Nicky Jam performed his indelible hit “X” — a nominee for Record of the Year — and “Jaleo,” a collaboration with electronic producer Steve Aoki, at the Latin Grammys. “X” is a great duet with J Balvin, but initially Jam took the stage alone in Las Vegas. Luckily, Balvin showed …
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When Lars Ulrich reflects on Metallica‘s massive Damaged Justice tour now, he marvels that they were able to pull it off at all. “No band as extreme as ours had ever done a full arena tour,” he says. “So it was definitely a crapshoot, and it paid off.” “Those were …
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Steve Cropper, the guitarist for Booker T. and the MGs and songwriter of such soul staples as “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” was honored with the BMI Icon Award at Tuesday night’s BMI Awards in Nashville, a loose Golden Globes-type party that finds …
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Carlos Santana will embark on a North American Global Consciousness tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Supernatural and the 50th anniversary of his performance at Woodstock. “Fifty years went fast, but now I feel even younger and more clear, and I have more energy and more conviction than back …
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Comic book aficionados aren’t exactly known for their way with romance — which is why it was so surprising when Stan Lee, the Marvel Universe creator who died today at the age of 95, appeared inMallrats (1995) to give comic-nerd Brodie (played by skateboarder/actor Jason Lee) an endearing speech about …
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U2 are just days away from wrapping up their Experience + Innocence world tour, but they’re still experimenting with the setlist as they build to the grand finale in Berlin, Germany on November 13th. Friday night at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena, they broke out the Zooropa deep cut “Dirty Day,” a …
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Iron Maiden will return to North America in 2019 with their Legacy of the Beast Tour, which the heavy metal legends call their biggest production ever. The tour, which begins July 18th in Sunrise, Florida, is inspired by Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast mobile game that finds their mascot …
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UPDATE: Bernie Taupin‘s manuscript of lyrics sold at auction this weekend, with Taupin’s original working lyrics for “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” ($17,500), hand-painted lyrics to “Tiny Dancer” ($16,000) and the working lyrics to “Candle in the Wind 1997” ($10,000) among the lot’s items receiving the highest bids. Bernie Taupin …
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Two weeks after Rolling Stone published a longform profile of far-right Eastern Washington state Rep. Matt Shea — a conspiracy theory-obsessed, militia-supporting Republican from Spokane Valley — the longtime state representative won his bid for a sixth term Tuesday night. “I lost to a fascist —what can I say?” Democrat …
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Samantha Bee attempted to cut through the “phantasmagoria of lies and racism and scare-mongering” that’s dominated the 2018 midterm election cycle – as well as the last two years – and encourage viewers to vote on Full Frontal Monday. Bee opened her show with a segment that touched on some …
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