Earlier this month, Elton John visited The Late Show to perform a pair of his hits as well as sit down for an interview with Stephen Colbert. While that November 13th episode found John delivering renditions of “I’m Still Standing” and “Crocodile Rock,” as a Thanksgiving gift for fans, The …
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Portugal. The Man recently started selling a T-shirt on their website reading I Liked Portugal. The Man Before They Sold Out. It’s a jab at critics and old fans who have turned on the group since “Feel It Still,” its crazy-catchy Motown-indebted single, hit the Top Five. It’s rare enough …
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Brand New havecanceled their upcoming European tour, days after singer Jesse Lacey apologized for past sexual misconduct with underage teenage fans. “Due to the events of the last few days, Brand New will be postponing its upcoming three shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland,” the band wrote on Facebook. …
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Sam Smith reimagined the Late Late Show performance space on Thursday for a stripped-down, heavily acoustic version of his single “Too Good at Goodbyes.” The singer transformed the studio into a late-night lounge, using dimly lit lamps and rugs to accentuate the low-key mood of his hit ballad. The song …
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Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine performed a robust live version of Chris Cornell‘s 1992 solo track “Seasons” on Howard Stern‘s SiriusXM radio show. Levine adopted a mournful, bluesy tone for the track, crooning over a pair of interlocking 12-string acoustic guitars. Levine also paid tribute to Cornell in an interview on …
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A new behind-the-scenes video offers a poignant look at the studio sessions that produced Gord Downie‘s forthcoming posthumous record, Introduce Yerself. The frontman of the beloved Canadian rock outfit the Tragically Hip died October 18th after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Introduce Yerself is a 23-track double album that …
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Lee Ranaldo unveiled a surreal new video for “Uncle Skeleton,” a track off the former Sonic Youth guitarist’s latest solo album, Electric Trim. The Elisa Ambrogio-directed clip mixes live-action and animation sequences that pack plenty of strange images befitting both the Halloween season and the song’s title. Throughout the clip, …
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Cardi B performed her confident Number One hit “Bodak Yellow” with support from a phalanx of dancers on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday. The rapper sauntered onstage clad entirely in pink as the ringing melody of “Bodak Yellow” blared through the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Kimmel’s show has set …
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Billy Corgan kicked off his solo, acoustic Ogilala tour this weekend with a pair of shows at Brooklyn, New York’s Murmrr Theater that featured a complete performance of his new album along with selections from his entire career. In all the press he’s done around the release of the album …
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Metric singer Emily Haines unveiled a haunting new video for “Legend of the Wild Horse,” a song off Choir of the Mind, her first solo album with the Soft Skeleton in over a decade. Continuing the story previously outlined in Haines’ videos for “Planets,” “Statuette,” and “Fatal Gift,” the singer …
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