CMA Fest has already announced its dates for 2020 — June 4th through 7th, if you’re curious — but country-music fans can relive this past June’s massive festival in Nashville with ABC’s three-hour concert special, hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini. Premiering, Sunday, August 4th, at 8:00 p.m. ET, …
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Donald Glover‘s musical alter ego Childish Gambino channeled Garth Brooks‘ own musical alter ego Chris Gaines for a cover of the 1999 song “Lost in You.” He performed the song for Australian public radio station Triple J’s “Like a Version” series. For his take on “Lost in You,” Glover layered …
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A few songs into Iron Maiden‘s set at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday night, frontman Bruce Dickinson waged an onstage swordfight with a nine-foot-tall undead creature dressed as a British soldier. As the singer and the monster — a walking incarnation of the band’s trusty mascot, Eddie — dueled, the …
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After a solid 12 days of protesting Puerto Rico’s soon-to-be-ex-Governor Ricardo Rosselló, Residente and Bad Bunny, comrades in Boricua struggle, return to what made them friends in the first place: their music. The two released a jaunty reggaeton single Friday morning titled “Bellacoso,” along with a video directed by Paris-based …
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Ed Sheeran‘s new album, No. 6 Collaborations Project debuted atop the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart for the week of July 12th through July 18th. The album, which features an all-star list of collaborators like Justin Bieber, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Eminem and Bruno Mars, combined for 140,500 …
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Devin Dawson is enjoying his first Number One as a songwriter this week, as Blake Shelton‘s recording of “God’s Country” currently sits atop the country airplay charts. In celebration, Dawson —who wrote the song with Michael Hardy and Jordan Schmidt —has released his own acoustic performance of the song. “God’s …
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