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McCartney Pulls From Spotify

Updated: Paul McCartney Is Now Pulling His Albums from ‘All Streaming Services…’

Nobody gives a shit about his standards album anyway.
Despite the reproduction of press releases in mainstream media, despite the reviews of said album in same, no one really cares. That’s the dirty little secret of being a classic rocker, you’re done, you’re toast, only [...]

Atlantic Studios

They were DANCING!
Last Thursday night I went to the Hotel Cafe to see Ed Sheeran. He was really quite special, he knew how to work the audience, he had them singing along, literally, helping him out with harmonies both on stage and off. Normally the acts there are nervous and unformed, beginning their careers. But [...]

Madonna At The Super Bowl

It was curiously flat.
I don’t detest the new single and the "Like A Prayer" finale worked but a rock star never wants to risk being upstaged.
And the game walked all over the Material Girl.
I get it, it’s all about awareness, it’s all about selling tickets. And from what I understand, if you’re a fan, you [...]

Tone Deaf Madonna

"People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it."
Madonna on Lady Gaga, ‘W.E.,’ Her New Album

It’s not the eighties anymore.
But don’t tell that to an ultra-rich woman living in a London inhabited by wealthy oil sheiks [...]