Maroon 5 will not appear at a customary news conference to promote their performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, the National Football League said in a statement on Twitter. Fellow performers Travis Scott and Big Boi will reportedly not participate either. “Maroon 5 has been working hard on a …
Read More »'Leaving Neverland' Director Dan Reed Talks Michael Jackson Allegations, #MeToo
The blistering 236-minute film Leaving Neverland, which airs on HBO this March, levels damning accusations that the ebulliently childlike and phenomenally talented Michael Jackson was a serial pedophile. In 1993, 13-year-old Jordan Chandler brought charges of sexual abuse against Jackson that ended in a reported $10 million cash settlement. A …
Read More »Roger Stone Went on CNN to Continue His Post-Arrest Publicity Tour
Roger Stone, the man who is still arguing 50 years later that Richard Nixon was innocent, went on CNN with Chris Cuomo Friday night to defend himself after he was arrested Friday and indicted by a grand jury for lying to Congress and trying to “persuade a witness to provide …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi Shuts Down Trump's State of the Union
President Trump was scheduled to give the annual State of the Union address on January 29th. That’s no longer happening. As the government continues to operate under a partial shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday uninvited the president from delivering the address. Pelosi wrote that expending government resources …
Read More »Vinyl, Still In Revival, Isn't Just Rock Music Anymore
The vinyl revival of the last few years is still going strong, but the crazy pace is finally showing signs of slowing down. Vinyl album sales were up around 12 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to year-end figures from data company BuzzAngle, which tracks U.S. music consumption, representing a …
Read More »Trump Never Had to Build a Wall
The border wall is Trump University. It’s Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka, too. It’s the futile promise of a fruitful career in the Trump Organization if you’ve earned his favor on a game show, or the assurance of fortunes once you buy that book that he didn’t write and likely …
Read More »Flashback: Watch Rolling Stones Dust Off 'Play With Fire' for First Time in 30 Years
When the Rolling Stones play a stadium, they usually stick to the hits. So it was extra surprising in Hamburg, Germany on September 9th, 2017 when they broke out 1965’s haunting “Play With Fire” for the first time in nearly 30 years. The song, originally released as a B-side to …
Read More »10 Best Country Collaborations of 2018
This year brought its share of spirited (to put it mildly) discussion in country music, with multiple genre-crossing collaborations reaching the charts. Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line ruled for 50 weeks straight with “Meant to Be,” while Maren Morris lent her soulful pipes to Zedd and Grey’s ebullient dance …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Thom Yorke Make Oscars Best Original Song Shortlist
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Black Panther track “All the Stars,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born single “Shallow” and Thom Yorke’s “Suspirium” from Suspiria are among the 15 tracks that were shortlisted for the Academy Awards‘ Best Original Song, the Oscars announced Monday. Dolly Parton’s “Girl in …
Read More »Neil Young Plans 'Ragged Glory' Reissue With 'Undiscovered and Unheard' Songs
Neil Young has revealed plans to reissue his and Crazy Horse’s 1990 LP Ragged Glory with an extra LP’s worth of “undiscovered and unheard” songs from the album’s original sessions.According to the Neil Young Archives website, Ragged Glory engineer John Hanlon recently rediscovered tapes from the album’s recording sessions and …
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