The Weeknd and his new mustache announced Thursday that their new album is titled After Hours.And let he who has not had a bad bout of facial hair cast the first stone. Admittedly, my entire life is a monument to weird facial-hair choices, but nonetheless one has to admit the …
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Eminem’s surprise performance of “Lose Yourself” was one of the undeniable highlights of Sunday night’s Oscars — and the most puzzling. Why perform his Oscar-winning song 17 years after the fact? He won Best Original Song for the 8 Mile cut in 2003 but did not attend the ceremony. In …
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The last time Jay Electronica released a full-length project: the first iPhone just hit the scene, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” wasn’t even six months old, people were waiting on the last Harry Potter book, Spotify hadn’t launched in the U.S., Drake was still on Degrassi, “Chocolate Rain” was the meme …
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Pearl Jam will play New York City for the first time in three years — at the Apollo Theater in Harlem March 26th. The event will be hosted by SiriusXM and Pandora. The concert will air live on Pearl Jam’s SiriusXM channel, Pearl Jam Radio, while right after the station …
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Katy Perry was named as an ambassador of the British Asian Trust at the charity’s annual Royal Dinner by Prince Charles, the Royal Founding Patron. The central focus of the event was anti-trafficking, with the Trust, which was founded in 2007, announcing its aim to develop the largest anti-trafficking fund …
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Love is war in “Medusa,” the latest single from the Dominican rapper Jaudy and the Puerto Rican MC Brray. Medusa, an infamous character in Greek mythology, is a monster with snakes for hair; anyone who caught a glimpse of her face was instantly turned to stone. Jaudy and Brray seem …
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Dierks Bentley has gotten used to playing arenas and sheds on his headlining tours, but he’ll scale down to theaters and clubs when he takes his faux Nineties band Hot Country Knights out for a run of headlining shows this April. This marks the group’s first official tour as headliners, …
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Near the end of a November show at Dallas listening room the Kessler, singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker threw the assembled crowd for a loop when he brought out his friends Ottoman Turks for a surprise three-song set of furious, fast-paced Texas punk. Walker plays lead guitar in the band when …
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Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks attended a Knicks-Lakers game together at Madison Square Garden last week, giving the rumors of Genesis contemplating a reunion tour a tiny shred of credibility. It’s quite possible the old friends were merely in town to celebrate Collins’ 69th birthday, or to see …
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Aerosmith will continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert in their hometown of Boston. The band will play at Fenway Park on September 18th. The band will return to Boston after their Las Vegas residency and a summer trek in Europe. Tickets for the show will go on …
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