A judge denied Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs bail for a third time on Wednesday, after prosecutors accused the music mogul of trying to tamper with witnesses and using fellow inmates’ resources to contact third parties in an attempt to sway a potential jury pool —all from behind bars. The 55-year-old appeared …
Read More »U.S. Border Agents Seize $18 Million of Fake Gibson Guitars
Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl, Ace Frehley, or Zakk Wylde. Some even …
Read More »Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin's Onetime Lover, Dead at 84
Peggy Caserta, a friend and onetime lover of Janis Joplin who wrote a pair of memoirs about the singer and their relationship, died at 84 on Thursday, Nov. 21. Caserta’s death was reported by Deadline, who, per Caserta’s book publisher, said the author died of “natural causes at her cabin …
Read More »J. Cole's Dreamville Sets Return for Fifth (and Final) Celebration
J. Cole‘s Dreamville Music Festival announced that it will return to North Carolina in 2025. The event is scheduled to celebrate its fifth anniversary during the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. It is also its last, the festival announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10 via …
Read More »Taylor Swift Says Emotions 'Heightened' Before Last Eras Tour Shows
Taylor Swift wrapped her final Eras Tour show in Toronto over the weekend, and on Tuesday, the singer-songwriter took to social media to reflect on “the closing of the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far.” The 14-time Grammy winner called her run on shows in the city “incredible,” …
Read More »Khalid 'Hurt' Over Accusations Made by Ex Who Outed Him: 'Triggering'
Khalid is responding to allegations made by the ex who outed him. In a video shared to his social media pages Monday, the R&B singer said he was “hurt” by Hugo Almonte’s claims and slammed social media users who accused him of being “manipulative” after Almonte’s posts. “All of this …
Read More »Garth Brooks' Rape Accuser Blasts Singer for 'Sham' Preemptive Lawsuit
The woman who claimed Garth Brooks forcibly raped her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2019 is slamming the country singer’s effort to get her sexual assault case dismissed in California. In new court filings obtained by Rolling Stone, the Jane Roe plaintiff is asking a federal judge to …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Is All Melancholy Christmas in New Video 'Under the Tree'
Melancholy Christmas songs are the best Christmas songs and Ed Sheeran sure seems to know it. His new holiday ballad, “Under the Tree,” longs for the one thing that St. Nick can’t bring him: the lover he has lost. Sheeran wrote “Under the Tree” with Johnny McDaid for the upcoming …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Saddles Up to the 'Pink Pony Club' With Chappell Roan Cover
Kelly Clarkson continued to show Chappell Roan a whole lot of love with a “Kellyoke” cover of “Pink Pony Club” on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Clarkson and her band — the wonderfully dubbed My Band Y’all — delivered a faithful take on the Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Worked With Carrie Underwood Songwriter for New Album
While Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album The Right Person Will Stay may not be the pure country project she teased back in February, it does apparently feature one of Nashville’s most successful songwriters. Luke Laird, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood staples like “Last Name” and “Undo It,” along with hits for …
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