The 2017 CMA Awards may have been pushing a message of unity and harmony on Wednesday, but it was a different story on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton and others took some savage internet abuse in “Mean Tweets – Country Music Edition.” Shelton added a slightly indignant …
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Kenny Rogers was the guest of honor when music rights organization SESAC held its annual Nashville Music Awards Monday night in Music City. The country and pop star was the recipient of SESAC’s Legacy Award, recognizing his contributions in all areas of entertainment. Dustin Lynch, Lee Brice and Kim Carnes …
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Pharrell Williams revived his N.E.R.D. project and teamed with Rihanna for a new track called “Lemon,” which debuted Wednesday a mysterious billboard campaignhinted at the return of the Neptunes’ band. The bouncy “Lemon,” which premiered on Beats 1 before the music video dropped moments later, opens with Pharrell setting the …
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Against Me!‘s Laura Jane Grace will be featured in this weekend’s Squidbillies episode with a cover of the Adult Swim animated show’s theme song. The show airs on Cartoon Network at midnight on Sundays. As Alternative Press points out, Grace takes viewers into the studio in a behind-the-scenes video for …
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Premiering October 21st on PBS, Zac Brown Band‘s Austin City Limits performance will help wrap a busy year for the group, whose touring cycle in support of their newest album, Welcome Home, comes to an end October 28th. The hour-long ACL performance includes the band’s familiar mix of originals and …
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Truth be told, Chris Janson isn’t really a boat guy. “I love the seek and chase of finding cars and motorcycles online,” Janson tells Rolling Stone Country over lunch at one of his favorite Nashville steakhouses, alongside his wife and manager, Kelly. He’s here so often that he has his …
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Brantley Gilbert has spent a good portion of 2017 taking his high-energy show to the masses on the Devil Don’t Sleep Tour, which shares its name with Gilbert’s 2017 LP. After a quick breather late in the year, he’s looking ahead to next year, with the announcement of dates on …
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Los Angeles producer the Gaslamp Killer has been accused of drugging and raping a woman and her friend in 2013. “I’ve been silently suffering over this for many years. the gaslamp killer drugged and raped my best friend and myself 4 years ago,” a woman who uses the handle @chelseaelaynnewrote …
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The latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast pays tribute to the life and music of Tom Petty, who died October 2nd. It features unheard interview audio with the artist himself, plus a clip of Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and a live interview with Petty biographer Warren Zanes. …
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Sammy Hagar recruited Toby Keith, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Run D.M.C.’s Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, Bob Weir, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Eddie Money for his ongoing, four-day birthday celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The event will be documented with a one-night-only film, Red Til I’m Dead: Sammy Hagar‘s Rock-N-Roll …
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