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Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker Shared Her Vulnerable New Solo Single ‘Ruined,’ And Announced Her 2024 Tour Dates

Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker is gearing up to release her fourth album as a solo vocalist. The album is set to arrive next year, and ahead of its release, Lenker has shared a new single, “Ruined.”

Driven by a melancholy, forlorn piano, Lenker finds herself searching for answers amid a harrowing heartbreak.

“So much coming through, every hour too / Can’t get enough of you / You come around, I’m ruined / You come around, I’m ruined,” she sings on the song’s chorus.

In the song’s accompanying video, Lenker is seen making her way through the woods, on a quest to rebuild and find herself.

“This song has been a quiet beacon for me,” said Lenker in a statement. “It may contain the essence of the gift of romantic love but it’s mostly about something much bigger.”

Beginning next March, Lenker will embark on a tour, hitting venues in North America and Europe. Tickets will be available for purchase through Lenker’s official website beginning Friday, December 8.

You can listen to “Ruined” above and see the list of tour dates below.

03/21/2024 — Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears
04/19/2024 — Galway, IE @ The Black Box*
04/20/2024 — Kilkenny, IE @ St. Canice’s Cathedral*
04/21/2024 — Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street*
04/24/2024 — Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruitmarket+
04/25/2024 — Manchester, UK @ The Hall at Aviva Studios+
04/27/2024 — London, UK @ Barbican Centre=
04/29/2024 — Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon+
05/02/2024 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon+
05/03/2024 — Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royale+
05/05/2024 — Amsterdam, NL @ The Concertgebouw=
05/06/2024 — Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast=
05/07/2024 — Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel =
05/10/2024 — Copenhagen, DK @ The Royal Danish Academy of Music =
05/11/2024 — Stockholm, SE @ Berns =
05/12/2024 — Oslo, NO @ Chateau Neuf =

* w/ Ellie O’Neill
+ w/ Nick Hakim
= w/ Twain

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Trump Said He’d Only Be A Dictator On ‘Day One’ If Re-Elected, So That’s Cool

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How crazy would a second Donald Trump presidency be? We didn’t find out in 2021, and perhaps we won’t find out in 2025. The next election is about 11 months off, and already alarms are going off. There’s talk — including from Trump himself — about all the crazy things he has planned should American voters let him back in the White House. Will he unleash the National Guard on protesters? Deport scores of immigrants? Jail his many enemies? If any of that worries you, relax: The guy who’s not very good with the truth says he’ll only be a dictator for a day.

Per Mediaite, the former president sat down with close pal and professional softball Trump interviewer Sean Hannity for a Fox News town hall in Iowa. At one point, Hannity asked him an actual hard question: Did he plan on going full autocrat? The first time Trump ducked the question. But Hannity asked him again, albeit in the kindest way possible: “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” The answer probably didn’t make Hannity happy.

“Except for day one,” replied Trump. As Hannity squirmed, Trump joked to the crowd, “Look, he’s going crazy” before repeating, “Except for day one.”

When Hannity what dictator-y things he meant to do on Day One, Trump replied, “I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill.”

“That’s not retribution,” Hannity tried to assure viewers, which cracked Trump up.

“We love this guy,” he said. “He says, ‘You’re not gonna be a dictator, are you?’ I said, ‘No, no, no, other than day one.’ We’re closing the border and we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator, ok?”

“That sounds to me like you’re going back to the policies when you were president,” Hannity said, again trying to reassure more middle-of-the-road voters.

“That’s exactly,” Trump said, laughing.

The first time Hannity asked Trump about his potential for going full-Mussolini, he pointed to something he said at CPAC earlier this year: “I am your warrior, I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” Hannity implored him to say he wouldn’t “use the government to go after people.” That set him off.

“You mean like they’re using right now,” Trump replied, alluding to the 91 criminal charges brought against him, none of them by the Biden administration, as he and his cronies have been claiming.

Trump then seemed to humble-brag about how he has three more indictments than Al Capone, who he called “one of the greatest of all time, if you like criminals.” He then looked up wistfully at the heavens while making a curious statement: “I wonder what my father and mother would say looking down.” Does he think they’d be impressed?

Anyway, the correct answer to “Will you be a dictator?” is supposed to be “No.” The frontrunner for the GOP presidential ticket couldn’t even do that.

