Tracklist: Taylor Swift’s hard goodbye

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>> Last Week on Late Night: U2 did “Beautiful Day,” “Song For Someone” and “Angel of Harlem,” with a little help from The Roots, on Fallon, Dave Matthews Band did “What Would You Say” for Letterman, Twin Shadow did web exclusive “No Ordinary Love” with Zoe Kravitz on Meyers, Craft Spells did “Party Talk” on Daly, Florence + the Machine did “Ship To Wreck” and “What Kind of Man” on SNL, and Kanye did “All Day” at the Bulls/Cavs game.

>> “The increasing centrality of festivals is troubling — it’s getting harder for bands to opt out. If I told my band and agent that I wanted to stop playing big corporate festivals, they would call me financially reckless and naive— and they’d basically be right. Without the anchor of festivals, it’s very hard to earn enough on the road to support ourselves until the next tour.” ~ Carl Magnes

>> Full Stream Ahead: DJ Clue, Banned From CD, Holy Serpent, Holy Serpent, The Milk Carton Kids, Monterey, Miley Cyrus and Against Me!, Happy Hippie: Backyard Session, Bonus: Telegram, “Aeons

>> Shelby Lynne is playing her new album I Can’t Imagine (2015) and her breakout I Am Shelby Lynne (1999) back to back, straight through, on her current tour. She plays the Variety Playhouse on May 31.

>> Taylor Swift’s upcoming video for “Bad Blood” looks to be a Sin City type deal starring Tay’s celeb/model/actor pals such as Lily Aldridge, Zendaya, Hayley Williams, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Lena Dunham, and others.

>> Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith’s 14-year-old offspring Willow Smith has a new music video for her song “F Q-C #7,” pronounced “Frequency Number Seven.”


>> Prince’s “Rally 4 Peace” concert at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore on Sunday night, reviewed.

>> R.I.P. American Idol