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Coldplay offered up a cover of Bruce Springsteen's classic track "The Streets of Philadelphia" during their recent show in that city. The show took place at Lincoln Financial Field in the city of Brotherly Love and the cover marked the most recent in a string of tributes put on by Chris Martin and company.

During a recent U.K. show the band also gave a tribute performance to the late U.K. indie band Viola Beach, who were tragically killed in a road accident. The mother of the band's drummer Jack spoke on the tribute.

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Authorities have successfully thwarted a British teen's planned terrorist attack at an Elton John concert in London, according to reports. The Sun reports that 19-year-old Haroon Ali-Syed, a resident of West London, was arrested September 8 on charges of preparing acts of terrorism. Investigators targeted him on suspicion of planning to set off a nail bomb.

"This defendant was attempting to carry out a terror attack on the scale of 7/7 or something like that," said prosecutor Thomas Halpin.

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Iceland Airwaves festival day three – Thunderpussy bring the boogie, King the glorious sonics

A gloriously old fashioned dose of early 70s hard rock provided one of the highlights of the festival so far



“Welcome to Iceland,” Jóhannesson says, standing before us with the First Lady, Eliza Reid, in the grand drawing room of their house, which just happens to be white. He starts talking about the “Icelandic music scenery”, and how much Airwaves has done for the local economy. He even reads out some quotes from the world’s press, about how it’s “the hippest long weekend on the annual music-festival calendar” (courtesy of David Fricke of Rolling Stone, who is here), and how this year’s one “starts in a toilet”, a reference by yours truly to John Lydon’s inaugural address on day one at the converted public convenience that is the Icelandic Museum of Punk. He proposes a toast to “music, cooperation, and having fun” and tells us to either “clap or rattle our jewellery”. You can’t imagine Theresa May opening the Great Escape with a John Lennon gag.



From the president to King. When I wrote about these three Los Angelenos back in 2012, they seemed mired, in the best possible way, in the 70s celestial soul of Minnie Riperton and her Rotary Connection. Tonight, they appear to have moved on a decade, the sound coming from Paris Strother’s panoply of keyboards and computers evoking the shimmering R&B of super-producers Jam and Lewis. It’s a very mid-80s electronic soul sound, with none of the murk or rhythmic idiosyncrasy of today’s avant-R&B. The actual songwriting could do with a bit of oomphing up – that’s an Icelandic phrase – but the sweetness of their female attitude, their dovetailing harmonies and the actual sonics are glorious.


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Kings Of Leon have been announced as the third headlining act for the upcoming British Summer Time Hyde Park 2017 in London. They join previously announced headlining acts Green Day and Phil Collins. Kings Of Leon will perform on July 6 and will be joined by the Pixies and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats.

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Beatles in their Sgnt Pepper outfits

John Mellencamp talked Farm Aid, his new album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, mortality and how his political views differ from his fans in a wide-ranging interview with CBS Sunday Morning.




The singer-songwriter also explains how he invented modern country music and why he'll never stop smoking

Throughout Mellencamp's career, the plight of the small town American seeped into the rocker's music, especially on 1983's Uh-Huh and 1985's Scarecrow.

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Feist duels her doppelgänger beneath a bridge in the captivating new video for "Century." The song appears on her most recent album, Pleasure. The clip also features a cameo from former Pulp singer, Jarvis Cocker.




The Scott Cudmore-directed clip recalls the Jets vs. Sharks rumbles in West Side Story, with Feist and her lookalike circling each other and singing the "Century" lyrics like jabs. Eventually, two rival crews converge around them, pumping their shoulders and snapping their fingers menacingly until a full brawl breaks out. In the middle of the big closing dance routine, Cocker appears in a black turtle neck, reciting a poem about time.

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Linkin Park officially canceled their upcoming tour in the wake of the death of their singer Chester Bennington.





"We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Chester Bennington," Live Nation, the tour's promoter, said in a statement Friday. "The Linkin Park One More Light North American Tour has been canceled and refunds are available at point of purchase. Our thoughts go out to all those affected."

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In addition to some modified categories at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced a major change on how they will refer to their iconic trophy. In a new interview, MTV president Chris McCarthy said the iconic "Moonman" is out, and the "Moon Person" is in.



"Why should it be a man?" McCarthy told the New York Times. "It could be a man, it could be a woman, it could be transgender, it could be nonconformist."

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Arcade Fire chalked up their third straight Number One album as their Everything Now topped the Billboard 200.





Win Butler and company's fifth studio LP sold 100,000 total copies in its debut week, with an assist to a deal that packaged tickets for Arcade Fire's upcoming tour with a complimentary copy of Everything Now. The album follows 2010's The Suburbs and 2013's Reflektor to Number One.

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