Adele has had it with the news of people throwing crap at artists while they are performing. While at her Las Vegas residency, Adele called bullshit on an alarming trend that’s endangered artists and disrupted several shows over the last few weeks. “Have you noticed how people are like, forgetting …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Surprises Kids at Recital, Performs With Them in Boston
Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance on Saturday at Tobin Community Center in Boston, where young musicians from the Boston Music Project were giving an outdoor performance. Sheeran’s impromptu set took place ahead of his second headlining appearance over the weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. “Morning off in …
Read More »Mick Mars Never Wants to Speak to Mötley Crüe Again — and 14 Other Things We Learned
In early May, we travelled to Nashville to spend a couple of days with Mick Mars and hear about his bitter departure from Mötley Crüe. Mars stepped away from the touring unit in late 2022 after 41 years in the group he co-founded. He’d been suffering from the debilitating bone …
Read More »Jung Kook Solo Singles 'My You' and 'Still With You' Finally Get Streaming Release
Over the weekend, promotional posters for Jung Kook‘s forthcoming single “Seven” were plastered across London. The BTS member’s latest solo release is scheduled to arrive on July 14, but he’s kicking things off early with two not-so-new singles: “My You” and “Still With You.” Both records, released in 2020 and …
Read More »FLO Celebrates the '3 of Us' With Surprise EP Release: 'Made With Love'
Good things come in threes! On Monday, British trio FLO surprise-released three-song EP, 3 of Us, to celebrate the group reaching 333,000 followers on Instagram on July 3. The project features songs “Control Freak,” “Change,” and “3 of Us,” the first two of which they’ve been performing on the road, …
Read More »Coldplay Welcomes Roger Federer Onstage During Zurich Show: 'Shaker Solo!'
You never know who will join Chris Martin onstage at a Coldplay concert! During the group’s show in Zurich Sunday, tennis legend Roger Federer joined the band to play the shaker during “Don’t Panic.” Martin welcomed the tennis star onstage as “our original band member,” jokingly referring to a percussionist …
Read More »Offset Pulled Takeoff BET Awards Tribute Together With Quavo in One Day: 'It Cleared My Soul'
Fresh off the plane from Paris with only 16 hours to spare, Offset and Quavo locked in on planning the perfect tribute performance to honor their late Migos group member Takeoff at the 2023 BET Awards last weekend. “It cleared my soul,” Offset shared in a recent Instagram Live, where …
Read More »Bratmobile Set Off a 'Cherry Bomb' With Linda Lindas at First Show in 20 Years
Riot grrrl greats Bratmobile officially returned to the stage after 20 years this weekend at the Mosswood Meltdown festival in Oakland (after making their unofficial return with a secret show in Los Angeles a few days before). The Mosswood Meltdown set was punctuated by a special performance of the Runaways’ …
Read More »Love the Songwriting of Jason Isbell and Robert Earl Keen? Credit Cormac McCarthy
For a writer who spent most of his career outside the limelight, the outpouring of public admiration in the wake of Cormac McCarthy’s death on June 13 at 89 testified to the power of his work. An obscure figure with a cultish following for much of his writing life, McCarthy …
Read More »Troye Sivan Covers George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' for 'The Idol' Finale
The Weeknd’s controversial, 5-episode show The Idol is over. And with it, viewers of the HBO series got to hear Troye Sivan reimagine “My Sweet Lord,” the beloved, guitar-backed 1970 song by Beatle George Harrison, during the final episode. Sivan’s sweet vocals hum and echo over a haunting, synthy organ …
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