Luminate’s 2025 midyear report has arrived, and it has some surprising data: Rock is back. According to the report, rock came in second in the top U.S. core genre, ranked by on-demand audio streaming. It sits with 123.3 billion, behind hip-hop and R&B at 171.1 billion. But that’s not all: …
Read More »Jane's Addiction Members Sue Perry Farrell for Assault, Battery Over Onstage Fight
Jane’s Addiction members Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins have filed a lawsuit against frontman Perry Farrell in the aftermath of a September 2024 onstage scuffle between Navarro and Farrell that resulted in the cancellation of their reunion tour and the dissolution of the groundbreaking alt-rock act. The complaint, …
Read More »Jax Taylor Not Returning for 'The Valley' Season 3 to Focus on Sobriety
Jax Taylor is moving out of the Valley. After a tumultuous, to say the least, Season Two of the hit Bravo series The Valley, Taylor announced Wednesday that he will not return for Season Three to focus on his sobriety and mental health. “After an incredibly challenging year and many …
Read More »David Byrne Is Done With Mansplaining on 'She Explains Things to Me'
David Byrne has shared his new song “She Explains Things to Me,” the latest single from the former Talking Heads frontman’s upcoming album Who Is The Sky? The sweeping track was inspired in part by Rebecca Solnit’s 2014 collectionMen Explain Things to Me, with the titular essay providing a scathing …
Read More »Luca Guadagnino Savors Crossed Lines and Devours Comfort Zones in 'After the Hunt' Trailer
The characters in Luca Guadagnino‘s forthcoming dramatic thriller,Into the Hunt,are obsessed with language —the words that are said, and even more so, the ones left unspoken. Early in the first trailer for the film, Andrew Garfield‘s overzealous academic Hank pokes at Ayo Edebiri‘s Maggie, an overachieving student enrolled in a …
Read More »Convicted Killer Phones in From Prison in 'Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari' Docuseries Trailer
The tagline for Hulu‘s documentary series Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari promises “a wild tale of greed, sex, and mysterious death.” The first official trailer for the three-part release delivers. Streaming beginning July 21, Murder on Safari follows the 2016 murder of Bianca Rudolph, who died in a safari cabin …
Read More »Trump Attacks His Supporters for Caring About 'Bullshit' Epstein Files
After nearly a decade of stoking conspiracy theories insisting that he was ordained to destroy a cabal of pedophiles in control of the nation, President Donald Trump would like everyone to shut up about Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and trafficker of underage girls who was known to pal …
Read More »Teenager Accused of Plotting Knife Attack at First Oasis Reunion Gig
A 17-year-old in Wales was accused last month of plotting a knife attack, including one that would target fans at Oasis’ first reunion gig, The Times reports. According to prosecutors, the teenager (who was not identified because of his age) told a counsellor last month that he planned to carry …
Read More »Robert Earl Keen Taps Tyler Childers, Miranda Lambert for Massive Texas Flood Benefit
Robert Earl Keen has revealed a heavy-hitting lineup for his Aug. 28 benefit for central Texas flood relief. Tyler Childers will join Keen and his band to cap a day-long bill of artists including Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cody Jinks, Ryan Bingham, and Randy Rogers …
Read More »Robert Plant Talks Album, U.S. Tour With New Band Saving Grace: 'They've Saved My Sanity'
In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin,’” Patty Griffin’s “Standing,” and even a couple …
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