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The Isle of Wight is once again one of the biggest events of the European summer festival season. The Who even came back in 2004 and 2016. The 2020 edition was supposed to take place in June with Lionel Richie, Happy Mondays, Snow Patrol, the Chemical Brothers, Duran Duran, Dido, and the Libertines all appearing. The pandemic forced a cancellation, and the organizers are going to try again next summer with roughly the same lineup, presuming that festivals are feasible at that point. No matter what happens, topping the big one back in 1970 will be impossible. In almost every way, it was England’s Woodstock. (The 1969 one was pretty epic too, but that’s a whole other story.) … [Read more...] about Flashback: The Who Perform an Explosive ‘Heaven and Hell’ at Isle of Wight in 1970

Daniel Rodriguez, “Brother John” Former Elephant Revival member Daniel Rodriguez cements himself as a solo performer with the forthcoming album Sojourn of a Burning Sun, due out August 28th. In “Brother John,” he sings of someone who has “the honor of a warrior, a soldier wounded long ago,” and finds music to be the ultimate balm. It’s fittingly set to a sunny, spacious groove and rounded out with banjo and melodic splashes of clean electric guitar leads. … [Read more...] about RS Country Music Picks: Week of August 3rd

The hashtag #ReplaceEllen is trending amid rumors and reports that Ellen host Ellen DeGeneres could be losing her daytime talk show. In recent weeks, trouble has been increasingly dramatically behind the scenes at Ellen following claims from former employees that they had been mistreated by either DeGeneres or her staff. WarnerMedia has since launched an internal investigation into the claims with major changes promised with how Ellen is run, but rumors are still persisting that DeGeneres might pull the plug herself if the show isn't outright cancelled entirely. … [Read more...] about #ReplaceEllen Trends on Twitter as Suggestions Come Flooding In