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After walking offstage in 1970 to protest segregated seating, Nina Simone fled to Barbados, then Liberia, before settling in Paris. There she played tiny Left Bank clubs for cash while teaching voice at the American School. To avoid French taxes, she carried her fee in a cigarette tin and slept
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Concertful’s rolling chart shows Coldplay with 30 arena shows booked through September, edging Metallica for the most in-demand tour of 2025. Broker SeatGeek notes average resale prices at $420, double 2024’s Music of the Spheres average. Promoters credit eco-friendly “kinetic floors,” allowing fans’ footsteps to power portions of
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Pitchfork’s updated release calendar lists 18 full-lengths dropping 14-16 May. Rapper Aminé’s 13 Months of Sunshine features Ethiopian jazz samples cleared by Mulatu Astatke himself, while Chuckyy’s cyber-punk opus I Live, I Die, I Live Again ships with a companion mobile game. Vinyl brokers warn pressing plants
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Entertainment Weekly’s spring guide pegs Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball II as the year’s hottest ticket, outselling even Beyoncé’s Renaissance residencies. Oasis’ long-rumoured reunion is locked for three U.K. stadiums in August; Live Nation hints at a U.S. leg “if the brothers stay friendly.” Japanese
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The Recording Academy released its annual rulebook and quietly relocated Best Remixed Recording from the Production Field to the Pop & Dance/Electronic Field while renaming Best Pop Dance Recording to Best Dance Pop Recording. Insiders say the tweak reflects surging chart overlap between EDM and Top 40 acts like
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BTS vocalist Jin unveiled a 32-second teaser for “Don’t Say You Love Me,” the lead single from his sophomore solo set ECHO, due 16 May 2025. Shot inside Seoul’s National Museum, the clip shows Jin and actress Han Hyo-joo drifting past Greek statuary before meeting at a shattered
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Set to record “Someone Like You,” Adele couldn’t find the emotional pitch, so producer Dan Wilson suggested a break. She received a text from her ex announcing his engagement; she returned to the piano still crying. The first 30 seconds of that take survived every vocal comp, complete with
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Queen booked Rockfield Studios for three weeks in 1975; “Bohemian Rhapsody” alone took 17 days. Freddie Mercury stacked his own voice with Brian May’s and Roger Taylor’s until the 24-track tape looked like a black corduroy of sound. The “Galileo” section required so many bounces that the oxide
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Nirvana entered Sound City with just $606 of Sub Pop advance money and a rented Boss DS-1 pedal. Producer Butch Vig insisted Dave Grohl track drums first, so the band played the riff at half-speed to keep cymbal bleed minimal. Kurt Cobain double-tracked vocals reluctantly—convinced it was “cheating”—and
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Berlin’s Hansa Studio sat 150 metres from the Wall; guards could be heard cocking rifles during night sessions in 1977. Producer Tony Visconti wanted Bowie’s vocal on “Heroes” to swell with desperation, so he rigged three microphones across the ballroom: one right in front, one 15 feet back,
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When Fleetwood Mac entered Sausalito’s Record Plant in February 1976, the band had just survived four simultaneous break-ups. Engineers taped handwritten “no visitors” signs to keep the toxic mood inside; Stevie Nicks later joked that the studio’s only neutral space was the vocal booth. Producer Ken Caillat decided
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Potter & Potter’s ‘Houdiniana’ sale on 26 April 2025 will disperse 200 artifacts from Harry Houdini’s career, from handcuffs cracked open during a 1904 stunt to a signed poster taunting Scotland Yard. Star lot is his personalised milk‑can escape prop, expected to fetch US $400 000. Archivists