Burna Boy stopped by The Tonight Show to showcase his recent hit “Last Last.” Prior to the performance, the Nigerian musician sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss winning a Grammy, his new LP Love, Damini, and how he came up with his comic book-inspired stage name. During the …
Read More »Harry Styles Encourages Voter Registration With a Harryween Concert Incentive
Harry Styles has a proposition for his U.S. fans: if they register to vote, he just might invite them over to Harry’s House for a special Halloween celebration. Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, the singer is partnering with the non-profit voter registration organization HeadCount to boost voter turnout. Fans …
Read More »The Real Story of the Birth of Fall Out Boy
Joe Trohman’s new memoir, None of This Rocks: A Memoir, is a funny, sometimes dark, ultra-honest confessional from Fall Out Boy‘s co-founder and lead guitarist. In this excerpt, he gives a detailed account of the formation of his band. Many people know the story, so I think it’s wise that …
Read More »Watch Kelly Clarkson's Acoustic Cover of Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind'
Filming her daytime talk show a few blocks away from the heart of Broadway has rubbed off on Kelly Clarkson. On the latest episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the singer and host delivered an acoustic rendition of “Losing My Mind” from Stephen Sondheim’s hit musical Follies, which ran for …
Read More »Neal Francis's Cover of 'Strawberry Letter 23' Is a New Age Disco Journey
Neal Francis’s 2021 full-length In Plain Sight was a revelatory blast of soul, R&B, and off-the-rails piano jams, including the six-minute exploration “Sentimental Garbage” — the working title of In Plain Sight. Francis returns to that phrase for his new EP, a seven-song collection of odds and ends that he …
Read More »John Lennon's Killer, Mark David Chapman, Denied Parole for the 12th Time
John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, was denied parole again. Chapman’s latest parole hearing took place at the end of August, though no transcripts from the board interview have been made available yet. In a statement, the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said, “Following an interview with …
Read More »See Ozzy Osbourne's Halftime Performance in Full… Finally!
Last week, Ozzy Osbourne fans raged online after tuning into the Rams-Bills game to watch the halftime show: the Prince of Darkness’ first performance on a U.S. stage in nearly three years. But NBC aired only 10 seconds of the gig — a snippet of “Patient Number 9,” the title …
Read More »Warner Music May Be Forced to Reveal Sexual Misconduct Allegations
A shareholder activist in the music industry has invoked a little-known statute within Delaware’s corporate laws, hoping to require Warner Music Group to share any records it has related to sexual misconduct allegations within the company. Dorothy Carvello, a former A&R executive at WMG-owned Atlantic Records and the author of …
Read More »Public Enemy's Chuck D Sells Stake in Publishing Catalog
Public Enemy’s Chuck D has sold a sizable chunk of his songwriting catalog to his longtime publisher, Reach Music. Songwriting royalties are split in two — the writer share and the publisher share — and as part of this new deal, Reach Music has acquired 100 percent of Chuck D’s …
Read More »Michelle Branch And Patrick Carney 'Suspend' Divorce, Attempt Reconciliation
Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney have agreed to suspend their pending divorce case for six months to attempt reconciliation, a court order signed Tuesday by a Tennessee judge and obtained by Rolling Stone confirms. The court order states that Branch, a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, and Carney, drummer for the Black Keys, …
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