In recent days, Ed Sheeran has had a lot going on. One of the more annoying is surely the lawsuit he’s been facing from the heirs of Ed Townsend, a co-writer of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” In the suit, it is alleged that Sheeran stole elements of the song and used them in his own hit single, 2014’s “Thinking Out Loud.” Now, the trial has concluded and the jury has reached a ruling, The Associated Press reports: He didn’t do it.
Today (May 4), the New York jury shared their conclusion about if “Sheeran proved he didn’t infringe upon the copyright” and they took his side. When the verdict was delivered and the two-week trial came to a close, Sheeran “briefly put his hands over his face in relief before standing and hugging his lawyer.”
In a recent interview with Zane Lowe, Sheeran said, “The thing with these cases, it’s not usually songwriters that are suing songwriters. I feel like in the songwriting community, everyone sort of knows that there’s four chords primarily that are used and there’s eight notes. And we work with what we’ve got, with doing that.”
Sheeran was so frustrated by the lawsuit that he recently said of potentially being found guilty, “If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping. I find it really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it.”
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To be perfectly frank here, no one knows for sure that Kevin Costner is definitively leaving Yellowstone. Still, rumors have persisted for months, which culminated this week in an Entertainment Tonight report that Costner was heading off into the sunset at the end of Season 5. As for the “why” of the equation, that wasn’t clarified, but reading between the lines, it sure seems like Costner would like to focus upon his directing career, and a demanding TV shooting schedule makes that difficult.
Or perhaps it’s the opposite. The juggernaut Paramount Network series aired its mid-Season 5 finale in January, and according to continuing hints, including from actress Lainey Wilson, no one knows when filming will resume for the back half of the season. So, they’re apparently on an indefinite pause right in the middle of a season, which isn’t optimal even though other Taylor Sheridan shows are in plentiful supply for Paramount+.
Meanwhile, Costner has been planning out a two-part set of Western films, Horizon (in which he will direct and star), which began shooting this week in Utah. One imagines that he will be tied up doing so for quite some time, so don’t hold your breath on hearing about Yellowstone filming again anytime soon in Montana.
This sounds as messy as one could imagine after months of reports of friction for Yellowstone, including an alleged rift between Sheridan and Costner. Additionally, neither of them surfaced (as confusingly advertised) for the April 1 Paleyfest panel, where none of the present panelists could provide an answer on when filming would begin once more.
Also meanwhile, Sheridan is readying yet another sure-to-be-a-hit Paramount+ TV series, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, which recently announced Donald Sutherland within the cast. And Vanity Fair has provided a first look at Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman in Sheridan’s upcoming Lioness series, which will sit outside the Yellowstone primary stable of shows. In other words, a lot of balls are flying through the air right now, and Yellowstone will have to wait.
Añejo tequila is elevated stuff Good agave-fueled distillate rests in oak for a year or two and takes on a litany of new flavor notes that feel familiar — winter spices, vanilla, leather, and dark fruits to name only a few. The result is a deeper experience all around. But that doesn’t mean that it’s automatically a better experience. Shitty base tequila is going to give you subpar aged tequila and many tequila aficionados like the vegetal agave notes of a good blanco (we often fall in the “reposado is the sweet spot” tequila camp).
What does that mean exactly? I’ll give you the short version. For an añejo tequila to get one of those coveted “double gold” medals at SFWSC, every judge has to unanimously give that pour a gold medal in a blind test. The judges don’t know what medals each judge is giving while they’re tasting, meaning that one judge can’t influence another judge. Moreover, the judges at the table are titans in the booze industry from bartenders to distribution icons to production legends to critics (like yours truly).
In the end, of the hundreds of tequila entries judged this year, only nine añejo tequilas took home the double gold. With 80 añejo tequilas in the mix, just over 10% of them actually achieved this coveted award. So let’s dive in a find you a great añejo tequila to add to your bar cart before Cinco de Mayo this year. Take a gander at my tasting notes for each one and then click on the price link of the tequila that speaks to you.
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This tequila from the wetlands of Jalisco (Ciénega) is made at Destileria La Experiencia. It’s made using brick ovens to roast the agave hearts, roller mills, classic fermentation in steel tanks, and double distillation in a stainless pot still with copper coils. The hot juice then goes into old American whiskey barrels for 15 months of resting before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose on this one leans into rich bourbon fruits — think cherry and banana with a touch of orange — next to rich caramel sauce and vanilla cake with an underlying spiced chocolate warmth and roasted agave vegetal-ness.
