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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2023 Tour Dates With the Strokes, St. Vincent, Iggy Pop, and More

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are touring again in 2023 and just like they did with their stadium tour this year, they’ve enlisted some heavy-hitters to provide support. The Strokes and Thundercat are joining the Chili Peppers again for a second year, and they will be sharing duties […]

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Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2022 Lineup feat. Japanese Breakfast, The Roots, Mitski, Toro y Moi

One of our fave fests in the world, Pitchfork Music Festival has announced its 2022 lineup and it’s a real beauty. For the headliners we have names like Japanese Breakfast, Mitski, The National, Lucy Dacus, The Roots, Toro y Moi, Earl Sweatshirt, Parquet Courts, and Spiritualized. Taking place

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Video: Janet Jackson Performs “Runaway” on Classroom Instruments with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots

I’ve always liked the classroom instruments shtick, and the latest iteration of it is another fun one. Janet Jackson appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon to play her 1995 track “Runaway” with a little help from Fallon and house band The Roots. See it all go down

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Lollapalooza Paris 2017 Lineup Revealed, feat. Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey

Lollapalooza has expanded the famed French city of Paris for 2017, and today they’ve unveiled their first lineup. The inaugural edition of #LollaParis will take place July 22nd and 23rd at the Hippodrome de Longchamp, with headliner slots going to Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, and Lana Del

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Stream The ‘Hamilton Mixtape’ feat. Chance The Rapper, Nas, The Roots, Regina Spektor + More

Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Questlove of The Roots have released The Hamilton Mixtape, which brings together various artists to rework songs from the award-winning musical. Some of the artists that contributed to the mixtape are Chance The Rapper, Nas, Alicia Keys, Common, The Roots, Regina Spektor, Busta Rhymes,

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Listen to Ashanti and Ja Rule’s “Helpless” off ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’

Ashanti and Ja Rule’s contribution to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s The Hamilton Mixtape has dropped today. The latest release off the forthcoming project brings together the Murder Inc. Records labelmates and long-time collaborators for “Helpless.” The last release of songs from the project included Usher performing “Wait For It,” and

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Two More ‘Hamilton Mixtape’ Songs Have feat. Usher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nas

The Hamilton Mixtape continues to take shape ahead of its December 2nd release, and today sees the release of a couple more songs. The latest release includes Usher’s interpretation of “Wait For It,” plus Hamilton‘s mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda connecting with Nas, Aloe Blacc, and Dave East for “Wrote

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