Walter Lure, guitarist and last surviving member of punk legends Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, has died at the age of 71. Los Angeles’ Starwood venue first announced Lure’s death Saturday following a brief battle with cancer (via Ultimate Classic Rock), with Lure’s band the Waldos later confirming his death. …
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Steve Priest, founding bassist and singer for “Ballroom Blitz” glam rock band Sweet, died Thursday at the age of 72. Priest’s family confirmed his death on social media Thursday. No cause of death was revealed, but guitarist Andy Scott — the last surviving member of the band’s classic lineup — …
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Ron Louie would do anything to catch a couple of songs. Last fall, the country and roots music superfan persuaded his wife, Janine, to take a trip to Alabama to see Jason Isbell, one of his all-time favorite artists, headline a festival in Isbell’s hometown. After a full weekend of …
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Neil Portnow, who stepped down as CEO of the Recording Academy in 2019, called a new allegation of rape “ludicrous and untrue” in a statement on Wednesday. Portnow was accused of raping an unnamed “foreign recording artist” after her show at Carnegie Hall in New York in a document filed …
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Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Lizzo all picked up multiple nominations for the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards, set to air live March 29th on Fox at 8 p.m. ET. Eilish, Grande and Lizzo are all up for Female Artist of the Year, alongside Halsey and Taylor Swift, while …
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So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Conor Oberst spent the 2010s busier than most of his songwriter peers.He released …
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Live Nation — the world’s biggest concert promoter and owner of Ticketmaster, the world’s biggest concert ticketing company — has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice after a week of swirling rumors about government action against the company’s practices. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the DOJ …
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More than 20 years ago, Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, frontman of the hard-rock act Ekhymosis, was itching to break out of Colombia. As civil war and narcoterrorism raged back home, the Medellín band took their unique blend of cumbia rock to Los Angeles, hoping to follow in the footsteps of …
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There’s a deceptively simple joy in the music of soul singer-songwriter Zawadi Noel. At a recent Brooklyn show, the New York-via-Washington D.C. musician pulled off the tricky feat of uplifting the audience without wading into maudlin waters that trip up other performers. Maybe it’s the childhood years spent living all …
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Juice WRLD, the rising Chicago rapper who topped the album charts in 2019 with his acclaimed Death Race for Love, has died at the age of 21. The rapper born Jarad Higgins reportedly suffered a seizure at Chicago’s Midway Airport on Sunday; he was rushed to a nearby hospital in …
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