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After Andy Fletcher's death, Depeche Mode makes emotional live return to L.A., the city that's 'been there for us from day one'
As the pioneering British synthpop band played its biggest U.S. market for the first time following a devastating loss, the emotional evening felt like both a triumphant return and a fond farewell.
Blake Shelton faces 'horrifying' decision during 'Voice' Battles: 'I did not want to go out doing something like this, but here I am.'
On Blake Shelton’s final season of 'The Voice,' the OG coach confessed that the Battle Rounds have been his least favorite part of the show.
'Spinning Gold' inspiration George Clinton on how he convinced Casablanca Records' Neil Bogart to buy him a $1 million spaceship: 'I knew that if you spend money, and looked like money, it draws money'
Biopics often take liberties with the truth, but Clinton says 'Spinning Gold' got at least two things right: Wiz Khalifa did a "real good job" portraying him, and he really did spend seven figures on a spaceship in 1974.
'I can't believe what I just heard': 'The Voice' Season 23 Battle Rounds make history with 'game-changing' twist
Even without this season's new "Playoff Pass," this remarkable Team Chance duet would have gone down in 'Voice' history.
Who's that girl? '80s new wave legend's daughter tries out for 'American Idol.'
As the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart showed up to accompany his daughter Kaya, he claimed that going on 'Idol' was "more difficult than being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame."
The many sides, now, of Judy Collins: She Rocks Awards survivor talks abortion, alcoholism, bulimia and releasing 'the most powerful song I've ever written' at age 83
"I could keep doing this until I fall over — which is exactly what I'm going to do. I can't imagine living without it," says the legendary singer-songwriter, activist and lifetime achievement honoree.
EntertainmentYahoo MusicMickey Guyton, Orville Peck and Jimmie Allen on diversity in Nashville: Record execs are 'scared,' but 'country music fans are ready'
An A&R man once feared if he signed Allen he'd be fired, but country music is finally changing. "The writing is on the wall. Representation matters," says the 'My Kind of Country' star.
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Pro wrestler, '90s TV star get the boot on 'Masked Singer' Country Night
With the Axolotl and Fairy riding off into the sunset, Season 9's new reigning champ is the Macaw... and he just might be someone who's competed on a past Fox TV singing show.
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Maren Morris introduced son, 3, to drag queens weeks after Tennessee's new bill: 'Arrest me'
The country star performed at a Nashville benefit concert supporting trans and drag rights after state's controversial new statutes.
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Blake Shelton gets 'emotional' as he hits 'Voice' button for last time ever: 'When I said that out loud, it became real'
On his 600th button-whack, Blake recruited his final team member, Grace West, who'll go down in history as the answer to a 'Voice' trivia question.
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Blake Shelton gives 'The Voice' his 'huge middle finger'
The retiring "King of 'The Voice'" still has a way of wrapping contestants around his finger, so to speak, but rookie coach Niall Horan thinks it's time for him to "pass the baton."
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'No. Go put it back': Awkward, heartbreaking 'Idol' moment as toddler hands rejected mom Golden Ticket
“It’s not fair, but that’s what life is,” said Lionel Richie, as struggling single mom Fire Wilmore, who'd hoped that 'American Idol' would turn her family's life around, stood humiliated in front of her child.
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How this rock star once won Sassy magazine's 'Biggest Cure Fan' contest — with an entry signed in blood
"Sassy was a magazine that spoke to me because Seventeen did not," says Eagles of Death Metal's Jennie Vee, who was 'determined' to impress the groundbreaking teen mag's editors at any cost.
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Dave Letterman on the sweet song Bono and the Edge wrote for him: 'Makes the first 35 years of being in television well worth the effort'
"U2 started with utter earnestness, and discovered irony along the way. And Dave Letterman started as an utterly ironic person, and discovered sincerity along the way," director Morgan Neville says of the two journeys in his unique rockumentary, "A Sort of Homecoming."
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Damar Hamlin makes surprise 'Masked Singer' appearance for little brother: 'I put family first'
This 'Sesame Street'-themed episode was brought to you by the letter A, for A-DORABLE, when the football hero who "brought the whole world together" showed up with his kid brother, a huge 'Sesame' fan.
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Kelly Clarkson pulls a Maury Povich, gives 'master of lying' Blake Shelton a polygraph test on 'The Voice'
Kelly claimed she was "sick of Blake lying," but later said of her rival, who's leaving the show after this season: "Don’t tell him I said this, but he is 'The Voice.' ... He will be missed by everyone."
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Peter Gabriel on the future of AI: 'We might as well just grab the algorithms and dance with them, rather than fight them'
"When an intelligent species is so smart that it can destroy itself, it very often does," says Gabriel. "I hope we don't fall into that trap, but we can have a wonderful party on the way to jumping over the cliff."
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Deaf singer Ali triumphs with 'Voice' Blind Audition: 'I can feel the music. … That's my superpower.'
If you had lined up all the singers that we've heard so far and then said, 'Pick which one is hearing-impaired,' you would be the probably the last one that I would say," said Blake Shelton. "That vocal was just incredible!"
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Late 'AGT' and 'Voice' veteran Nolan Neal's daughter honors dad with 'Idol' audition: 'It could have been so different. He didn’t mean to die.'
"Doing this has given me a chance to honor my dad and walk a path that my dad didn’t get to walk," said Cay Aliese, whose father died of a drug overdose last year.
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Stevie Nicks performs surprise duet with Billy Joel, pays teary tribute to Christine McVie at first 'Two Icons, One Night' tour date
“I have to imagine she’s still here. It’s all I can do,” Nicks said through tears, after dedicating "Landslide" to her late Fleetwood Mac bandmate.
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Michael Jackson video director recalls smashing MTV's color barrier with 'Billie Jean': "I thought, 'When people see this, the world is going to change'"
"I just felt this absolutely wasn't right," says director Steve Barron. "What do they mean, it 'isn't their audience'? Obviously, I was filled with suspicion about the real motives behind the nonacceptance of the video."
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Latest 'The Masked Singer' reveal is adult-contemporary heartthrob in Wolf's clothing
Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger immediately recognized this two-time Grammy-winner's "velvety" "sexy," and "iconic" howl.
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Japanese-British pop star and 'John Wick 4' actress Rina Sawayama on changing awards show rules with Elton John's support: 'Either I get blacklisted for speaking out, or I get nominated'
Sawayama, who plays Elton's Oscar party this Sunday, recalls a controversy that led not only to a friendship and duet with the rock legend, but to sweeping reform of several awards shows in her country.
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'Wildest Blind Audition ever': Superstar surprises 'Voice' viewers with 'biggest performance of their entire life'
“We have an artist backstage preparing for the biggest performance of their entire life. You’re not gonna want to miss this!” Carson Daly declared Tuesday.
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Toni Basil on coaching Austin Butler for his breakthrough role: "A guy is auditioning for 'Elvis'? Cool. I know exactly what to do."
“There were no instructions. But I didn't need instructions," says Basil, who long before "Mickey" was the choreographer and "girl with the red dress on" for Presley's film 'Viva Las Vegas.'
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New Order's Peter Hook on how the best-selling 12-inch single in music history managed to lose $100,000
"Every time we sold a copy of ‘Blue Monday,’ we were losing 10p," says Hook of the new wave classic that came out 40 years ago. "I suppose it really seals its place in history as a mythical being for that reason."