Last May, Florida Georgia Line announced plans for their triumphant return to the live stage with the I Love My Country Tour. But in August, a month before the duo was slated to hit the road, they scrapped the tour, citing rising Covid cases. Now Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard …
Read More »'It's Funnier if His Cock Is Out': Johnny Knoxville on the Past, Present, and Future of 'Jackass'
It’s a few minutes past noon on Friday, Feb. 4, and Johnny Knoxville is just coming down to the lobby of a luxury midtown New York City hotel. This is where he’s been staying during his relentless promotional tour for Jackass Forever, which has taken him everywhere from The Howard …
Read More »'Trump Is Wrong': Mike Pence Slams Effort to Overturn Election
Former Vice President Mike Pence in a speech before the Federalist Society on Friday responded to former President Donald Trump‘s repeated attacks against him for not stopping the certification of the 2020 election results last Jan. 6. Pence argued, simply and correctly, that he had no legal right to do …
Read More »Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump Are Fundraising Laps Around Their MAGA Primary Opponents
All seven House Republicans who are seeking reelection after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol are faring well financially, campaign disclosures filed this week with the Federal Election Commission show. The New York Times points out that despite …
Read More »Did Dropping the N-Word Actually Help Morgan Wallen's Career?
By the time night fell on Feb. 3, 2021, the career of Morgan Wallen, country music’s next superstar, was in freefall. Just 24 hours earlier, a video of Wallen casually using a racial slur outside his Nashville home appeared on TMZ. The next morning it was everywhere, and Wallen was …
Read More »Kanye West Documentary Directors Shrug Off Ye's Final-Cut Demand: 'This Just Comes With the Territory'
Coodie and Chike, the directors behind the decade-spanning, three-part new Kanye West documentary Jeen-Yuhs, say they had no advance notice before Ye suddenly demanded creative control over their film in an Instagram post last week. But the directors have no intention of agreeing to “open the edit room” to Ye, …
Read More »Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, Legendary Keyboardist Who Played on Albums by Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Dead at 84
Hargus “Pig” Robbins, a member of Nashville’s A-team of session players who added keyboards and piano to albums by Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers, Miranda Lambert, Ween, and many more, died Sunday. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, who inducted Robbins into the Hall in 2012, confirmed …
Read More »Argentine Singer Diego Verdaguer Dead at 70 of Covid Complications
Diego Verdaguer — the romantic Argentine singer behind tracks “Volveré,” “Voy a Conquistarte,” and “La Ladrona” — died on Thursday, his family informed fans on Twitter. Argentinian outlet Agencia EFE reported that his death was due to complications with Covid-19. “With absolute sadness, we inform his friends and fans, that …
Read More »Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama Plead for Love to Stay in 'Beg for You'
Charli XCX has teamed up with Rina Sawayama for her new single “Beg for You.” The track will appear on Charli XCX’s upcoming Crash album arriving on March 18. British producer Digital Song Animal produced the track, which features a sample of Petra Marklund’s dance hit “Cry for You,” performed …
Read More »Post Malone Doesn't Care About Number One Songs Anymore
Post Malone spoke about battling burnout, refusing to compromise, and ditching chart games on his new album, Twelve Carat Toothache, in a new profile in Billboard. In the nearly three years since the release of Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone has stayed relatively quiet, moving from Los Angeles to a much …
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