During the Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day run of shows in Boston on Saturday, singer and founder of the band Ken Casey blasted a fan for waving around a MAGA hat in the crowd. “This is America, there’s no kings here,” he said from the stage. “Anyway, if you mind, …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, the Creator to Headline Lollapalooza
Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Tyler, the Creator will head to Chicago this summer as headliners for Lollapalooza 2025, taking place July 31 through Aug. 3 at Grant Park. Also atop the stacked lineup are Luke Combs, A$AP Rocky, Rüfüs Du Sol, Korn, Gracie Abrams, Doechii, and Twice. For Rodrigo, …
Read More »DOGE Wants to Cripple Social Security Phone Services
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to restructure the Social Security Administration’s phone support services in a move that could force millions of seniors to require in-person services from the already understaffed agency. According to a leaked memo obtained by Popular Information and later reported by …
Read More »Bootsy Collins on How 'Funk Is Making Something Out of Nothing'
I t’s impossible to overstate Bootsy Collins’ influence. Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place before returning to the one, the bedrock of funk. The recordings he cut with Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, and …
Read More »'Move Fast': Inside Team Trump's Furious Defiance of the Courts
During the past two months of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s power grabs, it has been clear the second Trump administration is building up to a confrontation with the American courts system — one that would trigger a full-blown constitutional crisis. That moment of truth has arrived. On Friday, hours …
Read More »Adam Sandler Returns to His Happy Place in New 'Happy Gilmore 2' Teaser
Adam Sandler makes his grand return to the green in the latest teaser for Happy Gilmore 2, set to arrive July 25 on Netflix. The clip for the highly-anticipated sequel opens with Sandler’s Happy gazing upon the busts of some of golf’s greats — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger …
Read More »Kentucky Gentlemen Are Ready for a 'Rhinestone Revolution' With Debut Album
After years of dropping singles and one 2022 EP, the Kentucky Gentlemen are finally ready to release their debut album. Rhinestone Revolution, the group’s anticipated first full-length, will arrive June 6 via River House Artists. “Our debut album Rhinestone Revolution encompasses our entire journey so far,” the sibling duo of …
Read More »'Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition' Is an OK Version of a Brilliant RPG
No studio makes games like Monolith Soft. That’s not hyperbole — literally no other RPGs blend humanism and sci-fi with philosophy, reflections on grief, and religious commentary the way Tetsuya Takahashi and his writers have for the last 30 years. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is a remaster of the …
Read More »Tracy Morgan Delays Knicks Game After Suffering 'Food Poisoning': 'I'm Doing OK Now'
Tracy Morgan caused a delay at a New York Knicks game Monday night, March 17, after he appeared to get sick during the third quarter. Morgan was sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden as the Knicks played the Miami Heat. With about six minutes left in the third quarter, the …
Read More »Immersive 'Saturday Night Live' 50th-Anniversary Exhibit Coming to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary celebration is moving from Rockefeller Center to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On May 23, the new immersive exhibit “SNL: Ladies & Gentleman… 50 Years of Music” opens at the museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Visitors will have the chance to walk through …
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