Watch Gwen Stefani, Stephen Colbert Argue About 'Bananas' Spelling

Gwen Stefani served as musical guest on the Friday night episode of Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where the singer entered into a backstage argument with the host about the spelling of the word 'bananas' in the song "Hollaback Girl." Colbert first informed Stefani that the 2005 single was banned from Late...

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Watch Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd Recreate Absurd Styx Music Video

Iconic music videos have provided The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a comedic goldmine as the host has previously reimagined Lionel Richie's "Hello" and painstakingly recreated Extreme's "More Than Words." On Friday's episode, after Fallon and guest Paul Rudd casually mentioned they were in Styx together, the duo teamed up for a shot-for-shot...

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See My Morning Jacket Cover Prince Classics at Jazz Fest

Earlier this week, My Morning Jacket kicked off the 2016 leg of their tour in support of The Waterfall, and at each stop so far, the band has paid tribute to Prince by covering a pair of the artist's legendary songs. At New Orleans' Jazz Fest Friday, Jim James and company kept...

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Will Ferrell, Chad Smith Host Silly, Surreal Drum-Off Sequel in L.A.

As generous and ridiculous as its title, Will Ferrell and Chad Smith's Red Hot Benefit Comedy + Music Show & Quinceanera was ostensibly a night to raise money for worthy causes. But over two-and-a-half hours, and with considerable help from their famous friends, the movie star and the Red Hot Chili Peppers...

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Radiohead Send Mysterious 'Burn the Witch' Leaflet to Fans

With Radiohead returning to the stage in less than three weeks, the band officially ignited fervor for the band's upcoming album by sending mysterious leaflets in the mail to U.K. fans Saturday. "Sing the song of sixpence that goes 'Burn the witch,'" the leaflet said while adding ominously, "We know where you live," hinting at a...

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Bono, Nile Rodgers Thrill With U2 Hits at Benefit Concert

Bono surprised a New York audience Friday night when he jumped off the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom midway into "Mysterious Ways." It was the last song in a short set of U2 tunes that the singer was performing with Nile Rodgers and Chic at the We Are Family Foundation...

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Time for Tea: Fothergills, St Martin's Walk, Dorking

After doing a few chores in the Dorking area the other afternoon I strolled into St Martin's Walk and decided to relax over a cuppa. A rather chill wind was blowing along the High Street and there were a few spots of rain in the wind. The warmth of Fothergills Coffee Lounge was welcome and I stepped in to find it still quite busy, despite the fact that it was quite late in the afternoon. I ambled up to the counter and a bunch of genial young women served me with a good measure of...

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Pearl Jam Perform 'Ten' in Its Entirety at Philadelphia Concert

Pearl Jam performed their second of two Philadelphia shows Friday night at the city's Wells Fargo Center, a concert that marked the band's 10th consecutive sell-out at the venue. To celebrate, not only did the Wells Fargo Center put up a banner commemorating Pearl Jam's achievement, the band also played their classic...

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Watch Warren G's Disastrous 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at Cubs Game

The singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has long been a tradition at Wrigley Field during the seventh inning of Chicago Cubs games, with everyone from Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello to Bill Murray and Will Ferrell performing the unofficial baseball anthem. Warren G was recruited to sing "Take...

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Netflix Orders Full Season of Marvel's 'The Punisher'

Marvel's beloved vigilante the Punisher will soon be the focus of his own Netflix series after actor Jon Bernthal awed fans with his portrayal of the anti-hero on the second season of Daredevil. Netflix and Marvel confirmed they have green lit a full season of The Punisher, with Bernthal reprising the...

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Watch Eagles of Death Metal Open Bouncy House Business on 'Conan'

Eagles of Death Metal have a lucrative side business in Los Angeles, the band said in a comedy sketch Thursday: bouncy houses.  "Our passion for bouncy houses turned into a cash cow," frontman Jesse Hughes said in the hilariously earnest infomercial for a new venture called "Bouncy Houses of Eagles of Death Metal...

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How a 'Seinfeld' Joke Became a Reality

For four seasons, John O'Hurley played the theatrically serious clothing magnate (and Elaine Benes' boss) J. Peterman on Seinfeld. His character spoke with unapologetic pomposity as he attempted to inject the workplace with a sense of wonder and adventure, often to Elaine's chagrin. It was a fun role for the...

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Tom DeLonge on Blink-182: 'We Do Have a Future Together'

Tom DeLonge elaborated on his statement to Rolling Stone that he's still in Blink-182, the guitarist said in a lengthy Facebook message. The update arrives after the band announced their new album California, which will feature original members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker as well as Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba in DeLonge's...

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Hear Jerrod Niemann and Lee Brice's Sunny 'A Little More Love'

Jerrod Niemann and Lee Brice have teamed up on a new single called “A Little More Love,” and the track was released to iTunes on April 29th. Written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, Natalie Hemby and Kristi Neumann, the laid back tune is built for grooving and good times, with a...

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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Blink-182 Song?

Blink-182 re-emerged this week with their new single "Bored to Death" and dates for a huge summer amphitheater tour. They've played a handful of shows with new guitarist Matt Skiba, but for the majority of the public this will be their first chance to see the new lineup. They have't performed with...

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Zappa Family Trust Threatens Dweezil Zappa Over Band Name

This summer, Dweezil Zappa and his backing band will once again perform the music of his father Frank Zappa on a nationwide tour, but unlike the past decade, the guitarist will be playing under a different moniker. Instead of Zappa Plays Zappa, the touring unit will now be dubbed Dweezil Zappa...

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A Compendium of People Who Hate Ted Cruz's Guts

Is Ted Cruz really "Lucifer in the flesh," as House Speaker John Boehner declared earlier this week, or is he merely — as 38 percent voters in Florida are willing to believe — a serial killer? Based on the way his 8-year-old daughter, Caroline, recoils from his touch, we could easily be...

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Flashback: Clean-Cut Willie Nelson Performs Medley of Sixties Hits

As American icon Willie Nelson celebrates his 83rd birthday today, he remains one of the last surviving country music legends who came to prominence in the twentieth century. But the tireless entertainer has not only survived, he continues to thrive, with a recording career that has spanned six decades and...

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Local Natives Debut Yearning Single 'Past Lives'

Local Natives expand into stadium-sized rock with new single "Past Lives," their first material since their 2013 LP Hummingbird. The indie-rock quintet blends acoustic and programmed drums with throbbing synth pads and rich vocal harmonies, pleading, "Save me from the prime of my life / I'll try to carry you home...

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Drake Stagnates on Self-Absorbed 'Views'

Drake's fourth album arrives at a time when the pop world is still in a state of shock, reeling from the tragedy of Prince's death and the triumph of Beyoncé's return. Yet if Views is not the cohesive, genre-redefining revelation that some hoped it might be, the blame lies with...

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N.W.A's MC Ren on Kiss, Gene Simmons: 'Them Dudes Is a Joke'

N.W.A's MC Ren is still angry at Gene Simmons' negative statements about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducting rap artists. "That dude is real arrogant," the rapper tells Rolling Stone. "It's like, how he's looking at us, how he know that people before him in rock & roll...

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Rock Hall of Fame Induction Set for HBO With N.W.A, Cheap Trick, More

The 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony featuring N.W.A, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller, Chicago and Deep Purple will air April 30th at 8 p.m. ET on HBO. The show featured performances from all the inductees except N.W.A., as well as tributes to David Bowie and Glenn Frey and a closing all-star jam...

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See Frankie Ballard Serenade a Stripper in 'Cigarette' Video

Earlier this week, Frankie Ballard released his new video for "El Camino," the kickoff song from this summer's El Rio. Today, he's moving down the track list with the album's second track: the taut, guitar-heavy "Cigarette." Although written by the country dream team of Chris Stapleton, Kip Moore and Jaren Johnston,...

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Trey Anastasio Recalls Phish's Night Partying With Prince

Phish have covered Prince many times during the past three decades, playing "1999" while ringing in that same year at Madison Square Garden, plus dozens of versions of "Purple Rain." Discussing what Prince meant to him, frontman Trey Anastasio recalls the night of October 2nd, 1996, when Prince invited the guitarist and the...

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Charley Pride Embarks on 50th Anniversary Tour

Fifty years ago, country radio shattered the color barrier as Mississippi native Charley Pride launched his groundbreaking career with his Top Ten debut hit, "Just Between You and Me." Three years later he began a string of chart-topping tunes that eventually earned him CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1971....

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Prince Hoped to 'Redefine Minneapolis Sound' Before Death

About a year before his death, Prince believed he had discovered a new sound. When he recorded the single "Baltimore" – a response to the mysterious and controversial death of Freddie Gray while in police custody – he had a unique idea for its music. He had recorded a guitar solo...

