First, Chris Brown was accused over the weekend of assaulting a woman at a club. Now, TMZ is reporting that he's being charged with a hit-and-run. The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed two criminal charges against Brown due to a minor accident last month in which he reportedly rear-ended a woman's Mercedes with his Range Rover.
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New York City based duo MS MR will embark on their first North American headline tour this fall in support of their critically-acclaimed, debut album Secondhand Rapture. The tour will start Sept. 16 in Montreal and will take the band across the U.S. with stops in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles (full list of dates below). Additionally, the duo will hit the global festival circuit this summer with performances at Glastonbury, Splendour in the Grass, Lollapalooza, Rock En Seine, Outside lands and Austin City Limits.
MGMT announced plans on Tuesday to release their self-titled third studio album. The new project is due Sept. 17 via Columbia.
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasse recorded the album—after a series of improvisational james—in Upstate New York with producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips). The album will also include The Optimizer, “unique visual elements to accompany and illustrate the new music, which “provides listeners of the album with a simultaneous aural and optical listening experience featuring video and CGI work.”
