Chance the Rapper and Jeremih unveiled the deluxe edition of their surprise holiday mixtape, Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama: Re-Wrapped. The expanded version isavailable to stream on Chance the Rapper’s Soundcloud, and can also be downloaded for free. The deluxe edition boasts nine new songs, plus a piano remix of “Stranger …
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UPDATE (12/14): Russell Simmons has posted a new statement denying the rape allegations. On Instagram, with an image that read #NotMe, he wrote: “Today, I begin to properly defend myself. I will prove without any doubt that I am innocent of all rape charges. Today, I will focus on ‘The …
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A biker reflects on an old friendship in the poignant new video for Gregg Allman‘s take on Jackson Browne‘s “Song for Adam.” Browne lends his vocals to the track, which closes the late Allman’s final album, Southern Blood. Allman died in May and the “Song for Adam” video arrives on …
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Taylor Swift‘s new album, Reputation, is expected to join her other albums on all streaming services this week, The New York Times reports. The singer initially withheld the album from streaming since the day it was released on November 10th. Despite the decision to temporarily keep Reputation from streaming services, …
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Wayne Cochran, the influential singer dubbed “The White Knight of Soul” and writer of songs like “Last Kiss” and “Goin’ Back to Miami,” died November 21st in Miramar, Florida. He was 78. Cochran’s son Christopher confirmed to the Miami Herald that the soul singer died following a battle with cancer. …
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Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine had an auspicious introduction to AC/DC: At a record store at a California mall near where he grew up, he’d trade drugs for free records. One day, a female employee named Willow gave him a copy of the band’s 1977 albumLet There Be Rock. “God bless her …
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UPDATE: A judge has thrown out Gaslamp Killer’s defamation suit against RaeAn Medina, a woman who had previously accused him of rape. The producer’s case against second accuser Chelsea Tadros is still continuing. “The Court’s tentative ruling excuses RaeAn Medina from our defamation lawsuit but allows us to proceed against …
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Jeff Lynne and his Electric Light Orchestra have announced a summer 2018 North American arena tour, the Rock Hall-inducted band’s first U.S. trek in over 35 years. ELO’s first U.S. tour since 1981 kicks off August 2nd at Oakland, California’s Oracle Arena and spreads 10 shows over three weeks before …
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Just as pop singing wasn’t the same after Elvis or the guitar didn’t recover after Hendrix, neither was rock orchestration the same after Paul Buckmaster, the half-British, half-Italian string arranger who died Tuesday at age 71 of undisclosed causes. Even if his name doesn’t ring any bells (or, more appropriately, …
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Bob Segerand the Silver Bullet Band postponed the rest of their 2017 Runaway Train Tour after the rocker received doctor’s orders to treat a medical issue concerning his vertebrae. “I’m so disappointed to have to suspend the tour as the band is on a great roll,” Seger said on his …
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