The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with a sequel album, a world tour, and a livestream Q&A. On Friday, October 23rd (the day Mellon Collie was released in the U.K.; it arrived in the U.S. the day …
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Mel Brooks made a rare political statement to endorse Joe Biden in a video the legendary comedy director’s son Max shared on social media. In the minute-long clip, Brooks is shown quarantining in his home while his son and grandson stand behind glass doors. “They can’t be with me. Why? …
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I’m going to start with the most important piece of information in this column: If you are voting by mail, VOTE NOW AND DO NOT WAIT. Now here’s the explanation why. On Monday night, the Supreme Court let stand a Pennsylvania ruling that allows ballots to be counted that are …
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In 2019, a new singer-guitarist from London with the intriguing name Beabadoobee released “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus,” an immediately addictive swirl of buzzing guitars and lyrics about her blue hair and mutable moods and sitting at home crying to Pavement while loving every minute of her journey from …
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Miley Cyrus is having a different kind of viral moment than she has in the past. Thanks to the series of covers she’s done on The Tonight Show, iHeartRadio Festival, BBC Radio 1 lounge, and every other remote program she’s appeared on over the last couple of months, Cyrus has …
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Justin Bieber has dropped the video for his new collaborative single with producer Benny Blanco, “Lonely.” The pair last teamed up in 2015 for mega-hit “Love Yourself.” The Jake Schreier-directed clip stars Room actor Jacob Tremblay, who portrays a young Bieber. He’s seen alone looking forlorn in a backstage room. …
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There’s a certain familiarity to the type of rock & roll the Band of Heathens record, as if someone made you the perfectly curated mix tape of sinewy Rolling Stones rockers, aching Eagles ballads, and Gram Parsons weepers. It’s ironic then that the band called its new album Stranger. Released …
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Demi Lovato has teamed up with Finneas for her new song “Commander in Chief.” The pop star will perform the political ballad live during the Billboard Music Awards, which NBC will air on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. Cowritten by Lovato, Julia Michaels, Finneas, Justin Tranter, and Eren Cannata, the …
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit wrapped up four nights of socially distanced performances on the rain-soaked grounds at the Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee, on Sunday night. The group’s Saturday show happened to coincide with the birthday of the late John Prine, to whom Isbell and wife/bandmate Amanda Shires paid …
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In his first public event since leaving Walter Reed Medical Center this week, President Trump who continues to remain silent about whether he is now free of the virus, instead, dangerously called on his supporters to gather on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday to hear him …
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