Month: February 2022

Continuing to control her own narrative, Britney Spears has inked a massive book deal with Simon and Schuster for $15 million. The major announcement comes just a few months after her sister, Jamie-Lynn, published a tell-all that wasn’t kind to the pop queen. When that memoir, Things I Should Have Said, came out, Britney’s team
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UPDATE (Feb. 22): According to court documents obtained by XXL today, filed on Friday (Feb. 18), Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Pete, has filed a new lawsuit against 1501 Certified Entertainment, petitioning against the label’s attempt at declaring that her 2021 release, Something for Thee Hotties, shouldn’t be considered an “album.” The filing says in part, “More
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Mark Lanegan, the co-founding singer of seminal grunge band Screaming Trees, has died at age 57. The news was confirmed in a press statement and the musician’s social media. No cause of death has been announced. “Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland,” the statement reads. “A
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On February 25th the Minneapolis alternative rock band Airship Caravan will release the first of a series of songs based on lyrics by Howard Bloom, the man Britain’s  Channel 4 TV calls the Einstein, Newton, Darwin and Freud of the 21st Century. Airship Caravan’s first Bloomian composition is based on Bloom’s “Attraction and Repulsion,” a
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As The Simonetta Lein Show continues its 4th season into the New Year of 2022, the show welcomes the living legend who famously noted the day that music died, Mr. Don McLean!  A New York native, Don is one of the most revered and respected songwriters in American history. He is a Grammy honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Famer, a
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Grammy Nominated American record producer and independent music label executive Baby Paul has joined the Fanmire Platform as a celebrity influencer. Born in Harlem raised in Brooklyn and Queens, Paul got his start as an intern at Power Play Studios in Long Island City, NY during recording sessions for Eric B. & Rakim, Kool G.
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Who did Clayton have the strongest connection with? On The Bachelor Season 26 Episode 7, tensions mounted when Sarah had to consider who tried to take her down. With bitter confrontations, Clayton was shocked that another cocktail party was close to being ruined. Meanwhile, the action shifted to Vienna, Austria, where the stakes were higher
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Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection. It’s exact science by way of a few beers. This time, we’re ushering in Foo Fighters Week with a definitive ranking of the rockers’ discography. “Reliable” is perhaps the most apt term to describe Foo Fighters’ legacy in
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Make a wish. With his album Back For Everything arriving this Friday (Feb. 25), Kodak Black, who’s off from recovery of a recent shooting, shares a few wishes in his new music video. While turning up with his entourage at a remote area and flying private with a few others, the rapper details his desires
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Glastonbury organisers have announced the dates of two ticket resales for their 2022 festival. This year’s festival, which will be held from June 22-26, has already sold out after deposits that were initially paid for Glastonbury 2020 were rolled over for a second year following the cancellation of the 2021 festival. READ MORE: 20 festivals to
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