John Lennon, George Harrison and the Plastic Ono Band record “How Do You Sleep?” together in the studio in never-before-seen footage from the upcoming Ultimate Collection reissue of Lennon’s 1971 album Imagine. The video for “How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5 & 6, Raw Studio Mix Out-take),” a “looser, funkier” …
Read More »A Christian Singer Is Bigger Than Drake and Ariana Grande This Week
Paul McCartney easily took the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week when his new albumEgypt Stationblew past 153,000 equivalent album units — a forceful 147,000 of which were traditional album sales. Eminem’sKamikaze,now two weeks old,slotted in at Number Two with 136,000 units. But just under those two, and …
Read More »Ticketmaster Replies to Mass-Scalping Report
Editor’s note (9/21): The original headline of this article implied that Ticketmaster called CBC and the Toronto Star‘s report “categorically untrue.” In its statement, the company was referring to “any program in place to enable resellers to acquire large volumes of tickets at the expense of consumers” as untrue and …
Read More »Willie Nelson Talks Beto O'Rourke and Why He Feels Sorry for Ted Cruz
“We’ve never had so much attention,” says Willie Nelson. He’s sitting on his bus, the Honeysuckle Rose, parked outside the Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Nelson, animated and full of laughs, is killing time hitting a weed pen and sipping coffee before performing“Summer Wind” from My Way, his moving new …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah Make Doo-Wop From Scratch on 'Fallon'
Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon joined with the Roots and an iPad app to cut an off-the-cuff version of the doo-wop single “Earth Angel,” originally recorded by thePenguins in 1954. After figuring out how to use the app correctly — “You’re such a dad right now,” Clarkson quipped …
Read More »Ministry Plot North American Tour
Industrial metal stalwarts Ministry will embark on a North American tour this fall in support of their new album, AmeriKKKant. The trek kicks off November 21st at the Warfield in San Francisco, California and includes stops in Denver, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York City, Dallas, Phoenix and more. The …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dilly Dally, 'Doom'
When Dilly Dally’s Katie Monks and Liz Ball met, they were just two ninth graders living in the suburbs of Toronto. But in their minds, they were already a badass rock duo like Axl and Slash, Steven and Joe, Mick and Keith. To them, rock and roll glory was so …
Read More »Ariana Grande Remembers 'Dearest Friend' Mac Miller
After remaining silent about ex-boyfriend Mac Miller‘s death a week ago from a suspected drug overdose, Ariana Grande wrote a wrenching tribute to her “dearest friend” on Instagram. “I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen, and I always will,” Grande wrote. “I can’t believe …
Read More »Good Charlotte, Dr. Phil Form Awkward Supergroup on 'Corden'
The most unlikely supergroup in rock history – pop-punk veterans Good Charlotte and TV personality Dr. Phil – made their bizarre debut on Thursday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The show organized the joke team-up for a sketch starring Corden as a“renowned music performance enhancement coach” who tries to …
Read More »Putting KKK Hoods on Cartoon Trains to Own the Libs
The NRA appears to be at a loss for content. The organization has turned to covering an array of cultural issues that have nothing to do with guns. On Friday, it set a bizarre new low when Dana Loesch used the “Final Cut” segment of her hour-long show Relentless to …
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