Pop Music

Irish Pop Singer Sinead O’Connor Dies At Age 56

The Daily Mail reports: Sinead O’Connor has died at the age of 56, it was reported last night. The Irish singer shot to stardom across the world in 1990 by her heartrending cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U.  It comes a year after the mother-of-four’s son Shane, 17, took his own life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while …

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Aldean Rages About Cancel Culture To Ecstatic Crowd

County music star Jason Aldean raged against cancel culture last night at a concert in Cincinnati, much to the delight of his fans. ALDEAN: Well, I got to tell you guys, man, it’s been a long-ass week. It’s been a long week. And I’ve seen a lot of stuff. I’ve seen a lot of stuff suggesting I’m this, suggesting I’m …

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Pop Music Legend Tony Bennett Dies At Age 96

The New York Times reports: Tony Bennett, a singer whose melodic clarity, jazz-influenced phrasing, audience-embracing persona and warm, deceptively simple interpretations of musical standards helped spread the American songbook around the world and won him generations of fans, died on Friday in New York City. He was 96. In February 2021, his wife, Susan Bennett, told AARP Magazine that Mr. …

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Fox Host: Shooting Intruders Is “The American Dream”

“I looked at some of the lyrics, because in country music you can actually understand them. He’s taking it from the news. This is happening. This is so outrageous. There’s lawlessness everywhere. He’s trying to say, ‘In a small town — we’ve given up supporting the cops — we elect our own sheriffs, we take care of our own, and …

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Aldean’s Video Uses Old Protests From Other Countries

PolitFact reports: PolitiFact dissected the video and found that although many of the clips we were able to verify do come from news footage of real events, many of the scenes depicting crowd violence are from outside the U.S., including Ukraine, Germany and Canada, with one dating as far back as 2010. Protesters run down fiery street (1:35): We found …

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Aunt Lydia: “Woke CMT Caved To The Liberal Mob”

Little Rock’s ABC affiliate reports: Country Music Television removed Jason Aldean’s latest music video “Try That in a Small Town” from its service Monday. Though the song was released in May, it has come under fire this week over accusations the song is pro-lynching. The controversy over Aldean’s song caught the attention of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday. …

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Watters Compares Country Star To Kyle Rittenhouse

“We were able to make whatever movie we wanted, paint any picture we want, write any song we want, write any book we want. And that’s what makes America great, right? Apparently not. “Paramount can produce movies promoting violence but country music stars can’t write songs against it? The underlying threat here is that this is a small, well-funded mob …

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CMT Pulls Country Star’s Inflammatory Music Video

Billboard Magazine reports: CMT has pulled Jason Aldean’s incendiary video for his new single, “Try That In a Small Town.” The video, which has received more than 1 million views on YouTube since its release, features Aldean performing in front of courthouse with an American flag hanging from the entrance. The performance is interspersed with footage of a flag burning, …

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Judge: Lady Gaga Doesn’t Have To Pay $500K Reward To Woman Convicted In 2021 Theft Of Her Three Dogs

TMZ reports: Lady Gaga just won a legal case over her huge dog reward offer that a woman was trying to claim — ’cause a judge just told her … ya can’t have your stolen cake and eat it too. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, a judge tossed Jennifer McBride’s lawsuit against the singer … in which she …

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Grammy Awards Rules AI-Created Music Ineligible

The Associated Press reports: The Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry. Of those newly instituted guidelines, protocols involving technological advancements in machine learning sparked headlines: “Only human creators” could win the music industry’s highest honor in a decision aimed at the use of artificial intelligence in popular music. …

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Madonna Released From Hospital After Days In ICU

Page Six reports: Madonna has been released from the hospital following a health scare that landed her in the ICU, Page Six can confirm. The BBC reported Thursday that the music superstar, 64, is “home and feeling better” after her discharge. Meanwhile, a source told CNN Thursday that Madonna had been transported to her New York City residence via a …

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Madonna Hospitalized For “Serious Bacterial Infection”

People Magazine reports: Madonna has been hospitalized due to a “serious” infection. On Wednesday, talent manager and producer Guy Oseary announced on Instagram that the “Material Girl” singer, 64, was in the ICU due to the health scare and is now recovering. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in …

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Hail Storm Injures Dozens At Colorado Concert [VIDEO]

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: A powerful hail storm crashed down on concertgoers at a Louis Tomlinson show in Colorado on Wednesday night, injuring nearly 100 people including at least seven who were taken to local hospitals. Fans of the English singer and songwriter were forced to run for cover as the massive hail pellets rained down on the Red Rocks …

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Greta Van Fleet Frontman Josh Kiszka Comes Out

Greta Van Fleet frontman Josh Kizska writes on Instagram: Where I’ve settled a home in Tennessee, legislators are proposing bills that threaten the freedom of love. It’s imperative that I speak my truth for not only myself, but in hopes to change hearts, minds, and laws in Tennessee and beyond. These issues are especially close to my heart as I’ve …

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Beyoncé Blamed For Sweden’s Surprise Inflation Rise

The BBC reports: Thought the war in Ukraine or supply chain snarls were to blame for rising prices? You must not know ’bout Beyoncé. The start of the singer’s world tour in Sweden last month sparked such a frenzy of demand for hotels and restaurant meals that it has shown up in the country’s economic statistics. Sweden reported higher-than-expected inflation …

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Taylor Swift Delivers Emotional Pride Month Message

“I’m looking out tonight, I’m seeing so many incredible individuals who are living authentically and beautifully, and this is a safe space for you. “This is a celebratory space for you. One of the things that makes me feel so prideful is getting to be with you and watching you interact with each other, being so loving and so thoughtful …

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REPORT: Queen In Talks To Sell Catalog For Record $1B

American Songwriter reports: As Queen marks the 50th anniversary of their eponymous debut, the band is reportedly in talks to sell their catalog of music for an estimated $1.1 billion. The band is reportedly in the early stages, which could include everything from their 1973 self-titled debut through their 1995 album, Made in Heaven— Queen’s 15th and final album following …

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Sweden Wins 2023 Eurovision Song Contest [VIDEO]

The BBC reports: Sweden’s Loreen was always the one to beat, and her team knew it too. She had something none of the other contestants competing on Saturday’s Eurovision grand final had – the experience of winning it before. The 39-year-old from Stockholm took the title with her banger Euphoria in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2012. Now, with Tattoo, and 583 …

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2023 Rock Hall Of Fame Inductees: Willie Nelson, Missy Elliot, George Michael, The Spinners, Kate Bush, Others

Variety reports: Willie Nelson just got an only slightly late 90th birthday present: an impending induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The country music legend was one of seven music figures announced Wednesday morning as having been voted into the hall, along with Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, George Michael and the …

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Canadian Singer Gordon Lightfoot Dies At Age 84

Billboard Magazine reports: Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer/songwriter behind the folk hits “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind,” died at age 84 on Monday (May 1), his family has announced. Lightfoot’s six-decade career began in the early 1960s on the Toronto folk circuit and went worldwide in the 1970s thanks to a …

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