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Hear Florida Georgia Line Blend Spirituality, Carnality on ‘H.O.L.Y.’

In an alternate timeline scenario, Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley exited the Bridgestone Arena after last November's CMA Awards — battered and bruised, shoulders slumped in defeat after helplessly watching Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake lay waste to the room in the performance spot before theirs. Their career...

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Watch Krewella's Heavy 'Beggars' Video

EDM duo Krewella debuted their first single in a year: the raucous "Beggars." The track follows up 2015's "Somewhere to Run." Blending hardcore and dubstep, the heavy new single furthers the Yousaf sisters' fusion of rock with electronic music. The video shows them in a warehouse with a crowd of people...

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The Jayhawks' Gary Louris on New Album and Embracing 'Outsider' Status

Long before Americana music had a name, it had the Jayhawks. Formed during the heyday of Eighties hair metal, the band offered something different: a sound rooted in American country, British folk, harmony singing and the group's own version of roots-rock. Today, 30 years after the Jayhawks' debut, an entire industry...

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Slick Rick Celebrates Citizenship With U.S. 'Victory' Tour

After decades of having tours meddled with by immigration issues, British-born rapper Slick Rick will celebrate his newfound U.S. citizenship by roaming the country on a summer tour. The hip-hop pioneer, who recently told Rolling Stone "I'm probably going to go on a victory world tour" after gaining his citizenship, kicks off...

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Watch Rob Zombie Talk Wild New LP: 'I Live in Fear of Being Boring'

Rob Zombie is releasing a new album today, and it has a psychedelic, eye-popping title: The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser. "To me, that [title] is what the record sounded like," he tells Rolling Stone. It's also an extension of a larger philosophy of his. When asked about...

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Watch Joel McHale Play Bjork on 'Lip Sync Battle'

Most Lip Sync Battle guests mime ubiquitous hit singles, like Channing Tatum going full-diva on Beyoncé's "Run the World" or Justin Bieber exploring his dark side with Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train." But Joel McHale dug deeper with his Thursday appearance. The Community star channeled the theatrics of Björk's 1995 hit "It's...

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'Purple Rain' Director Talks Prince's Weird, Wonderful Masterpiece

As Prince's death has reminded us, Purple Rain was a landmark: a film that blended gritty cinematic intensity with one of Hollywood's most eruptive original scores. Released in 1984, the film – which has returned to over 200 theaters since his death – turned Prince into a movie star and grossed $70...

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Hear Michaela Anne Channel Emmylou Harris in New 'Worrying Mind'

With a country-rock sound in line with classic Seventies albums by Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles, the new album by singer-songwriter Michaela Anne, Bright Lights and the Fame, will be released May 13th. Ahead of its debut, the former Brooklyn resident has released the album track "Worrying Mind," a song...

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Amy Grant, Tori Kelly Give 'Baby Baby' a Makeover: The Ram Report

Twenty-five years ago, nearly a decade before she married country superstar Vince Gill, Amy Grant roared onto the pop charts with the infectious single, "Baby Baby," making the six-time Grammy winner the first solo Contemporary Christian artist to score a Number One pop hit. To celebrate the song's silver anniversary,...

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Watch Edward Snowden Blast Government Surveillance in Music Video

French electronic composer Jean-Michel Jarre recruited NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to record an anti-surveillance message for electronic track "Exit," on Jarre's new LP, Electronica 2: The Heart Of Noise. Snowden, currently exiled in Russia, filmed a cameo for the song's video – a blur of spying satellites, Internet headlines and Jarre pacing around...

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Blink-182 Celebrate Rebirth at Goofy L.A. Karaoke Bash

Mark Hoppus doesn't do karaoke, but he was beneath the spinning disco ball Thursday night, welcoming guests to sing Blink-182 songs at an Asian-themed bar on the Sunset Strip. The occasion was a party to announce the band's summer tour, which begins July 22nd, and a new album called California, their...

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Hear Bob Dylan's Country Rendition of 'All the Way'

Bob Dylan has shared "All the Way," the latest cut off the rock legend's upcoming Fallen Angels, his second album of standards previously popularized by Frank Sinatra.  Dylan transforms the Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn-penned song into a tender, lonesome country waltz. The song won Best Original Song Academy Award after appearing in the...

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Watch Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn Slam Mormon Church in New Solo Video

For Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn, his solo debut is as political as it is personal. Two years after the singer came out to Rolling Stone and declared himself equally proud of being both gay and a practicing Mormon, his song "Trash" and its accompanying video clearly denounce the Church of...

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Rihanna, Calvin Harris Reunite for Addictive 'This Is What You Came For'

Rihanna and Calvin Harris unveiled their latest collaboration, the new song, "This Is What You Came For." Harris' girlfriend Taylor Swift hinted at the single by debuting the single art on her jacket at Coachella.  "This Is What You Came For" taps into the pair's tradition of arena-worthy EDM songs. The song's delicate beat...

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Prince's 'Purple Rain' Motorcycle Blazer Up for Auction

A coat worn by Prince in iconic 1984 film Purple Rain is going up for auction. The late music legend wore the black-and-white, leather-sleeved blazer while riding a motorcycle with co-star Apollonia Kotero, The Associated Press reports.  The garment has an asking price of $6,000 to $8,000 in the June 29th sale from...

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Laremy Tunsil, Weed and Crop Tops: The Most Millennial NFL Draft Ever

It felt like the plot of either a low-grade teen-horror movie or a scene from a Richard Linklater film: Roughly 10 minutes before the 2016 NFL Draft, on the Twitter account of an offensive line prospect named Laremy Tunsil, a video appeared of a young man in a gas mask...

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Watch 'Daily Show' Turn Donald Trump Boasts Into Rap Song

The Daily Show has chopped up and repackaged some of Donald Trump's more boastful campaign trail quotes, gaffes and promises into a hip-hop track called "They Love Me," performed by Black Trump (or Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr.) and his hype man Jordan Klepper. The video finds the rapper and Klepper...

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See Dierks Bentley's Ominous 'Pick Up' Video

A villain finally rears his ugly head in the third installment of the four-part Dierks Bentley video series that plays out a feverish love triangle. The country star's clip for "Pick Up" picks up where "What the Hell Did I Say" left off. All those drunken text messages from a secret...

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How the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Became String-Music Statesmen

When the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ambled onto the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last September, it was a full circle moment for the group of pickers who helped revitalize string music with 1972's seminal Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Taped for the PBS special Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50...

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Watch Snoop Dogg's First Trailer for New 'Coach Snoop' Series

While many know Snoop Dogg for his musical accomplishments, he's also well known for his love of football, particularly the Steelers, and his work as commissioner and coach for his longstanding Snoop Youth Football League. SYFL, which gives inner-city youth across the country a chance to play football, will be the subject...

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Drake Enlists Kanye West, Rihanna, Future for New Album 'Views'

Drake has released his highly anticipated fourth album, Views (formerly known as Views From the 6) on Apple Music. The Canadian rapper has teased the album's release since wrapping up his 2013/2014 tour in support of his third album, Nothing Was the Same. Rihanna ("Too Good"), Future ("Grammys"), Pimp C ("Faithful"), WizKid ("One...

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Michelle Obama to Appear on 'The Voice,' NCIS'

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden will appear on NBC's "The Voice," but they presumably won't be auditioning, despite songwriter Diane Warren recently giving the FLOTUS props for her singing chops. According to Variety, the pair will appear on the show to commemorate the fifth anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative,...

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Mayer Hawthorne Ends Video Trilogy With Yearning 'Get You Back'

Mayer Hawthorne has released the final installment of his three-part video series where he plays a detective in a film noir setting. The mystery unfolds with first chapter "Cosmic Love" followed by "Love Like That," and concludes with the video for "Get You Back." The songs hail from his fourth full-length...

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Making 'Lemonade': Inside Beyonce's Collaborative Masterpice

Beyoncé's Lemonade, released on April 23rd, was a triumph of sound and storytelling, an intense and adventurous "visual album" (accompanied by an hourlong film) about race, infidelity and marital meltdown. It was also a marvel of project management. Beyoncé, famously controlling and tight-lipped about her creative process, oversaw a cast...

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Rita Wilson on 'Vulnerable' Approach to Music Career

Playing herself is one of the most thrilling roles Rita Wilson has had in her 40+ years in the entertainment business. The actress-producer-turned-singer-songwriter is currently on tour in support of her eponymous album, which is filled with heart-on-sleeve, fiercely personal tracks. Whether it's via a love song to husband Tom Hanks,...

