U2 returned to Saturday Night Live for the first time in eight years to perform a pair of tracks off their just-released new album Songs of Experience. “American Soul” opened with an animated lyric video that paired with Kendrick Lamar‘s spoken word intro; the song itself is a reworking of …
Read More »Watch Meek Mill's Romantic New 'Fall Thru' Video
Meek Mill has unveiled the new video for “Fall Thru,” which hails from his latest album, Wins & Losses. The visuals for the slow jam traces the romantic sentiment of the track’s lyrics, which details a growing relationship, from its first blush when they meet in Miami and their late …
Read More »Radiohead Press for 'Justice' in Delayed Case of Stage Collapse Death
Radiohead cautiously applauded Canadian authorities for opening a new investigation into the 2012 stage collapse in Toronto that killed the band’s drum tech, Scott Johnson. “Five years on from the Downsview Park Stage Collapse, we have learned that an inquest into Scott Johnson’s death will be formally announced later today,” …
Read More »See Midland's Lively 'Make a Little' on 'Seth Meyers'
Midland were in a festive mood on Monday night when they stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers. The holidays no doubt played a part, but a lot of it had to do with the band’s song choice, as they performed a feel-good version of “Make a Little” from their …
Read More »Jay-Z Pens Meek Mill Op-Ed Highlighting 'Trap' of Probation
Jay-Z penned a New York Times op-ed to ramp up his criticism of the criminal justice system on Friday after a judge sentenced the rapper Meek Mill to two to four years in prison for violating probation. “It’s time we highlight the random ways people trapped in the criminal justice …
Read More »Watch Kesha's Tender Cover of Marshmello, Khalid's 'Silence'
Kesha visited BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge to deliver a tender rendition of Marshmello and Khalid‘s “Silence” and she also performed her own “Learn to Let Go” from her recently released album, Rainbow. Flanked by backup singers and musicians, the pink-haired Kesha emotively sings “Silence.” In the clip, she and …
Read More »Jason Aldean, George Strait Rally Fans, Funds at Country Rising Benefit
“I know I don’t have to tell you guys it’s been a rough couple of months for us,” singer Jason Aldean told the crowd at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Sunday night. Aldean was addressing the sold-out arena during his set at Country Rising, an all-star benefit concert with proceeds going to …
Read More »Watch Sturgill Simpson Busk, Slam Trump Outside CMA Awards
Sturgill Simpson was at the CMA Awards, but he didn’t actually attend, per se. Instead, he went rogue outside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, soliciting questions from fans and busking for donations to the ACLU via Facebook Live. The artist was flanked by an open guitar case, his Grammy award for Best …
Read More »Hear David Lee Murphy, Kenny Chesney's New 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright'
Back in the mid-Nineties, David Lee Murphy was one of the country music’s heavy hitters, knocking Garth Brooks from the top of the charts with his career-making single “Dust on the Bottle” and landing more than a half-dozen Top 40 hits during the decade’s final years. Then, as quickly as …
Read More »Ricky Martin on Puerto Rico: 'It Looks Like They Nuked Us'
Ricky Martin returned to Ellen Friday to discuss his recent trip to Puerto Rico, where the singer distributed basic necessities to those affected by Hurricane Maria. “I don’t wanna be pessimistic, I just want to be realistic: The images don’t do justice to what really happened in Puerto Rico. It …
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