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The Chicks Announce 2022 North American Tour
The Chicks have announced a North American tour that’s set to start in June. Patty Griffin will support most dates, with Jenny Lewis taking a handful of opening slots in July. See the full itinerary below. The tour is the group’s first since they released Gaslighter, their eighth album, in July 2020. Gaslighter arrived nearly 15 years after 2006’s Taking the Long Way, along with a name change for the group. The Chicks are also set to appear at Bonnaroo alongside J. Cole, Tool, Stevie Nicks, and more in June. Revisit Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of the Chicks’ 2002 album Home. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Chicks 2022 North American Tour The Chicks:...
Kanye West Posts Studio Photos With Beach House
Over the weekend, on Instagram, Kanye West posted several photos of himself in the studio with Beach House. (West also shared several Polaroid photos that he’s since deleted.) The rapper captioned all three photographs, “🌊🖤,” and tagged the band in one of them. Reacting to one of the photos on Twitter, Anthony Fantano wrote, “Kanye and fuckin Beach House?!?” John Cunningham, an apparent Donda 2 producer, tweeted, “Can confirm 📸.” When reached by Pitchfork, a representative for Beach House’s label Sub Pop could not provide additional information. Last week, West debuted his new album Donda 2 at Miami’s LoanDepot Park. He then released the album via his Stem Player. Beach House shared Once Twice Melody earlier this month. Read the feature “Beach House Are Still Surpri...
10 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend. This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Charlotte Adigéry, Sudan Archives, Wednesday, Grace Ives, Fennec, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affi...
Selena Gomez Stumbles on Red Carpet, Ditches Heels to Present at 2022 SAG Awards
Selena Gomez is the loose, quirky presence on her Hulu detective comedy Only Murders in the Building. So it makes perfect sense that she’d bring a bit of Mabel Mora on Sunday night (Feb. 27) when she presented an award alongside her cast mate Martin Short at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The 29-year-old star took the stage barefoot to hand out the outstanding female actress in a supporting role trophy to West Side Story‘s Ariana DeBose. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The shoeless shuffle came after Gomez had a bit of a slip-up earlier in the evening on the red carpet when she strutted out to pose and one of her Christian Louboutin pumps gave way and she fell into a handler’s arms before getting pulled back up to her feet. Seemingly not wanting a repeat, Gomez ditched the...
Viral TikTok Babysitter Delivers an ‘Amazing’ Sia Cover on ‘American Idol’: Watch
So, you’ve discovered your babysitter is an amazing singer. Pros? Going viral on TikTok. Cons? Your babysitter gets scooped up by American Idol, meaning you have to find someone else to watch the kids Friday nights. That’s what happened to Nicki Unplugged, a TikTok “momfluencer” who took a sneaky video of Delaney Renee belting out The Little Mermaid‘s “Part of Your World” while looking after her daughter. So many viewers loved the 18-year-0ld’s voice that the video has since raked in over 16 million views, catapulting her to an impressive appearance on Idol’s Sunday (Feb. 27) season 20 premiere, with Nicki cheering her on from the wings. Explore Explore Sia See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Renee sang a soft but mighty version of Sia‘s “Opportunity” for ...
‘American Idol’ Hopeful Wows Judges With ‘Powerful’ Original Song About Ahmaud Arbery & Breonna Taylor: Watch
American Idol‘s 20th season kicked off on Sunday (Feb. 27), and saw a bevy of singers auditioning for a chance to compete on the show. Though most hopefuls sing songs by popular artists for judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, Taylor Fagins used his time in front of the panel to sing a powerful piano ballad titled “We Need More” that he wrote about the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Ahmaud Arbery, you went for a run because you probably felt free/ Ahmaud Arbery, your run had an end that nobody could see/ Little Black boys don’t run outside or play with water guns at night/ They run away from red and white blue lies/ And little Black boys don’t go to stores or use their pockets anymore/...
