Like Baz Luhrmann’s groundbreaking 2001 romantic-tragedy movie before it, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a poptastic spectacle with a grab bag of famous pop songs. For the stage production, music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator Justin Levine expanded its sonic landscape, using more than 70 pop songs (credited to 161 writers) …
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Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in the biopic Rocketman, and earlier this year, they dueted on a brand new song for the film, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” penned by John and long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. On Wednesday, after the track was shortlisted for Best Original Song at the …
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Popa Wu, the longtime Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and spiritual mentor to the group, has died, a representative for the Wu-Tang Clan confirmed to Rolling Stone. While no cause of death was given, according to The Source, Popa Wu — who was also known as Freedum Allah — died at his …
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Kim Gordon has shared the “voyeuristic” new video for “Earthquake,” a track off the former Sonic Youth singer’s acclaimed 2019 LP No Home Record. Like the previous visual for “Sketch Artist,” “Earthquake” reunites Gordon with filmmaker Loretta Fahrenholz, who shot the video from the perspective of one of those street-mapping …
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Drake popped up at DaBaby‘s concert in Toronto Tuesday to perform his single, “Money in the Grave,” praise the North Carolina MC and promise a new album in 2020. On Instagram, the rapper shared a snippet of his performance, launching into “Money in the Grave” with abandon as the crowd …
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Thanks to a “super deluxe” reissue, Prince‘s 1999jumped to Number 31 on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. 1999earned 19,200 album-equivalent units, a total driven almost entirely by sales — 12,100 album sales and 3,200 song sales. In addition, songs on the reissue amassed more than 1.2 million …
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Moogfest 2020 has been canceled due to “logistical reasons,” organizers said in a statement on the synthesizer company Moog Music’s blog. The festival was supposed to take place April 16-19 in Durham, North Carolina. Ticket holders who pre-purchased passes to Moogfest 2020 can email the company for information on obtaining …
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Liam Payne and Cheat Codes have unveiled the beach-set video for their collaboration “Live Forever.” Payne released his debut album LP1 today. On the romantic track, Payne sings about how the person he loves makes him want to “live forever.” The video was directed by pair Similar but Different on Isle …
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Angel Olsen appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform two songs, “Chance” and “Summer.” The tracks come off the singer’s recent album, All Mirrors, which dropped in October, and Olsen gave each its own emotional aesthetic for her performance. Backed by a band, Olsen offered a sultry rendition of “Chance” …
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Soccer Mommy has contributed to the soundtrack for the upcoming horror film The Turning. “Feed” is self-produced by the musician and inspired by the film’s Nineties setting. “I’ve always wanted to do a song for a horror movie so I loved getting to write ‘Feed,’” the Nashville musician said. “It’s …
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