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Saving Kyrgyzstan With Skis

On the first day of backcountry guide training in Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan, no one showed up with an avalanche beacon. All 16 local trainees told their instructor, ski guide Donny Roth, that they had seen many avalanches in the craggy Babash-Ata Mountains that loom over their village, but were unafraid. After all,...

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Drake's 'Views': Everything You Need to Know

Drake is preparing to release Views, his fourth studio album, on Friday after a long, mysterious wait. He began discussing the follow-up to Nothing Was the Same in 2014 – and even gave it a provisional title, Views From the 6 – but instead of releasing his next proper full-length,...

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See Miranda Lambert's Fiery Southern-Rock Jam 'Covered Wagon'

Miranda Lambert’s got a thing for playing quirky covers during her live concerts, but usually they’re well known songs like the Eagles’ “Desperado” or even No Doubt’s pop-punk “Spiderwebs.” During the first stop of Kenny Chesney’s Spread the Love Tour on April 23rd in Auburn, Alabama, though, the spunky superstar...

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N.W.A's Coachella Reunion 'Felt Like Old Times,' MC Ren Says

This past weekend, N.W.A's four surviving members made music together for the first time since 1989 at Coachella. "It was dope, man," MC Ren tells Rolling Stone. "We had fun. It felt like old times. It's been a long, long stretch." Although Ice Cube, Ren and Dr. Dre had toured together...

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Neil Young's New LP 'Earth' Mixes Lives Tracks With Animal Sounds

Neil Young's upcoming album Earth (in stores June 17th) is one of the most unconventional releases in his long catalog: A 98-minute uninterrupted work that features 11 songs from his 2015 tour with Promise of the Real mixed with sounds of the Earth. "Our animal kingdom is well represented in the...

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Watch Sturgill Simpson's Tender 'Oh Sarah' on 'Conan'

Generally speaking, it's a pretty good idea to not confuse artists' lives with the art they make — Miranda Lambert hasn't killed an ex-boyfriend (so far as we know) and George Strait probably wasn't putting out "fires" all over town. But given the context of Sturgill Simpson's new album A...

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Deftones, Bad Brains Members Form New Supergroup

Deftones' Chino Moreno has formed a new supergroup called Saudade with members of Bad Brains, Cro-Mags and more. The band released a single bundle via BitTorrent for their self-titled, instrumental debut track. Along with Moreno, Saudade includes Dr. Know (Bad Brains), John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Chuck Doom (Crosses) and...

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John Boehner: Ted Cruz Is 'Lucifer in the Flesh,' 'You Can Call Me Boner'

Former Speaker of the House John Boehner took a break from his golf-course retirement to open up about the state of our nation's politics in a forum at Stanford University Wednesday.  Boehner — whose term as speaker was cut short by a House coup perpetrated by radical Republicans in his ranks...

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Whitney Houston Estate Signs Off on New Documentary

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald will helm a documentary about Whitney Houston that has been authorized by the singer's estate since her death in 2012. Per a statement, the as-yet-untitled film will offer the "unvarnished and authentic" story of Houston's life, from her early days singing in her church's gospel choir to her astounding...

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10 Things We Learned From Iggy Pop and Josh Homme's Grammy Museum Talk

"I'm always ready to take a risk. I don't work in a bank," Josh Homme said of Post Pop Depression, his new album with Iggy Pop, during a talk between the two collaborators Wednesday night at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. "I'm here to take a leap and see what's...

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Trains through Redhill delayed after signalling problem

SOUTHERN train services through Redhill are subject to delays and disruption due to a signalling problem at the station.Disruption is expected to last until 7pm tonight. Trains could be delayed by uo to 15 minutes.Services affected include all Southern routes services through the town, Thameslink between Bedford and Brighton and Gatwick Express services between London Victoria and Brighton.Read more: Redhill station to expand with £50m 'Platform 0'Great Western Railway is no longer being...

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Watch Josh Abbott Band's Romantic 'Wasn't That Drunk' Video

The Josh Abbott Band is most often described as Texas country, but lately they’ve been building a nationwide fan base with the release of their concept album Front Row Seat and progressive singles like “Wasn’t That Drunk,” featuring guest Carly Pearce. The band has now released a music video to go...

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Hear Kesha's Triumphant Return on Zedd's 'True Colors'

Kesha and Zedd's "True Colors" has been released a day early. The song is Kesha's first single since 2013's "Timber" off Pitbull's Meltdown. The pair debuted the track during the singer's surprise appearance during Zedd's Coachella set on the first weekend of the California music festival. The EDM artist released a...

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Shirley Manson on Garbage's 'Adult' New LP, Why Music Industry Scares Her

When Garbage reunited in 2012 following a seven-year hiatus, the band returned with new outlook on how to make music together. They released Not Your Kind of People only to return home and immediately begin working on its follow-up. After a slight delay due to drummer Butch Vig's work with the Foo Fighters and a...

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Tracy Morgan: 'Prince Was the Soundtrack to My Life'

Tracy Morgan remembered Prince in a candid and heartfelt interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "Was he an influence? Absolutely!" said Morgan. "He was free. He came from the heart. He was talking about making love, he was a sexy man!" The comedian said Prince and Michael Jackson "were the soundtrack to my life," and...

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2016 NFL Draft: Jared Goff and Carson Wentz, Two QBs With One Mentor

On the afternoon that the Philadelphia Eagles traded with the Cleveland Browns to nab the second pick in the NFL draft, a journeyman quarterback named Ryan Lindley answers his cellphone and heaves a small sigh of relief. "Things are taking shape now," he tells me. "But, you know, nothing's certain. Crazier...

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Watch Prince's Complete Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance

Prince's stunning guitar solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has rightly been hailed as one of the best onstage moments of his career, but what's often overlooked is that Prince also played a set of his own songs that...

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Carly Fiorina: The Anti-Woman Woman Ted Cruz Doesn't Need

On Tuesday, Donald Trump swept all five Republican presidential primaries. The next day, Ted Cruz, who now cannot enter the Republican National Convention as a first-ballot winner without somehow impossibly winning 104 percent of the remaining primary delegates, named Carly Fiorina as his running mate. There's an indispensable Simpsons moment where Homer's brain says,...

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Inside the National's Epic Grateful Dead Tribute

Guitarists Bryce and Aaron Dessner of the National never saw the Grateful Dead in concert. But when they were teenagers in Ohio at the turn of the Nineties, the twin brothers were Deadheads in every other way, immersed in their father's Dead LPs and playing the tunes with childhood friend and future...

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Blink-182 Detail U.S. Tour, New Album 'California'

Blink-182 released an official version of their new song "Bored to Death," their first without founding guitarist Tom DeLonge, as a lyric video after the song leaked Wednesday. The punk trio unveiled the song as part of a slew of news that includes a new album and sprawling U.S. summer tour. California, the...

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See Keith Urban's Nostalgic 'Wasted Time' Video

Shot over two days in California, the video for Keith Urban's "Wasted Time" finds the Ripcord singer providing the soundtrack to a group of 20-somethings as they remember one glorious summer together. The clip unfolds like a series of rapid-fire flashbacks. There are bonfires, joyrides, coolers, swimming holes, stolen kisses and...

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See Chris Stapleton Sing 'My Girl' With Miranda Lambert, Anderson East

Chris Stapleton encountered one of the most frightening prospects a musician can face earlier this week, postponing a Tuesday show in Santa Barbara, California, after losing his voice. In a note to his fans, the Kentucky native apologized profusely and said he was en route to a doctor. Fortunately, the Grammy, CMA...

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See Metallica's Entire Old-School Record Store Day Gig

Metallica played a special old-school set at a San Francisco area record store earlier this month on Record Store Day, marking their roles as Record Store Day Ambassadors. The gig also coincided with the release of reissued editions of their first two records. The band's song selection for the Rasputin Music...

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The Line That May Have Won Hillary Clinton the Nomination

Maybe it’s too early for post-mortems. But the results the other night seemingly all but settled the Democratic primary race, which may have turned on a single moment. Earlier this year, at a union rally in Henderson, Nevada, Hillary Clinton introduced a new theme in her stump speeches. "If we broke up...

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Hear Paul Simon Sing About Baseball Legend on 'Cool Papa Bell'

Just one day before Paul Simon kicks off his 2016 tour at Jazz Fest in New Orleans he shared new track "Cool Papa Bell." It's a summertime ode to Bell, the legendary baseball player hailed as "the fastest man on Earth," sings Simon. The song is on his latest LP Stranger to...

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Dan Auerbach, Maren Morris Join Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam

Now a fixture during Nashville's CMA Music Festival, Marty Stuart's annual Late Night Jam retains some of the down home ethos that was an essential part of the week's experience when it was known as Fan Fair. The 2016 installment, scheduled for June 8th at the Ryman Auditorium, will feature the...

