Mark Knopfler announced a headlining North American tour for summer 2019. The Dire Straits frontman will kick off the 28-date trek on August 16th in Mashantucket, Connecticut and conclude September 22nd in Los Angeles, California. Tickets for most shows will be available to pre-order on Monday, October 29th via Knopfler’s …
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This week, an FDA panel voted 10-3 to recommend approval for a new fast-acting form of an opioid drug that’s 10 times more potent than fentanyl. Opioid overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, with the sharpest increase in overdose deaths in 2017 …
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Since it began, the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has been full of surprises. Somehow, the musical romantic comedy has been able to churn out — via co-creator and star Rachel Bloom and fellow songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen — two to three clever and catchy song parodies per episode. And …
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Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their legendary supergroup’s debut album,The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, with a picture disc vinyl reissue out November 2nd via Craft Recordings.The limited-edition 12-inch is available for pre-order. The A-side image features the band’s logo, and the B-side includes an …
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Bruce Springsteen‘s ongoing live archives series finally landed on his 2002/03 Rising tour with the release of Helsinki, Finland June 16th, 2003. The show came nearly a year into the Rising tour and features classics like “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Prove It All Night” and “Badlands” mixed in with Rising …
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Stephen Colbert attempted to learn more about Brett Kavanaugh‘s college drinking habits with an interview with one of the Supreme Court nominee’s “old friends,” Squish, on TheLate ShowWednesday. Comedian Nick Kroll played the argyle-clad preppy, who promptly corrected Colbert’s pronunciation of his name, noting it was “Squeeeeeesh,” because “that’s the …
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Led Zeppelin began recording their debut eponymous album in the fall of 1968 and to mark the 50th anniversary of the occasion they released a number of streaming items. As Led Zeppelin News reports, alongside the announced streams there is also an unexpected “album” comprising new interview clips from surviving …
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John Lennon, George Harrison and the Plastic Ono Band record “How Do You Sleep?” together in the studio in never-before-seen footage from the upcoming Ultimate Collection reissue of Lennon’s 1971 album Imagine. The video for “How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5 & 6, Raw Studio Mix Out-take),” a “looser, funkier” …
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Editor’s note (9/21): The original headline of this article implied that Ticketmaster called CBC and the Toronto Star‘s report “categorically untrue.” In its statement, the company was referring to “any program in place to enable resellers to acquire large volumes of tickets at the expense of consumers” as untrue and …
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Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon joined with the Roots and an iPad app to cut an off-the-cuff version of the doo-wop single “Earth Angel,” originally recorded by thePenguins in 1954. After figuring out how to use the app correctly — “You’re such a dad right now,” Clarkson quipped …
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