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Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist for seminal art-punk band Television, dies at 73

Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist for seminal art-punk band Television, dies at 73

Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, which helped put New York club CBGB on the map in the 1970s and continues to influence ambitious rock bands today. (Kerstin Rodgers / Redferns) Tom Verlaine, the singer and guitarist who fronted the singular, ambitious and oblique New York band Television, with whom he made two of rock’s most acclaimed albums, died Saturday in Manhattan. He was 73. Verlaine’s death was confirmed to The Times by his former manager, John Telfer, who stated that it… Source link

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Black Pumas singer Eric Burton delivers error-filled performance of national anthem

Black Pumas singer Eric Burton delivers error-filled performance of national anthem

The first error(s) of the 2022 World Series came before its first pitch, courtesy of Eric Burton. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter of the Black Pumas opened Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” containing multiple lyrical errors and pitch issues. Burton was in trouble just a couple notes into the performance at the Houston Astros‘ Minute Maid Park, but the misadventures didn’t really start until he reached second stanza. To get a sense of… Source link

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Tom Brady raises more questions with response to ‘Masked Singer’ rumor

Tom Brady raises more questions with response to ‘Masked Singer’ rumor

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE to see today’s piping-hot, fresh-outta-the-oven episode of THE RUSH with Jared Quay! We’ll let you know everything you didn’t know you needed to know about sports. Other stuff too. But mostly sports. It’s Tuesday, August 23, 2022, and here’s what Jared is cookin’ up: Tom Brady returned to Buccaneers training camp after an 11-day hiatus The quarterback refuted the rumor that he took leave to record the TV show “The Masked Singer,” but The Rush has its… Source link

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‘Gangnam Style’ singer Psy criticized for requiring 300 tons of water for each of his upcoming summer concerts amid South Korea’s drought

‘Gangnam Style’ singer Psy criticized for requiring 300 tons of water for each of his upcoming summer concerts amid South Korea’s drought

At Psy’s summer shows, audiences sing and dance while getting sprayed with water.Getty Images Psy’s famously water-drenched concerts are set to return, with each show needing 300 tons of water. The pop star has been criticized for his shows’ water requirements amid South Korea’s drought. According to reports, South Korea is facing a shortage of water for agricultural and industrial use. K-pop superstar Psy has been criticized for requiring 300 tons of water at each of his upcoming summer… Source link

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Singer Ellie Goulding’s London home on sale for £5.95m

France 24 ‘Islam is being hyper-politicised in France, but Muslims are not in the debate’ The resurgence in attacks by radical Islamists on French soil has rekindled fierce debates on Islam, secularism and discrimination in France, home to Europe’s largest Muslim population. But Muslim voices are largely kept out of the conversation. On October 2, the day President Emmanuel Macron unveiled his plan to fight “Islamist separatism” in France, the mayor of the Paris suburb of Trappes,… Source link

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