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Patti Smith recently thanked Taylor Swift for her namecheck on The Tortured Poets Department. Now, the punk icon expressed gratitude for another pop star: Lana Del Rey, whose 2012 hit “Summertime Sadness” she covered on Tuesday in Brighton and tonight in Dublin.

Over the weekend, drama struck the BTS fandom when the Head of Streaming at Geffen Records, Ray Kurzeka, appeared to shade Jimin in a tweet. When fans tweeted at Kurzeka to ask when iTunes pre-orders for Jimin’s song “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” would be up, he replied with a link to Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swif...

Two weeks ago, Foo Fighters kicked off their UK tour and debuted the lost song “Unconditional.” Since then, Dave Grohl stirred some drama by seemingly shading Taylor Swift onstage, but otherwise the shows have been good fun. Tonight in Birmingham, the band brought out Geezer Butler for Black Sabbath’s 1970 hit &...