Palate: The palate is lush and leans into caramelized roasted agave over hints of banana bread with plenty of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, and handfuls of walnuts with a hint of old tobacco and dark agave.
Finish: That dry tobacco leads to woody dark spice and a hint of burnt aloe over dark cherry and soft vanilla with a hint of pepper in the background.
Bottom Line:
This is a super lush sip of tequila that leans hard into bourbon/whiskey notes. In short, if you’re looking for a sweet whiskey-influenced tequila, this is it.
This tequila comes from the Ciénega (wetlands) and Highlands of Jalisco. The process at Integradora San Agustin distillery is pretty common with stone ovens, steel tanks, copper stills, and deep well water. The tequila ages in used bourbon and new white American oak before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Oak tannins drive the nose initially before soft roasted agave with a deep caramelization comes in with a nice pepperiness and almost sour cherry tossed with sea salt.
Palate: That rich and caramelized agave vibe carries over to the palate with a sense of old oak and almost floral honey, winter spice, and old savory dried herbs.
Finish: The oak really drives the finish with the caramel and agave creating a nice balance.
Bottom Line:
This is very straightforward in the best way. There are no surprises but what is here is finely tuned. Pour it over some rocks to amp up the creaminess and you’ll find a chocolate tobacco addition.
The key to this classic tequila from Jalisco’s Highlands is that it’s double-barreled and very refined before it goes into the bottle (though it is made using a diffuser and column still which some will balk at). The hot juice spends 12 months in both American and French oak resting. After batching, the tequila is then slowly filtered to remove all the color before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a light woody spice on the nose with a hint of roasted agave and black pepper next to a dash of lime and orange oils.
Palate: The palate is so soft and smooth with a hint of river rock next to aloe vera oils and a flutter of vanilla creaminess.
Finish: The end is short and sweet with a light sense of mineral water next to more of that citrus and agave.
Bottom Line:
This was so smooth it was… almost too smooth. Still, that means this was super fine and easy drinking with some serious flavor left deep in the body of this sip.
This is a very straightforward aged tequila from a smaller distillery relatively (IBEV Casa Tequilera). The juice is made with an autoclave and stainless steel pot still. It then rests in used American oak barrels for 12 months before batching, proofing with deep well water, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a distinct sense of chocolate nut clusters on the nose with deep woody winter spice and vanilla pods over a light sense of sweet roasted agave, black pepper, and old oak.
Palate: Lush cherry vanilla ice cream and chocolate oranges mingle with tannic oak and old pipe tobacco with a hint of leatheriness and cedar round out the taste.
Finish: The woody tobacco and spice really amp up with a black peppery base before the soft cherry and vanilla temper everything on the very end.
Bottom Line:
This is complex and bold. The wood really drives the taste, which is what you want from an oak-aged tequila after all. Still, this is balanced enough to be a fine and slow sipper, especially over a rock or two.
This is an interesting expression. The blend is made from an eight-year-old tequila and an 18-month-old tequila. Basically, the older tequila is used to naturally amp up the color and flavor profile of younger stuff.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a rush of tannic oak with a sense of smokiness, roasted almonds, and burnt pineapple and mango skins on the nose next to rich and buttery salted toffee with a hint of dark chocolate.
Palate: Burnt orange and black cherry lead the taste toward winter spice cake with a hint of mincemeat pies, deeply roasted agave, and bourbon vanilla.
Finish: That bourbon vanilla leads the end toward soft but dark cherry tobacco spiked with caramelized agave, white pepper, and more burnt orange with a whisper of marzipan.
Bottom Line:
This is a Frankenstein’s Monster tequila, sure. But it’s also really freakin’ tasty. So enjoy it slowly on a nice sunny day with an ice cube or two in the glass.
This tequila brand was founded by country singer Thomas Rhett and his cousin, Jeff Worn. The actual tequila in the bottle is an añejo that spent 13 months resting in old bourbon barrels at Destiladora Gonzalez Lux.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is layered with dark berries, rich tobacco, black peppercorns, clove buds stuck in orange peels, and buttery salted caramel just kissed with dark chocolate-covered espresso beans.
