The Last Waltz Tour, a live celebration of The Band’s 1976 farewell concert, will return to the road this fall. The all-star tour first debuted in 2017 with Warren Haynes, Don Was, and Jamey Johnson atop the bill. All three of those artists return this time to re-create key moments …
Read More »Judge Denies Taylor Swift's Last-Ditch Request to Spike 'Shake It Off' Copyright Lawsuit
Nearly nine months after Taylor Swift filed a Hail Mary motion asking a judge to reverse one of his own key rulings and cast aside a copyright infringement lawsuit centered on her biggest-ever hit “Shake It Off,” the judge issued his decision from the bench on Monday. U.S. District Judge …
Read More »Pearl Jam Dig Deep at Scorching Hot Apollo Theater Show
Pearl Jam were about halfway through their special concert for SirusXM at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on Saturday night when Eddie Vedder’s mind went to Bessie Smith’s residency at the venue way back in 1935. “She played here four weeks in a row at one point,” he told the audience. “She …
Read More »R. Kelly Trial: Defense Rests Following Former Business Manager's Multi-Day Testimony
Chicago, IL — The defense teams in the R. Kelly federal trial at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse rested on Friday following three days of testimony from the disgraced singer’s former business manager and co-defendant. On Derrel McDavid’s third day on the stand on Friday, he faced cross examination from the government …
Read More »Taylor Swift Has Us All Thinking About the Scarf From 'All Too Well' Again
We might be OK, but we’re actually not fine at all after Taylor Swift suggested that the scarf from her fan-favorite epic ballad “All Too Well” might not actually be lingering in the drawer of a former flame. In fact, the scarf with the power to remind ex-lovers of innocence …
Read More »'We Say Goodbye': Duran Duran Honors Queen Elizabeth II at Hollywood Bowl
Duran Duran honored Queen Elizabeth II with a dramatic rendition of their 1982 ballad “Save A Prayer,” played to a sea of cell phone lights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday night. “So, you know that it’s a real sad time for a lot of us Brits, …
Read More »How Ozzy Came Back From Hell
AS SOON AS a pair of silver vans arrive at the VIP entrance of Birmingham, England’s Alexander Stadium, the whispers start. “Is that Sharon Osbourne?” a squinting security guard asks her friend. “I think so,” the other guard says. “Does that mean … ?” The drivers keep security in the dark …
Read More »Fall Out Boy Set Aside a Back-to-Rock Album – and Four More Things We Learned From Joe Trohman
“I am a pretty normal guy in a very extraordinary situation, that I’m still trying to navigate,” says Fall Out Boy co-founder and lead guitarist Joe Trohman, whose first book, None of This Rocks, is out on Sept. 13. It’s a very different kind of rock memoir from most, offering …
Read More »Saucy Santana is Sickening and Sickened on 'I'm Too Much'
Saucy Santana is capping his booked-and-busy summer with “I’m Too Much,” a high-energy braggadocious track that embraces everything that makes him extra — and extra fun to listen to. The song is littered with sharp quips at his haters like “I’m Saucy, stay flossing/I got something you ain’t got — …
Read More »John Legend Wants Us to Know He Can Get Down. (Sometimes, Anyway.)
From the moment he snuck out from behind Lauryn Hill’s and Kanye West’s formidable shadows to launch his own career, John Legend has always made it clear he’s an old-schooler at heart. He doesn’t need AutoTune, he takes his piano chops seriously, and he’s overall the embodiment of tasteful (verging …
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