The management company that looks after dance music supremos Calvin Harris and Tiësto has fully acquired the firm that represents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Three Six Zero, which runs offices in Los Angeles and London, has confirmed that it has bought Westbrook Entertainment for an undisclosed fee. Westbrook, …
Read More »Jason Isbell Announces Inaugural ShoalsFest in Alabama
Jason Isbell has announced ShoalsFest, his first-ever music festival in his hometown of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Slated for October 5th, the one-day festival will feature main stage sets from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow and Amanda Shires, in addition to a slew of yet-to-be announced …
Read More »See Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Radiohead's 'Pyramid Song' at Egypt Gig
Red Hot Chili Peppers covered Radiohead‘s “Pyramid Song” while performing in front of the Giza pyramids during the band’s live-streamed Egypt concert Friday. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer delivered a solo piano rendition of the Amnesiac track, seen at the 1:58:00-mark of the above video, to kick off the Chili Peppers’ encore; …
Read More »Latin Pop Superstar Natti Natasha Taps Into the Power of Sisterhood
Ask any young woman in pop today whose songs she first sang into her hairbrush as a child, and at the drop of a hat, or wig, she might tell you it was Britney, or Beyoncé, or Dolly, or Mariah. As a little girl in the capital of the Dominican …
Read More »Country Singer Liddy Clark Addresses Gun Violence Epidemic in New 'Shot Down (Stand Up)'
Two years ago, as a college freshman, country singer-songwriter Liddy Clark began writing papers on the relationship between country music and the NRA. In one essay, she pondered what it might take for country music to take a stance that strayed from the “pro-Second Amendment, ‘don’t take my guns away’ …
Read More »New Jersey Lawmakers Finalize Recreational Marijuana Deal
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and top lawmakers in the state legislature have finalized a deal to legalize recreational marijuana, setting up a potential vote by the end of the month, NJ.com reports. Murphy, who was elected governor in 2017, campaigned on legalization and promised to enact it within his …
Read More »Watch Juice WRLD Level Up in Video Game-Inspired 'Hear Me Calling' Video
Juice WRLD completes a daring rescue mission in the video game-inspired clip for his new song, “Hear Me Calling.” The Bradley and Pablo-directed video finds the rapper trying to contact his girlfriend, who’s been knocked out and locked up in the back of an armored van. As his calls go …
Read More »Watch Khalid Perform Sleek R&B Anthem 'Talk' in 'SNL' Debut
Weeks after announcing the impending arrival of his much-anticipated sophomore album, Khalidmade his Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on the Idris Elba-hosted episode. The R&B singer opened his set with a groovy performance of his Disclosure-assisted first single from his forthcoming Free Spirit. The El Paso, Texas …
Read More »Watch Ann and Nancy Wilson Play 'Crazy on You' at First Show in Three Years
Last month, Ann and Nancy Wilson announced that Heart were going on a reunion tour three years after their bitter split. And last night they finally appeared together in public at the Love Rock benefit show at New York’s Beacon Theater, sharing the bill with Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow and …
Read More »Judge Reprimands Harvey Weinstein Legal Team, Refuses to Grant Delay Request
Given his infamously belligerent personality and predilection for public meltdowns (including one tantrum where he allegedly put out a cigarette in a plate of lox on a craft services table), it’s perhaps unsurprising that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been on less than great behavior in the months leading …
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