“What we’re trying to do is build Guns N’ Roses back into something,” Axl Rose told Rolling Stone in January 2000. “I’d like to take some of the old Guns fans along with me gradually into the 21stcentury.” At the time, Guns fans and Geffen Records were anxiously anticipating the …
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Ten days after his dramatic collapse backstage at a Billy Joel concert, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has canceled a solo tour that was supposed to kick off next week. “While doctors have released Perry from care,” reads a press release, “the Aerosmith guitarist will now take the rest of the …
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Stacey Abrams still had options. As late as Friday morning, her campaign was considering multiple legal paths to challenging the certification of her Republican opponent in the Georgia gubernatorial race, Brian Kemp,. Abrams could have pushed for a new election in Georgia, an unprecedented step. Late Friday afternoon, Abrams gave …
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John Williams, the Oscar-winning composer behind Star Wars‘ classic scores and themes, has created a new work in association with the Star Wars-themed attractions currently in construction at Disney parks. Williams’ new themes will feature in Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction, a themed land dedicated to the film series …
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As Geddy Lee put it in a recent Rolling Stone interview, Rush‘s Hemispheres signified “the end of a thing.” That thing was the band’s high-prog period, marked by grandiose, album-side–filling tracks. This phase lasted just three short years but produced some of the greatest-ever examples of the style. If 1976’s …
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Shortly before Garth Brooks relinquished his Entertainer of the Year crown to Keith Urban at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, he introduced the new song “Stronger Than Me” onstage. But instead of playing to stadium-sized crowds as he had done on the recently wrapped three-year-long world tour, Brooks was essentially playing …
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Gucci Mane and Kevin Gates mix grit and glamour in the video for “I’m Not Goin.’” The track will appear on Gucci’s forthcoming album, Evil Genius, out December 7th. The video finds Gucci Mane and Gates performing the menacing cut in a decrepit throne room, though the dinginess is offset …
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Alessia Cara ruminates on future peace and embraces sadness on her new song “Not Today.” “Someday I won’t be afraid of my head/ Someday I will not be chained to my bed,” the pop singer croons over breezy, buzzing synths. “Someday I’ll forget the day he left/ But surely not …
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Ecuadorian-American artist Helado Negro has announced the release of his new album,This Is How You Smile, set for release on March 8th, 2019. Inspired by a line from “Girl,” the short story by Jamaica Kincaid, Helado Negro’s sixth full-length album follows his 2016 breakthrough LP,Private Energy. Under the monikerHelado Negro, …
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Update: The 2019 edition of MerleFest has announced three new artists to its lineup: six-time Grammy nominee Brandi Carlile, Grand Ole Opry members Dailey & Vincent and Rolling Stone Country Artists You Need to Know alumni the Brother Brothers. With four days of eclectic roots-based music set in the foothills …
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