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Hear Rivers Cuomo's Upbeat Song From New Monkees Album

The Monkees are just one month away from releasing Good Times!, their first studio album since 1996's Justus, and right here you can watch the official lyric video for "She Makes Me Laugh," written by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. "I'm super stoked to be writing a song for the Monkees," says...

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Watch the Roots' Black Thought's 'Game of Thrones' Recap Rap

The Roots' Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter spit a spoiler-filled summary of the Game of Thrones Season Six premiere on The Tonight Show Wednesday. Anyone who hasn't seen last week's episode should stop the video swiftly after Black Thought's charmingly awkward back-and-forth with Jimmy Fallon. But those who are caught up can enjoy the dexterous MC's recap-in-rhyme, which opens with...

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Watch Beyonce's Touching Tributes to Prince, Vanity

Beyoncé paid tribute to Prince at the opening night of her Formation World Tour in Miami Wednesday. The singer performed a medley of Purple Rain songs with the deceased musician at the 2004 Grammy Awards. For a moment when Beyoncé wasn't on the stage, a gigantic box structure in the center...

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Investigators: Prince in Possession of Painkillers at Time of Death

Prince had prescription painkillers in his possession and in his house when he died, according to Carver County, Minnesota officials investigating the musician's death, NBC reports. Since making the discovery, the Carver County Sheriff has asked the Drug Enforcement Agency for help in determining where the medication came from and what prescriptions Prince had obtained. Both...

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Beyonce Stuns With 'Lemonade' Debuts, Rousing Hits at Tour Kickoff

How does a queen get in formation? First, she books 41 concerts across 15 countries. She then fills 36,742 seats in the 305 on opening night. Three days before showtime, she drops a 12-song album and hour-long movie and causes a sonic boom online. She incites thousands of conspiracists to...

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How Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Exposes Inner Lives of Black Women

Lemonade continues Beyoncé Knowles' longstanding engagement with black Southern regionalism. The video album writes black women back into national, regional and diasporic histories by making them the progenitors and rightful inheritors of the Southern gothic tradition. Beyond "strong" and "magic," Lemonade asserts that black women are alchemists and metaphysicians who are...

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'Empire' Recap: When Life Gives You Lyons...

If Lemonade exists in the Empire-verse, the Lyon family must be wondering what the fuss is about. An R&B record that uses extremely thinly veiled autobiographical tales of family turmoil as fodder for art? That's pretty much every song Lucious, Jamal and Hakeem have ever made. Here in the real world,...

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Man left with broken nose and cheek bone after "unprovoked...

SURREY Police are asking for witnesses after a man was attacked as he walked along the road on Sunday afternoon (April 24)The man was walking past TK Maxx between 2- 2.10pm when he was assaulted by two males in what is believed to be an unprovoked attack, leaving him with a broken nose and broken cheek bone.Surrey Police are now asking for anyone who was in the area at this time and who may have seen the two suspects to come forward.PC Ashley Eyden, who is investigating the incident, said:...

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Redhill station to expand with £15m 'Platform 0'

A NEW £15 million platform is being built at Redhill railway station.The plan for Platform 0 is to give extra space for passengers who are taking trains bound for London, and the work is scheduled to be completed by early 2018.To commute to London, passengers will take trains from either the new platform or Platform 2, to be accessed through the tunnel, while Platform 1 will be used for trains terminating at the station.Chairman of the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users'...

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Kesha's Mother Dismisses Dr. Luke Counterclaims

Kesha's ongoing dispute with producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald continues to play itself out in court, but one aspect of the ongoing and multi-state-reaching legal battle is coming to an end. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Kesha's mother, Pebe Sebert, has dropped her counterclaims against the producer. The multiple suits, which involve Kesha...

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Drake Shortens 'Views' Album Title, Expands Tour

Drake has unveiled the official track list for his forthcoming album and has abbreviated the title to boot. Formerly Views From the 6, his fourth studio album will now be released as Views, according to Fader, who confirmed the change with Universal Music Canada. Drake has also been promoting the album...

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Watch David Gilmour Seamlessly Blend 'Comfortably Numb,' 'Purple Rain'

On Sunday, David Gilmour paid tribute to the late Prince during his benefit performance for Teenage Cancer Trust at Royal Albert Hall in London when he segued Pink Floyd's classic "Comfortably Numb" into Prince's "Purple Rain." In the eight-minute-plus clip Gilmour shared on YouTube, as he was hitting a guitar solo for "Comfortably...

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Hear Flatbush Zombies' Brooklyn Hip-Hop Playlist

In the four years since hip-hop trio Flatbush Zombies guested on ASAP Mob's "Bath Salts," they've become breakout artists. Their debut, this year's 3001: A Laced Odyssey, debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard 200 and Number Two on the rap chart. But despite the success, they haven't forgotten where...

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'American Psycho' Composer Duncan Sheik on Making a Sociopath Sing

When Duncan Sheik was first approached by producer Jesse Singer, after he'd acquired the stage rights to Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho, about adapting it into a musical, he said he wasn't interested. "The last thing I wanted to see was Patrick Bateman breaking out into song," Sheik says. "I mean, generally,...

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How Picking Carly Fiorina as VP Could Backfire for Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz announced Wednesday afternoon that if he wins the GOP nomination, he'll ask his former primary rival Carly Fiorina to be his running mate. "After a great deal of consideration and prayer, I have come to the conclusion that if I am nominated to be president of the United States that I...

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See The Band Perry Perform Team USA Theme Song 'Live Forever'

With just 100 days before the 2016 Summer Olympics get underway in Rio de Janeiro, Team USA has chosen the Band Perry's anthemic "Live Forever" as the team's official song for the upcoming games. The Perry siblings — Kimberly, Reid and Neil, who co-wrote the tune with Jenna Andrews, Nadir...

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See Scotty McCreery's Warm Tribute to Merle Haggard

In Scotty McCreery's upcoming book Go Big or Go Home, the singer makes multiple mentions of his love for more traditional country music — a statement anyone who watched him compete on American Idol should be able to verify. On April 12th, he showed that appreciation with an energetic cover...

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Kesha, Zedd Plot 'True Colors' Single Release on Friday

Zedd has officially announced plans to release a new version of his 2015 song "True Colors" with Kesha this Friday. The singer joined the EDM producer on-stage during Coachella's first weekend for her most high-profile live performance since her legal battle against producer Dr. Luke and her label Sony. Both Zedd...

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Hear Jim James' Aching Cover of Grateful Dead's 'Candyman'

The latest batch of Grateful Dead covers off the all-star tribute album Day of the Dead have been unveiled, including My Morning Jacket singer Jim James' rendition of the legendary jam band's "Candyman." James is joined on the American Beauty cut by "friends" – the National's guitarist Aaron Dessner, bassist Scott Devendorf and...

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Prince, Allen Toussaint Tributes Set Bittersweet Mood at Jazz Fest 2016

The skies were a clear, radiant blue across the first weekend of the 2016 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – April 22nd through 24th – but there was purple everywhere else as the city, its homegrown performers and visiting stars paid homage to Prince after his sudden, shocking death on April...

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Inside 'The Olsen Twins Hiding from the Paparazzi' Brooklyn Exhibit

Last year, New York performers Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen created the Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum, an exhibition space in the hallway of their small Brooklyn apartment that began as a joke but was legitimized after journalists began to write about it (including Rolling Stone), began to report on it...

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Joey Bosa Is Definitely Staying Off Twitter Until After the NFL Draft

At Ohio State, Joey Bosa was a national champion, an All-American and a certified Big Man on Campus. Now, he's just another NFL prospect. Of course, that's oversimplifying things just slightly. The standout defensive end possess the both the physical skills and the pedigree – his dad, maternal grandfather and great...

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Hear Danger Mouse's Dizzying Remix of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy'

This week marks the 10th anniversary of Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere, and to celebrate Danger Mouse – the production half of the duo he formed with Cee Lo Green – has been uploading photos and other artifacts of the era. Today, the producer born Brian Burton unearthed his "rejected" remix...

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Lenny Kravitz on Prince: 'I Feel Like a Piece of Me Died'

Lenny Kravitz not only cites Prince as one of his biggest influences, but also one of his dearest friends. They met for the first time in 1990 right after Let Love Rule hit big and over the years have hung out all over the world, playing together at many late-night afterparties and Paisley Park jam...

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Charles Esten Plots First Solo Album: The Ram Report

His leading man role on ABC's Nashville is a full circle moment for Charles Esten — and a gig that combines his two career loves. The actor, who plays brooding musician Deacon Claybourne on the show, was actually singing before he was acting. He was the frontman of a band...

