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Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda made his solo TV debut on Tuesday night’s (June 19th) edition of The Tonight Show, performing his new single “Crossing A Line” alongside house band the Roots. The song appears on Shinoda’s new solo album, Post Traumatic, which arrived last Friday (June 15th). Shinoda is touring throughout the summer. (Loudwire)
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Foo Fighters are to perform on The Late Late Show
Foo Fighters are scheduled to perform on CBS-TV’s The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday night (June 21st). The episode — which will also feature a new edition of Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney — comes during a week of programs that see Corden hosting the show at Central Hall Westminster in London. (AntiMusic)
TRENT REZNOR CALLS OUT ‘TAYLOR SWIFTS OF THE WORLD’ FOR AVOIDING POLITICS
Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor told the New York Times in a new interview that he feels an obligation to speak out about politics, saying, “I was doing press with somebody in the mid-90s, and they made an argument that stayed with me: that I have influence, and that it’s my job to call out whatever needs to be called out, because there are people who feel the same way but need someone to articulate it.”
He continued, “It seemed like it was a lot easier to just keep your mouth shut and let it go back then (in the mid-’90s). You don’t hear a lot from the Taylor Swifts of the world, and top-tier, needle-moving cultural youth, because they are concerned about their brand, their demographic and their success and career and whatnot.”
Reznor, who has made no secret of his distaste for Donald Trump, added, “What Donald Trump is doing is concerning and infuriating — and it’s not the conservative agenda, it’s not a question of religious preference, it’s not a question of should government be big or small. I don’t have any problem with those topics. But the disregard for decency and truth and civility is what’s really disheartening.”
Nine Inch Nails will release a new EP called Bad Witch on Friday (June 22nd). Like its two recent predecessors, 2016’s Not The Actual Events and 2017’s Add Violence, the disc is politically charged. Nine Inch Nails will embark this fall on a North American tour in support of the disc that will launch on September 13th in Phoenix.
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