R. Kelly was charged with soliciting a minor for sexual purposes and soliciting prostitution from someone under 18 today in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The alleged incident took place 18 years ago, in July 2001, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. The StarTribune said it was unclear if Kelly would …
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Red Hearse have shared “Everybody Wants You,” an emotional track off the group’s upcoming self-titled debut album. On the pop-tinged ballad, the band, thenew trio of Bleachers frontmanJack Antonoff, singer Sam Dew and producer Sounwave, lament a hard-to-reach lover. The lyrics reveal an effort to win someone over (“I could …
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Brockhampton have unveiled their new song and video for “I Been Born Again.” It’s the first single the group has released since 2018’s Number One-charting Iridescence, and also the first new music they’ve unveiled this year. In the Spencer Ford-directed visual, a foreboding beat sets the tone for the primarily …
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The Hollywood Vampires — the supergroup of Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry — performed their cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Tuesday. Depp fronted the epic slow-burner with expert care and attention, starting his vocals at a rumble and building, with …
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Death Cab for Cutie pay tribute to three children who died 20 years ago in a freak explosion on “Kids in ’99,” a sweet and somber song off their upcoming release, The Blue EP, out September 6th. On June 10th, 1999, a gas pipeline operated by the Olympic Pipeline Company …
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Since moving to Charleston Danny McBride has welcomed several famous friends to his home, but none so strange as Kanye West. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his new HBO series The Righteous Gemstones the actor described a truly insane day with the rapper. “I had a …
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One of B.B. King‘s iconic Gibson electric guitars — each affectionately nicknamed “Lucille” — will soon hit the auction block. The late blues musician’s black ES-345 prototype, a gift from the guitar company to mark King’s 80th birthday, is valued between $80,000 and $100,000 for Julien’s Auctions’ September 21st sale. …
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Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming film Western Stars will make its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Directed by Springsteen’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, it shows him playing the songs from his new LP of the same name with the backing band who helped record the album. “We knew …
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Earth, Wind & Fire and Linda Ronstadt have been named 2019 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, the organization announced on Thursday. Sally Field, children’s TV program Sesame Street and San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas are also among those who will receive the award for lifetime achievement in the …
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French synth-pop band Phoenix announced a new book, titled Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! Described as “a superfan’s chronicle of the evolution of a band,” it’s due out October 15th. Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! will draw on Phoenix’s personal archive of photographs, notes, lyrics and more, and will be accompanied by an …
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