Palate: The soft caramel sweetness meets sharp spice barks and more black pepper with a deeply roasted agave that feels still warm from the oven next to dark fruit leather and cherry tobacco.
Finish: That woody and sweet tobacco leads the finish to a spice bark end with plenty of dark agave vibes and sweet bourbon vanilla.
This is classic autoclave cooked agave that’s sent through stainless steel pot stills before a long rest. The tequila barrels — both used American whiskey and French wine — are matured for 22 to 28 months before cold filtering, batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is all about grilled peaches dipped in dark salted chocolate sauce and dusted with cinnamon before a tannic oak vibe sets in with a hint of smoldering sage and agave leaves.
Palate: That woodiness drives the palate toward rich chocolate cake with a dollop of vanilla ice cream next to leathery dates and prunes with a light sense of fig tobacco.
Finish: The softness of those fruits attach to woody spice and black pepper with a counterpoint of rich and creamy choco-caramel aura over darkly roasted agave.
Bottom Line:
This is another one that’s just good. Drink it slowly and enjoy the ride.
This is from a tasting kit that’s available right now. The idea is that tequila fans will buy the pack and choose one of the añejo tequilas, and then they will bottle and release of crowd-sourced tequila to the open market. Evidently, the bottler sent in each of the four tasters for adjudication from the judges at SFWSC too.
The tequila in the bottles comes from Casa Maestri Distillery in Tequila, Jalisco, which makes over 170 brands of tequila. This tequila then spent 12 to 16 months resting in old American whiskey barrels.
Tasting Notes:
None are available as it’ll undermine the whole project’s point of blindly crowd-sourcing a tequila.
Bottom Line:
Feels like these folks found a way to get the best palates in the world to find which tequila for them to bottle. Just sayin’.
This is another sample from the same crowd-sourced tequila pack as above. So the same goes here.
Tasting Notes:
None are available as it’ll undermine the whole project’s point of blindly crowd-sourcing a tequila.
Bottom Line:
To be fair, I really want to see which of the four samples is trending with the most votes from the general public and how that matches up with the two double gold medals that two of the four received from the judges at SFWSC.
Or… will the votes be swayed to these two picks over the other two now that they’ve medaled so highly?
The New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off a trade in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. New England entered the night with the No. 14 pick, while Pittsburgh sat at 17. They ended up swapping those, with the Steelers sending an extra fourth-round selection (the 120th pick this year) to the Patriots.
Pittsburgh was able to get one of the top offensive tackles in the Draft, Georgia’s Broderick Jones, while New England got a steal at 17 in Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez. But above everything else, the Patriots got something Bill Belichick values more than any player: the chance to pull a fast one on the New York Jets.
According to Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post, Belichick did this trade and got back a slightly lower than expected return because, per a general manager, it gave the Steelers the chance to take the player New York really wanted.
“They should have had to give up a [third-round pick] and not a four to move up there,” said one NFL general manager who had been keeping tabs on a potential trade up with the Patriots. He spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to cause potential conflicts with either team. “Belichick did it just to f— the Jets. He sold low because he knew the Steelers were going to take the kid the Jets wanted to take.”
A personnel executive from a team also picking around the middle of the first round said: “Bill will try to screw them over any chance he gets. He knew exactly what he was doing.”
Jones would have been an excellent addition for the Jets as they look to bolster the offensive line in front of Aaron Rodgers. The funny thing is, if not for the Rodgers trade, New York would have had the 13th overall pick, where it could have taken Jones. Instead, the Green Bay Packers went 13th (they took Lukas Van Ness, a defensive end out of Iowa), while the Jets surprisingly selected Will McDonald IV, a pass rushing specialist out of Iowa State. La Canfora reported that the Jets “coveted” Jones, so I suppose it would not be a surprise to learn that Belichick wanted to use this to his advantage.
It was an interesting season for Alex Caruso. One of the bright spots for the Chicago Bulls this year, Caruso played more than ever before — his 67 games, 36 starts, and 1,575 total minutes were all career-best marks — and mixed his usually stingy defense with a step forward on the other end of the floor. While his raw numbers weren’t as eye-popping alongside some of Chicago’s big hitters on offense, he hit 36.4 percent of his threes, which is right around his career average, with the best marks inside the arc (55.6 percent on twos) and from the free throw line (80.8 percent) that he’s seen in his six-year NBA stint.
