The MTV Video Music Awards announced late Friday that this year’s COVID-affected ceremony will not take place inside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as originally planned, with the VMAs instead opting to stage audience-less outdoor performances in and around New York City. “The 2020 VMAs will be held on Sunday, August 30th …
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Sixthman — the cruise company responsible for the Kiss Kruise, for one — has been effectively grounded since the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the world. As such, the company is now launching a branch called Sixthman Services to brands, bands, promoters, conferences and communities looking to throw socially distanced …
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It’s been four years since Trent Reznor dubbed avant-garde electronic artist Tobacco‘s Sweatbox Dynasty the “record of the year.” Since then, Tobacco has opened for Nine Inch Nails live both with his psychedelic electro-rock group Black Moth Super Rainbow and as a solo artist. Now the two artists have collaborated …
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Jim James, Andrew Bird, Grace Potter, Lucius, the Decemberists, Warren Haynes, Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile, Julien Baker and Benmont Tench all collaborated on a remote cover version of Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love” as part of the Newport Folk Festival‘s virtual festival. The performance, music-directed by …
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Unsold merchandise from the infamous Fyre Festival has been put on the auction block by the U.S. Marshals in an attempt to recoup some money for the fest’s many victims. Auction vendor Gaston & Sheehan will handle the sale, which includes 126 items ranging from Fyre-branded t-shirts and sweatpants to …
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Emmy-nominated actor Nicholas Braun — a.k.a. Cousin Greg from Succession — had a flash of inspiration in early May while quarantining in his friend’s L.A. guest house, lonely and wishing for companionship: a tongue-in-cheek rocker, “Antibodies (Do You Have the),” which premieres Wednesday along with the official video on Rolling …
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There have been plenty of remote quarantine sing-alongs to keep our spirits up during COVID-19, but Rufus Wainwright may just have created the best one — or, at the very least, the largest. The artist teamed up with the Toronto-based group Choir! Choir! Choir! to lead 1,500 people in a …
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Jason Derulo has dropped another song that will surely spawn a new dance challenge destined to fill your TikTok “For You” page. “Take You Dancing” follows up his recent hit “Savage Love.” The uptempo track is a sexy invite from Derulo to maneuver to the bedroom. “Let me take you …
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Juice WRLD claimed the Number One spot on the Artists 500 chart after his posthumous album, Legends Never Die, had the biggest debut week of 2020. The late rapper amassed an incredible 329.9 million song streams for the week of July 10th through the 16th. Those numbers were fueled by …
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Legendary post-punk band Gang of Four are working with Matador Records on a new archival project. In addition to releasing their first three albums (Entertainment!, Solid Gold, and Songs of the Free) back onto streaming services, the Leeds, England, band have released the audio for 14 archival live shows, along with a …
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