Lady Gaga staged the opening night of her career-spanning Enigma Las Vegas residency Friday at Park MGM, with the singer delivering a pair of live debuts during the performance: A cover of David Bowie‘s “I’m Afraid of Americans” and Gaga’s first live rendition of the A Star Is Born hit …
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“Deep cut” isn’t a phrase most people associate with Taylor Swift — her impact is just about everywhere at all times when it comes to pop music. But real Swifties know that her albums are packed with gems that highlight her songwriting and musicianship, including some gems that often go …
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Members of the Indonesian pop band Seventeen are dead and missing after a tsunami hit the stage while they performed at the Tanjung Lesung Beach Resort in west Java Saturday. The devastating waves struck the region without warning following the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano between the islands of …
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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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For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive potential of software. As Kanye West worked on his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, he kept a note on …
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Taylor Swift might have been snubbed by the Grammys, but that doesn’t mean 2018 didn’t belong to her. Swift and her latest album, Reputation, were overlooked in every major category in the annual awards nominations that emerged last week. Yet just seven days beforehand, Billboard announced that Swift had broken …
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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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