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Watch Babymetal Show 'Karate' Dance Moves, Talk Song's Empowering Message

Babymetal's fame surprises even them. The trio, a group of Japanese teens, became a viral sensation in 2014 with their heavily choreographed video for "Gimme Chocolate!!" – a song that showcased their glossy fusion of pop music and heavy metal. Since then, on various international tour dates including a run...

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WTF Happened on Super Tuesday IV

It doesn't really matter whether you pronounce it "ace-la," "ah-sale-lah," "ass-a-la," "ack-a-la," "ah-sell-ya," "a-kel-la" or "a-seal-ia" because no one called it the "Acela primary" anyway. Super Tuesday IV, the latest in increasingly less super string of Tuesdays, was a fairly predictable installment in this series. Donald Trump swept Tuesday's contests in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania...

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'Game of Thrones' the Mountain Shares His Insane Training Diet

Hafthor Julius Bjornsson can toss kegs of beer 24 feet in the air and deadlift 990 pounds with ease – and, as any Game of Thrones fan knows, he's also able to crush skulls with his bare hands – so it's not surprising to learn he essentially consumes half of...

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Watch Ben Harper Rehearse Poignant New Songs With Innocent Criminals

After two weeks of rehearsals in Santa Monica, Ben Harper and his reunited band the Innocent Criminals were ready to share their new 11-song album, Call It What It Is, live on the road. Rolling Stone was there in late March as they ran through each song, including the furiously topical...

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Maddie & Tae on Revenge Song 'Sierra': 'I Had to Heal From It'

For some, writing songs is a means of catharsis — a way to exorcise past traumas and level the playing field in fights that were previously lopsided. Maddie & Tae's new single "Sierra," which has been part of the duo's repertoire since it appeared alongside "Girl in a Country Song" on...

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If Donald Trump Were a Woman, He'd Have Zero Percent of the Vote

Asked about Hillary Clinton pulling off another big victory Tuesday evening, winning four out of five primary states against Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump doubled down on his previous comments that Clinton's success is not about her experience or achievements, but rather her gender. "If Hillary Clinton were a man, I...

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'Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later' Hits Netflix in 2017

One year after reviving cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer with prequel series First Day of Camp, Netflix is revisiting the wacky Camp Firewood with sequel Ten Years Later. Set one decade after the events of the 2001 film – which chronicled the last day of a fictional Maine summer camp in...

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See Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen's Raucous '88 Rock Hall Superjam

Little Richard described 1988's third annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony as a "beautiful reunion," something he heard echoed by other attendees of the gala, which honored the Beatles, Supremes, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and others. "Bruce said the same thing," Richard told Rolling Stone. "Mick said...

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Watch Nas, J Dilla Swap Rhymes in Trippy 'The Sickness' Video

J Dilla and Nas flex over an electro-prog Madlib beat on "The Sickness," an iTunes-only bonus cut from Dilla's posthumous vocal LP, The Diary. Now the rappers unite in Ruffmercy's psychedelic video, which finds Nas rapping and Dilla smoking against a backdrop of shifting colors, skyscrapers and palm trees.   "Everybody's not gonna get...

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Watch Ace Frehley Reunite With Paul Stanley in 'Fire and Water' Video

It's been 14 long, drama-saddled years since Ace Frehley played live with Kiss. But the guitarist recently united with former bandmate Paul Stanley for a rendition of Free's "Fire and Water," which appears on Frehley's new covers LP, Origins Vol. 1. Now the duo have joined forces for the song's video –...

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How Prince's 'Kiss,' 'Cream' Videos Created the Sex God of Erotic City

Like the king of music videos, Michael Jackson, Prince used the MTV era to imprint an image on a generation of music fans. Now that he's died and we continue to analyze his impact on culture, it's essential to recall that Prince's mission to immortalize himself peaked with the 1986...

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See Sturgill Simpson Play Soul Singer in 'Welcome to Earth'

Earlier this month, before A Sailor's Guide to Earth rowed itself to the top of the country, folk and rock charts during its first week of release, Sturgill Simpson and his seven-piece touring ensemble visited Bob Clearmountain's L.A. studio to preview the entire album for radio station KCRW. Above, the band kicks...

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Watch Gripping First Trailer for Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'

The first trailer for Oliver Stone's Snowden, a thriller about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, was released Wednesday. The film will chronicle the U.S. government's surveillance of its own citizens with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the title role. While the Oscar-winning documentary Citizenfour showed the real-life aftermath of Snowden's decision to leak documents pertaining to the...

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WWE Draft 2016: Rebuilding 'Raw' and 'SmackDown' With These Picks

What a difference a year makes. When Kenny Herzog and I did our 2015 WWE Draft, we complained that the lack of roster depth made picking 20 wrestlers each a challenge. Now, WWE's ranks are so replete with talent that we could've gone into a second round. Thanks to a string...

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See Iggy Pop, Josh Homme Tear Through 'Lust for Life' on 'Kimmel'

Iggy Pop and Josh Homme, on the road in support of their collaborative Post Pop Depression, served as musical guest on the Monday night episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. For the broadcast itself, Pop delivered the new LP's "Sunday," and as a web exclusive, the singer and his top-notch backing band...

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See Frankie Ballard Take a Joyride in Picturesque 'El Camino' Video

Frankie Ballard speeds away from a broken heart in "El Camino," the second release from his upcoming Sunshine & Whiskey follow-up, El Rio. Written by Chris Stapleton and Lee Thomas Miller, the song doubles down on Ballard's commitment to "create an album where you [hear] five guys playing music, because I...

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Inside Tom DeLonge's UFO Obsession, Blink-182 Turmoil

On a sunny afternoon in San Diego, Tom DeLonge sits in front of a Mac in a darkened room, searching "black triangle UFOs" on YouTube. He plays a clip of a mysterious glowing craft, which hovers over Paris before disappearing in a flash of light. Conspiracy theorists refer to it...

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Shooter Jennings on Giorgio Moroder: 'An Insane Composer'

Born on April 26th, 1940, Giorgio Moroder spurred a dramatic shift in pop music through his pioneering use of synthesizers and the hit songs he composed for Donna Summer and many others. As the long list of people he influenced goes, Shooter Jennings doesn't seem like the most obvious candidate, but...

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Sorry, Conor: Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier to Headline UFC 200

No main event? No problem. While Conor McGregor might claim he's back on for UFC 200, the promotion's president, Dana White, has repeatedly said the Irish star won't fight, due to his refusal to take part in contractually obligated promotional appearances. That was apparently enough to make McGregor's opponent, Nate Diaz, bail...

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Watch Cartoon Donald Trump Admit Campaign 'Charade' on 'Colbert'

It's easy to question whether Donald Trump is Punk-ing the Republican party, one controversial soundbite and hostile rally at a time. A cartoon version of the GOP candidate confirmed the theory on Tuesday's Late Show, telling Stephen Colbert that his actions were part of one massive "long con."  "A lot of Republicans fear...

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Watch Cameo-Filled First Trailer for 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'

The cast of the cult British comedy Absolutely Fabulous will reunite after a four-year hiatus for a feature-length film titled simply Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. The first trailer sets up the revival's plot as Jennifer Saunders' PR agent Edina Monsoon and Joanna Lumley's Patsy Stone go on the run and...

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Watch Tegan and Sara Survive Awkward Video Shoot in 'Boyfriend' Clip

Tegan and Sara became pop stars with their last LP, 2013's synth-pop-styled Hearttrob. The duo return with a lighthearted clip for "Boyfriend," poking fun at the faux-glamour of a pop music video shoot.  The Clea Duvall-directed clip finds the Quin twins running through the gamut of video clichés, with fashion designer Rachel Antonoff attempting to find...

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See Stevie Nicks' Spirited 'Rhiannon' Performance at 'School of Rock'

Stevie Nicks stunned the audience after the Tuesday night curtain call of School of Rock by performing a lively rendition of "Rhiannon" with the super-talented kid band from the Broadway musical. Wearing a signature black, flowy gown, Nicks twirled onstage as the crowd enthused at the surprise cameo. After she finished singing,...

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Watch D'Angelo's Tender Cover of Prince's 'Sometimes It Snows in April'

The Tonight Show offered Prince fans a moment to grieve Tuesday as D'Angelo and Princess – the Prince cover group composed of Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum – performed an emotive take on "Sometimes It Snows in April." Accompanied by purple stage lighting and a white piano, D'Angelo delivered the Parade ballad while...

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Keanu Reeves Voices 'Keanu' in Key and Peele Cat Caper

Keanu Reeves will fittingly voice the titular cat in Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele's upcoming movie, Keanu. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, director Peter Atencio explained that he, Key and Peele were initially wary about reaching out to Reeves due to the similarities between their movie and John Wick (beyond the name itself):...

