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With the superstar trio of Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood co-hosting next week’s CMA Awards telecast, the night’s festivities are already set to make history. The newly announced opening performance of the show adds another historic element with the co-hosts teaming with two generations of women in country …

The Grateful Dead‘s craziest video — a 1987 clip for In the Dark track “Hell in a Bucket” — begins in a smoky bar. Bikers greet each other, embracing and clinging to their cold beers while flaunting their bicep tattoos. A woman shoves a dude playing an F-14 Tomcat pinball …

Rufus Wainwright dons a drag persona inspired by Anna Wintour in the new music video for “Trouble in Paradise,” out Tuesday. The stark visual shows Wainwright in various stages of transformation into the character, culminating in an ominous shot of what appear to be the recent fires in Los Angeles. …

Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda confronts an unknown terror in his new song, “Fine,” which will be featured in the upcoming Russian sci-fi thriller, The Blackout. The film’s U.S. premiere will take place November 9th at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California. “Fine” boasts a heavy drum stomp and …

Kelly Clarkson celebrated Halloween on her daytime show by going full Hocus Pocus, emulating Bette Midler’s look in the beloved 1993 witch movie and delivering a riveting rendition of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ classic “I Put a Spell on You.” Every episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show finds the former American …

When Debbie Harry first told Rolling Stone about her memoir, Face It, earlier this year, she promised it would contain “an overview of the way [Blondie] carried on through all that time, from my sort of warped little perspective.” But when it came out, it turned out to be even …

Onstage in recent years, Michael Bolton routinely introduces a number he’s about to sing by first announcing its composer, Bob Dylan. The reaction is usually muted: “Bob Dylan should elicit this enormous response,” he says. “But I don’t get that.” Then the piano-based melody starts up, Bolton works his way …

Cody Jinks, the independent country singer who has built a rabid fan base with his straightforward lyricism and classic-country sound, canceled his concert slated for Saturday night in Nacogdoches, Texas, because of an unspecified “threat of violence.” The Texas native announced the cancellation via a series of tweets two hours …

Jimmy Kimmel Live! may have gotten most of the late-night attention Thursday night, with a surprise “sermon” by none other than Kanye West. But while Kimmel’s competitor Jimmy Fallon did appearonJimmy Kimmel Live! to do a joint comedy bit, Fallon had his own roster of talent on The Tonight Show. …

The 53rd annual CMA Awards will feature performances from some of country’s biggest stars, the usual crossover collaborations, and at least one bona fide icon. The initial lineup for the show, which airs live on November 13th, includes Dolly Parton, Eric Church, and Miranda Lambert. Country Music Hall of Fame …