Not long ago, Fortnite was merely a popular video game. In 2020 — after hosting Travis Scott’s record-breaking “Astronomical” in-game virtual concert, which drew 12 million fans and catapulted his new single “The Scotts” to a Number One debut — it became an unexpected champion of the music industry. Fortnite …

UPDATE (11/9): Due to Covid-19-related delays, Sting‘s album Duets will now come out on March 19, 2021. *** Sting will compile an array of collaborations from over the years into a new album, Duets, out November 27th. The 17-song set features previously released tunes like “It’s Probably Me” with Eric …

Andrew Bird has released a new song, “Christmas in April,” which he wrote back at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as he imagined what the holiday season might look like during quarantine. The track will appear on Bird’s new holiday album, Hark!, out Friday, October 30th via Loma Vista. …

It’s late September, and Keith Richards is back at work after a six-month pause. He boasts that his temperature clocked in at 97.8 degrees (“I’m chilling,” he says) when he arrived at Manhattan’s Germano Studios to resume work on the Rolling Stones‘ next album. “I realized coming into the studio …

Despite the tragedy and anguish rippling through it, there was a feeling of liberation that arrived this summer for so many of us black folks. After a surfeit of particularly outrageous black deaths, not only did a massive protest movement arise, but so did a curious cultural moment. White people …

LOS ANGELES – Leading independent media and entertainment companies MRC and Penske Media Corporation (PMC) announced a new joint venture to bring together their respective data businesses. The newly formed company combines MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence, with MRC and PMC sharing equal ownership …

UPDATE: In a series of tweets, Rudy Giuliani claimed the video was a “complete fabrication.” “I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment,” he wrote. “At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is …

The battle between Big Tech and the federal government is starting to get real. The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google over its dominance of the online search and search advertising markets, alleging that the $1 trillion Big Tech behemoth has used a variety of anticompetitive practices to keep its …

Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Jeff Tweedy encouraged voting and performed Wilco‘s “Everlasting Everything” duringRolling Stone’s Fridays for Unity event, which took place on October 16th. “I just wanna tell you that your vote is important because it’s the least you can do to participate in our democracy,” Tweedy …

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