(Via Mediaite)

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Was Excited To Learn He’ll Get Money For Making The In-Season Tournament Semis

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The Milwaukee Bucks are on their way to Las Vegas. Milwaukee hosted the New York Knicks during an In-Season Tournament quarterfinal tilt on Tuesday night, and thanks to an absolutely dominant performance on the offensive end of the floor, the Bucks cruised to a 146-122 win to set up a matchup with the Indiana Pacers a little later this week.

As is oftentimes the case when the Bucks do something good, Giannis Antetokounmpo had himself a game. The former NBA MVP went for 35 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds, and three steals in 34 minutes of work against New York’s frontcourt, and after the game, he learned something that made him pretty happy: He’s got a nice chunk of change going his way because of his team’s success.

It’s unclear if Antetokounmpo was unsure about all of the prize money that teams get in the In-Season Tournament or if he only thought he would get paid for winning the whole thing. As an incentive for the new event, the NBA will give players $50,000 for making the quarters, $100,000 for making the semis, $200,000 for making the final, and $500,000 if they are on the team that wins the whole thing.

Regardless, Giannis now has some money this way, and while we don’t know what he’s going to do with the extra cash, we do know one thing: where he’s putting that money if he hits the roulette table.

Best of luck to Giannis Antetokounmpo if he plays roulette in Las Vegas while he’s there.

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Who Is Country Singer Brenda Lee?

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Singer Brenda Lee has achieved some remarkable feats. Earlier this week, her American Christmas standard “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, more than 65 years after its original release. At 78 years old, Lee is the oldest artist to ever top the Billboard Hot 100. While Lee is likely most known for “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” the artist has quite an impressive resume.

Who is country singer Brenda Lee?

Lee grew up between Augusta and Atlanta, Georgia, where she performed solos on Sundays within the Baptist church, as she notes in her 2002 autobiography Little Miss Dynamite: The Life And Times Of Brenda Lee

In her autobiography, she also shares that she won her school’s talent show performing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” when she was five years old, which led to appearances on local radio and television shows.

She came to mass fame at 11 years old, with her debut single, “Jambalaya.” While she started of as a country singer, she was later marketed as a pop artist. She would release “Rockin’ Around The Christmas in 1958, when she was 13 years old. In 1969, she would make a return to country sounds with her single, “Johnny One Time.”

Lee was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1997 and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.

To her credit, Lee has 29 studio albums, her most recent one, Gospel Duets With Treasured Friends, released in 2007.

Still, “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” continues to stand the test of time, as she only released its official music video — starring Tanya Tucker and Trisha Yearwood — last month.

You can see the video for “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” above.

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LCD Soundsystem, Wu-Tang Clan, And Death Cab For Cutie Will Headline Kilby Block Party 2024

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Kilby Block Party is set to return to Salt Lake City next year for its 25th iteration. Announced today (December 5), the Kilby Block Party’s 2024 festival boasts an incredible line-up of acts representing various genres and generations.

Kilby Block Party 2024 will take place from May 10-12 at the Utah State Park. Headlining the festival are LCD Soundsystem, The Postal Service, Wu-Tang Clan, Vampire Weekend, and Death Cab For Cutie. Also on the bill are Jai Paul, Courtney Barnett, 100 Gecs, and more. According to Salt Lake City’s ABC4, two more acts will be announced in the near future.

According to a press release, the 2023 festival welcomed over 25,000 fans from all over the world, from 50 U.S. states and over 15 different countries. The upcoming festival aims to elevate the festival experience to new heights” and bring an “eclectic lineup that spans genres and generations, from established headliners to exciting emerging talent.”

Tickets for Kilby Block Party 2024 will go on sale beginning December 6 at 10 a.m. MST through the festival’s official website. Single-day passes will be available at a later date.

You can see the full line-up below.

Some of the artists mentioned here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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LCD Soundsystem, Wu-Tang Clan, And Death Cab For Cutie Will Headline Kilby Block Party 2024

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Kilby Block Party is set to return to Salt Lake City next year for its 25th iteration. Announced today (December 5), the Kilby Block Party’s 2024 festival boasts an incredible line-up of acts representing various genres and generations.

Kilby Block Party 2024 will take place from May 10-12 at the Utah State Park. Headlining the festival are LCD Soundsystem, The Postal Service, Wu-Tang Clan, Vampire Weekend, and Death Cab For Cutie. Also on the bill are Jai Paul, Courtney Barnett, 100 Gecs, and more. According to Salt Lake City’s ABC4, two more acts will be announced in the near future.