While he admits it was “a little bit of an up and down year” for the Bulls, Caruso believes his ability to play more than ever before was a result of “doubling down on being a professional.”
“I think I had a great routine this year as far as training table work before practice, making sure that I get lifts during the year, having my activation before the games, taking care of my body after the games, sleeping enough, getting the right nutrition, and then putting the work in to maintain the level that was necessary,” Caruso told Dime over the phone.
Through his partnership with TravisMathew, we caught up with Caruso to discuss this year, his growth as a player, the 2023 NBA playoffs, his beloved Manchester City Football Club, and much more.
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Let’s talk a little bit of basketball. What are your big, broad, overarching thoughts on this season, both for yourself and for the Bulls?
For the team, I thought we had a little bit of an up and down year. We beat some of the really good teams in the league, and then dropped a couple contests to teams that you mark down as wins on the schedule when you’re looking at it. And I think that’s probably what just held us back a little was just a little inconsistency. But it’s tough because we know what we were capable of when we played our best, and that’s kind of the sour taste in your mouth as you go home the middle April rather than playing into May. So obviously, a little underwhelming and disappointing year for us, just given what we expected to be at. But I thought at certain points, we played really, really good basketball.
And then for me individually, I thought I had a pretty solid year. I thought I shot the ball, I think I might have had a career-high free throw percentage, field goal percentage, shot the three at league average, if not a little better. And then obviously, everybody knows defensively what I’m capable of and how I operate on that end. And I thought I did a good job of managing that throughout the year. So individually, I felt really, really good about my year, just obviously wish we could still be playing basketball.
You played more than ever before this year. And obviously, health is a big part of that, but where do you feel like you took your biggest step forward as a player this year?
I think it was just the professionalism. I think I had a great routine this year as far as training table work before practice, making sure that I get lifts during the year, having my activation before the games, taking care of my body after the games, sleeping enough, getting the right nutrition, and then putting the work in to maintain the level that was necessary. I think for me, it was probably just doubling down on being a professional. I think that’s probably why I had such a good year individually was because I think my routines and the discipline I had were pretty good.
You look at basically any metrics, and you were one of the best defensive players in basketball. And I want to know, how do the Bulls — Billy [Donovan], your teammates, whomever you would say — put you in the best position to take advantage of what you can do on that end of the floor?
I think they have a lot of trust in me. I think that’s where it begins. Just, they know that I’m always doing things in the best interest for the team. Whether I make the play, I don’t make the play, they know that I have the back of my teammates and they back me in that sense that I can go out there and play my ass off and sometimes make a couple of mistakes, but they understand that there’s gonna be a lot more good than bad. And they believe in me, and they kind of almost encourage me to be more aggressive sometimes. So, I think just having their trust and the faith of my teammates and coaches really goes a long way.
On the other end of the floor, something you mentioned but by basically every metric, you had your best offensive season in the NBA, but also, you had the lowest usage of your career. How do you balance having such a good year with, “I’m going to pick my spots, because we have Zach, DeMar, Nic, etc. out there”?
It’s just taking the role on the team that I needed to play. That’s what I’ve always been about, whether it was from college, to the G League, to breaking into the league. I’m doing what I think, what the coaches think, what everyone thinks is best for the team, that’s kind of just what it was this year. I put in a lot of work last offseason to be able to have those numbers that we talked about as far as career averages. And I’m gonna go back to the same mentality this year, and be ready to take on whatever role that comes my way next season. I’m very excited about being able to have career numbers, but there’s always a carrot in front of you that you’re chasing. And for me, it’s maybe putting in the work so that I can carve out more responsibility on that end, because I carry so much of a load on the defensive end.
One thing that you mentioned was this year, you doubled down on professionalism and your routines and things like that. What were some of the things that you felt like you did that helped put you in the position that you found yourself in this season?
Like you said, being able to play the most games I’ve played in the season so far, just working with my trainer — honestly, the whole training staff. Arnold Lee, that’s the guy that I worked with the most and I’ll give him a quick shout out. But just being consistent, him understanding what happens with my body throughout the season, being able to manage — I had some left foot issues that were going on, and being able to minimize missed games with that. And just keeping on top of it, whether it was stretching before practices and getting treatment an hour, hour and a half before anybody needed to be there, to being at the same … you know, 90 on the clock is when I usually shot pregame. So, two hours before, we’re on the training table getting stretched, and I’m going to the weight room to get activation. Just having that routine I think really opened up for me to have such a good year.
