Santigold will embark on a short North American tour this spring to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her self-titled debut album. The “10 Years Golder Tour” starts April 30th at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado. The 10-date trek will also include stops in cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, …
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President Donald Trump is apparently quite jealous of former President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, which the former won in 2009 for“extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people.” So, in the fall, the United States government, at Trump’s request, asked Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to nominate …
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Bernie Sanders, a likely 2020 contender, has unveiled a plan to tax the estates of multi-millionaires and billionaires at a rate as high as 77 percent. And despite decades of GOP efforts to scare the public about the so-called “death tax,” Sanders’ proposal is a hit with voters. Half of …
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The Michael Jackson Estate has called off a Chicago run of its jukebox musical, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, ahead of the release of the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland. The production was set to open around Halloween; it will now open on Broadway in New York in the summer …
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Shania Twain was a surprise guest — both to the audience and likely to herself —during the Backstreet Boys‘ Las Vegas performance on Saturday night. The enduring early-Aughts boy band enlisted the country music star to participate as they sang their 2000 hit “Shape of My Heart.” Seated near the …
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Mavis Staples will turn 80 years old on July 10th and has lined up a trio of shows to commemorate the milestone. “Mavis & Friends: Celebrating 80 Years of Mavis Staples” will feature the soul and gospel legend joined by a selection of to-be-announced musical guests each night. Presented by …
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On Valentine’s Day 2018, a 19-year-old ex-student took an Uber to his old high school; he walked across the campus and into a three-story building, where he killed 17 people and injured 17 more. It was the sixth of 24 shootings in U.S. schools last year, but the incident at …
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A power ballad by Southern rockers Bishop Gunn, a politically-charged rough-houser from the Felice Brothers and an intense performance by Emily Scott Robinson are among the must-hear country and Americana songs this week. Julian Lage, “Crying” It’s a bold move, covering a Roy Orbison song without singing an actual note. …
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When Lady Antebellum landed their Las Vegas residency gig a few months ago, they turned to current Vegas headliner Kix Brooks for advice. “He said to bring a lot of humidifiers,” the trio’s Charley Kelley said on Saturday before the group took the stage on the second night of their …
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By a vote of 5-to-4, the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a law that would have shut down two of the three abortion-providing clinics left in the state of Louisiana. The law, which was set to take effect Friday, would have required abortion providers acquire admitting privileges at local hospitals. …
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