Metallica is returning to the stage for the first time since 2019 — kind of. The band will be the inaugural rock act to partner with the Encore Drive-In Nights series, screening a full set at drive-ins and outdoor theaters in the U.S. and Canada on August 29th. As with …
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Toward the end of April, Lily Cornell Silver was struggling with her mental health. Coronavirus-related lockdowns started a month earlier and the third anniversary of the death of her father, Chris Cornell, was a few weeks away. Although she already had a strong support system of family members, friends, and …
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“Critics are the worst kind of humans,” says Jemaine Clement in the role of David Kirkpatrick, a horndog college professor trying to comfort Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs), a former student whose first novel has just been savaged in The New York Times as an “amateurish beach read.” But the critic …
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FKA Twigs has created a GoFundMe for sex workers facing an income loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer and performer launched the fundraiser in partnership with several sex worker-led organizations, including Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM), Lysistrataand East London Strippers Collective. FKA Twigs kicked the GoFundMe off …
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Taylor Swift completed a major charts sweep as she flew up the ranks of the Artists 500 to land at Number One for the week of July 24th through July 30th. The musician typically hovers just outside the Top 10, but with the release of her new album Folklore, Swift …
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Roger Waters and the women of Lucius paid their respects to John Prine in a new cover of the late singer-songwriter’s “Hello in There.” Waters kicks off the cover by playing acoustic guitar and singing half of the first verse by himself. Lucius then takes over, narrating Prine’s story about …
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Charlie Daniels‘ Volunteer Jam concerts have been a country and Southern-rock summit since the very first one in 1974. The 2021 edition will still be shaped around that musically diverse legacy, but will double as a tribute to the Jam’s founder, who died July 6th at 83. Set for February …
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The music business suffers from a bad case of short-term memory loss. In the industry’s history, famine has nearly always followed feast. More often than not, the industry has turned away disruption and innovation, because of the very fear it will interrupt the success of their current business model. But …
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After decades of spreading stupidity at a super-human clip, Rep. Louie Gohmert is now doing his best to spread a deadly virus. The Texas Republican tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday prior to joining President Trump aboard Air Force One for a trip to Texas, where the pandemic is currently …
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Attorney General William Barr appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to answer for the Trump administration’s move to invade cities like Portland, Oregon, where federal agents have recently been brutalizing demonstrators. He ran into questioning from committee Democrats, particularly Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). The Democrat took the attorney …
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