The Weeknd coasted to his third consecutive week at Number One in the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. After Hours picked up more than 22,000 album sales, more than 29,000 song downloads, and 79 million streams. While the Weeknd enjoyed a victory lap, the rapper Rod Wave arrived at …
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The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” is a fitting anthem for quarantine, self-isolation and social-distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. So, naturally, Jimmy Fallon has helped put together a new version of the song that feels especially appropriate for the times. Recorded as part of The Tonight Show‘s “At Home” …
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Thursday, Selena Gomez released her Rare Deluxe Album, featuring several new tracks. Gomez’s Raredebuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone200 album chart upon its release earlier this year. Gomez’s new tracks include “Boyfriend,” a song she has been teasing since theRare album rollout. The clubby track has Gomez laying …
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Despitethe endless memes and savvy digital practices of Lil Nas X, the real-life of Montero Lamar Hill has remained relatively guarded since his meteoric rise to fame. In June, the “Old Town Road” singer shared lyrics to “C7sure” and the rainbo-featuring album artwork to come out to his followers during …
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are the latest group to utilize the power of the internet to play for their fans from their individual homes during the nationwide coronavirus shut-in. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees performed “Light of Day,” which was the title track for the 1987 …
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The fruitful collaboration between poet Gil Scott-Heron and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jackson will be the focus of an upcoming reggae tribute album. The LP was revealed Wednesday on what would have been Scott-Heron’s 71st birthday. Carry Me Home. A Reggae Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, due out May 27th, …
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The 2020 Boston Calling festival has been canceled due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are heartbroken,” the festival said in a statement, “however, the health and safety of our audience, artists, partners, vendors, first responders, and staff are of the utmost importance to …
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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band have pushed their planned spring 2020 North American tour to spring 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. “This is very difficult for me,” Starr said in a statement, “in 30 years I think I’ve only missed two or three gigs, never mind a …
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George Harrison‘s Material World Foundation has donated $500,000 to COVID-19 relief. The foundation — started by the late Beatle in 1973 with the release of the LP Living in the Material World — donated the funds to MusiCare’s COVID-19 Foundation, Save the Children, and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). …
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Run the Jewels unveiled another new bruising track, “Ooh La La,” from their upcoming album Run the Jewels 4. The track is centered around a sample taken from Greg Nice (of Nice and Smooth)’s verse on the 1992 Gang Starr classic, “DWYCK,” while it also features record scratching from DJ …
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