True to its name, NBC’s The Voice featured some huge pipes during the September 24th premiere of its Season 15, with contestants belting out pop covers that shook the rafters in their Blind Auditions. Filipino karaoke enthusiast Radha came out swinging with a rocked-up soul rendition of Jessie J’s “Mamma …
Read More »Celine Dion Plots Final Dates of Las Vegas Live Residency
Celine Dion will conclude her long-running Las Vegas concert residency on June 8th, 2019. The singer announced 28 final shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with the dates split into two stints: February 26th through March 16th, and May 14th through June 8th. The “My Heart Will Go On” …
Read More »Hear Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy Team Up on 'A Song With No Name'
Norah Jones last released an album in 2016, but she hasn’t stopped putting out new music. In the last few months she’s been releasing a series of standalone singles, ranging from jazz-influenced soul (“It Was You”) to ethereal psychedelia (“My Heart is Full.”) The latest is release is “A Song …
Read More »Watch Nine Inch Nails Perform 'The Perfect Drug' Live For First Time
Nine Inch Nails‘ just-launched Cold and Black and Infinite Tour continues to provide fans with unexpected surprises as the band’s Tuesday concert at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre featured their first-ever performance of “The Perfect Drug.” Despite its standing as a fan-favorite from the Lost Highway soundtrack, Trent Reznor had …
Read More »Pink Floyd's Rick Wright: 12 Essential Songs
Throughout Pink Floyd‘s three-decade-plus history, the band employed only five full-time members. Three of those men had their turn helming the project, each one inflecting it with a unique flavor. Syd Barrett reigned over the madcap, bluesy space-rock era; Roger Waters ruled the proggy, introspective concept-album days; and David Gilmour …
Read More »Lil Wayne Is Now the Sole Owner of Young Money
After a lengthy battle with Cash Money — his label home for his entire, decades long career — Lil Wayne is now the proud owner of Young Money, his longtime imprint. In a new Billboard cover story, Wayne reveals that he settled for an undisclosed sum, ownership of the imprint …
Read More »Young Thug Booked on Felony Drug Charges Stemming From 2017 Arrest
Young Thug turned himself in to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department and was charged with five violations of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act. The sheriff’s department database shows that the rapper (real name: Jeffery Lamar Williams) was booked Tuesday afternoon. The charges stem from a September 2017 arrest when Brookhaven …
Read More »Octavian's New Mixtape 'SPACEMAN' Shows Why He Inspired Drake's 'Scorpion'
Drake’s music taste can move the needle for a new artist. The minute Aubrey Graham started singing Octavian’s “Party Here” at a Golden Globes afterparty, the 22-year-old rapper and singer’s fate was sealed: The Londoner was now, officially, a thing. Since then, he’s walked in Virgil Abloh’s first Louis Vuitton …
Read More »Blink-182 Cancel Fall Tour Due to Travis Barker's Medical Issues
Blink-182 have canceled a mini-tour originally scheduled for the fall, including their headlining Riot Fest appearance in Chicago, which takes place September 14th to 16th. The band announced in a statement via Twitter that drummer Travis Barker‘s medical issues were “still too risky” for his medical team to permit him …
Read More »Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Detail 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, the co-stars of the upcoming musical drama A Star Is Born, announced the movie’s official soundtrack, out October 5th via Interscope Records. The two leads appear on the album’s 19 songs, either in solo or duet form. The LP traces the creative and romantic arc …
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