A wink, a smile, a dance break. A jacket on, a jacket off. There was nothing the Korean boy band NCT 127 did onstage that didn’t elicit a frenzy of screaming, jumping, hand-clasping and stomping. On Wednesday night, the group of nine kicked off their first North American arena tour. …
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LSD, the supergroup made up of Labrinth, Sia and Diplo, kept things colorful on the stage at The Ellen Show during a performance of “No New Friends.” The performance, the group’s first live appearance together, featured a cartoon-like backdrop and a brightly colored costumes, and saw the trio acting out …
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The Eminem-inspired use of the word “stan” to describe hyper-devoted fans has been added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. The casual use of “stan” famously comes from Eminem and Dido’s hit 2000 song of the same name, in which the rapper weaves a harrowing yarn about an obsessive fan trying to get …
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The Red Line, a new drama premiering April 28th on CBS, explores the aftermath of a white cop shooting an unarmed black man in Chicago. Named for the North-South line of the Chicago “L” (or elevated train system), a route that connects two wildly different parts of the city, the …
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When Game of Thrones airs its final episode on May 19th, George R.R. Martin will be watching. He’ll take in the televised conclusion of the story he began, and then get right back to writing his own version, with two books left to go. For our recent cover story on …
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FKA Twigs has revealed she’ll embark on a short tour starting in Los Angeles on May 7th. The 10-date run includes stops in New York City for this year’s Red Bull Music Festival, as well as London, Berlin and Sydney. The tour is scheduled to wrap on June 14th in …
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Two of the surviving members of Pink Floyd‘s founding lineup reunited in New York City Thursday night when vocalist-bassist Roger Waters made a surprise appearance during drummer Nick Mason‘s Saucerful of Secrets gig at the Beacon Theater. Waters joined the band, which plays pre-Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd music, …
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Buried in a footnote in Section II B of Volume II of the redacted Mueller report is a single reference to supposed kompromat the Russian government was rumored to have on the president — the infamous “pee tape.” The report confirms that then-FBI director James Comey briefed President-elect Trump about …
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Collectively known as the Love Junkies, songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose have been responsible for such monster hits as Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” as well as — in various iterations —songs for A Star Is Born, the TV series Nashville, and dozens of other singles and …
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Yesterday, the world watched in open-mouthed horror as Notre Dame Cathedral, an 800-year-old monument in Paris, France, burst into flames. As the Paris fire department scrambled to save the priceless relics and artworks inside, French officials gradually started to take inventory of what had been recovered from the wreckage and …
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