Lady Gaga, who helped curate Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home special, brought together iconic vocalists Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and John Legend to sing “The Prayer.” The song was originally released in 1999 as a duet between Dion and Bocelli. The singers were joined by famed pianist Lang …
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Against Me! have canceled their co-headlining tour with Baroness, scheduled to take place in May. The announcement follows the band’s previous cancellation of their 2020 spring tour, originally slated to conclude a month before the co-headlining trek. Refunds are available at point of purchase. “I hope that it’s apparent that …
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John Fogerty and his family are making the most of their time in self-quarantine, taking to their home studio to record a new version of the Fogerty-penned Creedence Clearwater Revival classic “Lodi.” The clip finds Fogerty playing lead guitar while his son Shane plays bass, and his other son, Tyler, …
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Nick Lowe played a handful of songs from his home in London for Rolling Stone‘s “In My Room,” an IGTV series in which musicians perform while in quarantine in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Accompanied by his son, Roy, Lowe kicked off with the somber “Trombone,” a song he dropped …
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Jeff Tweedy shared an impromptu tribute to songwriter John Prine with a cover of “Please Don’t Bury Me” on his nightly Instagram livestream, The Tweedy Show. Prine died Tuesday, April 7th, from complications related to COVID-19 at the age of 73. “Please Don’t Bury Me” appeared on Prine’s 1973 album, …
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Vaughan Mason, the musician and producer whose influential disco-funk singles — most notably his 1980 roller skating anthem “Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll” — have been sampled by dozens of artists ranging from Daft Punk to a Tribe Called Quest, died Thursday of natural causes at the age of 69. Mason’s …
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Marcus Mumford virtually stopped by The Tonight Show to perform two songs, “Lay Your Head on Me” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” a Rodgers & Hammerstein cover the musician released as a charity single in March. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sdqoufY9CQ In footage shot by his wife, actress Carey Mulligan, Mumford explained why he …
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The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles — where Phoebe Bridgers met Conor Oberst — has launched a GoFundMe campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bridgers posted a link to the theater’s campaign, accompanied by a clip of her covering Oberst’s solo track “Mamah Borthwick (a Sketch)” from 2016’s Ruminations. “If you …
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Bon Jovi has released a new single in collaboration with the Duke of Sussex and the the Invictus Games Choir. The track, “Unbroken,” was recorded last month at London’s Abbey Road Studios and produced by John Shanks alongside the band. All proceeds from the single will go to the Invictus …
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5 Seconds of Summer have released the dreamy new song “Wildflower,” off their fourth album, Calm, which drops Friday. They co-wrote the track with Rami Yacoub (Britney Spears, Ariana Grande). “Wildflower” is the brightest-sounding song yet off the upcoming record — and gives a clear nod to Eighties synth-pop. It’s …
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