By the spring of 1980, Pink Floyd were one of the biggest bands in the world. Their four most recent albums (1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, 1975’s Wish You Were Here, 1977’s Animals, and 1979’s The Wall) sold by the millions and they packed stadiums across the globe whenever …
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We’re only starting to see the first signs of the likely unprecedented and inevitably devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the music industry. Analysts estimate that the concert industry could lose as much as $5 billion as festivals like SXSW and Coachella postpone and acts from Billie Eilish to Celine Dion …
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With much of the music industry reeling in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy and its charitable foundation MusiCares announced on Tuesday that the two organizations have set up a $2 million COVID-19 Relief Fund for music industry members in financial need. A spokesperson for the Recording …
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Sharon Van Etten adds an artful glow to Lucinda Williams‘ “If My Love Could Kill” in her cover of the song, issued on the Alzheimer’s Association’s new compilation LP, Music Moments. “Murderer of poets, murderer of songs/Who robbed me of your memory, who robbed me of your time,” Van Etten …
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Miley Cyrus has urged her fans not to hoard supplies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She included a video clip from her TV series Hannah Montana to illustrate her point. Writing on Twitter over the weekend, Cyrus said, “Be thoughtful. Respectful. Compassionate. HUMAN. while preparing for social distancing…. …
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Sports are shut down. Live theater is shut down. A visit to a movie theater sounds downright terrifying. Group activities are a nonstarter. But you know what we still have as America begins The Great Shut-In? We’ve got TV. Suddenly, the overwhelming quantity of television has gone from something that …
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A month before the Season 4 premiere, HBO has dropped a new trailer for Issa Rae’s comedy series Insecure. The 10-episode fourth season, premiering April 12th, “follows our favorite characters as they evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with …
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Speaking from Burlington on Wednesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders cut to the chase: “Last night was obviously not a good night for our campaign, from a delegate point of view,” he said. And that, frankly, was understatement: Sanders was routed in Missouri, in Idaho and in Mississippi where, according to …
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Fifteen minutes into Monday night’s premiere of Corey Feldman‘s long-awaited documentary, (My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys, the 48-year-old former child actor suddenly came sprinting down the aisle of the theater where the screening was being held. Flanked by four security guards, Feldman asked for the house lights to …
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Lil Baby debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart thanks to a massive streaming week. The 20-song My Turn, which includes contributions from Lil Wayne, Future, Gunna, Young Thug, and Lil Uzi Vert, amassed more than 220 million streams. Bad Bunny also had an …
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