Live Nation and AEG, North America’s largest concert promoters, are halting all large-scale tours in the U.S. and abroad until April, and asking artists to come home amid coronavirus fears. The competitors aligned with the biggest booking agencies in the country to mount a unified effort to address the situation. …
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Neil Young has made no secret of his deep respect and admiration for Bernie Sanders over the past few months, and this weekend he wrote a long, glowing endorsement of the Vermont senator on his website and encouraged his fans to vote for him. “I support Bernie because I listen …
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Nicole Atkins takes chances with the sleek new song, “Domino.” The track is the second single off the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Italian Ice, out April 17th on Single Lock Records. Inspired by Prince, the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” andthe gritty glamour of Atkins’ hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey, the …
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UPDATE: Ross Valory has filed a counter-claim against Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, rebutting their allegations that he and Steve Smith tried to improperly wrest control of the Journey trademark. The countersuit alleges that a 1985 agreement that gave Cain, Schon and former singer Steve Perry’s band entity, Elmo Partners, …
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Tobin Sprout’s new song is kind of a downer — in the best possible way. When Sprout was a songwriter for Guided by Voices, his simple writing stood in contrast to frontman Robert Pollard’s bombast. That same distinctive style is on full display on “The Man I Used to Know,” …
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Green Day are among a growing list of artists who are canceling tour dates in Asia amid concerns about the coronavirus. On Thursday, both Green Day and BTS announced nixed dates from their previously planned jaunts through the region. “We have unfortunately made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming …
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The Dream Syndicate will release their third studio album in four years this spring with The Universe Inside, the Paisley Underground pioneers’ exploration of krautrock and electric jazz. Ahead of The Universe Inside’s April 10th arrival, the band shared first “single” “The Regulator” and its video, a 20-minute “psychedelic journey …
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Perfume Genius has announced his fifth studio album Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, out May 15th via Matador Records. The Seattle-based artist, also known as Mike Hadreas, shared the first single from the LP, “Describe,” on Tuesday, with an accompanying video directed by Hadreas and featuring choreographer Kate Wallich’s …
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Niall Horan takes on the role of meteorologist in a cheeky new video announcing the track list for his upcoming album, Heartbreak Weather, which arrives on March 13th via Capitol. In the retro-tipped visual, the singer sports a burgundy suit and pink turtleneck, channeling Will Ferrell’s Ron Burgundy character in …
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Roddy Ricch‘sPlease Excuse Me for Being Antisocialreturned to Number One in a quiet week on theRolling StoneTop 200 Albums chart. Ricch’s set amassed over 100 million streams, roughly twice as many as the second most-streamed album, Post Malone’sHollywood’s Bleeding.Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocialhas spent four non-consecutive weeks at Number …
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