Ten hours. Five continents. Talent that ranges from Metallica to Lizzo. 2020’s Global Citizen Festival has it all. Following a year-long initiative dubbed Global Goal Live: The Possible Dream, the seven-year-old philanthropic organization is primed to stream performances by top talent around the world. “Our goal, to put it simply, …
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Foo Fighters have released a special June 18th, 2005 concert at the shuttered Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico to mark “Storm Area 51 Day.” While Area 51 is located in the Nevada desert, both it and Roswell have long been associated with alien and UFO conspiracy theories. …
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Ariana Grande has recruited Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey for the defiant new “Don’t Call Me Angel” video. The track is featured in the forthcoming Charlie’s Angels reboot. The film’s soundtrack, which Grande co-executive produced, will be released on November 1st via Republic. In the Hannah Lux Davis-directed clip, …
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Jenny Hval explores the meaning of motherhood in the surreal new video for “Accident.” The track is the third single off Hval’s upcoming LP The Practice of Love, out September 13th via Sacred Bones Records. Directed by Hval’s longtime collaborator Zia Anger, the video stars Anger’s mother Barbara acting out …
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Kanye West brought his Sunday Service to Chicago this morning, where he recruited fellow Windy City rapper Chance the Rapper to join the choir for a rendition of their Life of Pablo collaboration “Ultralight Beam.” West’s latest Sunday Service – which again streamed live – took place at the city’s open-air …
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It is barely pumpkin latte season, but Jolly Saint Rob Halford is already revved up about Christmas. On “Donner and Blitzen,” the Judas Priest frontman sings about Rudolph’s reindeer friends raising people’s spirits, bringing good fortune, and, of course, tearing through the sky. In a video for the song, Halford …
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Louis Tomlinson‘s latest solo offering is the nineties rock-inspired “Kill My Mind.” The track marks the former One Direction singer’s second new single this year, following March’s “Two of Us.” On “Kill My Mind,” Tomlinson is having a tumultuous romance with someone who has a tight grip on his heart. …
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Some artists have been reluctant to embrace the rise of streaming music culture, but Bon Iver is not one of these. Justin Vernon has partnered with Spotify to create an immersive online platform called “Viisualiizer” to augment the listening experience of his new album i,i. The stand-alone website brings a …
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Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a single gun charge from 2007, as prosecutors decided to drop all other charges against him. The decision ends a tumultuous, 12-year legal battle, NBC 10 in Philadelphia reports. Mill was back in court Tuesday after the Pennsylvania Superior Court threw out his 2008 conviction …
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First Aid Kit paid tribute to the late David Berman with a gut-wrenching cover of Silver Jews‘ “Random Rules.” The Swedish folk duo also released an original song “Strange Beauty” in honor of Berman, who died by suicide at the age of 52 earlier this month. Singer Klara Söderberg takes …
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