In New York City, following a historic win from the New York Knicks, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” has been on repeat. Last night, after their win over the San Antonio Spurs, crowds were screaming it in the streets. And for another very lucky crowd, they were singing it along with Keys herself at the closing party for the Tribeca Film Festival.
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R.I.P. Oliver Tree. The singer and rapper born Oliver Tree Nickell died along with five others when two helicopters crashed above Recreio dos Bandeirantes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday morning. Civil Police confirmed the deaths to CNN Brasil.
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Today is Donald Trump’s birthday. He is turning 80 years old and doing some wild and stupid shit to celebrate, which includes turning the White House lawn into a UFC arena. In honor of the President’s birthday, The New York Times reached out to a bunch of incredible individuals who are in their eighth decade or have surpassed it. I was today years old when I found out Gloria Steinem was 92. NINETY-TWO. Amazing. She was on the list, along with Bob Dylan, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Art Garfunkel, and Dionne Warwick.
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Yesterday, the final day of Tribeca Film Festival, Bruce Springsteen was honored with the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award. It’s an honor awarded to individuals for their use of artistic storytelling to promote change in their communities. Springsteen has been especially vocal about the devastation of communities and democracy with the infiltration of ICE in American cities, highlighting that on Land Of Hopes And Dream Tour, and his celebration of centuries-spanning American musical history.
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The Instagram account MozPosting is a beloved source of Morrissey memes, shitposts, and the like. Unfortunately the admin may have taken things too far with a fake Morrissey Central blog post that has gone so viral that the Smiths singer’s management has reportedly asked them to take it down.
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The final 2026 FIFA World Cup USA Opening Ceremony went down last night at Inglewood’s Los Angeles Stadium, featuring performances from LISA, Anitta, Tyla, Rema, Future, Dan + Shay, and Purahei Soul. It also had a headlining set from Katy Perry, who was joined by the 10-year-old Norwegian singer Tius Luka for her 143 track “Wonder.”
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Here is a wholesome news story for the weekend: An Arizona man named Geoff Guy found a credit card at a Payson gas station, and it happened to belong to Alice Cooper, who had been golfing in the area and accidentally left the card at a pump. He managed to get it back to the rock legend, and was rewarded with a signed copy of his latest album The Revenge Of Alice Cooper.
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When our pal Ryan Leas covered Pop Montréal for us a few years back, he brought back word of La Sécurité, who he described as a brooding and shadowy art-punk band with a dash of Devo’s playfulness. That francophone combo is back today with Bingo!, their second LP, and I didn’t want to head into the weekend without recommending it.
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In 2018, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody became the highest-grossing musician biopic of all time. It accumulated awards, with Rami Malek winning a Golden Globe for his performance as Freddie Mercury and the film taking home Best Picture. Now, Michael has broken the record, bringing in $911.9 million worldwide.
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Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)
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