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Lady Gaga’s new album includes a track paying tribute to Trayvon Martin, the African-American teen whose 2012 death launched th Black Lives Matter movement. MTV News described “Angel Down”, the track in question, as “one of the most moving songs” on the new album. Lady Gaga characterized the song as a protest against “the epidemic of young African-Americans being murdered in this country.” In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 radio show, Gaga said that the “chaos in America” this year, especially due to the tumultuous political situation, was the source of a lot of her inspiration for...

Before going into intermission, the singer wanted to take a poll of the audience. He told everyone who had been standing to take a seat and to only stand up if they answered “yes” to his next question. “Do you feel that we have a gun problem in America?” he asked. The whole house stood. “You’re able to fix the problem. If we are able to send rockets to the moon I would hope that we would have someone in the government to hold people accountable for the guns they have. I hope someone with a spirit who wants to...