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Fyre Fest 2 Postponed Indefinitely

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Back in September, Billy McFarland, who was let out of prison a few months prior, announced Fyre Fest 2, the sequel to the failed 2017 luxury festival. Tickets went on sale last month despite the purported host island Isla Mujeres claiming the event didn’t exist. Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was revealed as the first performer, and then the festival’s new location of Playa del Carmen also denied its existence. Now, it’s postponed indefinitely.

Jane Paknia – “Waiting Pt 1”

Last month, Jane Paknia announced her new EP, evocatively titled Millions Of Years Of Longing, and shared the glitchy lead single “Solace,” which she dedicated to SOPHIE and Alice Coltrane. Today, the electronic artist is back with “Waiting Pt 1.”

TLC Musical Coming To Washington, DC’s Arena Stage

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Washington, DC’s Arena Stage invites you to go chase some waterfalls next year. The company’s 75th season will feature the premiere of Crazysexycool, a musical (loosely) based on the story of the trailblazing hip-hop trio TLC. Kwame Kwei-Armah (One Love: The Bob Marley Musical) wrote the jukebox musical and will direct the premiere, featuring choreography by Chloe O. Davis to hits like “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg,” “Waterfalls,” “Creep,” “Unpretty,” and “No Scrubs.”

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Details How Taylor Swift Collabs Came About

Justin Vernon is in the middle of a promo blitz for the new Bon Iver album SABLE, fABLE. Today it continues with a Zane Lowe interview for Apple Music. During the chat, Vernon offered new details about how he ended up collaborating with Taylor Swift on the songs “exile” and “evermore.” We all already intuited that it was related to her work with the National’s Aaron Dessner, Vernon’s bandmate in Big Red Machine, but now we have some more concrete background details on how it played out.