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Elvis Costello Says He Put His Own Name Forward for Colbert's Late Show Band
In a new interview, Costello explains why he floated the idea of leading Stephen Colbert's house band, and why the logistics ended it before it started.
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Mumford & Sons Bring ‘Here’ to Kimmel With Chris Thile in Chris Stapleton’s Place
Mumford & Sons performed “Here” on Jimmy Kimmel Live with Chris Thile covering the vocal part Chris Stapleton sang on the record, a swap that says something about how the band’s latest album was built.
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Leon Majcen Releases The Leaving Kind, an Album Built Around the Road
Leon Majcen's new record arrives less than a year after Making a Livin' (Not a Killin'), and it treats touring as both its subject and its cost.
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Hayley Williams Responds to DHS After "Fuck ICE" Remarks at Chula Vista Show
A federal agency suggested the Paramore frontwoman thank law enforcement for their service. She answered on Instagram Stories the next day, and neither side softened the language.
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Primavera Sound's 25th Edition Stretches Across a Full Week in Barcelona
The Barcelona festival's 25th edition puts 151 acts at Parc del Fòrum, adds a free opening day and an eight-hour electronic closing, and extends into city-wide programming.
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Slayyyter Will Follow ‘Wor$t Girl in America’ With a Companion Album, ‘Wor$t Man in America’
Slayyyter’s next album arrives Dec. 4 via Columbia, built as an inverse companion to her breakout record, with nine tracks that answer it point by point.
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Teens In Trouble's "I Do" Is a Friendship Breakup Song Set in a Boxing Ring
Lizzie Killian's Raleigh project returns with a one-off single recorded alongside PUP collaborator Dave Schiffman and co-written with Bat Boy's Hannah Eagle.
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Shakira Extends Madrid Residency to 13 Dates After Amazon Music Livestream Record
A thirteenth and final Madrid show, billed as a farewell with unnamed guests, follows a global broadcast that Billboard reports became Amazon Music's most-watched livestream by a female artist.
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How Bowie Rebuilt His Experimental Instincts in the 1990s
The conventional Bowie canon stops around 1980, but the records that followed show a working method being rebuilt from the ground up. Earthling co-producer Mark Plati was in the room for it.
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Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ Returns to the Stage for One Night at the Roundhouse
Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi have assembled a lineup including Jorja Smith, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Yebba for an anniversary performance of the album in full.