In the last week, both Live Nation and AEG — the two biggest live-entertainment companies, in that order — announced refund-related procedures for fans in possession of now-unusable concert tickets. Understandably, people have questions. Can I get a refund for my canceled concert? AEG is automatically refunding patrons for canceled …
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Madonna took to Instagram to announce her partnership with Bill Gates, donating $1 million to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations’ Therapeutics Accelerator program, which is looking to find a drug to cure or treat COVID-19. The singer, who recently canceled her final Madame X shows due to the pandemic, …
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Colbie Caillat, Waxahatchee, Beach Bunny and Snail Mail are a few of the nearly 300 artists slated to perform in the newly announced UnCancelled Music Festival, a global digital music event that kicked off Thursday. UnCancelled is the most recent — and one of the larger — of the online …
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CMA Fest, the annual country-music festival that draws tens of thousands to Nashville each June for concerts and artist interactions, has been canceled for 2020 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Country Music Association confirmed the news in a statement released on Tuesday. “After careful deliberation, and in following …
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Dolly Parton is sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic like the rest of us, and on Friday she sent out an uplifting message to fans to get them through their anxiety. At the bottom of the stairs in her house, the 74-year-old country star begins by singing, “Climbing the …
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Niall Horan has joined Chris Martin, John Legend and Charlie Puth in livestreaming for Global Citizen and the World Health Organization’s Together at Home virtual concert series. The IGTV broadcasts this week are part of WHO’s campaign for their Solidarity Response Fund, created to help victims of the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Update (3/26): Performers have been announced for ACM Presents: Our Country. Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown and John Legend, Luke Bryan, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Sheryl Crow, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Old Dominion, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker, Thomas …
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Bonnaroo 2020 has been moved from its regular June date to the fall in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The festival was originally slated to take place June 11th through 14th in Manchester, Tennessee, but will now be held September 24th through 27th. Per a statement posted on the …
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Earlier this week, on a New York subway train, a woman did something that caused me to descend into nothing short of sheer panic: She dropped a melon. It rolled down the car thunderously, careening past the ankles of passengers, until it landed right in front of my feet. My …
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