K-pop stars BTS announced that their very own mobile game, BTS World, will arrive on June 25th. BTS World will be a “story-based mobile simulation game” with interactive elements, based on the career beginnings of the seven-member K-pop group. Users will play the role of BTS’s manager, pushing the group …
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Indie singer-songwriter (Sandy) Alex G announced details of his forthcoming album House of Sugar, his first since 2017’s Rocket. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter also shared the lead track, “Gretel.” The album is due September 13th. “I don’t wanna go back,” he sings on the psychedelic indie-folk track, “Nobody’s gonna push me off-track.” …
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Matt Damon and Christian Bale star as two racing legends tasked with helping the Ford Motor Company end Ferrari’s reign in the first trailer for Ford V Ferrari. The film, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Logan), is “based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car …
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Update (6/3/19): Apple announced at its conference Monday that is retiring the iTunes brand and introducing three separate apps for music, podcasts and television in the next version of its software, macOS Catalina. ** It’s the end of a music era. Nearly two decades after launching iTunes and ripping up …
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U2’s Joshua Tree Tour – which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the landmark album in stadiums across Europe and North and South America in 2017 – is headed to Australia and Asia in November and December for an encore run. The shows will mark their first concerts in Australia since …
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Call it a meme, call it a gimmick song, but “Old Town Road” is the gift that keeps on giving. On Thursday, a video surfaced on Twitter of Lil Nas X performing his runaway hit to a gymnasium full of elementary school kids, who promptly lost their collective minds and …
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Devon Allman and Duane Betts, the core unit of the Allman Betts Band, will release their debut album Down to the River (BMG) on June 28th. It’s the duo’s first official LP and builds on the players’ respective Allman Brothers Band family legacies: Allman’s dad was Gregg Allman; Betts’ father …
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Hot Chip released a new song, “Melody of Love,” a jubilant pop track from their forthcoming album A Bath Full of Ecstasy, out June 21st. According to a band statement, “Melody of Love” began as a 12-minute instrumental track, built from a music sample by the gospel group The Mighty …
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Kanye West had a wide-ranging conversation with David Letterman on his Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. West’s comment on #MeToo came towards the end of the interview, as he and Letterman veered into more serious topics. He spoke specifically about the fear men in power felt as …
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Portraying someone as iconic as Elton John on the big screen is a very difficult task, which is why everyone from Tom Hardy to Justin Timberlake was initially considered for the role in the upcoming biopic Rocketman until producers settled on Taron Egerton. “It was a brilliant idea to have …
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