Stewart Copeland gets asked a lot of questions, but they’re rarely about his youth in the Middle East. “When you’re a pop star, you often find yourself with a microphone pointed at you and you’re asked to explain yourself,” the former Police drummer says. “Like, ‘Who are you? What makes …
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Just five weeks after the ACM Awards navigated the pandemic with a multi-venue broadcast, the CMT Music Awards stage their own unique show, calling upon some of the genre’s biggest names (Taylor Swift presents, Luke Combs performs) to help pivot from the usual live arena production to a special of …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by author and tech entrepreneur Antonio García Martínez. Katie and Matt break down a contentious interview with Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Pelosi, which derailed when Blitzer questioned the reasoning for stalling the potential HEROES Act …
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King Princess has returned with the new single “Only Time Makes It Human.” The Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter released her debut albumCheap Queen last year. On the new song that was produced by King Princess and Mike Malchicoff with additional production by Mark Ronson, the singer reflects on a heartbreak that she …
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens touches on classic films in the new video for “Wild World.” The track comes off his reimagining of Tea for the Tillerman for the landmark album’s 50th anniversary. The rerecorded “Wild World” is perhaps the track that deviates the most from the studio version, now a waltz that …
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On the heels of releasing her debut studio album Fake It Flowers, Beabadoobee, a.k.a. Bea Kristi, sat down with Rolling Stone for The First Time. Kristi, 20, kicked things off by recalling the first time she wrote a song. “My first-ever song I wrote about phlegm,” she says. “I wrote …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci’s displeasure with the news that he may, again, be used in a Trump presidential campaign ad was palpable during a Monday appearance on CNN. When host Jake Tapper told the nation’s top infectious disease expert about his reporting regarding the Trump team’s plans to do another ad …
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Since May 2020, youth organizers across the country have been mobilizing against police brutality and working for systemic change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Some of them had organized for social justice before, but many of them took to the streets for the first time and without an …
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A little more than a year after the release of the the Highwomen‘s self-titled debutalbum, a new song has emerged from the star-studded sessions with producer Dave Cobb. “Hold On,” the latest from the Nashville-by-way-of-England singer-songwriter Yola, is an uplifting soul song based on conversations the “Faraway Look” singer had …
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GLAAD has announced the official lineup for its 2020 Spirit Day, taking place on Thursday, October 15th. Spirit Day represents the world’s largest and most visible LGBTQ anti-bullying campaign, with participants wearing purple and posting purple to their social media accounts to symbolize the “spirit” color on the LGBTQ rainbow …
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