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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