UPDATE:Harry Styles will play a one-night only show at The Forum in Los Angeles on the same day Fine Line is released. Pre-sale tickets will be available on November 7th. Harry Styles has announced a title and release date for his sophomore album: Fine Line, out December 13th. The 25-year-old …
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D avid Byrne is busy preparing for one of his most ambitious undertakings ever — a Broadway show in which he’ll perform songs from his entire career. But today he ended rehearsals early to ride his bicycle into Brooklyn and catch Tierra Whack at the Afropunk fest. The former Talking …
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