Standing in front of a raucous sold-out audience at the Macon City Auditorium in Georgia on Friday night, guitarist Duane Betts paid tribute to his late father, Allman Brothers six-string ace Dickey Betts, with a soaring cover of “Ramblin’ Man.” “And when it’s time for leavin’, I’ll hope you’ll understand,” …
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For the first 20 years of David Johansen‘s career — despite his immense role in kickstarting the punk movement as the frontman of New York Dolls and all of his great solo work that followed — genuine mainstream success seemed like an impossible dream. That changed in 1987, when he …
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I t’s a frosty January night in New York City, but Madison Square Garden is red hot. You feel the heat when pillars of flame spit out from black butane tanks that encircle a half-domed stage. The thunder of swag rock is drowned out by the dog-whistle cheers of 20,000 …
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When Morrissey attempted to reunite the New York Dolls in 2004 for a performance at London’s Meltdown festival, he thought his odds of success were low. “I expected David [Johansen] to laugh at me and put the phone down,” he said that year. “But he was very agreeable and it …
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David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original member of that pioneering punk band, has died at the age of 75. The death of the singer who also moonlighted as his swing music alter ego Buster Poindexter and, as an actor, appeared in films like …
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The man who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment with Sean Combs in 1993 filed a new lawsuit late Friday accusing Combs of creating a highly toxic and psychologically manipulative work environment filled with serial sexual harassment, physical aggression, and “forced compliance with degrading sexual acts.” In his 18-page complaint obtained by …
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Madame Web, Megalopolis, and Joker: Folie a Deux were the big “winners” at the 2025 Golden Raspberry Awards, Hollywood’s annual celebrations of the year’s worst movies. Arriving a day before the Academy Awards, the 45th annual Razzies handed Worst Picture to Madame Web, which earned (and deserved) three Razzies; the …
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Elon Musk, the de facto head of Donald Trump’s government, is also the orchestrator of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But in leading a project to slash government agencies and the federal workforce, Musk is not missing his chance to attack the regulatory agencies that oversee the businesses …
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Country singer Ingrid Andress marked her public return on Friday by performing another rendition of the national anthem during a Colorado Avalance game. The performance comes seven months after she apologized for aflubbed performanceof “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2024 Home Run Derb, and agreed to enter rehab. ”We’re back …
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