Following the release of their long-awaited eighth studio album Encore in February, the Specials delivered a three-song performance on Saturday’s edition of CBS This Morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jrHfvlaUMQ The British ska-punk icons ran through renditions of their latest album’s “Vote for Me” and “Blam Blam Fever,” which is a cover by The …
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DuringAnderson .Paakand & the Free Nationals’ Coachella set on Friday night, the musician enlisted two special guests for the performance. The hip-hop artist brought out R&B icon Brandy for “Jet Black,” a song from his album Ventura released earlier this month. Later on, Jay Rock joined.Paak for “King’s Dead,” the …
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Halsey will make her return to Saturday Night Live as both host and musical guest on February 9th. The NBC series revealed the booking Saturday night, and the “Without Me” singer shared thenews about her upcoming appearanceon social media (“holy fuck,” she tweeted) and teased her SNLhost photo shoot. “Feb …
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Ahead of the midterm elections this Tuesday, Chance The Rapper and NBA star Steph Curry joined Akilah Hughes on an episode of HBO’s Pod Save America to explain the voting process. On Friday night, they made cameos on the show’s “Democracy or Else” segment, where they confessed they hadn’t submitted …
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Philadelphia songwriter Daniel Marino, who filed a lawsuit over Usher‘s “Bad Girl,” has been awarded $44.35 million following a court battle over the track. According to the Associated Press, a jury ordered Marino’s former co-writer William Guice to pay $6.75 million in compensatory damages, along with $20.25 million in punitive …
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The Tonight Show abruptly canceled Norm Macdonald’s appearance Tuesday night following remarks the comedian made regarding the #MeToo movement in an interview. “Out of sensitivity to our audience and in light ofNorm Macdonald’s comments in the press today, TheTonightShowhas decided to cancel his appearanceon Tuesday’stelecast,” NBC said in a statement, …
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Facing ever-tightening competition, Apple Music has picked up the pace in the last few months. After growing to 50 million subscribers, launching amusic-publishing divisionandhosting a number of exclusive concerts and documentaries on the content side, the music-streaming service is now working on bolstering its offerings in one key area: data. …
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Mac Miller, the 26-year-old rapper known for his canny wordplay and artistic reinvention, died Friday at his Los Angeles home. The apparent cause of death was a drug overdose. “Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26,” his family …
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R.E.M. collected rare and unreleased live and studio material for the massive R.E.M. at the BBC box set, out October 19th via Craft Recordings. The career-spanning set, assembled from the BBC and band archives, will be available in several formats: digital, 2-CD, 2-LP and a Super Deluxe 8-CD/1-DVD box set. …
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Former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the job-shaming he experienced after photos of him working at Trader Joe’s recently made headlines. Last week, UK tabloid The Daily Mail ran a story on Owens with the headline, “From Learning Lines to Serving the Long …
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