The channel will include music videos, concert performances, behind-the-scenes clips and other exclusive footage from Swift's collection. The content will be aired in 13 episodes, a reference to Swift's favorite number.
The new video streaming service DirecTV NOW launches November 30, but no date has been announced for the launch of Swift's station. Read more
here.
Mandatory evacuations were underway for areas in and around Gatlinburg, including the south part of Pigeon Forge, where Dolly Parton's theme park is, said Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener in a press release. Fire crews were working overnight to protect the structures nearby the park.
Dolly Parton has released an official statement: "I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken. I am praying for all the families affected by the fire and the firefighters who are working so hard to keep everyone safe. It is a blessing that my Dollywood theme park, the DreamMore Resort and so many businesses in Pigeon Forge have been spared." Read more
here.
According to the synopsis "Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in film about two strangers who are on a 120-year journey to another planet when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early.
"Jim and Aurora are forced to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction as the ship teeters on the brink of collapse, with the lives of thousands of passengers in jeopardy. Watch the trailer for the film
here.
The event will take place at Victoria Park in London as part of the two-day festival, which kicks off July 14 and runs through July 15. Ocean is the first performer announced for the event.
More artists will be announced soon. Single day and weekend passes are currently available for purchase. See the pricing details for various ticket for the event
here.
Now, the country music star is ramping up to hit the road again on February 16 in Huntington, West Virginia, and has announced 11 new stops covering the Southeast.
They include New York City, Columbia, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. Dates run through March 17 in Orange Beach, Alabama. Brett Eldredge will open all shows. Tickets will go on sale beginning December 2. See the dates
here.
In the video, Gucci seems to be sticking with the East Atlanta Santa theme by gearing up for the winter months. He and Travis, along with director Harmony Korine, stand in heavy snowfall to perform their verses.
Shot half in night vision and half in regular light, "Last Time" finds the men smoking a blunt in the car as the snow falls heavier and faster. They're not the only ones getting high. Throughout the video, the car they're hanging out in keeps rising from the ground until it's hovering above them. Watch the video
here.
The new leg kicked off Tuesday night at San Diego's The Observatory and continuing up the California coast before venturing out East for a handful of shows including Boston, New York City and Baltimore (full dates below).
The former Bauhaus singer will continue his "Stripped" theme, continuing as a trio with his longstanding collaborators, guitarist John Andrews and bassist/electric-violinist Emilio 'Zef" China.
According to a release, Murphy is planning to release a live album from the initial U.S. tour on Metropolis Records in the new year. See the dates
here.
This latest chapter finds Tove Lo abandoning her vehicle in the middle of a deserted city intersection after she's crashed head on into another vehicle. She dances her way away from the wreckage and through the neon-lit night.
The song deals with a painful breakup that Tove Lo can't escape no matter how hard she tries. That becomes reflected in the video, which shows that no matter how far she runs, she can't escape disaster. The short film also stars actress Lina Esco as Tove Lo's alter ego. Check out the video for "True Disaster"
here.
Produced by John Macy (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Richie Furay, Los Lobos) and recorded at Cinderella Sound in Nashville, the record features a veritable "who's-who" of legendary session players, including Lloyd Green on pedal steel, Country Music Hall-of-Famer Hargus "Pig" Robbins on keys, and long-time Garth Brooks guitarist Chris Leuzinger, among others.
The EP also features a dusty-road duet with rising country star Kevin Moon on the song "My Only Addiction." "What I love about the EP is that it's the first record I've done where I've co-written all but one song on it," says Leslie. "I have stayed very close to my traditional country roots."
here.
Keys and Swizz Beatz's son Egypt got his first album credit on Kendrick Lamar's Untitled Unmastered, but there's more. Swizz posted a video of Egypt freestyling on a piano to the tune of "Super-Boy," a song he wrote himself.
The melody is standard and repetitive to start but as the video progresses, the kid's piano chops really shine. "Proud Dad Alert Egy wrote his 1st song Super-boy wait for the fancy fingers at the end Kids you gotta love em #Dedication #hardwork EGY-Keys-Beatz," wrote Swizz.
Watch Egypt's debut as a singer, songwriter and pianist
here.
Instead of diplomatically addressing the situation, Yachty posted a sorry-not-sorry screed to Twitter, doubling down on his comments and resisting calls to apologize. Weeks later, the rapper has changed his tune with a more thoughtful response (and apology) for what he said.
