Justin Bieber has postponed his 2020 Changes Tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 45-date stadium and arena trek would have been Bieber’s first live tour in nearly three years and was scheduled to kick off May 14th at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. “In light of the current public health crisis, …
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Earlier this month, I wrote that music-rights companies — not least Warner Music Group — could end up as attractive prospects for stock-market investors, as they would be largely insulated from the economic effects of coronavirus. (Warnerannounced its intention to IPOin February, but is nowpostponing that event.) Last week, the …
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Sam Smith was originally scheduled to release their third album, To Die For, on June 5th. But on Monday, the singer announced that in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they will be renaming the album and pushing back the release date. “I have done a lot of thinking the …
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Weezer have shared a new online game fittingly tied to their song “The End of the Game,” a track off of the band’s upcoming LP, Van Weezer, out May 15th. The 8-bit game was designed by Jason Oda and, per a statement, is an “ode to the boss levels that …
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Rihanna has donated an undisclosed supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the state of New York in order to assist in containing the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the pop star a shoutout on Twitter as part of a larger thread, thanking her …
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Did you know that the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) was once an unsung hero of the French Resistance, smuggling Jewish children across the border into Switzerland with the Nazis in pursuit? This fact-based World War II story is the core of Resistance, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Marcel Mangel …
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When Kelsea Ballerini was designing the merchandise to accompany her third album, Kelsea, she wanted one item in particular: sweatpants. Not crop tops, not koozies, not a special-edition pop socket, but sweatpants. The whole idea just rings differently now, as much of America and the world at large shelter in …
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg said it was “extremely likely” that she contracted the coronavirus after exhibiting symptoms following a trip around central Europe. On Instagram, Thunberg said she is feeling much better and also acknowledged that she was never officially tested for the virus as her home country of Sweden …
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Metallica‘s two upcoming spring festival dates have been canceled and the band has also decided to postpone a South American tour because of the coronavirus pandemic. “As many of you know, in our nearly 40 years of touring, we’ve had a few mishaps along the way: broken bones, trashed appendixes, …
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Members of the thrash-metal band Testament and their crew have tested positive for COVID-19. After feeling unwell, members of the group — which recently returned from the Bay Strikes Back tour of Europe earlier this month — decided to get tested for the coronavirus. “As of yesterday morning, [lead singer] …
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