What has stuck out, or surprised you, or made you the happiest to watch as you’ve got to check out these really excellent playoffs so far?
They’ve just been wildly entertaining. It’s been really, really good basketball, all the way around. Whether it’s been upsets like Miami, or even the Atlanta-Boston series being pushed to the brink when everyone kind of thought that would be a four or five-game series. I think the basketball has been at a really high level. Kings-Warriors was a great first round series, Lakers-Grizzlies had their drama, which made that a little bit more entertaining. I just think the basketball, the product on the floor has been great, and usually the first round is a little more storyline filled, and then a little more drama, and then you get on to the second round and the conference finals and the Finals and it’s a little more basketball oriented. But it’s been, I think, great basketball from the start.
Yeah, it feels like it’s very easy to sometimes get caught up in the narrative and the off court stuff, but I feel like when you sit down and watch these playoffs, every game just seems to be a banger for some reason.
And it’s just been wildly unpredictable, which I think makes great entertainment value for the fan.
I need to ask, as a fellow Manchester City supporter, are we winning the treble this year?
I think this is as good a chance as we’ll ever have. I think we get past Real Madrid and the semis of Champions League, and then I think it’s a real conversation to have, because those guys, the history they have in the competition is unparalleled — so, they’ve been there before and they have the confidence, no matter how much time [is left], because we obviously know what happened last year. It’ll be a grind, but I think once we get past them and the semis and we make two finals, and then pretty much hold our own destiny for the Premier League, I think it’s a real possibility.
I don’t know about you, but it feels to me like the way that they handled Arsenal last week, any doubt that I had that they could do it — I don’t know if they will because of how hard it is, but with what they did against Arsenal, it feels to me now, like, okay, I actually believe they could do this.
Yeah, I mean, they’re just clicking on all cylinders, dude. Their defense is playing solid. Midfield has obviously been elite for years now. And then [Erling] Haaland’s Haaland, and you’re getting great play from Jack [Grealish] and Bernardo [Silva] and [Riyad] Mahrez, whoever’s over there on that right wing — and [Phil] Foden hasn’t even play for basically the last month. We got a really good team.
And obviously, they’re very, very, very, very different sports, but you know from your time in L.A., kind of going to Haaland, what it’s like to be on a team before and after it adds those best player in the world kind of guys. Again, not 100 percent the same, but what does it do for the guys who have been around and on a team when a squad-changing addition like LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Erling Haaland comes into town?
It’s kind of two parts, right? Like, you kind of gain this confidence of, you have a world-beater on your team that, really, you think you can win every game no matter what, because you have them on your team. But then also, the second part where it brings us responsibility, almost, where you feel like, okay, well, we’re supposed to win now, so now we have to go out there and prove it. And I think as long as you can balance that and not make it seem too big a task, you’ll still go out there and just play how you’re supposed to play and do what got you there. That’s usually when you have good success.
The latest figure in hip-hop to join the debate is Timbaland, who used AI to “collaborate” with The Notorious B.I.G. — someone he never got the chance to work with in real life before Biggie died. He shared part of the song, in which Big’s voice shouts out artists he never lived to see such as Nipsey Hussle and Young Dolph, on Instagram, saying:
We know that it’s a lot of talk about AI and we know how the feelings of violating certain things. But let me tell you something: I got a solution, I’m working on it. It’s gon’ be beneficial to everybody. I gotta share something I’ve been working on because I always wanted to do this and I never got a chance to. I always wanted to work with Big and I never got a chance to.
Fans on social media have received the “collaboration” with some trepidation — people who pay for Twitter Blue aside — pointing out that although the machine-learning algorithm can reproduce Christopher Wallace’s voice, Tim’s still just talking to a computer simulacrum.
Timbaland said “he never got a chance to until today” like nigga that computer isn’t Biggie. You still not working with him? https://t.co/aPaMJ5U3qO
The Los Angeles Lakers have put forth quite the in-season turnaround. The team started 2-10 this year, rallied during the regular season, made some trades, got into the Play-In Tournament, and after taking down the 2-seed Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the postseason, are currently in the driver’s seat in their Western Conference Semifinal series against the Golden State Warriors, where they hold a 1-0 lead after winning in San Francisco earlier this week.