"Until about two weeks ago, I had never listened to a Biggie song," Yachty said on Beats 1. "I'm not going to sit here and lie and say I just bump him. But I know for a fact he was spittin�. He snapped. I can't lie. I was listening to it and I liked how he do the role play, like he'd do a story wrapping back and forth with himself and then there'd be a skit. It was dope." Read more
here.
He was immediately transferred to the custody of South Carolina, where he faces a charge of criminal sexual conduct.The "Skrt" rapper attended an extradition hearing on November 21 where a judge approved of his transfer, reported the Sun-Sentinel.
"It does say that he has been turned over to South Carolina via the Florence County Sheriff's Office," St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office spokesman Deputy Bryan Beaty told the paper.
Currently, Black is accused of a sexual battery charge that took place at a hotel in Florence, South Carolina on February 6. Read more
here.
Even though they already shared a full music video for "You're Not There," the group released an emotional lyric video for the song today. Be forewarned: You might want to pull out the tissues now.
As fans know, frontman Lukas Forchhammer wrote the song about his late father Eugene Graham, who passed away and left the artist bereft. The lyric video stitches together photographs of Graham throughout the years, beginning with Forchhammer's early childhood and moving up to adulthood, but in every single picture Graham fades from view. His absence is a tangible loss.
The song's lyrics flash at the bottom, and, combined with the photos, make the song even more sorrowful.Read more and watch the video
here.
Menzel sings the hit single "Wind Beneath My Wings," which Midler originally recorded for the 1988 film. In Menzel's hands, the song works on a softer level, but still shines as a powerful rendition of the anthemic love song.
Besides singing the film's main song, Menzel also stars in the remake with Nia Long. Beaches follows the friendship of two young girls who meet on the Venice boardwalk and whose lives take them down different roads even while their bond holds strong.Read more
here.
Directed by James Lees, the video follows a young couple through their nighttime capers, which include robbing banks and angering several fierce looking underground thugs.
Their love occurs on the run, and the grittily colored video finds them successfully fleeing numerous situations with a boatload of cash all while driving a stylish antique Mustang.
But what appears to be a straight forward narrative arc about a couple choosing life's criminal side ends with a serious twist; be sure to watch until all the way through. Watch it
here.
The Alasdair McLellan directed video follows a group of teens as the come of age in the small West Texas town of Marfa. Both Jamie xx and Oliver Sim play a part in the video as they frolic about in an empty parking lot and have discussions on phones that are actually connected to the wall with wires. Remember those?
Why Marfa, Texas? The band explains: It was filmed in Marfa, Texas, a very special place to us, where we wrote and recorded some of our new album. We have a lot of love and respect for the people of the USA, having played hundreds of shows across the country over the past years. We hope this video reflects just some of the warmth and acceptance we have encountered there. Read more
here.
The project takes many forms -- an expensive coffee-table style book, 350 pages of stories, videos, visual art and narration. Bon Iver and Tom Waits will join the Pixies' Frank Black and more by contributing stories aimed at children and adults.
A recently released trailer promises paranormal tales, nature writing, and other whimsical yarns by famous writers and lyricists. The full list of contributors is quite long. See some of them
here.
Anything Worse is a song born out of pure chaotic frustration with pretty much everything around me. I go through periods of either loving the things around me or really detesting them. When I came up with Anything Worse it was the latter of the two. I had this fun, kinda campy, pop chord progression that I was messing around with and I thought that lyrically it would be fun to put a scathing critique of popular culture to it. The song is like when you're talking to someone and you have to smile at them but inside your head all you're thinking about is how badly they annoy you.
I know that sometimes I'm a real curmudgeon. I'm ok with that. I can't go down the street without dodging people who are too busy watching movies on their cell phones to avoid walking straight into me. Nobody seems to know anything about politics. People think it's ok to buy food in plastic containers for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then just throw it all away when their done eating. Instagram. Velvet rope entrances. People don't know who Burroughs is and half my generation has to take a prescription to feel ok about their lives. These are all things that make me a curmudgeon. Then I go and break my own rules and realize that I'm a complete hypocrite and that annoys me too. I guess that's life.
Dave and I went into the studio to record this song with Brian Speaker (The Femdoms, Jeffrey Lewis) who did an amazing job. By the time Jeff Lipton (Arcade Fire, Dropkick Murphys, Heartless Bastards) finished mastering the track it was one of my favorite songs out of eight or so that we recorded. It's funny how songs will surprise you like that.
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