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George Clinton on Prince: 'He's the Epitome of a Rock Star'

George Clinton remembered his longtime friend and collaborator, Prince, in a touching interview with Billboard. "When you come to the concept of a rock star, he is that," Clinton said. "He's the epitome of that." Clinton first met Prince — who died suddenly last week at the age of 57 — in the late Seventies....

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Jenny Lewis Plots More 'Rabbit Fur Coat' Dates With Watson Twins

Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins have announced another set of tour dates celebrating the 10th anniversary of Rabbit Fur Coat, Pitchfork reports. The 10-date North American trek kicks off September 9th at the State Theatre in Minneapolis and wraps the 22nd at the Masonic in San Francisco. The tour will also include stops in...

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Prince's Revolution Promise Reunion Shows Following Singer's Death

Prince's Revolution band will reunite for tribute shows later this year in honor of the late singer. Prince was found dead in his recording studio last Thursday. The incarnation of the reunited band, which launched in Minneapolis in 1979, will include members Brown Mark, Bobby Z., Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman and...

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Watch Bruce Springsteen's 'Purple Rain' Cover at Brooklyn Concert

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Prince by opening up his Brooklyn concert Saturday night with a poignant cover of the late icon's 1984 classic, "Purple Rain." While Nils Lofgren delivered a searing stab at the song's distinct guitar solo, Springsteen sang and the crowd chanted along with the track's chorus. After early cell phone...

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James Taylor on the Beatles, Sci-Fi, What He's Learned About Marriage

Last summer, James Taylor released his first album of original material in 13 years, and the legendary singer-songwriter is getting ready to take his new and old music on the road in North America. We caught up with Taylor to discuss his musical heroes, what he's learned about raising a family...

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Bernie Sanders Has a Superdelegate Problem

There was a stretch of days and weeks in the not-too-distant past during which Bernie Sanders was winning primary after caucus after primary, but he still seemed unable to cut into Hillary Clinton's lead in any meaningful way. Clinton had vaulted far ahead of the Vermont Senator with strong showings in...

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David Fricke's Guitar Picks

"We're called Unrehearsed Blue Öyster Cult Cover Band, and we're from San Francisco, Texas," singer-guitarist Chris Forsyth announced as his jamming-guitar quartet, the Solar Motel Band, took the stage at the Brooklyn club Baby's All Right one night in April of last year. None of what he said was true....

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Inside Prince's Funky First Recording Sessions

The album sleeve of Prince's first record, 1978's funky For You, famously credited Prince with producing, arranging, composing and performing every note on the LP. He was 19 at the time it came out, and such a feat was unprecedented at the time. Just a few years earlier, he was cutting...

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Desiigner's 'Panda' Is Number One: What Is the Future of Authenticity?

This week, Desiigner's "Panda" became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Mims managed the feat in 2007 with "This Is Why I'm Hot." How poetic is that? Nearly a decade ago, Mims was derided as an imposter for shamelessly lifting the Atlanta-bred snap...

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Hear Portishead's Devastating, Foreboding Cover of ABBA's 'SOS'

Portishead have turned in a threadbare cover of ABBA's infectious hit "SOS," marking their first new recording since 2009's charity single, "Chase the Tear." Singer Beth Gibbons delivers a serene vocal performance that remains faithful to the song's original melody, but synths and guttural bass swells transform ABBA's melancholy disco. Portishead's rendition gives...

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Shaq Lawson Knows He's the Best Defensive End in the Draft – Do You?

When most people think about NFL draft prospects, they typically focus on the numbers and the film. In pro-football parlance, you aren't a person – you're a player. The humanity of each prospect typically gets stripped away, mostly so teams don't get stuck with great story and a not-so-great player. But...

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Father John Misty: 'I Went Crazy' on Beyonce's 'Lemonade'

It took a lot of hands to squeeze out a powerhouse album like Beyonce's Lemonade. The credits on the pop star's sixth album, which dropped over the weekend via streaming service Tidal and in a docu-style HBO special, show that there were 72 writers involved. The third track "Hold Up" involved 15 writers...

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Prince Had No Known Will as Sister Seeks Control of Estate

Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, said the late musician had no known will and has filed paperwork requesting a Minneapolis court name her special administrator to oversee his estate, The Associated Press reports. Nelson is Prince's only surviving full sibling, though he also has three surviving half-siblings; he was not married when he...

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Prince Insider Alan Leeds on 'Purple Rain' Hysteria, Warner Bros. Clash

For a decade, Alan Leeds was arguably as close to Prince as any other person: The late artist's former tour manager, president of Paisley Park Records, friend and confidante was by the musician's side for nearly every moment of his professional life between 1983 and 1993. Leeds, who worked for James...

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Hear Dallas Davidson's Breezy Big Boi Collaboration 'Laid Back'

Songwriter Dallas Davidson, though incredibly successful, hasn't exactly been on the receiving end of much critical praise over the last few years. As the writer behind Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind of Night" and "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)," he's taken more than a few punches for having ushered...

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Craig Morgan Announces New Album 'A Whole Lot More to Me'

Veteran country hitmaker Craig Morgan ("That's What I Love About Sundays," "Redneck Yacht Club") has revealed the details behind his ninth studio album, an introspective project aptly titled A Whole Lot More to Me. Morgan co-wrote nearly half of the album's 12 tracks and for the first time co-produced the set...

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Watch: Blue Man Group Show Off Their Invention Labratory

For 25 years, the Blue Man Group has blurred the thin blue lines between music, theater, performance, visual art and invention. As a percussion-based spectacle, part of their appeal has always been primal banging on knotty tangles of PVC tubes, the furious whipping of airpoles and the thunderous pounds on...

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Watch Azealia Banks Strut Through New York to 'The Big Big Beat'

Azealia Banks turns New York City into her personal dance floor in the new video for "The Big Big Beat" off her latest mixtape, Slay-Z. Directed by Matt Sukkar, the simple but entertaining clip opens with an extended sequence in which Banks saunters and shakes up and down a dull, narrow beige...

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How Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Reclaims Rock's Black Female Legacy

"The most disrespected person in America is the black woman," Malcolm X says in a sample used on Beyoncé's Lemonade. "The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman." He was talking about society in general, but the same is true...

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Iggy Pop to Recount Stooges Story in New Bio for Third Man Books

Iggy Pop will tell the story of the Stooges in a new book, Total Chaos, set for release via the publishing wing of Jack White's Third Man Records. The book was written by Jeff Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg, who spent two days interviewing Pop in his Miami home and parsing through his massive Stooges collection....

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Watch Bruce Springsteen Recruit 10-Year-Old for 'Blinded by the Light'

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band closed out the U.S. leg of their 'The River' tour at Brooklyn's Barclays Center Monday night with a three-and-a-half hour set that included covers of Prince's "Purple Rain," John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" and Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped." But it was a 10-year-old fan that provided...

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Hear Vince Gill's New Song About Merle Haggard

At this year's star-studded All for the Hall concert, Vince Gill celebrated his 59th birthday by paying tribute to Merle Haggard, who died just one week earlier, on his 79th birthday. "On my birthday, I want to honor the greatest inspiration I ever had in my life," he said, before launching...

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Chris Stapleton Postpones Show Due to Vocal Problems

Rootsy country phenom Chris Stapleton has been forced to postpone a concert tonight (April 26) in Santa Barbara, California, citing vocal issues, which doesn't bode well for anxious fans. Posting on Instagram Monday night, Stapleton says he's lost his voice and isn't sure of the prognosis yet, but plans to seek...

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Jimmy Fallon on Getting Whooped by Prince in Ping-Pong

Jimmy Fallon paid tribute to the late, great Prince on The Tonight Show Monday with a too ridiculous, totally true story about getting crushed by the Purple One in ping-pong. Fallon detailed a back-and-forth with the musician's management, during which Prince repeatedly changed his mind about wanting to play ping-pong with the host. While Tonight set up a table just...

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See Cartoon Patti Smith Talk Censorship: 'Government Doesn't Know S--t'

When Patti Smith's "Gloria" single came out in the U.K. in 1976, the record label bleeped the singer's cursing on its B Side, a cover of the Who's "My Generation" that was recorded live. "I don't need that fucking shit," she sang. She explained how the censorship angered her in...

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Beyoncé's 'Daddy Lessons': Her Americana Moment?

Beyoncé's "Daddy Lessons" starts in New Orleans but quickly jets to her hometown of Houston, making for what some are calling her first country song. The track, from the music icon's surprise Lemonade album released over the weekend, begins with a brass horn section plucked straight off the streets of the...

