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Beth Gibbons Announces First North American Solo Tour

As a member of Portishead, Beth Gibbons hasn’t toured North America since 2011; as a solo artist, she hasn’t toured North America ever. But a couple of months ago, it was announced that she’d be playing Big Ears Festival in Tennessee in March, marking her first ever solo show stateside. Now, she’s announced a tour of solo US gigs (with one in Canada) for this spring, promoting her Mercury Prize-nominated solo debut album Lives Outgrown.

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Author: Abby Jones

Nick Cave Defends His “Panties” Lyric

Last year, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds released their 18th album Wild God, whose penultimate song “O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)” begins with the line, “She rises in advance of her panties.” The beloved musician has apparently been receiving a lot of complaints about this, and Wednesday he confronted the issue on his Red Hand Files blog.

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Author: Danielle Chelosky