When Taylor Swift boldly educated an attorney about the location of her rear end in a Denver court room last August, Heart‘s Ann Wilson felt a twinge of compassion. After all, the last time a 27-year-old superstar took on sexism in the music industry was when the singer wrote “Barracuda” …
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The Peach Music Festival, the annual Pennsylvania fest founded by the Allman Brothers Band in 2012, has announced its 2018 lineup. Phil Lesh, Gov’t Mule and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead are among the headliners, but it’s a set by Allmans founding member Dickey Betts, who retired from touring in 2015, …
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Two Australian songwriters have filed a complaint against songwriter Ed Sheeran and country music’s powerhouse couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, alleging that the pair’s recent song “The Rest of Our Life,” co-penned by Sheeran, is “blatant copying” of their own 2014 song, titled “When I Found You.” According to …
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Donald Trump drew more than typical stares when he took to the field at Monday night’s college football national championship in Atlanta; he incurred the wrath and mockery of eagle-eyed TV viewers who noted that the current U.S. president didn’t seem to know the words to the national anthem. In …
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The National recruited Father John Misty, Feist, Future Islands, the Breeders and Lord Huron for their inaugural Homecoming festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, the 29th in the band’s hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Julien Baker, Moses Sumney, Alvvays and Big Thief will also perform at the two-night event, …
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David Letterman has detailed his upcoming Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, the former late-night host’s first TV project since exiting The Late Show in 2015. Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Howard Stern, George Clooney, Tina Fey and Malala Yousafzai will each serve as guest on Letterman’s show, which the …
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Titus Andronicus released a sprawling new track titled “Number One (In New York)” on Thursday. The song is the lead single from A Productive Cough, their new album due out March 2nd. “Number One (In New York)” is an insistent piano ballad that unfurls over ten minutes. The band establishes …
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Yoko Ono congratulated Ringo Starr on Tuesday after he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth for his “services to music.” “I am very happy that you have received this honor from the Queen,” Ono wrote on Twitter. “It’s about time! Huge congratulations … It is an honor for everyone …
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Mark Hamill retracted his recent criticisms of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, congratulating director Rian Johnson for his work on the project. “I regret voicing my doubts & insecurities in public,” the Luke Skywalker actor tweeted Tuesday. “Creative differences are a common element of any project but usually remain private. …
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Rupi Kaur is too sick to get out of bed and wishes she had realized this a few hours earlier. Sitting on a king-size mattress in her Soho Grand hotel room, Kaur tells the story of how she almost lost her brunch all over actress Jennifer Westfeldt. “I knew something …
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