Toby Keith is one of the 2024 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The songwriter died Feb. 5 after a long battle with stomach cancer — one day before the names of the final inductees were to be delivered to the Hall of Fame staff. Sarah Trahern, CMA …
Read More »What One World-Dominating Tour Shows About Success for Small Artists
Call it what you want, but The Eras Tour is officially the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. There’s no doubt that superstar Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in music, if not the world, right now, and the mind-blowing spectacle that is the Eras tour has taken …
Read More »Elon Musk Says 'Moderation Is a Propaganda Word for Censorship' About Offensive X Posts
Don Lemon’s interview with Elon Musk for The Don Lemon Show, which marked the beginning and end of his brief deal to start broadcasting on X (formerly Twitter), dropped Monday morning and is pretty much exactly what you’d expect: a lot of ducking, dodging, hypotheticals, gotchas, and reverse gotchas. During …
Read More »'The Songs Came Back to Life': Pulp Announce First North American Tour in a Decade
Pulp are finally returning to North America this fall, marking the Sheffield band’s first tour on the continent in over a decade. The brief trek will kick off at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Sept. 8, followed by stops in Toronto, Brooklyn, and San Francisco. The shows will wrap in Los …
Read More »Stone Temple Pilots Unite With Live, Soul Asylum, Our Lady Peace For Epic '90s Throwback Tour
Stone Temple Pilots, Live, Soul Asylum, and Our Lady Peace are going to party like it’s 1994 on the Jubilee Tour this summer. STP will celebrate the anniversary of their 1994 LP Purple, and Live will spotlight their 1994 album Throwing Copper. “Fans of the iconic bands can expect a …
Read More »Trump Rejected by Dozens of Bond Underwriters
Donald Trump has been unable to secure the nearly $500 million he needs to delay the collection of a massive $355 million civil fraud judgment leveled against him and the Trump Organization in February. In a New York court filing submitted Monday, Trump’s attorneys wrote: “Despite scouring the market, we …
Read More »'Stormy' Doc Is a Portrait of a Messy, Complicated, Courageous Woman
Five years ago, Stormy Daniels found herself in the bizarre position of being one of the most ostensibly powerful, yet simultaneously vulnerable, women in America. The former porn star found herself in a nationwide tabloid maelstrom when it was reported that she had had a very brief sexual relationship with …
Read More »Trump Wants to Bring Felon He Pardoned Onto His Campaign: Report
Paul Manafort worked on Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign, was a central figure in Robert Mueller’s investigation into the campaign’s ties to Russia, and ultimately served prison time for a slew of financial crimes. Trump pardoned Manafort before he left office, and now wants to bring him onto his campaign to …
Read More »Actor and Drag Star Shangela Accused of Multiple Sexual Assaults
Shangela was a breakthrough star. With her sharp-tongued retorts, viral catchphrases, and distinctive Southern accent, the gregarious Texas drag queen quickly rose to become one of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s most beloved contestants. “[It’s] like ‘Angela’ with an ‘S-H,’” she explained on the show. “The debutantess of the Deep South.” Despite …
Read More »Hey, Hey, Nickelback and Hardy Wanna Be Rockstars on 'CMT Crossroads'
There may be no more natural pairing for CMT Crossroads than Nickelback and Hardy. Both appeal to country and rock audiences, both worked with producer Joey Moi, and both have a song called “Rockstar.” On April 6, they’ll mash up their respective styles — and their “Rockstar” singles — for …
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