Aerosmith are returning from a two-year hiatus when their Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency resumes in June for a run of 24 shows, but the entire band won’t be along for the ride: They announced Friday that drummer Joey Kramer won’t be taking part in any of the shows. …
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Any posthumous album is, by its nature, haunting — the sound of ghosts on wax forever floating in a state between unfinished project and final-ever recordings. But in the case of Phife Dawg, who died in 2016 at the age of 45 from diabetes complications, that purgatorial sense feels particularly …
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Kanye West was not among the first wave of Grammy performers earlier this week, and he won’t be added to the show’s lineup as a rep for the rapper confirmed reports that West has been barred from performing at the April 3 event. Rapper the Game, West’s cohort on “Eazy,” …
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W ho are these fucking bozos on our turf?” Jack Harlow is in the back of a big black SUV next to his childhood best friend, Urban Wyatt, mock-glaring through his Prada sunglasses at a couple of little kids on a swing set in a Louisville, Kentucky, park. Everyone in …
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Over the past couple of years, everyone from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Jack Antonoff and Stevie Nicks have parted with their publishing catalogs for enormous payouts. In a new interview with CBS This Morning, Keith Richards says the Rolling Stones are unlikely to join them anytime soon. “Mick …
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Kanye West accused Kim Kardashian of withholding custody of their kids and claimed that Pete Davidson texted him “bragging about being in bed” with his ex-wife in a series of (since-deleted) videos the rapper posted Sunday on Instagram. Ye’s string of IG posts — the latest public chapter in the …
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The Puerto Rican megaproducer Tainy has sold his pre-2021 catalog to Influence Media in an eight-figure deal reported to be in the $25 million range. Tainy, who got his start making reggaeton beats when he was just a teenager, has worked with stars such as Daddy Yankee, Rosalia, Don Omar, …
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Muni Long‘s “Hrs and Hrs” has become enjoyably ubiquitous in the last three months. Like so many hits, it attracted the interest of TikTok users first — the sticky R&B ballad has now been used in more than 1 million videos on the app. From there, it moved quickly to …
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For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Pop rebel Kesha worshiped Dolly Parton growing up, and the country queen has been a “guiding light” throughout …
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LCD Soundsystem is going to take it easy for a bit. On Monday, James Murphy shared a lengthy Facebook post detailing how the group is “reluctant” to get back into an album-tour-break cycle, and how, instead, they’ll opt to do some shows in New York once in a while. And …
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