According to a press release, the 2023 festival welcomed over 25,000 fans from all over the world, from 50 U.S. states and over 15 different countries. The upcoming festival aims to elevate the festival experience to new heights” and bring an “eclectic lineup that spans genres and generations, from established headliners to exciting emerging talent.”

Tickets for Kilby Block Party 2024 will go on sale beginning December 6 at 10 a.m. MST through the festival’s official website. Single-day passes will be available at a later date.

You can see the full line-up below.

Some of the artists mentioned here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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RFK Jr.’s Campaign Team Must Be Thrilled That He Admitted He Was On Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane, Twice

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign got off to a rocky start, and it hasn’t exactly improved. Some say the conspiracy theorist, who was initially running as a Democrat, is peeling away votes from Joe Biden. Some say he’s taking them from Donald Trump. Whatever the case, it’s not been an easy one for his campaign team, who have to contend with things like him spreading some of the wackiest COVID claims out there, which is saying something. What he admitted on Fox News Tuesday night probably isn’t helping.

Per Mediaite, Kennedy went on Jesse Watters Primetime (aka Tucker Carlson’s old time slot). Earlier in the show Watters had been talking about how Senator Dick Durbin has been blocking the release of flight logs from Epstein’s private plane. Watters wound up asking Kennedy if he’d ever been on the plane, perhaps expecting the answer to be no. Alas.

“I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet two times,” Kennedy replied. His wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm actress Cheryl Hines, was also on it, because apparently she had “some kind of relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell,” Epstein’s accomplice, now serving time for sex trafficking minors. They flew to Palm Beach.

Another time he flew on it with his family, including, “I think, four of my children.”

It’s a big deal any time it’s revealed any prominent figure flew on Epstein’s private plane, better known as “The Lolita Express.” But Kennedy insisted it was all innocent fun:

“I have been very open about this from the beginning. This was in ’93, so it was 30 years ago. It was before anybody knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s, you know nefarious issues. And I agree with you that all of this information should be released. We should get real answers on what happened to Jeffrey Epstein and any of the high-level political people that he was involved with. All of that should be open to the public.”

Kennedy has admitted he flew with Epstein before, including last month. If anyone missed that news, he just made sure they know now.

Epstein, who (allegedly) committed suicide in his jail cell after being arrested on sex trafficking charges, had many big deal pals and associates, including at least two former presidents. One of them is running for president a third time.

(Via Mediaite)

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RFK Jr.’s Campaign Team Must Be Thrilled That He Admitted He Was On Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane, Twice

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign got off to a rocky start, and it hasn’t exactly improved. Some say the conspiracy theorist, who was initially running as a Democrat, is peeling away votes from Joe Biden. Some say he’s taking them from Donald Trump. Whatever the case, it’s not been an easy one for his campaign team, who have to contend with things like him spreading some of the wackiest COVID claims out there, which is saying something. What he admitted on Fox News Tuesday night probably isn’t helping.

Per Mediaite, Kennedy went on Jesse Watters Primetime (aka Tucker Carlson’s old time slot). Earlier in the show Watters had been talking about how Senator Dick Durbin has been blocking the release of flight logs from Epstein’s private plane. Watters wound up asking Kennedy if he’d ever been on the plane, perhaps expecting the answer to be no. Alas.

“I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet two times,” Kennedy replied. His wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm actress Cheryl Hines, was also on it, because apparently she had “some kind of relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell,” Epstein’s accomplice, now serving time for sex trafficking minors. They flew to Palm Beach.

Another time he flew on it with his family, including, “I think, four of my children.”

It’s a big deal any time it’s revealed any prominent figure flew on Epstein’s private plane, better known as “The Lolita Express.” But Kennedy insisted it was all innocent fun:

“I have been very open about this from the beginning. This was in ’93, so it was 30 years ago. It was before anybody knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s, you know nefarious issues. And I agree with you that all of this information should be released. We should get real answers on what happened to Jeffrey Epstein and any of the high-level political people that he was involved with. All of that should be open to the public.”

Kennedy has admitted he flew with Epstein before, including last month. If anyone missed that news, he just made sure they know now.

