Two woman – a former protégé of R. Kelly and the mother of one woman currently involved in his alleged “cult” – are the latest to step forward with accusations against the R&B singer. Lizzette Martinez, 42, told Buzzfeed that she entered into a sexual relationship with Kelly when she …
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Soul singerRaphael Saadiq will embark on his first headlining tour in several years this July. The seven-date trek kicks off July 20th at First Avenue in Minneapolis and includes stops in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The run wraps July 27th at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. …
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Janelle Monáe unveiled the track list for her upcoming album, Dirty Computer, which will feature Brian Wilson and Pharrell. The record is set to arrive April 27th via Wondaland Records/Epic/Sony. Wilson is set to appear on Dirty Computer‘s opening title track, while Pharrell will guest on “I Got the Juice.” …
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Maynard James Keenan talked to Lars Ulrich about A Perfect Circle‘s new album, staying relevant and balancing his many projects in the latest episode of the Metallica drummer’s It’s Electric Beats 1 radio show. The conversation opened with Ulrich noting that it took a Chinese Democracy-like wait – 14 years …
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Franz Ferdinand added a freeform edge to their single “Feel the Love Go” on Wednesday’s Late Show, recruiting No Wave saxophonist James Chance for a wailing, climactic solo. The Scottish dance-rock band replicated the song’s throbbing synth-bass, electronic-tinged disco drums and funk-rock guitar riffs, as singer Alex Kapranos strutted across …
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The Killers paid tribute to one of their formative influences, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, by playing an explosive cover of “American Girl” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday. The Killers romped through Petty’s single, filling Cleveland’s Public Hall with clipped, rollicking …
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Fleetwood Machas fired Lindsey Buckingham after a disagreement over the band’s upcoming tour, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The band announced Monday that Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House will replace him. News of Buckingham’s departure initially broke when former Fleetwood Mac guitarist …
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A classic Cecil Taylor moment occurred at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 1978. That summer, the iconoclastic pianist – who died Thursday at the age of 89 – performed for Jimmy Carter at the White House Jazz Festival. The commander-in-chief was so taken with what he heard that he chased Taylor …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic was not kidding when he said that his Ill-Advised, Vanity Tourwas going to be unlike anything he’d ever done before. Not only is he playing a completely different setlist every single night, he’s keeping out nearly all of his most famous parody songs in favor of his …
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Eagles of Death Metal‘s Jesse Hughes, a survivor of a mass-shooting incident, called the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School “disgusting vile abusers of the dead” for participating in the March for Our Lives protest. Hughes penned his tirade in the caption of an Instagram post that mocked gun …
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