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'WWE Raw': AJ Styles Is Sweating Bullets

WWE is in a time of transition, to put it mildly. Familiar faces are ceding ground to eager upstarts, expats from rival promotions are pillaging the field and the women formerly known as Divas are dueling for equal respect (if not screen time). Last night encapsulated those shifts, in addition to shoring up...

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Listen to 'Rolling Stone Music Now' Podcast: Power of Prince

The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, our first-ever podcast, is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or check it out below. In this special all-Prince episode, writer Brian Hiatt remembers his 2014 daylong visit with the Purple One at Paisley Park for an aborted Rolling...

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Baffling scenes as snow hits Surrey

SNOWFALL was spotted in Surrey this lunchtime. You would be forgiven for thinking it was spring, given that a) it's April and b) temperatures are finally in the double figures, but this morning's blue skies were strangely interrupted by a brief flurry of snow. It was not cold or abundant enough to carpet any roads or footpaths, but it did last long enough for weather watchers to capture the extraordinary spectacle on camera. Surrey Police's crime-fighting helicopter, based at Redhill...

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Watch 'White Man' Stephen Colbert Explain Beyonce's 'Lemonade'

After waiting 48 hours following the bombshell arrival of Beyoncé's Lemonade Saturday night, the late-night shows were eager to discuss the singer's new LP on their Monday night programs, especially Late Show's Stephen Colbert. "This album is about so much more than Beyoncé's marriage: It makes powerful statements about women being disrespected, especially...

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Watch James Corden's Melodramatic 'Lemonade'-Inspired Monologue

James Corden explored the trials and tribulations of creating a late-night monologue in a parody of Beyoncé's Lemonade on The Late Late Show Monday. Corden dutifully recreated numerous shots from the pop star's HBO special while recounting in soft, melodramatic voice overs his obsessive attempts to please the audience night after night with appealing, formulaic jokes. "This...

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Watch Gary Clark Jr. Croon 'Cold Blooded' on 'Live From the Artists Den'

As a teenager, Gary Clark Jr. was already sitting in with blues greats like Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins, and according to the guitarist, he owes these invaluable experiences to Antone's, a legendary blues club in his hometown of Austin. "Antone's is my foundation," he told The Austin Chronicle. "I wouldn't...

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See Chris Martin Cover Prince's 'Raspberry Beret' With Eighth Graders

Chris Martin performed alongside a band of teenagers called the A-Sides at a Santa Monica benefit concert Sunday, and as it was the Coldplay singer's first "gig" since Prince's death, Martin and the young group paid tribute to the music icon with a concert-closing performance of "Raspberry Beret." Prior to the cover,...

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Watch Dave Chappelle Sing Radiohead's 'Creep' at Erykah Badu's Party

Dave Chappelle may have mastered the art of impersonating musicians like Prince and Rick James, but his Thom Yorke could use some work. Like Prince, who delivered a stunning version of Radiohead's "Creep" during his headlining Coachella set in 2008, the comedian is also apparently a fan of the Pablo Honey classic. A Reddit user dug...

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Michael Stipe Pens Op-Ed Calling for Veto of Georgia's 'Campus Carry' Bill

Michael Stipe has penned an op-ed asking Georgia governor Nathan Deal to veto a bill that would potentially allow students to carry guns into public university classrooms. In the op-ed written for USA Today, the former R.E.M. singer wrote, "For me, this battle hits close to home. I met my future R.E.M....

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Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato Cancel North Carolina Shows to Protest HB2

Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato have canceled a pair of North Carolina shows on their joint tour to protest the state's passing of the controversial House Bill 2 (HB2), also known as the "bathroom bill." "After much thought and deliberation, Nick and I have decided to cancel our shows in Raleigh and Charlotte,"...

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Ezra Koenig Explains Writing Credit on Beyonce's 'Lemonade'

Ezra Koenig gave details on his surprising writing credit on Beyoncé's Lemonade track "Hold Up" alongside Diplo, Father John Misty and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Vampire Weekend singer hinted at a long road to the song's construction when he responded to a lyric of the song he tweeted out...

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Martina McBride Gets 'Reckless': The Ram Report

With her new album Reckless, Martina McBride has managed to take a leap forward – by looking back. Many are already calling the Dann Huff-produced project a throwback to McBride's Nineties country-pop catalog, but that wasn't exactly what the four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year intended. "I did say, when...

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Flashback: See Prince and Sheryl Crow's 'Everyday Is a Winding Road'

In November 1999, at a time when he was routinely referred to as "the Artist Formerly Known as Prince," with his signature glyph doubling as his name, Prince released the LP Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. The album featured guest appearances from Chuck D, Eve, Gwen Stefani and Ani DiFranco....

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Prince, the Secret Philanthropist: 'His Cause Was Humanity'

It began with an anonymous check about 10 years ago. Environmental and human rights activist Van Jones was working on George W. Bush's Green Jobs Act when he received a $50,000 donation and no name attached to it. "I promptly returned it," he recalls. "I'm not taking anonymous checks for...

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Read Conan O'Brien's Rejected Prince Episode for 'Simpsons'

Following Prince's sudden death last week, The Simpsons' showrunner Al Jean has shared screencaps from an episode of the animated show with a part written for Prince that the singer rejected. Conan O'Brien helped work on the script for "The Prince Episode," which would have run during the series' fifth...

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Yes, Buster Posey Really Is Hunter Pence's Good Friend

Buster Posey, the even-keeled catcher for the San Francisco Giants, doesn't succumb to emotion very often, not even when the Giants won World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. But last week, in announcing an initiative to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer, Posey had to catch himself. Posey...

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Eddie Vedder, Trent Reznor, Laura Dern Join 'Twin Peaks' Revival Cast

With filming completed on the upcoming revival of Twin Peaks, the show's full 200-plus person cast list has been revealed, and there are dozens are fascinating names joining the cult David Lynch and Mark Frost series: Trent Reznor, Eddie Vedder, Sky Ferreira, Sharon Van Etten are among the musicians who will appear...

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Sturgill Simpson Tops Country Chart

Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide to Earth is the Number One country album in America this week, with 55,000 copies sold during its first seven days out. Released on Atlantic Records and boosted by live performances on programs like The Daily Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sailor's Guide racked up...

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Questlove Remembers Prince: In This Life, You're on Your Own

When I first got Prince's 1999 album, it was 1982. I was eleven, newly in charge of my own record-buying habits. And I couldn't resist the cover, with its purple field of stars, Prince's name, the numbers, and all the hidden-meaning illustrations (is that a football or a smile? How phallic...

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'Waitress': Broadway Musical's Sweet Ingredients Pack Powerful Message

In 2007, the release of an indie movie about a pie-baking waitress named Jenna who was trying to escape an abusive relationship was shrouded in tragedy. Months before, its writer, director and supporting star, Adrienne Shelly, was murdered in her home by a construction worker in her New York City...

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12 Ways Tom Brady Can Spend His 'Deflategate' Suspension

Thought you were done with "Deflategate"? Think again. On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve the four-game suspension imposed by the NFL for his supposed role in the scandal, which began after the Pats' AFC Championship game win over the Indianapolis Colts in...

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Fred Armisen on Directing Music Videos, Why He Loves Red Hot Chili Peppers

As a drummer, comedian and ace musical satirist, Fred Armisen is a natural fit for directing music videos. But the new clip he helmed for Swedish indie-pop artist El Perro del Mar, which accompanies her dreamy cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik favorite "Breaking the Girl," is...

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Watch Billy Corgan's Intimate Acoustic Cover of Prince's 'The Cross'

Billy Corgan and Liz Phair joined the ever-expanding list of musicians paying tribute to Prince onstage. On Friday, Corgan recruited Smashing Pumpkins touring bandmate Sierra Swan for a low-key acoustic cover of the Purple One's "The Cross," while Phair performed the iconic "Nothing Compares 2 U" during a New Orleans concert, Spin...

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See Luke Bryan and Little Big Town's Seductive Live Mash-Up

Tequila shots and harmonies are the order of business for Luke Bryan and his Kill the Lights tourmates Little Big Town. The Georgia native and the quartet have been teaming during the shows for a tuneful mash-up of Ed Sheeran’s forever love smash “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s steamy classic...

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Dolly Parton Reveals Pure and Simple Tour Dates

Dolly Parton has revealed plans for the first leg of her Pure & Simple Tour, with more than a dozen dates scheduled through June. Said to be her most extensive North American tour in 20 years, Parton's 2016 trek is timed to support the summer release of a new double-disc compilation...

