Ultra Music Festival Miami has announced the first phase of their lineup, which includes DJ headlining sets from the Chainsmokers, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Tiësto and Carl Cox with live headlining sets from Deadmau5, Galantis and Odesza. The festival, which will move to its new home of Virginia Key Historic Beach …
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The Recording Academy will honor artists from a wide variety of genres next spring when it hands out Lifetime Achievement Grammys at a special ceremony. It will recognize Black Sabbath, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, jazz singer Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam and Dave and Dionne Warwick, according to …
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Former Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake revealed he has prostate cancer that has spread and “doctors have given me about eight months to live” during an interview with The Metal Voice. The drummer said one of the things on his bucket list are platinum album certifications for …
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Men at Work just announced their first tour in nearly 20 years, but anyone calling it a “reunion” is really stretching the definition of that word.The only member of any previous lineup returning is frontman Colin Hay, who will be joined by members of his solo band. “The set list …
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Hozier announced a headlining North American tour for spring 2019. The 26-date trek launches March 10th in Buffalo, New York and wraps April 14th in Spokane, Washington. General public tickets go on sale starting Friday, December 14th at 10 a.m. local time. Each online purchase will include a CD copy …
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Why would Butthole Surfers want to make a coffee table book to recount their history? Frontman Gibby Haynes’ answer is typically bizarre: “We’re all history buffs. We drink coffee. We like tables. Personally, I’m a big fan of the Cherner oval dining table. And the book wasn’t our idea.” The …
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A private screening of Lifetime’s upcoming R. Kelly docu-series, Surviving R. Kelly, was canceled and evacuated in New York after a gun threat was called into the venue Tuesday night, Rolling Stone has learned. “At tonight’s premiere of Lifetime’s documentary series Surviving R. Kelly at NeueHouse Madison Square, several anonymous …
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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has added reggae to its list of cultural institutions worthy of protection and preservation, the BBC reports. Each year, UNESCO adds to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and Jamaica submitted reggae for consideration earlier this year. …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda writes a love letter to New York in “Cheering for Me Now.” The uplifting track about New York’s ratification of the constitution, with music by lauded composer John Kander (Cabaret, Chicago), is Miranda’s penultimate Hamildrops release. In the black-and-white video for “Cheering for Me Now,” the Hamilton creator …
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Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers celebrate in the face of impending doom in their new “Apocalypse Now (& Later)” video.Security-style footage captures the band performing their folk-rock track, interspersed with various clips that contrast the dark (crumbing buildings, riots, fires) and light (people kissing and enjoying ice cream …
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