Live Nation and Ticketmaster are once again facing severe backlash from music fans, this time following the disastrous on-sale period for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras tour that left thousands of Swifties angry as Ticketmaster’s website glitched and crashed due to the overwhelming demand for tickets. Customers lamented the same issues …
Read More »Camila Cabello Embraces Her Own Christmas/'Quismois' Meme in New Video
Camila Cabello has seen the Christmas/quismois memes and wants to help spread a bit more goofy holiday cheer. On Monday, Cabello posted a short clip of her “preparing” to record a proper version of the holiday standard, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Cabello performed that song at a White House …
Read More »David Bowie's 'Divine Symmetry' Box Set Shows How He Made 'Hunky Dory' His Mission Statement
Five years after the release of David Bowie‘s first masterpiece, Hunky Dory — which replaced the perception of Bowie as a one-hit space oddity with the idea Bowie as an ever-ch-ch-changing moon-age messiah — he offered up some characteristic mythmaking. In a 1976 Melody Maker interview, Bowie claimed Hunky Dory‘s …
Read More »Arcade Fire's Win Butler Faces New Misconduct Claim Over Allegedly 'Abusive' Relationship
A fifth person has come forward with misconduct allegations against Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, saying he was “emotionally abusive, manipulative, and toxic” during their three-year relationship, Pitchfork reports. The new allegations, brought by a woman using the pseudonym Sabina, come several months after four people accused Butler of sexual misconduct …
Read More »Ice Cube Seems Pretty Proud About Losing $9 Million Because He Wouldn't Get Vaccinated
Ice Cube confirmed he blew the chance at a $9 million movie paycheck because he refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine, during a recent interview on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast. Last October, Ice Cube dropped out of the comedy Oh Hell No, where he was set to …
Read More »Eladio Carrión Stays True to His Trap Roots on 'Sen2 Kbrn, Vol. 2'
It makes sense that Eladio Carrión started out as a comedian known for his uncanny ability to impersonate any artist he came across. Now a rapper himself, he keeps leveraging that skill, shapeshifting and transforming his flow across unexpected beats, coming up with something a little different each time. The …
Read More »Chance The Rapper on Building his Black Star Line Festival in Ghana
“We don’t have no movies about Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line,” Chance the Rapper tells me about the influential Pan-Africanist leader and his short-lived steamship company designed to facilitate travel and commerce across the Black diaspora. “I think it’d be really powerful for Black people to see and …
Read More »2022 American Music Awards: See the Complete Winners List
On Sunday, the 2022 American Music Awards aired on ABC and Bad Bunny dominated the nominations with eight nods, closely followed by Beyonce, Drake, and Taylor Swift, who each received six nominations. Adele, Harry Styles, and the Weeknd each garnered five nods. In the end, Swift swept all six of …
Read More »Taylor Swift Tells Kim Petras She's Done 'A Lot of Butt-Popping' to Her Music at AMAs
Taylor Swift has been shakin’ her booty to Kim Petras‘ music. During Sunday’s American Music Awards, the two pop stars crossed paths, and the “Anti-Hero” star shared with Petras her love for one of her songs. “I love your song so much,” Swift said, without revealing which song. “I’ve done …
Read More »Pink Rollerskates Into 2022 AMAs With Dazzling 'Never Gonna Not Dance Again' Opener
Pink delivered a delightful live debut of her new song, “Never Gonna Not Dance Again,” as she opened the 2022 American Music Awards on Sunday. The singer showed up to the awards show on rollerskates and transformed the Microsoft Theater into “Pink’s Rink,” accompanied by a large set of dancers …
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