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John Kasich Botched Getting Into Oregon Voters' Guide

Ted Cruz and John Kasich on Sunday night released a pair of statements about their new, coordinated effort to derail Donald Trump from cobbling together the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the Republican nomination on the convention's first ballot. Cruz will focus resources on Indiana, where polls show he...

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Sheila E. Talks Prince's 'Very Somber' Memorial Service

Prince's longtime collaborator Sheila E. was among the small group of friends, family and musicians to attend a private memorial for the artist Saturday at his Paisley Park compound outside Minneapolis. Following the service, Sheila E. spoke to E! News about the memorial and how Prince would want fans to celebrate...

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What Donald Trump's Political Donations Reveal About Him

Donald Trump's recent campaign speeches have the tenor of a scorned child, with much ranting and raving about the "rigged" nomination process. "Little Marco, his State Chairman, & their minions are working overtime-trying to rig the vote," Trump tweeted in March. A few weeks ago, griping about losing Colorado's delegate race,...

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Watch Chris Stapleton's Poignant Salute to Merle Haggard

Over the weekend, Chris Stapleton fearlessly tackled a classic Prince tune at one of his solo headlining shows. Days earlier, he was offering a tribute to another recently departed giant when he performed Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again."  "Probably the greatest singer and songwriter that ever lived —...

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See Kenny Chesney Surprise Fraternity House With 'American Kids'

Kenny Chesney brought his Spread the Love Tour to Auburn, Alabama, this Saturday, performing the first-ever concert at Auburn University's Jordan-Hare Stadium. A day before the show, however, the "Noise" singer surprised members of a fraternity with an impromptu set at the Lamda Chi Alpha house, singing fan favorites like...

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UFC Denies Conor McGregor's Rematch With Nate Diaz Is Back On

Another hour, another update in the ongoing spat between Conor McGregor and UFC, as a spokesperson for the promotion has denied the fighter's claim that he's back on the card for UFC 200. Early Monday morning, McGregor took to Twitter to announce his rematch against Nate Diaz – scrapped by UFC...

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Kris Kristofferson Readies New 'Cedar Creek Sessions' Double Album

Iconic songwriter Kris Kristofferson will celebrate his 80th birthday in June with the release of a 25-track collection of songs recorded over three days in the summer of 2014. The Cedar Creek Sessions, recorded in Austin, Texas, marks the legendary songwriter's first LP since Feeling Mortal in January 2013. The two-disc...

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'Twilight' Star Nikki Reed Discusses Animal-Friendly Handbag Line

At 15-years-old, Nikki Reed wrote and starred in Thirteen, the controversial film about the debauched lives of young teenagers surrounded by drugs, alcohol and sex. Now 13 years after breaking through, Reed has explored music, starred in the blockbuster Twilight series, become a series regular on the TV show Sleepy Hollow...

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Watch Pearl Jam Cover Neil Young With Kings of Leon, RHCP Members

Pearl Jam unveiled a one-night-only supergroup during their Saturday performance at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. Two members of Red Hot Chili Peppers (drummer Chad Smith, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer) and Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill joined the rock legends for a dynamic encore performance of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the...

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Wolverine Draws Blood in New 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Trailer

With X-Men: Apocalypse storming into theaters in just over a month, the sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past has unveiled its latest two-minute preview. The trailer boasts new footage of the mutants at war against mankind and themselves, a riveting shot of destruction peeling the Sydney Opera House like...

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Trains disrupted between Redhill and Guildford

TRAIN services have been delayed or cancelled between Redhill and Guildford and Gatwick due to a broken down train near Aldershot. All passengers for the Reading line are being advised to head to London and change at Clapham Junction to reach their destination. Great Western Railway services between Reading and Redhill / Gatwick Airport and South West Trains between Ascot and Guildford are affected. National Rail has said the disruption could last until at least 6pm, with services delayed...

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On the Charts: Prince Claims Number One, Rules Top 10

The unexpected and sudden death of Prince sparked a huge surge in sales of the artist's catalog as three of his albums landed in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 in the hours following his April 21st death. The Very Best of Prince was the solace of choice for fans as...

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See the Dixie Chicks Remember Prince With 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

He may not have been actual royalty, but following the sudden death of pop legend Prince on April 21st, it sure feels like he was. The outpouring of grief has, perhaps surprisingly, extended deep into the country music community, sparking a wave of touching tributes and covers. The Dixie Chicks are...

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What's the Future of Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution?

Had you closed your eyes last Sunday in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, you might have thought you were five years and a half-hour train ride away, occupying lower Manhattan for the 99 percent. Endorsing Bernie Sanders, New York City council member Jumaane Williams — a Black Lives Matter activist and former...

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Watch Maren Morris Command 'GMA' With Passionate 'My Church'

Maren Morris got up early for church this morning — specifically, to play her single "My Church" on Good Morning America. Flanked by her band and wielding an acoustic guitar, Morris belted out the song with a mix of twangy vamps and spirals of R&B inflection. It's a signature style...

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Watch Florence and the Machine's Dazzling Short Film 'The Odyssey'

Florence and the Machine released 'The Odyssey' directed by Vincent Haycock via the band's website on Monday. The 47-minute art film strings together video clips released in 2015 of songs from the band's latest album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, including "What Kind of Man," "St. Jude," "Delilah," "Ship to Wreck," and "Queen of Peace." The...

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Tegan and Sara Plot Headlining North American Tour

Tegan and Sara announced a headlining North American tour behind their upcoming eighth studio LP, Love You to Death. The expansive 40-date trek kicks off September 9th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and ends November 16th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The indie-pop duo have also revealed dates for London and Australia with more international...

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Conor McGregor Says He'll Fight at UFC 200

Conor McGregor's UFC retirement lasted all of 48 hours, so it's not surprising that it only took him five days for him to be reinstated. At least, that's according to McGregor, who announced early Monday morning that his UFC 200 rematch with Nate Diaz is back on – and his issues...

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See Chris Stapleton's Stunning Prince Tribute

Chris Stapleton doesn't seem like the type of singer and performer who would be nervous to attempt a cover version of any song, given his extraordinary range and interpretive ability. But the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter recently noted that Prince, who died April 21st at the age of 57, might be out of...

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John Oliver Enlists 'Hamilton' Creator to Rap About Puerto Rico Crisis

One week after winning a Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed hip-hop Broadway musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on Last Week Tonight to raise awareness about Puerto Rico's debilitating economic crisis with a visceral rap.   First, host John Oliver spent 19 minutes outlining the intricate – and mostly infuriating – tax and legislative...

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Drake, Future Embarking on Summer Sixteen Tour

What a Time to Be Alive duo Drake and Future will hit the road together on their Summer Sixteen Tour. The trek, named after a single off Drake's upcoming album Views From the 6, launches July 20th in Austin, Texas and circles North America before concluding September 17th in Vancouver. Drake and Future previously teamed for the...

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7 Things We Learned at Baz Luhrmann's 'Get Down' Talk

Since its infectious trailer dropped in January (just try not to watch it on repeat), The Get Down has made every list of the year's hotly anticipated TV releases. The first six episodes premiere on Netflix on August 12th, so they're knee-deep in production right now, but on the closing night...

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Kraftwerk Bringing 3-D Concerts Back to U.S. in September

Kraftwerk will bring their visually stunning, unparalleled 3-D concerts back to North America this September with nine more performances. The new dates come a year after the electronic music icons first brought their trek to the U.S. with a 12-city, 14-date tour last September. The string of new dates kicks off with a...

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British 'Disneyland': What you need to know

Surrey's very own Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures are set to be dwarfed by the arrival of the 'world's greatest theme park to rival Disneyland'.Here's what you need to know:What's happening? Plans are underway for a huge Hollywood-themed, Disneyland-style attraction close to London, which has been in the offing since 2012. A British Disneyland? No, not Disneyland. But a Hollywood-themed park. The owners have already signed a deal with studio Paramount Pictures. Is it...

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Jobs at risk in Surrey as BHS goes into administration

HUNDREDS of jobs in Surrey could be at risk after major retailer BHS files for administration. The retailer's collapse is the biggest to hit the high street since Woolworths folded in 2008. Across the UK, almost 11,000 jobs are threatened. There are four BHS stores in Surrey - Woking, Staines, Kingston and Camberley - as well as a concession in Guildford Debenhams. There are also stores in Crawley, Croydon and Sutton. In a letter to staff, BHS owner Dominic Chappell said: "It is...

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'Game of Thrones' Season Premiere Recap: No Country for Old Women

If Game of Thrones were a Netflix show, there isn't a man or woman in all Seven Kingdoms who wouldn't have plowed right into episode two after watching tonight's Season Six premiere. So many of the big storytelling beats went unresolved that the inability to binge-watch the next hour (or...

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