Epstein, who (allegedly) committed suicide in his jail cell after being arrested on sex trafficking charges, had many big deal pals and associates, including at least two former presidents. One of them is running for president a third time.

(Via Mediaite)

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Here Is Majid Jordan’s ‘Good People Live Tour’ Setlist

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R&B duo Majid Jordan kicked off their Good People Live Tour late last month. Nearly 10 years after making their breakthrough contribution to Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” the Canadian duo has taken the world by storm.

The tour arrives just weeks after the duo released their fourth album, Good People / After Hours, which contains buzzy hits like “Eyes Closed.” With lots of fan favorites under their belt, ticketholders can expect to hear a fun setlist.

According to Setlist.fm, Majid Jordan’s Good People Live Tour contains many songs from Good People / After Hours. Additionally, fans can also expect to hear early songs from their self-titled debut, as well as their sophomore album The Space Between, and their third album Wildest Dreams.

The Good People Live Tour will continue in North America over the course of the next two weeks, with a European leg beginning early next year.

You can see the full setlist and remaining tour dates below.

1. “Tears In Your Eyes”
2. “Waiting For You”
3. “Eyes Closed”
4. “Hands Tied”
5. “Violet”
6. “Slip”
7. “The Message”
8. “Cyanide”
9. “Sunset”
10. “Far Away”
11. “Give Me A Reason”
12. “Her”
13. “Gave Your Love Away”
14. “Every Step Every Way”
15. “Forever”
16. “Waves of Blue”
17. “Chill Pad Deluxe”
18. “Small Talk”
19. “Sweet”
20. “King City”
21. “Something About You”

12/07/2024 — Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage Theater
12/08/2024 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
12/10/2024 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12/11/2024 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
12/14/2024 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
12/15/2024 — Montreal, QC, Canada @ M Telus
12/16/2024 — Toronto, ON, Canada @ History
02/04/2024 — Dublin, Ireland @ The Academy
02/06/2024 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
02/07/2024 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
02/09/2024 — London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
02/11/2024 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
02/13/2024 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Max
02/15/2024 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall
02/16/2024 — Berlin, Germany @ Festaal Kreuzberg
02/18/2024 — Cologne, Germany @ Kantine
02/21/2024 — Paris, France @ Bataclan

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Dog caught in couch cover hilariously accepts his fate of living as a ghost

Dogs are certainly entertaining if they’re nothing else. You never know what sort of nonsense they’re going to get into while you’re away or even down the hall. Dogs have dug holes in couches to play in the foam, spread trash all over the floor because they smelled an empty peanut butter container. Some dogs have even found their way to their owner’s roofs for no apparent reason outside of getting closer to the birds.

One dog and his dog sibling were snoozing away while their owners were out. The couch one of the dogs was sleeping on had a fitted sheet or couch cover draped over it…until the dog got startled almost rolling off the couch. While the brown pooch was attempting to correct himself so he didn’t land on his back, the couch cover decided to turn the poor dog into a burrito.

He successfully got turned around in time to gently hop onto the floor but everything went black.


The dog was completed wrapped up in the blanket totally not freaking out at all. Okay, maybe he was freaking out a little bit but his brother was actually planning to rescue him…until it wigged him out too and he was left to figure it out on his own. But it didn’t take long at all for him to realize that maybe being a couch cover ghost wasn’t so bad after all. Thankfully after his quick stint as a Halloween decoration, humans walked through the door to free him. The video was shared by LADbible Australia and commenters got a good belly laugh.

“Well I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time,” one person writes.

Bless the dog who decides to sit and patiently wait for the blanket to be removed,” a commenter says.

“The fact the dog sat and accepted its fate,” another person laughs.

Other commenters pointed out the more serious side of this common situation dogs can find themselves in. One person writes, “Well hopefully now you know that’s a danger to the pups when you leave them alone at home and don’t do it anymore.”

Another says, “Poor baby! While it’s hysterical and the baby is safe, it’s still scary to know what could have happened had their humans not arrived home so soon!”

Dogs often behave like unsupervised toddlers. They’re still trying to figure out the world with their disadvantage of non-opposable thumbs halfway up their wrists. That means that they sometimes get into hilarious but sticky situations that require human intervention. So while this video will certainly tickle funny bones, it’s also a great reminder to secure your couch covers or securely crate your pup while unsupervised.