On June 21st, Chicago’s Country LakeShake festival held its first women-only performance day, which was capped by a headlining set from Miranda Lambert. Artists who performed earlier in the day, including Maren Morris, Lindsay Ell, Lauren Alaina, and Cassadee Pope, later returned to the stage alongside Pistol Annies members Angaleena …
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The climate crisis is not just the biggest issue of the 2020 election, or the biggest issue of our time — it is the biggest issue that human civilization has ever faced. We are talking about the basic operating system of the entire planet. If we fuck it up too …
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Meek Mill offers an in-depth look at the years he spent battling an unfair system in the new trailer for Free Meek, the new Jay-Z-produceddocuseries set to premiere August 9th on Amazon Prime Video. Meek Mill was arrested in 2008 on drug and gun charges, and his subsequent conviction earned …
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Ahead of their July tour dates, Broken Social Scene stopped by CBS This Morning to perform songs from their 2019 EPs Let’s Try the AfterVol. 1 and Vol. 2. The Canadian indie rock band, which fluctuates in size from six to 19 members, delivered a thrilling rendition of “Can’t Find …
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Madonna and Jimmy Fallon donned glow-in-the-dark jumpsuits on Thursday night for a neon dance battle on The Tonight Show. Fallon managed to hold his own against the Queen of Pop, but if we’re being honest, the best part of the show was seeing the two of them dance in-sync to The …
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If the president doesn’t like reality, he just finds a new one. And that certainly seems to be the case when it comes to his pollsters. The president’s campaign has said it will fire the polling firms who conducted polls that found President Donald Trump trailing behind former vice president …
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