The Ramones reached an all-time low by the end of the Eighties after the hardcore bands and the nascent grunge scene gave the genre an acid peel. The Ramones‘ late Eighties albums were so unremarkable that Dee Dee Ramone quit the band to become rapper Dee Dee King in 1989, …
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Michael Hurley, the beloved eccentric folk singer whose music became a touchstone for a generation of singer-songwriters, has died at 83. The singer’s death was announced in a statement from his family, and his publicist confirmed that Hurley died in his home state of Oregon after returning home from a …
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As if Noel Gallagher doesn’t have enough to worry about with the upcoming Oasis reunion tour, the guitarist and singer edited a book of Oasis photos, taken by Jill Furmanovsky, for release this fall. The volume, titled Oasis: Trying to Find a Way Out of Nowhere, contains more than 500 …
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The MTV Video Music Awards will retain its namesake, but the annual awards ceremony will no longer be presented on MTV. After 40 years on the network, the VMAs have found a new broadcast home at CBS. On Sept. 7, CBS will present the show for the first time live …
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An Atlanta judge declined to revoke Young Thug’s probation after prosecutors pushed to send the rapper back to prison for re-sharing a viral tweet criticizing an investigator in the district attorney’s office. In an order Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker cautioned the artist, born Jeffery Williams, …
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Flavor Flav is owning up to his mistakes — and moving forward. On Thursday, the Public Enemy rapper revealed that he recently relapsed after more than four years of sobriety, but shared his commitment to getting back on track. “I remain authentic to who I am and a large part …
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Patti LaBelle has been known to famously kick off her shoes during her impassioned live performances, but the legendary R&B diva says the reason she started flinging her feet was practical. “My corn was hurting the first time I ever did it,” the 80-year-old singer confessed on the Sherri show …
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Back in 2015, 5 Seconds of Summer inadvertently immortalized one of the most unnerving events in their lore-packed history when they titled a deep cut on their sophomore album “Catch Fire.” Months before the record arrived on the pop rock-infused Sounds Good, Feels Good, their guitarist Michael Clifford was burned …
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Bartees Strange, Speedy Ortiz, L’Rain, and others will play the inaugural Liberation Weekend festival, which takes place in Washington D.C. at Black Cat and DC9 on the weekend of May 30. The two-day festival is organized by D.C. rockers Ekko Astral (who are also slated to play the fest) and …
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The U.S. Department of State revoked the travel visa of a Mexican band that was set to tour the U.S. this month after they prominently displayed images of a notorious drug kingpin at a recent concert. Mexican corrido groupLos Alegres del Barranco was scheduled to perform April 5 in Austin, …
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