Editor’s Note: The list below is constantly updating — last update June 4th. As COVID-19 continues to spread and spark growing concerns globally, the music and film industries are taking preventive action — postponing or canceling tours, concerts, major festivals, and film releases to help contain potential infections while writing …
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell is delaying the release of the debut album by his band the Dirty Knobs along with their first national tour due to an unspecified illness. The LP, Wreckless Abandon, will now come out on September 18th. “On Sunday night my doctors discovered some …
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UPDATE: Public Enemy issued a statement clarifying their stance on the dismissal of longtime hypeman Flavor Flav, saying he was not fired “over his political views,” Billboard reports. The letter — signed by Chuck D, James Bomb, DJ Lord, Pop Diesel and Jahi — reads: “Flavor Flav has been on …
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A team of European scientists has named a newly discovered deep-sea crustacean after Metallica, the band announced on Instagram Thursday. The group shared an artists’ rendering of the gnarly looking little creature, now officially known by the delightful mouthful-of-a-name “Macrostylis metallicola.” “We’ve played on all seven continents, made it into …
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Neil Young unloaded on Donald Trump earlier this month with a scathing public letter where he labelled the president “a disgrace to my country.”Days later, he reached deep into his vault and posted an incredible video of “Campaigner” from a 1991 Crazy Horse concert — a song written years earlier …
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Duffy, the Welsh singer best known for her 2008 hit “Mercy,” revealed that she was “raped and drugged and held captive over some days” in an Instagram post that marked one of her first public statements in years. The singer stated several times that she is now safe, and though …
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Miley Cyrus has been tapped as the headliner for World Tour Bushfire Relief, an upcoming Australian bushfire relief concert to be held Friday, March 13th at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. Lil Nas X, the Veronicas and DJ Seb Fontaine round out the bill of performers for the charity show. All …
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Shelby Lynne offers a taste of vintage Muscle Shoals pop soul in the sparkling and romantic “Don’t Even Believe in Love,” a cut from her forthcoming self-titled album. A quintessential study in contradictions, Lynne proclaims herself incredulous at the notion of romance even as she finds herself powerless against it. …
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New Orleans bounce legend Big Freedia teamed up with Kesha this past October for “Raising Hell,” the lead single from the pop star’s latest album High Road. Now, Kesha is returning the favor, hopping on Freedia’s new rowdy party track “Chasing Rainbows” and appearing in the music video released on …
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Following the release of Octave Marsal and Theo De Gueltzl’s animated video for Bob Marley‘s “Redemption Song,” a new clip has dropped that shows the making of the French artists’ drawings. The video was released this month in honor of the late reggae legend’s 75 birthday. Directed by Errol Rainey, …
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