Brooks & Dunn Are Rebooting For Their First Arena Tour in Over a Decade
Brooks & Dunn will return to arenas for the first time in over a decade with their Live Nation-produced Reboot 2022 Tour, which will launch in Evansville, Ind., on May 5. The trek builds on the duo’s 2021 amphitheater tour, and will wrap June 25 in Detroit. The trek will include a stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 18, as well as stops in San Antonio; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Savannah, Ga.; and more. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Openers for the tour will include King Calaway, Dillon Carmichael, Tenille Townes, Morgan Wade, Tyler Braden, Gabby Barrett, Jordan Davis, Riley Green, Walker Hayes, Jon Pardi and more. Two of these artists will take on the supporting slots at each tour date. “Last year we fired up the buses and ‘let it roll’ again,” shared Kix Brooks in a ...
Harlem Man Arrested For Murder Of Alpo Martinez
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ED JONES / Getty A Harlem man has been arrested and charged for the murder of infamous drug kingpin Alberto “Alpo” Martinez. According to the New York Daily News, Shakeem Parker, 27, was pinched and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the authorities. Parker was already imprisoned on Rikers Island due to a previous gun case but investigators allegedly obtained information that he was the shooter. Despite being in the federal witness protection program, Alpo, 55, was back in Harlem on Halloween night in 2021 when he was gunned down while driving a Dodge Ram on Frederick Douglass Boulevard near 147th St. around 3am. He was reportedly shot six times in his arm and once in his chest and succumbed to his injuries after being t...
The Supreme x Nike SB Dunk High Collection To Release This Week
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Supreme / Supreme When it comes to hypebeasts, anything that Supreme touches turns to reselling gold, so you know whenever a Supreme/Nike collaboration happens, it is on. Source: Supreme / Supreme This week the Supreme x Nike SB Dunk High Spring/Summer collection is set to release, so you know bots will be on high alert and sneakerheads will be fuming when they aren’t able to manually pick up a pair. Releasing in three distinct colorways, the Supreme Dunk Highs will be dropping in “Black/White/Varsity Red,” “Navy/Red/White” and “Varsity Maize/Pine Green/White” color blocks respectively and feature ““By Any Means” stitched onto the side heels. While we’re not totally crazy about the colorways chosen to drop, y’all know these will sellout as fast as Kanye i...
Jamie Foxx Teases “The Next Step” With Kanye West on Instagram Live
Kanye West and Jamie Foxx could be working on something new. The previous collaborators ran into each other just days after the second episode of Ye’s Netflix documentary, jeen-yuhs, premiered on the streaming service. “Yo man, we cooking, we cooking,” Foxx confirmed on Instagram live as he stood next to Ye. “I told you man, back at that time, man, [Kanye] was young and hungry. Now look at us. There’s a reason we ran into each other.” West reaffirmed Foxx’s statements, saying, “God got a plan, definitely,” to which Foxx responded, “Definitely. Can’t wait for y’all to see the next step.” The latest episode of jeen-yuhs gave fans a closer look at the pair recording “Slow Jamz” with Twista in Foxx’s home studio in 2003. The track went on to appear in both Twista’s Kamikaze and ...
Will Smith, Ariana DeBose Win at 2022 SAG Awards (Full List of Winners)
Will Smith, whose varied career accomplishments include landing two No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning four Grammy Awards, won his first SAG Award on Sunday (Feb. 27). The 28th annual SAG Awards were held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., and were broadcast on TNT and TBS. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Smith won outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for King Richard, in which he plays Richard Williams, father and coach of future tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams. This is the second year in a row that a Black actor has won the SAG Award in this category. The late Chadwick Boseman won last year for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. This is the first time in SAG Awards history that Black actors have ...
Encanto’s ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Extends Magical U.K. Chart Run
Encanto continues to hold a spell over the U.K. singles chart as “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (via Walt Disney) enters a sixth week at No. 1, extending its lead as 2022’s longest-running leader. Based on data published by the OCC, “Bruno” clocked more than 7.8 million U.K. streams over the chart cycle to snare its latest crown. Earlier in the week, the soundtrack for Disney’s hit animated film was on track to deliver a 1-2 on the tally. That didn’t eventuate, as Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran’s “Peru” (Island/YBNL Nation/Empire) slots in at No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, nudging Jessica Darrow’s “Surface Pressure” in third place, while “The Family Madrigal” holds at No. 8. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The highest new entry this time be...
