Nick Tosches, the novelist and music journalist who penned acclaimed books about subjects ranging from Jerry Lee Lewis and Hall & Oates to Sonny Liston and country music, has died at the age of 69. The New York Times confirmed Tosches died Sunday at his Manhattan home. No cause of …
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Original cast members of the award-winning Broadway show The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! will reunite for a televised performance in front of a live studio audience. The show will air this December on Nickelodeon, with an exact date to be announced. Based on the iconic seriesSpongeBob SquarePants, created by …
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Katy Perry has released her new song “Harleys in Hawaii.” Perry co-wrote the song with Charlie Puth, Johan Carlsson and Jacob Kasher, all of whom also worked with her on recent single “Small Talk.” Directed by Barcelona-based studio Manson, the music video lives up to the song title as Perry …
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George “Pops” Chambers, singer and bassist for the influential Sixties psych-soul outfit the Chambers Brothers, died Friday, October 12th. He was 88. The musician’s death was announced on the Chambers Brothers’ Facebook page with a short note that read, “To all our fans, friends and loved ones, I was informed …
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Neil Young offers fans a one-night-only glimpse into the making of Colorado in Mountaintop, a documentary that provides an in-studio look into Young’s first album with Crazy Horse in seven years. Mountaintop, directed by Bernard Shakey (Young’s nom de cinema), will screen in select movie theaters nationwide on October 22nd, …
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It was a busy week on the latestRS200, with three new albums debuting in the Top Ten, and a Beatles’ oldie earning an impressive total of more than 81,000 album-equivalent units. DaBaby led the chart withKirk, which enjoyed more than 170 million streams. That shot the Interscope rapper past Post …
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Fresh off releasing their first song in 16 years, Gang Starr – the rap duo of DJ Premier and the late Guru – have shared their new video for “Family and Loyalty,” their J. Cole-assisted single. The visual was directed by another hip-hop legend, Fab 5 Freddy. The video celebrates …
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Cherry Glazerr has recruited Portugal. The Man for the glossy, catchy new single “Call Me.” The new track will be celebrated Tuesday night with a pop-up merch store at Los Angeles’ Fred Segal store. Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend) co-produced the conga-accented song. The track is bright piece of California …
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Mark Ronson and Yebba cry at sunrise in the new video for “Don’t Leave Me Lonely.” The single appears on Ronson’s guest-packed fifth album Late Night Feelings, released in June. The video begins in the dark, with Yebba and Ronson performing the song with a scenic skyline becoming more visible …
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Metallica have postponed their upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand so James Hetfield could return to rehab, the heavy-metal legends announced Friday. “As most of you probably know, our brother James has been struggling with addiction on and off for many years. He has now, unfortunately, had to re-enter …
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