For Myke Towers, “life is one.” That’s the motto — La Vida Es Una — for his upcoming tour across North America, named after his most recent album. Towers will kick off his tour in Mexico, starting in Guadalajara, Jalisco on Sept. 20. He’ll then commence his run of shows …
Read More »Original Ikettes Member Robbie Montgomery Recalls Sister-like Bond with Tina Turner
Robbie Montgomery experienced the intense, demanding management style of Ike Turner firsthand. As one of the original Ikettes of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, she provided dreamy background vocals and dazzling choreography to the stage show — and also provided the future Queen of Rock & Roll with a …
Read More »Asake Expands His Street-Pop Empire With 'Work of Art'
Asake has established himself as the best new artist on the Nigerian pop scene, thanks to an innovative street-pop sound that fuses choir-like, crowded backing vocals with traditional Nigerian melodies and amapiano rhythms. Last year, he made three appearances on Rolling Stone’s Best Afropop songs of 2022 list, with “Sungba …
Read More »Katy Perry Marks Anniversaries of First Three Albums With Box Set, Unreleased Music
Make it like your birthday every day: Katy Perry is dropping a new box set and two unreleased songs later this year. To commemorate the anniversaries of her first three albums — One of the Boys turned 15 this month, Teenage Dream turns 13 in August, and Prism turns 10 …
Read More »Rihanna Wants Treasury Secretary and World Bank President to 'Step Up' With Climate Crisis Support
No one can make Rihanna feel like she’s the only girl in the world if there’s no world to live in — and more importantly, the communities suffering the most from the climate crisis don’t deserve to feel as though they’re alone in their fight for change. As part of …
Read More »Ten Deep Cuts We Hope Neil Young Plays on His Upcoming Rarities Tour
Neil Young is returning to the road at the end of this month following a four-year hiatus from touring. But he’s not bringing along Crazy Horse, Promise of the Real, or most of his famous songs. He’s instead plotting out a solo acoustic show built around rarely played songs from …
Read More »Jonathan Majors' Domestic Violence Charge Will Go to Trial
Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case is going to trial, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday, stemming from the actor’s arrest on assault and harassment charges in March. The Marvel and Creed III star, 33, appeared for the first time in court, wearing a brown suit jacket and carrying a …
Read More »Samuel L. Jackson Talks Marvel, Racists Like Trump, and His FBI Threat
H e is the most prolific actor of his generation and his films have grossed close to $30 billion, making him one of the highest-grossing actors ever. He is Quentin Tarantino’s muse, and has worked with everyone from Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg to Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson. …
Read More »Exclusive: Nicolas Cage's Superman Graces the Cover of DC Comics
If you have not seen Andy Muschietti’s superhero extravaganza The Flash, starring Ezra Miller as the time-stopping/time-hopping superhero, you might want to stop reading now because we’re about to spoil one of its major cameos. Toward the end of the film, Barry Allen/The Flash uses Speed Force to travel back …
Read More »Hear Metallica's 'The Unforgiven' Transformed by Inuk Musician Elisapie
Elisapie, a Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, plumbs new sadness in one of Metallica‘s biggest, most emotional hits on her recording, “Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven).” Where the metal band drew inspiration from Ennio Morricone soundtracks, Spaghetti Westerns, and family trauma for the Black Album hit, Elisapie keeps things quiet, as she sings the …
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