A major reason why all of this happened was those midseason trades where they were able to pivot and double down on a defense-first identity. And two of the players who were moved at that time, Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook, apparently really want to get rings in the event the team goes on to lift the Larry O’Brien trophy this season.
PAT BEV JUST CONFIRMED HIM AND RUSSELL WESTBROOK ARE GETTING THEIR RINGS IF THE LAKERS WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR pic.twitter.com/hl3quXPdvi
Beverley was part of a four-team trade that saw the Lakers also move Thomas Bryant in exchange for Mo Bamba, Davon Reed, and a bunch of second-round draft picks. He was sent to the Orlando Magic, who bought out his deal and freed him up to sign with his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls. Westbrook, meanwhile, was sent to the Utah Jazz along with a first-round pick as part of a three-team deal that got D’Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Malik Beasley on Los Angeles’ roster. He was likewise bought out, which let him return to L.A. as a member of the Clippers.
Many publications have reported that the two are mingling, following Swift’s recent breakup with her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn. However, Jezebel have pointed out that Healy discussed the idea of dating Swift in 2016, saying it would be “emasculating” in an interview in an issue of the magazine Q.
“So the one time I did have a flirtation with a girl it ends up going everywhere… I mean, I got on E! News and people were like, ‘Who’s Matt Healy?’ so that was cool. But I didn’t make a big deal out of it myself. It’s not really anything to talk about, because if she wasn’t Taylor Swift we wouldn’t be talking about her. She wasn’t a big impact on my life. It’s just interesting to me how interested the world is about Taylor Swift. […] And the reason I mention that is because if I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been, ‘F*cking hell! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.’ You know, ‘F*CK. THAT.’ That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.”
BeachLife Festival generated anticipated in January by identifying its 2023 headliners as The Black Keys, Gwen Stefani, and The Black Crowes and John Fogerty.
As of Wednesday, May 3, we also know each act’s set time.
The 2023 BeachLife Festival is happening this weekend, May 5 to 7, at Redondo Beach in Southern California. Gates will open at noon local time on Friday, May 5, and at 11 a.m. local time for Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7. The festival will feature four stages: Hightide, Lowtide, Speakeasy, and Riptide.
The Black Keys’ headlining Friday set is scheduled from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. local time, and they will be preceded by the likes of Modest Mouse (7:35 to 8:50 p.m.), BabyJake (7:35 to 8:35 p.m.), Pixies (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.), Tegan And Sara (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.), and several more.
Saturday’s headliner is Stefani, and she will also perform from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The day’s other acts include Sublime With Rome (7:20 to 8:50 p.m.), Band Of Horses (6:15 to 7:15 p.m.), The Lagoons (7:20 to 8:20 p.m.), Aly & AJ (3:10 to 4:10 p.m.), Sugar Ray (2 to 3:10 p.m.), and more.
Bringing it home on Sunday will be The Black Crowes from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Before them, Fogerty will take the Lowtide stage from 5:55 to 7:20 p.m. Other Sunday performances include Noah Cyrus (2:30 to 3:30 p.m.), The Head And The Heart (3:30 to 4:30 p.m.), and Mavis Staples (1:30 to 2:30 p.m.).
See the full lineup and schedule below, and find all additional information here.
“The thing with these cases, it’s not usually songwriters that are suing songwriters,” he said. “I feel like in the songwriting community, everyone sort of knows that there’s four chords primarily that are used and there’s eight notes. And we work with what we’ve got, with doing that.”
Townsend’s heirs sued Sheeran in 2017 over alleged “striking similarities” between Ed’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” and the 1973 Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” However, Sheeran denied that “Let’s Get It On” was even a consideration. Rolling Stone notes that after a similar suit against Robin Thicke over another Gaye classic, the landscape changed, creating a climate wherein many more lawsuits are being issued for copyright infringement over the slightest similarities. This has prompted stars to seek clearances even when there are only superficial connections between songs.
“I had a song that I wrote for Keith Urban and it sort of sounded like a Coldplay song,” Ed himself admitted. “So I emailed Chris Martin and I said, ‘This sounds like your tune. Can we clear it?’ And he went, ‘Don’t be ridiculous. No.’ And on the song I made sure they put, ‘I think it sounds like “Everglow,” Coldplay.’ But he was just like, ‘Nah, I know how songs are written. And I know you didn’t go into the studio and go, I want to write this.’”
Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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