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The Who picks Tri-State band as Cincinnati concert opener

WHITE OAK, Ohio — If you’re in White Oak in the evenings, listen closely. You might just hear Safe Passage jamming in the basement of Walt Medlock’s home. The band is getting ready for something big—perhaps the biggest gig they never imagined. “We will be the first band to perform ever at TQL,” Medlock said. […]

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Nearly 2,400 Astroworld attendees needed medical treatment after deadly concert, court filing says

Ten people died in the massive crowd arises on Nov. 5, 2021. May 11, 2022, 7:48 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Nearly 2,400 people required medical treatment following last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, according to a new court filing. Attorneys representing thousands of people suing […]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers No Longer Performing at Billboard Music Awards – The Hollywood Reporter

Machine Gun Kelly and Dan + Shay have both been added as performers while Red Hot Chili Peppers had to drop off the lineup of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, set to be broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. The Peppers dropped out due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to […]

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Meet Ytiet, the Vietnamese cowherd who’s been popping up in your favorite artists’ songs

Meet Ytiet, a TikTok star from Vietnam’s Binh Dinh Province whose melodic counting has propelled him to the international music scene. The content creator, whose real name is So Y Tietis a 34-year-old cowherd whose work has been sampled by celebrities from around the world. Most recently, critically acclaimed Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía sampled one of […]

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K-Pop Star Holland Speaks Out After Suffering Homophobic Attack – Billboard

To an online following of millions of fans, Holland is the slender, soft-spoken singer-songwriter whose experiences of growing up gay in South Korea have created a musical safe space as rare visibility for LGBTQ people in the K-pop scene. But to one man in Seoul, his existence of him ignited a homophobic hatred that elicited […]

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Live from the Upside Down

while we wait for “TheBoys” Season 3 this summer, the show’s universe will expand even further with a college-set spinoff series, and we’ve got some casting news today. The live-action spinoff series from Amazon Studios is set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International). Deadline reports that patrick schwarzenegger (The […]

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Death Cab For Cutie Announce New Album ‘Asphalt Meadows’

The last time Death Cab For Cutie released a full-length album was 2018’s Thank You for Today, but they’ve kept plenty busy since then. In the early COVID-19 lockdown days, frontman Ben Gibbard offered a daily source of comfort with his “Live From Home” livestreams, which raised more than $250k in donations and supplies for […]

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Review: Black Keys’ ‘Dropout Boogie’

“You got a love that’s a real long shot,” sings Dan Auerbach on “It Ain’t Over,” the loping, funky second single from Dropout Boogie. Dude might as well be singing about himself. In a moment when rock music barely exists in the pop conversation it once dominated, there is no logical reason that Auerbach and […]

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A composer remixed Elden Ring’s theme song in 15 styles and they all rock

I will admit off the top that I get downright emotional over game theme songs. The list of title screens that give me a watery eye is lengthy, and Elden Ring’s horn and drum-filled theme song is definitely on it. Producer, composer, and videogame-liker Alex Moukala shares the love for a great theme song. He’s […]

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Rockers Mourn the Loss of The Black Dahlia Murder’s Trevor Strnad

The Black Dahlia Murder announced today (May 11) that vocalist Trevor Strnad has died at the age of 41. Tributes have started pouring in from fellow members of the rock and metal community who are mourning the loss of the frontman. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strnad. […]