The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoenaed Jay-Z on Thursday, ordering him to testify in court about the accounting practices of Iconix Brand Group Inc., Reuters reports. Iconix bought Jay-Z‘s Rocawear brand in 2007 for $200 million; the SEC has been investigating Iconix since 2015 for allegedly violating federal securities …
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The Johnny Cash Museum in downtown Nashville unveiled a rare, gold record the country-music icon received for his 1956 Sun Records single, “I Walk the Line.” Originally presented to Cash by producer Sam Phillips, it was in Cash’s possession until he died in 2003. Following his death, it went up …
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Lou Reed may be punk’s godfather, but he also figures in a great American poetic lineage including the Beats and the New York School – and a new book of his writing, Do Angels Need Haircuts?, offers compelling evidence. This isn’t rock-crit hyperbole. As a Syracuse University undergrad, he studied …
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Dierks Bentley‘s video for current single “Woman, Amen” focuses on a story of inspiration to further its message, following a mother and daughter who do tireless volunteer work in the Nashville community. Bentley’s video for “The Mountain,” the title track from his new album, uses the same approach to tell …
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5 Seconds of Summer offer a behind-the-scenes look at their most recent tour in the video for their new song, “Youngblood.” The track will appear on the group’s upcoming LP of the same name, out June 22nd. “Youngblood” has a relentless, thumping rhythm, around which 5 Seconds of Summer move …
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A $5 million lawsuit that accused Russell Simmons of sexual assault was dismissed Wednesday. The lawsuit was initially filed in January by filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik, who claimed that the Def Jam co-founder raped her in 2016. “Mr. Simmons is hereby dismissed with prejudice from this action in its entirety including …
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A Perfect Circle will embark on a North American tour this fall in support of their new album, Eat the Elephant. The trek kicks off October 20th at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and includes stops in Denver, Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, New York and Las Vegas. The …
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Lynyrd Skynyrd announced that the band will perform a hometown gig in Jacksonville, Florida on September 2nd. In January, Lynyrd Skynyrd revealed they would embark on their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour in 2018. While the tour was originally slated to conclude on September 1st in Atlanta, the …
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Just days after her triumphant live performance of the new single “Cry Pretty” at Sunday’s ACM Awards in Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood opened up to SiriusXM’s Storme Warren during a recent interview on country channel the Highway, sharing details of the November accident that left her in need of surgery …
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Hitting the road with her friends in Bermuda Triangle has given Becca Mancari more than an outlet for new music. It’s given her a chance to reimagine her own songs, like with a stunning new recording of “Golden” that features bandmates Brittany Howard and Jesse Lafser. “Golden” originally appeared on …
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