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NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot — a feminist protest art collective — about their debut mixtape, Matriarchy Now.

After releasing her album Renaissance, Beyoncé received backlash for the song, "Heated." She used a word that some consider a slur towards people with disabilities — and has since changed the lyrics.

Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture."

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PUBG: Battlegrounds’ free 19.1 update is set to launch next week for PC and come to consoles the week after, and it includes a lot of new content.

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Steam has implemented official support for the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers.

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In a recent small update released by Steam for the client…

Jewel revealed that her tour bus caught on fire earlier this week, however nobody was harmed as the blaze occurred during one of her off days.

The ‘Foolish Games’ singer updated fans on the incident in a video shared to…

Sam Gooden, one of the founding members of legendary Chicago soul outfit The Impressions – and the only member to have stuck with the group for its entire six-decade run – has died at the age of 87.

The news…

Developer Player First Games has outlined what players can expect from the first season of platform fighter MultiVersus.

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After the first season of the free-to-play game was delayed…

PUBG: Battlegrounds developer Krafton has revealed a website with extra details on its new game based on the Korean fantasy novel series, The Bird That Drinks Tears by Lee Yeong-do.

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Officially…

A special survey from PlayStation at fighting game tournament Evo is asking players about the type of NFT they are most interested in.

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Whitesnake have removed themselves from a 24-date tour of North America, which they were scheduled to co-headline with Scorpions, due to frontman David Coverdale’s ongoing health issues.

Coverdale broke the news in a statement shared to the band’s official Instagram…

Dua Lipa has been named an Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo in a ceremony that was held over the weekend.

Taking to Instagram yesterday (August 6), the 26-year-old ‘Future Nostalgia’ artist – who spent a portion of her childhood in Kosovo…

A court case has been dismissed after it was found that the plaintiff hadn’t played enough Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare to back up claims made about the game.

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Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne performed their Young Money reunion show in Toronto last night (August 6), performing a litany of their respective hits for approximately 16,000 fans.

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Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe‘ Barone has been sharing small updates on how his new project, Haunted Chocolatier, has been going.

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Last night (August 6) saw Travis Scott give his first major headline performance since last year’s Astroworld tragedy.

Performing the first of two sold-out headline shows at London’s O2 Arena – the second coming tonight (August 7) – Scott…

During a politically charged new interview with CNN, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters offered a defence for his labelling of US President Joe Biden as a war criminal.

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Waters…

The guitar duet has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Natalia Lafourcade, Chavela Vargas and Liza Minelli.

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The Strongman Blues Remedy – Volume 1

Stony Plain Records SPCD1462

www.strongmanbluesremedy.com

10 songs – 36 minutes

A super-group that includes 2019 Blues Blast Music awards female vocalist of the year and Blues Music Award nominee Dawn Tyler Watson and…

Nicky Moore – a former vocalist for heavy metal outfit Samson and hard-rockers Mammoth, as well as the frontman of his own project, Nicky Moore And The Blues Corporation – has died at the age of 75.

His passing was…