Ed Sheeran‘s drummer got a brief break during the singer-songwriter’s sold-out concert in Bucharest, Romania last year. For the duration of “Thinking Out Loud,” he found a replacement in actor Chris Hemsworth, who admittedly had no prior drumming experience just a few months prior when he first agreed to play …
Read More »Trump Is Honoring Kiss' Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. They've Criticized Him in the Past
Kiss co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley —who will be among this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients after Donald Trump‘s takeover and populist revamping there —haven’t had much to say about the president during his second term. But before that, they were fairly vocal about Trump, with opinions from Simmons, …
Read More »David Byrne: 'Am I Ever Going to Get Any of This Figured Out?'
D avid Byrne strolls into his downtown Manhattan office around noon and promptly removes all of his footwear. He’s been in this prewar building only for a few months, but it’s already unmistakably his own, looking as much like a work space as it does like a museum of the …
Read More »Charlie Sheen Is an Open Book in 'aka Charlie' Documentary Trailer
Charlie Sheen is ready to open up like never before with the new documentary aka Charlie. The two-part doc will premiere on Netflix on Sept. 10. Directed by Andrew Renzi, the film appears to be a pretty raw and candid look at Sheen’s life, from the career highs to his …
Read More »Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor to Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and English actor Michael Crawford will receive the Kennedy Center Honors at a Donald Trump-hosted ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8. This is the first Kennedy Center Honors since President Donald Trump took over as chairman of the prestigious Kennedy Center earlier …
Read More »Radiohead Revisit 'Hail to the Thief' for 'Very Cathartic' Live Album
Why so green and lonely? Cheer up: Radiohead are revisiting 2003’s Hail to the Thief with a new live album, out digitally today and on vinyl Oct. 31. Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 includes performances from that era in Dublin, London, Amsterdam, and Buenos Aires. You can hear …
Read More »Eliza McLamb Will Bring All Her Best Stories on the Road
When Eliza McLamb went on her first headlining tour for her stunning debut album Going Through It, she started to write what would become her second LP Good Story. The indie singer-songwriter was inspired by playing with a band for the first time and wrote those new songs with future …
Read More »'Girls' Bring King Princess to Her Knees on New Single
King Princess can’t help herself on her new single “Girls,” the latest preview from her forthcoming studio album Girl Violence, out Sept. 12. “Cruel/You prep my despair/And you know I like it (You know I like it)/When rules don’t seem fair/It gets you excited (So excited)/And to let you back …
Read More »Timothée Chalamet Is a Ping Pong Legend in 'Marty Supreme' Trailer
Timothée Chalamet is back in time for another awards season blitz with the new film Marty Supreme. Chalamet stars as the titular character in the upcoming film. Josh Safdie directed this new A24 offering. Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a rising ping pong star looking to take his talents and fame …
Read More »Chrissie Hynde Recruits Brandon Flowers, Dave Gahan, Debbie Harry for Duets Album
Chrissie Hynde is taking a break from Pretenders duty to team up with an impressive slate of vocalists — including Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan, Brandon Flowers, Debbie Harry, and Shirley Manson — for her fourth solo LP, Duets Special. “I never thought about doing a duets album before,” Hynde says …
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