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1962: Nicholas James Bates, aka Nick Rhodes, keyboardist and founder of Duran Duran, is born in Birmingham, UK. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Bruce Springsteen was joined by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others at a star-studded New Jersey event – see footage below. The two-day concert series was thrown for the opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey this week (June 4 and 5). The institution officially opens on June 13. The shows celebrated 250 years of American music, with the first night focusing on pioneering artists such as Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams, while the second saw performances of songs by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Dion and Public Enemy. The latter two artists were on hand, as were Darlene Love, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne,…
Staff at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. have started to remove all references to Donald Trump. In December last year, the Trump-appointed board of the arts venue voted to rename the institution to the ‘Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts’, or the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ in short. In May, however, a US district judge ruled that the board had no authority to make that change because the centre’s name is fixed by federal statute and can only be amended by Congress. He ordered all references to Trump’s name to be removed from the building and the official name to be restored to…
Note: This article contains references to sexual assault that readers may find disturbing.Duffy, the Welsh singer behind the 2008 smash “Mercy,” will make a surprise return to the stage next month for the first time in nearly 15 years. She revealed on Friday (June 5) via Instagram Stories that she’ll play a “secret intimate gig” in London on July 5—a venue has yet to be announced.The show is the latest step in Duffy’s return to the public eye after stepping away for over a decade in the wake of a traumatic attack. In a pair of statements published in 2020,…
Jessie J has announced she is cancer-free, saying she “exhaled for the first time in a year” after receiving the news. The singer revealed in June last year that she had been diagnosed with early breast cancer and she successfully underwent surgery shortly afterwards. Three months later, however, she cancelled a tour as she was scheduled for a further surgical procedure. Last month, she posted a video on Instagram that showed her going for her annual health checkup after a breast MRI, and she captioned the post with the jubilant news: “RESULTS ARE IN AND I AM CANCER FREE!!” “I sobbed for hours and then exhaled for the first…
Two days after stunning his hardcore fans by playing the extreme deep cut “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby” on the opening night of his summer tour, a song he hasn’t touched since recording it 59 years ago, Bob Dylan again revisited the Basement Tapes on the second evening of his tour in Woodinville, Washington, by opening up the show with “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.” This wasn’t quite as surprising as “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby,” since “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” is a famous song covered by everyone from the Byrds to Tom Petty and the Heartbreaks, but it’s…
Underscores has hit out at Houston venue Meow Wolf hours before a gig there, describing them as “misogynistic”. The hyperpop musician and former NME Cover star, real name April Harper Grey, is currently on the road in the US in support of her third studio album ‘U’, which was released in March. On Saturday night, the tour arrived in Houston for a show at Meow Wolf, but before the show, she took to her Instagram Stories to explain to fans that she would not be able to bring her normal level of production to the venue for reasons that she said we beyond her control. “Full disclosure,” she…
Morgan Wallen's concert in Pittsburgh Saturday was canceled due to “adverse weather” that, by the concert's scheduled start time, never arrived in the area. The country singer performed Friday night at Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium, but on Saturday afternoon, Wallen announced via social media that the following night's concert was called off. “After talking with local officials and my team, there is no choice but to cancel tonight's show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night,” Wallen wrote. “Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority. However, by Saturday night, the…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. They say the lights are always bright on Broadway, and tonight they're about to shine even brighter. The 79th Annual Tony Awards take place live from New York City's iconic Radio City Music Hall, “celebrating excellence in the theater,” per the official description. Broadcast live on CBS, the ceremony gives theater fans a front-row seat to Broadway's biggest night. If you've cut the cable cord, though, don't worry, there are still several ways to stream the 2026 Tony…
Pixies have announced reissues for their albums ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’, with unreleased new tracks. The Boston indie legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and have already announced a reissue for their ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97′ compilation album, which will be out on June 26 and can be pre-ordered here. The band are currently on a UK and European tour this summer, details of which you can find below, and now they have confirmed that their third and fourth albums will be getting the full reissue treatment too. 1990’s ’Bossanova’ and 1991’s ‘Trompe Le Monde’ have been remastered by Kevin Vanbergen, who has been working through the band’s…
