Park. Both concerts were filmed …
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Nicky Wonder, longtime guitarist for Brian Wilson and cofounder of power pop band the Wondermints, has died. He was 59. “It is with my deepest regret to tell you that our beloved Nicky Wonder passed away last night in his sleep. We are in a state of shock as you …
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In the spring of 1972, Stevie Wonder released Music of My Mind and the Rolling Stones put out Exile on Main Street. Both albums were instant hits, with the former’s reaching Number 21 on the Billboard 200 and Exile reaching Number One. So when the Stones recruited Wonder, then just …
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Machine Gun Kelly and YUNGBLUD performed their joint single, “I Think I’m OKAY,” on The Late Late Show, offering a dynamic live rendition of the track. During the performance, a shirtless Machine Gun Kelly leaps around the stage before joining YUNGBLUD at a pair of microphones where they share guitar riffs …
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It’s well known by now that Republicans and their propaganda network, Fox News, go out of their way to blame anything and everything other than guns for gun violence. But since President Donald Trump has taken office, they’ve added another layer to their denial and deflection agenda — they blame …
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Green Day‘s mud-caked set at Woodstock ’94 was a crucial moment in the group’s long history, but to Billie Joe Armstrong’s mother Ollie — who witnessed her son pulling his pants down, throwing mud at fans and chanting obscenities on live television — it was nothing but a profound embarrassment. …
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A$AP Rocky testified at his trial in Sweden Thursday that he tried to avoid an altercation with two men in Stockholm and that it was one of those men who started the fight with him and his bodyguards, The Associated Press reports. Rocky — real name Rakim Mayers — and …
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Listen to an audio version of this story below: Fifty years after the original Woodstock festival took place, mementos of the event are scattered across the country. Jimi Hendrix’s guitar is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Wavy Gravy’s sleeping bag is housed at the …
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It’s instructive to point out that The Nightingale is not for the faint of heart. There’s horrific violence abound; at one point early on, a rapist violates his victim while her baby screams in his ear. But in no way is this powerhouse another treatment of male violence filtered through …
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“Just a little song that I felt from my heart,” is how Dolly Parton introduced her iconic “I Will Always Love You” midway through her surprise appearance during Saturday evening’s headlining set at this year’s Newport Folk Festival. Parton invited Brandi Carlile, who had curated the entire set of all-female …
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