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Nilüfer Yanya will perform the next session in Pitchfork’s new stay-at-home concert series. The performance will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram. Pitchfork’s concert sessions take place on our Instagram every Wednesday and Friday, and viewers will be able to donate to the
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Facebook has announced sweeping changes to its Facebook Live platform, including plans to let artists charge for entry to concert livestreams. Other changes include the return of Live With, which allows co-hosts to join a stream, and the integration of livestreams into online-only event pages. The company has not detailed the Facebook Live payment system
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Hamilton Bohannon has died. The percussionist, bandleader, and music producer who started his music career as the drummer for a young Stevie Wonder in the mid-1960s passed away on Friday, April 24, as the Newnan Times-Herald reports. He was 78 years old. Bohannon grew up in Newnan, Georgia, a city 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.
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This week’s Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called “Big Papi Cooking Show,” wherein Kenan Thompson offers a cooking tutorial (sort of) as former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz. During the sketch, Thompson introduced “Big Bunny,” which of course was Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny tries to sell viewers “big ass pots” and sweatpants. “Are
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Live Nation has announced a new “Ticket Relief Plan” to issue refunds to customers who hold tickets to shows that have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as The New York Times reports. The concert conglomerate, which also owns Ticketmaster, previously indicated that fans who held tickets to rescheduled concerts would be given
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Chvrches were the musical guests on last night’s remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They played their Love Is Dead track “Forever” in separate white studios. Watch their colorful performance below. Chvrches’ most recent single “Death Stranding” arrived last year. The song was written specifically for Playstation 4’s video game of the
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Lil Uzi Vert has shared a new song. It’s called “Sasuke.” Uzi teased the single in a tweet earlier today (April 24). Give “Sasuke” a listen below. Last month, Uzi dropped two new albums, his long-awaited LP Eternal Atake, followed by LUV vs. The World 2, an addendum to the former that features Future, Young
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Rosalía, like most of us, is finding new ways to stay entertained at home. So, on her Instagram Stories yesterday (April 23), she sang a bunch of her favorite songs, as Billboard notes. Among the tracks Rosalía covered were Frank Ocean’s “Dear April,” Billie Eilish’s “when the party’s over,” Beyoncé’s “Halo,” Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” Dua
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