The band landed in trouble over anti-Israel statements, and a member faces a terrorism charge. But at Britain’s biggest music festival, tens of thousands cheered it.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Oasis Ends a 15-Year Pause With a Familiar Goal: Conquering America
The British band is huge at home, where it’ll play its first reunion show on Friday. Despite success in the U.S., the Gallaghers remain unconvinced they’ve made it there.
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Jonathan Mayers, a Founder of the Bonnaroo Music Festival, Dies at 51
He helped bring crowds of music fans to a remote Tennessee cow farm with Bonnaroo, and to San Francisco with the Outside Lands festival.
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An Unearthed Joni Mitchell Jazz Demo, and 11 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Sarah McLachlan, Camilo, Us3 and others.
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Benson Boone, a Showy Male Pop Star for This American Moment
Pop in the 21st century has largely been a woman’s game, but Boone has flipped his way into the upper echelon by satisfying at least four different internet niches.
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Cannonball With Wesley Morris: My Love Affair With Bruno Mars
It’s complicated.
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Wet Leg Became Indie Superheroes Overnight. Now They’re Acting Like It.
The British act blew up with witty, sharp-edged songs. Now Rhian Teasdale is its mouthpiece, Hester Chambers retreated from the spotlight and the duo is “definitely a band.”
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The Edge, U2’s Guitarist, Becomes Irish Citizen After 62 Years There
The musician born David Evans was one of more than 7,500 people who became citizens in a series of ceremonies in southwest Ireland this week.
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Global Arts Festival Taking Shape Inside Gowanus Power Station
The first Powerhouse: International will feature works from South Africa’s William Kentridge, Brazil’s Carolina Bianchi — and 10,000, $30 tickets.
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Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81
A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”
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Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81
A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”
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Marcia Resnick, Whose Camera Captured New York’s ‘Bad Boys’, Dies at 74
A conceptual artist, she used photography to make surrealistic images and then went on to document Manhattan’s downtown scene and its mostly male provocateurs.