Silk Sonic, the super-duo made up of Bruno Marsand Anderson .Paak, kicked off their Las Vegas residency at Park MGM’s Dolby Live on Friday night with a production that was as smooth as the velvet jackets worn onstage by the two stars. “Opening night!” .Paak shouted early on. “You didn’t …
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MIAMI — The future never looks quite as bold as humans envision it to be. Save for touchscreen tech and an electric car monopoly, the promises of the present decade have been largely squandered by a relentless pandemic that rages on more than two years after it began. Still, despite …
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The story of BTS is one of having every possible obstacle in their way — and then smashing through every single one. Getting the Number One song in the U.S. with an English-language track. Check. Getting the Number One song in the U.S. with a Korean-language track. Check. Grammy nominations. …
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Two songs into the launch of the Rolling Stones’ No Filter Tour 2021 at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Sunday, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards stepped to the front of the stage, clutched their hands together, and addressed the intense sorrow hanging over the event. “I …
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The pandemic isn’t going to end at any one moment. Joe Biden isn’t going to land on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit waving a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner. There won’t be a V-E Day-like celebration where church bells ring all across the country and strangers embrace each other …
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During one of several video montages that ran during Cher’s Here We Go Again tour stop at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, a pre-recorded voiceover from the 73-year-old pop legend played over clips from her famous filmography. “I’ve never really been accepted by singers as a singer, and actors don’t think of …
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The rumors came true in the final hour of Cal Jam on Saturday: Dave Grohl, back behind the drum kit, closed the second year of his annual rock festival with a six-song Nirvana reunion, including survivors Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, briefly reviving the classic grunge sound and attitude of …
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With its funding backed in part by Detroit taxpayers’ money, and in a city where more than 80 percent of the people are black, hosting Kid Rock as the inaugural act at the new Little Caesars Arena—which opened Tuesday with the first show of Rock’s six-night stand—fueled controversy in the …
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